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Saturday March 14th Birthdays Includes

Les Brown legendary swing band leader whose Band of Renown was one of the most enduring orchestras that grew out of the swing era of the 1930’s recording such classic Great American Songbook hits as ”Sentimental Journey” with Doris Day and ”I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” was born 114 years ago

Lee Hays folk singer and songwriter who is best known for singing bass with The Weavers who were the folk-singing quartet that started the folk-music boom of the 1950’s was born 112 years ago

Sonny Cohn jazz trumpeter renowned for his signature mute style who was a mainstay in the Count Basie Orchestra’s trumpet section for over a quarter of a century was born 94 years ago

Mark Murphy unconventional jazz vocalist who sang with panache, humor and great vocal dexterity drawing inspiration from such varied sources as the sound of his hometown factory whistle and the words of the Beat novelist
Jack Kerouac as well as radically reworking versions from the
Great American Songbook was born 94 years ago

Quincy Jones iconic renaissance man of American music who distinguished himself as a bandleader, solo artist, sideman, songwriter, producer, film composer, and record label executive becoming one of the most accomplished figures in modern music, crossing jazz, R&B, film music, and pop over a eight-decade career earning 28 Grammy awards including producing and arranging Count Basie’s highly influential jazz album
April In Paris, Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall and Thriller which sold over 110 million copies worldwide and the charity single “We Are the World” as well as albums by Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Paul Simon and
Aretha Franklin was born 93 years ago

Shirley Scott legendary jazz organist whose music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues, and gospel elements earning her the nickname
“Queen of the Organ”  was born 92 years ago

Some upcoming concert suggestions for today

Saturday March 14th

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes. A great show in store featuring roots blues musician Kevin Burt whose soul-inspired presentation is unique, which consistently gets him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and Aaron Neville with the ability to build an audience rapport that has been compared to B.B. King. Highly Recommended!!! $25 Cover Charge Per Set

Jupiter Bar 2181 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley 7:00 PM Showtime
Westside Jazz Club lead by the wonderful tenor saxophonist Scott Silverberg, is a collective of innovative jazz musicians performing jazz standards, challenging modern compositions and freshly-updated classics. I have seen this ensemble a number of time and they never disappoint..
Highly Recommended!!! No Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Marcus Shelby and his band celebrates Miles Davis’ Centenial with a special selelection and arrangements of miles works. Band members include Shelby on bass, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Joel Behrman on trombone, Tony Peebles on alto sax, Melecio Magdulyo on baritone sax, Greg Jacobs on piano and Jemal Ramirez 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!!!!
$15.00 Cover Charge

Mildred Owens Concert Hall 1220 Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica 7:30 PM Showtime Bay Area percussion maestro Michael Spiro performs with his outstanding Latin jazz ensemble Spirology whose music fuses Afro-Cuban folkloric music and Cuban popular music. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $25 Cover Charge

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM Showtimes
Bay Area based jazz blues vocalist Tiffany Austin‘s tradition-rooted yet totally modern style has established her as one of jazz’s fastest rising stars. Austin’s music and voice draw upon influences such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald,
Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin yet she also infuses songs with her own signature style that is precise, intelligent, and soulful. Austin will be backed uped by a fabulous trio featuring Judy Elhauge-Roniger on piano,
Kevin Goldberg on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $30/$75 Cover Charge Per Set

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco 8:45 PM & 10:00 PM Showtimes
Multi Grammy award winning vocalist Tony Lindsay leads his band performing hits from Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Etta James, Sam Cooke and
Donny Hathaway. Band members include Lindsay on vocals, Fred Ross on vocals, Janice Maxi-Reid on vocals, Allen Leong on piano, David Shul on guitar,
David Jones on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30/$75 Cover Charge Per Set

