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Melecio Magdaluyo Jazz Quartet

Thursday, October 18, 6:30-8:30pm at La Crema in Albany

Melecio Magdaluyo has been a music treasure since the 1980s performing on saxes, flute, and clarinet in the Bay Area’s vibrant music scene. His rhapsodic and soulful approach has given him opportunities to work with many great jazz and Latin jazz artists such as Pete Escovedo, John Santos, Tito Puente, Wayne Wallace, Akira Tana, Linda Tillery, and Ray Obiedo.

His quartet format will give him an opportunity to stretch out and let the members reach high levels of musical expression using standards, Latin jazz, and original compositions. Expect an exciting display of improvisations and surprises!

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance, regardless of ticket sales. Jazz in then Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. La Crema guarantees the rest. For tickets and other information, please contact La Crema.

La Crema — 1106 Solano Avenue at San Pablo Avenue, Albany

Laura Klein Trio: The Music of Marian McPartland

Weds., October 17, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

Come and discover the unique music of Marian McPartland, one of the most beloved figures in jazz. At a time when female instrumentalists were marginalized, Marian achieved wide recognition as a pianist, composer, author, educator, and radio host.  Pianist Laura Klein, bassist Ruth Davies and drummer Kelly Fasman will celebrate the centennial year of Marian’s birth by performing her gorgeous but rarely heard original compositions, as well as other music associated with her. This all star trio wowed sold out audiences earlier this year at Piedmont Piano and the Sacramento Jazz Coop; this is an event not to be missed!

Pianist Laura Klein heard and met Marian on many occasions, and performed for her. She was deeply influenced by McPartland’s  lyrical, personal musical storytelling and rich harmonic sensibility. Klein has led performances of the music of Marian McPartland  at SF Jazz, Piedmont Piano, and for the Sacramento Jazz Coop. Klein and her husband Tony Corman are co-leaders of the FivePlay Jazz Quintet, which performs their original compositions and has appeared at festivals and concert venues. Their CDs have received critical acclaim and international airplay. Klein’s compositions were featured on KCSM’s “In the Moment.” She is an Associate Professor of the Alexander Technique at the California Jazz Conservatory. For more information, visit www.lauraklein.net

Ruth Davies, an outstanding bassist on SF Bay Area scene, has performed and/or recorded with many jazz and blues greats including Keb’ Mo’, Clark Terry, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt and many others. She toured the world for ten years with the late Charles Brown, and continues to spend considerable time abroad, touring with Denise Jannah, Dmitri Matheny, European pianist/composer Amina Figarova, and Elvin Bishop. Davies is deeply involved in music education and has taught in public schools, at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and as part of San Francisco Symphony’s “Adventures in Music”. She has presented music programs to over one thousand school groups. For more information, visit http://www.ruthdavies.com/

Drummer Kelly Fasman is dynamic performer whose propulsive playing adds excitement and dynamic range in any musical setting. She has performed with Kenny Loggins, The Moody Blues, Joan Baez, and Joan Rivers. She was the house drummer for The American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and has worked with Teatro Zinzanni, Broadway By the Bay, and Theatreworks. Fasman is the powerhouse of the 17 piece jazz orchestra, the Morchestra. 

Watch performances of Klein’s tribute to Marian McPartland:

Laura Klein Trio with Mary Fettig Plays the Music of Marian McPartland

Laura Klein Trio plays Ambiance, by Marian McParatland

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Jazz Voices of Poetry with Nicolas Bearde

Thursday, October 18, 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 accompanied by the Ken French Quartet. Half of each concert will be music written by guys with names like  Jerome, Irving, George, Ira, Larry, Richard, Duke, and Cole. The other half will have lyrics by prize-winning poets.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where featured musicians will be paid $150 in advance. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Spark Arts guarantees the rest. For additional information, please contact Spark Arts.

