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Join us for casual daytime talks and listening sessions with leading lights of the Bay Area jazz community. Bring your own lunch or order ahead from the JazzCaffè. Wednesdays at lunchtime! Free, drop-ins welcome.
John Calloway is a nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator who has performed with global jazz luminaries including Israel “Cachao” López, Omar Sosa, Max Roach, John Santos, Mark Levine, and Marcus Shelby. He has composed and arranged music for numerous Grammy-nominated recordings; received an Emmy for his composition “No Hay Nada Más SF,” and arranged music for the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn. As an educator, Calloway founded and led the Afro Cuban Ensemble of San Francisco State University from 1994 to 2024, and directed the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco from 2001 to 2024. He holds a master’s degree in music education from San Francisco State University and a doctorate in education from the University of San Francisco, and has taught in San Francisco public schools for more than 30 years.
To order lunch from the JazzCaffè, call 510-654-0148 to place your order before 10:30am the day of the program.
Scan this QR code for the menu or visit actcatering.com/jazzcaffe.