Rachel Murray/Getty Images archives Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn performs with Bay Area bassist Marcus Shelby during the San Jose Jazz Winter Fest.
There are more unfamiliar names than usual at San Jose Jazz Winter Fest this year, as the Counterpoint With Ukraine program presents nearly a dozen acts and artists making their California debut.
Here are four highly recommended shows, including musicians who are well known to Bay Area jazz fans and players eager to introduced themselves. For ticket and more information, go to sanjosejazz.org.
Jazzmeia Horn with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Since earning a Grammy nomination with her 2017 debut album “Social Call,” vocalist