Intune is a resource for live local music listings around the Bay Area. Find out what’s happening, whose playing music and the venues that feature live music!! Also let me share what shows are coming up that you plan on attending as well as venues you like. Your feed back is important and very much appreciated
Monday August 17th Birthdays include
Mae West the legendary actress who taught Americans to smile about sex also made landmark recordings including “A Guy That Takes His Time”,
“Easy Rider”, “Pardon Me for Loving and Running” and “I Want You, I Need You” was born 133 years ago
Ike Quebec superbly talented big-toned tenor jazz saxophonist who was one of the finest swing-oriented tenor saxophonists of the 1940s and ’50s was born 108 years ago
Duke Pearson accomplished pianist, composer, arranger and producer who played a big part in shaping the direction of Blue Note Records throughout the 1960s and composed many memorable jazz standards including
“Cristo Redentor”,“Jeannine”,“Idle Moments”,“You Know I Care” and
“Sweet Honey Bee” was born 94 years ago
Luther Allison distinctive Chicago blues guitar stylist whose passionate original singing and searing guitar playing made him a leading bluesman and an influence on rock-and-roll was born 87 years ago
Some Concert Recommendations For Today are
Monday August 17th
The Chapel SF 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Valerie June music blends folk, soul, blues, and traditional Appalachian elements into a refreshingly timeless sound that sits outside any particular musical era. Opening up is contralto songstress Tianna Esperanza.
Highly Recommended!!!! $58 Cover Charge
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM Showtime
Jazz Mafia celebrates more than 25 years of the collective’s futuristic jazz roots with a concert that revisits the music that shaped Jazz Mafia’s identity in its earliest days, drawing from the first five years of the project’s evolution from 2000 to 2005 featuring material connected to early projects such as
Realistic Orchestra, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, and other formative ensembles with a performance that reconnects with the sounds that helped define the collective’s foundation.Expect adventurous compositions, layered grooves, and inventive improvisation, with surprise guests appearing from across the Jazz Mafia musical family featuring Adam Theis on trombone, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Tommy Occhiuto on tenor and baritone sax, Matt Clark on piano,
Sam Bevan on upright & electric bass and Eric Garland on drums
Highly Recommended!!!!! $36.75 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of a rotating cast of talented Bay Area jazz musicians to the DeLuxe every Monday.
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. One of the Bay Area’s hottest trad jazz ensembles the
Barbary Coast Jazz Band features Bob Schulz on cornet, Don Neely on reeds,
Clint Baker on trombone, Bill Reinhart on tuba, Scott Anthony on banjo and Marty Eggers on piano. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
A great night of Bob James inspired contemporary jazz with Bay Area based Charged Particles featuring pianist Greg Sankovich, bassist Aaron Germain and drummer Jon Krosnick. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Madrone Art Bar located at 500 Divisadero San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Motown Mondays where every Monday at the Madrone dance the night away with hosts DJ Gordo Cabeza and Timoteo Gigante and resident DJs spinning originals, exclusive remixes, and close relatives of your favorite Motown songs. Highly Recommended!!!!! $5 Cover Charge
Tuesday August 18th
The Chapel SF 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Valerie June music blends folk, soul, blues, and traditional Appalachian elements into a refreshingly timeless sound that sits outside any particular musical era. Opening up is contralto songstress Tianna Esperanza.
