Saturday October 11, 2025
07:00 PM - 10:00 pm
An acclaimed pianist whose “unique voice in jazz is steeped in the sound of the South” (All About Jazz) and known for work with Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, and Catherine Russell, he leads his masterful young quartet for this date.
Known to SFJAZZ audiences for musical direction of the sold-out 2023 Disney tribute When You Wish Upon a Star with Kim Nalley and Sasha Dobson, Mason is among the preeminent pianists of his generation.
The North Carolina native began his musical trajectory early, dabbling with the violin, drums, and trombone before picking up the piano at age 13. A meeting with Branford Marsalis while matriculating at UNC Greensboro led to tours with the saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master and performances on Marsalis’s score for the 2020 film version of August Wilson’s Oscar-winning Ma Rainey biopic Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Mason’s debut as a leader, the 2023 Blue Engine Records quintet release Southern Suite, is a wholehearted embrace of his Southern roots and his most recent projects include a pair of remarkable collaborations.
Chrome Valley is the pianist’s 2023 partnership with acclaimed poet Mahogany L. Browne that serves as a potent music essay on the Black experience in America, while 2024’s GRAMMY-nominated My Ideal is an intimate duo collaboration with vocal great Catherine Russell.
All Ages
Cover: $35.00
