Posts by Eric

Tsun Yuan Chen (Andrew Chen) presents his autobiographical novel, Along Alien Roads: The I-Jing of a Life. Chin, a Chinese American surgeon, begins his tale with his ancestors and spans more than a century of recent Chinese history, traversing a path from Asia to America, between straight and gay, love and inevitable continual change, while sustaining the…

The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project and the Jazz Philanthropists Union, with financial support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, present Alternative Acts: Seeking Truth Above #F – a series of six concerts beginning April Fools Day and concluding May 20th. May 5th Dark Metals David Boyce, saxophones/EFX David Ewell, bass Cairo McCockran, drums $20 cover charge;…

Come hear from your current District 8 Supervisor, Jeff Sheehy! He’s running for re-election this June to the seat he was appointed to in January 2017. The winner of this June’s election will face re-election again in November to a full four-year term on the Board. Jeff will address the audience directly starting at 1…

We give you over to the artists to fill you in: “The Actual Trio’s eponymous 2015 album, [guitarist John] Schott’s third for John Zorn’s boutique label, features his long-working band, Actual Trio:  bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio, Lost Trio) and drummer John Hanes (Henry Kaiser, Victor Krummenacher). The disc was produced by Hans Wendl, whose…

Lots of fun with this band! And great music, from swing to bop and straight ahead to the now! Youngster Jeffrey Burr plays guitar in the company of four jazz vets — drummer Vince Lateano, trumpter Al Molina, saxophonist Jerry Logas and bassist Dean Reilly. Dean’s the grand old man of the bunch — was…

A road warrior, says SFCM’s Simon Rowe! Greg Abate has been crisscrossing the country and crossing the Atlantic to Europe constantly for years, playing hundreds of gigs on the road and at home in Rhode Island every year. He’s a hard bop fiend and a lyrical voice on ballads. He’ll be performing at Bird &…