Curio’s Bar 775 Valencia San Francisco 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Showtime
Pianist Aaron Hammerman specializes in primal, joint-rocking boogie, barrelhouse, blues and early R&B vintage, foot- stomping Americana roots music designed for good times. Let’s get down! Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz & funk world music trio N.T.B. Collective features
Jelani Noble on piano & keyboards, Gerrald Williams on bass and
Brandon Farmer on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Pier 23 Pier 23 The Embarcadero San Francisco 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime Trio Cotier specialize in jazz standards for a ‘cocktail vibe’ where people can enjoy a great drink and a good hangout with the music enhancing the experience, rather than taking it over… Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge

Tupelo 1337 Grant Avenue San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
Marshall Law Band 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

Sunday March 15th

Moe’s Alley 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 3:00 PM Showtime
The musically fearless Rick Estrin & The Nightcats has for the last decade, touring the world and proving night after night why they won 2018’s Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year. The limitless combined talents of blues harmonica virtuoso and sly, soulful singer Estrin, guitar mastermind
Kid Andersen, keyboard wizard Lorenzo Farrell and endlessly creative drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin take Estrin’s inventive, original songs to new and unexpected places. On stage, the band’s ability to deliver an unpredictable, no-holds-barred show is unmatched. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$30 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes It’s a Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration with pianist/ organist and vocalist
Eamonn Flynn and his band Dublinesque featuring Flynn on piano, organ & vocals, Jeff Tamelier on guitar, Darryl Anders on bass and Kevin Hayes on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $40.00 Cover Charge Per Set

Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 5:00 PM Showtime
The dean and high priest of Bay Area Jazz drummers Vince Lateano performs with Ben Stolorow on piano, Peter Barshay on bass with special guest guitarist Tri Phan for their monthly jazz jam session. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 Cover Charge

The Waystone Wine Bar 1609 Powell Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime A nice set of music instore featuring straight ahead jazz guitarist Taylor Hatch and his trio. Highly Recommended!!!! No 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

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 Guid8nce, DJ Sep, Irie Dole and Yung Maldita. This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!

Monday March 16th

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
A really good set of music in store featuring Gamper Drums Funk Jazz a trio that not only honors the rich legacy of jazz but also adds a contemporary flair to the San Francisco’s musically historic ambiance. The trio members are
Chris Gamper on drums, Marc Levine on bass and Kit Rusco on guitar
Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Denver based versitle jazz bassist Alan Jones music is dedicated to honoring the legacy of Black American Music through performances and compositions. Jones has shared the stage with greats such as Matt Wilson, David Sanchez and Ed Simon. 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

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 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

Tuesday March 17th

Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes
For over four decades The Wooten Brothers featuring Victor on bass guitar/vocals, Joseph on keyboards/vocals, Roy on percussion/vocals and Regi on guitars/vocals, have been recognized as some of the most innovative musicians in existence and are collectively known as one of the most talented and dynamic band of brothers the world has ever known
Highly Recommended!!!!
$44-$84 Cover Charge

Great American Music Hall 859 O’Farrell Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great night of music in store featuring the legendary British based indie ferociously heavy metal trio Band Of Skulls.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $27.50/$32.00 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

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz musician Smith Dobson performs with his outstanding quartet featuing Dobson on drums, vibraphone and sax, dam Shulman on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and Alan Jones on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 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

Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums music draws from the likes of such legends as Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker and Ruth Brown, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums have a true respect for the original roots of Jazz and Blues. Both Lucky’s and Carmen Getit’s lead vocals nail their decidedly little big band sound just perfectly..The band features Steve Lucky on piano and vocals, Carmen Getit on guitar and vocals, Doug Rowan on sax, Matt Cowan sax,
Scott Petersen on sax, Lukas Vesely on bass and Brian Fishler on drums.  
Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 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 Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra is a diverse group of long-time friends that have played alongside one another for years. The ensemble ranges from having as little as 8 to as many as 18 participants performing with occasional guest singers such as Billy Valentine, Bud E. Luv (aka Bobby Vickers) and Tom Scott.Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge

Wednesday March 18th

Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes
For over four decades The Wooten Brothers featuring Victor on bass guitar/vocals, Joseph on keyboards/vocals, Roy on percussion/vocals and Regi on guitars/vocals, have been recognized as some of the most innovative musicians in existence and are collectively known as one of the most talented and dynamic band of brothers the world has ever known
Highly Recommended!!!! $44-$84 Cover Charge

Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Americano Social Club plays music for “la dolce vita”: 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. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime Accomplished jazz woodwind performer and composer Andrew Dixon and his quartet Rage are deeply rooted in the music of David Liebman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Elvin Jones. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Great American Music Hall 859 O’Farrell Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great night of music instore featuring the Parisian singer songwriter and guitarist Gabi Hartmann whose music blurs the lines between styles like pop, folk, jazz, soul and world music Highly Recommended!!!!! $25/$29 Cover Charge

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime Seasoned Bay Area keyboardist, composer, and bandleader Greg Rahn is known for his dynamic blend of jazz, blues, funk and fusion. Rahn will be performing music from his new album Side Hustle. Highly Recommended!!!!!  $25 Cover Charge

Club Fox 2209 Broadway Redwood City 7:00 PM Showtime
Club Fox Blues Jam presents The Ol’ Man Brothers Band whose music is dedicated to recapturing the sound of the Allman Brothers Band.
Highly Recommended!!!!!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Highly accomplished post bop jazz saxophonist Eric Schugren leads his
Good Life Reunion Trio with bassist Willem von Hombracht and drummer
Cornel Fauler. Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge Per Set

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

SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series
The Bandshell Singer Songwriter Series presents Midweek Melodies featuring  Anna May, Davia Schendel & Louiza. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge

Thursday March 19th

Cornerstone Berkeley 2367 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Metalachi is the world’s first and only metal mariachi band and one of the great heavy metal bands in the known universe. They combine the humor of Steel Panther, the flamboyancy of GWAR, and the eclectic rawness of
Rob Zombie. There’s also a little dose of Spinal Tap and a hit of Cheech & Chong. The music is classic metal covers from artists like Metallica fused with classic mariachi by Vicente Fernandez and Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. Their setlist is punctuated by comedic interludes. It’s no surprise that Metalachi are beloved by Billy Idol and Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows. This should be a great show.  Highly Recommended!!!!! $30.35 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes San Francisco based jazz vocalist Lori Carsillo is known for her unique phrasing deep and thoughtful interpretations of the Great American Songbook and music by Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and other jazz greats. Carsillo will be backed by a stellar trio featuring Ben Stolorow on piano, John Wiitala on bass and Sylvia Cuenca on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$40 Cover Charge Per Set

Tupelo 1337 Grant Avenue San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
Jinx Jones is one of the great guitar virtuosos of the Bay Area. I love the way he seems to move seamlessly from rockabilly to jazz to twang and back again, sometimes in the same song. He performs with his Kingtones featuring Jinx on guitar, Kenan O’Brien on bass and Ken Owen on drums.
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

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

The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes Renowned Brooklyn-born saxophonist Eric Wyatt known for his electrifying performances that have captivated audiences worldwide performs a tribute to Sonny Rollins. Backing up Wyatt are Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and
Thomas Pridgen on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set

The Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based rockin’ blues band The Lucky Losers music is a throwback to the hybrid of soul, blues, rock, gospel, and country that emerged in the late 1960’s – with gorgeous harmonies & powerful harmonica headed up by veteran blues singer Cathy Lemons and vocalist/ master harmonica player
Phil Berkowitz. Highly Recommended!!!! $5 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Jazz trumpet master Mike Olmos has become one the most in demand jazz musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area while maintaining a frequent national and international performance/touring schedule. In the Bay,
Mike has been performing with various bands such as the
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers,
Pete Escovedo, Wil Blades, Eddie Roberts, Jubu and Legally Blynd. ​ Olmos performs with his outstanding quintet. Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. A nice set of music in store featuring jazz blues funk guitarist and singer Jason Movrich along with Eric Goodwill on bass and Joe Carusi on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge

