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Friday, April 12, 8 pm at Key Teahouse
Mario Guarneri, trumpet — John Schott, guitar — James Mahone, saxophone — Miles Wick, bass — Deszon Claiborne, drums
In its debut performance, the Guarneri Collective will take their audience on a thrilling journey through the epic music of the legendary pianist/composer Thelonious Monk.… Read More
Thursday, April 18, 8 pm at Key Teahouse
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass and compositions — Aaron Bennett, tenor sax — John Finkbeiner, guitar — Mark Clifford, vibes — Tim Perkis, electronics — Jordan Glenn, drums
Bay Area bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa and her sextet perform a suite of original music inspired by Italo Calvino’s funny, imaginative, gloriously nerdy Cosmicomics stories.… Read More
Saturday, March 23, 7:30-10 pm at Bird & Beckett
Michael Zilber, saxes — Keith Saunders, piano — Peter Barshay, bass — Akira Tana, drums
The Michael Zilber Quartet will be performing new quartet music written by Zilber over the past year.… 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
Saturday, January 26, 7:30 pm at Bird & Beckett
Ritmojito is an all-star Latin dance band led by vocalist Sandra Aran. Visiting the sounds of New York, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba, and Brasil; Ritmojito present superbly crafted songs with deep Latin jazz grooves.… Read More
Friday, January 4, 5:30-8:30 pm at Marin Country Mart
The Rob Hart Trio is an exciting blend of organic traditional jazz, fusion, funk, latin and textural experimental music, along with high-powered, on-the-edge improvisations. Established in the early 1990s the trio has gone through a series of different incarnations of instrumentation and evolutions, taking the trio through pathways of musical adventures.… Read More
Wednesday, December 26, 7:30pm at Bird & Beckett
An evening of original jazz tunes by multi-instrumentalist (and SF ex-pat) Peck Allmond, who will be playing instruments ranging from trumpet and saxophone to alto horn and alto flute. Allmond’s jazz credits include appearances with Oliver Lake, John Hicks, Billy Harper, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, and Peter Apfelbaum; in the pop world he has accompanied James Brown, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Newman, and Ray Lamontagne.… 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
An article about Jazz in the Neighborhood written by Emily Hayes appeared online in thefrisc.com on November 27, 2018.
View pdf of article: Pennies From Heaven-New Fund Boosts Pay for Local Jazz Players… 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
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.… Read More
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.… Read More
Friday, October 26, 6-9pm 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.… Read More
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.… Read More
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.… Read More
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.… Read More
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.… Read More
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.… Read More
Saturday, September 1 at Cafe Pink House
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 tunes. “Rhonda Benin is a tremendously assured singer who inhabits the celebratory zone where jazz, soul and blues fraternize freely.” Joining Rhonda will be Tammy Hall (piano), Ron Belcher (bass), Rob Rhodes (drums), and Geechi Taylor (trumpet).… Read More
