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The Greg Jacobs Quartet
- San Francisco, CA
- Jazz Band
- Travels up to 3000 miles
- $200 - $10,000
- 1. Back At The Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith)
- 2. My Romance (Rodgers & Hart)
- 3. The Girl From Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- 4. Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
- 5. In A Capricornian Way (Woody Shaw)
- 6. If You Could See Me Now (Tadd Dameron)
- 7. Hava Nagila
- 8. Favela (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- 9. I Didn't Know About You (Duke Ellington)
- 10. There Will Never Be Another You
- 11. Stella By Starlight
- 12. Have You Met Miss Jones
- 13. Celia
Overview
Greg Jacobs has played over 1000 gigs in the last five years. The Greg Jacobs Quartet plays a very tasteful selection of jazz standards and a few original compositions, always featuring the top Bay Area bassists, drummers, saxophonists, trumpeters, and vocalists. We aim to collaborate in creating musical artwork, where the musicians are communicating, trusting, and respecting one another while improvising a beautiful, moving, and original work. We also enjoy playing for audiences that want to dance and we are happy to tailor the music to your needs, if you request Latin Jazz, Funk, Blues or RnB. Greg Jacobs also has an extensive classical repertoire and can play ceremony music for Weddings.
24 Reviews
Amazing, Beautiful and very talented. We are so pleased to have you and our event was amazing with your piano performance
Pianist
Greg was wonderful! The music was perfect. Super classy!
Pianist
We had a private party in our home. It could not have turned out better. They band was interactive, polite, and TALENTED! They organized a great playlist, and allowed us to make a special request. I highly recommend and I hope we will have the opportunity to have them return.
Jazz Band
Photos from this event
We appreciate Mr. Jacobs coming in last minute and providing our services for a joyous event. He was easy to work with, on time, and enjoyed by all.
Pianist
The Greg Jacobs Trio performed at our holiday party and were great. I had so many compliments about their performance. They added just the right touch to complete the party environment. Thanks again!
Jazz Band
Very responsive and easy to work with. Wonderful piano player. Would definitely hire him again!
Classical Pianist
I’m a professional opera singer and I have collaborated a beautiful work with Greg. He is a fantastic pianist, super easy to work, on time and responsive. I highly recommend him. I’ll work with him again in future.
Pianist
Jazz Band
Greg and his band did were incredible, and made our wedding day even more unforgettable. Greg was a joy to work with and was able to accommodate our every request. I cannot recommend him enough.
Wedding Band, Jazz Band
These guys had incredible chemistry and played so well!! I will definitely hire them again!!
Jazz Band
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Greg played my wedding amazingly! He was on time, and very polite. He dressed nice and played the songs I requested well. I will definitely be hiring him again!
Pianist
Greg and his friend on the saxophone did a great job. They played for the full hour, played my wife and I's wedding song and had all our neighbors coming out and listening.
Swing Band
We had a wonderful outdoor concert with Greg Jocobs. Due to covid our original plans for an indoor house party were cancelled. I worked with Greg to figure out what he and his band were comfortable doing. We decided on an outdoor social distance concert in my apartment complex. Greg and his band set up on the grass, brought amplification, and played their music to an audience of people sitting on blankets, or out on their own private patios. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. It was a wonderful oportunity to connect with the neighborhood, and take a small vacation from the worries of the last few months. Thank you Greg for being flexible and so wonderful to work with. Your music brought joy to myself and my neighbors.
Jazz Band
Photos from this event
Greg was a pro even before I hired him. He responded promptly to my listing, addressed my requests for a special theme of music and also specific songs, and provided a quote. He arrived early the day of the event, played beautifully, and was very friendly. He even played a special request for my mother-in-law (Clare de Lune) even though he did not have the sheet music. Everyone enjoyed the music and asked where I found such a talented pianist. I highly recommend Greg for your events.
Pianist
Greg was a masterful pianist and made our Christmas party the best ever!
Pianist
We really enjoyed having Greg play at our holiday event. He is great guy and an excellent pianist. Super professional and a wide repertoire.
Pianist
Professional, easy to work with, and above all very talented. 100% would book again.
Jazz Band
This quartet played for our wedding and it was spectacular. I received many compliments on their music. They played the few requested songs beautifully, and felt the flow of the party for the rest.
Acoustic Band
We were really short on space, so Greg's bnd was a trio. Their music was perfect for our party, setting a mood for enjoyment and casual conversation. Just what we wanted. At the last minute, they were able to accommodate our request that they begin earlier. Very reasonable fee. We got many compliments on the band from our party attendees
Jazz Band
Thank you, Greg, for being timely and playing piano beautifully for our celebration.
