LIVE at Piedmont Piano Company
Hannah Mayer, Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee, & Gus Hurteau
Longtime friends and musical collaborators pianist Hannah Mayer, saxophonist Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee, and vibraphonist Gus Hurteau present an intimate show of original music, as well as songs from their favorite composers spanning across genres. Catch this East Bay born-and-raised trio while they’re in town from New York City!
General Admission
$20 in advance / $25 at the door
We are offering a limited number of seats for this performance. Advanced purchase is recommended.
HANNAH MAYER
Hannah Mayer is a pianist and composer from El Cerrito, currently based in NYC. Hannah has shared the stage with notable musicians including Sean Jones, Melissa Aldana, Etienne Charles, Warren Wolf, Charenée Wade, Pedro Martins, and has had the immense honor of being mentored by the great Brazilian guitarist/vocalist/composer Toninho Horta, recording and performing with him during his time in New York this past year. Hannah has performed at venues/festivals including Small’s, Mezzrow, Bar LunÀtico, Nublu, The Jazz Gallery, 54 Below, Keystone Korner, the Jazz Showcase, BopStop, Yoshi’s, the Monterey Jazz Festival, The Tri-C Jazz Festival, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, and Shijiajuang University in China. Hannah received their Bachelor’s from Peabody Conservatory and has been a member of programs including Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz and YoungArts. Heavily influenced by musical theatre composers, Hannah’s debut album pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim (“Hannah Mayer & Friends Play Sondheim”) and Hannah is currently a composer in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Songwriting Workshop. Hannah is excited to return to Piedmont Piano Company, having grown up attending Oakland School for the Arts across the street!
NATHAN NAKADEGAWA-LEE
Born and raised in Oakland, California, saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee embodies a striking mix of sounds deriving from improvised, vocal, blues, and jazz traditions. He is a graduate of The New School's Jazz and Contemporary Music program, where he studied with luminaries such as Melissa Aldana, Darius Jones, Tivon Pennicott, David Glasser, Or Bareket, Jon Irabagon, Anat Cohen, Joshua Rubin, and Ismail Lumaneovsky. In Oakland, Nathan has taught at Oakland Summer Music, Oakland Public Conservatory, and his alma mater Claremont Middle School, providing music education at no cost to middle schoolers. As a performer, Nathan has appeared alongside generational artists such as Billy Martin, Faye Carol, Azure McCall, Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson, and Lesley Mok. He has performed internationally in Tokyo, and the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland, in the Bay Area at Yoshi's Oakland, and The Soundroom, and NYC at Dizzy’s Jazz Club, The Stone, and Le Poisson Rouge. A big supporter of community organizing, Nathan hosts eclectic house shows and Improv Nights, and continues to compose, improvise, and perform in New York City and the Bay Area.
GUS HURTEAU
Gus Hurteau is an Oakland native and multi-instrumentalist based in New York. Gus started playing music at age six, and has performed in genres from jazz to metal, on drums, bass, keyboards, and of course, his main love, the vibraphone. Gus studied jazz performance at the New School in New York, and with vibraphone legends Joe Locke and Mike Mainieri, and audio engineering at the city college of New York. Gus is currently a member of the legendary bassist Gene Perla’s Tiger Quartet, who have toured up and down the east coast. Gus’ vibraphone fronted metal EP “There’s Still Time to Regret Everything” was released in the summer of 2025 and features Gus playing vibraphone, drums, keyboards, bass, and 8 string guitar. The album explores the unfamiliar sound of vibraphone in metal, as well pushes genre limits by experimenting with complex harmony, rhythmic structures, and conventions from other genres. Ultimately, "There's Still Time to Regret Everything" stands as a testament to Gus' deep respect for multi-instrumentalism, well-rounded creatives, and forward thinking music across all genres.