Rising Stars Take the Stage at the SF Fillmore Jazz Festival

2014 Fillmore Jazz Festival in San Francisco kicked off with rising stars to watch from the Jazzschool Young Musicians Program. They were led by pianist Arabelle Schoenberg and saxophonist Nora Stanley.
San Francisco's Fillmore District has been the place to find great jazz since World War II. Celebrities such as Joe Louis, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood and Sammy Davis, Jr. would frequent the clubs to see Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Count Basie and Billie Holliday perform.
Although much changed following the area's redevelopment in the 1970's, the jazz spirit proved tenacious.
In the 1980's, a renaissance gave rise to the next generation of the Fillmore District. Merchant associations helped launch the first Fillmore Jazz Festival in 1985, giving new expression to the storied neighborhood. In 1999, the festival came home to the newly revitalized Jazz Preservation District.