Stanford Jazz Festival's annual Blues Night has grown so popular we needed to move the show to a larger venue. This year features legendary pianist and singer Floyd Dixon (above), acclaimed as a leading performer of West Coast blues—a more piano based and jazz-influenced style of R&B. An impeccable keyboardist with a deep, gravelly voice, Dixon signed with Modern Records in 1949, specializing in jump blues ("Red Cherries," "Too Much Jelly Roll"). After moving to Specialty Records a few years later, Dixon released several hit recordings, including "Hey Bartender" and "Hole In The Wall." In 1997, Living Blues Magazine recognized Dixon as Most Outstanding Blues Musician (Keyboards), and he also received the W.C. Handy award for Comeback Album of the Year for Wake Up And Live (1996).