The Jazzschool

09/01/2026

9/12 from 1-6:30pm: Save the Date! Fall Open House

8/29-9/7: SCHOOL CLOSED

https://concerts.jazzschool.org/

08/27/2026

Fall ensembles are open!

Join a group, build your sound, and get better at what only happens in a band: listening, blending, soloing, and keeping the music moving.

Options for adults and young musicians begin Sept. 21.

Adult: jazzschool.org/community-programs/adult-ensembles
Youth: jazzschool.org/community-programs/young-ensembles

08/25/2026

Concerts and events this week at the Jazzschool!

8/26 at 12:30pm: FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs: Lisa Mezzacappa on the Art Ensemble of Chicago

8/26 from 7-10pm: Jazz Jams at Jupiter

8/29-9/7: SCHOOL CLOSED

9/12 from 1-6:30pm: SAVE THE DATE! Jazzschool Fall Open House

concerts.jazzschool.org

08/25/2026

TONIGHT! 8-10:30pm - The Jazzschool is hosting Mark Clifford’s (Mark Pascucci-Clifford) 4th Tuesday Standards Hang - an open jam session that recently lost its venue. All are welcome to sit in!

08/23/2026

Fall is a great time to get back to playing.

Whether you’re picking up your instrument again, ready to play with others, or looking for a new musical challenge, there’s a place for you at The Jazzschool this fall.

Explore classes, ensembles, workshops, concerts, and more—and find your next reason to make music.

🍂 See what’s happening this fall at the Jazzschool.

See Bio Link to Explore Fall Programs or see Jazzschool.org/community-programs

08/19/2026

Fantastic Negrito. Tony! Toni! Toné!. Dr. Dre. Nas. Busta Rhymes. 50 Cent.

There’s a musician connecting some pretty different corners of that list: Oakland organist LJ Holoman. 🎹

This clip catches LJ on the Hammond B3 performing with fellow Bay Area artist Fantastic Negrito.

Rooted in Oakland’s gospel tradition, LJ has spent his career moving between gospel, soul, R&B, hip-hop, blues—and jazz.

This Saturday, Howard Wiley’s August concert series brings LJ and his own trio to the Jazzschool, with the Hammond B3 at the center of it all.

If those names caught your attention, come hear another side of the musician behind them.

LJ Holoman Trio
Lionel (L.j) Holoman — Hammond B3
Elijah Green III — bass
Qyu Jackson — drums

Saturday, August 22 8pm | Doors 7pm | Pre-Concert Talk 7:30pm

The Jazzschool | Berkeley
🎟️ Reserve your seats → concerts.jazzschool.org/lj-holoman-trio/

08/19/2026

Workshops coming up this week at the Jazzschool!

8/23: ONLINE – Digging Deep: The Piano Artistry of Dr. John with Jennifer Jolly

8/23: The Sound of Choro: Rhythm, Improvisation, and Brazilian Identity with Ami Molinelli and Special Guests Roberta Valente and Alexandre Ribeiro

8/29-9/7: SCHOOL CLOSED

https://jazzschool.org/community-programs/workshops/

08/18/2026

Concerts and events this week at the Jazzschool!

8/19: FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs: Marcus Stephens on Electr(on)ic Jazz

8/19: Jazz Jams at Jupiter ()

08/21: FINAL After Hours Vinyl Lounge of the Summer!

08/22: LJ Holoman Trio

8/23: Vocal Open Mic

8/29-9/7: SCHOOL CLOSED

https://concerts.jazzschool.org/

08/13/2026

What will music sound like 100 years from now? 🥁

More than a decade ago, drummer and composer Jaimeo Brown explored that question in his TEDx talk, “What Will the Year 2113 Sound Like?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5EQC-8fN7g

On August 15, hear that idea come alive at the Jazzschool.

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence featuring Howard Wiley brings past, present, and future together in an immersive multimedia performance inspired by the quilts, spirituals, work songs, and culture of Gee’s Bend, Alabama.

Brown combines percussion and electronics with archival field recordings from the Smithsonian, joined by Oakland saxophonist Howard Wiley. The result connects deep musical history with the possibilities of the digital age.

As Downbeat put it:
“Brown creates a music that sounds like the past, present and future all at once.”

📅 Saturday, August 15
🕗 8pm | Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm
📍 The Jazzschool
2087 Addison Street, Berkeley

Come hear what the future sounds like.

🎟️ Buy tickets at concerts.jazzschool.org

Jaimeo Brown (pronounced jah-mayo) has established himself as one o...

08/12/2026

Here's a little taste of what’s coming this Saturday!

Jaimeo Brown and Howard Wiley are in rehearsal for Transcendence—a powerful meeting of jazz, history, electronics, and the music and culture of Gee’s Bend.

Built around African American spirituals and work songs, Transcendence brings drums, saxophone, electronics, and archival field recordings together in music that reaches across past, present, and future.

Catch Jaimeo and Howard live at the Jazzschool this Saturday, August 15.

Jaimeo Brown — drums & electronics
Howard Wiley — saxophone
Fashion design by Frumiesha Brown

Doors 7pm Pre-Concert Talk 7:30pm

🎟️ Reserve your tickets now https://bit.ly/4fSbLG2