Siskiyou Music Project kicks off its 2024 Spring concert series with the Max Haymer Trio at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at the Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland.
Based in Los Angeles, Grammy Award Nominated Pianist Max Haymer and his trio will present a concert of re-imagined Broadway hits, jazz standards and Afro-Cuban jazz compositions. Please note that this performance will start at 4 p.m. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Since 2018, Haymer has been touring and performing extensively with Grammy Award Winner and trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval, playing at such places as the Blue Note NYC/Tokyo/Beijing, Newport Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Teatro Opera de Buenos Aires, Sala Sao Paolo, Focsani Blues Fest, Gazarte Athens, Detroit Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s, Jazz Alley, Blues Alley, Yoshi’s Oakland, and Disney Hall. Haymer was the featured pianist on Arturo Sandoval’s scores for Clint Eastwood’s films, The Mule and Richard Jewell. Haymer is also the pianist on Sandoval’s newest Grammy-Nominated album, Rhythm & Soul.
Haymer spent most of 2020 performing remote shows with vocalist Jane Monheit, cultivating a new musical relationship that has blossomed into a stellar partnership. This partnership has now blossomed into duo and quartet shows that have been performed nationwide at Blue Note Hawaii, Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Yoshi’s Oakland, SF Jazz, Jazz TX, LIBRETTO, Jazz Alley, and the Purple Room Palm Springs. Haymer played and arranged for Monheit’s most recent album, The Merriest.