Friday March 20th

The Guild Theatre 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park 8:00 PM Showtime
Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city’s eclectic culture through music that appeals to the local community and the world beyond. Ozomatli’s success is exemplified in an impressive variety of genres from classic to modern Latino, urban, hip-hop and other world styles. The “Dioses del Baile,” or “Gods of Dance,” have created one of the most exciting, captivating and flat-out fun live shows touring today. They continue to harness their musical instincts by conceiving new concepts and forging new sounds that keep fans on their toes and the world dancing. They put on a great performance. This is one show not to be missed..
Highly Recommended!!!!!!!! $58.50/$150 Cover Charge

The Sound Room 3022 Broadway, Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
The Cottontails are one of the Bay Area’s best vintage jazz ensembles playing a wide range of styles ranging from 20’/30’s Gatsby-era jazz, classic 40’s swing, and vintage 50’s/60’s r&b featuring a truly great jazz vocalist Karina Denike fronting the group. Highly Recommended!!!!! $30.65 Cover Charge

The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes Renowned Brooklyn-born saxophonist Eric Wyatt known for his electrifying performances that have captivated audiences worldwide performs a tribute to Sonny Rollins. Backing up Wyatt are Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and
Thomas Pridgen on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set

Brick & Mortar Music Hall 1710 Mission Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime. Gritty rock & roll soul man Greg Loiacono best known for his work with The Mother Hips and Chris Robinson performs with his new dynamic, genre-blending band Stingray led by Greg featuring some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s finest musicians including Vicki Randle, Michael Urbano,
Kofy Brown and Danny Eisenberg. The band merges elements of soul, rock, r&b, and funk Into masterful songwriting, rich improvisation, intricate rhythms, and a deep attention to vocal harmony. Opening up is the San Francisco based retro rock band Fuzz Collective. Highly Recommended!!!!! $33.25 Cover Charge

The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage, not for three years but three decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump n’ boogie outfits of the late 40s and early 50s, they breathe fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock & roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin’ n’ jivin’, shoutin’ n’ honkin’, pumpin’ n’ poundin’ bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and
Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn and Roy Milton. Adding a healthy dose of New Orleans rhythm and blues, pile drivin’ piano, and some of his own contemporary playful lyrics, Woods and His Rocket 88s forge their own brand of music they call “rock-a-boogie”. Highly Recommended!!!! $25 Cover Charge

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. The Bay Area’s iconic certified bluesman Alabama Mike has collaborated and shared the stage with many industry giants including
Kid Andersen, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Jim Pugh, Kim Wilson and many others. He will be backed up by Ronnie Smith on drums, AJ Joyce on bass,
Bernard Anderson on sax and Bobby Young on guitar. Highly Recommended!!! $25 Cover Charge Per Set

Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 6:00 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

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Jazz Mafia teams up with The Hogan Brothers for a tribute to Herbie Hancock’s electric 1970s era, performing music from Head Hunters and Thrust along with other selections from that period featuring Adam Theis, Daniel Casares, and Colin, Julian and Steve Hogan. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime A great show in store featuring Wobbly World a group of internationally recognized musicians in a powerful and unique collaboration. Founded by guitarist Freddy Clarke, the music is an ethno-layering of melodic, rhythmic and poetic ideas from several very different musical traditions that fit powerfully into a brilliant new sound and a joy-filled celebration of international musical synergy. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 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 will 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 Midnight-1:00 AM Showtime
The Next Generation Late Night presents jazz soul & R&B drummer
Sheldon Alexander. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 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

Curio’s Bar 775 Valencia San Francisco 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Showtime
Oakland based Citizen’s Jazz is deeply rooted in the traditions of jazz, soul, funk, Latin, with an added level of experimentation. The band is led by upright & electric bassist Caroline Chung joined by Berkeley based guitarist Khalil Foal-Anthony. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $15 Cover Charge

SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series
The Golden Gate Bandshell Soul/Jazz/R&B Concert Series presents JAZZphoria & Jean Fineberg. 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                    

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Kevin Burt

Upcoming Concerts & Shows

March 14^th The Fillmore SF ALO

March 15^th The Freight & Salvage Charlie Hunter Trio

March 19^th The Freight & Salvage Mads Tolling & Peppino D’Agostino

March 20^th Sweetwater Music Hall Los Amigos Invisibles

March 20^th The Guild Theatre Ozomatli

March 21^st The Guild Theatre The English Beat

March 22^nd The Guild Theatre The English Beat

March 25^th The Fillmore SF Jeff Tweedy

March 26^th The Fillmore SF Jeff Tweedy

March 27^th The Guild Theatre Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew & Remain In Light

