Pianist and composer Alon Nechushtan has
collaborated with jazz greats including William Parker, Don
Byron, Donny McCaslin, Bob Moses, Ben Allison, John Ellis, Chris Cheek,
Chris Speed, Mark Helias, Mark Dresser, Andrew Cyrile, Kenny Wollesen,
Ben Goldberg, Daniel Carter, Ned Rothenberg, Robert Dick, Steve Swell,
Dan Weiss, Francois Moutin, Bob Gulotti, John Lockwood, and Ken
Filiano.
A resident of New York City, Alon has performed in venues such as
Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Central Park Summer Stage, The
Blue Note Jazz Club, and the Kennedy Center. His musical
adventures have brought him to Yokohama, Manila, Sao-Paolo, Toronto,
Montreal, and
Tel Aviv.
In October 2015
the Kennedy Center comissioned a piece for the Billy Strayhorn
Centennial Celebration, followed by a Far East tour in
China and the Phillipines, along with Jazz Festivals in Brazil and
Israel. In 2017 the Smithsonian Museum in Washington
D.C commissioned a new program of Thelonious
Monk’s less known compositions.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Alon
Nechushtan.
Multi-reedist (tenor saxophone, oboe and English
horn) and composer Matt Renzi has been performing
professionally for the past 20 years at international jazz festivals
and music venues worldwide.
He holds a Bachelor’s in Music (Performance) from the Berklee
College of Music and Master’s in Arts (Classical Composition)
from San Francisco State University. Some of his teachers include Joe
Henderson and South Indian Vocalist R.A. Ramamani.
Matt can be heard on a variety of recordings including the award
winning “Lines and Ballads” (Fresh Sound Records)
as well as his latest release entitled “Lunch
Special” (Three P’s Records).
Matt has performed and recorded with Marc Johnson, Michael Formanek,
Eddie Marshall, Herbie Lewis, Ben Monder, Eberhard Weber, Bob Moses,
Ralph Alessi, Bobo Stenson, and
the Berlin Philharmanic Quintet.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Eddie Marshall, David
Ambrosio/Russ Meissner, Shoebox Orchestra, Dahveed Behroozi, MCH
Quartet, Gatekeeper, Alon Nechushtan, and Matt Renzi.
With an M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music, saxophonist Jesse Levit has toured Japan with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, and performed in NYC clubs like Zinc Bar, Smalls,
Smoke, Mezzrow, & Dizzy's, and Bay Area staples like Mr. Tipple’s, SFJAZZ, Bird & Beckett, and The Sound Room.
He has performed with legends like Roy McCurdy, Jane Monheit, Jim McNeely, Diane Witherspoon, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Igoe, Benny Green, and Wycliffe Gordon,
and Bay Area stalwarts Dan Zemelman, Josh Thurston-Milgrom, Eric Garland, Matt Clark, Joel Behrman, Jeff Marrs, and Adam Shulman.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Aaron Germain.
Born in Oakland, CA and growing up in Salt Lake City, Sam Bevan had classical piano lessons from the age of four,
sang and played piano professionally, and earned a BA in French, before dedicating himself to bass, arranging and composing.
He has three CDs as a leader with Emergence being the most recent to date.
Sam has had the opportunity to work with artists including: David Grisman, Zigaboo Modeliste, Joshua Redman, Roswell Rudd, Houston Person,
Stacey Kent, Kenny Washington, New York Voices, Joe Locke, Michael Wolff, Monk's Music Trio, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, Meklit Hadero, Jesus Diaz & QBA,
Fito Reinoso, Louie Romero, Karl Perazzo, The VNote Ensemble, Marco Granados, Bjorkestra, Mamadou Sidibe, Matt Flinner, the New Pickle Family Circus and the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.
He performed here previously with Scott Foster, Johnnie
Valentino/Kenneth
Burgomaster/Michael Pedicin, Johnnie
Valentino/Kenneth
Burgomaster/Elissa Lala, and Evan Francis.
Since relocating from Chicago to San Francisco, drummer Greg Wyser-Pratte quickly became one of the area’s most in-demand drummers,
performing regularly as a member of the Christian Tamburr Quartet, and with vocalist Paula West.
Recent highlights from Greg's associations include major US jazz and blues festivals and European tours with musicians such as Rene Marie,
Clint Holmes, and Dominick Farinacci.
In addition to his live performances, Greg is in high demand in the studio, and has received critical acclaim for his appearances on 25 full-length albums.
Greg is an avid educator with over 25 years of teaching experience.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Steve Lockwood, and Alon Nechushtan.