Mary Stallings Comes to The RRazz Room – 2/3-5
Vocalist Mary Stallings comes to The RRazz Room from February 2 to 5. Showtimes are 7pm on Friday and Saturday and 5pm on Sunday. Her band will include David Udolf on piano, Akira Tana on drums and Ron Belcher on bass. I last saw Mary at Yoshi’s Oakland and her show was amazing. According to [...]
A Special Jazz Salute to Black History Month @ The Jazz Heritage Center
A Special Jazz Salute to Black History Month – February 1 thru March 4, 2012 – Jazz Heritage Center Lush Life Gallery – 1320 Fillmore Street – San Francisco. Opening reception and panel discussion on February 2 from 6-9pm. The panel discussion will be from 6-7pm in the Jazz Heritage Center Media Room and moderated [...]
Fillmore Jazz Festival 2011 – July 2 & 3
The 27th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival Expands Entertainment With Outstanding 2011 Musical Program (San Francisco, CA) Every summer on July 4th weekend in San Francisco, Fillmore Street is home to the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast: The Fillmore Jazz Festival. The 27th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival will showcase the Bay Area’s best [...]
Chick-Fest 2011
Chick-Fest 2011 celebrates the friendship and music of Leon ‘Chick’ Freeman and John ‘Terry’ Hilliard. These great musicians have been playing music together for over 50 years. Hilliard is also a member of the Junius Courtney Big Band, who will be in concert at Yoshi’s Oakland with show at 8 and 10pm. Chick-Fest will host [...]
Healdsburg Jazz Festival is Here!
Are you ready? For the next 10 evenings, Healdsburg, CA will be filled with jazz. There is something for everyone. This is the 13th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival and it is not to be missed. I have had the pleasure of hearing some of the finest in jazz at this festival. Festival season now begins!!! [...]
Howard Wiley Quartet @ 57th Street Gallery
Only sax man Howard Wiley can open with a swinging ass rendition of “Three Blind Mice” and take you right into “Take The ‘A’ Train.” I think the mice were swinging so hard they just jumped on the train. I think there was just a little “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” in there too!!! Howard on sax, [...]
11th Annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival This Saturday!
Eastside Arts Alliance presents 11th Annual MALCOLM X JAZZARTS FESTIVAL Saturday, May 21, 2011 11am – 7pm San Antonio Park, Oakland (18th Avenue/Foothill Blvd) FREE www.eastsideartsalliance.org On the main jazz stage we will be featuring: 12:00pm – John Santos Sextet (http://www.johnsantos.com/) 2:00pm – The Grassroots Composers Ensemble 4:00pm – The Abraham Burton Trio* (http://www.abrahamburton.com/) 6:00pm [...]
The Grassroots Composers Ensemble at EastSide Arts Alliance Tonight!
Every First Friday EastSide Arts Alliance has been presenting an extraordinary group of jazz musicians – THE GRASSROOTS COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE. Join us tonight – FRIDAY, MAY 6 from 8-10pm for an evening of beautiful sounds and good company. Each concert with this group is profound and moving. Audiences have appreciated the opportunity to listen to [...]
Ladies of Jazz @ Theater On San Pedro Square – 11/5
Ladies of Jazz All Female Jazz Singer/Songwriters Concert Don’t miss a fun filled evening with the Ladies of Jazz Singer/Songwriters Leanne Weatherly, Cathi Walkup, Jennifer Lee and Melissa Dinwiddie. All four Bay Area ladies will perform their own original material from comical swing to beautiful, touching ballads with a jazz trio backing them up. This show was [...]
Shirley Horn – Embers and Ashes/Where Are You Going Reissue
Oh happy day!!! Last month, Shirley Horn’s first album, “Embers and Ashes” recorded in 1960 and her “Where Are You Going” album, which was released in 1972, were reissued on a 2 LP on 1 CD reissue on Fresh Sounds Records. I have been waiting for “Embers and Ashes” to be released on CD since [...]
Ian Carey Quintet @ Coda – 10/13
Trumpeter Ian Carey and his quintet will be playing at Coda in San Francisco on Wednesday, 10/13 from 7-11pm. Go see live music!!!
Chick Corea Trio at Yoshi’s in Oakland 10/11-14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHICK COREA’S NEW TRIO TO PLAY 4-NIGHT RUN AT YOSHI’S OAKLAND Young Masters to Join Corea October 11-14: Bassist Christian McBride and Drummer Brian Blade OAKLAND, CA (18 August 2010) – Sixteen-time Grammy winner Chick Corea will convene an all-star trio for a four-night run of performances at Yoshi’s Jazz Club in [...]
Jeff Hamilton Trio to Play for Napa Valley Jazz Society
Drummer Jeff Hamilton, Trio to Play for Napa Valley Jazz Society For Immediate Release October 4, 2010 Contact: Bill Hart bill@napavalleyjazzsociety.org Perennial poll winning drummer Jeff Hamilton will bring his trio to the Robert Mondavi Winery as part of the Napa Valley Jazz Society’s continuing Parlor Jazz series on Sunday, October 10. Hamilton, [...]
Hears Looking At You Photo Exhibit – A Visual Essay of Jazz and Blues – Now thru July 31
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 [...]
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 [...]
Internationally Renowned Violinist Regina Carter Releasing Reverse Thread on May 18
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED VIOLINIST REGINA CARTER RELEASING REVERSE THREAD, A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN FOLK MUSIC EI Entertainment to Release REVERSE THREAD on May 18th When preeminent violinist Regina Carter made the decision to record an album primarily of African folk tunes, she created a great challenge for herself: how do you take beautiful traditional music and [...]
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! Posted in: Music News/Info, Yoshi’s. Tagged: jazz · Patti Austin · r&b · San Francisco · Yoshi’s
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 [...]
Live from Monterey Jazz Festival 2009 – Part 1
My annual pilgrimage to the Monterey Jazz Festival started off a little different. I had stopped at a friend’s house to pickup my digital recorder. I got back in my car and it would not start…dead! I called AAA and they came out and pronounced my battery dead. Average car battery life is 3-5 years [...]
Terrence Brewer kicks off the SFJAZZ Hotplate Series on 9/10
Terrence Brewer plays Wes Montgomery Amnesia 853 Valencia St (between 19th & 20th) Thurday, September 10th 9PM, $5 cover The SFJAZZ Hotplate series features some of the Bay Area’s best artists celebrating the music of their favorite jazz legend each month. We begin with the SF Weekly’s “Best Jazz Artist,” guitarist Terrence Brewer, paying homage [...]
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 [...]
Lizz Wright is coming to the Bay Area – 9/18-20
Vocalist/songwriter Lizz Wright is bringing her sweet music to the Bay Area. 9/18 Dizzy’s Den stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival at 8:30pm 9/19-20 Yoshi’s Oakland – Shows at 8 and 10pm Photo Credit: James Knox