DEC 8-11 | SFJAZZ Holiday Concerts
Dec 08 - Dec 09, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
PLEASE NOTE:
This page is an archive of a past production
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Original show description below.
Unfortunately, due to an illness with a member of the band, this Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 concerts at the SFJAZZ Center featuring Erik Jekabson Quintet with Kalil Wilson haves been canceled.
If you bought tickets to this performance, you will receive a refund on the credit card that you used to purchase the tickets. If you would like to make other arrangements, please contact our Box Office at [email protected] or 415-788-7353.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
Far more than an essential creative catalyst on the Bay Area jazz scene, trumpeter, composer and bandleader Erik Jekabson has played a key role in bringing the region’s deep talent pool into the national spotlight. The founder and driving force behind the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, he’s built a welcoming sonic laboratory that’s inspired a steady flow of new compositions and arrangements from its creatively roiling ranks.
He has performed at SFJAZZ in numerous formats as both leader and sideman, but to fully experience Jekabson’s beautifully burnished sound there’s no better vehicle than his all-star Quintet — a band he introduced on 2017’s Erik Jekabson Quintet (Wide Hive), which the Mercury News named as one of the year’s best jazz releases.
For this two-night residency, Jekabson brings a joyous program of holiday favorites, joined by special guest vocalist Kalil Wilson. “Possessing a lithe and soulful sound” (Berkeleyside), Wilson is an Oakland native whose performances and residencies have taken him around the world. The son of renowned Nigerian bassist and bandleader Babá Ken Okulolo, Wilson has been steeped in music his entire life, working widely in jazz, opera, and R&B settings, releasing a pair of albums, and working with artists including Carlos Santana and jazz guitar legend Kenny Burrell.
PLEASE NOTE: THESE SHOWS HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
One of the leading lights of post-bop jazz in the San Francisco area.
All Music Guide on Erik Jekabson
One of the leading lights of post-bop jazz in the San Francisco area.
All Music Guide on Erik Jekabson
Watch & Listen
Erik Jekabson Quintet
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Erik Jekabson Quintet
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Erik Jekabson Quintet
Let Me Tell You What
Erik Jekabson Quintet
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