Pianist
Great performance, can't wait to use him for all of our events going forward!
Pianist
Booking Info
Price Range: $200 - $10,000
Gig Length: 45 - 480 minutes
Languages: English, Spanish
What to Expect
The Greg Jacobs Quartet plays a tasteful selection of the standards of Swing, Bebop, Hardbop, Bossa Nova, and Latin Jazz, while also introducing original compositions. The focus is on the highest level of musicianship and respect for the music possible, so that the audience is really blown away by an unforgettable listening experience. We aim to collaborate in creating musical artwork, where the musicians are communicating, trusting, and respecting one another while creating a beautiful, moving, and original work.
We also enjoy playing for audiences that want to dance and party, if the client requests it, and we are happy to tailor the music to your needs, if you want sets of purely Latin Jazz, Funk, Blues or RnB for example. Greg Jacobs also has an extensive classical repertoire and can play ceremony music for Weddings.
The band enjoys dressing well and is comfortable and professional in the most elegant of settings.
About
Greg Jacobs was born in London, UK, and grew up in San Rafael, California. He started playing classical piano at 6 years old and fell in love with jazz as a teenager. Greg studied classical and jazz piano privately with Gini Wilson as a teenager and first started performing at private events with a jazz combo at 14 years old. He moved to San Francisco in 2007 to attend San Francisco State University, earning Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Physiology and Spanish while continuing to perform with his own group at private events and with the SFSU Jazz combos directed by Andrew Speight. In 2013, Greg started working full-time as a jazz pianist performing at private events and local venues, and has since performed at the SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium, Blue Note Napa, Black Cat, Dawn Club, Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Club, Club Deluxe, The Guild Theater, Bird and Beckett, and numerous other local venues, either with his own group or with ensembles led by musicians such as Marcus Shelby, Denise Perrier, Gerald Beckett, Andrew Dixon and Daniel Herrera, Noah Frank, Niel Levonius, Danny Brown, Noel Jewkes, Chris Amberger, Mete Tasin, Rodney Ruckus, and many more. Greg has developed a versatile voice with the instrument that incorporates his virtuosic technique with his in-depth study of a variety of musical idioms from swing, bebop, blues, and hard bop, to Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, funk, classical, and the avant-garde. Greg has also been the musical director and pianist at a local church since 2020, maintains a studio of about 7 – 10 private piano students, has been the pianist-conductor or pianist for numerous musical theater productions, and played Fender Rhodes on Sueños Jazz Quintet’s 2017 release, “Shots Fired.”
Some of Greg's musical and pianistic influences are Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, and Sonny Clark. But he draws from a very wide range of musical idioms. He performs with many of the top jazz musicians in the Bay Area and would be delighted to bring them to your event for an unforgettable musical experience. These include Chris Amberger, Danny Brown, Noah Frank, Joe Cohen, James Mahone,, Mark Anthony Lee, Leon Joyce, Azure McCall, Brian Fishler, Peter Barshay, Akira Tana, Aaron Germain, Ollie Dudek, Eli Maliwan, Lyle Link, Rodney Ruckus, Joe McKinley, David Rokeach, Giulio Cetto, Charles Thomas, Bob Kenmotsu, Ron Marabuto, and many other extraordinary musicians.
Additional Booking Notes
We can perform in almost any setting as long as we communicate ahead of time about important details such as if the gig is indoors or outdoors, if there is a piano on-site, special requirements for when to load-in or load-out, etc. For a large event or festival we ask the client to provide a sound system and sound technician, otherwise the band will bring all necessary speakers and sound equipment.