Highly Recommended!!!! $58 Cover Charge
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring New York-based group Ida who are known for their intimate arrangements and quietly intense songwriting, drawing from influences ranging from indie rock, folk, and R&B to chamber pop and minimalism. Opening up is Los Angeles based Americana folk singer/songwriter and guitarist Tara Jane O’Neil and Woodstock, NY based indie alt rock singer/songwriter and guitarist Storey Littleton.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the post bop jazz ensemble the
Ohana Collective featuring Nate Gilbreath on trombone, Nicolaus Gelin on trumpet, Mwanzi Harriott on guitar, Miles Turk on drums and Alan Jones on bass. Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
A great night of Bob James inspired contemporary jazz with Bay Area based Charged Particles featuring pianist Greg Sankovich, bassist Aaron Germain and drummer Jon Krosnick. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Dave Stuckey & The Hot House Gang are trucking into their 16th year of swinging the standards (and not-so-standards) of the 1920’s & 30’s, bringing a fresh, roughhouse treatment of the small group jazz bands, from Chicago to New York and everywhere in between! If your bag is Fats Waller,
Wingy Manone or Eddie Condon et al., dig no further! Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
The West Coast Blues Revue brings together a rotating lineup of top-tier talent, led by the one and only Hal Petcher. Expect powerhouse performances featuring musicians like Chris Burns, Tim Wagar and many more surprise guests, all coming together to deliver raw, soulful blues that will light up your week. Highly Recommended!!!!! $5 Cover Charge
Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The 29th Street Swingtet is heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt but includes all sorts of flavors in their original compositions blending gypsy jazz, swing, bebop, latin, blues and touches of pop music. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. Bay Area jazz keyboardist Adam Kipple leads his outstanding quartet featuring Kipple on keys, Henry Plumb on drums, Bob Brumbneloe on guitar and Jesse Levit on sax. This is a set of music to definitely check out.. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Somewhere between Joan Jett and Bonnie Raitt lies GG Amos. This is one badass chick with one badass band. This is one of my very favorite local blues band. Highly Recommended!!!! $5 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A good show featuring San Francisco based indie Ameicana bluegrass old time string roots band Skillet Licorice. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
City Of Awe Civic Center Sound Track Series Noon-3:00 PM Showtime
The Civic Center Soundtrack Music Series presents Chris Meeder, Three Reefs Deep & Trixie Rasputin The concert takes place at the Fulton Street Plaza located at 147 Fulton Street sitting between the Asian Art Museum and Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library
People In Plazas is a free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features the San Francisco based chamber music ensemble Melody Of China The concert takes place at 101 California Street
People In Plazas is a free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features Bay Area based jazz vocalist Emily Day performing with her Swingtet featuring Steve Height on bass, Mike Burns on drums,
Andrew “Carnegie” Hall on piano, Pete Cornell on tenor saxophone & clarinet and Andrew Storar on trumpet. The concert takes place at 303 2nd Street
Wednesday August 19th
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring New York based Latin jazz master pianist Bill O’Connell best known for his work with Mongo Santamaria,
Dave Valentin and Jerry Gonzales. Backing O’Connell are Lincioln Goines on bass and Joe Krosnick on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!! $31.50 Cover Charge
Fifth Street Farms 1517 Fifth Street Berkeley 7:30 PM Showtime
One of the world’s premier contemporary mandolinists Jacob Jolliff performs with his amazing progressive bluegrass band The Jacob Jolliff Band featuring Jolliff on mandolin, George Jackson on fiddle, Ross Martin on guitar and
Myles Sloniker on bass. This should be a great show and one to definitely check out. Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes. Mississippi Delta based highly acclaimed blues pianist and vocalist Eden Brent is known for her electrifying fusion of boogie-woogie, soul, and jazz, delivering powerhouse performances that echo the spirit of juke-joint traditions. and She continues to carry forward the timeless deep roots in the Delta’s musical heritage, with bold energy and authenticity on stages around the world. Highly Recommended!!!! $30/$65 Cover Charge Per Set
Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Americano Social Club plays music for “la dolce vita” which is a mix of romantic and eclectic melodies from all over the world including pop, jazz, folk, classical, rock, opera, the music of Brazil and Europe’s cafés as well as some great original pieces. This is a great ensemble.This is a great ensemble
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz vocalist Emily Day performs with her Swingtet featuring Steve Height on bass, Mike Burns on drums, Andrew “Carnegie” Hall on piano, Pete Cornell on tenor saxophone & clarinet and Andrew Storar on trumpet.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Bay Area based jazz B3 Hammond organist Simon Rowe performs a tribute to the gropundbreaking jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. Performing with Rowe are Ron Belcher on bass and Brian Fishler on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Patrick Wolff Quartet is deeply rooted in the bebop tradition established by Bird, Clifford Jordan and Dexter Gordon. Patrick is absolutely my favorite Bay Area tenor player and he leads an outstanding group of musicians.
