WEEK 1: JOE HENDERSON LAB
Jul 17 - Jul 18, 2025
Joe Henderson Lab
$50 Ticket Packages Also Available
Tickets to each evening's 7pm & 8:30pm sets are available by purchasing in-person at the SFJAZZ Box Office or by calling 866.920.5299.
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Whether behind the piano on a windswept mountainous cliff, at a hallowed venue such as Carnegie Hall, or playing shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most legendary musicians in history, solo pianist Holly Bowling subverts convention with virtuosic playing, emotional immersion, and a thirst for invention. She returns with a set of new compositions after her sold-out Noise Pop performance devoted to the music of the Grateful Dead.
Acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Relix, and sought-after by icons such as Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Warren Haynes, she once again flips the script on her 2020 album and second reimagining of Grateful Dead staples, Seeking All That’s Still Unsung.
After a childhood dedicated to the instrument, she studied piano performance at SF State University. After catching a 2013 Phish show, she transcribed and arranged the entire 37-minute improvisational masterpiece “Tweezer” into a nuanced and intricate piano opus.
Better Left Unsung bowed in the Top 25 of the Billboard Top Classical Albums Chart, and Bowling went on to share the stage with everyone from The Dead’s Weir and Lesh to Haynes, John Scofield, Jim James, Branford Marsalis, Don Was, Robert Randolph, Greensky Bluegrass, and more.
Pianist Holly Bowling subverts convention with virtuosic playing, emotional immersion, and a thirst for invention. She returns with a set of new compositions after her sold-out Noise Pop performance devoted to the music of the Grateful Dead.
Heady, layered improv-rock excursions distilled into crystalline solo piano pieces
Rolling Stone on Holly Bowling
Heady, layered improv-rock excursions distilled into crystalline solo piano pieces
Rolling Stone on Holly Bowling
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Holly Bowling piano
Bowling's double album of Grateful Dead material, 'Better Left Unsung', is utterly absorbing
All About Jazz
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Holly Bowling piano