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Friday August 14th Birthdays include
Stuff Smith one of the most important jazz violinists of his time who was raucous, rhythmically daring and bluesy style pushed the envelope in his playing was born 117 years ago
Ben Sidran highly respected jazz pianist who has been a major force in the modern day history of jazz and rock & roll having played keyboards with or produced such artists as Steve Miller, Mose Allison, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs,
Phil Upchurch, Tony Williams, Jon Hendricks, Richie Cole and Van Morrison turns 83 years old
Steve Martin one of the true icons of American comedy known for his surrealist bent as well as being a Grammy award winning and highly respected bluegrass banjo player turns 81 years old
Larry Graham pioneering bassist and baritone singer first with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and later as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station turns 80 years old
DJ Uncle Al incredibly prolific Miami producer who uses the sound of bass music plus Latino rap, standard hip-hop, and reggae on his parade of releases for On Top Records turns 57 years old
Some Concert Recommendations For Today are
Friday August 14th
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Flower Piano co-creator Dean Mermell celebrates the legacy of a brilliant American songsmith Mose Allison with his band Mose Def featuring Mermell on vocals, Kymry Esainko on keys, Eric Garland on drums, Daniel Fabricant on bass and Tom Griesser on tenor. Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes Grammy nominated virtuoso bebop, post-bop and contemporary jazz jazz pianist David Kikoski collaborations with jazz legends including Roy Haynes, the Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Chris Potter and the Charles Mingus Big Band has established himself as a sought-after presence on the global jazz scene. Kisoski will be backed up by an outstanding trio featuring Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone, Marvin “Smitty” Smith on drums and Rob Moreno on bass. This is one of the can’t miss sets of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
The innovative vocal sextet Take 6 are a throwback to an earlier era of American music that combines classic gospel doo wop, and sophisticated jazz with unparalleled arrangements and musicianship Highly Recommended!!!!
$40-$130 Cover Charge
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the legendary Long Beach based surf rock band the Tijuana Panthers who are one of the shining stars of the twenty-first century garage surf rock revival scene. The band features Daniel Michicoff on bass & vocals, Chad Wachtel on guitar & vocals and Phil Shaheen on drums & vocals. Also performing are the San Francisco based post hardcore quartet
Minus Numbers and the Oakland based post punk rockers the Otoliths. The Tijuana Panthers are definitely worth checking out. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Singer/songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Davy Knowles tone blends the fire of Rory Gallagher and the tenderness of Peter Green tenderness to go along with gritty vocals. He is a pure combustionable guitarist who plays every note like the whole room depends on it. Highly Recommended!!! $25-$65 Cover Charge Per Set
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime The Oakland Jazz Funk Project music is rooted in funk, neo-soul, R&B, fusion, jazz-funk honors playing it all from straight-ahead jazz to 70’s funk to contemporary neo-soul. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
A great set featuring the Bay Area based indie Americana roots music band Hank Manniger & The Juke Box Charlies. Highly Recommended!!!
$10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
Berkeley based post bop jazz saxophonist Kazemde George performs with trio. Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music instore featuring the “One Woman Band” Janice Maxie Reid who often doubles as a keyboard and left-hand keyboard bass player which makes her a force of nature on any stage! Her soulful, angelic and daringly accurate vocal prowess, distinctive four-octave voice range and engaging stage presence has captivated audiences for years. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway 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. Band members include Emily Day on vocals, Steve Height on bass, Mike Burns on drums, Charles Chen on piano, Mike Olmos on trumpet and Pete Cornell on sax. 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
Tupelo 1337 Grant Street San Francisco 9:30 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!!!! No Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A good show featuring the Oakland based surf rock jazz instrumentl band
The Carrots. 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
Sausalito Jazz & Blues By The Bay in Downtown Sausalito 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Showtime. The free concert series presents the the rocking blues Latin jazz group The Volker Strifler Band Highly Recommended!!!!
Saturday August 15th
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes Grammy nominated virtuoso bebop, post-bop and contemporary jazz jazz pianist David Kikoski collaborations with jazz legends including Roy Haynes, the Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Chris Potter and the Charles Mingus Big Band has established himself as a sought-after presence on the global jazz scene. Kisoski will be backed up by an outstanding trio featuring Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone, Marvin “Smitty” Smith on drums and Rob Moreno on bass. This is one of the can’t miss sets of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the Dillinger Four who has proudly carried on the rich tradition of melodic Minnesota punk rock for more than 30 years. Opening up are another longtime established Minneapolis punk rock band Off With Their Heads and the Bay Area based punk rock super group
Middle Aged Queers Highly Recommended!!!!! $35 Cover Charge
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
The innovative vocal sextet Take 6 are a throwback to an earlier era of American music that combines classic gospel doo wop, and sophisticated jazz with unparalleled arrangements and musicianship Highly Recommended!!!!
