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Intune is a resource for live local music listings around the Bay Area. Find out what’s happening, whose playing music and the venues that feature live music!! Also let me share what shows are coming up that you plan on attending as well as venues you like. Your feed back is important and very much appreciated

Sunday July 19th Birthdays include

Al Haig one of the finest pianists of the bop era best known for his being a member of the Charlie Parker Quintet made up of Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
Max Roach, Tommy Potter and Haig which is credited with helping to introduce be-bop was born 104 years ago

Buster Benton infectious blues guitarist and singer who played guitar in Willie Dixon’s Blues All-Stars and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon penned song “Spider in My Stew” was born 94 years ago

Vikki Carr multiple Grammy award winning singer who scored a bevy of pop hits in the 1960’s including “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” and “It Must Be Him” and then became a Spanish-language superstar in the ’80s turns 85 years old

Phil Upchurch prolific jazz guitarist and sideman to the stars who played and recorded with Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters was born 85 years ago

George Frayne who as the frontman for the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen melded Western swing, jump blues, rockabilly and boogie-woogie with a freewheeling 1960s ethos to pave the way for generations of roots-rock, Americana and alt-country musicians was born 82 years ago

Bernie Leadon original Eagles member who alternated between vocals, electric and acoustic guitar and pedal steel turns 79 years old

Brian May Queen’s lead guitarist and backup vocalist whose distinctive playing style melodic solos and innovative techniques became a hallmark of the band’s sound turns 79 years old

Allen Collins celebrated rock guitarist one of the original members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd who co-wrote many of the band’s songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant including “Free Bird” and
“Gimme Three Steps”was born 74 year ago

Some Concert Recommendations For Today are

Sunday July 19th

Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Road Nicasio 4:00 PM Showtime
A great evening of music in store featuring indie Americana roots music legends Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore join forces to present their
Almost Acoustic Duo performing their acclaimed mix of folk, blues and country.Highly Recommended!!!!! $45 Cover Charge

SF Jazz 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The reigning kings of psychedelic funk the modern funk super group Lettuce is on tour promoting their new power packed groove album Groove featuring 16 tracks of rib-sticking funk including the standout track “Keep On” by
Tower of Power’s founder Emilio Castillo. This is one of the can’t miss shows of the week. Highly Recommended!!!! $55-$$105 Cover Charge

SF Jazz Joe Henderson Lab 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes. Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob has for over two decades been playing high energy improvisation with rollicking grooves unlike any other band on the planet. Long known fpr their playful, genre-crossing cover choices the band’s larger missionhas always been to put the fun back in jazz music. The band is led by their genius leader slide trumpeter Stephen Bernstein with Briggan Krauss onbaritone & soprano saxophone, Tony Scherron bass and
Kenny Wollesenon drums & percussion with special guest Liberty Ellmanon guitar. Highly Recommended!!!! $39 Cover Charge Per Set

Ivy Room 860 San Pablo Avenue Albany 6:00 PM Showtime
A truly great set of music in store featuring one of thebonafide punk pioneers and “godfather of garage rock” guitarist Lenny Kaye who is on tour promoting his debut solo record “Goin’Local”. Opening up is the legendary San Francisco based punk band Penelope Houston & The Jailbirds whose music is a blend of traditional punk with country, folk and Americana elements. Dj Sid Presley gets the groove going. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $23 Cover Charge

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
7 time Grammy nominated Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader
Omar Sosa celebrates the debut album with his East Bay-based Latin-world-jazz-groove projectQuarteto Americanos, featuring saxophone master
Sheldon Brown, drummer extraordinaireJosh Jones and heavyweight baby bassistErnesto Mazar Kindelán. The highly acclaimed recording entitled “
“We Are Not The Headliner” captures the very heart of Quarteto Americanos, a sonic universe in which Latin roots converge with the worlds of jazz, classical, and hip-hop. Highly Recommended!!!! $49/$54 Cover Charge