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime A set of jazz,soul, funk and Bogaloo featuring The Editorials.
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A good show featuring Bay Area based jazz musician Garrett Barley.
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime The Bandshell Midweek Melodies Series presents C Breezy Quartet, Eliz &
Joyce Lee The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
People In Plazas is free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features The Steely Dan tribute band The Dans Of Steel
The concert takes place at 425 Market Street
People In Plazas is free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features the retro R&B band Kool With Klaus The concert takes place at 555 California Street
Thursday August 20th
Sweetwater Music Hall 19 Corte Madera Avenue Mill Valley 8:00 PM Showtime. North Mississippi Allstars is one of the great American roots southern rock/blues bands. Formed in 1996 by the talented brothers
Luther and Cody Dickinson, The Allstars are the product of a special time for modern Mississippi country blues influenced by their father Memphis legend
Jim Dickinson, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Otha Turner the Allstars are creating modern Mississippi music inspired by the ancients and reaching into the future. Highly Recommended!!!!! $52 Cover Charge
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 8:45 PM Showtimes
Le Hot Jazz is San Francisco’s premier Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz ensemble, following in the tradition of Django while expanding the sound. Band members include Paul Mehling on guitar & vocals, Evan Price on violin,
Dexter Williams on bass and Jordan Samuels on rhythm guitar.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15/$30 Cover Charge Per Set
Ivy Room 860 San Pablo Avenue Albany 7:00 PM Showtime
A great night of improvisational free form jazz featuring Strolling Gnomes with Thomas Dimuzio on electronics, Fred Frith on guitar, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Larry Ochs on tenor and soprano saxophones and Scott Amendola on drums, percussion & electronics. Highly Recommended!!!! $24 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes The Black Cat All Stars presents a tribute to the music and legacy of Prince, celebrating one of the most influential and groundbreaking artists in modern music history. Bringing together a collective of musicians from across the Bay Area, the performance honors the energy, emotion, style, and musical brilliance that made Prince a singular force in popular culture. The Black Cat All Stars features Sheldon Alexander on drums, Kevin Person on keys, Clark Sims on bass and Veotis Latchison on vocals. Highly Recommended!!!!! $20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
The Chapel SF 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the abosultely fabulous Austin based
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears whose music blends vintage blues, soul, and R&B drawing inspiration from such legendary “shouters” as Howlin’ Wolf, Wison Pickett, James Brown as well as smoother crooners like Sam Cooke. Highly Recommended!!!! $33.40 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Cosmo Alleycats is a San Francisco-based swing band that brings to the stage a potent mix of vintage dance music with a dynamic, soulful delivery. The band, comprised of 6 talented musicians, draws from several decades of exhilarating American music to deliver a fun and engaging performance Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
Madrone Art Bar 500 Divisadero Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime Macy Blackman is universally regarded as the Bay Area’s premier New Orleans R&B/boogie pianist. Blackman, who has accompanied Mac Rebennack
(aka Dr. John) and also backed up such national acts as The Coasters and
The Drifters during his illustrious career. Highly Recommended!!!!!!!
