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Simon Rowe Trio

Sunday, July 29, 6:30-8:30pm at the Rambler in the Hotel Zeppelin

Simon Rowe, piano — John Wiitala, bass — Deszon Claiborne, drums

With this trio, Simon Rowe, a veteran of the St. Louis and Indianapolis jazz scenes, will explore a fresh approach to some lesser known standards, often referencing Afro-Cuban and Brazilian influences.

This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid a guaranteed minimum up front. Jazz in the Neighborhood makes this possible by subsidizing 40% of their pay. Hotel Zeppelin guarantees the rest. For tickets and other information, please contact the Rambler (415) 549-8008.

Note that Jazz in the Neighborhood members will receive a 10% discount on their meal upon presentation of their JITN membership card.

Rambler at Hotel Zeppelin, 545 Post Street, San Francisco

Filed Under: 2018 July, Events Tagged With: Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, Rambler, Simon Rowe

Mario Guarneri Quartet + tbd_a quartet

Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

Jazz in the Neighborhood presents two sets featuring trumpeter Mario Guarneri. tbd_a quartet is named after the groups instrumentation and features Mario Guarneri and Erik Jekabson on trumpets, John Wiitala on bass, and Akira Tana at the drums. The Guarneri Quartet swaps out the second trumpet for the guitar of Randy Vincent.

tbd_a quartet with two trumpets, bass and drums, plays their music in a linear way, creating implied harmonies, and stretching traditional forms. The band’s original compositions are written with this particular instrumentation in mind, and often grow from a small idea that is developed by all of the members of the group. In this band, the line is the most important element, and it determines the direction and expresses the emotion and story of the music. And as for the name tbd? “tbd can be ‘to be determined’, reflective of the improvisational nature of the group, and/or ‘trumpets bass drums,’ reflective of the instrumentation of the group,” explains Guarneri. More information about the group at www.guarnerijazz.com.

The Guarneri Jazz Quartethas established a dedicated following for its innovative interpretations of jazz classics and originals. The group features some of the most creative musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, and reflects their wide diversity and vast experience. Its members have performed and recorded with artists including Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Mose Allison, John Heard, George Duke, Donald Byrd, George Cables, Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, and Roger Kellaway.

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

Tickets available online at the CJC box office or at the door.
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Filed Under: 2018 July, Events Tagged With: Akira Tana, California Jazz Conservatory, Erik Jekabson, John Wiitala, Mario Guarneri, Randy Vincent

Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin 2+2

Wednesday, July 18 , 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin’s 2+2 performs rare music of Steve Lacy

For over 15 years, Greenlief and Raskin have explored playing with pairs of “like instruments” in their 2+2 project, producing nearly 100 concerts in west and east coast venues. The saxophonists now turn their gaze from free improvisation and graphic scores to the music of the great American composer Steve Lacy, pulling from hundreds of his compositions from notebooks dated from the 1950’s to the 1990’s. Many of these works have never been recorded. Greenlief (tenor) and Raskin on (baritone) will be joined by Scott Amendola on drums and electronics and Kjell Nordeson on drums.

Since phillip greenlief’s emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, Evander Music founder and saxophonist Phillip Greenlief has achieved international critical acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed and recorded with Fred Frith, Meredith Monk, Nels Cline, and They Might Be Giants; albums include THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, and ALL AT ONCE with FPR (Frank Gratkowski, Jon Raskin, Phillip Greenlief).

Andrew Gilbert of the San Francisco Chronicle says, “The Bay Area’s do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as Phillip Greenlief.”