Spark Arts — 4229 18th Street, San Francisco

Howard Wiley’s Extra Nappy

Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory 

Extra Nappy offers a glimpse into an organically-developing musical movement encapsulating the vibrant history of African American music, from gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and funk, all the way up to contemporary hip-hop.

Extra Nappy tenor saxophonist Howard Wiley has been making the rounds on the Bay Area music scene since his teenage years as a protégé of the Dynamic Miss Faye Carol. His playing is steeped African-American idioms, from gospel, blues and jazz to R&B, funk and hip-hop. This loose and limber quartet delivers improvisation-laced arrangements of classic songs and features drummer Aaron Green, who toured with Lalah Hathaway, Sheila E and Cyril Neville, pianist/organist Lionel “LJ” Holoman, and bassist Michael “Tiny” Lindsey. Wiley’s quartet plays next-level grooves with such a deep pocket it’s not just nappy, it’s Extra Nappy.

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

 

Paul McCandless/Christian Foley-Beining Collaboration

Friday, October 26, 5:30-8:30 at Marin Country Mart

Paul McCandless, sax, bass clarinet — Christian Foley-Beining, guitars — Tom Shader,  accoustic bass  — Tom Hayashi, drums

A rare opportunity to get to hear the Grammy Award winning sax player Paul McCandless (Oregon, Paul Winter Consort) in this collaboration with Christian Foley-Beining. Both McCandless and Foley-Beining are the composers for this ensemble, and you will hear a big variety of eclectic music: jazz, Brazilian, fusion, and ballads.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Marin Country Mart guarantees the rest. For additional information, please contact Marin Country Mart.

Marin Country Mart — 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle

Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble

Thursday, October 25, 7:30pm, at the Piedmont Center for the Arts

The Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble is a progressive jazz quintet focusing on original arrangements of mainstream jazz with unique original compositions that have power and grace.  With Tommy Kesecker on vibes, Steve Heckman on sax, Terrence Brewer on guitar, Pat Klobas on bass and David Rokeach on drums, their music communicates jazz of the 21st century.

The band’s members are known for their unique talent and have backed such diverse artists as Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, Zakir Hussain, Chita Rivera, Marcus Shelby, and Kristen Chenowith. Their two releases, No Gravity and Moments Notice will be available at the performance.

The performance will feature guest artist Maxwell Nesbet, a bassist who has studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and is co-bassist with the SF Jazz Big Band.

Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont
$20 advance / $25 day of show / $5 student rush

Rhonda Benin

Wednesday, October 31, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory

Vocalist Rhonda Benin breezes in with her unique combination of jazz, blues, and soul with a show featuring the tunes of Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers, along with Rhonda’s original songs and some special “Halloween tunes”.  “Rhonda Benin is a tremendously assured singer who inhabits the celebratory zone where jazz, soul and blues meet.” Her band will feature Tammy Hall (piano), Ruth Davies (bass), Alcide Marshall (drums), Geechi Taylor (trumpet).

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

Jazz at Piedmont with Mimi Fox

Sunday, November 4, 3-6pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts

Join us for an extraordinary musical celebration and fundraiser for Jazz in the Neighborhood at the Piedmont Center for the Arts: an afternoon of great jazz, hors d’oeuvres, wine, and a silent auction.

Internationally renowned guitarist Mimi Fox has won six consecutive Downbeat Magazine international critic’s polls and is recognized by jazz writers and colleagues as one of the most expressive jazz guitarists on the scene today. In one of many feature stories, Guitar Player Magazine hailed Mimi as “a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them.”

Proceeds from the event will help support local jazz professionals through our Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund and developing players through our Emerging Artists Program.

More information at jazzintheneighborhood.org/benefit-concert/


$150 per ticket for this fundraising event.
The tax deductible amount for each ticket is the ticket price minus $20.

