Throwback: Big Bands at SFJAZZ, Through The Years

This week, SFJAZZ celebrates the enduring vitality and flexibility of the Big Band format — something the organization has been doing since its inception. While you scroll through a few highlights below, enjoy our "The Big Band" curated playlist.

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band

4th Annual Jazz in the City Jazz Masters Series

Herbst Theatre

May 25, 1991

"We Love Joe" Tribute

Joe Henderson Big Band

11th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Davies Symphony Hall

November 4, 1993

Illinois Jacquet Big Band

12th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Paramount Theatre

November 5, 1994

75th Anniversary Tribute to Charlie Parker: Slide Hampton & The Jazzmasters Orchestra with Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Charles McPherson

13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Masonic Auditorium

October 21, 1995

Bobby Short & His Orchestra

19th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Davies Symphony Hall

October 28, 2001

Maria Schneider Orchestra

4th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season

Herbst Theatre

March 22, 2002

McCoy Tyner Big Band

20th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Masonic Auditorium

October 27, 2002

Dave Brubeck Big Band

8th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season

Masonic Auditorium

April 15, 2007

Monk Town Hall Revisited: Jason Moran, T.S. Monk & Others

8th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

May 19, 2007

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

SFJAZZ Center, Season 2

March 20, 2014

Learn more about SFJAZZ's Big Bands Week.