"Based in San Jose as an audio QA engineer, Dave Dolengewicz founded the Bay Area Jazz Inventors Collective and plays tenor saxophone with Ultra Combo, a video game music jazz fusion band. Jason Lewis earned his bachelor's degree in classical percussion at San Jose State University, where he's a lecturer in SJSU's Jazz Studies Department. He has toured and recorded with Boz Scaggs, Michael Brook and Taylor Eigsti and appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien.""
"Born and raised in San Jose's Alum Rock neighborhood, saxophonist Oscar Pangilinan has led or co-led numerous groups, including The Bad Ones. In 2018-19, he toured Asia with the SJZ Collective, performing at the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival and the Blue Note in Taipei. He currently serves as director of San Jose Jazz's Summer Jazz Camp and High-School All Stars."
"The Budhrani Brothers- Manav on guitar and Pritish on clarinet-balance technical precision with melodic warmth, creating performances that honor traditional jazz while developing a contemporary, clean and energetic sound. Drummer Sylvia Cuenca has been a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Drum Competition and is a two-time NEA Grant recipient. Faculty positions include Stanford Jazz Workshop and Jazz Camp West. She previously received the San Jose Jazz New Works Grant in 2022."
Five San Jose residents are among 20 Bay Area musicians awarded $1,000 grants from San Jose Jazz's Jazz Aid Fund to stimulate creation of new work. Recipients include Dave Dolengewicz, an audio QA engineer who founded the Bay Area Jazz Inventors Collective and plays tenor sax with video game music jazz fusion band Ultra Combo. Jason Lewis, a San Jose State University lecturer in Jazz Studies, has recorded and toured with Boz Scaggs, Michael Brook and Taylor Eigsti and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The Budhrani Brothers, Manav (guitar) and Pritish (clarinet), blend technical precision with melodic warmth. Saxophonist Oscar Pangilinan toured Asia with the SJZ Collective and directs San Jose Jazz youth programs. Drummer Sylvia Cuenca is a Thelonious Monk semifinalist, two-time NEA grant recipient and prior San Jose Jazz New Works grant recipient. From Feb. 20 to March 14, 2026, six grantees will premiere commissioned works at the SJZ Break Room in downtown San Jose as part of a Winter Series, with selected names to be announced in mid-December.
Read at The Mercury News
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