$40-$135 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Marcus Shelby & His Sextet present “Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus” in a program that will include rarely performed Mingus compositions, excerpts from “Beneath the Underdog” film clips, and oratory by bandleader and bassist Marcus Shelby. The sextet features Shelby on bass and narration,Darren Johnston on trumpet, Tony Peebles on alto sax,
Danny Lubin-Laden on trombone, Greg Jacobs on piano and Tim Angulo on drums. This should be a set of music to definitely check out.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
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell Street San Francisco 9:00 PM & 10:30 PM Showtimes
The Ray Obiedo Latin Ensembleis made up of some of the Bay Area’s finest contemporary jazz musicians featuring Obiedo on guitar, Roger Glenn on flute, Murray Low on piano, Dan Feiszli on bass, Jon Bendichon percussion and
Colin Douglas on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$15/$30 Cover Charge Per Set
Presidio Theatre 99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco 2:00 PM Showtime
The 4th Annual Bliss Fest features an exclusive lineup of many of theBay Area’s favorite artists including Michael Michael Motorcycle, Circus Bella,
Combo Tezata and Elliot Peck & Friends. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Mildred Owen Concert Hall 1220 Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica 7:30 PM Showtime BackPorchEstra is a roots Rock, Americana, acoustic blues, Western Swing, Cajun, Pop-Rock, jug band, New Orleans and Kitchen Sink music. The band draws from new original material as well as reworked classics by
Hank Williams, Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Wills, Bobby Charles and even The Christmas Jug Band tunes. Highly Recommended!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Road Nicasio 7:30 PM Showtime
A fun night of music in store featuring one of the world’s most beloved Americana roots acts Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys whose music seamlessly blends folk, bluegrass, Western swing, Cajun and mariachi influences. This is a show to definitely check out!!! Highly Recommended!!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes. Blues singer Earl Thomas joins forces with the San Diego-based guitar prodigy Anthony “The Fallbrook Kid” Cullins bridging generations with effortless chemistry, this powerhouse collaboration blends rock & roll fire, deep blues tradition, and soul-stirring emotion.Highly Recommended!!!!! $25-$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Swing and bebop with young phenom Nathan Takunaga clarinetist and saxophonist leads his quartet whose music blends classic jazz traditions with a fresh modern voice. Band members include Takanuga on reeds, Charles Chen on piano, Mikiya Matsuda on bass and Benny Amon on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $25 Cover Charge
SF Bootleggers Ball 3255 21sts Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Multi-instrumentalist bandleader Todd Morgan fronts his Swingsters Quintet. Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
Banda Sin Nombre is an outstanding five-piece street band performing folk music from around the world. Mixing rich vocal harmonies with acoustic instruments including guitar, fiddle, charango, cajon, and bass, the band’s inspirations range from Peruvian Chicha to Catalan Rumba and Appalachian old time to Cumbia. This is one of the best live performance bands in the Bay Area!!Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 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!!!
$15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based pianist, organist, composer and band leader Adam Kipple performs with his outstanding Soul Jazz Quintet Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 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
The 88th Annual Stern Grove Music Festival free summer outdoor Sunday music festival continues with hip hop legends the iconic Public Enemy Opening up is hip hop rap artist LaRussell The music starts at 2:00 PM and is located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd in San Francisco
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Alex Walsh,Nate Harris,Rob Dietrich &Summer Champ Ths 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!!!!!
Sunday August 16th
Green Music Center 1801 East Cotati Avenue Rohnert Park 7:00 PM Showtime An amazing night of music in store featuring two of great live performance bands in the known universe. Perhaps the most recognizable ambassador for New Orleans music working today Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue embodies the heart and soul of their city blending rock, funk, soul, jazz, blues, hip-hop, and Caribbean influences. St. Paul & The Broken Bones are a powerhouse gospel-tinged soulful ensemble with a complete with horns and a dynamic lead singer known for their electrifying live shows and impassioned vocals. Opening up is Nashville based indie Americana folk/soul singer/songwriter Tre Burt. This is one of the can’t miss shows of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $45-$115 Cover Charge
The Guild Theatre 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park 8:00 PM Showtime
With a larger-than-life personality and a powerful voice that conveys all the energy, celebration, and hedonism of an all-night block party, David Lee Roth is one of rock music’s best and most exciting frontmen. While Roth remains best known for his integral role inVan Halen’s meteoric rise to global dominance during the late ’70s and early ’80s he also enjoyed massive success as a solo artist throughout the ’80s, and continued releasing new music as he grew into more of a cultural icon than a hard-touring musician.
