Shay Salhov, an Israeli born saxophonist, received
his B.M. from Berklee College of Music in 2002 and his M.M. from the
Boston Conservatory in 2005. In Boston, Shay studied with George
Garzone, Joe Lovano, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi and Ken Radnofsky. He
performed professionally in the Boston and New York area from 2000
until his relocation to the Santa Cruz area in 2009. Musicians that
Shay performed and collaborated with on the East Coast include Ayelet
Rose Gottlieb, Ziv Ravitz, Avishai Cohen, Ronen Itzik, Sebastian
Noelle, Eric McPherson, and Warren Wolf.
Shay currently performs and teaches throughout the Bay Area. He has
collaborated with local greats such as John Shifflett, Jason Lewis,
John Donaldson, Stan Poplin, The Realistic Orchestra, Jeff Denson,
Dahveed Behroozi, Wally Schnalle, and Eddie Mendenhall.
Shay performed at the 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz
Festival, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Don Quixote, Moe’s Alley, The Fillmore,
Earth Day San Francisco and many other Bay Area venues.
Shay was heard here previously with the Shay Salhov Quartet, Salhov/Behroozi/Pate/Lewis,
Alon Nechushtan, and Dahveed Behroozi.
Scott Sorkin is a guitarist, composer, producer, recording engineer, and teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Scott leads his own trio, co-leads the international jazz group Crossing Borders with Jennifer Scott and Kristen Strom, and is a member of the Kristen Strom Quartet, and Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo.
Performance credits include
The Count Basie Orchestra,
Nneenna Freelon,
Paula West,
Louie Bellson,
Steve Turre,
Taylor Eigsti,
Joe Gilman,
Ndugu Chancler,
Larry Grenadier,
Don Haas,
Johnny Coppola,
Mike Vax,
Weslia Witfield,
John Stowell,
Bruce Forman,
Smith Dobson,
Noel Jewkes,
Jack Sheldon,
Tammy Hall,
and Pamela Rose.
He’s performed at festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival, SFJazz, Stanford Jazz Festival,
Sacramento Jazz Festival, St. Louis Jazz Festival, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal,
and at venues including
Jazz Alley, The Triple Door, Bake’s Place, the Royal Room, Ballard Jam House, Marines
Memorial Opera House, Café Pink House, California Jazz Conservatory, Kuumbwa
Jazz Center, Yoshi’s, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, The Tabard Theatre, The Sound
Room, Piedmont Piano Company, and the Impulse Room.
He played Chez Hanny previously with Kristen Strom.
Vibraphonist (and drummer) Dillon Vado grew up in
San Jose, California, and started playing music at the age of 8. He
played marching snare drum with the Santa Clara Vanguard, and began
studying music more seriously at West Valley College, where he started
playing the vibraphone.
In 2012 Dillon transferred to the California Jazz Conservatory in
Berkeley, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in 2017.
His performance experiences include jazz gigs in the South Bay at the
Art Boutiki and Cafe Stritch, recording at Fantasy Studios, and playing
at The Freight and Salvage, Yoshi’s, the SF Jazz Center, the Montreux
Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy.
In 2014, Dillon won 1st place in the Jazz Search West competition on
vibraphone, and in 2017 was selected for the Buddy Montgomery Jazz
Legacy Award through the California Jazz Conservatory.
Dillon has performed with Art Lande, Marcus Shelby, Hafez Modirzadeh,
Royal Hartigan, Erik Jekabson, Jeff Denson, Alan Hall, Marcos Silva, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra,
Beyond Words: Jazz and Poetry, Never Weather, and The Table Trio.
He played Chez Hanny previously with Ratatet, Sheldon Brown, and Anne Sajdera.
Drummer Jason Lewis has played with a variety of
talented musicians including: Joshua
Breakstone, John Stowell, Gary Burton, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Norma
Winstone, Larry Coryell, Darol Anger, Regina Carter, Johnny Frigo, Ann
Dyer, James Carter, Taylor Eigsti, John Handy, Anton Schwartz, Mark
Levine, Peter Apfelbaum, Cornelius Bumpus, Kurt Elling, and
Boz Scaggs.
Jason was heard here previously with Harvey Wainapel, Dave Mac Nab,
Dave Scott, Michael Zilber, John Stowell, Sheldon Brown, Jeff Chambers,
Kristen Strom, Brad Buethe, Mike Greensill, Shay Salhov, Shoebox
Orchestra, Dahveed Behroozi, and Dan Blake.