PROOF - Jazz for Events

PROOF is the creation of Artistic Director, Anton Schwartz. As a saxophonist and bandleader, he has headlined major jazz clubs and concert venues across the nation, released chart-topping CDs, and garnered rave reviews. What’s so unusual, given the level of his music, is the breath of his skills. Anton is attuned to the many elements that make for a flawless event, and clients and event planners delight in his professionalism, friendliness and upbeat attitude.

PROOF specializes in small and medium-sized ensembles, from a solo pianist or guitarist to a quintet of saxophone, trumpet, piano bass and drums.

CONCERT VENUES where we have performed include:
Blue Note, New York
Blues Alley, Washington DC
Boston Symphony Hall
Catalina Jazz Club, Los Angeles
Century Park, Shanghai, China
Jazz Alley, Seattle
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York
Jazz Standard, New York
Regattabar, Boston
Monterey Jazz Festival
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston
SFJAZZ, San Francisco
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Yoshi's, Oakland

VENUES where we have performed PRIVATE EVENTS include:
SF Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Seattle Art Museum
Monterey Bay Aquarium
San Francisco City Hall
Seattle Convention Center
Portland Art Museum
Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park
Ventana Inn, Big Sur
Venetian Resort Hotel, Las Vegas
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Nevada Museum of Art
Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel
Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
San Jose Museum of Art
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
... as well as countless fine wineries, inns, and private homes.

CORPORATE CLIENTS INCLUDE:
Adobe • Apple • American Dental Association • Audi • American Bar Association • American Dental Association • Banana Republic • Benchmark Capital • Bentley Motors • Boston Scientific • Breitling • Carnegie Mellon • Cisco Systems • Citibank • Consumer Electronics Association • Deutsche Bank • Dow Pharmaceuticals • eBay • Ernst & Young • Genentech • General Electric • Google • GTE • Hewlett-Packard • IBM • Intel • Intuit • Kaiser Permanente • Lucile Packard Foundation • Macy's • McKinsey & Co. • Miramax Films • Mitsubishi • Morgan Stanley • NASDAQ • Neiman Marcus • Oracle • PG&E • Philadelphia Eagles • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Reuters • Safeway • SalesForce.com • Samsung • Stanford University • Symantec • UC Berkeley • UCSF Medical School • University of Pennsylvania • Wells Fargo • Wildlife Conservation Network • Woodside Fund • Xerox

Anton developed a passion for jazz music at a young age, studying with legendary saxophonists while in high school in New York City. He earned a B.A. in Math & Philosophy at Harvard, phi beta kappa, and a Masters at Stanford. But in 1995, while conducting doctoral research in Artificial Intelligence, Anton left academia to be a full-time musician. In the years since, Anton has won over listeners and critics at high-profile jazz venues across the country. Anton’s five CDs have received critical acclaim, with his most recent two releases reaching number four and six on the national jazz radio charts. Schwartz is a longtime faculty member of the The California Jazz Conservatory and has been Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University and the Brubeck Institute, in addition to numerous jazz festivals and workshops.