Thursday, January 23rd – 7pm
Prof. Robert Cherny presents his book
San Francisco Reds: Communists
in the Bay Area 1919 to 1958

Robert Cherny taught American political history at San Francisco State University for decades, focusing on the Progressive Era and preceding periods. His book American Politics in the Gilded Age: 1868-1900 (Wiley-Blackwell, 1997) and other writings have informed the thought of generations of college students and academics with regard to the dimensions of a period depressingly…

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Friday, January 24th — 6-8pm
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Quartet

Charlie McCarthy, saxophone Sam Cady, piano Chuck Bennett, bass Tony Johnson, drums byob and a twenty for the band. Call the shop at 415-586-3733 to reserve seats. Four veteran players parlaying six to seven decades in the jazz business into musical gold. Originals and bebop and more. The 230 Jones Street, Local Six, Literary Jazz…

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Friday, January 24th — 8:30-10pm
Double Bass Dreams
bass soloist Gustavo Lorenzatti

Gustavo Lorenzatti is an Argentinian double bass player and cellist, a composer and a long-standing member of the Symphony Orchestra of Córdoba. He has a background in classical music, jazz, tango and Brazilian music, as well as Argentinian folklore. He studied formally at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music with the soloist of the Netherlands Philharmonic,…

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Saturday, January 25th – 7:30-9:30pm
Surf the Glass

Daniel Heffez, saxophone. Adam Shulman, keyboards. Omar Aran, drums. Original wave action from three jazaquanuts, breaking out their new album! Read more & hear the music at jazztheglasstrio.com $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733.

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More before the month plays out

thanks to your generous support, the good life goes on in San Francisco! Mark your calendar for Argentinian musician Gustavo Lorenzatti’s solo bass turn on Friday 1/24 (at 8:30pm), after the 230 Jones Street band plays from 6pm to 8pm. Also, surf jazzistas Jazz the Glass on Saturday 1/25 (7:30-9:30pm), and the monthly jam session…

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