World-class jazz for exceptional events. A headliner at many of the nation's foremost jazz venues, artistic director Anton Schwartz's exacting standards span beyond superb musicianship, to every nuance of your event. Read on and listen…

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Here's one that isn't like any of the others.

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 caliber 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 and upbeat demeanor.

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 four CDs have received critical acclaim, with his most recent release reaching number four on the national jazz radio charts. Schwartz is on the faculty of the The Jazzschool and the Stanford Jazz Workshop and has been Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University and the Brubeck Institute.

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
Catalina Jazz Club, Los Angeles
Century Park, Shanghai, China
Jazz Alley, Seattle
Jazz Standard, New York
Regattabar, Boston
Monterey Jazz Festival
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston
SFJAZZ, San Francisco
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