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Some Music Birthday Celebrations For Today Monday November 9th Includes
George D. Hay remarkable visionary and colorful character who played a vital role in the commercializing and promotion of country music through his WSM radio program “The Barn Dance Show” which eventually was renamed the “Grand Ole Opry” was born 131 years ago
Mary Travers iconic folk singer whose ringing, earnest vocals with the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind”,
“If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement was born 90 years ago
Pepa Jamaican rapper best known for her work as a member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa turns 57 years old
Susan Tedeschi highly acclaimed multiple Grammy award winning blues and soul guitarist, singer/songwriter who is one of the most celebrated blues and American roots musicians of her generation, both as a solo artist and as the co-leader of the Tedeschi Trucks Band turns 56 years old
Scarface Houston based rapper and record produce best known as being a member of “The Geto Boys” turns 56 years old
Some Concert Reccomendations For Monday November 8th
Kuumbwa Jazz 320 Cedar St # 2, Santa Cruz 7:00 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz icon bassist and bandleader Marcus Shelby and his Nonet tackle the era-defining music trumpet icon Miles Davis and his nonet recorded in 1949 and 1950 that was released under the name Birth of the Cool which was a pivotal moment in the development of “cool jazz”. Highly Recommended!! $46.60 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!!!! $25 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. 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!!!! $10 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 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
Tuesday November 10th
The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 7:00 PM Showtime
New Orleans based pianist, bandleader, and performer Big Joe Kennedy presents A Taste of New Orleans which is he guides audiences through the traditions that shaped American music, from Traditional Jazz and Blues, to New Orleans R&B, with the authority and warmth of an artist who has spent decades inside this music Highly Recommended!!! $20 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Oakland based post bop saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
Nathan Nagadegawa-Lee performs with his quartet featuring
pianist Henry Plotnick, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet and drummer Miles Turk Highly Recommended!!! $5 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
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:00 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!!!! $25 Cover Charge
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Get ready to jump, jive, and swing with the The Neil Fontano Jazz Band who brings high-energy rhythm to the dance floor with a fresh, dynamic sound. Led by rising star Neil Angelo Fontano, this powerhouse group delivers a lively mix of 1930s-1950s swing and jump blues. Having played with top-tier acts like Nick Rossi’s Swing Six and Johnny Bones & the Palace of Jazz, Neil now takes center stage with his own band, guaranteed to keep dancers on their feet all night long! Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 10:00 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
Wednesday November 11th
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Koch-Marshall Trio music merges deep blues, hard rock, jazz, funk, gospel and country. They are known for their fiery improvisations, telepathic musical interplay along with a healthy does of humor. Band member featured are Greg Koch on guitar and vocals, Dylan Koch on drums and Toby Lee Marshall on the Hammond B3 Organ. This should be one of the best shows of the week. Highly Recommended!!! $34 Cover Charge
The Mabuhay Gardens 435 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Cat’s Corner presents Kamrin Ortiz & Knockouts who are a powerhouse sextet performing music inspired by the post-World War II sounds of shouting vocalists, wailing horns, and driving rhythm sections.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $25 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
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!!!!
$20 Cover Charge
Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore St, San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
A fun night of music in store featuring Jeff Cotton’s Gin Joint whose music features original songs in the styles of classic rock, southern rock, country and folk. Band members include Jeff Cotton on guitar and vocals, Mike Toth on bass,
Kris Jones on drums and Thomas Kinney on lead & rhythm guitars.
Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Two great sets of music featuring Noel Jewkes who is one of the premier jazz saxophone players in Northern California. Jewkes has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years, and has earned a distinguished reputation with lovers of Jazz music. 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!!! $5 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 trumpet 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 Kevin North, Richard March Band & Troubadour Fools The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!
No Cover Charge
Thursday November 12th
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke have defined and redefined the bass’s role in modern jazz, from the hard bop innovations of the early 1960s to the jazz-fusion revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see two living legends in performance together.
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $65-$165 Cover Charge
The Chapel 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring New Orleans based singer/songwriter Marc Broussard who is best known for his signature “bayou soul” style which is a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots.