Services Offered
Upcoming Booked Events
| March 22, 2025 • 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Retirement Community Event |
Past Booked Events
| December 05, 2024 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Christmas Party |
| December 04, 2024 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Corporate Event |
| October 17, 2024 • 7:30pm - 8:15pm | Fundraiser |
| September 28, 2024 • 7:00pm - 9:30pm | Corporate Event |
| September 28, 2024 • 1:00pm - 3:30pm | Retirement Community Event |
| December 31, 2023–January 01, 2024 • 8:00pm - 12:00am | Cocktail Party |
| September 24, 2023 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Birthday Party |
| September 16, 2023 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | House Party |
| September 03, 2023 • 4:30pm - 5:15pm | Birthday Party |
| April 23, 2023 • 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Fundraiser |
| December 22, 2022 • 5:00pm - 7:30pm | House Party |
| December 18, 2022 • 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Concert |
| December 14, 2022 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Fundraiser |
| December 09, 2022 • 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Christmas Party |
| September 24, 2022 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Wedding Reception |
| August 31, 2022 • 2:30pm - 3:15pm | Retirement Community Event |
| February 20, 2022 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| February 13, 2022 • 11:00am - 3:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| December 09, 2021 • 5:00pm - 9:00pm | Christmas Party |
| October 12, 2021 • 10:00pm - 11:30pm | House Party |
| April 30, 2021 • 6:45pm - 9:45pm | Wedding Reception |
| September 02, 2020 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Personal Occasion |
| July 11, 2020 • 2:00pm - 6:00pm | House Party |
| March 07, 2020 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Birthday Party |
| December 24, 2019 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Dinner Party |
| December 18, 2019 • 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Cocktail Party |
| December 17, 2019 • 6:00pm - 9:30pm | Christmas Party |
| October 25, 2019 • 4:00pm - 9:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 22, 2019 • 6:00pm - 10:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| October 04, 2019 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Corporate Event |
| June 08, 2019 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Baby Shower |
| May 23, 2019 • 6:00pm - 8:30pm | Corporate Event |
| May 04, 2019 • 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Birthday Party |
| April 27, 2019 • 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Campus Event |
| April 18, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Nonprofit Event |
| January 16, 2019 • 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Cocktail Party |
| January 13, 2019 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Personal Occasion |
| November 03, 2018 • 11:00am - 12:30pm | Bridal Shower |
| July 28, 2018 • 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Dinner Party |
| June 13, 2018 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Concert |
| April 08, 2018 • 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Product Promotion |
Set List
Afro Blue
After You’ve Gone
Agua De Beber
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Airegin
Aisha
Alice in Wonderland
All of you
All Through The Night
Alone Together
Along came betty
Angel Eyes
Anthropology
April in paris
Ask me now
Au privave
Autumn in new York
Autumn Nocturne
Barbados
Beautiful friendship
Beautiful love
Be-Bop
Bemsha Swing
Bessie’s Blues
Bird Feathers
Birks works
Black Orpheus
Black Narcissus
Black Nile
Bloomdido
Blue and sentimental
Blue Bossa
Blue Daniel
Blue In Green
Bluesette
Blue Seven
Blue silver
Blues For Alice
Bohemia After Dark
Bolivia
Booker’s waltz
Boplicity
Bouncing With Bud
Brilliant Corners
Broadway
Buster Rides Again
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Buzzy
Bye-Ya
Bye Bye Blackbird
Byrd Like
Cedar’s Blues
Celia
Central Park West
Ceora
C’est Si Bon
Charade
Cheesecake
Chega de Saudade
Chelsea Bridge
Cherokee
Cheryl
A Child Is Born
Close Your Eyes
Chippie
Conception
Con Alma
Confirmation
Cool Blues
Daahoud
Dance Of The Infadels
Darn That Dream
Dancing in the Dark
Dat Dere
Days of Wine and Roses
Dedicated to You
‘Deed I do
Deluge
Desafinado
Detour Ahead
Dewey Square
Dexter Rides Again
Dexterity
Dig
Dinah
Do Nothin’Till You Hear From Me
Do You Know What It Means
Dolphin Dance
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Doodlin’
Early Autumn
East of the Sun
Easy Living
Easy To Love
El Gaucho
Embraceable You
Endless Stars
ESP
Favela
Fee Fi Fo Fum
Felicidade, A
52nd Street Theme
Filthy McNasty
First Trip
502 Blues
Fly Me To The Moon
Foggy Day, A
Footprints
Forest Flower
Full House
Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You
Get Out of Town
Girl From Ipanema, The
God Bless The Child
Godchild
Good Bait
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Grand Central
Groovin’ High
Hackensack
Hallucinations
