ART • EQUITY • ACCESS
Thursday, November 29, 7:30 pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts
Grupo Falso Baiano performs a blend of traditional Brazilian choro music with modern influences of jazz, flamenco and samba. Choro is Brazil’s first national music, born in the cafés of Rio in the late 1800’s, and reflects the melding of Latin American and African rhythms with a melodic and harmonic structure most closely resembling Baroque Classical music.… Read More
Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory
OoN – with its unlikely combination of six string tapped bass and bassoon – creates beautiful melodic Chamber Jazz. Sometimes peaceful and meditative, at other times passionate, raging or groovy, the musical bandwidth these two instrumentalists cover on their respective ‘tools’ is surprising.… Read More
Thursday, November 15, 7:30 pm at Spark Arts Gallery
On the 3rd Thursday of the month, Spark Arts Gallery will present Norm Rosenblatt‘s Jazz Voices of Poetry. This month features Nicolas Bearde and Noa Levy accompanied by the Ken French Quartet.… Read More
Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory
A rare opportunity to get to hear the Grammy Award winning sax player Paul McCandless in this collaboration with Christian Foley-Beining. Both McCandless and Foley-Beining are the composers for this ensemble, and you will hear a variety of eclectic music: jazz, Brazilian, fusion, and ballads.… Read More
Friday, November 30, 5:30pm at Marin Country Mart
Jeff Derby, sax — Jake Smolowe, piano — Jason Carr, bass — Alex Aspinall, drums
Saxophonist/pianist, composer and educator Jeff Derby has been active on the Bay Area jazz scene since 2006. He graduated with honors from Sonoma State University with BAs in jazz studies, music education, and a single subject teaching credential, and in addition to performing, Derby teaches middle school music in Marin County.… Read More
Wednesday, December 12, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory
Jazz/Hip-Hop quintet Sueños celebrates the release of their sophomore album, “Shots Fired”! The band pushes the evolution of jazz into a modern context, borrowing rhythms from hip-hop and rock, and blending them seamlessly with modal and gospel harmony.… Read More