Highly Recommended!!!! $42 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime Oakland based Bobby Young Project music is an electric blend of blues, rock, funk, and soul. Band members include Bobby Young on guitar and vocals,
Nick Young on guitar, Greg “Gman” Simmons on bass, Latrosse Harris on drums and Gig Anderson on keyboards. Highly Recommended!!!!! $23 Cover Charge
The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM 9:15 PM Showtimes
Pianist and keyboardist Marc Seales music is a distinctive blend of post-bop language, rich harmony, and fearless spontaneity Seales has toured and recorded with Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Benny Carter and Mark Murphy.
Her performs with an all star lineup featuring Seales on piano & keyboard, the legendary Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, Bruce Lett on acoustic bass and
Moyes Lucas Jr. on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore Street San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime Robby D & The EFG’S is a kick ass band with blistering renditions of new wave, funk, soul, and indie rock hits along with our latest and greatest original dance music. Band members include Rob Dietrich on guitar, Chris Colmenero on bass, Brian Fishler on drums and Natalyn Daniels on keys.
Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great show in store featuring one of New Orleans premier and most beloved American street band Tuba Skinny who are known for their performances of early jazz, ragtime, and blues music of the 1920s and 1930s
Highly Recommended!!!!! $44/$49 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 7:00 PM-11:30 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime Guitarist Ben Misterka and his band Collectivity blends international music to create a band that brings jazz/funk, psychedelic and soul. Misterka’s band is known for their international blend of music and for the musicians who make up the band Highly Recommended!!!! $20 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A night of progressive bluegrass featuring the Bay Area based
The High Water Line Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge
Blush Wine Bar 476 Castro Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Parlor Tricks is the world’s first and foremost industrial ragtime band, a hot-music quartet led with sultry vocals, resonator guitar, upright bass and drums. Band members include Lily Cato on lead vocals, Darah Golub and
Morgane Hollowell on vocals, Angelo Spagnolo on guitar, Brian Kesley on bass and synth and Terry Moore on drums Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Contemporary jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer Peter Horvath has since performed, recorded and toured nationally and worldwide with a long line of world-class artist, including jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Richie Cole, Benny Maupin, Lenny White, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Marcus Miller and the Oakland Symphony. Sitting in with Horvath are
Jeff Chambers on bass and Jason Lewis on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set
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
Friday November 13th
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke have defined and redefined the bass’s role in modern jazz, from the hard bop innovations of the early 1960s to the jazz-fusion revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see two living legends in performance together.
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $65-$165 Cover Charge
August Hall 420 Mason Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the New Orleans based progressive R&B band Tank & The Bangas whose music blends elements of classic soul, funk to hip-hop, reggae and rock all led by Tarriona “Tank” Ball on vocals and Norman Spence II on bass, keyboards & guitar, Deven Trusclair on drums, Kenaniah Turner on bass, Rob Kellner on keyboards and Etienne Stoufflet on saxophone. This is a show to definitely check out. Highly Recommended!!!! $39.80 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes. A great night of music in store featuring the legendary blues rock guitarist Harvey Mandel who is known for his innovative approach to electric guitar playing and legendary licks. A professional at twenty, he played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones and John Mayall before starting a solo career. Mandel was valued so highly by his peers for his innovative guitar work that he came within inches of joining the
Rolling Stones as a replacement guitarist after Mick Taylor quit in 1974
Highly Recommended!!!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
Roar Shack 34 7th Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
New Orleans based performance art and musical project of
Suzannah Elizabeth Powell better known by her personna Boyfriend presents
In The Garden which is a provocative storytelling with genre-bending music,
In the Garden explores identity, autonomy, temptation, and rebellion. As Eve questions her role in a world created for her, she confronts the consequences of desire, knowledge, and freedom reframing one of humanity’s oldest stories through a fiercely contemporary lens. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20 Cover Charge
The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM 9:30 PM Showtimes
Pianist and keyboardist Marc Seales music is a distinctive blend of post-bop language, rich harmony, and fearless spontaneity Seales has toured and recorded with Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Benny Carter and Mark Murphy.
Her performs with an all star lineup featuring Seales on piano & keyboard, the legendary Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, Bruce Lett on acoustic bass and
Moyes Lucas Jr. on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th Street San Francisco 8:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring New York City based singer/songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Jon Spencer who is known for his work in the noise and garage-rock scenes with Pussy Galore, Boss Hog and especially Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Also on the bill are New York City based experimental post punk and Genre Death and San Francisco based psychedelic punk rockers Fuck Wolf. DJ Mike Gabriel gets the music going.
