Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman:
Born and raised in San Francisco, now based in NYC, Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman performs almost every night with NYC’s finest jazz musicians at household jazz venues. Gabriel has toured and works closely with internationally acclaimed musicians CHRISTOPHER MCBRIDE (featured soloist & contributor on GRAMMY-winning Steven Feifke album), LUCAS PINO (Artistic director / Brubeck Jazz Summit), TIM GREEN (sax for Michael Bublé and GRAMMY Nominee), SAM DILLON (Mingus Big Band, Jimmy Heath Big Band, Thelonious Monk Semi Finalist), LANGSTON HUGHES II (Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), ERENA TERAKUBO (Jon Faddis All-Star Big Band, Kenny Barron Quartet, Mingus Big Band…etc), APRIL VARNER (2023 Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition Winner), TYREEK MCDOLE (2023 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Winner), BEN SOLOMON (Chick Corea, Wallace Roney, Aaron Parks), and more. Gabriel performed at CARNEGIE HALL as an accompanist for winners of an international classical music competition, performed at the NYC French and Czech Consulates, appeared with vocalist KIERAN BROWN on LIVE TV (PIX 11 News, Channel 11, NYC), performed at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, and has led bands at venues like Zinc Bar, The Django, Ornithology, and more.

Christopher McBride is a New York City-based saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator from Chicago. He has earned acclaim as both a fiery and expressive soloist and a sought-after sideman, performing with a wide range of artists including Roy Hargrove, Solange, Talib Kweli, and Jennifer Hudson. His critically acclaimed 2023 release, Ramon, reached the Top 25 on the JazzWeek Charts, remained there for 14 weeks, and was named one of JazzWeek's Top 100 albums of the year. A recipient of a Grammy certificate for his work on Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, McBride was also honored as the 2022 Make Jazz Fellowship artist at the 18th Street Arts Center. In addition to his performance career, he is a dedicated educator, regularly working with Jazz at Lincoln Center and serving as Director of Education for New Orleans–based Second Line Arts Collective.

Tickets are $28 general admission; $15 for students/low-income individuals. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available here, or if the show is not sold out, you may purchase your tickets at the door before the show.

Doors open 30 minutes before show time. We accept cash or Venmo only at the door.

The Back Room is an all-ages, BYOB (for those 21+) space, dedicated to (mostly) acoustic music of all kinds. You are welcome to bring your own food and beverages. The venue is ADA accessible. If you need more information or have any questions, please call us: #510-381-1997.

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