Archive for December 2016
Onward! David Meltzer, 1937-2016, R.I.P.
From Julie Rogers, David’s wife, we received the following message this morning, December 31st: Dear One,  Our Beloved David passed at 3:37 this morning very peacefully with us in our bed holding hands. He was calm after the terrible storm of the last few days and left like a feather floating into the sky. …
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David Murray / Kahil El’Zabar Duo!!
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 – 7:30 pm
16 tickets ($20 cash, please) available at the door starting at 5 pm day of show. ~~2 tix per person only, please.~~ Claim a seat, get some dinner and get back here before 7:15! Some standing room will be available starting at 7:15. Limited seating, so please be advised! Born in Oakland in 1955, David…
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Sunday, April 2nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
The Sylvia Cuenca Quartet
Lyle Link – tenor saxophone. Gaea Schell – piano. David Ewell – bass. Sylvia Cuenca – drums. “Thinking about playing some of my favorite Bobby Hutcherson tunes plus music from a variety of my other favorite composers,” says Sylvia. Born and raised in San Jose, and gigging professionally in San Francisco and environs at the…
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Saturday, April 1st – 7:30-10pm
Mean to Me
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Mean to Me resurrects classic jazz of the 1920s through ’40s filtered through the unique sensibilities of the band, which boasts a proclivity for bop, soul and latin jazz as well. Think Monk sauntering up Tin Pan Alley and turning onto Bourbon Street… Sweet and low down, and always swingin’. Mingus is there… Ahmad Jamal,…
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Thursday, March 30th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Eric Shifrin & the In Crowd
Randy Lee Odell and Bing Nathan will be here! Â You should be, too. Randy will play drums and Bing will play bass, alongside Easifingers Eric Shifrin on the piano… You just need to bring your ears, your enthusiasm and some cash for the performers! The In Crowd ain’t nothin’ without you! With you, it’s the…
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Friday, March 31st – 5:30-8 pm
Dave Parker Septet
jazz and bebop in the bookshop
every Friday since 2002
Clifford Brown III – trumpet Charles Hamilton – trombone, Hal Richards – tenor sax and bass clarinet, Jerry Logas – bari sax, Brad Bivens – guitar, Dave Parker – bass, Greg German – drums.
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