Matt Clark, Dmitri Matheny, T-Bone Sistrunk, Charles McNeal, John Lewis @ Old First Church, San Francisco - March 26, 2013

Matt Clark, T-Bone Sistrunk, Charles McNeal, John Lewis @ Old First Church, San Francisco - March 26, 2013

John & T-Bone in San Francisco

Dmitri Matheny Group @ 57th Street Gallery, Oakland 2/16/13 - Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn, Brad Buethe guitar, Ron Belcher bass, Deszon X Claiborne

Dmitri Matheny Group @ 57th Street Gallery, Oakland 2/16/13 - Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn, Brad Buethe guitar, Ron Belcher bass, Deszon X Claiborne

Dmitri Matheny Group @ 57th Street Gallery, Oakland 2/16/13 - Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn, Brad Buethe guitar, Ron Belcher bass, Deszon X Claiborne

Dmitri Matheny Group @ 57th Street Gallery, Oakland 2/16/13 - Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn, Brad Buethe guitar, Ron Belcher bass, Deszon X Claiborne

KCSM Jazz 91.1 FM San Mateo CA

Armando's Martinez CA 11/30/12 Dmitri Matheny, Brad Buethe, Ruth Davies, Akira Tana

Armando's Martinez CA 11/30/12 Dmitri Matheny, Brad Buethe, Ruth Davies, Akira Tana

57th Street Gallery Oakland CA 12/01/12 Dmitri Matheny, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Fred Randolph, Jim Zimmerman

Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead St Helena CA 12/02/12 Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Jim Zimmerman

Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead St Helena CA 12/02/12 Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Jim Zimmerman

Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead St Helena CA 12/02/12 Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Jim Zimmerman

Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead St Helena CA 12/02/12 Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Jim Zimmerman

Long Meadow Ranch Winery & Farmstead St Helena CA 12/02/12 Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, Dave Ellis, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Jim Zimmerman

Bliss Bar San Francisco CA 12/09/12 Dmitri Matheny, Matt Clark, Ruth Davies, Deszon X Claiborne

Dmitri Matheny Group The Jazzschool, Berkeley April 29, 2012 Photo by Sassy Asbury

Dmitri Matheny Group The Jazzschool, Berkeley April 29, 2012 Photo by Sassy Asbury

Dmitri Matheny Group The Jazzschool, Berkeley April 29, 2012 Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny Group Healdsburg Center for the Arts Healdsburg Jazz Festival Benefit April 28, 2012 Photo by Sassy Asbury

Dmitri Matheny Group Healdsburg Center for the Arts Healdsburg Jazz Festival Benefit April 28, 2012 Photo by Sassy Asbury

Dmitri Matheny Group Healdsburg Center for the Arts Healdsburg Jazz Festival Benefit April 28, 2012 Photo by Tom Kwas

Tango No. 9 w/ Dmitri Matheny Bliss Bar, San Francisco May 6, 2012

Grant & Matheny Darrell Grant, Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny Monterey Jazz Festival September 20, 2004 Photo by Stu Brinin

Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival Photo by Stuart Brinin

Dmitri Matheny, Mary Stallings Yoshi's Oakland Photo by Stuart Brinin

Randall Kline, Bobby Hutcherson and Dmitri Matheny, SFJAZZ Listening Party, Veterans War Memorial Green Room, San Francisco

Dmitri Matheny, Clifford Brown III, KCSM Jazz on the Hill Festival, San Mateo, California

Dmitri Matheny, Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford, California

Brad Buethe, Eddie Marshall, Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Clairdee, San Francisco Symphony AIM Program

Eddie Marshall, Brad Buethe, Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Dave Ellis, San Francisco Symphony AIM Program

Eric Golub, Bill Douglass, Dmitri Matheny, Sheldon Brown, Yoshi's, Oakland, California

Dmitri Matheny, David Dieni, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California

Dmitri Matheny, David Dieni, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California

David Dieni, Dmitri Matheny, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California

Smith Dobson, Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, The Athenaeum, La Jolla, California

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL Washington Square Park San Francisco, California

