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Monday September 21st Birthdays include
Marlena Shaw talented versatile soulful jazz vocalist whose music blended pop standards and straight-ahead jazz tunes and was known for he extroverted stage was born 87 years ago
King Sunny Ade the undisputed king of juju music, the dance-inspiring hybrid of western pop and traditional African music with roots in the guitar tradition of Nigeria turns 80 years old
Mystikal iconic New Orleans based rapper who is known for his energetic, rapid-fire delivery and Southern draw became one of the leading rappers on Master P’s No Limit record label and quickly evolved as one of the South’s most recognized rappers turns 56 years old
Some Concert Recommendations For Today Monday September 21st are
Tuesday September 22nd
SF Jazz 201 Franklin San Francisco 11:00 AM Showtime
Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis has been the standard bearer of the large group format for over 35 years. The 14-piece assemblage of virtuosos has contemporized the notion of a “big band” by simultaneously honoring the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while debuting a stunning variety of commissions from jazz’s greatest names including Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano and Wynton Marsalis. Band members featured are Wynton Marsalis on trumpet, Abdias Armenteros on tenor and alto saxophone & clarinet, Alexa Tarantino on alto and soprano saxophones, flute & clarinet, Sherman Irby on alto and soprano saxophone, flute & clarinet, Chris Lewis tenor and soprano saxophones & clarinet, Paul Nedzela on baritone and soprano saxophones & clarinet, Marcus Printup on trumpet, Ryan Kisor on trumpet, Kenny Rampton on trumpet,
Christopher Crenshaw on trombone, Vincent Gardner on trombone, Elliot Mason on trombone, Dan Nimmer on piano, Carlos Henriquez on bass and Obed Calvaire on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $45-$105 Cover Charge
SF Jazz 201 Franklin San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis has been the standard bearer of the large group format for over 35 years. The 14-piece assemblage of virtuosos has contemporized the notion of a “big band” by simultaneously honoring the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while debuting a stunning variety of commissions from jazz’s greatest names including Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano and Wynton Marsalis. Band members featured are Wynton Marsalis on trumpet, Abdias Armenteros on tenor and alto saxophone & clarinet, Alexa Tarantino on alto and soprano saxophones, flute & clarinet, Sherman Irby on alto and soprano saxophone, flute & clarinet, Chris Lewis tenor and soprano saxophones & clarinet, Paul Nedzela on baritone and soprano saxophones & clarinet, Marcus Printup on trumpet, Ryan Kisor on trumpet, Kenny Rampton on trumpet,
Christopher Crenshaw on trombone, Vincent Gardner on trombone, Elliot Mason on trombone, Dan Nimmer on piano, Carlos Henriquez on bass and Obed Calvaire on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $95-$205 Cover Charge
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime A great set of music in store featuring the legendary Jamaican spiritual, conscious roots reggae vocal harmony group The Meditations who are known for their collaborations with Lee Scratch Perry and Bob Marley and the Wailers. Highly Recommended!!!!! $39-$44 Cover Charge
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes Jazz guitarist Al Di Meola is one of the most influential jazz fusion and world music icons. Di Meola will perform with his acoustic ensemble. Highly Recommended!!!! $52.50 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime Gifted post bop jazz guitarist Luke Westbrook performs with his trio. Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime The Sunnyside Swingsters is a 6-piece band led by Shelley Leong & Eric Kong, born out of their common love for the dance community of the San Francisco Bay Area. They bring their infectious joyful energy to the big stage. From 1920s to 1950s dance hall music, they play songs that swing so hard you can’t help but dance. The Sunnyside Swingsters also give a second life to some rarely heard show tune gems. 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 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
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime San Francisco based The High Water Line music is steeped in the time-honored Northern California bluegrass tradition of mixing in country, soul, swing, and blues creating clever arrangements and a unique sound that’s all their own. Highly Recommended!!! $10 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
Alvie and The Breakfast Pigs, Karaj Lost Coast & Lisa Graciano. 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 23rd
The Guild Theatre 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park 8:00 PM Showtime
Tommy Emmanuel is simply one of the greatest guitarists on the planet. He is very funny and engaging. He is currently on his Living In The Light Tour with guitarist Jack Tuttle and guitarist Scott Gates. Highly Recommended!!!! $69-$169 Cover Charge
The Masonic 1111 California Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime Legendary singer/songwriter and guitarist Boz Scaggs is on tour with is Rhythm Review featuring Willie Weeks on bass, Jon Herington on guitar, Jamison Ross on drums, Michael Logan on keyboards, Eric Crystal on reeds and Branlie Mejias on percussion. Highly Recommended!!!!
