
Night with the Divas & Dons A Benefit for Black Coalition on AIDS and its Rafiki Wellness Program Sunday, November 16, 2014 4-7 PM BCA/Rafiki Wellness Building 601 Cesar Chavez Street (between 3rd Street and Pier 80) San Francisco, CA Musical guests for the evening include Dee Spencer, Tiffany Austin, Noah Griffin, Derek Lassiter, Valerie […]
Nov 12, 2014 | Categories:Community, Music News/Info, Music Reviews, Musicians, Singers | Tags: Black Coalition on AIDS, Dee Spencer, derek lassiter, Night with the Divas & Dons, Noah Griffin, Rafiki Wellness Program, Terrie Odabi, Tiffany Austin, Valerie Troutt | Leave A Comment »

Happy 2014 Everyone! Happy Lunar New Year! I have not had a new post here in quite a while. I really promise to write more often :). Since the last time I have been here, I turned 50 years old, had an awesome birthday celebration and photography exhibit at The Sound Room in Oakland (we […]
Feb 03, 2014 | Categories:I Sing Too, Music News/Info, Podcasts, The Sound Room | Tags: blues, Dante James, Ellen Hoffman, Faye Carol, James Knox, jazz, Joe Warner, The School of the Get Down, The Sound Room, Valerie Troutt, Vocal Workshop | Leave A Comment »

My friend, mentor, and teacher/singer/pianist/composer Valerie Troutt will have her CD release party for her debut album, The Sound of Peace, on Monday, November 25 @ 8 PM at Yoshi’s Oakland. Please read Lee Hildebrand’s review of The Sound of Peace in this week’s East Bay Express. Be there and be blessed!!! Album Cover Photo […]
Nov 21, 2013 | Categories:Music News/Info, New Releases, Oakland, Yoshi's | Tags: CD Release Party, The Sound of Peace, Valerie Troutt, Yoshi's Oakland | Leave A Comment »

Singer Valerie Troutt is hoping to be one of Reverb Nation’s nominees for “Artists on the Verge Project 2012!” Please post on their wall “I nominate the Valerie Troutt JazzSoul Project” or “I request Valerie Troutt.” Here’s the link: http://rvrb.fm/HP5uWi It takes about 6-8 seconds. If you want to do it every day, that’s cool! […]
May 03, 2012 | Categories:Music News/Info, Oakland | Tags: Reverb Nation, The JazzSoul Project, Valerie Troutt | Leave A Comment »

The month is moving by so quickly and I have seen so much great music this month include the Bayview Music Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Impulse Mondays, Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Carmen Lundy, Monty Alexander, Valerie Troutt, Rhonda Benin, and Hugh Masekela. Summer is here and there is great music coming […]
Jun 24, 2011 | Categories:Birdland Jazzista Social Club, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Groovin' Around The Bay, Stanford Jazz Festival, The Rrazz Room, Yoshi's | Tags: Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, Dayna Stephens, Denise Perrier, Eldar Djangirov, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Hugh Masekela, Impusle Mondays, Jazz Mafia, Joe Bataan, John Handy, Junius Courtney Big Band, Kim Nalley, Kurt Ribak, Laurel District Summer Solstice Festival, Maya Kronfeld, Natalie Cole, Pat Martino, Red Poppy Art House, René Marie, Rhonda Benin, Stanford Jazz Festival, The Rrazz Room, Valerie Troutt, Yoshi's | Leave A Comment »

My Picks for the Weekend: Sonoma Valley Jazz Society Presents SF Jazz Giants – Friday @ 8pm (Frank Jackson, Larry Vuckovich, and Al Obidinskl) Ranzel Merritt Quartet on Friday at 8pm and Stephanie Crawford on Saturday at 8pm at 57th Street Art Gallery in Oakland John Santos Sextet – Birdland Jazzista Social Club – Friday […]
May 20, 2011 | Categories:Groovin' Around The Bay, Music News/Info | Tags: 57th Street Art Gallery, Ambrose Akinmusire, Birdland Jazzista Social Club, Brian Ho Trio, Buster Williams, Calvin Keyes, Disco Volante, Hiromi, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Warner, Jon Santos, Malcolm X JazzArts Festival, Mike Stern, Poncho Sanchez, Ranzel Merritt, SF Jazz Giants, Sonny Fortune, Sonoma Jazz +, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Valerie Troutt, YBCA Forum, Yoshi's | Leave A Comment »
The Jazz Crusaders – “The Freedom Sound” Greetings! This column is a way for me to jump start back into writing on the regular. I am sure you want to see more here than just videos and press releases (not that those are bad things!!!) I am often asked what is happening in jazz on […]
May 06, 2011 | Categories:Groovin' Around The Bay | Tags: EastSide Arts Alliance, Joe Lovano Us 5, Joe Sample, Kwami Coleman, Rachelle Ferrell, The Grassroots Composers Ensemble, The Jazz Crusaders, The Jazzschool, The Parallax Quartet, Valerie Troutt, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder, Yoshi's Oakland | Leave A Comment »

This is a quick post. I will make it pretty later. Valerie Troutt is at The Jazzschool tonight at 8pm. Oleta Adams is at The Rrazz Room through Saturday. Goapele is at Yoshi’s San Francisco through Sunday. Rachelle Ferrell is at Yoshi’s Oakland through Sunday. It is another great weekend to go hear and support […]
Apr 29, 2011 | Categories:Music News/Info, The Jazzschool, The Rrazz Room, Yoshi's | Tags: Goapele, live music, Oleta Adams, Rachelle Ferrell, The Jazzschool, The Rrazz Room, Valerie Troutt, Yoshi's | 1 Comment »

Generations in Jazz: Four Photographers From Saturday, 03 April 2010 – 10:00am To Friday, 30 April 2010 – 5:00pm Free admission At the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando St., San José, CA 95112 Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday 9:00 […]
Apr 01, 2010 | Categories:Exhibits | Tags: Andy Nozaka, April 3-30, California, Four Photographers, Generations in Jazz, James Knox, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Photographers, photography exhibit, San Francisco, San Jose, San Jose Jazz Festival, Tom Ehrlich, Valerie Troutt, Walter Wagner, Yoshi's | 1 Comment »