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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
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, Blue Note Napa, Club Deluxe, Mr Tipples Recording Studio, the Black Cat, The Backroom, Bird And Beckett, and The Impulse Room, as well as at Jazz festivals including the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, the Fillmore Jazz Festival, Stanford Jazz Festival, and the Half Moon Bay Jazz and Wine Festival. He also teaches private lessons, works in musical theater, and plays in the modern jazz quintet, Sueños.
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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Upcoming Performances:
Friday, 3/28/2025: Geelou, Danny Brown Quartet, 8-11pm, 3251 Scott St., San Francisco
Sunday, 3/30/2025: Bird and Beckett, 7:00 p.m., Ryan Ancheta Quartet featuring Marcus Shelby (double bass), Miles Turk (drum set), Greg Jacobs (piano), Ryan Ancheta (trumpet), 653 Chenery St., San Francisco
Monday, 3/31/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Tuesday, 4/1/2025: The Well, Jazz At The Well, Presented by Isaac Schwartz (drums) and Chris Aschman (trumpet), with Isaac Coyle (double bass), and Greg Jacobs (piano), Jam Session after first set, 7 - 10 p.m., 3407 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland CA
Wednesday, 4/2/2025: Belle Cora, Daniel Herrera Quartet (Outdoors), 6-9 p.m., 565 Green St, San Francisco
Friday, 4/4/2025: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Saturday, 4/5/2025: Mr Tipples Recording Studio, Marcus Shelby Quartet Maya Angelou Birthday Celebration, 6 - 9:15 p.m., tickets here , 9 Fell St., San Francisco
Monday, 4/7/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Friday, 4/11/2025: Gold Bar Whiskey, Treasure Island, Noah Frank Quartet, 6-9 p.m., 1 Avenue of the Palms #167, San Francisco, CA 94130
Sunday, 4/13/2025: Covenant Presbyterian Church, Concert in the Courtyard with Greg Jacobs Quartet, noon - 1:00 p.m., 321 Taraval Street, San Francisco
Monday, 4/14/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Wednesday, 4/16/2025: Belle Cora, Daniel Herrera Quartet (Outdoors), 6-9 p.m., 565 Green St, San Francisco
Friday, 4/18/2025: Geelou, Danny Brown Quartet, 8-11pm, 3251 Scott St., San Francisco
Monday, 4/21/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Thursday, 4/24/2025: Dawn Club, Verve Quintet, 8:00 p.m. - midnight, 10 Annie St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Friday, 4/25/2025: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Saturday, 4/26/2025: Geelou, Danny Brown Quartet, 8-11pm, 3251 Scott St., San Francisco
Monday, 4/28/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Wednesday, 4/30/2025: Belle Cora, Daniel Herrera Quartet (Outdoors), 6-9 p.m., 565 Green St, San Francisco
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.