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Michael Piazza took this shot of Dave Ellis and me. I like the way he captured our reflections in the piano.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Backstage photo by Michael Piazza.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Stu Brinin snapped this picture of the duo after our show.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL [L-R]: Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Jason Lewis.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Bill Douglass, Dmitri Matheny

Dmitri Matheny's "The SnowCat," Bay Area Discovery Museum, San Francisco, California

Dmitri Matheny, The Jazzschool, Berkeley, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny and James Moody San Francisco, California

Dmitri Matheny, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California

SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL The Dmitri Matheny Orchestra headlined opening night at the San Jose Repertory Theater, with guest soloists Red Holloway and Kim Nalley.

Three gorgeous girls backstage at the San Jose Jazz Festival [L-R]: Clairdee, Ruth Davies and Kim Nalley.

A Home Season advertisement proclaiming "March is Matheny Music Month!"

Dmitri Matheny, Ruth Davies, The Jazzschool, Berkeley, California

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL LeGrand Rogers and Dmitri Matheny at a Family Matinee concert

Penumbra recording session, Bay Records, Berkeley, California. [L-R]: Dave Ellis, Dmitri Matheny, Orrin Keepnews, Bill Douglass, Kenny Wollesen, John Heller

Orrin gives feedback to Dmitri and Dave after a take.

The Dmitri Matheny Group performs The SnowCat at San Ramon Community Center, San Ramon, California.

A flyer for my first SF band, the SOMA Quartet.

Lombard Street, the "crookedest street in the world."

I have no idea why I was wandering around North Beach with my horn in the middle of the night, but I think it had something to do with Rob Scheps.

"March is Matheny Music Month."

I love to perform concerts in planetariums. This photo was taken at Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland.

Vocalist Ann Dyer and I created an annual series of concerts "under the stars" at the Morrison Planetarium.

A romantic view of the Pacific Coast through the window, Carmel-By-The-Sea.

I love to see the San Francisco skyline emerge as I drive into the city from the East Bay.

An iconic image: the windswept cypress tree, Carmel-by-the-Sea.

FLORENCE GOULD THEATER Tango dancers Catherine Conway and Roger Hart, Penumbra CD Release Concert, San Francisco, California

JAZZ ON THE HILL FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny, Clifford Brown III, San Mateo, California

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL Darrell Grant, Bill Douglass and Dmitri Matheny Bimbo's 365 Club

When Mr. Eastwood was Mayor of Carmel, he would sometimes come to our concerts at the Jazz & Blues Company. He's a musician, a big jazz supporter, and a very warm, down to earth gentleman, but his steely gaze never failed to intimidate the entire band.

Amina Figarova, Ruth Davies, Buckshot Strik, Bart Platteau and Dmitri Matheny in concert, Palm Springs, California.

SF JAZZ & WINE FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny Group [L-R]: Alex Candelaria, Dmitri Matheny, Bill Douglass, Dave Ellis, Robert Kaufman

The Athenaeum is a hip, clubby music and arts library in La Jolla, California - one of our favorite intimate rooms on tour. This is a rare trio appearance with Ruth Davies and the late Smith Dobson, a great musician and friend.

Ruth Davies, Eddie Marshall and I performed with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall. I snapped this on the way in. What an ominous fascade!

PALO ALTO JAZZ ALLIANCE Dr. Herb Wong produced this concert at the Cubberley Theater: Bart Platteau, Dmitri Matheny, Akira Tana, Ruth Davies, Amina Figarova.

A nice audience shot from one of our annual SnowCat concerts for kids at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Photo credit: Scott Chernis.

This young musician at a San Francisco elementary school produced a surprisingly clear and bright trumpet tone.

Our neighbor in the Berkeley Hills. He came to one of our concerts and remarked, about pianist Amina Figarova, "Amazing...she plays like she has ten hands."

I like the deep shadows in this portrait by Pat Johnson.

Grant & Matheny portrait by Pat Johnson.

The salon concert, a Grant & Matheny staple.