March 27^th Presidio Theatre Lunasa

March 28^th Kuumba Jazz Center Lunasa

March 29^th Kuumba Jazz Center Booker T. Jones

April 1^st The Warield Theatre St. Paul & The Broken Bones

April 7^th The Freight & Salvage Richard Thompson

April 8^th The Freight & Salvage Richard Thompson

April 9^th Sweetwater Music Hall Marshall Crenshaw

April 9^th Kuumba Jazz Center Lee Ritenour

April 9^th Presidio Theatre Presevation Hall Jazz Band

April 9^th The Freight & Salvage Dar Williams

April 10^th The Freight & Salvage Dar Williams

April 10^th Sweetwater Music Hall George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Partners

April 11^th Sweetwater Music Hall George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Partners

April 11^th Piedmont Piano Company Benny Green

April 12^th SF Jazz Lee Ritenour

April 12^th Presidio Theatre Preservation Hall Jazz Band

April 14^th Kuumba Jazz Center Emmet Cohen

April 15^th Presidio Theatre Habib Koité, Aly Keïta, Lamine Cissokho: Mandé Sila

April 17^th The Fox Oakland Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

April 18^th HopMonk Novato Robbie Fulks

April 18^th The Fox Oakland Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

April 18^th Bankhead Theatre Emerson, Lake & Palmer

April 23^rdKuumba Jazz Center Jane Monheit

April 24^th Guild Theatre A Flock Of Seagulls

April 24^th Palace Of Fine Arts Tommy Emmanuel

April 25^th Guild Theatre A Flock Of Seagulls

April 25^th Bing Concert Hall Angelique Kidjo

April 30^th The Guild Theatre Molly Tuttle & Ketch Secor

April 30^th SF Jazz Meshell NDegeocello

May 1^st SF Jazz Meshell NDegeocello

May 1^st SF Masonic Pat Metheny

May 2^nd SF Jazz Meshell NDegeocello

May 2^nd The Freight & Salvage Berkeley Bluegrass Festival

May 3^rd The Freight & Salvage Berkeley Bluegrass Festival

May 4^th Great American Music Hall Ben Harper

May 5^th Great American Music Hall Ben Harper

May 8^th The Freight & Salvage Jim Messina

May 8^th The Guild Theatre Mississippi Allstars & Bobby Rush

May 8^th Presidio Theatre Storm Large

May 9^th The Guild Theatre Jim Messina

May 9^th Saratoga Mountain Wine Concert Series George Benson

May 10^th Presidio Theatre Sweet Honey & The Rock

May 11^th Davies Symphony Hall George Benson

May 15^th Yoshi’s Segio Mendes Brasil 66

May 15^th Guild Theatre Blood Sweat & Tears

May 16^th The Guild Theatre Leftover Salmon

May 16^th The UC Theatre Cimafunk

May 18^th Kuumba Jazz Center Mary Gauthier

May 22^ndThe Guild Theatre Larkin Poe

May 22^nd The Freight & Salvage Ramblin’ Jack Elliot

May 23^rd The Freight & Salvage Tony Trishka’s Earl Jam A Tribute to Earl Scruggs

