Posts by Eric
Friday, February 16th – 8:30-10pm
Charged Particles
Pianist Murray Low, bassist Fred Randolph and drummer Jon Krosnick are the core tonight of Krosnick’s long-time jazz fusion outfit, Charged Particles. Having recently toured Europe with a project spotlighting the compositions of the late saxophonist Michael Brecker (with Tod Dickow magnificently handling the honors, featured on the band’s latest CD “Live at the Baked…
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Friday, February 16th – 6-8pm
Scott Foster Trio
featuring saxophonist James Mahone
James Mahone took up the saxophone as a youth in Monterey, soaking in the influence of the rich music scene there, and then attended Cal State Northridge to study both classical and jazz saxophone. Remaining in the Los Angeles area after graduation, he co-founded the group Black Note in 1991 with bassist Marcus Shelby and…
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Tuesday, February 13th – 7pm
Chris Carlsson presents his new novel
When Shells Crumble
Meet one of San Francisco’s most crucial chroniclers! Chris Carlsson has been observing and promulgating the City’s progressive past, present and future for decades. Writer, historian, bicyclist, blogger, photographer and much more, he’s been a core citizen of the City since 1978. You know his work whether you realize it or not — from his…
Read MoreThursday to Saturday, Feb 8-10
STANDARD ISSUE Jazz standards from the depths Thursday, 2/8/24 – 7:30-9:30pm Darren Johnston / Kai Lyons / Marcus Shelby / Jeff Mars ERIC & THE IN CROWD Eric Shifrin / Ari Munkres / Mark Lee Friday, 2/9/24 – 6-8pm The songs of Harry Warren and Fats Waller! Ari Munkes on bass and Mark Lee on…
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Friday to Sunday, February 2nd to 4th
four terrific jazz dates!
Sunday, February 4th – 5-8pm, we present our monthly student combo / jam session date. This month, the Advanced Jazz Combo from RASOTA (Ruth Asawa School of the Arts) led by trumpeter Ryan Ancheta opens the evening with a 45-minute set, followed by a jam session conducted by the internationally acclaimed veteran drummer Akira Tana,…
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Friday to Sunday
January 26th-28th
five shows…
jazz, jazz, jazz
British songs of political reform
jazz…
The jazz starts Friday the 26th at 6pm, with Aussie Tony Johnson, shipwrecked on the Barbary Coast in 1959, leading his quartet with Nautical Bob Kenmotsu on saxophone, Cap’n Keith Saunders on piano and Eric the Pirate Markowitz on bass playing the revolutionary oceanic bebop of 52nd Street and its many sub-rebellions and tributaries. At…
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