Please join us for an afternoon of amazing jazz music with Martan Mann and Paul Contos. The concert starts at 4pm at Westhope.

Martan Mann has performed as pianist for Westhope for 18 years.  He has performed extensively in clubs and concerts throughout Northern California and Hawaii. He performed as jazz pianist for 25 years at San Jose’s former jazz club, The Garden City. Performances include performing duos with George Young and Dmitri Matheny; with Martan Mann & Mannkind (contemporary jazz band); The Martan Mann Trio; and The Jazzical 6 (Dixieland Band). Martan is also a sought-after accompanist for many jazz vocalists, such as:  Cathy Segal-Garcia, Gail Dobson, Julie Kelly, Pamela Polland, Sandra Marlowe, Nate Pruitt, Mary Jenson, Shelley Burns, Michelle Rivard, Deborah Winters and many, many more. He has recorded multiple albums including Classical Jazz and Beatlejazz. He is also the author of several books about music.

Paul Contos is an international performer, music educator, conductor, and mentor. He has toured throughout the US and Canada as well as Japan, Brazil, Europe, Polynesia and elsewhere around the globe. He has over thirty years in jazz performance, education, and faculty positions at UC Santa Cruz, CA State University Monterey Bay, and Monterey Peninsula College. Paul’s talents and and abilities encompass worldwide performance, recording, production, and ensemble conducting. He served as saxophone clinician with The Monterey Jazz Festival for 30 years, as Director of the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra & Monterey County All-Stars for 20 years, and as Education Director for the Monterey Jazz Festival (2011-2019). He continues as Director of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Orchestra among other activities.