Ben Prentice is a guitarist, pianist, composer and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently based in Denton, TX. Ben finds great joy and freedom of self-expression through the improvised art-form of jazz and he hopes to share this joy with others through his performing, composing and teaching. Ben has had the privilege to perform with luminaries such as Bob Moses, Bruce Forman, Randy Vincent and Bennett Friedman. Ben is also an experienced private instructor of guitar and piano, with students of various levels, across multiple continents
Sunday, August 17th 12 pm to 2:30 pm
Jazz at the Sonoma Grill, 165 W Napa Street, Sonoma
Guitarist Jonathan Hsu Trio
Friday, August 22nd - 5 pm to 7:30 pm
Joe Kelner Trio w/ guitarist Randy Vincent
Parkside Wine Bar, 5 E Napa St, Sonoma
On the Plaza
Friday, August 15th- 5 pm to 7:30 pm
Ben Prentice Trio
Parkside Wine Bar, 5 E Napa St, Sonoma
On the Plaza
The Jazz Jams August 30th
Parkside Wine Bar, 5 E Napa Street, Sonoma
House Band: Piro Patton on bass, and Jeff Weinmann on drums, David Stanek on piano, and Jonathan Hsu on guitar. Happy to have others come and sit in on these positions!
For musicians, please RSVP to jonathan@sonomavalleyjazzsociety.org so that we have a sense of how many folks on each instrument will be attending. By the same token, feel free to research out if you’re curious about how many folks have signed up on various instruments.
Note the venue is a wine bar, and as such, is restricted to 21 and over.