$97-$371 Cover Charge Range
The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 7:30 PM Showtime
Virtuoso roots rock guitarist and American treasure Jim Campilongo performs with his outstanding trio featuring Campilongo on guitar, Angeline Saris on bass and Scott Amendola on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
Lydia Pense and Cold Blood debuted when the Fillmore was at its peak as one of the nation’s musical Meccas. Owner Bill Graham was so impressed with Lydia’s voice and the sound of the band that he immediately signed Cold Blood to his new record label. During the span of six original late-60’s, early-70’s albums, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood helped, along with Tower Of Power, forge their own specific brand of funk/soul and R&B which came to be known as
East Bay Grease. That music still holds up today, proving that great music is timeless and will continue to inspire generations to come.
Highly Recommended $28-$49 Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM Showtimes The Red Curtain presents Laugh And Blues which is a a comedy showcase on the main stage with a live blues band swinging between sets. 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!!!! $5 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes The Guitar Hang features West Coast standard-bearers Jack Tone Riordan and Jeffrey Burr paying special homage to jazz guitar giants Wes Montgomery,
Jim Hall, Grant Green and Charlie Christian. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 Cover Charge Per Set
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, Adam Shulman on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and Alan Jones 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 BTU: Buffum-Tuttle Unit,
Joe Burke & Nick Tasker & the Hash-Slinging Slasher The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
Thursday September 24th
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes. A great set of music in store featuring the iconic guitarist and composer Biill Frisell and his Harmony Five project performing a blend of jazz, traditional Americana, and chamber music featuring singer and musician Petra Haden, cellist and singer Hank Roberts, bassist and vocalist Luke Bergman and drummer Tim Angulo. This is one of the best shows of the week.
Highly Recommended!!!! $52.50 Cover Charge
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime Fiddling savant Michael Cleveland is widely regarded as the defining bluegrass fiddler of his generation, began performing professionally after high school with Dale Ann Bradley and Rhonda Vincent before forming his own band, Flamekeeper, in 2006. This is a show not to be missed..
Highly Recommended!!!!! $39-$44 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes Saxophonist Stacy Dillard & trumpeter Josh Evans leads their hard swinging 5tet for a night of sharp jazz interplay in the tradition of Jackie McLean,
Benny Golson and Roy Hargrove. Band members include Stacy Dillard on saxophone, Josh Evans on trumpet, Grant Levin on piano, David Ewell on bass and
Jaimeo Brown on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM Showtime
New Zealand based Oscar LaDell is a soul-blues singer/songwriter and guitarist known for warm vocals, vintage tones, and modern storytelling. Drawing from Memphis soul, Delta blues, and 60s R&B, he crafts songs that sway, simmer, and sting. Onstage, Oscar leads a tight band through greasy grooves, tender ballads, and fiery guitar breaks, inviting dancers and listeners alike. His music honors tradition while sounding fresh, intimate, and alive—authentic roots musicHighly Recommended!!!!!! $25/$50 Cover Charge
Specs Bar 12 Adler Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime
The Cottontails are one of the Bay Area’s best vintage jazz ensembles playing a wide range of styles ranging from 20’/30’s Gatsby-era jazz, classic 40’s swing, and vintage 50’s/60’s r&b featuring a truly great jazz vocalist Karina Denike fronting the group. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Curious Planet features the phenomenal singer, dancer, and storyteller
Dot Com. 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 An entertaining night in store featuring world class jazz drummer, singer/songwriter and laugh out funny Dave Tull performing arrangements of Dave Frishberg, Gershwin and his own humerously introspective music. Tull will be backed up by Larry Dunlap on piano and Dan Feiszli on bass. This is one of the best shows of the week. Highly Recommended!!!!
