Posts by Eric
Thursday, March 13th – 7:30pm
Jugalbandi Concert
Bruce Hamm, sarod / Joanna Mack, sitar
This concert will feature a Jugalbandi (duet) presentation of traditional North Indian classical stringed instruments. Bruce Hamm (sarod) is a disciple of the revered maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has pursued a serious and continuous study of classical instrumental and vocal music over nearly 4 decades. Bruce accompanied his Guru Ali Akbar Khan onstage on…
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Friday, March 14th – 6-8pm
Eric & the In Crowd
play jazz in the bookshop
For decades, Eric Shifrin has been wowing the swells and the swindlers, the singers and the swingers, the rowdy and the restless and the resolute barflies in dives, penthouses, lounges and lobbies and swank supper clubs — wherever he plays, that’s where you’ll find the in crowd. Standards, chestnuts, curios. He’s a gruff stylist with…
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Friday, March 14th – 8:30-10pm
The Ahmad Jamal Project
Charles Chen / Mikiya Matsuda / Benny Amón
Out of Pittsburgh, Ahmad Jamal made the most exquisite piano trio jazz that’s ever been heard. On piano, Charles Chen evokes that music and adds his own sensibilities in unity with drummer Benny Amón and bassist Mikiya Matsuda. Here’s video of the trio’s last Bird & Beckett outing…
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Saturday, March 15th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Deep End
a quintet
jazz club, when lights are low…
The Deep End started out as a rehearsal band of five long-time Bay Area musicians who hoped to make the best of the pandemic, to explore lesser known music that would be more fun, interesting, and challenging than what we often played at the usual gigs. Drawn to innovative composers—classic giants such as Shorter, Dameron,…
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Sunday, March 16th – 5-7pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
play jazz on the third Sunday of each month
Make it a habit!
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Wednesday, March 19th – 7:30pm
Walker Talks: A Monthly Live Stream
Walker Brents III on The Lotus Sutra
The Lotus Sutra is an operatic religious script, a poetic text. Epically visionary, yet utterly concrete. The poetry is only one element upon the palette of enlightened consciousness, and the Lotus Sutra teaches that enlightened consciousness is a possibility for all. It may be surprising to think of this as an ancient truth, but the…
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