May 23^rd HopMonk Novato Bill Kirchen

May 25^th HopMonk Novato California Honeydrops

May 28^th Kuumba Jazz Center Billy Childs

May 28^th SF Jazz Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane

May 29^th SF Jazz Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane

May 29^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Alabama Shakes

May 30^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Alabama Shakes

May 30^th SF Jazz Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane

May 31^st SF Jazz Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane

June 2^nd The Guild Theatre The Psychedelic Furs

June 3^rd Frost Ampitheatre Paul Simon

June 4^th Frost Ampitheatre Paul Simon

June 6^th The Freight & Salvage Booker T. Jones

June 7^th The Freight & Salvage Booker T. Jones

June 11^th SF Jazz Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet

June 12^th The Guild Theatre Jake Shimabukuro

June 12^th SF Jazz Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet

June 13^th SF Jazz Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet

June 14^th SF Jazz Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet

June 26^th The Freight & Salvage Ruthie Foster

June 27^th The Freight & Salvage Iris Dement

June 27^th Bankhead Theatre Oakland Interfaith Choir

July 10^th The Freight & Salvage Pure Prarie League

July 14^th SF Jazz Wynton Marsalis Septet

July 15^th SF Jazz Wynton Marsalis Septet

July 16^th SF Jazz Lettuce

July 17^th SF Jazz Lettuce

July 18^th SF Jazz Lettuce

July 19^th SF Jazz Lettuce

August 12^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Tedeschi Trucks Band

August 15^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Thee Sacred Souls

August 16^th Green Music Center Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with St. Paul & The Broken Bones

August 29^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Tori Amos

September 28^th SF Masonic Social Distortion

September 30^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Jack Johnson

Turn Your Radio On…..

Saturday March 14th

6:00 AM-9:00 AM KPFA 94.1 FM The Gospel Experience. April Wright hosts a weekly program of spirituals, vintage gospel, modern and contemporary gospel music to inspire, uplift and educate all people worldwide

9:00 AM-10 AM KXSF 102 FM The Putumaya World Music Hour.
Rosalie Howarth hosts a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures

10:00 AM-Noon WWOZ Tiene Sabor with Yolanda Estrada. One of the best afro cuban/latin music programs on the air programs

Noon-2:00 PM KPFA 94.1 FM Blues By The Bay. Tom Mazzolini hosts a weekly program highlighting this Afro-American roots art form from its rural country roots to the urban manifestations and regional flavors that encompass the genre

Noon-2:00 PM WWOZ Tudo Bem With Dean Ellis. Two hours of the best Brazilian music

2:00 PM-4:00 PM WWOZ World Journey With Logan. One of the best world music programs on the air

4:00 PM-6:00 PM WWOZ Block Party With Brice Nice. A great program of soul, funk, R&B, psych-rock, alt-hip-hop, and any sonic gems including 45 RPM disc, new or old

6:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ Soul Power With Soul Sister where
“the queen of rare groove” starts a music marathon of deep funk and rare grooves

8:00 PM-10:00 PM WWOZ Awake And Willing With Peggy Lou. This is one of the best radio programs on the air. A must listen!!!

10:00 PM-1:00 AM WWOZ Blues In The Night With Jamie Dell’Apa.
Every Saturday Jamie hosts what is unquestionably the most fun, unique and entertaining radio in our present solar system. Jamie describes the program as “Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn’t yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these exciting emergences into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W that sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly that sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That’s the sweet spot for the music on the show and, sure enough, that’s where the New Orleans sound is centered.” This show is must listen Radio. Highly Recommended!!!!

Video Pick Of The Week

Sam “Lightnin'” Hopkins was one of the great country blues singers and perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players including
Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Townes Van Zandt. A contemporary of Muddy Waters, B.B. King and John Lee Hooker, he was one of the last of the original blues artists. Mr. Hopkins began to sing the blues as a child in his native Texas. He started to sing professionally in the 1930’s, gaining recognition beyond his home state with an intense style that he used to phrase his songs of suffering and death. In his dark and supple voice, he would evoke his past as a field hand and rambler to the accompaniment of highly imaginative guitar work. His instrument often became a second voice to discourse with, or to end his vocal phrases. It also enhanced his reputation for flair, wit and improvisational skill. In celebration of Hopkins 114th birthday on Sunday March 15th I would like to recommend the outstanding 1970 documentary The Blues Accordin’ To Lightnin’ Hopkins in which the great Texas bluesman is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving film featuring a generous helping of classic blues. The film includes performances at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo, and a visit to his boyhood town of Centerville, Texas. This powerful portrait creating a vivid portrait of bluesman Lightin’ Hopkins through a vital collection of musical performances and oral histories

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