$30 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!!!! $30 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 7:00 PM-11:30 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A good show in store featuring Bay Area based post bop jazz pianist
Syd Williams Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
City Of Awe Civic Center Sound Track Series Noon-3:00 PM Showtime
The Civic Center Soundtrack Music Series presents Caroline Wolfson,
JimBo Trout & Rebecca Chapa 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
Friday September 25th
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the iconic guitarist and composer
Bill Frisell and his Harmony Five project performing a blend of jazz, traditional Americana, and chamber music featuring singer and musician Petra Haden, cellist and singer Hank Roberts, bassist and vocalist Luke Bergman and drummer Tim Angulo. This is one of the best shows of the week.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $54-$59 Cover Charge
Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Road Nicasio 7:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring The Hot Licks who are original members of Dan’s backing band, perform Dan’s classic songs in the style that Dan Hicks invented Folk/Swing! which is a blend of Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Swing with lots of vocal harmonies. The Hot Licks are dedicated to preserving the orig- inal sound and spirit in the way Dan taught them! They carry the torch for Folk-Swing with his signature style that has inspired so many others. Band members include Paul Robinson on guitar & vocals, Daria on vocals, percussion and melodica, Paula Bradman on vocals and percussion, Candy Girard on violin and Alex Baum on bass. Highly Recommended!!!!!! $35 Cover Charge
The Sound Room 3022 Broadway Oakland 7:30 PM- 9:30 PM Showtime
A great night of fantastic blues guitar in store featuring Jules Leyhe who
Premier Guitar who said of Lehye “forget everything you know about slide guitar he maybe the best blues guitar slide licks since Derek Trucks maybe even
Duane Allman”. This ain’t your granddaddy’s blues—heck, it ain’t even your daddy’s blues. Tonight Jules and The Family Jules pay tribute to the iconic New Orleans based funk band The Meters whose sound is defined by a combination of tight melodic grooves and syncopated New Orleans second line rhythms under highly charged guitar and keyboard riffing.This is a show to definitely check out. Highly Recommended!!!!! $39.20 Cover Charge
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Norwegian based blues guitarist Otto Junior is among a select group of young guitarists from around the world for Gibson’s Generation Group and the blues world is already paying attention. He is on his first U.S. tour bringing that old soul tone and young gun energy to the states. Junior is backed by Jacob Theis on bass and Ola Grindbakken on drums.
Highly Recommended!!! $20/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes Saxophonist Stacy Dillard & trumpeter Josh Evans leads their hard swinging 5tet for a night of sharp jazz interplay in the tradition of Jackie McLean,
Benny Golson and Roy Hargrove. Band members include Stacy Dillard on saxophone, Josh Evans on trumpet, Grant Levin on piano, David Ewell on bass and
Jaimeo Brown on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Jupiter 2181 Shattuck Berkeley 7:00 PM Showtime
Bay Area based R&B, funk, hip-hop and Latin music trio The Hogan Brothers features Julian on drums, Steve on bass and Colin on electric piano and accordion. Highly Recommended!!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime San Francisco based high energy Latin ensemble Candela Viva music is mix of Cumbia,Salsa, Vallenato, Bachata, Merengue and more!
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based Frankie & The Poolboys are one of the Bay Area’s great instrumental surf combos performing original music in the style of the first wave of Southern California beach music, with an incredibly wide variety of influences. Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 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!!! $15 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz drummer icon Akira Tana performs with his
Friends From Osaka featuring organist Atsuko Hashimoto, guitarist
Yutaka Hashimoto with special guest Tony Lindsay. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro498 Broadway
San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime San Francisco based Martin Luther McCoy is an electrifying rebel soul artist known for his collaborations with The Roots, Moon Medicine and SFJAZZ Collective. His unique blend of experiences has cultivated a deep and versatile musical identity, making Martin a standout figure in the contemporary music scene. Highly Recommended!!!! $50 Cover Charge
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM & Showtime Get ready for a funky good time when Martha High’s Funky Divas, backed by Fred Wesley & The New JBs perform a power-packed show of hits from the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Martha sang on stage with Brown for 40 years, while Fred is the legendary band leader and trombonist of the JBs era in the 1970s, considered the Forefather of Funk while taking funk to the next level with Parliament-Funkadelic featuring George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. Both Martha and Fred toured extensively in Maceo Parker’s band
Highly Recommended!!!! $48/$63 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
Fog City Swing is the one of the Bay Area’s hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you drop rhythm section. This seven piece ensemble transport you to the 1940’s, it is truly the world’s smallest big band! Highly Recommended!!!!
