Jaz Sawyer

Hotplate: “We Three” by Roy Haynes Trio ft. Jaz Sawyer A drummer, educator and bandleader of the first order, San Francisco-raised Jaz Sawyer has worked with many of jazz’s most formidable artists, from Wynton Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, George Benson to Phil Leah & Friends, Bobby Hutcherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herb Alpert and others Dr. Sawyer’s history with SFJAZZ starts with being a member of the first Youth Ensemble (along with longtime friend and Resident Artistic Director Howard Wiley), adjudicator and coach for the High School All-Stars, advisor and the first instructor for the Jazz In The Middle (JIM) program, performed at the Center’s ground breaking and opening, Discover Jazz lecturer, and as the drummer for Executive Artistic Director Terrance Blanchard’s west coast premier of “The Champion” opera. *feel free to reword or omit SFJAZZ history blurb “Mr. Sawyer derives maximum melody from percussion.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES Jaz Sawyer drums David Ewell bass Grant Levin piano