Bass player and Bay Area native Josh Thurston-Milgrom is a 16-year veteran of the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He lived for twelve years on the South Side of Chicago, where he studied composition and performed with luminaries such as Von Freeman, Bobby Broom, and Jeff Parker. He also spent three years in East Berlin, where he […]

Brian Ho began playing piano at the early age of five taking lessons at both Stanford and San Jose State. By the age of sixteen, he began to play professionally and started teaching. After his college years spent studying music at UC Davis, he decided to pursue his love of music as a leader, composer, […]

Amelie Anna is percussionist and vocalist with the Blind Bandits and brings film and video game scores to life with her unique voice and hand drumming skills. She was also appointed Assistant Director of the Roots, Jazz and American Music Program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). At SFCM, she studied with artists David […]

Bay Area native and star saxophonist John Palowitch is back, bringing a vibrant take to all things jazz - from classic stylings to modernists twists.

Kenya Moses is an American vocalist of African American and Afro-Brazilian heritage, sharing music from Brazil, Latin America and around the world.  Born in Americus, Georgia, and shortly thereafter moving to Darmstadt, Germany; Kenya was exposed to a wide range of musical experiences, which have influenced her subsequent years of studying and performing.Kenya became obsessed […]

Jimmy Kraft is a San Francisco-based vocalist, saxophonist, pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. He splits his time between performing around the Bay Area, writing and arranging music, and teaching. He is currently a member of the faculty at the acclaimed Stanford Jazz Workshop and the Berkeley Jazzschool, and he maintains a sizable roster of private […]

A lifelong West Coaster, Nick was born in San Diego, raised in Los Angeles, and has spent the past 30 years in San Francisco. He studied with Calvin Keys and performed in a variety of jazz-based Bay Area ensembles. Over the past 10+ years he has led a number of his own combos, specializing in […]

Remy Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated composer and saxophonist whose music is rooted in the jazz tradition and overlaps into the contemporary classical realm, drawing on various influences from Aaron Copland to Charles Mingus. Le Boeuf is also the founder and director of the Assembly of Shadows jazz orchestra.  He has worked with a range […]

Straight ahead and modern jazz classics played by five experienced Bay Area jazz musicians and recording artists, who together have over 250 years of practice and performing. The Josh Taylor Quintet has been playing at Mr. Tipples since 2015, shortly after the club first opened. Instrumentation includes Mike Browne (alto sax), Rick Brown (trombone), Pepe Jacobo (percussion), […]

In 2007, after spending his career as a sideman, learning and honing his craft, Brian stepped into the role as bandleader. In 2019 Brian formed Trio Latino, featuring original compositions and arrangements by pianist Christian Tumalan and bassist Aaron Germain.In the 2015 Downbeat Magazine 80th Annual Reader’s Poll, Brian was voted into the top 20 in the […]