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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