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The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
Join us as we kick off Jazz Appreciation Month with an electrifying performance by the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, led by trumpeter and Jazzschool Young Musicians Program Director Erik Jekabson. This special concert will feature all-star Jazzschool faculty as guest artists, making for an unforgettable night of big band brilliance. The evening opens with a standout ensemble from our Young Musicians Program, showcasing the next generation of jazz talent. Don’t miss this dynamic celebration of jazz!

The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band, which started a steady Sunday residency at the California Jazz Conservatory, has collaborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg. Learn more by visiting electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com

The Marcus Shelby Quintet Presents Harriet Tubman & The Blues
Marcus Anthony Shelby is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on the history, present, and future of African American lives social movements and music education.
In 1990, Marcus Shelby received the Charles Mingus Scholarship to attend Cal Arts and study composition with James Newton and bass with Charlie Haden. Currently, Shelby is the Artistic Director of Healdsburg Jazz, an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and a past resident artist with the San Francisco Jazz Festival and the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. Shelby has composed several oratorios and suites including “Harriet Tubman”, “Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio”, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues”, “Green and Blues”, and a children’s opera “Harriet’s Spirit” produced by Opera Parallel 2018.
Christopher Clarke: Trumpet. Phil Vieux: Alto Sax/Flute. Greg Jacobs: Piano. Jemal Ramirez: Drums. Marcus Shelby: Bass
Tickets at Marcus Shelby Quintet
Jason Moran and the Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
Pianist Jason Moran is joined by the New Orchestra of Bay Area jazz great Marcus Shelby & rising vocal star Darynn Dean for concerts dedicated to the big band compositions of the iconic Duke Ellington.
Jason Moran and the Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
Pianist Jason Moran is joined by the New Orchestra of Bay Area jazz great Marcus Shelby & rising vocal star Darynn Dean for concerts dedicated to the big band compositions of the iconic Duke Ellington.
FAMILY MATINEE W/ THE MARCUS SHELBY NEW ORCHESTRA
Bassist, bandleader and educator Marcus Shelby and his fabulous orchestra pay homage to one of the greatest artists in jazz: Duke Ellington! America’s most celebrated jazz composer — with over 3,000 compositions to his credit — Ellington was heralded as “beyond category,” and provided the world with some of the most enduring melodies ever written. Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with the music of Duke Ellington!
Jason Moran and the Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
Pianist Jason Moran is joined by the New Orchestra of Bay Area jazz great Marcus Shelby & rising vocal star Darynn Dean for concerts dedicated to the big band compositions of the iconic Duke Ellington.
Jason Moran and the New Marcus Shelby Orchestra
Pianist Jason Moran is joined by the New Orchestra of Bay Area jazz great Marcus Shelby & rising vocal star Darynn Dean for concerts dedicated to the big band compositions of the iconic Duke Ellington.
Jason Moran and the Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
Pianist Jason Moran is joined by the New Orchestra of Bay Area jazz great Marcus Shelby & rising vocal star Darynn Dean for concerts dedicated to the big band compositions of the iconic Duke Ellington.







Electric Squeezebox Orchestra @ the California Jazz conservatory
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band, which started a steady Sunday residency at the California Jazz Conservatory, has collaborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg. Learn more by visiting electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com



Electric Squeezebox Orchestra @ the California Jazz conservatory
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band, which started a steady Sunday residency at the California Jazz Conservatory, has collaborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg. Learn more by visiting electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com


Electric Squeezebox Orchestra @ Portola Valley Vineyards
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is a 17 piece big band based in the Bay Area that plays music composed and arranged by its members. Led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, the band has a monthly residency every second Sunday night at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley that began in March 2018. Before that, the band had a weekly residency at Doc's Lab in SF from 2014-2018. The E.S.O. currently consists of Erik, Erik Andrews, Edward Evans, and Christopher Clarke on trumpets, Rob Ewing, Danny Lubin-Laden, Patrick Malabuyo and Richard Lee on trombones, Sheldon Brown and Larry Delacruz on alto saxes, Mike Zilber and Marcus Stephens on tenor saxes, Charlie Gurke on baritone sax, and the rhythm section of Omree Gal-Oz, piano; Sam Klein-Markman, guitar; Josh Tower, bass; and Brian Fischler on drums. However, you'll catch many of the Bay Area's top jazz musicians subbing into the band every week, and the band has collaborated with special guests Kalil Wilson, John Santos, Kenny Washington, Spok, Madeline Eastman, Sandy Cressman, Edgardo Cambon, Avotcja, Nicolas Bearde, Mads Tolling and Kellye Gray. They have two CDs out on the OA2 label: "The Falling Dream", released on OA2 records in 2018, and "Cheap Rent", released in 2015. Their newest CD, "Matter Is", on the DoubleOone record label, features their collaborations with guest vocalists Madeline Eastman, Sandy Cressman, Kalil Wilson, and Kenny Washington and poet Avotjca.