2026-27 Season: Forward Motion
Sun Nov 15
Nine months of world-class jazz
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Upcoming at SFJAZZ CenterCivic Center, San Francisco
Reviewers recommend dining at local restaurants in the area prior to the show.
Reviewers note that balcony seats allow you to stand or move around during the show.
Reviewers advise avoiding 3rd-level side seats where steel beams and equipment can obscure the stage.
Saxophonist Joshua Redman brings his quartet and material from his Blue Note album Words Fall Short to the SFJAZZ Center, performing alongside pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and drummer Nazir Ebo.
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Joshua Redman Quartet
San Francisco jazz quartet, 2025 Blue Note album Words Fall Short
Headliner
Joshua Redman leads his current quartet—pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and drummer Nazir Ebo—performing material from his 2025 Blue Note release Words Fall Short. The ensemble, assembled after the first leg of his 2023 tour for Where Are We, showcases Redman’s blend of post‑bop, avant‑garde, and traditional jazz vocabularies.
Nazir Ebo
drums, 2025 Blue Note collaborator
Nazir Ebo provides drums for the Joshua Redman Quartet’s 2025 Words Fall Short tour.
This event already happened.
Upcoming at SFJAZZ CenterCivic Center, San Francisco
Reviewers recommend dining at local restaurants in the area prior to the show.
Reviewers note that balcony seats allow you to stand or move around during the show.
Reviewers advise avoiding 3rd-level side seats where steel beams and equipment can obscure the stage.
Saxophonist Joshua Redman brings his quartet and material from his Blue Note album Words Fall Short to the SFJAZZ Center, performing alongside pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and drummer Nazir Ebo.
Recommended by:
Joshua Redman Quartet
San Francisco jazz quartet, 2025 Blue Note album Words Fall Short
Headliner
Joshua Redman leads his current quartet—pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and drummer Nazir Ebo—performing material from his 2025 Blue Note release Words Fall Short. The ensemble, assembled after the first leg of his 2023 tour for Where Are We, showcases Redman’s blend of post‑bop, avant‑garde, and traditional jazz vocabularies.
Nazir Ebo
drums, 2025 Blue Note collaborator
Nazir Ebo provides drums for the Joshua Redman Quartet’s 2025 Words Fall Short tour.
What are you into?
- Blue Note album material
- Paul Cornish piano
- Philip Norris bass
- Nazir Ebo drums
- SFJAZZ Center
- Civic Center
- San Francisco
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