FEB 3-4 & MAR 23 | RESIDENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: HOWARD WILEY
Mar 23, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
Howard Wiley’s Miner performance is a celebration of soul-jazz, funk, gospel, and R&B steeped in West Coast flavor. Combining Wiley’s hard-driving originals with a funkified selection of classics, this is an evening of stirring uplift and non-stop party vibes. Wiley is joined by a cadre of groove masters including organist Lionel “LJ” Holoman, bassist Eric Smith, drummer Dante “Taz” Roberson and a number of special guests, including trombonist Robin Eubanks, pianist/ keyboardist Kev Choice, and vocalists Martin Luther McCoy and China Moses.
Having been mentored by Bay Area great Jules Broussard and sharing formative bandstand experiences with the likes of Clark Terry, Jason Moran, Orrin Evans, and Lauryn Hill, Berkeley-born saxophonist and composer Howard Wiley is a constant presence on SFJAZZ stages and venues around the country as both a bandleader and collaborator with former Tower of Power and Santana organist Chester Thompson, Ethio-folk vocalist Meklit, and as drummer with jump-blues chanteuse Lavay Smith’s Red Hot Skillet Lickers. He’s released a trio of masterful solo recordings, including two that were inspired by Dr. Harry Orster’s famous field recordings of spirituals performed by Angola Penitentiary inmates in the 1950s, and has performed SFJAZZ Hotplate tributes to Ornette Coleman and Coleman Hawkins.
Howard Wiley’s Miner performance is a celebration of soul-jazz, funk, gospel, and R&B steeped in West Coast flavor, combining Wiley’s hard-driving originals with a funkified selection of classics.
Impossible to pigeonhole, Wiley can generate blowtorch heat in just about any context
San Jose Mercury News
Impossible to pigeonhole, Wiley can generate blowtorch heat in just about any context
San Jose Mercury News
Personnel
Howard Wiley tenor saxophone
Lionel “LJ” Holoman Hammond B-3 organ
Eric Smith bass
Dante “Taz” Roberson drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Robin Eubanks trombone
Kev Choice piano, keyboards
Errol Cooney guitar
Tatiana Tate trumpet
Martin Luther McCoy vocals
China Moses vocals
Chris Riggins host
A leading voice in jazz improv
San Francisco Chronicle on Howard Wiley
Personnel
Howard Wiley tenor saxophone
Lionel “LJ” Holoman Hammond B-3 organ
Eric Smith bass
Dante “Taz” Roberson drums
SPECIAL GUESTS
Robin Eubanks trombone
Kev Choice piano, keyboards
Errol Cooney guitar
Tatiana Tate trumpet
Martin Luther McCoy vocals
China Moses vocals
Chris Riggins host
A leading voice in jazz improv
San Francisco Chronicle on Howard Wiley
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FEB 3-4 & MAR 23 | RESIDENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: HOWARD WILEY
FEB 3-4
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director
HOWARD WILEY: SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNINGWITH WYCLIFFE GORDON, REGINALD VEAL, DAMIEN SNEED & DARRELL GREEN