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Greg Jacobs performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2025 with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra
Greg Jacobs is a jazz pianist residing in Oakland, California. He has been performing about five times a week since 2013, and has performed at many of the premier Jazz venues in the Bay Area, including the SF JAZZ Miner Auditorium, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, The Sound Room, Blue Note Napa, Club Deluxe, Piedmont Piano, Mr Tipples Recording Studio, Keys Jazz Bistro, the Black Cat, The Backroom, Bird And Beckett, and The Impulse Room, as well as at Jazz festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Stanford Jazz Festival, and the Half Moon Bay Jazz and Wine Festival. He also teaches private lessons, has worked in musical theater, holds a position as Music Director since 2020 at a church in San Francisco, and has worked as accompanist for classical vocalists.
Some of his main influences are Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, and Sonny Clark. But he draws from a very wide range of musical idioms.
Some of his main influences are Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, and Sonny Clark. But he draws from a very wide range of musical idioms.
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Top photo: Greg Jacobs performing at Fillmore Jazz Festival, July 7, 2024, with Marcus Shelby Quintet. Photo by Mark Dawson MarkDawsonStudio.com
Upcoming Performances:
Mon, 3/9/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
Fri, 3/13/26: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Sat, 3/14/26: : Keys Jazz Bistro, 7pm and 9pm shows, Marcus Shelby Quintet, Marcus Shelby Celebrates the Miles Davis Centennial, Mike Olmos (trumpet), Raffi Garribedian (tenor), Greg Jacobs (piano), Jaimeo Brown (drums), Marcus Shelby (bass), CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS ($40), 498 Broadway, San Francisco
Mon, 3/16/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
Fri, 3/20/26: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Sat, 3/21/26: : Keys Jazz Bistro, 9pm show, Fog City Swing, CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS ($40), 498 Broadway, San Francisco
Mon, 3/23/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
Sat, 4/4/26: Mr Tipples, Marcus Shelby Quartet, 6pm and 7:30 pm shows, CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS, HERE FOR 7:30 SHOW, 39 Fell St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Mon, 4/6/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
Sat, 4/11/26: Meyhouse Jazz, "Marcus Shelby Quartet pays tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet with music by John Lewis, including “Django” and Odds Against Tomorrow. Featuring Dillon Vado (vibraphone), Greg Jacobs (piano), Jemal Ramirez (drums), and Marcus Shelby (bass)." 8:00 p.m., CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS, 640 Emerson St, Palo Alto
Mon, 4/13/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
4/18/26: The Sound Room: Marcus Shelby and his Sextet return to the Sound Room to present “Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus”. The program will include rarely performed Mingus compositions, excerpts from “Beneath the Underdog”, film clips, and commentary by bandleader and bassist Marcus Shelby. 7:30 - 10:00 p.m., CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS, 3022 Broadway, Oakland
Mon, 4/20/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
Mon, 4/27/26: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA
From left to right, Greg Jacobs, Chris Amberger, Lyle Link, Rodney Ruckus
From left to right: Greg Jacobs, Lyle Link, Ollie Dudek, Azure Mccall, Leon Joyce Jr.
