Concerts feature the best in Bay Area jazz artists, as well as a sampling of the most exciting world musicians, all free and open to the public. This season's performers will include Cuban, Brazilian, and Venezuelan rhythms, as well as African dancing and drumming, swing stars, classic jazz singers and guitarists, and much more. San Francisco concerts are perfect for lunchtime entertainment and Peninsula evening performances provide an enjoyable break from shopping at the posh Stanford Shopping Center. Also scheduled is Robin Eubanks and Mental Images, Kenny Stahl, Alegria, Andre Bush, and many more exciting jazz artists. Opening the show will be the acoustic guitar ensemble 24 Strings.
Admission is free.
By bringing fingerstyle guitar techniques to a blend of improvisation and structure, Matt creates a very personal solo guitar style. His experience with both acoustic and electric guitars in straight-ahead jazz, fusion and Latin settings provides the musical foundation upon which Matt builds each performance. Matt begins work on his next release 'Dayside' in June. Although the group launched and ran as a collective, Lewis was responsible for the unique fusion of jazz and classical music which characterised the MJQ in an existence which spanned five decades. If vibraharpist Milt Jackson, who died in 1999, was the band s star soloist, Lewis was its major architect.