Erika Oba Trio

Wednesday, November 7, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

As long time collaborators, composer, pianist/flutist, and educator Erika Oba and bassist Chris Bastian have developed a large repertoire of original work. For this performance, they are joined by drummer Evan Hughes in their debut performance as a trio. Between them, they have played with the Montclair Women’s Big Band, jazz icons such as Joe Lovano and John Scofield, and across a wide range of musical traditions including jazz, opera, blues, flamenco, klezmer, huayno, musical theater, and Afrobeat. Drawing on influences ranging from Thelonious Monk to Okinawan sanshin music, they’ll perform a dynamic set of original and arranged works.

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Kurt Ribak Quartet

Friday, November 9, 5:30-8pm at Bird and Beckett

Lincoln Adler, saxophone — Greg Sankovich, keyboards — Kurt Ribak, bass, vocals — Randy Lee Odell, drums

Bassist, bandleader, and songwriter Kurt Ribak has played everything from free jazz to reggae to opera and has shared the stage with circus performers, preachers, and fire-breathing strippers. He discovered he loved writing jazz tunes while a student at Berklee College of Music and has formed his own quartet to play his compositions. He describes the group as “Charles Mingus meets The Meters. They jam at Duke Ellington’s house, and Thelonious Monk and Cachao sit in.”

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance, regardless of ticket sales. Jazz in then Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Bird & Beckett and the Jazz Philanthropists Union guarantees the rest. For tickets and other information, please contact Bird & Beckett.

Bird & Beckett — 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco

OoN: Paul Hanson and Ariane Cap

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. Utilizing virtuosic and unusual playing techniques as well as effects and harmonizers, the musicians put musicality front and center. Paul Hanson’s credits as an improvising bassoonist include Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Billy Cobham, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, Cirque Du Soleil, David Binney, Dennis Chambers, Brian Blade. Ariane Cap’s credits include Muriel Anderson, Tempest, Nick Phillips, The Sippy Cups.

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Jeff Sanford’s Cartoon Jazz Nonet

Saturday, November 10, 7:30-10pm at Bird & Beckett

Jeff Sanford’s Cartoon Jazz Nonet is a smaller version of the Cartoon Jazz Orchestra, which Jeff Sanford organized in 2003 to play the eccentric, highly entertaining and challenging music of American composer Raymond Scott. The music of Lenny Carlson who has been writing originals for the group for the last ten years is featured along with the music of Charlie Shavers/John Kirby, Jelly Roll Morton, and Duke Ellington.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $100 in advance, regardless of ticket sales. Jazz in then Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Bird & Beckett and the Jazz Philanthropists Union guarantees the rest. For tickets and other information, please contact Bird & Beckett.

Bird & Beckett — 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco

Jazz Voices of Poetry with Nicolas Bearde and Noa Levy

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. Half of each concert will be music written by guys with names like  Jerome, Irving, George, Ira, Larry, Richard, Duke, and Cole. The other half will have lyrics by prize-winning poets.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where featured musicians will be paid $150 in advance. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Spark Arts guarantees the rest. For additional information, please contact Spark Arts.

Spark Arts — 4229 18th Street, San Francisco

Matt Renzi Quartet

Saturday, October 13, 7:30-10pm at Bird & Beckett

San Francisco based saxophonist Matt Renzi will feature his long-time NYC trio members Dave Ambrosio and Russ Meissner along with pianist Leonard Thompson. The trio has five CD’s out, and the band will play all original music from some of these recordings as well as newer material from all members of the group. The bands approach to the music is very organic and collective, where songs seem to take on a life of their own. The group explores textures, timbre and meditative musical spaces and consistently pushes the limits of their creativity.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance, regardless of ticket sales. Jazz in then Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Bird & Beckett and the Jazz Philanthropists Union guarantees the rest. For tickets and other information, please contact Bird & Beckett.