Highly Recommended!!!! $35 Cover Charge
Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime There will be a party going on featuring the Oakland based new wave ska/reggae inspired band The New Accidents featuring Michael Antoun on sax, Colin Drakeon drums, guitar and percussion, Scott Hill on guitar, and vocals, David Latch on bass and vocals, Richard Mainzer on trumpet and vocals, Eric Wiley on keyboards and Paul Wilson on sax. Opening up are the Bay Area based cover band Daddy Issues whose music is dedicated to bands like Cheap Trick, The Pixies,The Strokes and The Killers. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20 Cover Charge
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
A great set of post bop jazz in store with Eric & The In Crowd featuring
Eric Shifrin on piano, Dan Seaman on bass, Mike Strunk on drums and Gino Raugi on guitar plus special guests. This is a set to definitely check out.
Highly Recommended!!!! $20 Cover Charge
The Sound Room 3022 Broadway Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
Jazz Mafia co-founder Adam Theis brings his own compositions to the Keys stage with a 12-piece all-star ensemble of strings, horns and rhythm section. Adam has been writing for strings for more than 20 years, from
Cosa Nostra Strings to his Brass, Bows & Beats Hip-Hop Symphony, and this lineup is one of his favorite sounds to write for: a huge palette of lush textures and colors, wide dynamics, and plenty of muscle when the music calls for it. The Jazz Mafia musical family features Adam Theis on trombone, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Chloe Scott Jones on flute, Tommy Occhiuto on tenor and baritone sax, Shaina Evoniuk (violin), Irene Sazer on violin, Michi Aceret on viola,
Lewis Patzner on cello, Dan Zemelman on piano, Sascha Jacobsen on upright bass, Aaron Kierbel on drums and special guests Highly Recommended!!!!
$39.19 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 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.Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime The Twist & Disco tell the story of a groove that stirred in Memphis and exploded in Detroit– bounced off of post-war London to crash at Studio 54. You might hear Barry, Presley, Wonder, Jagger, Withers, Gaye or Gibb or anything that covers the two breakneck decades between the birth of
The Backbeat and the rise of Four-on-the-Floor. Band members include
Trevor Pritchett on vocals, Torre on bass and vocals, Henry Plumb on drums and Josh Blas on guitar. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Grammy award winning jazz blues singer Jamie Davis nicknamed
“The Chocalate Baritone” is one of the great big band vocalists of his era. He rarely comes to the Bay Area. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
Atta Kid has been a staple of the Bay Area scene since 2013. This all-star crew of the funkiest musicians this side of New Orleans. Led by Daniel Casares on sax and vocals, Max Cowan on B-3keyboards and vocals, Joe Bagale on drums and vocals and Jason Muscat on bass. Atta Kid will take you from Grand Ave to Frenchmen Street in every set. 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
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. 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
Sunset Community Band This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
Saturday November 14th
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke have defined and redefined the bass’s role in modern jazz, from the hard bop innovations of the early 1960s to the jazz-fusion revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see two living legends in performance together.
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $65-$175 Cover Charge
Roar Shack 34 7th Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
New Orleans based performance art and musical project of the wonderful Suzannah Elizabeth Powell better known by her personna Boyfriend presents Boyfriend’s 15 Year Celebration which brings it all back to where it started: small clubs, sweaty rooms, and gloriously provocative, raw performance. This intimate farewell show dives into fifteen years of Boyfriend’s world, trading spectacle for closeness as she tears through fan favorites, deep cuts, and the songs that built a cult following with the occasional surprise guest dropping in along the way. It’s a last-chance, up close communion with the character before she returns to her role as an alter ego . Highly Recommended!!!!
$20 Cover Charge
The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
The compelling singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell music is a blend of jazz, country, folk, Celtic, klezmer and blues as she has performed as a member of various music groups including Po’ Girl,
Birds of Chicago, Our Native Daughters and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon Highly Recommended!!!! $50.50/$120.95/$162.50 Cover Charge
Top Of The Mark 999 California Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Laurent Fourgo & His Vintage Jukebox Orchestra specializes in Swing Era favorites, jazz standards, Bossa Nova classics and elegant ballroom selections transporting their audiences to the golden decades of the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s — an era of big bands, glamorous nightclubs, and unforgettable evenings filled with live music and dancing. Highly Recommended!!!
