ART • EQUITY • ACCESS
Thursday, February 28, 7:30 pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts
Destiny Muhammad, a jazz harpist and vocalist who follows in the footsteps of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, brings her stellar trio to the Piedmont Center for the Arts for an evening of soaring yet down-to-earth jazz.… Read More
Friday, February 22, 5:30-8 pm at Bird & Beckett
Ray Loeckle, reeds — Jerry Logas, reeds — Glen Deardorff, guitar — Dean Reilly, bass — Tony Johnson, drums
The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet — are five musicians whose history on the local jazz scene dates back 60 years to the very early 1950s.… Read More
Friday, February 22, 5:30 pm at Marin Country Mart
Originally announced for February 8, the event was cancelled at the last minute due to rain.
Dave Rocha, trumpet & flugelhorn — Brad Buethe, guitar — Chuck Bennett, bass — Otto Huber, drums
This hard-driving quartet plays straight-ahead jazz by composers like Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Kenny Wheeler, Chick Corea, Jimmy Heath, Joe Sample, and Freddie Hubbard.… Read More
Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm at California Jazz Conservatory
Soul Sauce draws on the rich body of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-influenced jazz as well as performing original works and unique arrangements of contemporary, standard, and obscure jazz tunes. Co-led by drummer Curt Moore with Jon Eriksen on vibes, the quintet features Ken Cook on piano, Rich Girard on bass, and Michaelle Goerlitz on congas and percussion.… Read More
The American Federation of Musicians Local 6 invited Jazz in the Neighborhood founder Mario Guarneri to write a missive to its membership. It was printed in the January-February issue of their Musical News.