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay 4:30 PM Showtime. A really nice set in store featuring virtuoso jazz vocalist, composer and arranger Michael Mayo whose musicfuses jazz, soul, R&B, and hip-hop into a singular innovative sound. Mayo is backed up by a dynamite trio featuring Andrew Freedman on piano, Nicholas Campbell on bass and
Robin Baytas on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!! $60 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes Suzanna Smith is one of the few contemporary female vocalists who evokes Peggy Lee’s slightly breathy and warmly sensual sound with Lee’s ability to not just caress a ballad but smother it in mink. Backing Smith are Lee Bloom on piano, Ruth Davies on bass and Jon Arkin on drums. Highly Recommended!!! $20-$50 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 3:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the Odyssey Jazz Trio with Ollie Dukek on bass, Matthew Clark on piano and Bryan Bowman on drums performing swing, cool jazz, Bossa Nova, bebop and Afro-Cuban standards and originals.
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
A great set of the Grateful Dead inspired music with Dannys Live Dead featuring Grahame Lesh, Garrett Deloian, Brian Rashap and Danny Eisenberg
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 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

The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Showtime A nice set of music in store featuring jazz guitarist Paride Pignotti
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge

The 88^th Annual Stern Grove Music Festival free summer outdoor Sunday music festival continues with the great Colombian band Bomba Estereo. Opening up is the Oakland based high energy cumbia Afro-Latin band
La Misa Negra The music starts at 2:00 PM and is located at 19^th Avenue and Sloat Blvd in San Francisco

Mosswood Meltdown hosted by filmmaker John Waters is an eclectic music festival quoted by Waters himself as ‘the perfect cult gathering of young and old music rebels who hate everybody in the world except each other.’ The festival is hosted at the historic Mosswood Park in Oakland, California and has been on the festival circuit for over a decade. Todays lineup includes
The Dead Milkmen, The Return Of Jackie and Judy and Peaches Christ. For complete lineup information visit Mosswood Meltdown Lineup. For ticket information visit Mosswood Meltdown Tickets

Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Karney Duo& Vinyl Nite. This is a free concert. The Whale’s Tail is located at the14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on the JFK Promenade.
Highly Recommended!!!!!

San Francisco Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:30 PM-7:30 PM Showtime Rockin’ The Bandshell Sunday Crucial Reggae In The Park presents
DJ Guid8nce,DJ Sep, Irie Dole & DJ Trueverse This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!

Monday July 20th

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of a rotating cast of talented Bay Area jazz musicians to the DeLuxe every Monday
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime One of the Bay Area’s hottest trad jazz ensembles the
Barbary Coast Jazz Band features Bob Schulz on cornet, Don Neely on reeds,
Clint Baker on trombone, Bill Reinhart on tuba, Scott Anthony on banjo and Marty Eggers on piano. Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime Midnight Blue Organ Trio is a hard swinging group inspired by Jazz organ greats Jimmy Smith, Larry Young and Dr. Lonnie Smith. The trio’s repertoire includes compositions by contemporary artists Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and John Scofield. Band members include Mike LeDonne on the Hammond B3 organ, Dave Stryker on guitar and Mike Clark on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Madrone Art Bar located at 500 Divisadero San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Motown Mondays where every Monday at the Madrone dance the night away with hosts DJ Gordo Cabeza and Timoteo Gigante and resident DJs spinning originals, exclusive remixes, and close relatives of your favorite Motown songs. Highly Recommended!!!!! $5 Cover Charge

Tuesday July 21st

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the Bay Area based Hard Bop Quintet whose music is inspired by the fiery style of jazz which fueled much of the 1960’s New York Jazz scene. The groups repertoire consists of original compositions by , as well as new interpretations of genre classics by legends such as Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and Kenny Dorham. Band members include
Scott Larson on trombone, Jay Sanders on trumpet, Keith Sanders on piano,
Eric Markowitz on bass and Smith Dobson 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 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!!!! $15 Cover Charge

Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM 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!!!!! $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. A great set of music in store featuring the high energy 8 piece band My Blue Soul playing their brand of original and cover soul music led by singer/dancer/songwriter Carmin D’Leto. 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
Jonathan Burnside,Oceanography & Young Sun 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 July 22nd

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

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 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!!!
$5 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area based first call post bop jazz guitarist Luke Westbrook performswith John Wiitala on bass and Smith Dobson on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge

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

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Two great sets of music featuring Noel Jewkes whois 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 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 Anna Jae Trio &Jenerator
The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge

Thursday June 23rd

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring versatile French jazz saxophonist and composer Cyril Guiraud. 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 killer speakeasy era 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

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
A great set of rockin’ blues gospel & soul featuring Santa Clara based guitarist and singer/songwriter Jeffrey James and his trio. Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes San Francisco’s Bard of Bop jazz Guitar icon Bruce Forman comes home for a night of jazz guitar stunts, storytelling, and mayhem. With his SF trio featuring Bruce on guitar, Rob Fisher on bass and Akira Tana on drums most anything can happen…and it usually does! Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Bay Area jazz keyboardist Adam Kipple leads his outstanding Soul Jazz Quintet featuring Kipple on Hammond B3 organ, Scott Amendola on drums, Kai Lyons guitar, Kasey Knudsen sax and Joel Berhman trombone. This is a set of music to definitely check out..Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge

The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 7:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. A good set of music featuring San Francisco based jazz funk quartet Zoo Notes featuring Antonio Feula on guitar, Shangyu on keys, Mirco Melone on bass and Dan McGivern on drums Highly Recommended!!!!
$10 Cover Charge

Madrone Art Bar 500 Divisadero Street, San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime Aaron Hammerman of The Deep Basement Shakers 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!!!! 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 JimBo Trout 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 Oakland based Citizens Jazz led by upright & electric bassist Caroline Chung joined by Berkeley based guitarist Khalil Foal-Anthony music is rooted in the traditions of jazz, soul, funk, Latin, with an added level of experimentation. The concert takes place at Ricon Center located at
101 Spear Street

Friday July 24th

The Guild Theatre 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park 8:00 PM Showtime
10,000 Maniacs is celebrating 45 years as one of America’s most beloved alternative rock bands bringing to the stage a career-spanning show that blends classics and new music. From unforgettable hits like “These Are Days”,
“Like the Weather”, “More Than This” and “Because the Night” the band continues to inspire with poetic lyrics, lush melodies, and dynamic performances. The band is fronted by Mary Ramsey and joined by founding members Jerome Augustyniak, John Lombardo, Dennis Drew and
Steven Gustafson along with guitarist Ben Medina. Highly Recommended!!!!
$58 Cover Charge

The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
Flower Piano co-creator Dean Mermell celebrates the legacy of a brilliant American songsmith Mose Allison with his band Mose Def featuring Mermell on vocals, Kymry Esainko on keys, Eric Garland on drums, Daniel Fabricant on bass and Tom Griesser on tenor. I saw this band perform at Flower Piano and they were great. Highly Recommended!!!!!!! $20 Cover Charge

The Chapel 777 Valencia Street San Francisco 8:30 PM Showtime
Legendary indie Americana folk rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader James McMurtry is on tour performing songs from his highly acclaimed 2025 release The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy. Opening up is indie Americana country folk rock singer/songwriter BettySoo.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Tony Lindsay & The Soul Soldiers perform the classic hits of
Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Etta James, Lou Rawls, Sam Cooke and Donny Hathaway. This powerhouse soul band also features Allen Leong on keyboards, Davd Shul on guitar David Jones on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums.
Highly Recommended!!! $25-$60 Cover Charge Per Set

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Renowned urban folk singer/songwriter and guitarist Tom Rush has enjoyed a long-running career spanning more than 70 years. His rich, warm voice and his knack for finding new material from gifted songwriters made him a frequent presence at folk clubs and festivals from the ’60s onward. His Rush’s “No Regrets” has gone on to become a folk standard has been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Harry Belafonte and Waylon Jennings among others. Rush will be accompanied by Nashville based guitarist Brendan Cleary.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $44/$49 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco Ocean Beach based instrumental surf band The Seismics perform music ranging from surf originals to 50+ classic 60’s surf covers.
Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
Bay Area jazz keyboardist Adam Kipple leads his outstanding Soul Jazz Quintet featuring Kipple on Hammond B3 organ, Scott Amendola on drums, Kai Lyons guitar, Kasey Knudsen sax and Joel Berhman trombone . This is a set of music to definitely check out.. Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Ray Obiedo‘s Latin Jazz Ensemble is comprised of some of the Bay Area’s finest contemporary jazz musicians. With its heavy influence of Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms, a traditional West Coast Latin Jazz sound is always at the core of the ensemble.Band members include Obiedo on guitar, Jeff Cressman on trombone, Murray Low on keys, Dan Feiszli on bass, Jon Bendich on percussion and Phil Hawkins on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtimes
A great set of Jimmy McGriff inspired music with Smokehouse featuring
Eamonn Flynn on the Hammond B3 organ & vocals, Anthony Paule on guitar & vocals and Willy Jordan on drums & vocals. 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 Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge

