The i.j. smith combo plays straight ahead Jazz standards, classics to bebop, and can be tailored for ANY event, cocktail party, dinner, wedding reception, bar-mitzvah or corporate event. Whether it’s a quiet dinner that requires just the right touch of ambience or a festive occasion, we can suit many needs and volume settings. Servicing the San Francisco Bay area and surrounding counties.

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Live JAZZ FOR ALL OCCASIONS

I.J. Smith Jazz Combo specializes in playing Jazz classics from the Golden Era of Jazz and Bebop – including standards from Great American Songbook composers/artists such as:

Cole Porter * Duke Ellington * Count Basie * Ben Webster * Billie Holiday * Charlie Parker * Dizzy Gillespie * Thelonious Monk * Miles Davis * Chet Baker * The Modern Jazz Quartet * Bill Evans * Dave Brubeck * Antonio Carlos Jobim * Stan Getz * John Coltrane * Charles Mingus * Wayne Shorter * Michael Brecker * Chick Corea *George Gershwin * Jerome Kern * Irving Berlin * Rodgers & Hart *Herbie Hancock * Stanley Turrentine * Jimmy Smith * Bobby Timmons * Art Blakey * Freddie Hubbard * Wes Montgomery * Cannonball Adderley *Cedar Walton * Ray Brown *and many more…

I.J. Smith Jazz Combo clients/venues played include:

Wayfare Tavern * Steinbeck Center * Google * MOMA * Craigslist * Asana * Terrace Room (Oakland) * Legion of Honor * Mechanics Bank * Moscone Center * Saint Francis Hotel * Presidio Officers Club * San Francisco Fairmont * The Box (SF) * Tivoli Chateau * de Young Museum * University Club (Palo Alto) … and many others, including private cocktail parties, wedding receptions and wineries.