The evening clicked into focus the instant ELEW (Eric Lewis) raised his hands above the keyboard and did nothing. Not a feint; a recalibration. The room quieted to his breathing, and when the first ...

With its two glass walls—one facing busy Franklin Street—the Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJAZZ Center feels like an open studio. At 7 p.m., the sold-out David Binney Action Trio made the most of that ...

The first notes of Edward Simon 's "What If" emerged out of the dark at the Joe Henderson Lab, cutting through the reflections of car lights sliding across the room's glass walls. Inside the 100-seat ...

This show hit like a voltage spike to the sternum—disciplined chaos, loud purpose, no hedging. The room was already on edge before a note. Three fans who had driven down from Sacramento staked the ...

Anthony Wilson chose a high-wire debut for his first time leading his own band at SFJAZZ: nine musicians packed onto the Joe Henderson Lab's stage—roughly 20 by 12 feet—to open the 2025-26 season. The ...

San Francisco, CA September 7, 2025 The Joe Henderson Lab was full, the kind of sold-out where strangers sit shoulder to shoulder and the air sharpens with anticipation. It carried a small-room charge ...

A knockout. No hedging, no warmup lap—impact from the first bar and the room knew it. They opened with "Call to Prayer," a blaze of air and intent. The attack was immediate, not cautious. Hanahan ...