October 6, 2013

Anton Schwartz Duo with guest vocalist Inga Swearingen

 Jazz saxophonist Anton Schwartz has been drawing listeners in with the power, spirit and subtle complexity of his music since he bounded onto the San Francisco jazz scene in 1995. At 27, Anton was answering the call of his long-standing passion for jazz, stepping away from the high-level research in Artifi cial Intelligence he’d carried out at Harvard and Stanford. Quite a career change. Once in action as a musician, Anton quickly gained an enthusiastic following as music fans responded to what the San Francisco Chronicle recently called his “warm, generous tone, impeccably developed solos and infectious performance energy.”

In the years since, Anton has won over listeners and critics at high-profi le jazz venues across the country, including the Blue Note in New York, Yoshi’s in Oakland and San Francisco, Washington D.C.’s Blues Alley and the Monterey Jazz Festival. He recently performed an entire concert of solo saxophone for the 2013 San Francisco Jazz Festival. Each of his four CDs has earned sterling reviews and strong airplay, with his most recent Radiant Blue hitting number Four on the national jazz radio charts. His next CD will be released on January 28, 2014.

While his own writing earns consistently high praise, Anton remains as much at home with the great jazz standards as he is with his own compositions.

Joining the Anton Schwartz Duo is special guest vocalist Inga Swearingen a dynamic singer-songwriter who infuses her signature jazz style with a good helping of folk. We hope to see you on October 6th at 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.