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#bay-area-musicians

Taj Mahal looked out at his fans and stated the obvious: This is off the charts. Indeed, it was a very special night for the legendary Berkeley-based blues musician, who was being honored by an numerous high-profile musicians in concert at The Masonic in San Francisco on Saturday (Feb. 21). The role call featured a number of other Bay Area greats including Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Joan Baez and Van Morrison as well as many other notable artists

Five San Jose residents are among 20 Bay Area musicians to receive a $1,000 grant from San Jose Jazz. 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.