Raffi Garabedian Quartet
Tenor saxophonist Raffi Garabedian
was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, from which he received a BFA in Jazz Performance.
He has toured extensively—both at the helm of his own projects, and as a member of other groups—and has played and recorded with luminaries such as
Jorge Rossy, Ben Street, Dayna Stephens, and Johnny Talbot. Garabedian also plays in several projects in and around the Bay Area, including
Insect Life—a group focusing on collective improvisation, with Ben Goldberg (clarinet), Danny Lubin-Laden (trombone), Ben Davis (cello), and Gerald Cleaver (drums),
and Sticklerphonics, again with Lubin-Laden, and Scott Amendola (drums).
His latest recrding is 2024’s "The Crazy Dog", which Downbeat calls a “deeply personal and musically inventive” work, full of “complex, contrapuntal ambitions.”
Garabedian is a seasoned educator, and is on the jazz saxophone faculty at Sonoma State University, while teaching at Berkeley High School.
He has taught regularly at the California Jazz Conservatory, the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and works with private students.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Marta Sanchez, Noah
Garabedian, and Scott Amendola.
https://raffigarabedianmusic.com/
Pianist and composer Dahveed Behroozi (b. 1981) is
a NYC based musician who currently resides in the San Francisco Bay
Area. His focus is in jazz, classical, and new music. Dahveed’s playing
has been described as, "highly expressive, lyrical and colorful with a
phenomenal facility" by many artists and various publications.
In addition to performing and recording as a leader and soloist,
Dahveed has performed and recorded with Thomas Morgan, Tyshawn Sorey,
Billy Mintz, and Dayna Stephens.
Originally from San Jose, California, Dahveed received his BA degree in
Jazz Piano from The Manhattan School of Music in 2002 where he studied
under Fred Hersch. He then received his Master’s degree from The
Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College where he studied classical
and contemporary piano literature under Ursula Oppens.
Dahveed is also an active educator and serves on the faculty of Gavilan
College, San Jose State University, and Santa Clara University.
Dahveed was heard here previously with Matt Renzi, Shay Salhov, Scott
Barnhill, Gatekeeper, and the
Dahveed Behroozi Quartet.
https://www.dahveedbehroozi.com/
David Ewell (String Bass) hails from Berkeley, CA,
and graduated from
Berkeley High's nationally renowned music program, and from UC
Berkeley.
He has worked with Arthur Blythe, Bobby Watson, Greg Tardy, John Handy,
Bishop Norman Williams, Howard Wiley, Ben Goldberg, Mark Levine, Marc
Carey, Omar Sosa, Calvin Keys, Randy Vincent, Will Bernard, Julian
Lage, Babatunde Lea, E.W. Wainwright, Jaz Sawyer, Colin
Bailey, Donald “Duck” Bailey, Tom Rainey, John Santos, and Lavay Smith.
He appeared here previously with Eddie Marshall, Mark Levine, Mitch
Marcus, Steve Heckman, Marko Djordjevic, The Supplicants, and Craig Handy.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Mitchell has been behind the drums since the age of 8.
Michael soon began studying with NYC session-drummers Mike Mechem and
Geoff Clapp, and started playing professionally at the age of 13, in
and around the New York City area. Those relationships provided
opportunities to study with Greg Hutchinson, Damion Reid, and Rodney
Green, and after graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School in
Brooklyn, Michael went on to Manhattan School of Music, where he
studied with Justin Dicioccio, and earned a Bachelors Degree in Drumset
Performance.
Michael teaches at the Stanford Jazz Workshop during the summer
as well as coaching in SJW’s Giant Steps program, a middle school big band initiative that runs during the school year.
He performed previously at Chez Hanny with Steven Lugerner's Jacknife, and Marina Albero.
http://michaelisaacsm.wix.com
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