$15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 11:59 PM-1:30 AM Showtime
Late Night At The Dawn Club presents Bay Area gospel inspired jazz pianist
Kevin Person Jr. Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge 3202 Mission Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great set of music in store feautring to fabulous Lavay Smith Trio with Lavay on vocals accompanied by Brad Leahli on saxophone & Chris Siebert on the mighty in-house Hammond organ! 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
The Page Bar 298 Divisadero Street San Francisco 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime A great set of post bop jazz with guitarist Lisa Liu. 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
Implied Jazz & Luke Westbrook Trio.This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
Sausalito Jazz & Blues By The Bay in Downtown Sausalito 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Showtime The free concert series presents The West Coast Blues Society
Highly Recommended!!!!
The 69th annual Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the most celebrated and important jazz festivals in the world. Every September sees the same caliber of talent grace the now eight stages on the Monterey Fairgrounds, as the Monterey Jazz Festival presents the best jazz performers in the world for a three-day celebration of the best in jazz. This year is no exception. The festival kicks off today with with headliners including Ron Carter Foursight Quartet, The Eddie Palmieri Experience and Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis & Cecile McLorin Salvant. In addition, the Monterey Jazz Festival features jazz conversations, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, clinics, and an international array of food, shopping, and festivities spread throughout the 20-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds. For ticket information go to Monterey Jazz Festival Tickets
Saturday September 26th
The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
A great set of music in store featuring the iconic guitarist and composer
Bill Frisell and his Harmony Five project performing a blend of jazz, traditional Americana, and chamber music featuring singer and musician Petra Haden, cellist and singer Hank Roberts, bassist and vocalist Luke Bergman and drummer Tim Angulo. This is one of the best shows of the week.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $54-$59 Cover Charge
Presidio Theatre 99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco 6:00 PM Showtime
The History of Basque Music: A Living Portrait of an Ancient Land is a rare chance to experience Basque history through a dynamic, documentary-style performance featuring pianist Josu Okinena who weaves together narration, live music, and visual storytelling to bring the composers, influences, and identity behind the music vividly to life. Okinena is joined by
Garikoitz Mendizabal, whose masterful command of the traditional txistu roots the program in centuries of tradition, and Noelia Ibáñez whose powerful vocals add a bold, contemporary edge. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$64 Cover Charge
The Back Room 1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines is universally regarded as the Bay Area’s premier New Orleans R&B/boogie band. Blackman, who has accompanied
Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John) and also backed up such national acts as
The Coasters and The Drifters during his illustrious career, features a highly accomplished band The Mighty Fines include saxophonists Nancy Wright,
Ken “Snakebite” Jacobs, bassist Bing Nathan and drummer Larry Vann.
Highly Recommended!!!!!!! $20 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 Per Set
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime
San Francisco based Martin Luther McCoy is an electrifying rebel soul artist known for his collaborations with The Roots, MoonMedicin and SFJAZZ Collective. His unique blend of experiences has cultivated a deep and versatile musical identity, making Martin a standout figure in the contemporary music scene. Highly Recommended!!!! $50 Cover Charge
The Sound Room 3022 Broadway Oakland 7:30 PM- 9:30 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!!!! $33.85 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
Biscuits & Blues 401 Mason Street San Francisco 6:30 PM & 9:00 PM Showtime. Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling delivers electrifying, old-school blues with a modern edge. Led by acclaimed Chicago guitarist and vocalist Nick Moss and harmonica powerhouse Dennis Gruenling, the award-winning group blends Chicago, Texas, and West Coast blues traditions into a high-energy live experience. Known for fiery musicianship, soulful vocals, and dynamic stage performances, the band has become one of today’s most respected and exciting acts in contemporary blues. Highly Recommended!!! $25/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes Saxophonist Stacy Dillard & trumpeter Josh Evans leads their hard swinging 5tet for a night of sharp jazz interplay in the tradition of Jackie McLean,
Benny Golson and Roy Hargrove. Band members include Stacy Dillard on saxophone, Josh Evans on trumpet, Grant Levin on piano, David Ewell on bass and
Jaimeo Brown on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$40/$50/$60 Cover Charge Per Set
The Sound Room 3022 Broadway Oakland 7:30 PM- 9:30 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!!!! $33.85 Cover Charge
Pier 23 Pier 23 The Embarcadero San Francisco 4:00 PM-7:00 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!!!!! No Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 9:30 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!!! $15 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
San Francisco based Sondango is a five piece ensemble led by Sandra Aran and Richard Nelson that plays salsa, samba, bolero, cumbia, ska and more.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. The Twist & Disco music is a soul stirring Memphis gumbo groove seasoned with music influenced by Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye. Band members include Trevor Pritchet on vocals, Torre on bass and vocals, Henry Plum on drums and Josh Blas on guitar.