$5 Cover Charge
Tupelo 1337 Grant Ave, San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime
If you don’t know The Camaros you haven’t been in San Francisco long enough. They played as the house band for over two decades at the old Gold Dust, seven nights a week. Talk about a music catalog. They will have Tupelo rockin’ out. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A nice set of music in store featuring San Francisco based indie Americana folk singer/songwriter Emily Z Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes A great set of music in store featuring New York based Latin jazz master pianist Bill O’Connell best known for his work with Mongo Santamaria,
Dave Valentin and Jerry Gonzales. Backing O’Connell are Lincioln Goines on bass and Joe Krosnick on bass. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Jazz bassist Tomoko Funaki leads her energetic and swinging
Hard Bop Collective whose music firmly rooted in the jazz tradition and influenced by the masters that defined the genre. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes. British based Willie and the Bandits are a genre-blending trio known for their explosive fusion of blues-rock, world music, and atmospheric soundscapes. Led by guitarist and vocalist Wille Edwards, the band delivers powerful slide guitar, driving rhythms, and dynamic live performances that have earned international acclaim. Highly Recommended!!!!!!!!
$20/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 7:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. San Francisco based Radio Gatsby is a dance band that seamlessly blends various musical genres, including 1920s jazz, New Orleans & speakeasy jazz, big band swing, bossa nova and contemporary sounds.
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A good show in store featuring Bay Area based post bop jazz pianist
Syd Williams Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
People In Plazas is free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features the French gypsy jazz ensemble Twango The concert takes place at Ricon Center located at 101 Spear Street
People In Plazas is free noontime musical concert series in San Francisco public spaces. This is a great summer music series with over 120 free performances at lunchtime in a number of downtown public plazas Monday through Friday in July, August and September. Today’s noontime concert series lineup features the tango music of Orquesta Tipica Tarareando
The concert takes place at 333 Market Street
Friday August 21st
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 8:45 PM Showtimes
A promising set of music in store featuring Kutting Korners a new band that pays tribute to the great live albums recorded at Keystone Korner including those by Roland Kirk, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton,
Joe Henderson, The Timeless All-Stars, Red Garland, Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. This all star Bay Area based ensemble is composed of both emerging musicians and veterans of the original Keystone Korner scene featuring Max Ehrhardt on trumpet, Gus Hurteau on vibraphone,
Richard Howell on saxophone, Hannah Mayer on piano, Alan Jones on bass and Miles Turk on drums performing arrangements and compositions from numerous live albums recorded at Keystone Korner, this is one ensemble you will not want to miss! Highly Recommended!!!! $15/$30 Cover Charge Per Set
The Sound Room 3022 Broadway, Oakland 6:00 PM Showtime
Jazz Mafia celebrates more than 25 years of the collective’s futuristic jazz roots with a concert that revisits the music that shaped Jazz Mafia’s identity in its earliest days, drawing from the first five years of the project’s evolution from 2000 to 2005 featuring material connected to early interesting projects such as Realistic Orchestra, Shotgun Wedding Quintet and other formative ensembles with a performance that reconnects with the sounds that helped define the collective’s foundation.Expect adventurous compositions, layered grooves, and inventive improvisation, with surprise guests appearing from across the Jazz Mafia musical family featuring Adam Theis on trombone,
Mike Olmos on trumpet, Tommy Occhiuto on tenor and baritone sax, Matt Clark on piano, Sam Bevan on upright & electric bass and Eric Garland on drums
Highly Recommended!!!!! $39 Cover Charge
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
One of the Bay Area’s best jazz guitarists Scott Foster performs with his outstanding combo featuring Scott on guitar, Jim Peterson on saxophone,
Dan Seamans on bass and Tom Hassett on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes One of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today
Joe Farnsworth is known for his blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing. He will be performing with his Big Room QT featuring Farnsworth on drums and percussion, Eric Alexander on sax, Matt Clark on piano and
Michael Zisman on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
The Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
Marshall Law delivers a powerful punch of blazing guitar, heavy hitting and crowd favorites. From classic rock to today’s favorites, this trio will blow you away! Highly Recommended!!!! $5 Cover Charge
Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge 3202 Mission Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great set of music in store feautring to fabulous Lavay Smith Trio with Lavay on vocals accompanied by Brad Leali on saxophone & Chris Siebert on the mighty in-house Hammond organ! Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
A nice set in store featuring the San Francisco based indie Americana rocking country gospel blues Jeffrey James Trio Highly Recommended!!!