Bird & Beckett — 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco

Akira Tana and Otonawa

Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 pm at California Jazz Conservatory’s Rendon Hall

Akira Tana and Otonowa play eye-opening, culture-bending Japanese jazz, bringing Tana’s consummate musical mastery into congruence with his deep Japanese cultural roots. Otonowa, meaning “sound circle,” features Tana on drums, Art Hirahara (piano), Masaru Koga (woodwinds, percussion) and Noriyuki “Ken” Okada (bass). This brotherhood of Japanese-American jazz luminaries tours and records to raise funds and spirits for the survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. This appearance by Otonowa will also be a celebration of their third recording release, “Ai San San” (Love’s Radience) on VegaMusic-USA. Tsunami survivor and trumpeter from Otsuchi, Takahiro Dai will be featured as a guest artist.

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

Ted Moore Quartet

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory

Join us for an evening of Latin jazz with the Ted Moore Quartet, featuring original tunes and arrangements by the band’s leader, Ted Moore. Moore’s passion for Brazilian music was solidified following two years spent living in Rio de Janeiro, performing and recording with some of the finest Brazilian jazz musicians. Tonight’s compositions and arrangements reflect that passion, with new compositions and three world premieres. In addition to Moore on drums, the band features Dann Zinn (sax), Frank Martin (piano), and Kai Eckhardt (bass).

Members of the UC Berkeley Jazz Combo will be also be featured as Guest Artists.

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Jazz Caliente

Friday, September 28, 6-9pm at Marin Country Mart

Founded by Lee Waterman and Tommy Kesecker in 1997, Jazz Caliente performs Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz featuring original compositions by Waterman as well as arrangements of jazz and Latin masters such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, Tito Puente, and Sergio Mendes. Joining Waterman on guitar and Kesecker on vibes will be James Mahone on sax along with bassist Bill Lanphier, percussionist Javier Navarrette , and drummer Bill Belasco.

Trademarks of the Jazz Caliente style are tight arrangements and infectious grooves. Basing its chordal foundation on vibes and guitar produces a brighter tonality and allows more space inside the music than with a traditional piano-based format. Their latest CD release is Olhos Verdes.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Marin Country Mart guarantees the rest. For additional information, please contact Marin Country Mart.

Marin Country Mart — 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle

Tiffany Austin

Thursday, September 27, 7:30 pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts

Vocalist Tiffany Austin’s tradition-rooted yet totally modern style has established her as one of the fastest rising jazz stars in Northern California. Before earning a law degree at U.C. Berkeley, she’d performed on three continents—around her native Los Angeles while attending college, then for a year in England, and eventually for five and a half years in Tokyo. However, instead of taking the bar exam, she decided instead to devote her life to her first love—music.

For this event Austin will be accompanied by Jacques Lesure on guitar, David Ewell, bass, and Leon Joyce, Jr. at the drums.

 

Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont
$20 advance / $25 day of show / $5 student rush

 

Bye Bye Bartók—Darren Johnston’s Noisy Strangers

Wednesday, September 26, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at California Jazz Conservatory 

A jazzy re-imagining of great chamber and symphonic music themes

What if Béla Bartók wrote “Bye Bye Blackbird”? What if Charlie Parker wrote a prelude in E, or Sun Ra, a symphony in C? We may never know, but four Bay Area voices come together to groove, swing, and do their thing over themes by Bach, Bartok, Satie, Tchaikovsky, and others, followed by a set of their own compositions. Chamber jazz from the heart, this evening marks the third performance of this exciting new quartet.

Darren Johnston – trumpet  Matt Renzi – clarinet, tenor sax, English horn  Adam Shulman – piano Eric Vogler – upright bass

This ensemble’s name was bestowed upon them by Darren’s cats on the day of their first rehearsal at his house.   A drummer-less group, they’re actually not all that noisy.

Bela Bartok

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents its Wednesday night series at CJC with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Clairdee & Noa Levy

Thursday, September 20, 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 Clairdee and Noa Levy accompanied by the Ken French Quartet. Half of each concert will be music written by guys with names like  Jerome, Irving, George, Ira, Larry, Richard, Duke, and Cole. The other half will have lyrics by prize-winning poets.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Spark Arts guarantees the rest. For additional information, please contact Spark Arts.

Spark Arts — 4229 18th Street, San Francisco

 

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