The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A nice set of music in store featuring Brooklyn based indie Americana singer guitarist Sunny Climbs Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge

Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Avenue San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Gaucho Jazz is a masterful Bay Area band that combines the influence of gypsy jazz of 1930’s Europe with the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music, gutbucket blues and elements of ragtime. The band features band leader Dave Ricketts on guitar/vocals and coronet, Ari Munkres on bass, Craig Ventresco on guitar, Steve Apple on percussion and Leon Oakley on trumpet. This is one of the Bay Area’s best jazz ensembles. Highly Recommended!!!!!! No Cover Charge

Ocean Ale House 1314 Ocean Avenue San Francisco 2:00 PM-4:00 PM Showtime. A nice afternoon of improv jazz featuring Tandem Sidecar with Corey Weinstein on clarinet and Dave Melamed on guitar and harmonica.
Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge

Sausalito Jazz & Blues By The Bay in Downtown Sausalito 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Showtime. The free concert series presents the Bay Area based jazz blues & soul band Juke Joint Highly Recommended!!!!

SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:30 PM-7:30 PM Showtime The Golden Gate Bandshell Soul/Jazz/R&B Concert Series presents Talley Up. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!!

Saturday July 25^th

The 19^th Annual Petaluma Music Festival takes place from 11:30 AM-9:30 PM at the Peltaluma Fairgrounds. This year’s lineup includes 10,000 Maniacs,
The Smithereens and the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. For a complete lineup information visit Petaluma Music Festival Lineup. For Ticket information visit Petaluma Music Festival Tickets. For general information visit
Petaluma Muisc Festival Information

The UC Theatre 2036 University Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great show in store featuring virtuoso harpist Brandee Younger whose genre-crossing style incorporates jazz, classical, soul, funk, R&B and hip hop.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $35 Cover Charge

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Rapper and producer Kool Keith first gained fame as a member of the pioneering hip-hop group Ultramagnetic MCs in the late 1980s, known for their innovative use of samples and dense, complex rhymes. After leaving Ultramagnetic MCs in the early 1990s Keith embarked on a solo career that has spanned several decades and produced numerous critically acclaimed albums. He is known for his eccentric and often surreal lyrics, which often touch on themes of science fiction, sex, and violence, as well as his inventive use of language and wordplay. He is currently on tour promoting his new album “Black Elvis 2”. Highly Recommended!!!! $44/$49 Cover Charge

Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM Showtime. A great night of music featuring Chris Cain who offers up a soulful stew of Memphis style electric blues. His powerfully deep vocals and jazz inspired, blues guitar riffs are unforgettable; uniquely his own, while reminiscent of the legendary BB King and Albert King.
Highly Recommended!!! $25-$60 Cover Charge Per Set

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 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!!!
$10 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
Mitch Polzak is a master guitarist and he and The Royal Deuces has been one of the premier Rockabilly bands since staring in 1999. Polzak’s incredible showmanship and ability to connect with his audiences as well as his diverse background in multiple genres (including Cajun, Bluegrass and Surf), contribute to what makes his sound and show so unique.
Highly Recommended!!! $15 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are just a superb internationally recognized swing big band in the authentic style of the 1940’s and 1950’s as the band. Lavay the reigning “Queen Of Classic Jazz & Blues” pays tribute to the swingin’ Kansas City tradition, featuring the music of Count Basie,
Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Helen Humes, Lester Young, Jay McShann,
Walter Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Myra Taylor & Big Joe Turner!
Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
Ritmo y Voz is an electrifying trio where the deep-rooted traditions of Afro-Cuban jazz meet the power of dynamic vocals. This high-energy performance features an all-star lineup including Einar “Tito” Leliebre on vocals & percussion,
Ernesto Kindelan Mazar on bass and Kai Lyons on guitar.
Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 10:30 PM Showtime
The Late Set features one of the staples of the San Francisco jazz scene
Adam Shulman performing with his organ trio. Highly Recommended!!!!
$20 Cover Charge

Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
San Francisco based Sondango music is rooted in the foot tapping hip shaking sounds of Havana, Los Angeles, Mexico City and London featuring
Richard Nelson Hall on piano, Sandra Aran on vocals, Scott Foster on guitar,
Dan Feiszli on bass and Russ Gold on drums. 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 3:00 PM-5:00 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

SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Showtime The Golden Gate Bandshell presents Blue Lew & Sven and the Masterful Orchestra featuring Rotton Core, Sven and the Masterful Orchestra & The Joes 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 Davia Schendel,
Owen Quincy, Vagabond Empire & Vinyl Nite. 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 July 26th

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay 4:30 PM Showtime. A great afternoon of music in store featuring guitarist extraordinaire Ray Obiedo and his high energy Latin band featuring none other than legendary percussionist Pete Escovedo. Band members include
Pete Escovedo on timbales, Ray Obiedo on guitar, Jeff Cressman on trombone,
Melecio Magdaluyo on sax & flute, Murray Low on piano, Dan Feizsli on bass,
Jon Bendich on congas and Phil Hawkins on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!! $60 Cover Charge

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes The Bay Area music collective Jazz Mafia presents its 18 piece
Realistic Orchestra a modern electro-acoustic big band built from the core musicians and co-founders who shaped Jazz Mafia from the beginning. The group blends classic big-band instrumentation with futuristic textures, original compositions, bold arrangements, and a long history of cross-disciplinary collaborations. Highly Recommended!!! $40 Cover Charge

Speisekammer 2424 Lincoln Avenue Alameda 8:00 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!!!! No Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 3:00 PM Showtime
Sami Stevens Band performs an evening soulful jazz, blues and folk of jazz Cuban and Brazilian influenced music. Band members include
Kazemde George on saxophone, Sami Stevens on vocals, Kai Lyons on guitar
Giulio Xavier on bass and Elé Howell on drums. Highly Recommended!!!
$5 Cover Charge

The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
One of the Bay Area’s most sought after jazz drummers performs with
Henry Plumb performs with Alex So on tenor and Isaac Coyle on bass.
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge

Ocean Ale House 1314 Ocean Avenue San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
Karen Segal Trio led by the wonderful jazz guitarist Karen Segal performs original compositions and inventive arrangements of standards with
Jack Kerns on drums and Jonathan Ferris on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!!
No Cover Charge

The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Showtime A great set of music in store featuring jazz pianist Graham Messer who is one of the young guns making a name for himself in the world of jazz today. A nice set of music in store featuring Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge

The 88^th Annual Stern Grove Music Festival free summer outdoor Sunday music festival continues with Suki Waterhouse Opening up is
Charlotte Lawrence The music starts at 2:00 PM and is located at 19^th Avenue and Sloat Blvd in San Francisco

Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Jesse Loren Strickman 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 Guid8nce, DJ Sep, Irie Dole, DJ Crossfire & King Tappa. 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

SF Jazz Joe Henderson Lab 201 Franklin Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob

Upcoming Concerts & Shows

July 19^th SF Jazz Lettuce

July 19^th The Freight & Salvage Omar Sosa

July 22nd Mountain Winery Concert Series Gladys Knight

July 23rd The Freight & Salvage The Complete Unknowns: A Tribute to Bob Dylan

July 23^rd Frost Ampitheatre SF Symphony James Bond Forever

July 24^th The Freight & Salvage Tom Rush

July 24^th The Chapel SF James McMurtry

July 25^th The Chapel SF James McMurtry

July 25^th The Freight & Salvage Kool Keith

July 31^st Guild Theatre Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

July 31st Mountain Winery Concert Series Robby Krieger

August 1st Mountain Winery Concert Series The Stray Cats

August 2^nd Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Benny Green

August 7^th HopMonk Novato Shawn Colvin

August 7th Mountain Winery Concert Series Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys

August 8th Mountain Winery Concert Series ZZ Top & Cheap Trick

August 9th Mountain Winery Concert Series George Thorogood & The Destroyers

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 17^th The Chapel SF Valerie June

August 18^th The Chapel SF Valerie June

August 20^th Sweetwater Music Hall North Mississippi Allstars

August 23rd The Chapel SF Built to Spill

August 24th The Chapel SF Built to Spill

August 25th The Chapel SF Built to Spill

August 25^th The Greek Theatre David Byrne

August 29^th The Freight & Salvage Bill Kirchen & Nina Gerber

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

September 23^rd Masonic SF Boz Scaggs

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 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 8th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets

October 9th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets

October 10th SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra

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 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 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 30^th Great American Music Hall A John Waters Christmas

December 16^th Bimbo’s 365 Club Pokey LaFarge

Turn Your Radio On…..

