Kenny Barron’s final night as Resident Artistic Director is devoted to the West Coast premiere of new chamber work with an ensemble including Swiss-born harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret, flutist and former SFJAZZ High School All-Star Elena Pinderhughes, and cellist Noah Jackson. Don’t miss this special night of new music!

Called “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” by The Los Angeles Times, Kenny Barron is a 2010 NEA Jazz Master and eleven-time GRAMMY nominee who helped define and extend the jazz tradition since his work with Dizzy Gillespie in the early ‘60s catapulted him into the spotlight. Extensive associations with Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Stan Getz, James Moody and Ron Carter built his peerless reputation as a sideman, and he has recorded over 50 albums as a bandleader over his five-decade career. A seven-time recipient of Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association, Barron leads an ironclad trio with bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, and regularly performs as a soloist and settings from duo to big band.