Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine

Kassa Overall

Wed, Feb 22

9pm Pacific / SJZ Break Room

Kassa Overall is a jazz musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer, a product of New York City’s jazz scene who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and hip-hop in unmapped directions. His output reflects a panoramic musical background, from West Coast G-Funk to the sounds of the New York underground.

Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine

Vân-Ánh Võ & Olesya Zdorovetska with Alina Sokulska "Magura"

Thu, Feb 23

7:30pm Pacific / Tabard Theatre

A fearless musical explorer, Vân-Ánh Võ is an award-winning performer of the 16-string đàn tranh (zither) and an Emmy Award winning composer who has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Alonzo King, LINES Ballet, and Yo-Yo Ma. Her set will feature a collaboration with Dublin-based Ukrainian performer and composer Olesya Zdortovetska, and a performance by dancer Alina Sokulska.

Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine

GEORGE, Opened by HSAS Playing Hollenbeck

Fri, Feb 24

7pm Pacific / Tabard Theatre

GEORGE, first assembled during the COVID pandemic, “combines strategies from experimental jazz, ambient electronics, chamber music and more” (Nate Chinen). Their set will feature a solo by international dance artist Alina Sokulska and Ukrainian guest musicians, to be announced. Prior to GEORGE’s performance, SJZ’s High School All Stars will perform transposed arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs, and feature student arrangements crafted under the tutelage of John Hollenbeck. 

Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine

Mark Guiliana

Sat, Feb 25

8pm Pacific / SJZ Break Room

Mark Guiliana is admired for his creative impulse and individual sound and brings to Winter Fest his acoustic quartet.  JazzTimes raves “Guiliana, a technical master with a rare sense of musicality, has over the past decade become one of the most influential drummers of his generation."

Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine

Mark Guiliana

Sat, Feb 25

10:30pm Pacific / SJZ Break Room

Mark Guiliana is admired for his creative impulse and individual sound and brings to Winter Fest his acoustic quartet. JazzTimes raves “Guiliana, a technical master with a rare sense of musicality, has over the past decade become one of the most influential drummers of his generation."