Becca Stevens, Michael League & The Secret Trio

Michael League’s third night as Resident Artistic Director focuses on his sublime collaboration with vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Becca Stevens and the incredible Balkan chamber music ensemble The Secret Trio, captured on Stevens’s 2021 GroundUP records release Becca Stevens & The Secret Trio.  

A singular artist whose music is bound by her Appalachian upbringing and influenced by jazz, pop, and innumerable sounds from around the globe, Becca Stevens has led an incomparable career as a bandleader and collaborator with artists ranging from David Crosby and Susana Baca to Jacob Collier and Kneebody.  

An international phenomenon, The Secret Trio fuses the microtonal modes and improvisation of the Middle East, dance beats of the Balkans, and elements of jazz, rock, classical and more. 

ABOUT MICHAEL LEAGUE
Easily one of the most visible, prolific, and versatile bandleaders and collaborators in modern music, the 5-time GRAMMY-winning Snarky Puppy mastermind and GroundUP Records founder Michael League showcases his widely varied musical endeavors as SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director.  

A Southern California native, League attended the renowned University of North Texas jazz program, where he met the core of the band that would become Snarky Puppy — a band that has built a fervent global following for their electric blend of jazz, pop, R&B, and soul. 

Now based in Catalonia, Spain, he is the creator and bandleader of both Snarky Puppy and the world music group Bokanté, founder of the record label and music curation source GroundUP Music, and co-founder/artistic director of the GroundUP Music Festival.