The piano player and songwriter is one of the great heirs to New Orleans’ world-changing music heritage—an outsider from Kent, England, Cleary has become a beloved personality in his adopted hometown. NPR calls him “pure New Orleans,” and he’s made the city proud with his 2016 Grammy Award for his album GoGo Juice. Jon Cleary has not only ascended into the pantheon of New Orleans musical greats, but established a groove and a style that’s unmistakably his own.

A husband. A wife. An astonishing debut. Two-time Grammy-nominated The Baylor Project is steeped in the heart and soul of jazz. As the children of pastors, Marcus and Jean’s musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of gospel, blues, soul, and jazz to make its mark. Their debut CD, The Journey, topped the Billboard Jazz Chart and garnered two Grammy Award nominations, solidifying The Baylor Project as an undeniable force.  Join them…

With Sigurd Hole and Jarle Vespestad   For his soon to be released album The Other Side, jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen returns to the piano trio setting, expanding its repertoire with bluesy new compositions and unique arrangements of J.S. Bach chorales and traditional Scandinavian hymns. Joining him are bassist Sigurd Hole and his long-standing collaborator, drummer Jarle Vespestad. The elements of Gustavsen’s work reflects a paradoxical blend of simplicity, quietude, and sensuality built on the hymns of his youth, a…

Acclaimed artist Nitin Sawhney presents an evening of music and memories featuring Aref Durvesh on tabla and vocalist Eva Stone. From coincidences that are barely explicable by conventional Western thought or logic, to an array of events which include working with some of the world’s most famous artists, A Musical Life is delivered through Sawhney’s unique prism, performance, and perspective of music as a universal language.

Robert Huw Morgan will perform a recital of works based on plainchant from pre-Reformation England to present-day Paris. He will play on the Fisk-Nanney and Murray Harris organs, as well as the Hupalo and Repasky Tudor organ. Dr. Morgan is the University Organist at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1999. A native of Wales, he received his BA and MA from Cambridge University and in 1989 became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Between 1985…

St. Lawrence String Quartet with Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano  The acclaimed St. Lawrence String Quartet, a beloved linchpin of Stanford University and Stanford Live, presents its Sundays with the St. Lawrence series, a matinee array of chamber outings in many modes. Oct. 14th’s concert features pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in the Mendelssohn Sextet.

As a direct protest to the 2017 Executive Orders limiting travel to the United States by people from largely Muslim-majority countries, San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet premieres a new program featuring music from the original seven “banned” countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen—among others. Kronos’ Music for Change: The Banned Countries highlights a rich diversity of artistic voices, including works composed specifically for the performance, new collaborations, and signature works from Kronos’ extensive repertoire. With support from…