Have You Met Miss Jones
Here’s That Rainy Day
Hocus Pocus
Horace Scope
House Of Jade
How Deep Is The Ocean
How High The Moon
How Insensative
How My Heart Sings
Humpty Dumpty
I Believe in You
I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I Concentrate On You
I Cover The Waterfront
I Didn’t Know About You
I Didn’t Know What Time it Was
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
I Hear a Rhapsody
I Love You
I Loves You Porgy
I Mean You
I Remember Clifford
I Thought About You
I Was Doing Alright
If I should Lose You
If You Never Come To Me
I’ll Remember April
I’ll Take Romance
Ill Wind
I’m Confessin’
In A Sentimental Mood
In Walked Bud
In Your Own Sweet Way
Inner Urge
Invitation
Interplay
Isfahan
Isotope
Israel
It Ain’t Necessarily So
It Could Happen To You
It Had To Be You
It’s You Or No One
It Might As Well Be Spring
Jeannine
Jitterbug Waltz
Jody Grind
Jordu
Joy Spring
JuJu
Jump Monk
Just Friends
Just One Of Those Things
The Kicker
Lady Be Good, Oh
Lady Bird
Lady Sings The Blues
Lazy Bird
Let’s Call This
Let’s Cool One
Limehouse Blues
Little Waltz
Little Willie Leaps
Lotus Blossom
Love For Sale
Lover Come Back To Me
Lover Man
Lullaby of the Leaves
Lush Life
Maiden Voyage
Mambo Influenciado
Mamblues
Mambo Inn
Man I Love, The
Manteca
The Masquerade is Over
May-Reh
Meditation
Memories of You
Minor Mood
Minority
Misty
Moanin’
Moment’s Notice
Monk’s Dream
Monk’s Mood
Mood Indigo
Moonglow
Moonlight In Vermont
Moose The Mooche
My Favorite Things
Mycasty
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My Melancholy Baby
My Romance
My Shining Hour
Naima
Nardis
Nature Boy
The Nearness Of You
Nefertiti
Never Will I Marry
Nica’s Dream
Nigerian Marketplace
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night And Day
Night Dreamer
Night Has A Thousand Eyes, The
Night Train
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
No Moe
No Moon at All
Nostalgia In Times Square
Nuages
Nutty
Obsesión
Off Minor
Old Country, The
Old Devil Moon
Old Folks
On A Clear Day
On A Misty Night
On A Slow Boat To China
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Once I Loved
One By One
One Finger Snap
O.P.
Our Delight
Out Of Nowhere
Pannonica
Parisian Thoroughfare
Passion Dance
Passion Flower
Peggy’s Blue Skylight
Pennies From Heaven
Pent Up House
Perhaps
Pinocchio
Poinciana
Polkadots and Moonbeams
Prelude to a Kiss
Pussy Cat Dues
Quicksilver
Rain Waltz
Recorda-Me
Red Cross
Reflections
Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Relaxin At The Camarillo
Rhythm-a-ning
Rockin’In Rhythm
Round Midnight
Ruby My Dear
Sabiá
Salt Peanuts
Sandu
Sans Souci
Satin Doll
Scene Is Clean, The
Scrapple From The Apple
Segment
Serenade To A Soul Sister
Seven Steps to Heaven
Shaw ‘Nuff
Silver’s Serenade
Shiny Stockings
Simone
Sister Sadie
Skylark
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Social Call
Softly As In a Morning Sunrise
Solitude
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Somebody Loves Me
Someone To Watch Over Me
Soon
Sophisticated Lady
Soul Eyes
Soul Station
Soultrane
Speak Low
Speak No Evil
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Stablemates
Star Crossed Lovers
Star Dust
Star Eyes
Stella By Starlight
Stormy Weather
Sugar
Summertime
Sweet And Lovely
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tea For Two
Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Tempus Fugit
That Old Feeling
There Is No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
They Can’t Take That Away…
This I Dig of You
Tin Tin Deo
Tricrotism
Trinkle-Tinkle
Triste
Turn Out The Stars
Turnaround
26-2
Un Poco Loco
Valse Hot
Walkin’
Waltz For Debbie
Waltz New
Wave
The Way You Look Tonight
West Coast Blues
What Am I Here For
When Sunny Gets Blue
When Will The Blues Leave
When Your Lover Has Gone
Whisper Not
Wildflower
Willow Weep For Me
Will You Still Be Mine
Witch Hunt
Woodyn’ You
Yardbird Suite
Yesterdays
You And The Night and the Music
You Do Something To Me
You Go To My Head
You Know I Care
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Influences & Inspiration
Charlie Parker
Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Duke Ellington
Hank Jones
Ahmad Jamal
Bud Powell
Bill Evans
John Coltrane
Erroll Garner
Teddy Wilson
Chet Baker
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
Lester Young
Billie Holiday
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Pettiford
Joe Henderson
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Dizzy Gillespie
Clifford Brown
Herbie Hancock
Dexter Gordon
Charles Mingus
Booker Little
Arsenio Rodriguez
Tito Puente
Eddie Palmieri
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Cal Tjader
Gene Harris
George Cables
Donny Hathaway
Stevie Wonder
and many more great artists...
Setup Requirements
We can bring all the necessary instruments, but if you have a piano on site that is a big plus.
For small and medium sized events our sound equipment is sufficient.
For large venues, if you want our sound amplified please provide a suitable PA and a sound technician.
All we require is an electrical outlet, space to set up, shelter from the rain or direct sunlight, and usually a place to put our instrument cases.