2014-15 Season: By The Numbers

50th Anniversary of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme

John Coltrane © Bob Thiele

216 bottles of champagne to ring in 2015 (Maceo Parker's Funky New Years)

155 Sold Out Performances

Red Baraat © Ronald Davis

19 #ThankYouJoni Artist Testimonials

Dozens of #ThankYouJoni Notes Below the Joni Mitchell Art Installation

© Got Light

1 Epic Second Line Parade (SFJAZZ Gala), Courtesy of Brass Band Mission

11th SFJAZZ Collective Album: The Music of Joe Henderson & Original Compositions

53 Performances by the High School All-Stars, Nationwide

SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Combo collaborates with the

SF Ballet School Trainee Program © Erik Tomasson

1st Place at the Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey Awarded to High School All-Stars Orchestra. Combo Awarded 2nd Place.

High School All-Stars Spring 2015 Concert © Scott Chernis

11,000+ SFJAZZ Members

Charles Lloyd's Wild Man Dance (Member Discount Performance)

© Grason Littles

100+ Education Events at the SFJAZZ Center in 2014-15, Serving Nearly 9,000 People

The Amigos Family Workshop © Scott Chernis

SFJAZZ Doodle: 2014-15 Season Giveaway!

SFJAZZ Doodle of Gregory Porter by Bill Russell

To kick off the SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season, we invite you to create a "doodle" of your favorite artist coming to the SFJAZZ Center—a simple sketch, a detailed portrait, done by hand or computer, or through your own artistic medium—and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for a chance to win tickets to that artist's performance!

SFJAZZ Doodle of Esperanza Spalding by Kieran O'Barr

To Enter 

• Explore the SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season Lineup
• Create a doodle, or two (or three)
• Post your doodle on SFJAZZ's Facebook (comment on the post pinned to the top), or to Twitter and Instagram with hashtag #SFJAZZdoodle
• Winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 16 (right after Opening Week feat. Eliane Elias and Paula West)
• Most importantly: have fun and be creative!

See all the SFJAZZ Doodles at SFJAZZ.org!

2014-15 Season Now On Sale To Public!

Saxophonist Joshua Redman featured in the new 2014-15 Season!

The SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season is now on sale—featuring Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento, trumpet superstar Chris Botti, banjo maestro Béla Fleck, saxophonists Joshua Redman, Charles Lloyd and Pharaoh Sanders, swinging cabaret band Max Raabe & Palast Orchester and many more!

Check out the full Lineup!

SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors

The new Season also introduces a new set of SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors—tabla master Zakir Hussain, drum marvel Eric Harland, New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard and bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding—each curating exclusive programming at the SFJAZZ Center! Check out what they're up to at sfjazz.org!

Listen: SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season Playlist!

With so much head-bobbing, swinging, boundary-breaking, beautiful music coming through the SFJAZZ Center in the upcoming 2014-15 Season, here's our "highlights" playlist, for your enjoyment—the soundtrack to our biggest Season yet!

Stream recordings from all 2014-15 Season artists at sfjazz.org!

JUST ANNOUNCED: 2014-15 Season!

Drumroll please... Introducing: The SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season!!!

Take a look at sfjazz.org!

We're also thrilled to introduce a new set of SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors. Four of the most forward-thinking musicians in jazz—Zakir Hussain, Eric Harland, Terence Blanchard and Esperanza Spalding—will each curate exclusive programming, premiering new works, featuring unprecedented collaborations, and jumpstarting the boundary-breaking creative mission of the SFJAZZ Center.

SFJAZZ Education: Dorado Schmitt, Gypsy Jazz Jam

And one more thing... SFJAZZ Education also announced it's Fall 2014 Lineup of Koret Discover Jazz Series, Family Matinees, Digital Lab Classes, Monday Night Band & the award-winning SFJAZZ High School All-Stars!