(www.evandermusic.com)

Jon Raskin is one of the founding members of the innovative and eclectic Rova saxophone quartet. His early career includes his ’70s participation in new music ensembles directed by John Adams  and Dr. Barney Childs. Highlights as a member of Rova include composing a collaborative work for SF Taiko Dojo/Rova, working with Howard Martin on the installation work “Occupancy”, composing music for Mr. Bungle/Rova, organizing the 30 year Anniversary Concert of John Coltrane’s Ascension, performing the music of Miles Davis at the Fillmore with Yo Miles!, the Glass Head Project with Inkboat and the ongoing Electric Ascension Project. Besides over 30 recordings with Rova, Raskin’s recording experience include Anthony Braxton, Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 For Warne Marsh (1989) and The Bass & the Bird Pond with Tim Berne (1996), Wavelength Infinity- A Sun Ra Tribute, Between Spaces with Phillip Gelb, Dana Reason & Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley’s In C 25th Anniversary, and solo work on the Art Ship Series.

For Scott Amendola the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Amendola has forged deep ties across the country, and throughout the world. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists, Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, Charlie Hunter, Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades, violinists Regina Carter and Jenny Scheinman, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, players who have each forged a singular path within and beyond the realm of jazz. As a sideman, Amendola has performed and recorded with a vast, stylistically varied roster of artists, including Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Mondo Cane, John Scofield, Cibo Matto, and many others.

“Amendola’s music is consistently engaging, both emotionally and intellectually, the product of a fertile and inventive musical imagination.” Los Angeles Times

Kjell Nordeson is a Swedish percussionist currently dividing his time between San Francisco and San Diego. Nordeson has toured extensively in Europe, North America, North Africa and Japan with various groups; altogether over 1200 performances in around 30 different countries, and recorded over 50 CDs. He has performed with Peter Brötzmann, Barry Guy, Ken Vandermark, Sten Sandell, Joe Morris, William Parker, Paul Rutherford, Martin Küchen, Gerry Hemingway, Christer Bothén, Frank Gratkowski, Stefano Scodanibbio, Mark Dresser, and many others.

His early days were spent as a leader in Sweden’s experimental music scene in the 1990’s, and founding and composing for  Co. Alba with choreographer Nathalie Ruiz. In 2004, Nordeson relocated to California, and has since then been active in the SF Bay Area improvised music scene.  In 2008, he collaborated with multimedia artist Katharine Gin to create This Place Called Poetry, a three-month exhibition at San Francisco Art Commission Gallery.  Since 2011 Nordeson is pursuing a PhD in Music at University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on improvisation in relation to identity and performativity, and to the notion of fluency.

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

Filed Under: 2018 July Tagged With: California Jazz Conservatory, Jon Raskin, Kjell Nordeson, Phillip Greenlief, Scott Amendola

Ian Dogole & Music Beyond Borders 

Friday, July 13, 6pm at Copperfield’s Books in San Rafael

For pure musical adventure that crosses geographical borders and bridges the divide between “world” music and improvisational jazz, this assemblage is not to be missed. In addition to Ian Dogole on udu, cajon, djembe, talking drum, hang, kalimba, the trio features Sheldon Brown on tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute & other surprises, and Sascha Jacobsen on double bass. These three musical innovators will stir the musical cauldron with a fiery mix of original compositions, fresh interpretations of pieces by jazz and world music pioneers, and free improvisation that will unfold out of the ether right in front of your eyes and ears.

For over 35 years, Ian Dogole has articulated his vision of Music Beyond Borders as a multipercussionist, bandleader, educator, recording artist, composer and producer. He has released seven records and a DVD as a leader and has recorded and performed with artists such as Hamza el Din, Richie Cole, Paul McCandless and Alex deGrassi. Ian plays percussion instruments from Africa, the Middle East and South America. He has received numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, InterMusic SF (formerly San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music) and the Marin Arts Council. Ian is an active music educator in the Marin County schools and a frequent volunteer for Bread & Roses. For more information about Ian Dogole, visit www.iandogole.com

Sheldon Brown has been an innovative force behind Ian Dogole’s bands, both as a performer and composer for more than 20 years.. Brown has appeared on a number of Ian’s recordings, including, Ionospheres, Night Harvest, Convergence, Crossroads and Ian Dogole & Hemispheres in Concert (DVD). He has performed internationally as a featured soloist with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa, and recorded on five of Sosaʼs albums. In addition to his own ensemble, the Sheldon Brown Group, he continues to perform with many groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Clarinet Thing, Darren Johnston Quintet, Club Foot Orchestra and countless more. For more information about Sheldon Brown, visit http://sheldonbrownmusic.com/bio/

