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Tuesday September 1st Birthdays include

Art Pepper one of the most influential alto saxophonist of the post-
Charlie Parker generation whose lyrical, swinging style helped him to become one of the major jazz stars to emerge out of the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s was born 101 years ago

Boxcar Willie legendary eccentric country hobo singer who became the most invented character in country music history was born 95 years ago

Conway Twitty country and western singer who brought a rich, throaty tone to dozens of steamy ballads over four decades in the music business including such major hits as “Lonely Blue Boy,” “It’s Only Make Believe,” “Hello Darlin'” and “After All the Good is Gone” was born 93 years ago

Archie Bell Houston based rhythm and blues/soul singing icon who with his vocal group Archie Bell & The Drells best known for their funky, handclap-happy soul single “Tighten Up” that reached number one on Billboard’s R&B and pop charts in 1968 turns 82 years old

Gloria Estefan multi Grammy award winning singer/songwriter and co founder of the latin pop hitmaking band Miami Sound Machine turns
69 years old

Essiet Okon Essiet critically acclaimed jazz bassist who has played with
Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton and Benny Golson turns 67 years old

Akiko Tsuruga jazz composer and masterful Hammond B-3 organist and pianist was born 59 years ago

Some Concert Recommendations For Today are

Tuesday September 1^st

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A special night celebrating the music of drummer Pete Devine who recently passed away featuring musicians who had the chance to play with Pete over the years. Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Fault Line Trio is one of the Bay Area’s most dynamic and innovative crossover jazz projects! Swing, R&B, and sophisticated grooves. The trio features
Jay Sanders on piano and keys, Lukas Vesely on bass and Brian Fishler on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $30/$40 Cover Charge

Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage for over three decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump & boogie outfits and swingin’ little big bands of the 1940s and ’50s, and adding a healthy dose of New Orleans rhythm and blues, pile-drivin’ piano, and some of Woods’ own contemporary playful lyrics, they breathe fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock’n’roll.
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. 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

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 Jon Bennett & Steve Egelman taking 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 Afro-funk Latin sounds of Sang Matiz The concert takes place at 101 California Street

Wednesday September 2nd

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime GamperDrums presents Zingg Flower a tribute to the great rock, blues, soul and jazz guitarist Drew Zingg who is best known for his performing with Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs. This tribute featuring Michael Emenau,
Ben Misterka, Chili Corder, Sascha Jacobsen and Chris Gamper, five acclaimed artists whose collective backgrounds span jazz, funk, world music, and improvisation. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $10 Cover Charge

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
The Bay Area based jazz/soul dance band Vybe Society Band will get you off your feet. Highly Recommended!!!! $30/$40 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes San Francisco based jazz pianist and composer Dahveed Behroozi performs with his outstanding trio featuring Behroozi on piano, Andrew Mell on bass and Tim Bulkley on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge Per Set

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 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. Highly Recommended!!! $10 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 Mateo Peligroso, Matt Reagan & Middle Dog 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 rocking blues singer guitarist GG Amos with her badass band. the R&B sounds of East Bay Trade The concert takes place at
555 California Street

Thursday September 3rd

Moe’s Alley 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 8:00 PM Showtime
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are simply the greatest front-porch blues band in the world and the Reverend Peyton is simply one of the greatest finger pickers around. The band’s live shows have attracted a following so huge that they perform more than 300 concerts a year. Opening up is Santa Cruz based Indie Americana rockers Diggin’ Trails. This is one of the best shows of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $24.65 Cover Charge

Cornerstone Berkeley 2367 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great show in store featuring one of the great Louisiana based blues guitarists, singer/songwriter Tab Benoit who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues and has performed and recorded with a whose who in Americana music including Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Allen Toussaint,
Charlie Musslewhite, Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few. Benoit is a great performer who I always look forward to seeing at New Orleans Jazzfest.. This is a must see show. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$50 Cover Charge