Highly Recommended!!!! $10 Cover Charge
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell Street San Francisco 9:00 PM & 10:30 PM Showtimes <br.A great night of music in store featuring one of the bay Area’s best sing, jump blues and vintage boogie-woogie bands Robert Dehlinger &
The Alpha Rhythm Kings . This is a swinging fun band led by Robert’s vocals and superb trumpet playing Highly Recommended!!!!
$15/$30 Cover Charge Per Set
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
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Christian Sendaydiego
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!!!!!
The 69th annual Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the most celebrated and important jazz festivals in the world. Every September sees the same caliber of talent grace the now eight stages on the Monterey Fairgrounds, as the Monterey Jazz Festival presents the best jazz performers in the world for a three-day celebration of the best in jazz. This year is no exception. The festival continues today with with headliners including Shemekia Copeland Band, David Sanchez’s Carib Ensemble and The Ravi Coltrane Quartet. In addition, the Monterey Jazz Festival features jazz conversations, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, clinics, and an international array of food, shopping, and festivities spread throughout the 20-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds. For ticket information go to Monterey Jazz Festival Tickets
Sunday September 27th
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay 4:30 PM Showtime. Havana based Jorge Luis Pacheco is one of the leading pianists and composers of the new generation of jazz in Cuba. Winner of the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition in Switzerland, Pacheco is a fiery young pianist with “flying hands” whose music is a confluence of Cuban jazz and Afro-Cuban music, American jazz, and classical music with a measure of contemporary pop and soul. Pacheco will be backed up by
Greson Lazo-Quiroga on bass and Reinier Mendoza on drums.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $40/$50 Cover Charge
The Guild Theatre 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park 8:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring the New Orleans based blues guitarist singer/songwriter Samantha Fish whose rock-edged guitar work draws from multiple genres, including rock, country, funk, bluegrass, and ballads. Highly Recommended!!!! $91-$139 Cover Charge
Black Cat Cafe 400 Eddy Street San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM Showtimes Saxophonist Stacy Dillard & trumpeter Josh Evans leads their hard swinging 5tet for a night of sharp jazz interplay in the tradition of Jackie McLean,
Benny Golson and Roy Hargrove. Band members include Stacy Dillard on saxophone, Josh Evans on trumpet, Grant Levin on piano, David Ewell on bass and
Jaimeo Brown on drums. Highly Recommended!!!!!
$20/$30/$40/$50 Cover Charge Per Set
Ivy Room 860 San Pablo Avenue Albany 6:00 PM Showtime
Angela LaFlamme heads up a six-piece San Francisco band, reimagining favorites from the ’20s through the ’00s with swing, grit, and a modern twist. From Billie Holiday to Tom Waits, The Cure to Count Basie plus Angela’s originals. This is no retro jukebox, it’s a sultry, surprising live show with plenty of soul. Also performing are Bela Ruino a Romany influenced goth rock-n-soul project led by dynamic violinist, singer, and songwriter Lila Sklar, with an all-star band featuring Jill Rogers, Max Baloian, Safa Shokrai and Aaron Kierbel Opening is The Good Evening Folks a musical séance featuring Meredith Edgar and Lester Raww and the Pine Box Boys. They’re equal parts
Louis Prima/Keely Smith and Morticia/Gomez, backed by a solid band.
Highly Recommended!!!! $15 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM Showtimes Cosmo Alleycats is a San Francisco-based swing band that brings to the stage a potent mix of vintage dance music with a dynamic, soulful delivery. The band, comprised of 6 talented musicians, draws from several decades of exhilarating American music to deliver a fun and engaging performance. Band members include Emily Day on vocals, Steve Height on bass, Mike Burns on drums, Charles Chen on piano, Mike Olmos on trumpet and Pete Cornell on sax. Highly Recommended!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 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!!! $5 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Post bop jazz drummer/percussionist Henry Plumb performs wit his outstanding trio. Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge
Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge 3202 Mission Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. A great set of music in store featuring to fabulous Lavay Smith with Lavay on vocals accompanied by Chris Siebert on the mighty in-house Hammond organ! Highly Recommended!!!! No 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. Highly Recommended!!!! No Cover Charge
Swig Bar 561 Geary Street San Francisco 10:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime
The Swig Sunday Blues Jam continues under the guidance of the phenomenal soul, gospel and blues vocalist Emma Jean Foster. Highly Recommended!!!!
