From a world-class jazz bassist to a brand new space opera, there are a lot cool shows to catch in the Bay Area.

Among the highlights of the spring opera and dance seasons (from left): Moby Dick at the Metropolitan Opera, MOMO at BAM, Cécile McLorin Salvant at Zankel Hall, and Boy Blue at the Rose Theater.

The pianist Renee Rosnes formed the group in 2016, and it has evolved into a five-piece drawn from different nations and generations with a common goal.

From a world-class jazz bassist to a brand new space opera ... (who has spent much time on the road with Cécile McLorin Salvant), tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover (who has performed with Wynton ...

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Renee Rosnes is one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of her generation ... a new all-star international band featuring the vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, clarinetist Anat Cohen, trumpeter ...

Sasha Berliner is at the leading edge of a new wave of vibraphone virtuosos, matching forceful attack with a sophisticated ...

Saturday, May 25 1 p.m. New Jazz Underground 3 p.m. Sullivan Fortner 5 p.m. Butcher Brown 7 p.m. Cécile McLorin Salvant The post André 3000 will bring ‘New Blue Sun’ to Atlanta Jazz Festival ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Miami native Salvant has won three Grammys for jazz vocal album of the year, most recently for her 2015 album “For One to Love.” She received a MacArthur Foundation ...

Her earliest sessions for the label came at the end of 1959 and the beginning of 1960, a time when that style of jazz and pop singing ... records by singers like Cecile McLorin Salvant.