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Grammy-nominated vocalist, percussionist, producer, educator and cultural historian Linda Tillery‘s career spans more than five decades beginning in the late 1960s as a member of the psychedelic soul band The Loading Zone as well as performing alongside artists such as Cream, Santana, Taj Mahal,
Chuck Berry and Big Brother and the Holding Company. Tillery celebrates her 78^th birthday with the help of The Eastbay Allstars featuring Tammy Hall on piano, Ray Obiedo on guitar, Kevin Goldberg on bass, Leon Joyce Jr. on drums, Javier Navarrette on percussion, Vicki Randle on vocals and acoustic guitar,
Zoe Ellis on vocals, George Brooks on saxophone, Marina Garza on trumpet and
Jeff Cressman on trombone. This is one of the can’t miss shows of the week. Highly Recommended $49/$54 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 Living legend Jules Broussard has been blowing away Bay Area audiences with his double-saxophone serenades and soulful solos for over 60 years. He’s been stage and studio mates with everyone from Alice Coltrane to Van Morrison to Carlos Santana. Jules brings his freshly minted New Orleans Jazz Band comprising Bay Area jazz veterans Ned Boynton on guitar, Kevin Gerzevitz on piano & keys, Bob Blankenship on drums, and Derek Evans, Joe Vasquez and Romalyn Schmaltz on vocals Highly Recommended!!!!
$40 Cover Charge Per Set

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
San Francisco based The Hard Bop Quintet gets their inspiration from the fiery style of the early 1960s New York jazz scene. The idea for the band was to create a hard bop jazz group which seamlessly fuses different musical aesthetics such as boogaloo, afro-cuban,bebop, and down home blues, into the contemporary musical landscape playing original compositions as well as new interpretations of genre classics by legends such as Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and Kenny Dorham. Band members featured are Scott Larson on trombone, Jay Sanders on trumpet, Keith Saunders on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and Evan Hughes on drums Highly Recommended!!!!
$30/$40 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 7:00 PM-11:30 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge

Tupelo 1337 Grant Ave, San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime
If you don’t know The Camarros 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 are such a fun rock and roll band. They will have Tupelo rockin’ out.
Highly Recommended!!!!! No 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

City Of Awe Civic Center Sound Track Series Noon-3:00 PM Showtime The Civic Center Soundtrack Music Series presents Jon Bennett &
Steve Egelman taking 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 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 acoustic French themed music combo
Accords Internationaux The concert takes place at Ricon Center located at
101 Spear Street

Friday September 4th

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
Six time Grammy nominee Bettye Lavette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a “cover” artist. She is an interpreter of the highest order. Bettye is one of very few of her contemporaries who were recording during the birth of soul music in the 60s and is still creating vital recordings today. To quote the late, great George Jones “Bettye is truly a ‘singer’s singer”. Lavette will be accompanied by keyboardist Etienne Stadwijk Highly Recommended $49/$54 Cover Charge

The Chapel 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
A great show in store featuring pioneering dancehall reggae deejay and singer Sister Nancy best known for her timeless anthem “Bam Bam” will be performing with her fabulous Steady Rock Band. Highly Recommended!!!! $54.18 Cover Charge

The Sound Room 3022 Broadway, Oakland 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!!!!! $31.72 Cover Charge

Cornerstone Berkeley 2367 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley 9:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the legendary The English Beat whose music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Blues guitarist and vocalist Big Daddy Cade performs his tribute to his mentor B.B. King. Cade has the look, has the voice, and his guitar style is as close to the real thing that one could ask for. When this man takes the stage Cade Is B.B. King!” Highly Recommended!!!! Highly Recommended!!!
$25/$60 Cover Charge Per Set