Sunday July 19th Recommendations

6:30 AM-8:00 AM WWOZ The Gospel Show With Lauren Mastro. Her take on gospel music in unique and refreshing

7:00 AM-10;00 AM KEPX 92.7 FM The Roadhouse With Greg Vandy
One of the most creative and eclectic programs on the air. This is a muat listen program!!!!!

8:00 AM-10:00 AM WWOZ Old Time Country And Bluegrass With
Hazel The Delta Rambler. Hazel has been hosting this great program since 1977 with music and interviews with old-time country, folk and bluegrass musicians

10:00 AM-Noon WWOZ Cajun And Zydeco With Charles Laborde Or
Jim Hobbs. This program is unquestionally to absolute best cajun/zydeco/creole acadian music program on the air

Noon-2:00 PM WWOZ Sunday Afternoon With Ol’ Man River
A great program of acoustic jazz, country blues, soul with a mix of cajun/zydeco

1:00 PM-3:00 PM KPFA 94.1 FM America’s Back 40 The Hicks from Coast To Coast. Mary Tilson hosts without a doubt the best Americana music program on the air in the known universe!!

2:00 PM-4:00 PM WWOZ Sitting In With Elizabeth Meneray. This is my favorite jazz program on the air. This is an all vinyl program playing great jazz from the late 40’s through the early 70’s

3:00 PM-5:00 PM KPFA 94.1 FM Every other week Allegra Thompson hosts
Pig In A Pen or Tom Diamant hosts Panhandle Country playing great traditional country, bluegrass, cajun, western swing, old time string band and country jazz

4:00 PM-6:00 PM WWOZ Hep Cat’s Ball With The Secretary Of Swing
Two hours of great big band swing and early jazz

6:00 PM-8:00 PM WWOZ Spirits Of Congo Square With Baba Geno
A program of Reggae, African, Afro-Beat, Jazz, Hip-Hop, World and Orisha Music

8:00 PM-10:00 PM WWOZ What’s New With Duane Williams
Music covering contemporary blues, r&b and New Orleans music

10:00 PM-1:00 AM WWOZ The Dean’s List With Dean Ellis
Three hours of great contemporary jazz programming

Pick Of The Week

Vince Guaraldi was a self-described “reformed boogie-woogie piano player” who became one of America’s best selling jazz artists and achieved goals fellow jazz musicians only dream of while his music continues to delight and inspire new generations. Guaraldi’s Cast Your Fate to the Wind is one of the biggest selling jazz records to cross over to the pop charts, right up there with Take Five and Breezin’. It earned Guaraldi a Grammy Award, and has been recorded by dozens of musicians in instrumental and vocal versions. He followed that with even wider success as the composer-performer of the soundtrack music to the popular “Peanuts” cartoon television specials. His 1965 album A Charlie Brown Christmas the best-selling jazz title of all time. In celebration of Guaraldi’s 98^th Birthday on Frday the 17th I would like to recommend the 2009 documentary The Anatomy Of Vince Guaraldi which is a a musical journey through the brief life and times of the celebrated composer who pioneered the crossover of jazz and pop music from his celebrated scores for the Peanuts animations, to his mega-hit Cast Your Fate To The Wind, his nights in San Francisco’s North Beach at The Hungry I and his ground breaking Jazz Mass at Grace Cathedral. Including recently discovered and restored footage of Guaraldi’s appearances and recording sessions (captured by noted jazz writer and Rolling Stone co-founder Ralph J. Gleason), the film features new performances and insights from Dave Brubeck, Dick Gregory,
George Winston, Jon Hendricks, Paul Krassner, Paul Mazursky and many more

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