Sheldon Concert Hall announces schedule for 2019-20 season

The Sheldon Concert Hall's just-announced 2019-20 season will include four concerts featuring touring artists in a newly renamed "Rhythm and Jazz" series, plus various local jazz performers as part of its mid-week "coffee concerts" and Saturday matinee series.

Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant (pictured) will be the first jazz artist to perform next year, kicking off the series with a concert on Saturday, October 5.

Salvant will be followed by the NYC-based band Mwenso & the Shakes with guest singers Brianna Thomas and Vuyo Sotashe and dancer Michela Marino Lerman on Saturday, November 9.

Though perhaps not as well-known as many of the other acts booked for next year, the Shakes have earned a following in New York with late night sessions at Dizzy's in Jazz at Lincoln Center featuring a mix of jazz, blues, R&B, and other genres.

After that, the new year will bring pianist Christian Sands’ trio in a tribute to Errol Garner on Saturday, February, followed by the SFJAZZ Collective, who will perform on Saturday, March 14 with a program drawing on music from two albums released 50 years ago, Miles Davis' In a Silent Way and Sly and the Family Stone's Stand.

The current edition of the Collective's ever-evolving lineup includes trumpeter Etienne Charles, tenor saxophonist David Sanchez, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Edward Simon, guitarist Adam Rogers, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Obed Calvaire, plus vocalist Martin Luther McCoy.

The Sheldon's mid-morning "coffee concerts" for the 2019-20 season will include singer Kim Fuller and pianist Carolbeth True on Tuesday, October 5 and Wednesday October 17; guitarist and singer Tommy Halloran’s Guerilla Swing on Tuesday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 13; pianist Adam Maness' trio doing a tribute to Dave Brubeck on Tuesday, January 28 and Wednesday, January 29; and non-subscription performances by Miss Jubilee on Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday, April 22.

The Saturday matinee series will offer performances by singer Feyza Eren in a Valentine's Day themed show on Saturday, February 13, and The 442s on Saturday, May 9.

Finally, programs designated as "special concerts" will include the annual Friends of the Sheldon Benefit, which will feature trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer Jane Monheit on Saturday, October 26; and a performance by The 442s on Wednesday, October 30.

Subscription tickets for the Sheldon's various 2019-20 series will go on sale next month, with single tickets for most concerts available starting at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 10 via Metrotix.