$15 Cover Charge
The Chapel 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set oif music in store featuring the Minneapolis based indie American alternative folk country band The Cactus Blossoms Highly Recommended!!!!
$33.40 Cover Charge
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
The sixth annual Black Women’s Roots Festival celebrates powerful, pioneering Black women in roots music showcasing a dynamic lineup of legendary artists, world-renowned performers and emerging talent featuring
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Jazxzmeia Horn, Linda Tillery, Silk-E and
August Lee Stevens Highly Recommended!!!!! $44/$49 Cover Charge
The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM 9:30 PM Showtimes
Pianist and keyboardist Marc Seales music is a distinctive blend of post-bop language, rich harmony, and fearless spontaneity Seales has toured and recorded with Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Benny Carter and Mark Murphy.
Her performs with an all star lineup featuring Seales on piano & keyboard, the legendary Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, Bruce Lett on acoustic bass and
Moyes Lucas Jr. on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Piedmont Piano Company 1728 San Pablo Avenue Oakland 5:30 PM Showtime A joyous evening of Brazilian choro music with San Francisco based Grupo Falso Baiano with special guest Portland based jazz pianist
Kerry Politzer Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the Karwan Ensemble which is a virtuosic trio of Afghan artists seeking to explore and portray the melodic and rhythmic expressions of Central and South Asian culture. Accompanying them is Natalie Nayun who offers her expertise in the cultural dance forms of the same regions in her enchanting interpretation of the folk music. Band members featured areSiddique Ahmed on Rubab. Kamal Ahmad on Sitar & Tambur, Edrees Osman on Tabla & Dholak and dancer Natalia Nayun.
Highly Recommended!!!! $40 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!!!!! $28.45 Cover Charge Per Set
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime Washington D.C. based jazz guitarist singer, compooser and arranger
Joel Harrison leads an all star ensemble performing the Miles Davis iconic 1970 record “In A Silent Way”. Performing with Harrison are Paul Hansonon reeds, Michael Manring on bass and Scott Amendola on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $20 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Jazz Mafia co-founder Adam Theis brings his own compositions to the Keys stage with a 12-piece all-star ensemble of strings, horns and rhythm section. Adam has been writing for strings for more than 20 years, from
Cosa Nostra Strings to his Brass, Bows & Beats Hip-Hop Symphony, and this lineup is one of his favorite sounds to write for: a huge palette of lush textures and colors, wide dynamics, and plenty of muscle when the music calls for it. The Jazz Mafia musical family features Adam Theis on trombone, Mike Olmos on trumpet, Chloe Scott Jones on flute, Tommy Occhiuto on tenor and baritone sax, Shaina Evoniuk (violin), Irene Sazer on violin, Michi Aceret on viola,
Lewis Patzner on cello, Dan Zemelman on piano, Sascha Jacobsen on upright bass, Aaron Kierbel on drums and special guests Highly Recommended!!!!
$40 Cover Charge Per Set
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!!!! $25 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 PM Showtime
Chris Aschman Volcanic Band‘s music blends Latin jazz, jazz funk, and world music influences, drawing from his diverse performance history with artists including Paquito D’Rivera, Stanley Clarke and Aretha Franklin
Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime Pop Ignition is a pop, rock and R&B cover band that blasts off with iconic classics and today’s biggest chart-toppers! Highly Recommended!!!!
$10 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A nice set of indie Americana folk rock with Stu Silverman & friends.
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Sunday November 15th
SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke have defined and redefined the bass’s role in modern jazz, from the hard bop innovations of the early 1960s to the jazz-fusion revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see two living legends in performance together.
Highly Recommended!!!!!! $65-$165 Cover Charge
The Black Cat 400 Eddy San Francisco 7:00 PM 9:15 PM Showtimes
Pianist and keyboardist Marc Seales music is a distinctive blend of post-bop language, rich harmony, and fearless spontaneity Seales has toured and recorded with Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Benny Carter and Mark Murphy.