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL Discussing the music of John Coltrane with Bobby Hutcherson

THE JAZZ BAKERY [L-R]: Tom Wakeling, Dmitri Matheny, Chuck Johnson, Culver City, California

With Ruth Davies at the Jazzschool, Berkeley, California.

My all time favorite Tom Kwas photo. I was a little irritated that Peter Klabunde, our art director, made us get up before sunrise, but I'll never question his vision again. Looking at this image makes me miss San Francisco deeply.

Tom Kwas [photographer], Peter Klabunde [art director] and I crept around in the shadows South of Market until we had this shot, the cover image for Nocturne.

My buddy Tom Kwas came all the way from Milwaukee to shoot these great portraits at the Golden Gate Bridge.

"The Lone Busker" [another Kwas keeper].

Dmitri Matheny at the Golden Gate Bridge by Tom Kwas.

My cat contemplates whether flugelhorns are necessary.

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny, Sterling James, Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL Dmitri Matheny Orchestra at San Jose Repertory Theater, [L-R]: Dmitri Matheny, Kim Nalley, Clairdee, Red Holloway.

BIG SUR JAZZ FESTIVAL [L-R]: Dmitri Matheny, Mark Taylor, Bill Douglass, John Heller, Jason Lewis.

SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON Josh Redman and I gave a talk at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

I enjoyed being a guest VJ for BET-TV, but could have done without the cameo appearance by Miguel Raton.

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL A beautiful photo by Scott Chernis, through the frosted window, of Grant & Matheny performing at the Shrine of St. Francis.

Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California

Alamo Square, San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

Bay Bridge, Oakland-San Francisco, California

YOSHI'S Poster for Best of Dmitri Matheny CD Release Party, March 18, 2009

YOSHI'S Dmitri Matheny Group [L-R]: Matthew Clark, Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, Brad Buethe, Dave Ellis, Ruth Davies, Deszon X. Claiborne.

YOSHI'S Claudia Villela, Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Oakland, California

Our Home Season was the cover story of San Francisco Key Magazine.

FLORENCE GOULD THEATER Dmitri Matheny and Dave Ellis, Penumbra CD release concert, San Francisco, California

YOSHI'S [L-R]: Dave Ellis, Leonard Thompson, Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, playing "Shaw Nuff"

YOSHI'S Our annual "Diva Night" was a hit: [L-R] Claudia Villela, Kim Nalley, Dmitri Matheny.

The event raised approximately $5k annually for our Art Farmer Scholarship administered by UC Berkeley's Young Musicians Program.

YOSHI'S Two of my all-time favorite vocalists to work with: Mary Stallings and Clairdee, backstage during the Home Season.

YOSHI'S Benefit for the Art Farmer Scholarship Fund: [L-R] John Handy, Dmitri Matheny, Peter Apfelbaum, Larry Coryell.

YOSHI'S The post concert champagne reception, a Home Season ritual. The beautiful girl behind me is Sterling James, our master of ceremonies.

YOSHI'S Grant & Matheny Photo by Stuart Brinin

YOSHI'S [L-R] Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, Dave Ellis. Photo by Scott Chernis.

YOSHI'S Dmitri Matheny by Scott Chernis.

YOSHI'S Charles McNeal, Dmitri Matheny by Scott Chernis.

YOSHI'S Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal by Scott Chernis.

YOSHI'S I can't look at Dave when I speak to the audience or I will laugh. I don't know why.

YOSHI'S The Rhythm A-Team: Ruth Davies and Deszon X. Claiborne.

YOSHI'S A beautiful "Audience POV" Scott Chernis photo of pianist Matthew Clark, with Dmitri Matheny in the background.

The window at Jazz at Pearl's, San Francisco, California

Little houses on the hillside, and their all made out of ticky tacky

View of San Francisco from Diamond Heights

Union Square, San Francisco, California

The Visionary Thelonious Monk SOMA Quartet Community Music Center June 20, 1992

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

The Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California

1984 Monterey Jazz Festival - Dmitri Matheny, David Valdez, Kenny Brooks, Kenny Wollesen, Jesse Murphy, Matt Gleason