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, 5/2/2025: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Monday, 5/5/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Thursday, 5/8/2025: Keys Jazz Bistro, Tony Peebles Quartet, GET TICKETS HERE, 7pm and 9pm, 498 Broadway, San Francisco
Saturday, 5/10/2025: Mr Tipples Recording Studio, Tony Peebles Quartet, 9pm, GET TICKETS HERE, 39 Fell St., San Francisco
Monday, 5/12/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Wednesday, 5/14/2025: Harlan Records, Ollie Dudek Quartet feat. Ollie Dudek (bass), Danny Brown (saxophone), Greg Jacobs (piano), James Gallagher (drums), 18 Harlan Pl, San Francisco
Friday, 5/16/2025: Dawn Club, Fog City Swing, 8 p.m. to midnight., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Monday, 5/19/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Wednesday, 5/28/2025: Dawn Club, The Greg Jacobs Quartet, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.., 10 Annie St, San Francisco
Monday, 6/2/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Sunday, 6/8/2025: Presidio Theatre, Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues, 2 pm, GET TICKETS HERE, 99 Moraga Ave, San Francisco
Monday, 6/9/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Friday, 6/13/2025: Geelou, Danny Brown Quartet, 8-11pm, 3251 Scott St., San Francisco
Monday, 6/16/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Thursday, 6/19/2025: Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Jason Moran and the Marcus Shelby Orchestra feat. vocalist Darynn Dean, 6:30 p.m. GET TICKETS HERE, Bacchus Landing, 14210 Bacchus Landing Way, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Saturday, 6/21/2025: Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Freedom Jazz Choir, Dir. Tiffany Austin | Healdsburg Jazz Collective, 1:00 p.m., GET TICKETS HERE, Healdsburg Community Church, 1100 University Ave, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Monday, 6/23/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Monday, 6/30/2025: The Vault Steakhouse, Solo piano, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., Plaza Level, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104