Posts by Eric
The Late Show!
Friday, October 10th – 8:30-10pm
Four Fabulous Females
play the blues and the funk
Four Fabulous Females play the blues & the funk for the swabbies and waves! Pat Wilder, guitar and vocals. Jennifer Jolly, piano. Ruth Davies, bass. Daria Johnson, drums. $20 cover charge / students $10 / kids & sailors free!* All ages. Wheelchair accessible. Reservations 415-586-3733. Deets on the crew and their captain… Ruth Davies has played…
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Saturday, October 4th – 7:30pm to 9:30pm
jazz ain’t nothin’ without the blues
Vocalist Rhonda Benin & Her Trio
Rhonda Benin, vocals. John R. Burr, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Mark Lee, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students $10. Just catching a tune while waiting for dinner? Drop $5 in the bucket by the register for the musicians! All ages, wheelchair accessible. BLUES is jazz’s greatest influence. From the time…
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Friday, October 3rd – 8:30pm to 10pm
The Chris Planas Trio
Chris Planas, guitar, Ben Luis, bass. Matt Willlis, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Just catching a tune while waiting for dinner? Drop $5 in the bucket for the musicians! Guitarist and leader Chris Planas was a founding member of Hawaii’s world beat favorites Pagan Babies,…
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Friday, October 3rd – 6pm to 8pm
The Harold Carr Ensemble
Bring $25 cash for the band. Also something to sip, if you wish. Until 5pm, you can call for a reservation — 415-586-3733. Seating starts at 6:45pm. Be prepared to huddle in the front of the store and browse the new releases until then! Waiting for your place at the counter at Le Cygale? Fine…
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Thursday, October 2nd – 7pm
Featured poets plus an open mic
on the first Thursday of each month
Tonight: Clive Matson
& Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Clive Matson’s roots in the beat generation go back to NYC in the early 1960s, and he’s been an important writing guru in the Bay Area for decades. We’re pleased to welcome him back to the shop with his recent collection, Hello Paradise, Paradise Goodbye. He’s a reliable link to the consciousness that bloomed from…
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Sunday, September 28th — 7:30-10pm
come for the jam,
stick around for the party!
Ryan Ancheta is one of our favorite young jazz musicians. He made a good impression on veteran drummer Vince Lateano and his trio partners Peter Barshay and Ben Stolorow at the jam session about three years ago while still a student at RASOTA, and he’s come back on stage here many times since, epitomizing the…
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