Highly Recommended!!!! $150/$185/$266 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes Grammy nominated virtuoso bebop, post-bop and contemporary jazz jazz pianist David Kikoski collaborations with jazz legends including Roy Haynes, the Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Chris Potter and the Charles Mingus Big Band has established himself as a sought-after presence on the global jazz scene. Kisoski will be backed up by an outstanding trio featuring Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone, Marvin “Smitty” Smith on drums and Rob Moreno on bass. This is one of the can’t miss sets of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the Dillinger Four who has proudly carried on the rich tradition of melodic Minnesota punk rock for more than 30 years. Opening up are another longtime established Minneapolis punk rock band Off With Their Heads and the Los Angeles based pop punk rockers
Mermaid Island. Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 Cover Charge
The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 4:00 PM Showtime
Howell Devine is the massively talented NorCal trio featuring Joshua Howell on vocals, guitar & harmonica, Pete Devine on drums & washboard and Joe Kyle Jr. on upright bass.HowellDevine breaks from the norm, providing rich and complex textures integral to the music rather than simple backing for a soloist. The result is a sound which stands in stark contrast to the typical blues heard in bars these days and would more likely be shaking the floors of a Southern juke joint some 70 years ago. Highly Recommended!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Road Nicasio 4:00 PM Showtime
A great afternoon of Americana roots music in store featuring the legendary San Diego based The Paladins who are one of the leading roots, rockabilly and rocking blues bands to come out of California in the ’80s. Opening up is master rockabilly roots Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces. This should be a rcocking show. Highly Recommended!!!!! $42 Cover Charge
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The innovative vocal sextet Take 6 are a throwback to an earlier era of American music that combines classic gospel doo wop, and sophisticated jazz with unparalleled arrangements and musicianship Highly Recommended!!!!
$40-$130 Cover Charge
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 5:00 PM Showtime
A great late afternoon of straight ahead post bop music with
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band featuring some great players including the iconic Charlie McCarthy on saxophone & flute, Sam Cady on piano, Chuck Bennett on bass and Tony Johnson on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes . Bay Area based jazz vocalist Lara Louise music brings fresh interpretations of beloved songs from the Great American Songbook as well as some classic French standard. She has an outstanding band backing her up that includes John R. Burr on piano, Gawain Matthews on guitar, Daniel Herrera on trumpet, Aaron Germain on bass and Brian Fishler on drums. Highly Recommended!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
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
The 88th Annual Stern Grove Music Festival free summer outdoor Sunday music festival continues with soul singing icon Al Green Opening up is singer/songwriter Goapele and The Glide Ensemble The music starts at 2:00 PM and is located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd in San Francisco
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Matt Reagan,
Ms G,XtinaM &Young Sun 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!!!!!
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!!!!
Tonight’s Concert Recommendation
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes David Kikoski
Upcoming Concerts & Shows
August 15th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Thee Sacred Souls
August 16th Green Music Center Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with St. Paul & The Broken Bones
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…..
Friday August 14th Recommendations
6:00 AM-9:00 AM KPOO 89.5 FM The Emmett Powell Gospell Caravan hosted by Marcus Johnson
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 WWOZ New Orleans Music Show With Black Mold Or
Bill DeTurk. A great program of funk, traditional jazz, blues, zydeco r&b and soul
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
10:00 AM-1:00 PM KXSF 102.5 FM Morning Frequencies Bob Thawley hosts the Bay Area’s best world music radio program with a focus on new releases, both local and international, shout-outs and information on upcoming shows, ticket giveaways. This is a must listen program!!!
Noon-2:00 PM WWOZ The Blues Breakdown This is one of the best blues programs on the air
2:00 PM-5:00 PM WWOZ Jazz From The French Market With
Charles Burchell
5:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ Music Of Mass Distraction With Black Mold
One of the most creative music programs on the air
7:00 PM-10:00 PM KEPX 92.7 FM The Continent With Larry Cadence
My absolutely favorite Afropop radio program
8:00 PM-10:00 PM WWOZ The Rhythm Room With Allan-Alski Lasky
10:00 PM-Midnight KPFA 94.1 FM The History Of Funk Rickey Vincent hosts two hours of the strongest, stankiest, uncut funk anywhere on the airwaves
Video Pick Of The Week
Bill Evans was one of the most influential pianists,composer and arranger of post-bop jazz. Evans brought an introverted, relaxed, and lyrical classical sensibility into jazz. Along with a keen technical ability and nuanced sense of harmony. His inescapable influence on the very sound of jazz piano has touched virtually everybody of prominence in the field after him including Michel Petrucciani, Andy Laverne, Richard Beirach, Enrico Pieranunzi and Warren Bernhardt. In celebration of Evans 97th birthday on Sunday I would like to very highly recommend the outstanding 2015 documentary
Bill Evans:Time Remembered is a 90-minute documentary film which tells the story of Bill Evans’ turbulent life and his contribution to jazz music. Several well renowned musicians are included in the film including Tony Bennett,
Paul Motion, Jim Hall, Oerin Keepnews, Bobby Brookmeyer, Dr. Billy Taylor, singer Jon Hendricks and jazz pianist Bill Charlap. The film also compiles a wide range of historical information about the jazz pianist including his first TV recording which appeared on CBS Look Up and Live in April 1958, playing
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