Stanford Jazz Festival 2024 announces star-studded lineup
Palo Alto, California (Release): Presenting an array of the world's greatest jazz artists in the South Bay, the Stanford Jazz Festival 2024 will host dozens of concerts on the Stanford University campus from June 20 through August 3. The Stanford Jazz Festival is the West Coast's second longest-running jazz festival; concerts will be held at Bing Concert Hall, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, and Campbell Recital Hall, as well as one show at Frost Amphitheater.
Kicking off the weekend of June 21 with Oakland-raised trumpet great Ambrose Akinmusire's sonically expansive Owl Song trio with guitar maestro Bill Frisell and New Orleans drum poet Herlin Riley, Stanford Jazz Festival brings a depth of jazz that spotlights musical explorations often overlooked by other jazz presenters.
Berkeley saxophonist George Brooks, who has forged deep relationships with the world's greatest Hindustani and Carnatic classical musicians, returns to the SJF on June 23 for the 10th iteration of his Indian Jazz Journey showcase. The concert reprises his Indo-jazz collaboration with vocalist Mahesh Kale, winner of India's coveted National Film Award as the Best Playback Singer.
The SJF presents Bay Area tenor sax powerhouse Richard Howell on June 28 interpreting John Coltrane's spiritually charged masterwork, 'A Love Supreme'. Embodying the festival's commitment to gender equality, the SJF's flagship, gender-balanced 50/50 Orchestra is joined by the brilliant singer and composer Ann Hampton Callaway on June 29.
Featuring its recently expanded personnel, The Bad Plus, returns to the SJF on July 13 with the founding tandem of drummer Dave King and bassist Reid Anderson joined by guitarist Ben Monder and tenor saxophonist Chris Speed.
The Israeli reed star Anat Cohen, an SJF mainstay for the past decade, returns on July 20 with her Brazilian-inflected Quartetinho featuring Rio-born pianist/accordionist Vitor Gonçalves. The July 23 SJF debut of Cuban piano maestro Aldo López-Gavilán brings the internationally renowned performer to the South Bay who has garnered international attention in both classical and jazz settings as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber-music collaborator, and bandleader of his rhythmically-charged jazz compositions.
The SJF also features two of jazz's most formidable trumpeters with the July 27 SJF return of Chicago's Marquis Hill, who's become a creative force in the decade since winning the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition, and the July 31 return of Dave Douglas, a rare Bay Area appearance by the celebrated horn player who over the past two decades has developed a beloved jazz label, Greenleaf Music. Charismatic vocalist Carmen Lundy, a gifted songwriter responsible for several contemporary standards, closes the festival on August 3.
Founded in 1972 by saxophonist, arranger, and educator Jim Nadel, the SJF is conjoined with the Stanford Jazz Workshop, an intensive summer education program staffed with acclaimed musicians who are also many of the SJF's featured performers.
Stanford Jazz Festival schedule (June 20 - August 3, 2024)
Thursday, June 20, 2024 -- Jazz Inside Out with Jim Nadel and Friends -- Campbell Recital Hall
Friday, June 21, 2024 -- Ambrose Akinmusire Owl Song Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley -- Bing Concert Hall
Saturday, June 22, 2024 -- Tommy Igoe and the Groove Conspiracy, "Music of Steely Dan" -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sunday, June 23, 2024 -- Indian Jazz Journey Featuring George Brooks -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Friday, June 28, 2024 -- Richard Howell: A Love Supreme - Tribute to John Coltrane -- Campbell Recital Hall
Saturday, June 29, 2024 -- Ann Hampton Callaway with the SJW 50/50 Jazz Orchestra -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sunday, June 30, 2024 -- Nicolas Bearde: The Music of Nat King Cole -- Campbell Recital Hall
Sunday, July 07, 2024 -- Destiny Muhammad Quartet -- Campbell Recital Hall
Friday, July 12, 2024 -- Tierney Sutton w/ Tamir Hendelman -- Campbell Recital Hall
Saturday, July 13, 2024 -- The Bad Plus -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sunday, July 14, 2024 -- Jazz Mafia: Grateful Brass the Music of the Grateful Dead -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Monday, July 15, 2024 -- Natalie John featuring Allison Miller: the Great American Songbook Reimagined -- Campbell Recital Hall
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -- Mikailo Kasha Trio -- Campbell Recital Hall
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -- Joe Louis Walker -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Thursday, July 18, 2024 -- Adi Meyerson's Dark Matter / Emily Kuhn Quintet -- Campbell Recital Hall
Saturday, July 20, 2024 -- Anat Cohen: Quartetinho -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Monday, July 22, 2024 -- Tiffany Austin Featuring Roy McCurdy -- Campbell Recital Hall
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 -- Aldo López-Gavilán -- Campbell Recital Hall
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 -- Sam Reider with Anat Cohen: American Panoramas -- Campbell Recital Hall
Thursday, July 25, 2024 -- Victor Lin: Music from Anime + Studio Ghibli -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Saturday, July 27, 2024 -- Marquis Hill -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sunday, July 28, 2024 -- Marcus Shelby Quintet -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Monday, July 29, 2024 -- Caroline Davis Portals -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 -- George Cables Trio -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 -- Dave Douglas: Gifts -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Thursday, August 01, 2024 -- Taylor Eigsti & Friends -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Friday, August 02, 2024 -- SJW All-Star Jam -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Saturday, August 03, 2024 -- Carmen Lundy -- Dinkelspiel Auditorium