Aram Shelton Quartet at JazzPOP Courtyard Concert Series at Hammer Museum

Aram Shelton, an energetic musical presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, imports some of his longtime collaborators from the Chicago scene Keefe Jackson (tenor saxophone), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Tim Daisy (drums), for a rare West Coast performance. Shelton’s music for this quartet—while influenced by innovative masters like Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago—is uniquely his own, an extension of a tradition that embraces lyricism and freedom.

The Hammer Museum’s JazzPOP music series celebrates its seventh year of free outdoor concerts in the Hammer courtyard this September, featuring trailblazing West Coast bandleaders/composers and their collaborators from Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago...

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Aram Shelton, an energetic musical presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, imports some of his longtime collaborators from the Chicago scene Keefe Jackson (tenor saxophone), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Tim Daisy (drums), for a rare West Coast performance. Shelton’s music for this quartet—while influenced by innovative masters like Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago—is uniquely his own, an extension of a tradition that embraces lyricism and freedom.

The Hammer Museum’s JazzPOP music series celebrates its seventh year of free outdoor concerts in the Hammer courtyard this September, featuring trailblazing West Coast bandleaders/composers and their collaborators from Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. JazzPOP is once again curated by San Francisco musician Lisa Mezzacappa. Admission is free, all ages.

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