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the Oakland based rockabilly trio
The Rocket Wheels Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
A great set of music featuring Aki Kumar the “King of Bollywood Blues” who infuses blues, rock n roll and country with the vibrant songs of his Indian heritage, creating a unique and electrifying musical fusion. With soulful vocals, masterful harmonica skills and an undeniable stage presence bringing a fresh perspective to the blues scene Highly Recommended!!!
$15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Jazz Mafia‘s perform a birthday tribute to the great Cannonball Adderley, a titan of the alto sax and a charismatic frontman. Alongside his brother
Nat, Cannonball pioneered a unique style of soulful and explosive improvisational music in the 60s and 70s that transformed the jazz landscape. This event focuses on the dynamic, heartfelt energy and innovative spirit of the Adderley brothers, brought to life through Jazz Mafia’s interpretation of their timeless classics. Band members featured are John Palowich on alto sax, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Adam Theis on trombone, Colin Hogan on piano,
Josh Thurston- Milgrom on upright bass and Henry Plumb on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
A great evening of music in store featuring the multi-award winning vocalist and Hawaii’s first lady of jazz Azure McCall who sings in the vocal traditions of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald. Her warmth and sense of humor fuel every interpretation Highly Recommended!!!!
$30/$40 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 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. 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
Andre Cruz & The Black Diamond Rhythm Band 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 a great show featuring the world music sounds of The James Henry Hands On Fire Highly Recommended!!!!

Saturday September 5th

Sweetwater Music Hall 19 Corte Madera Avenue Mill Valley 8:00 PM Showtime The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are simply the greatest front-porch blues band in the world and the Reverend Peyton is simply one of the greatest finger pickers around. The band’s live shows have attracted a following so huge that they perform more than 300 concerts a year. Opening up is Boston based indie alt pop rock and blues singer/songwriter and musician Hames This is one of the best shows of the week.
Highly Recommended!!! $30.42 Cover Charge

The Sound Room 3022 Broadway, Oakland 6:00 PM Showtime
Jazz Mafia‘s perform a birthday tribute to the great Cannonball Adderley, a titan of the alto sax and a charismatic frontman. Alongside his brother
Nat, Cannonball pioneered a unique style of soulful and explosive improvisational music in the 60s and 70s that transformed the jazz landscape. This event focuses on the dynamic, heartfelt energy and innovative spirit of the Adderley brothers, brought to life through Jazz Mafia’s interpretation of their timeless classics. Band members featured are John Palowich on alto sax, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Adam Theis on trombone, Colin Hogan on piano,
Josh Thurston- Milgrom on upright bass and Henry Plumb on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $39.20 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime Pianist
Larry Vuckovich is widely acclaimed by critics and jazz audiences alike for his deeply imaginative style and repertoire, is equally at home with world music and classically influenced modal jazz as he is with hard-swinging bebop, post-bop, contemporary jazz, and down-home blues. For this engagement he will be performing with his Latin Jazz Trio featuring the esteemed Afro-Cuban style, Puerto Rican percussionist/vocalist Hector Lugo and bassist Doug Miller. This is a set not to be missed. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Standout jazz vocalist Fred Ross will recreat performances from his 14 year plus stint at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel with old friends Kent Strand on keyboards, Ron Belcher on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

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

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based global soul Latin fusion band Cariberico music blends ancestral roots with modern grooves, fusing styles like salsa, cumbia, flamenco rumba, soul, and jazz Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime Singer/songwriter Quinn Deveaux music is a rapturous blend of early blues, old-school country and soul. Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge

Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Ranchero Road Nicasio 7:30 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!!!! $27 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
A great evening of music in store featuring the multi-award winning vocalist and Hawaii’s first lady of jazz Azure McCall who sings in the vocal traditions of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald. Her warmth and sense of humor fuel every interpretation Highly Recommended!!!!
$30/$40 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 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 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

San Francisco Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 2:00 PM Showtime The Golden Gate Bandshell presents its 5^th Annual Surf Music Festival featuring Surf Monster, The New Shockwaves, The Seismics & Uncle Sea Monster This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!

Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Donovan Plant,
Eva Jay Fortune, Francesca Lee & Peter Lindman 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 September 6^th

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell Street San Francisco 6:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes
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!!!! $15/$30 Cover Charge Per Set

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 5:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Blues guitarist and vocalist Big Daddy Cade performs his tribute to his mentor B.B. King. Cade has the look, has the voice, and his guitar style is as close to the real thing that one could ask for. When this man takes the stage Cade Is B.B. King!” Highly Recommended!!!! Highly Recommended!!!
$25/$60 Cover Charge Per Set

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes
A great evening of music in store with the Brad Leali Quartet featuring
Brad Leali on saxophone, Adam Shulman on piano & organ, Brian Fishler on drums and Matthew Montgomery on bass with special guest the wonderful jazz vocalist Carla Helmbrecht Highly Recommended!!!
$40 Cover Charge Per Set

Riptide SF 3639 Taravel Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Nashville Honeymoon is the Bay Area’s First Couple of Rockabilly and Country Music! Honky-tonk sweethearts Hank and Lynne play the classic country sounds of the 50s and 60s. Their music is a modern reworking of the classic country sounds of the 50s and 60s drawing on country, rockabilly, and honky-tonk traditions. Special guest is Joel Goldmark. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
A nice set of music in store featuring Oakland based indie dream pop band Night School 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
Blake Johnston, Clovis, Hayley Lynn, Michael Annotti & T-ranch 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!!!!!

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 & Roommate This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!

Monday September 7th

Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Ranchero Road Nicasio 4:00 PM Showtime
The Sons Of Champlin is one of the great and most influential soul- and R&B driven bands to come out of the Bay Area. This great American rock band is still going strong. Highly Recommended!!!! $47/$49 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 12:00 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 Per Set

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

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 September 8th

Piedmont Piano Company 1728 San Pablo Avenue Oakland 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!!!! $30 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Fault Line Trio is one of the Bay Area’s most dynamic and innovative crossover jazz projects! Swing, R&B, and sophisticated grooves. The trio features
Jay Sanders on piano and keys, Lukas Vesely on bass and Brian Fishler on drums.
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 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!!!! $30 Cover Charge

Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Clint Baker jazz musician extraordinaire and walking encyclopedia of jazz music and history, returns to the Woodchopper’s Ball with his incredibly fun Golden Gate Swing Band, swingin’ in the spirit of hard-driving Kansas City swing and featuring special guest Ali Affleck. Tight and powerful, they will make you want to dance every song! Great music for Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag, and all things swing! Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 Cover Charge

Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based Mean To Me is a jazz quintet that resurrects classic jazz of the 1920s through 1940s–sometimes twisted by the more modern stylings of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Ahmad Jamal and an eclectic variety of soul-jazz and latin-jazz. Band is led by jazz vocalist Judy Butterfield, with
Ben Slater on piano, Scott Foster on guitar, Cairo McCockran on drums and
Sam Heminger on bass 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 Dan Agnello, Scott Ray Laws & The Berrios Trio 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

Wednesday September 9th

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes. Highly acclaimed rocking blues guitarist, singer/singwriter
Mike Keneally leads his powerhouse band whose music blends progressive rock, jazz, fusion, and fearless improvisation into a uniquely adventurous live experience. Band members include Bryan Beller on bass, Rick Musallam on guitar, Griff Peters on guitar and Joe Travers on drums. Opening up is the dynamic rock/fusion instrumental trio the Travis Larson Band
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $30/$65 Cover Charge Per Set

Ivy Room 860 San Pablo Avenue Albany 7:00 PM Showtime
Master drummer and percussionist Scott Amendola latest musical venture
The Floating Parade is a vibe-y, grooving, sonically fun and rad experience unknown journey of bumpin’ beats and soothing sounds. The band features Amendola on drums/percussion/electronics, Nate Brenner on electrical bass, Robert Lopez on percussion, Mark Clifford on vibraphone and Ryan Schaeffer on electrical guitar. Highly Recommended!!!! $23.75 Cover Charge

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. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge

Bottom Of The Hill 1233 17th St, San Francisco 8:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring three great bands. Headlining is the Oakland based hip hop soul music of the Kofy Brown Band who has been a pioneering force in the Bay Area’s hip-hop soul scene with their unique style of soul, rock, funk and more. Skip The Needle the Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of Bay Area superstars Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Kofy Brown and Katie Cash who fashion punk, funk and soul influenced rock they like to call black dyke rock. Opening up is the rocking Bay Area based Black women punk trio Black Gold Sun. This is one of the must see shows of the week.
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $15 Cover Charge

