We’ve been doing GP Presents promotions with SFJAZZ for Julian Lage’s residencies at Miner Auditorium over the past few years, and it’s been so successful that this time we’re moving on up to prestigious Davies Symphony Hall!
Legendary organist John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood) is the featured guest on Lage’s latest Blue Note gem, Scenes from Above (2026), and he will be on the gig as well along with Lage’s longtime bass guitarist Jorge Roeder and drummer Kenny Wallesen.
Following on the heels of his Grammy-nominated and mostly acoustic album, 2024’s Speak to Me, Lage flipped the script back to playing mostly electric on Scenes from Above. Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot) produced the adventurous affair full of fascinating counterplay between Lage and Medeski.
Lage explains, “Scenes from Above is kind of a response to the last record, not only in the bias towards electric versus acoustic but also to have a band that felt really agile where everyone could kind of go anywhere at any time. Speak to Me was basically my working trio surrounded by a perimeter of orchestration that kind of came and went.
“The structure on the new album required me to have a little more authority in the sound or the playing because it was so in the moment. An organ has such a miraculous sound through a Leslie, and it was very important that when the guitar came it didn’t feel like all the energy dropped. The continuous presence of the organ through the whole record made me feel like electric guitar is the better partner, and then to supplement certain moments, we’ll go acoustic.”
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Lage is hotter than ever, wheeling in on the heels of playing with Bob Dylan over the summer. This show will sell out.
Secure your seats now to see GP Presents Julian Lage Quartet at historic Davies Symphony Hall in the Civic Center area of Downtown San Francisco on Monday, October 19. Contemporary Latin singer-songwriter Laura Itandehui opens the evening.
WIN TICKETS!
For a chance to win a pair of tickets to see GP Presents Julian Lage Quartet in San Francisco, send an email and put “Lage” in the subject line. Include a sentence about yourself and why you want to go.
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Winner must provide his or her own transportation to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, on Monday, October 19, and have his or her own accommodations in the Bay Area.
Best of luck!
EVENT DETAILS
GP Presents and SFJAZZ welcome Julian Lage Quartet, plus opener Laura Itandehui
Monday, October 19
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, CA
8:00pm show
Free Martin Strings at the GP Presents table in lobby
