Idiot Fish Septet and Raze The Maze

Name: Idiot Fish Septet and Raze The Maze
Start: 2025-11-14T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Art Boutiki Music Hall

Schedule

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Art Boutiki Music Hall | San Jose, CA

Ticket Link
https://app.gopassage.com/events/IdiotFish
We’re thrilled to announce the return of the Idiot Fish with a first time ever Septet performance! It’s been 9 months since our last show and 8 months since Wally’s shoulder surgery, but we’re more excited than ever to bring you some of the best players on the West Coast.
Featuring Paul Hanson-Bassoon (Bela Fleck, Jon Baptiste, Billy Cobham, Wayne Shorter), Frank Martin-Keys (John McLaughlin, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Dizzy Gillespie), Charles McNeal-Sax (Lyle Lovett Large Band, The Headhunters w/Mike Clark and Bill Summers, Boz Scaggs, Fred Wesley), Joel Beheman (Chris Potter, Phillip Phillips, Boz Scaggs, Sheila E), Brian Sheu-Guitar (a sought-after guitarist known for blending soulful blues and rock with the bebop language), and Dan Robbins (a bassist who freelances as a performer, composer, and arranger in studios and venues across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond), this Idiot Fish Septet performance promises to be special and rare.
And of course, Wally Schnalle-Drums will be on the drums, bringing his signature style to the show. We can’t wait to see you all there!
ALSO!!
Raze the Maze
Raze The Maze is the Bay Area–born progressive rock band from musical stalwarts Tarik Ragab and Moorea Dickason, who previously co-founded the Magna Carta Records band MoeTar. Their latest project expands into bold new territory with the electrifying sounds of world-renowned electric bassoonist Paul Hanson, featured on their collaborative album Calliope.
This band seeks to raze the fear-based, corporate-driven, patriarchal mentality in our culture and raise in its place radical creativity, deep connection, and true expression.