$15/$25 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime A great set of 1940’s and 50’s style Rhythm & Blues and Jazz originals featuring Kamrin Ortiz & His Knock Outs Highly Recommended!!!!
$10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
Jacknife explores the music of the legendary post bop alto saxophonist
Jackie McLean playing tunes from McLean’s seminal early- and mid-1960s Blue Note albums including Jacknife for which the grooup got its name. Jacknife brings together a formidable cast of rising talent including Steve Lugerner on alto, trumpeter JJ Kirkpatrick, drummer Michael Mitchell, bassist
Josh Thurston-Milgrom and pianist Malcolm Campbell.
Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
Barrio Manouche is a great Bay Area ensemble performing a repertoire of original instrumental compositions with a unique sound that it’s difficult to classify but instantly recognizable deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions, from the swing of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet to the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, the gypsy soul of eastern europe, the flamenco of Paco de Lucía to the avant-garde sounds of Miles Davis,
Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane. Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based jazz vocalist Kenny Washington has thrilled audiences across the globe with his soulful interpretations, seemingly limitless range and inventive scatting. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
With a career spanning over 25 years as Santana’s lead vocalist Tony Lindsay has earned 11 Grammy awards and contributed his exceptional vocal talents to seven renowned albums. He gained further recognition through an exclusive two-year residency in Las Vegas with Santana Highly Recommended!!!!
$40 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Fog City Swing is the one of the Bay Area’s hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you drop rhythm section. This seven piece ensemble transport you to the 1940’s, it is truly the world’s smallest big band! Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 11:59 PM-1:30 AM Showtime
Dawn Club Late Night Session presents Denver based jazz bassist Alan Jones. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A great evening of music featuring Bay Area based multi instrumentalist Smith Dobson. Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Avenue San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Gaucho Jazz is a masterful Bay Area band that combines the influence of gypsy jazz of 1930’s Europe with the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music, gutbucket blues and elements of ragtime. The band features band leader Dave Ricketts on guitar/vocals and coronet, Ari Munkres on bass, Craig Ventresco on guitar, Steve Apple on percussion and Leon Oakley on trumpet. This is one of the Bay Area’s best jazz ensembles. Highly Recommended!!!!!! No Cover Charge
San Francisco Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:30 PM Showtime The Golden Gate Bandshell Soul/Jazz/R&B Concert Series presents
The Fell Swoop. This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!
Sausalito Jazz & Blues By The Bay in Downtown Sausalito 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Showtime. The free concert series presents the soul, R&B and jazz funk music of Big Blu Soul Revue Highly Recommended!!!!
Saturday August 22nd
The Independant 628 Divisadero Street San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music instore featuring the French-American indie pop duo
Pearl & The Oysters whose music blends elements of indie pop, synth-pop, dream pop, and 1960s/1970s-inspired sounds. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio 6:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the alt-funk powerhouse band
Sgt. Splendor bringing their brand of grit and groove featuring guitsrist singer/songwriter Eric McFadden, guitarist singer Kate Vargas and some of their talented friends, including Ziek McCarter, Angeline Saris, David Boyce,
James Small, Arthur Lea and more. Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes One of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today
Joe Farnsworth is known for his blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing. He will be performing with his Big Room QT featuring Farnsworth on drums and percussion, Eric Alexander on sax, Matt Clark on piano and
Michael Zisman on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Jazz Mafia celebrates more than 25 years of the collective’s futuristic jazz roots with a concert that revisits the music that shaped Jazz Mafia’s identity in its earliest days, drawing from the first five years of the project’s evolution from 2000 to 2005 featuring material connected to early projects such as
Realistic Orchestra, Shotgun Wedding Quintet and other formative ensembles with a performance that reconnects with the sounds that helped define the collective’s foundation. Expect adventurous compositions, layered grooves, and inventive improvisation, with surprise guests appearing from across the Jazz Mafia musical family featuring Adam Theis on trombone, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Tommy Occhiuto on tenor and baritone sax, Matt Clark on piano,
Sam Bevan on upright & electric bass and Eric Garland on drums
Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 10:30 PM Showtime
The Late Set features the great Bay area based jazz B3 Hammond organist Simon Rowe with Dave Macnab on guitar and Brian Fishler on drums for a set of Blues, Bebop, Ballads and Banter. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20 Cover Charge
Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore St, San Francisco 9:45 PM Showtime
