Kristen Strom

A masterful instrumentalist and educator, Strom has performed with a staggering list of artists over her career including the Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole, Steve Turre, Jimmy Heath, and Roberta Flack. She recorded over 40 albums, appearing on four recordings with the celebrated Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra and worked locally with Pamela Rose, Tammy L. Hall, Wally Schnalle, and the Jim Norton Collective. She teaches at Santa Clara University, West Valley College, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and is the director of the South Bay Summer Jazz Intensive.

Her latest OA2 Records session, Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett, is a tribute to the late Bay Area bassist, composer, and bandleader with whom Strom performed and recorded for 25 years.