ART • EQUITY • ACCESS
Friday, April 3, 6 pm at Marin Country Mart – POSTPONED
A concert in conjunction with the release of Mood Walk, a CD of original compositions by Fred Randolph. Performing will be:
Fred Randolph, basses — Sheldon Brown, saxes/flute — Erik Jekabson, trumpet/flugel — Dan Zemelman, keyboards — Greg Wyser-Pratte, drums
This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance.… Read More
Friday, August 30, 6 pm at Marin County Mart
The Joshua Smith Quartet plays a repertoire of jazz standards, great American songbook classics, and bossa nova, featuring tunes by Monk, Strayhorn, and Jobim, and augmented by original compositions by bandleader Smith.… Read More
Friday, July 26, 6 pm at Marin County Mart
Co-led by husband and wife team Laura Klein and Tony Corman, the members of FivePlay are long time musical associates with an on-stage alchemy that generates adventurous, interactive, and exciting performances.… Read More
Friday, June 7, 6 pm at Marin Country Mart
Trombonist Jules Rowell is a genuine scholar of contemporary jazz composing and arranging. A Bay Area native, Rowell has composed and arranged material for Pete Escovedo, Mark Little, Louie Romero and Masacote, the Hot Club of San Francisco, the Kronos String Quartet, the Mike Vax Orchestra, and Francisco Aguabella.… 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
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
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
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
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
Saturday, August 18, 11am-2pm at Marin Country Mart
Ruth Ahlers, sax and flute — Christian Foley-Beining, guitar — Jim Passarell, bass — Kendrick Freeman, drums
SambaNoma plays an eclectic mix of Brazilian music along with some original tunes by Christian Foley-Beining.… Read More
Friday, June 15, 6-9pm at Marin Country Mart
Discover musical excitement with Bill Belasco’s Aguabella. Performing all original charts by noted arranger Jules Rowell, this band combines the best elements of jazz with Afro Cuban rhythms. The interplay between the drums of Bill Belasco and the congas of Raul Ramirez is remarkable with danceable effects.… Read More
Friday, April 27, 5:30 pm at Marin Country Mart
Murray Low, keyboards — Aaron Germain, acoustic and electric bass — Jon Krosnick, drums
A trio that plays a signature blend of funky, Latin, and swinging original jazz.
This is a Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund event where each musician will be paid $150 in advance, regardless of ticket sales.… Read More
Friday, March 23, 5:30 pm at Marin Country Mart
Susan Sutton, piano, — Piro Patton, bass — Kendrick Freeman, drums
The Susan Sutton Trio is a marvel of melodic invention and subtle interplay in the classic piano trio format, with the added feature of Ms.… Read More
Friday, February 2 at Marin Country Mart
The Lorca Hart Organ Trio – featuring Brian Ho on Hammond B3 organ, Mike Scott on guitar and Lorca Hart on drums – is rooted in the classic Jazz organ sound (Jimmy Smith, Larry Young; Jazz Standards and Be Bop) but also explores more contemporary elements (original compositions; John Scofield, Joshua Redman, John Ellis, R+B and pop compositions) to create itʼs own unique musical identity.… Read More
