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Sunday, July 5, 2026 @ 5pm
Sunday, July 5, 2026 @ 7pm
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson plays some of the legendary songwriting duo’s music, arranged for jazz quartet. The composer and lyricist wrote songs that have become part of popular culture, including “Blue Moon”, “My Funny Valentine”, and “The Lady is a Tramp”. Erik Jekabson is a freelance composer, arranger, trumpet player and educator who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is equally busy composing, arranging and playing for different bands, leading his own groups, teaching a wide variety of students and running the Young Musicians Program at the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
As an arranger and composer, he’s arranged for symphony orchestras, (the San Francisco Symphony, the BBC Radio Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra Project) vocalists, (Madeleine Peyroux, Ani DiFranco, Jane Krakowski, Jackie Ryan, Kenny Washington, Madeline Eastman) jazz ensembles, (The Daggerboard- Erik Jekabson Orchestra, the Erik Jekabson String-tet, and his own Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, which holds a monthly residency at the Jazzschool in Berkeley) and co-composed the score for the documentary film “Exiled”
As a trumpet player, he’s spent time on the road with John Mayer, Galactic and Illinois Jacquet, and has performed and recorded with other notable musicians such as Taj Mahal, Maceo Parker, Boz Skaggs and Kermit Ruffins. He has released eight albums under his own name (including four on his own record label, Jekab’s Music), and produced four records with the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra.
Adam Shulman, piano; Dan Feiszli, bass; Jeff Marrs, drums
Tickets: $40 per show
We strongly recommend, arriving before 30 minutes before the show to secure your seat. First come, first served seating applies.