Genres Jazz Website www.sfjazz.org | Years active 2004 (2004)–present Genre Jazz | |
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Origin San Francisco, California, United States Albums The Songs of Stevie Wonder, SFJAZZ Collective 2 Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album Members Miguel Zenón, Joshua Redman, David Sánchez, Matt Penman, Robin Eubanks | ||
The SFJAZZ Collective is an American jazz ensemble comprising eight performer/composers, launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ, a West Coast non-profit jazz institution and the presenter of the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, with funding from the James Irvine Foundation.
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Collective activities
The SFJAZZ Collective performs a new repertoire each year, one that balances the works of a great modern jazz composer from the post-1960 era and eight new compositions (commissioned by SFJAZZ), one from each band member. To date, the composers of focus have been Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), McCoy Tyner (2009), Horace Silver (2010), Stevie Wonder (2011), Chick Corea (2012), Joe Henderson (2014), Michael Jackson (2015), and Miles Davis (2016). For its tenth anniversary tour in 2013, the SFJAZZ Collective performed compositions from the previous nine years.
The SFJAZZ Collective convenes in San Francisco each spring for a three-week residency. Throughout this rehearsal period the octet workshops the season’s new repertoire and interacts with the Bay Area community through SFJAZZ’s education programs for youth and adults.
Following each year’s season, SFJAZZ Records releases a limited-edition CD set.
Members
As of 2015:
Previous members
(list may be incomplete)
Discography
Songs
Do I DoMusic of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions: Live in New York 2011 - Season 8 · 2011
Race BabblingMusic of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions: Live in New York 2011 - Season 8 · 2011
SuperstitionMusic of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions: Live in New York 2011 - Season 8 · 2011