Hears Looking At You Photo – A Visual Essay of Jazz and Blues Jazz and Blues Art Photography of Kamau Amen-Ra, Tasin Sabir, Edward Miller, Charles Rhone, James Knox Location: San Leandro Public Library Street: 300 Estudillo Avenue City/Town: San Leandro, CA Exhibit Dates: July 1 – 31 2010 Artists’ Reception: Thursday, July 15, 6:30PM [...]
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Fillmore Jazz Festival – July 3 & 4
Two days of great music this weekend Fillmore Street in San Francisco. For full details, www.fillmorejazzfestival.org Enjoy your music and have a safe holiday weekend! Photo of the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra at the 2009 Fillmore Jazz Festival by James Knox.
Malcolm X 10th Annual Jazz Arts Festival Today @ San Antonio Park
10 Year Anniversary! Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 11-7pm FREE San Antonio Park – 18th Ave & Foothill Blvd This month we are all very excited to present the 10th annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival! We recognize that it is quite an accomplishment to be able to present a festival that [...]
Guitar Fest 2010 f/t Guitarists Terrence Brewer, Hristo Vitchev, and Rick Vandivier
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH BAY LIVE PRESENTS GUITAR FEST 2010 FEATURING MULTI-AWARD WINNING GUITARIST TERRENCE BREWER ALONG WITH GUITARISTS HRISTO VITCHEV, AND RICK VANDIVIER ON FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010, 7:30PM, $15 AT THE THEATER ON SAN PEDRO SQUARE, 29 NORTH SAN PEDRO STREET, SAN JOSE CA (Alameda, CA, April 29, 2010) – South Bay Live, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