No Cover Charge
Golden Gate Park Live From The Whale’s Tail Noon-6:00 PM Showtime
The Golden Gate Live From The Whale’s Tail presents Michael Annotti 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 This is a free concert. The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
The 69th annual Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the most celebrated and important jazz festivals in the world. Every September sees the same caliber of talent grace the now eight stages on the Monterey Fairgrounds, as the Monterey Jazz Festival presents the best jazz performers in the world for a three-day celebration of the best in jazz. This year is no exception. The festival concludes today with with headliners including Joey Alexander Quartet, Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter: For Miles and Charles Lloyd Quartet. In addition, the Monterey Jazz Festival features jazz conversations, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, clinics, and an international array of food, shopping, and festivities spread throughout the 20-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds. For ticket information go to Monterey Jazz Festival Tickets
Monday September 28th
Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring Spyro Gyra who is one of the most consistently commercially successful pop-jazz groups to emerge from the fusion era who broke through in the mid-’70s, combining R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz. Known for their stimulating live performances and knack for crafting danceable melodies, they have issued a steady stream of high-charting albums like 1979’s gold-certified
Morning Dance which spawned the hit title track and firmly established Spyro Gyra as one of the most popular artists in contemporary jazz.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $44-$84 Cover Charge
SF Masonic 1111 California Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring one of the seminal Southern California punk rock bands of the late seventies and punk/rockabllly pioneers Social Distortion who helped to bring punk rock to the main stream.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $45-$230 Cover Charge Range
Bing Concert Hall 327 Laseun Street Stanford 7:30 PM Showtime
Virtuoso acoustic guitarist and banjo player, songwriter and vocalist
Molly Tuttle is of the leading lights of modern folk, bluegrass, and Americana. An in-demand collaborator with virtuosic flatpicking, clawhammer, and cross-picking guitar skills.Highly Recommended!!!!! $85-$106.92 Cover Charge
The Saloon 1232 Grant Avenue San Francisco 9:00 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!!!! $10 Cover Charge
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of a rotating cast of talented Bay Area jazz musicians to the DeLuxe every Monday.
Highly Recommended!!! $5 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime. 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
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring Bay Area based Silver Bell Jazz Band whose music specializes in ragtime, blues, and swing.Band members include
Ryan Calloway on clarinet, washboard & vocals, Samuel Wolfe Rocha on cornet, James McClaskey on tenor guitar, banjo & vocals, James “lil jimmy” Touzel on bass and Steve apple on drums Highly Recommended!!!! $30/$40 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 29th
Piedmont Piano Company 1728 San Pablo Avenue Oakland 5:30 PM Showtime. A great evening of music in store featuring the Indonesia born highly skilled fire ball jazz pianist, performer, composer and arranger
Joey Alexander who is been widely regarded as one of the most highly skilled pianists and thoughtful improvisers in jazz. Highly Recommended!!!!
$40 Cover Charge
The Fox Oakland 1807 Telegraph Avenue Oakland 7:00 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring one of the seminal Southern California punk rock bands of the late seventies and punk/rockabllly pioneers Social Distortion who helped to bring punk rock to the main stream.
