San Francisco Jazz Pageant releases 2021 schedule of occasions

The San Francisco Jazz Festival will be virtual in 2021.

The multi-week event, presented by SFJAZZ, begins June 4th and lasts through June 25th and will include nearly two dozen archive performances.

Artists such as Melissa Aldana, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Jazzmeia Horn, Chucho Valdés, Michel Camilo, Marcus Shelby, Harold López-Nussa and Gonzalo Rubalcaba will perform at the festival.

Fans must be SFJAZZ members to view the program. Digital memberships start at $ 5.

More information is available at SFJAZZ.org.

Here is the list:

Harold López-Nussa Quartet & special guests: 7 p.m. June 3; Re-broadcast at 6 p.m. June 6

Melissa Aldana Quartet: 5 p.m. June 4th; re-aired 10 p.m. June 5

Music in Monk Time: A retrospective homage to Thelonious Sphere Monk: 7:00 p.m. June 10; re-broadcast 6:00 p.m. June 13

Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: 5:00 p.m. June 11; re-aired 10 am June 12

SFJAZZ Family Matinee with Marcus Shelby Orchestras Duke Ellington Tribute: 11 a.m. June 13

Jazzmeia horn: 5 p.m. June 18; Re-broadcast at 10 a.m. June 19

Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “The Righteous and the Blind”: 7 p.m. June 19

Marcus Shelby Quartet with Angela Davis: Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: 11 a.m. June 20

SFJAZZ family matinee with SFJAZZ High School All-Stars virtual summer concert: 5 p.m. June 24

Chucho Valdés, Michel Camilo & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Homage to Ernesto Lecuona: 5 p.m. June 25; re-aired 10 p.m. June 26