Currents

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50(price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 Currents is a Bay Area–based modern jazz collective rooted in post-bop tradition and contemporary improvisation, with a focus on original composition and evolving ensemble interplay. Featuring internationally active performers and recording artists, the group draws on extensive experience across major jazz stages, festivals, and clubs worldwide. Their sound balances straight-ahead lineage with open improvisation and cross-genre influence, reflecting the fluid nature of today’s creative jazz landscape. Through original works, reimagined standards, and exploratory arrangements, Currents presents a dynamic, immersive experience for both devoted jazz audiences and new listeners. Trumpeter Joel Behrman brings a commanding voice shaped by an eclectic career spanning jazz, funk, pop, and Latin music. A graduate of the University of Miami, Behrman has performed or recorded with an extraordinary range of artists including Jimmy Cobb, Chris Potter, Jazzmeia Horn, Helen Sung, Sheila E., Pete Escovedo, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Natalie Cole, and Boz Scaggs. His broad musical perspective and dynamic improvisational style add both power and nuance to the band's sound. Saxophonist Jesse Levit, an Oakland native whose musical journey began at age seven. A former lead alto saxophonist with both the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars and the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, Levit toured internationally before studying at California State University, East Bay and later earning a Master's degree in Jazz Performance and Composition from Manhattan School of Music. Along the way, he shared the stage with jazz luminaries including Wynton Marsalis, James Moody, Jane Monheit, Seamus Blake, and Jim McNeely. Pianist Matt Clark holds a BM in Jazz Studies from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Highly regarded as a pianist and arranger, he has performed with jazz luminaries Bobby Hutcherson, Benny Golson, David "Fathead" Newman, Frank Morgan, Teddy Edwards, Billy Harper, Steve Turre, Jimmy Cobb, Ray Drummond, Richard Davis, and Marcus Belgrave, among many others. Clark has performed throughout Asia, Europe and the United States, including appearances, at the Monterey, Stanford, San Francisco, Vienne, Big Sur, and Rochester Jazz festivals, as well televised performances for CNN and PBS. As an educator, Matthew has worked as a lecturer and ensemble instructor at the Stanford, Jazz Camp West, California Jazz Conservatory, and SFJazz workshops. Josh Thurston-Milgrom is a jazz bassist and educator based in Palo Alto. He is Director of Instrumental Music at Castilleja School, Lecturer in Jazz Bass at Stanford University, and a longtime member of the faculty of Stanford Jazz Workshop and Jazz Camp West. He also teaches privately and performs frequently, both as a sideman and leading his own group. Brian Fishler is an east/west coast drummer/percussionist. Growing up in Novato, California, Brian started playing the drums at the age of four years old and went on to win various awards and scholarships throughout his high school tenure. Fishler played professionally in the Bay Area before moving to NYC in 2005. Some highlights include performing at the Montreal Jazz Festival and Montreux Jazz Festival, the Carson Daly Show and the London based Jonathan Ross Show. Fishler can be heard performing in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie as well as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Fishler continues to tour internationally and domestically with various artists and bands of different genres. Fishler has played for and performed with the likes of Craig Handy, Ed Cherry,Bob Sheppard, Benny Benack III, Bruce Foreman, Erik Jekabson, Marcus Shelby, Joel Frahm, David Gibson, Brian Charette, Tom Guarna, Noel Jewkes, Brad Leili, Mike Olmos, Andrew Speight, Dave McNab, , Kenny Washington, Petula Clark, Michael C. Hall, Carol Channing, The Max Weinberg Orchestra, The Chico…