Highly Recommended!!!! $78-$264 Cover Charge Range
Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring Spyro Gyra who is one of the most consistently commercially successful pop-jazz groups to emerge from the fusion era who broke through in the mid-’70s, combining R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz. Known for their stimulating live performances and knack for crafting danceable melodies, they have issued a steady stream of high-charting albums like 1979’s gold-certified
Morning Dance which spawned the hit title track and firmly established Spyro Gyra as one of the most popular artists in contemporary jazz.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $44-$84 Cover Charge
Bottom Of The Hill 233 17th Street San Francisco 8:30 PM Showtime
What a great night of music in store. Headlining is the wonderful San Francisco based Irish punk band The Quiet Men. Also on the bill is the San Francisco based indie Americana punk r&b blues band Greg Hoy & The Boys and Oakland based Irish surf punk band Fast & Vengefully. <br>Highly Recommended!!!!! $22 Cover Charge
Dawn Club 10 Annie Street San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:55 PM Showtime
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. Highly Recommended!!!! $30 Cover Charge
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime Get ready to hit the dance floor with guitarist and bandleader Jonathan Stout who is one of today’s leading voices in classic swing. Known for his authentic sound, driving rhythm, and deep connection to the music of the 1930s and ’40s, Stout has become a favorite among swing dancers around the world. Expect an evening of irresistible grooves, vintage style, and music made for dancing 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 DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Bay Area based jazz bassist Lisa Mezzacappa performs with her wonderful quartet. Highly Recommended!!! $10 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
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 neo soul sounds of The Hope Collective The concert takes place at 101 California Street
City Of Awe Civic Center Sound Track Series Noon-3:00 PM Showtime
The Civic Center Soundtrack Music Series presents Gaby, JW Blunt &
Kevin North 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 30th
Great American Music Hall 859 O’Farrell Street San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime. Over the last 30 years,San Antonio based indie Americana folk rock singer/songwriter musician Beth Orton has been writing and performing rich, sensitive songs that match her acoustic affinities and world-weary voice with bubbling electronic textures. She is well respected and admired by her peers. Beth doesn’t tour on the West Coast often. Highly Recommended!!!! $39.50/$45.00 Cover Charge
Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West Oakland 7:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring Spyro Gyra who is one of the most consistently commercially successful pop-jazz groups to emerge from the fusion era who broke through in the mid-’70s, combining R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz. Known for their stimulating live performances and knack for crafting danceable melodies, they have issued a steady stream of high-charting albums like 1979’s gold-certified
Morning Dance which spawned the hit title track and firmly established Spyro Gyra as one of the most popular artists in contemporary jazz.
Highly Recommended!!!!! $44-$84 Cover Charge
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar Street Santa Cruz 7:00 PM Showtime
One of today’s most distinctive jazz vocalists Cyrille Aimee is on tour promoting her new highly acclaimed album a Fleur de Peau. Performing with Cyrille is pianist Mathis Picard. Highly Recommended!!!! $52.50 Cover Charge
Bird & Beckett 653 Chenery Street San Francisco 7:30 PM Showtime
A great night of music in store featuring New Orleans based pedal steel guitar master Dave Easley who plays the pedal steel guitar with a phrasing, sense of touch, harmonic sensibilities and sheer virtuosity that puts him in a league with iconic musicians like Buddy Emmons and Cindy Cashdollar. Easley has worked with artists as diverse as Brian Blade, Joni Mitchell, Peter Rowan,
Ruthie Foster and Dave Liebman. Backing up Easley are Smitti Supab on bass and
Kirk Duplantis on drums. 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!!!!
$25 Cover Charge
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM Showtimes San Francisco based virtuoso jazz guitarist and bandleader Nick Rossi performs with his outstanding swing quartet featuring Rossi on electric guitar, Kamrin Ortiz on tenor saxophone, Ray Jacildoon Hammond B3 organ and Michael Reed on drums. Highly Recommended!!!! $40 Cover Charge Per Set
The DeLuxe 1511 Haight Street San Francisco 7:00 PM Showtime
Making a rare appearance is Steve Lucky’s Hammond Cheese Combo performing a mix of Jump blues, swing, and rare gems inspired by the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, this Combo isn’t your everyday organ combo sandwich. Some of the specials on our menu include tunes by the unrecognized organ genius Hank Marr knockouts by Brother Jack McDuff and lots of original pieces by Steve Lucky dripping with special sauce, and some extra cheese numbers sung by the captivating guitarist/vocalist Carmen Getit with special guest
Sax Gordon. Highly Recommended!!! $10 Cover Charge
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 8:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime A night of a jazzy fusion of funk, hartdbop, boogaloo, Brazilian pop and NOLA style tunes with The Cosmic Pulse Quartet featuring Tod Dickow on sax,
Adam Shulman on piano, Ollie Dudek on bass and Omar Aran 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
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 Faya Squad Reggae Band The concert takes place at 555 Mission Street
