San Jose Jazz

San Jose Jazz Founded in 1986, SJZ is a public benefit corporation celebrating jazz as a dynamic, evolving art form
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Meet Annie Orzen — pianist, bandleader, educator and self-proclaimed cook—now a member of the SJZ Summer Jazz Camp facul...
06/02/2026

Meet Annie Orzen — pianist, bandleader, educator and self-proclaimed cook—now a member of the SJZ Summer Jazz Camp faculty. 🎹🍳

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Annie leads the Annie Orzen Trio and jazz-pop project Seldon in the Bay Area, serves as an in-demand music director for vocalists — most recently completing a six-day residency at the Castro Theatre performing with Sam Smith — and teaches at four Bay Area schools including Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.
This summer she joins the San Jose Jazz Summer Camp faculty as a piano instructor.

Camp is coming soon–June 15–26! Register now at sanjosejazz.org/camp 🎶

Meet Nick Aganad — drummer, educator and self-described golf enthusiast joins the SJZ Summer Jazz Camp faculty this year...
05/30/2026

Meet Nick Aganad — drummer, educator and self-described golf enthusiast joins the SJZ Summer Jazz Camp faculty this year. ⛳🥁

Nick has been playing drums for nearly 20 years and teaching since 2017. A San Jose State Jazz Studies grad, he performs with Bay Area groups Frunkyman, Character Select and PACHEX, and serves as Assistant Director of the SJZ High School All-Stars program.
A die-hard Warriors and 49ers fan, Nick brings serious Bay Area energy to everything he does — on the kit, on the course and in the classroom. 🏀🏈

Camp is coming soon–June 15–26! Register now at sanjosejazz.org/camp 🎶

New Jazz Underground's debut album "Hoodies" is out today. 🎶Bridging jazz tradition with hip-hop-inflected grooves, Afro...
05/30/2026

New Jazz Underground's debut album "Hoodies" is out today. 🎶

Bridging jazz tradition with hip-hop-inflected grooves, Afro-Cuban rhythms and raw, vocal-led blues, DownBeat praises "a foundation of solid groove, enabled by a remarkable synergy between the players." And NPR calls the track "Oney Ones One" "classy and classic, it absolutely cooks."

Stream it to hear what everyone is talking about — then catch them live at Summer Fest, August 7–9.

Grab an All Stages ticket at bit.ly/SJZ26TIX 🎟️

05/28/2026

Just a few tickets are left for Wally Schnalle's Idiot Fish Septet's set tomorrow night. Here's Wally telling us about this exciting show and the stellar roster he's put together. Don't delay--grab your tickets today at sanjosejazz.org/tickets.

🔥💃🏽🪘 The 2026 ¡WEPA! Fest brings the salsa heat to Parque de Los Pobladores on Friday, June 12 from 5–10PM — and this ye...
05/28/2026

🔥💃🏽🪘 The 2026 ¡WEPA! Fest brings the salsa heat to Parque de Los Pobladores on Friday, June 12 from 5–10PM — and this year’s lineup is 🔥🔥

🎤 Hosted by Summer Fest emcee Santos Lopez

🎶 Featuring LIVE performances by:
✨ Jeri y El Kombo Klasiko
✨ Los Calderones
✨ Headliners Orquesta Bembé closing out the night with high-energy salsa heat 💥🔥

PLUS 👀
🎧 DJ Leydis
💃🏽 Salsa dance instruction with Alyssa Aguilar
🥁 Special performance by Aguacero Bomba
🍹 Food & drinks
🛍️ Local vendors

FREE with Registration! bit.ly/26WEPA

Brought to you by MACLA / Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana & San Jose Jazz with support from San José District 1 Councilmember Rosemary Kamei and CityDance (San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs).

aja monet just dropped "the color of rain" — and the world is paying attention. 🌧️The New York Times calls her work "a f...
05/23/2026

aja monet just dropped "the color of rain" — and the world is paying attention. 🌧️

The New York Times calls her work "a fluid mix of jazz and poetry," The New Yorker says "a dreamlike tangle of genre-blurring ideas," and Pitchfork praises her "profound and forceful clarity." Co-produced with Justin Brown and Meshell Ndegeocello, the album weaves jazz, soul, hip-hop and afropunk into something entirely its own.

Stream "the color of rain" on Spotify, Apple Music and major platforms — then catch aja monet live at Summer Fest, Saturday, August 8. 🎶 Tickets at bit.ly/SJZ26TIX 🎟️

05/21/2026

Friday, May 29 at the SJZ Break Room: Wally Schnalle's jazz fusion septet Idiot Fish features Paul Hanson, widely considered the world's premier jazz improviser on bassoon (Béla Fleck, Jon Batiste, Wayne Shorter) alongside Frank Martin on keys (John McLaughlin, Stevie Wonder), Charles McNeal on saxophone (The Headhunters), Joel Behrman on trumpet (Chris Potter, Boz Scaggs), Brian Sheu on guitar and Aaron Germain on bass (Bonnie Raitt, Stanley Jordan).

Drawing inspiration from Miles Davis and Weather Report, this is electrifying fusion performed by musicians who have done it all. Come on down for the Spring Series' final show. Tickets at sanjosejazz.org/tickets 🎟️

05/21/2026

East LA's Thee Sinseers just dropped "Did Ya Know?" — a lush, sun-drenched soul ballad with a jaunty guitar groove and the soaring falsetto of bandleader Joey Quiñones. 🎶

It's the lead single from "Love Stories," their sophomore album on Colemine Records, out September 18. Stream it now on Spotify, Apple Music and most major platforms.

Catch them live before the album drops — Thee Sinseers perform at Summer Fest Friday, August 7 at 9:30pm. Link in bio for tickets. 🎟️

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310 S. First Street
San Jose, CA
95113

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Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm

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