October 6, 2026, Santa Rosa, CA — The Music Department of Santa Rosa Junior College presents a jazz concert by the Bennett Friedman Quartet on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Newman Auditorium on the SRJC campus. The concert will feature guitarist Randy Vincent, bassist Robb Fisher, drummer Kendrick Freeman, and saxophonist Bennett Friedman.

Randy Vincent has been teaching jazz guitar at Sonoma State University since 1981. He has performed with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, and Dizzy Gillespie. Vincent has authored six jazz guitar books, published by Sher Music Co.

Bassist Robb Fisher toured and recorded with the legendary Cal Tjader for more than six years, anchoring Tjader's Grammy Award-winning album, "La Onda Va Bien," and Grammy-nominated album, "Gozame Pero Ya." He has also worked extensively with and recorded for jazz and Latin artists, including Chet Baker, Art Pepper, Carmen McRae, Tania María, Clare Fischer, Rob Schneiderman, Eddie Marshall, Dick Whittington, and Anita O'Day.

Kendrick Freeman has a background in both drum set and hand drums, having studied with American artists and musicians from Ghana, Congo, and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on Haitian music. Freeman leads a jazz ensemble at Sonoma State University.

Saxophonist Bennett Friedman has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the San Jose Jazz Festival, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, the Monterey Bay Blues Festival, and the Russian River Jazz Festival. He has been featured as a soloist with Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, and Marvin Gaye. Friedman has taught Jazz Studies at Santa Rosa Junior College since 1977. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant for jazz composition.

General admission is $15, and student and senior admission is $10. Parking on campus is $4. Concert proceeds benefit the SRJC Foundation Jazz Studies Fund.

For further information, please call 527-4255 or email bfriedman@santarosa.edu.