Bassist Sascha Jacobsen was born into a musical family, going as far back as his great, great, great, great-grandfather, who was a bassist for the Moscow Opera. Sascha has collaborated with a host of innovative artists and ensembles that span a diverse array of musical styles, including the Kronos Quartet, Bonnie Raitt and Randy Newman; Tango masters Raul Jaurena, Pepe Motta, and Maria Volonte; Flamenco greats Chuscales, Jose Luis Rodriguez, and Juanito Pascual; and Grammy-winning artists Mads Tolling and Tupac Mantilla, among others. Sascha has also performed as principal bassist with the Santa Cruz Symphony and the American Musical Theatre in San Jose, toured the world with the Argentine Tango group, Trio Garufa and is the founder of the Musical Art Quintet, which performs his original works. For more information about Sascha Jacobson, visit http://www.saschajacobsen.com/

This free concert is a collaboration between Jazz in the Neighborhood and Copperfield’s Books, which provides use of their space. Though there is no income from ticket sales, Jazz in the Neighborhood pays each musician a guaranteed fair wage. To make these concerts possible, we depend on contributions from our JITN membership, audience members, and sponsors such as Magic Flute and Bananas at Large. We extend our thanks and appreciation for your continuing support, because we couldn’t do it without you!

Copperfield’s Books 850 4th St. San Rafael

Filed Under: 2018 July, Events Tagged With: Copperfield's Books, Ian Dogole, Sascha Jabobsen, Sheldon Brown

Nicolas Bearde

Wednesday, July 11, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

Internationally renowned jazz recording artist, Nicolas Bearde brings his powerful and affecting baritone voice and soulful stylings to Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory. Nicolas will be presenting music from his most recent and highly acclaimed album “Invitation”, as well as selected favorites from previous albums. A highly respected showman onstage, Nicolas has won acclaim from a host of industry publications and music critics for his lush vocals and imaginative interpretations.  Don’t miss this performance of time tested standards, blues  and swinging, improvisational jazz works. He’ll be backed by Glen Pearson (piano), Ruth Davies (bass), and Leon Joyce, Jr. (drums).

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

Tickets available online at the CJC box office or at the door.
$20 general admission / $10 full-time students

 

Filed Under: 2018 July, Events Tagged With: California Jazz Conservatory, Glen Pearson, Leon Joyce Jr., Nicolas Bearde, Ruth Davies

LehCats, featuring Karen & Norbert Stachel

Weds., July 4, 7:30 pm, Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory

LehCats (Norbert and Karen Stachels’ last name spelled backwards) performs original compositions that combine elements of modern jazz, funk, R&B, Middle Eastern, Afro/Latin, and rock into a musical potpourri of creative sound. LehCats consists of Norbert Stachel (tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet, and flute), Karen Stachel (flute, alto flute, and piccolo), Jeff Tamelier (guitar), Murray Low (piano), Dewayne Pate (bass), Gilbert Ross (percussion), and Dan Gonzalez (drums).

Norbert has toured, recorded, and performed with Tower of Power, Flora Purim & Airto, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove, Prince, Boz Scaggs, Roger Waters, and countless others. He co-leads the band with his wife, flautist Karen, who has released three albums of her own. Along with the seasoned musicians in the band, LehCats redefines the terms teamwork, artistry, and chemistry. Their versatility is evident, and their ability to deliver and uplift both the music and the listener is profound.

This performance will celebrate the release of LehCats’ new CD, Movement to Egalitaria. To hear cuts from the album, visit their website at LehCats.com.

Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Wednesday night series at CJC is presented with financial support from AFM Musicians Union Local 6.

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

Filed Under: 2018 July, Events Tagged With: California Jazz Conservatory, Karen Satchel, LehCats, Norbert Satchel

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