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Rumbo Tumba is the electroacoustic music project led by Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Facundo Salgado who for the past 12 years has toured globally as a “one-man band,” using Live Looping techniques to mix native South American instruments in real time. His work is characterized by its ability to blend traditional South American folklore with experimental digital tools, often balancing themes of nature and culture, as well as the past and the present. Highly Recommended!!!!
$34.90/$43.80 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Post bop jazz pianist/composer and arranger Art Khu performs with his outstanding quartet Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Hammond organist, pianist, accordionist, vocalist, and composer
Robert Kennedy and his Organ Quartet’s music is built around the soul jazz and hard bop icons that include Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver and of course the greats of the Hammond organ including Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland. Band members include Kennedy on the Hammond B3 organ, Tom Griesser on tenor sax, Kelyn Crapp on guitar and Joe Kelner on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
One of the Bay Area’s best jazz singers and the leading interpreter of the music of Billie Holiday, Stella Heath will be performing with her outstanding quintet featuring Neil Angelo Fontano on piano, Ian Scherer on guitar,
Trevor Kinsel on bass & trumpet, Jonathan Corona on tenor sax & clarinet and Daniel Fabricant on drums Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime The fabulous Verve Quintet honors the blue note, hard bop tradition of the 1960’s and beyond. The band features Aaron Germain on bass, Adam Klipple on piano, Andrew Dixon on tenor sax, Daniel Herrera on tumpet and JPaul Macklin on drums. 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 Blake Johnston,
Hayley Lynn, Koyal & Matt Jaffe 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 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 425 California Street

Concert Recommendation Today

Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s

Upcoming Concerts & Shows

September 3^rd Cornerstone Berkeley Tab Benoit

September 4^th The Freight & Salvage Bettye Lavette

September 5^th The Freight & Salvage Bettye Lavette

September 5^th Green Music Center Taj Mahal & Kebmo

September 5^th August Hall Valerie-A Tribute To Amy Winehouse

September 10^th SF Jazz Christian McBride Trio

September 11^th SF Jazz Christian McBride Trio

September 12^th SF Jazz Christian McBride & Ursa Major

September 13^th SF Jazz Christian McBride & Ursa Major

Setember 15^th Yoshi’s John Pizzarelli

Setember 16^th Yoshi’s John Pizzarelli

September 17^th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane

September 18^th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane

September 19^th SF Jazz Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane

September 19th Frost Ampitheatre Brandi Carlile

September 19^th Cornerstone Berkeley Vieux Farka Toure

September 22nd SF Jazz Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis

September 23^rd Masonic SF Boz Scaggs

September 23^rd The Back Room Jim Canpilongo Trio With Scott Amendola

September 23^rd The Guild Theatre Tommy Emmanuel Trio

September 24^th The Freight & Salvage Michael Cleveland

September 25^th The Freight & Salvage Bill Frisell & Harmony Five

September 26^th Green Music Center Jazz At Lincoln Center With Wynton Marsalis

September 27th Guild Theatre Samantha Fish

Setember 28^h Yoshi’s Fred Wesley & The New JB’s

September 28^th SF Masonic Social Distortion

August 29^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Tori Amos

September 30^th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Jack Johnson

September 30^th Great American Music Hall Beth Orton

October 1st SF Jazz Hiromi & Kazunori

October 2^nd Guild Theatre John Oates & The Good Road Band

October 2^nd SF Jazz Hiromi

October 2^nd SF Masonic Danny Elfman

October 2^nd The Fillmore SF Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

October 3^rd Sweetwater Music Hall Old Crow Medicine Show

October 3^rd 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 6^th 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 11^th The Freight & Salvage Emmet Cohen Presents Miles & Coltrane at 100

