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The Monarch Jazz Trio celebrates music embodying the rare flavor of harmonic opulence and lyrical elegance of decades past. Join us in The Living Room to experience jazz as an art of storytelling in the most vulnerable, intimate, and nuanced of ways through these fine Bay Area artists.
Thu Ho leads the Monarch Jazz Trio with her artistic direction and dynamic vocal styling. Having trained in Jazz, Broadway, Classical, and R&B music, Thu's voice is imbued with a unique blend of power, clarity, richness, depth, and warmth. Thu has worked with ensembles led by the great Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers, internationally acclaimed saxophonist & composer Joe Lovano, legendary drummer Akira Tana, the Diablo Jazz Company, Yancie Taylor, Rolling Stones journalist Ben-Fong Torres, master horn player Noel Jewkes, and San Francisco’s premiere modern jazz ensemble - Jazz Mafia.
Michael Echaniz is one of the brightest young composers emerging from the West Coast. Michael has won numerous awards, including the 2021 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award. Supported by New Music USA and InterMusicSF, Michael has just released his critically-acclaimed debut concept album on Ridgeway Records, Seven Shades of Violet (Rebiralost).
Aaron Germain, is a bassist, composer, and bandleader, adept at diverse genres of music, which reflects in his eclectic compositions. He has performed with musicians such as Yusef Lateef, Stanley Jordan, Randy Brecker, Paul McCandless, Nguyen Le, Andy Narell, Michael Wolff, Eric Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Barry Finnerty, Mary Wilson, Paula West, Melba Moore, and Tom Coster among many others. In his most recent album, "Bell Projections," music critic George W. Harris wrote, “Every song is a Givenchy garden of water lilies.”