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Junius Courtney Big Band on 2/27 and 2/28

We’ve got a double-header coming up on SAT Feb 27 (Berkeley) and SUN Feb 28 (SF). We hope you can make it!
Here are the details:
Calling All Dancers!
SATURDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 27 8:00 pm
The NEW Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison Street between Milvia and Shattuck, downtown Berkeley
A CONCERT AND DANCE!
The dance floor will be open [...]

Parlor Jazz Series presents An Evening with Napa Valley Jazz All-Stars and Special Guests on 1/31

The NAPA VALLEY JAZZ SOCIETY
Parlor Jazz Series Presents
An Evening With
NAPA VALLEY JAZZ ALL-STARS
and SPECIAL GUESTS
Chris Amberger – Kent Cohea – Mimi Fox –Wesla Whitfield – Mike Greensill – Mary Jenson – Noel Jewkes – Denise Perrier – Alan U’Ren – Larry Vuckovich – Benny Barth – Wesla Whitfield – Herb Gibson (more to [...]

Joe Sample and Lalah Hathaway Reunited

Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Lalah Hathaway – vocals
Nick Sample – acoustic bass
Xavier Breaker – drums
Where were you in October 1999 when Joe Sample and Lalah Hathaway appeared together at Yoshi’s Oakland performing song from their The Song Lives On album?
I was there in the crowded audience sitting really close to the stage. It was an [...]

 
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Patti Austin @ Yoshi’s San Francisco November 20-22

I am so excited about seeing Patti Austin tomorrow night at Yoshi’s San Francisco. See you there!

Bandleader Ramsey Lewis To Release Concord Jazz Debut

ICONIC JAZZ PIANIST AND BANDLEADER RAMSEY LEWIS TO RELEASE CONCORD JAZZ DEBUT SEPTEMBER 29TH
SONGS FROM THE HEART INCLUDES EIGHT ORIGINAL TRACKS WRITTEN
FOR JOFFREY BALLET COMPANY’S PRODUCTION OF “TO KNOW HER”
On September 29, Concord Jazz will release Songs From the Heart: Ramsey Plays
Ramsey, the debut Concord Jazz CD from iconic pianist and bandleader Ramsey
Lewis.
Songs From the [...]

Prestige Records Releases Side Steps

For immediate release:
PRESTIGE RECORDS RELEASES SIDE STEPS,
A 5-CD BOXED SET OF JOHN COLTRANE’S PRESTIGE RECORDINGS
AS A SIDEMAN TO A HOST OF JAZZ LUMINARIES
Over the past three years, Prestige Records has released boxed sets of Coltrane’s numerous sessions from the mid- to late ’50s, each spotlighting a specific dimension of his tenure with the label.
Fearless Leader [...]

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Single-Show Arena Tickets Available For MJF/52

Single-Show Arena Tickets Include Access To One Arena Concert Plus 8 Additional Stages On The Grounds
Monterey Jazz Festival Full Arena Packages And Grounds Tickets Still Available
Single-Show Arena And Grounds Tickets Include World-Class Music, Jazz Education, Conversations and Forums, Clinics, Activities For Kids And Families, International Shopping, Food, And Films On Monterey Fairgrounds, September 18 – [...]

Three for Tuesday

It is a good week when three new jazz piano releases are coming out on Tuesday, 8/25.
Jazz piano legend McCoy Tyner’s new release, Solo: Live From San Francisco (Dig) [LIVE] was recorded live during the SFJAZZ Spring Season in May 2007. I attended this magnificent concert and am very excited about this album which [...]

Arena Tickets Still Available For 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 18 – 20, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2009
Media Contact: Timothy Orr
Direct Line: (510) 652-1122
MJF Phone: (831) 373-3366 X252
timorr@montereyjazzfestival.org
Arena Tickets Available For 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon, September 18 – 20, 2009
Rare Opportunity For Heirloom Purchase Guaranteeing Seats For Years
Three-Day Arena Package Includes Exclusive Access To 5 Shows Of World-Class Music On The Legendary Jimmy Lyons [...]

Festival season is in full swing!

One of the things I love about the Bay Area is that the music festivals and local events are jumping from now through end of September. If I have missed any, please let me know.
This is the final weekend of the Stanford Jazz Festival with the Stanford Jazz Workshop All-Star Jam on Friday and Dena [...]