Her performs with an all star lineup featuring Seales on piano & keyboard, the legendary Ernie Watts on tenor saxophone, Bruce Lett on acoustic bass and
Moyes Lucas Jr. on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay 4:30 PM Showtime. Renowned as drummer and vibraphonist Jason Marsalis is one of the most dynamic voices in contemporary jazz, known for his precision, versatility, and innovative approach. His latest project features the brilliant jazz singer & composer Vanisha Gould. Marsalis and Gould combine sleek improvisations with soulful vocals for an afternoon of excellent music.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $50/$60 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 5:30 PM Showtime
Golden Gate Blues Society IBC Regional Challenge brings its shortlist to the Biscuits and Blues stage, each act plays a short set, and every ticket comes with a ballot, so part of the vote is yours. Last season the society sent
Jeffrey James in the solo division and M’sippi Slide in the band division. Doors at four, music at five thirty, and by nine o’clock somebody in this room is going to Memphis. Highly Recommended!!!!! $ 28.45 Cover Charge Per Set
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 5:00 PM Showtime Legendary Bay Area based jazz drummer Vince Lateano performs with his trio with Ben Stolorow on piano and Peter Barshay on bass.
Highly Recommended!!!! $20 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes The hypnotic energy of Dani & Derbora Gurgel Quarteto comes from the deep musical connection between Dani’s syncopated scat singing blending with Debora’s pulsating piano, weaving Brazilian charm and jazz improvisation into a vibrant and original sound. They will be joined by special guests
Sandy Cressman on vocals and Natalie Cressman on trombone.
Highly Recommended!!!! $40.00 Cover Charge Per Set
Riptide SF 3639 Taravel Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the ultimate San Francisco based instrumental surf rock rumble party band Surf Monster
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
Danny’s Live Dead is the popular Northern California Grateful Dead cover band and weekly jam night led by drummer Danny Luehring
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
San Francisco Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 12:00 PM Showtime. The Golden Gate Bandshell presents Tribute To The Legends 2026 featuring Burning Down The House & The Jean Genies This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. 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 Guid8nce, DJ Sep & Irie Dole This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
Monday November 16th
Kuumbwa Jazz 320 Cedar St # 2, Santa Cruz 7:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the all female quartet Las Migas who break the codes of traditional flamenco to add jazz, classical, bossa and Manouche sounds. The band features the passionate singing of
Carolina La Chispa, the twin guitars of Marta Robles and Alicia Grillo and the free-form violin of Roser Loscos Highly Recommended!! $52.50 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Andre Sumelius Quartet is a prominent contemporary jazz group led by the highly acclaimed Finnish drummer and composer Andre Sumelius who are known for their high-energy hard and post-bop sound, the quartet blends Scandinavian jazz sensibilities with international collaborations.
Highly Recommended!!!! $25 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
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 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
Tuesday November 17th
August Hall 420 Mason Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
A great show in store featuring the celebrated indie Americana roots rock alt country band Son Volt. The band is currently on tour promoting their new album “Sound Signals Serenade”. Highly Recommended!!!
$39.80 Cover Charge
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the all female quartet Las Migas who break the codes of traditional flamenco to add jazz, classical, bossa and Manouche sounds. The band features the passionate singing of
Carolina La Chispa, the twin guitars of Marta Robles and Alicia Grillo and the free-form violin of Roser Loscos Highly Recommended!!!!!
$44/$49 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Los Angeles based jazz singer, drummer and percusionist
Elizabeth Goodfellow along with her trio perfroms a set of music from
The Great American Songbook. Highly Recommended!!!