Katdelic featuring Ronkat Spearman is a five piece”party-all-night” band with an infectious groove that is irresistible to anyone within ear range. The music is an electrifying hybrid of Funk, Soul, EDM, Hip Hop, Jazz and Rock guaranteed to “Make ‘Em Dance”. Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 Cover Charge
Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music instore featuring the legendary blues guitarist
Steve Freund and friends. Highly Recommended!!!! $5 Cover Charge
Pier 23 Cafe 23 The Embarcadero San Francisco 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime Mitch Woods is one iof the great modern day boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist/singer. Woods calls his music, “rock-a-boogie”. Great location to check this out. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are just a superb internationally recognized swing big band in the authentic style of the 1940’s and 1950’s as the band. Lavay the reigning “Queen Of Classic Jazz & Blues” pays tribute to the swingin’ Kansas City tradition, featuring the music of
Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Helen Humes, Lester Young,
Jay McShann, Walter Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Myra Taylor & Big Joe Turner! Highly Recommended!!!!! $25/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store by one of San Francisco’s classic surf music and spaghetti western bands The Seismics Highly Recommended!!!
$10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
Mitch Polzak is a master guitarist and he and The Royal Deuces has been one of the premier Rockabilly bands since staring in 1999. Polzak’s incredible showmanship and ability to connect with his audiences as well as his diverse background in multiple genres (including Cajun, Bluegrass and Surf), contribute to what makes his sound and show so unique.
Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Victor Little has established himself as a consummate professional electric bassist, displaying impeccable time, taste, technique, and tone while playing in a wide spectrum of styles-from blues and jazz to Indian and flamenco music-with a long list of luminaries that includes Patti Austin, Billy Preston, Angela Bofill, James Carter, Charlie Musselwhite and Booker T. Jones.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 11:59 PM-1:30 AM Showtime
Dawn Club Late Night Session presents Denver based jazz bassist Alan Jones. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. Bay Area based jazz rock vocalist leads his band The Twist & Disco backed up by Torre on bass & vocals, Henry Plumb on drums and Josh Blas on guitar. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A nice set of music featuring one of the Bay Area’s jazz double bass masters Eric Markowitz and friends Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Joyce Lee,
Mike Wheeler, Sam Edelman & Skinny Katz.This is a free concert. The Whale’s Tail is located at the 14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on the JFK Promenade. Highly Recommended!!!!!
Sunday August 23rd
The Chapel SF 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music instore featuring the Boise based indie Americana trio
Built To Spill who are one of the most popular and influential indie rock bands, progressing from sparse lo-fi to sophisticated emo Highly Recommended!!!! $57.50 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes One of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today
Joe Farnsworth is known for his blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing. He will be performing with his Big Room QT featuring Farnsworth on drums and percussion, Eric Alexander on sax, Matt Clark on piano and
Michael Zisman on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$40 Cover Charge Per Set
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM Showtimes. A great night of music in store featuring Miami based
Albert Castiglia blues guitarist and singer known for his powerful electrified sound who has worked alongside such blues legends as Junior Wells,
Pinetop Perkins, Ronnie Earl and Otis Clay. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$30/$55 Cover Charge Per Set
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes Roots Samba, Bossa Nova and Brazilian Choro ensemble Grupo Falso Baiano presents an evening of intimate music featuring percussion, guitar, and clarinet. From the nightclub district in Lapa of Rio de Janeiro to our own cultural heartbeat in the mission come listen to Roots Samba featuring the music of Cartola, Paulinho da Viola, Jacob do Bandolim and muito, muito mais! Band members include Brian Moran on 7-string guitar, Zack Pitt-Smith on reeds and samba drum, Ami Molinelli on percussion and Catia Lund on vocals. Highly Recommended!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge 3202 Mission Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great set of music in store featuring the fabulous Lavay Smith on vocals accompanied by Chris Siebert on the mighty in-house Hammond organ! Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Ocean Ale House 1314 Ocean Avenue San Francisco 2:00 PM Showtime
Karen Segal Trio led by the wonderful jazz guitarist Karen Segal performing original compositions and inventive arrangements of standards with Jack Kerns on drums and Jonathan Ferris on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Showtime A great set of music in store featuring jazz pianist Graham Messer who is one of the young guns making a name for himself in the world of jazz today. A nice set of music in store featuring Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
A nice set to end the week featuring Bay Area based jazz tinged singer/songwriter and guitarist Mae Powell Highly Recommended!!!