SF Golden Gate Park Bandshell Concert Series 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime The Bandshell Midweek Melodies Series presents Jesse Brewster, Joe Brennan & The Alleylots The Bandshell is located at John F. Kennedy Dr and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco. Highly Recommended!!!!! No Cover Charge
Tonight’s Concert Recommendation
The Local Edition 691 Market Street San Francisco 9:00 PM-11:30 PM Showtime Barbary Coast Jazz Band
Upcoming Concerts & Shows
September 22nd SF Jazz Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis
September 23rd Masonic SF Boz Scaggs
September 23rd The Back Room Jim Canpilongo Trio With Scott Amendola
September 23rd The Guild Theatre Tommy Emmanuel Trio
September 24th The Freight & Salvage Michael Cleveland
September 25th The Freight & Salvage Bill Frisell & Harmony Five
September 26th Green Music Center Jazz At Lincoln Center With Wynton Marsalis
September 27th Guild Theatre Samantha Fish
Setember 28h Yoshi’s Fred Wesley & The New JB’s
September 28th SF Masonic Social Distortion
August 29th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Tori Amos
September 30th The Greek Theatre Berkeley Jack Johnson
September 30th Great American Music Hall Beth Orton
October 1st SF Jazz Hiromi & Kazunori
October 2nd Guild Theatre John Oates & The Good Road Band
October 2nd SF Jazz Hiromi
October 2nd SF Masonic Danny Elfman
October 2nd The Fillmore SF Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
October 3rd Sweetwater Music Hall Old Crow Medicine Show
October 3rd The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 3rd SF Jazz Hiromi The Trio Project
October 3rd The Greek Theatre Jon Batiste
October 3rd Great American Music Hall Igorrr
October 4th SF Jazz Hiromi The Trio Project
October 4th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 5th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 6th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 7th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 8th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 8th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets
October 9th SF Jazz Kurt Elling & The Yellowjackets
October 9th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 10th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 10th SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
October 11th The Fillmore SF My Morning Jacket
October 11th The Freight & Salvage Emmet Cohen Presents Miles & Coltrane at 100
October 13th The Freight & Salvage Jon Mclaughlin
October 17th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello
October 18th The Freight & Salvage Meshell Ndegeocello
October 18th The Guild Theatre Chris Isaak
October 20th The Guild Theatre The Jerry Douglas Band
October 22nd Rio Theatre Todd Rundgren
October 25th The Independant SF Balthvs
October 29th Rio Theatre Michael Franti Trio
October 29th The Guild Theatre Blues Traveler
October 30th The Fillmore SF Galactic
October 31st The Fillmore SF Galactic
October 30th Masonic SF The Chicks
October 30th SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
October 31st SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
November 1st SF Jazz John Scofield Electrospective
November 1st Masonic SF Tom Jones
November 1st The Guild Theatre The Psychedelic Furs
November 2nd The Guild Theatre The Psychedelic Furs
November 6th Sweetwater Music Hall Southern Culture On The Skids
November 7th Bottom of the Hill Southern Culture On The Skids
November 12th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 13th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 14th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 15th SF Jazz Stanley Clark & Ron Carter
November 21st The Back Room Johnny Sansone Band
November 21st The Freight & Salvage Lucy Kaplansky
November 30th Great American Music Hall A John Waters Christmas
December 3rd SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 4th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 5th The Independant SF Dragon Smoke
December 5th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 6th SF Jazz Jake Shimabukuro
December 6th Bimbo’s 365 Club Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan
December 11th Rio Theatre Jonathan Richman
December 12th Rio Theatre The Wooten Brothers
December 12th SF Jazz Adam Shulman Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 16th SF Jazz The Queen’s Cartoonists
December 16th Bimbo’s 365 Club Pokey LaFarge
December 17th SF Jazz Tribute To Eddie Palmieri
December 18th SF Jazz Cyrus Chestnut Plays A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 19th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra
December 20th SF Jazz Christmas With The Count Basie Orchestra
December 23rd SF Jazz Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
December 31st SF Jazz Cimafunk
Turn Your Radio On…..
Radio Programming Recommendations For Monday September 21st
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 Blues & R&B With Gentilly Jr
6:00 PM-8:00 PM WTUL New Orleans Reggae Roots & Branches With Shepard One 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
Roy Buchanan was a master guitarist whose unprecedented technique made him a blues hero who has long been considered one of the finest, yet criminally overlooked guitarists of the blues rock genre whose lyrical leads and use of harmonics would later influence such guitar greats as Jeff Beck, his one-time student Robbie Robertson and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. In celebration of Roy’s 87th Birthday on Wednesday the 23rd I would like to recommend the 1971 documentary Introducing Roy Buchanan in which “the greatest rock guitarist in the world” that hardly anyone has ever heard of. Hosted by rock impresario Bill Graham includes a live concert from New York by Buchanan and his rock group displaying his virtuosity in other musical genres as he performs with country-and-western stars Merle Haggard and Roy Nichols,
jazz artist Mundell Lowe and the Johnny Otis Blues Band
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