Archive for November 2015
which way west? Sunday concert series
March 6th – 4:30-6:30 pm: The Mike Greensill Quartet
featuring saxophonist Charlie McCarthy
Bassist John Clark and drummer Mark Lee mesh to perfection with one of the West Coast’s finest jazz pianists, Mike Greensill.  And up front, the sublimely talented and well traveled saxophonist Charlie McCarthy. Consummate professionalism and improvisation for your Sunday afternoon in Glen Park. Greensill is known on both coasts, major cities dotting the continent and the…
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Sunday, March 6th – 1pm
Betty Wong & the musicians of the CMC
Every year this time, round about the Chinese New Year, the force of nature that is Betty Anne Siu Junn Wong rounds up some fine talents associated with San Francisco’s beloved teaching institution, the Community Music Center, for a wide ranging program that might include Chinese classical music, klezmer, western classical music from Debussy to…
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jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night!
March 5th, 7:30-10 pm: The Smith Dobson Quartet
……………………….. Tonight, the Quartet will focus on jazz originals by Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Billy Strayhorn and Bud Powell, as well as timely classics from the Great American Songbook such towering composers as Cole Porter and Harold Arlen. The leader on the date, saxophonist Smith Dobson, has this to say about his sidemen: — Kai Lyons,…
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Thursday, March 3rd – 7 pm
Poet Katharine Harer
Katharine Harer brings along bassist Ollie Dudek to celebrate the publication of her new poetry collection, Jazz and Other Hot Subjects.
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Canyon Moonlight Music
Every Sunday night ’til the Riptide returns
February 28th – 7:30-10 pm: Misisipi Mike Classic Country Cavalcade
Misisipi Mike & friends spin out a trove of classic songs by giants including Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and many many more. Kyle Patrick O’Brien on fiddle and vocals, Mike Anderson on bass, Ken Owen on drums. Mike Wolf, once a punk rocker out of Pass Christian, Mississippi, figured some years ago that…
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which way west? concert series
Sunday, February 28th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Fred Randolph Trio
The Fred Randolph Trio Fred Randolph basses Ian Mcardle piano Isaac Schwartz drums Originals and re-imagined standards by the members of the trio plus music from Fred’s acclaimed new release “Song Without Singing.” “An exquisite project from bassist Fred Randolph whose talents as a composer and arranger are what truly makes Song Without Singing an engaging…
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