SFJAZZ Collective
Avishai Cohen
Sound check
Northeast Tour Bus
Eric Harland & Avishai Cohen
Stefon Harris & Matt Penman
Mark Turner & Edward Simon

Week Three

by Stefon Harris, Vibraphonist

Week One Week Two

Meet the SFJAZZ Rhythm Section

Matt Penman, Bass

imageOriginally from New Zealand, Matt Penman studied at Boston's Berklee College of Music before relocating to New York in 1995. In addition to releasing his own critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Catch of the Day (2007) and The Unquiet (2002), he has recorded as a sideman on some 70 other discs and has performed with the likes of Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Nnenna Freelon, Madeleine Peyroux, Brian Blade, John Scofield and Guillermo Klein. His latest project is the supergroup James Farm, which includes founding SFJAZZ Collective tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks and current Collective drummer Eric Harland. Their self-titled Nonesuch debut was released this year.

Eric Harland, Drummer

imageA leading drummer on the national scene, Texas-born Eric Harland has performed with jazz legends like Betty Carter, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, and has played on more than 70 recordings with such artists as Terence Blanchard, Greg Osby, Charles Lloyd and Zakir Hussain. In DownBeat's 65th Annual Readers Poll, he was included in the short list of top drummers, in the company of masters like Roy Haynes and the late Elvin Jones. In 2010, Harland claimed DownBeat's top spot in the Rising Star Drummer category of the Annual Critics Poll for the third straight year. His debut recording as a leader, Voyager, Live by Night, was released in 2011 and features saxophonist Walter Smith III, guitarist Julian Lage, pianist Taylor Eigsti and bassist Harish Raghavan. 

 

Spring Tour Repertoire

“Wonder” what the Collective might be playing as they storm across America?
Here's some of the tunes they've got worked up.

Stevie Wonder Tunes
Band Originals
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