$5 Cover Charge
Swig Bar 561 Geary Street San Francisco 10:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime
The Swig Sunday Blues Jam continues under the guidance of the phenomenal soul, gospel and blues vocalist Emma Jean Foster. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Jules Buckner,Newman,
Quinn Widener &The Welcome Matt. This is a free concert. The Whale’s Tail is located at the14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on the JFK Promenade. Highly Recommended!!!!!
San Francisco Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:30 PM-7:30 PM Showtime Rockin’ The Bandshell Sunday Crucial Reggae In The Park presents
DJ Irie Dole, DJ Guid8nce & DJ Sep. This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!
Tonight’s Concert Recommendation
The Chapel SF 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM
Valerie June
Upcoming Concerts & Shows
August 17th The Chapel SF Valerie June
August 18th The Chapel SF Valerie June
August 20th Sweetwater Music Hall North Mississippi Allstars
August 23rd The Chapel SF Built to Spill
August 24th The Chapel SF Built to Spill
August 25th The Chapel SF Built to Spill
August 25th The Greek Theatre David Byrne
August 29th The Freight & Salvage Bill Kirchen & Nina Gerber
September 3rd Cornerstone Berkeley Tab Benoit
September 4th The Freight & Salvage Bettye Lavette
September 5th The Freight & Salvage Bettye Lavette
September 5th Green Music Center Taj Mahal & Kebmo
September 5th August Hall Valerie-A Tribute To Amy Winehouse
September 10th SF Jazz Christian McBride Trio
September 11th SF Jazz Christian McBride Trio
September 12th SF Jazz Christian McBride & Ursa Major
September 13th SF Jazz Christian McBride & Ursa Major
Setember 15th Yoshi’s John Pizzarelli
Setember 16th Yoshi’s John Pizzarelli
September 17th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane
September 18th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane
September 19th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane
September 19th Frost Ampitheatre Brandi Carlile
September 19th Cornerstone Berkeley Vieux Farka Toure
September 22nd SF Jazz Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis
September 23rd Masonic SF Boz Scaggs
September 23rd The Back Room Jim Canpilongo Trio With Scott Amendola
September 23rd The Guild Theatre Tommy Emmanuel Trio
September 24th The Freight & Salvage Michael Cleveland
September 25th The Freight & Salvage Bill Frisell & Harmony Five
September 26th Green Music Center Jazz At Lincoln Center With Wynton Marsalis
September 27th Guild Theatre Samantha Fish
Setember 28h Yoshi’s Fred Wesley & The New JB’s
September 28th SF Masonic Social Distortion
August 29th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Tori Amos
September 30th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Jack Johnson
September 30th Great American Music Hall Beth Orton
October 1st SF Jazz Hiromi & Kazunori
October 2nd Guild Theatre John Oates & The Good Road Band
October 2nd SF Jazz Hiromi
October 2nd SF Masonic Danny Elfman
October 2nd The Fillmore SF Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
October 3rd Sweetwater Music Hall Old Crow Medicine Show
October 3rd The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 3rd SF Jazz Hiromi The Trio Project
October 3rd The Greek Theatre Jon Batiste
October 3rd Great American Music Hall Igorrr
October 4th SF Jazz Hiromi The Trio Project
October 4th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 5th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 6th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 7th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 8th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 8th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets
October 9th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets
October 9th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 10th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 10th SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
October 11th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 11th The Freight & Salvage Emmet Cohen Presents Miles & Coltrane at 100
October 13th The Freight & Salvage Jon Mclaughlin
October 17th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello
October 18th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello
October 18th The Guild Theatre Chris Isaak
October 20th The Guild Theatre The Jerry Douglas Band
October 22nd Rio Theatre Todd Rundgren
