Jerry Ferraz, m.c. Open mic starts at about 8 pm.

Dale timba pa que suena! Sandor y su Mecanica Fito Reinoso, tres & lead vocals Sandy Perez, congas Juan Ceballos. magic flute Gabriel Navia, bass Sandor Moss, drumset  

COPUS (Creation Of Peace Under Stars), comprising Royal Kent (poet/spoken word artist), Wendy Loomis (composer/pianist) , Melissa Finder (singer), Ann Souren (singer), Patrick Mahon (bassist) and Levon Washington ( drummer), convenes another in its long line of poets and composers salons. COPUS, which began in the late 1980s, presents powerful lyrics intertwined with beautiful melodies for the conscious listener. Formed by poet/spoken word artist Royal Kent (who opened major reggae concerts for Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, and The Wailers) and composer/pianist Wendy Loomis (4-time winner of the ASCAP composition award), COPUS now also includes sung vocals, percussion, and bass. “COPUS is a musical group with some of the most talented musicians that I have yet come across…The jazz styles are very complex and the music that is created is absolutely masterful.” (Michael Allison, MusicDish.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7_gU77XEcM ROYAL KENT’s love of poetry goes back several decades. Originally inspired by the…

David Boyce, reeds Scott Foster, guitar Noah Schencker, bass Cairo McCockran, drums A slammin’ quartet! All fun! All jazz!

Jam session every 2nd Monday! 7:30 to 9:30 pm Free Hosted by the first-year students in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s brand new Roots, Jazz & American Music (“RJAM”) undergraduate program. College & high school students welcome. Free

Francis Vanek, saxophone; Grant Levin, piano; Chris Amberger, bass;  Rodney Ruckus, drums. This quartet reflects a web of personal and musical connections that is both immediate (Chris and Grant started working with Ruckus just a few short months ago) and long-term (Chris and Francis go way back). In the solid midrange, Chris (a veteran player who was present at the birth of free jazz in Oakland in 1967/68, toured with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the U.S. and Europe in 1976 and then toured the U.S. and Canada with pianist George Shearing) was instrumental in recognizing Grant’s potential while Grant was still a college student in Reno and did a lot to facilitate Grant’s entry into the San Francisco jazz scene a decade ago. Since then, it’s been jazz history in the making! A little more on Chris Amberger, from a profile in Northside magazine a few years back: After…

March 9th – 9 pm $20 cover charge. San Francisco’s Preeminent Jazz Vocalist ~~ Denise Perrier ~~ In residence at Bird & Beckett through May! Grant Levin, piano, Ollie Dudek, bass, Greg Wyser-Pratt, drums.   Mark your calendar now for April 13 and May 18

      Mike Olmos, trumpet; Patrick Wolff, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Evan Hughes, drums     Five of the City’s top jazz musicians convene to play music composed by jazz greats Kenny Dorham, Clifford Jordan and Horace Silver, and a few originals as well!  

Barbara Hunter, flute and sax Bliss Rodriguez, piano Richard Saunders, bass Achyutan, drums Achyutan has been a professional drummer for over 40 years, with musical roots that go back to Kansas City where he studied at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and played drums for five years with the legendary Jay McShann. Achyutan has performed with jazz greats John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Archie Shepp and Ruswell Rudd. He enjoyed concert tours in Italy and France with Gato Barbieri, and played throughout the East Coast with the late Pony Poindexter, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Booker Ervin. He has recorded with many jazz legends including Pharoah Sanders and Sonny Simmons, and has mentored more than a few generations of great professional drummers. Achyutan and Barbara Hunter, a fine and well experienced musician on both flute and saxophone, have long been admired figures on the Bay Area jazz scene. Time to get…

Joe Goldmark, a modern master of the pedal steel guitar, is at the heart of the Seducers, which features Mitch Polzak on lead guitar and vocals, Hank Maninger on electric bass and vocals and Kenny Owen on drums. Originals and classic country numbers from the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams and more.

Community Music Center instructors and students will present a wide ranging program to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dog. The opening set will include a gamut of music from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and a tribute to the late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. The second set will feature a jazz ensemble led by pianist Randy Craig, featuring, among others, reed player Ken Rosen and bassist Richard Saunders, and a guest appearance on piano by long-time director of the CMC, Steve Shapiro.