$10 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz musician Smith Dobson performs with his outstanding quartet featuing Dobson on drums, vibraphone and sax, Dan Shulman on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and Alan Jones on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20 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
A great night of music in store featuring one of the most fun ensemble bands anywhere! The San Francisco Medicine Ball Band is a legendary, high-energy ensemble known for delivering irresistible dance grooves rooted in Swing, Jump Blues, and driving New Orleans rhythms. Swing dancers love the infectious energy of featured vocalist Valeriana Q, a long-time Bay Area favorite. Highly Recommended!!!!! $20 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 10:00 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
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
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
Wednesday November 18th
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great evening of blues and roots music featuring the accomplished guitarist and powerful singer/songwriter Corey Harris whose musical influences include reggae, soul, rock and West African music and renowned creole blues guitarist singer/songwriter Cedric Watson. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$44/$49 Cover Charge
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime GamperDrums presents The Funky Jazz All-Stars which is a tribute to
Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon, Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Monk’s Bemsha Swing and Chick Corea’s Windows all run through a funk lens with Chris Gamper on drums, Sam Bevan and Aaron Germain on bass, Michael Abraham on guitar and
Joe Cohen on saxophone. Highly Recommended!!!! $23 Cover Charge
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco 7:00 PM & 8:45 PM Showtimes
Patrick Wolff Quartet is an exciting band with a big sound, this group of some of SF’s finest celebrates the music of the hard bop era with a mix of originals and songs from Clifford Jordan, Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham and more. The ensemble features Patrick Wolff on saxophone and clarinet, Keith Saunders on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and Matt Wilson on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15-$30 Cover Charge Per Set
The Mabuhay Gardens 435 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Cat’s Corner presents ther jump, jive, and swing with ensemble
The Neil Angelo Band who brings high-energy rhythm to the dance floor with a fresh, dynamic sound. Led by rising star Neil Angelo Fontano, this powerhouse group delivers a lively mix of 1930s-1950s swing and jump blues. Having played with top-tier acts like Nick Rossi’s Swing Six and Johnny Bones & the Palace of Jazz, Neil now takes center stage with his own band, guaranteed to keep dancers on their feet all night long! Highly Recommended!!!!!
$25 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
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 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!!!! $20 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes The Hammond Organ Party features the great jazz and blues vocalist
Pamela Rose and Hammond B3 organ master Wayne De La Cruz romp through a set of rare jazz standards, blues and R&B classics. They are joined by guitar great Danny Caron and drummer Mark Lee.Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring San francisco based jazz trumpet master Mike Olmos with his outstanding ensemble. 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
Tonight’s Concert Recommendation
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime Le Hot Jazz
Upcoming Concerts & Shows
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…..
Radio Programming Recommendations For Monday November 9th
7:00 AM-10:00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM John Richards A great program with one of the most knowlegeable DJ’s on the air
9:00 AM-Noon KPOO 89.5 FM The Power Of Blues Compels You with
Marlyn Fowler
10:00 AM-1:00 PM KEPX 92.7 FM The Midday Show With Cheryl Waters
An eclectic programming mix by one of my favorite DJ’s on the air. This is a must listen program
2:00 PM-4:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Storm Surge With Hunter
One of the great surf music programs on the air
4:00 PM-6:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Jazz Shmazz With Breezy &
Art Leenor One of my favorite weekly jazz programs
5:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ Jazz From Jax Brewery With Maryse Dejean
6:00 PM-8:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Reggae Roots & Branches With ShepardOne of my favorite reggae music programs
9:00 PM-10:00 PM KFJC 89.7 FM Cousin Mary hosts one of the great surf music programs in the known universe
10:00 PM-1:00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM Variety Mix With Sean An eclectic three hours of music
Video Pick Of The Week
Mose Allison was a pianist, singer and songwriter who straddled modern jazz and Delta blues, belonging to both styles. Even as he became a touchstone for British Invasion rockers and folksy troubadours Mr. Allison used his cool, clear voice to conversational effect, with an easy blues inflection that harked back to his upbringing in rural Mississippi. Backing himself at the piano, he favored a loose call and response between voice and instrument, or between right and left hands, often taking tangents informed by the complex harmonies and rhythmic feints of bebop. His artistic persona, evident in his stage manner as well as his songs, suggested a distillation of folk wisdom in a knowing but unpretentious package. In celebration of Moses 99th birthday on Wednesday November 11th I would like to highly recommend the 2005 documentary
Mose Allison:Ever since T Stoled The Blues, Paul Bernays’ affectionate portrait of legendary “jazz sage” and the “William Faulkner of jazz” who was treasured by most everyone occupying a singular place and influence in the pantheon of greats. Among those singing Allison’s praise in the film are Pete Townsend,
Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Loudon Wainwright, Elvis Costello and
Bonnie Raitt. As The Kinks’ Ray Davies once said, “When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues”
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