October 25th The Independant SF Balthvs
October 29th Rio Theatre Michael Franti Trio
October 29th The Guild Theatre Blues Traveler
October 30th The Fillmore SF Galactic
October 31st The Fillmore SF Galactic
October 30th Masonic SF The Chicks
October 30th SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
October 31st SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
November 1st SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
November 1st Masonic SF Tom Jones
November 1st The Guild Theatre The Psychedelic Furs
November 2nd The Guild Theatre The Psychedelic Furs
November 6th Sweetwater Music Hall Southern Culture On The Skids
November 7th Bottom of the Hill Southern Culture On The Skids
November 12th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 13th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 14th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 15th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 21st The Back Room Johnny Sansone Band
November 21st The Freight & Salvage Lucy Kaplansky
November 30th Great American Music Hall A John Waters Christmas
December 3rd SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 4th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 5th The Independant SF Dragon Smoke
December 5th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 6th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 6th Bimbo’s 365 Club Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan
December 11th Rio Theatre Jonathan Richman
December 12th Rio Theatre The Wooten Brothers
December 12th SF Jazz Adam Shulman Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 16th SF Jazz The Queen’s Cartoonists
December 16th Bimbo’s 365 Club Pokey LaFarge
December 17th SF Jazz Tribute To Eddie Palmieri
December 18th SF Jazz Cyrus Chestnut Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 19th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra
December 20th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra
December 23rd SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
December 31st SF Jazz Cimafunk
Turn Your Radio On…..
Monday August 17th Recommendations
7:00 AM-10:00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM John Richards A great program with one of the most knowlegeable DJ’s on the air
9:00 AM-Noon KPOO 89.5 FM The Power Of Blues Compels You with
Marlyn Fowler
10:00 AM-1:00 PM KEPX 92.7 FM The Midday Show With Cheryl Waters
An eclectic programming mix by one of my favorite DJ’s on the air. This is a must listen program
2:00 PM-4:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Storm Surge With Hunter One of the great surf music programs on the air
4:00 PM-6:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Jazz Shmazz With Breezy &
Art Leenor One of my favorite weekly jazz programs
5:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ Blues & R&B With Gentilly Jr
6:00 PM-8:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Reggae Roots & Branches With Shepard One of my favorite reggae music programs
9:00 PM-10:00 PM KFJC 89.7 FM Cousin Mary hosts one of the great surf music programs in the known universe
10:00 PM-1:00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM Variety Mix With Sean An eclectic three hours of music
Video Pick Of The Week
Claude Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His mature compositions, distinctive and appealing, combined modernism and sensuality so successfully that their sheer beauty often obscures their technical innovation. Debussy’s use of chromaticism and whole-tone scales and his treatment of harmony in a revolutionary manner of musical impressionism as well as his successions of dissonant chords that do not resolve had a profund influence on jazz music in the early 20th Century especially on George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller whose compositions contain many of these unique chords, and would later become an inspiration for bebop musicians such as Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk as well as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. In celebration of Debussy’s 164th Birthday on Saturday the 22nd I would like to recommend the outstanding 2000 documentary Claude Debussy Music Cannot Be Learned which provides deep insight into Claude Debussy’s life based on reports by those who encountered him such as Eric Satie, George Copeland, Marguerite Long and Georges Gachot
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