October 13^th The Freight & Salvage Jon Mclaughlin

October 17^th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello

October 18^th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello

October 18^th The Guild Theatre Chris Isaak

October 20^th The Guild Theatre The Jerry Douglas Band

October 22^nd Rio Theatre Todd Rundgren

October 25^th The Independant SF Balthvs

October 29^th Rio Theatre Michael Franti Trio

October 29^th The Guild Theatre Blues Traveler

October 30^th The Fillmore SF Galactic

October 31st The Fillmore SF Galactic

October 30th Masonic SF The Chicks

October 30^th SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective

October 31^st SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective

November 1^st 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 6^th Sweetwater Music Hall Southern Culture On The Skids

November 7^th Bottom of the Hill Southern Culture On The Skids

November 12^th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter

November 13^th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter

November 14^th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter

November 15^th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter

November 21^st The Back Room Johnny Sansone Band

November 21^st The Freight & Salvage Lucy Kaplansky

November 30^th Great American Music Hall A John Waters Christmas

December 3^rd SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro

December 4^th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro

December 5^th The Independant SF Dragon Smoke

December 5^th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro

December 6^th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro

December 6^th Bimbo’s 365 Club Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan

December 11^th Rio Theatre Jonathan Richman

December 12^th Rio Theatre The Wooten Brothers

December 12^th SF Jazz Adam Shulman Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas

December 16^th SF Jazz The Queen’s Cartoonists

December 16^th Bimbo’s 365 Club Pokey LaFarge

December 17^th SF Jazz Tribute To Eddie Palmieri

December 18^th SF Jazz Cyrus Chestnut Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas

December 19^th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra

December 20^th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra

December 23^rd SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra

December 31st SF Jazz Cimafunk

Turn Your Radio On…..

Tuesday September 1st Recommendations

7:00 AM-9:00 AM WWOZ Traditional Jazz With Leslie Cooper hosts two hours of great traditional jazz

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-12:00 PM WWOZ The New Orleans Music Show With Cole Williams is a great program of rock, funk, Jamaican soul, and jazz

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

Noon-2:00 PM WWOZ Marc Stone takes over the airwaves with
Soul Serenade

2:00 PM-5:00 PM WWOZ Jazz From The French Market With T.R. Johnson

5:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ 50s R&B With Neil Pellegrin One of the most knowledgeable r&b early New Orleans music programmers on the air

8:00 PM-10:00 PM KPFA 94.1 FM Bebop Cubop And The Musical Truth
hosted by Avoctja

10:00 PM-1:00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM Variety Mix With Michelle Myers
A great eclectic mix of rock programming

Video Pick Of The Week

Art Pepper was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. With his lyrical, swinging style, alto saxophonist Pepper was recognized as one of the major jazz stars to emerge out of the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s. But his career was interrupted after developing a dependence on alcohol, pills, and heroin that led to an erratic lifestyle and (in 1952) the first of several arrests and incarcerations. Nonetheless, he remained a vital performer, issuing albums like 1959’s Plus Eleven and 1960’s Intensity. After entering the Synanon drug rehabilitation program in the late ’60s, Pepper resurrected his career. Working alongside his wife and manager
Laurie Pepper, he recorded a series of comeback albums including 1975’s
Living Legend and 1980’s Straight Life which found him embracing a more muscular, hard bop and modal sound influenced by John Coltrane . Despite, or perhaps because of his troubled career, Pepper — who died of a stroke in 1982 — remains a dualistic symbol for both the fallen jazz star and journeyman who never gave up. In celebration of Art’s 101st Birthday on Tuesday September 1st I would like to recommend the outstanding 1982 documentary
Art Pepper: Notes from A Jazz Survivor which is an intensely personal, painfully revealing portrait of one of jazz’s greatest alto saxophonists and most expressive soloists. Pepper was also a thief, drug addict, alcoholic, womanizer, and world renown wildman. In candid interviews he recounts his triumphs, troubles, and luck in meeting Laurie, his last wife. For half the film Pepper leads a trio in a Malibu nightclub, the set includes: “Red Car”, “Patricia” and “Miss Who?”.

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