“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series held at The Annex (El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex), 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 6-8:30pm with
Dillon Vado Vibes Trio
Dillon Vado – vibraphone
Jeff Denson – bass
Isaac Schwartz – drums
The Dillon Vado Vibes Trio plays a spacious alchemy of music inspired by Brazilian and funk grooves, and the singer-songwriter tradition, all while being informed by the spiritual and liberation seeking stances of the 1960s. This group’s feet are firmly on the ground with eyes set on the stars, playing groovy music with a spiritual quality uniquely suited to the percussive yet otherworldly nature of the vibraphone. This evening will feature Jeff Denson on bass and Isaac Schwartz on drums.
Dillon is best known for being a co-leader of the band Heart Matter, featuring Amy D. Heart Matter just celebrated a sold out show at SF Jazz in May 2025, a West Coast Tour spring 2026, and is hard at work on their debut album coming in Summer 2027. Dillon also is known for his collaborations with mentors and other notable musicians, Art Lande, Jovino Santos Neto, Hafez Modirzadeh, Marcos Silva, Dave King, and more.
For a little preview check this out:
https://youtube.com/shorts/WDgMD5ahpIY?si=j7kCOa7Zqfc41uGR
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The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.
SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.
COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.
TICKETS
Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.