The San Francisco based Natural Gas Jazz Band has been delighting its audiences since 1970. This surprising longevity of 38 years is the result of a singularly stable band lineup, a musical book of broad appeal, and gifted musicians who enjoy creating jazz together.

The NGJB is strongly imprinted with the influences of its late San Francisco friends, jazz legends Lu Watters and Turk Murphy. Former Murphy and Watters sidemen have been longtime NGJB players as well as frequent substitutes. Its book is also rich with the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, and others. The listener can expect to hear stomps, blues, rags, marches, spirituals, and dances of all moods and tempos.