Archive for July 2016
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet!
Saturday, August 27th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Ben Flood, tenor sax Eugene Pliner, piano Adam Thompson, bass Vinnie Rodriguez, drums Vinnie Rodriguez has done yeoman’s duty every fourth Saturday on our jazz club series since its inception in the summer of 2014. Vinnie was on drums behind leader/pianist Michael Parsons on the very first round of jazz club dates, and when Michael…
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Saturday, August 27th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin / Chris Amberger Duo
Pianist Grant Levin and his long-time jazz collaborator, bassist Chris Amberger converse in jazz over two generous sets of music. Arriving in Oakland in his early teens, in the early 1960s, Chris Amberger was schooled in music by some of the great jazz and blues figures of the era, including pianist George Duke, drummer Smiley…
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jazz in the bookshop
Friday, August 26th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet featuring vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits
Sinatra was the chairman, sure. But Chuck was the founder of jazz at Bird & Beckett… there’s nothing so sublime! Dorothy Lefkovits sings on each set, sharing the bandstand with Chuck and four wonderful fellow musicians: reed player Howie Dudune, guitarist Glen Deardorff, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tony Johnson. Several hundred years of jazz…
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Sunday, August 21st – 7:30-10 pm
Jinx Jones & the Rockin’ Rhythm Revue!
Sunday, August 21st – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Mark Levine Quartet
Mark Levine, piano; Bob Kenmotsu, sax; John Wiitala, bass; Ron Marabuto, drums. Mark Levine has shared the bandstand and recording studio with Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Wallace Roney, Tito Puente, Milt Jackson, James Moody, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Harris, Stefon Harris, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig, Clark Terry, Ingrid Jensen, Charlie…
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Saturday, August 20th – 7:30-10 pm
Calvin Keys with the Heshima Trio
Guitarist Calvin Keys is possessed of a personal style that’s unmistakable, elegant and eloquent. He has been featured on acclaimed recordings since the early 1970s as leader and as a sideman with artists as eminent as Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, and Bobby Hutcherson.  He’s also long been a mainstay of the Oakland jazz scene. We’re pleased…
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