Posts by Eric
Saturday, June 29th – 7:30pm
Dave Parker Septet
Bassist and bandleader Dave Parker has been fielding highly charged ensembles in San Francisco for twenty years at least, picking and funding great musicians from the local pool to realize his vision. Featuring a strong, propulsive low end of trombone, baritone sax and bass, a cutting trumpet star, a virtuoso tenor sax player and supercharged…
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Coming up this weekend: The Dave Parker Septet – 6/29, 7:30pm. Jam Session – 6/30, 5:00pm. Dave Parker brings his seven piece pile-driving chamber jazz band for a deep plunge into music by Mingus, Coltrane, Dolphy, Morgan, Coleman and Johann Sebastian Bach. Dave is a Medici when it comes to supporting the cats in his…
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Sunday June 23rd – 7pm
Hindustani classical music
Joanna Mack / Ferhan Qureshi Duo
Sitar & Tabla
Joanna Mack, sitar, and Ferhan Qureshi, tabla, will be playing Raga in a traditional style – improvised music based on decades of classical training. This show will also be available on live stream, however, the focus will be toward the people in the room, so please come in person if you can! $20 cover charge;…
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Saturday, June 22nd – 7:30pm
Benny Amón Trio
Drummer Benny Amón left California, born & raised in Davis and trained in jazz, for New Orleans — where he lived and played for the ten years from 2011 to 2021, and where his love for the oldest jazz traditions was nurtured and flowered. In New Orleans, Benny performed regularly at Preservation Hall, Snug Harbor…
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Friday, June 21 – 8:30pm
The James Mahone Quartet
Tenor saxophonist James Mahone gained a substantial and eminently well earned reputation as a co-founder of the jazz ensemble Black/Note, which won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991 and recorded albums on World Stage (43rd and Degnan, 1991) Red Records (L.A. Underground, 1994), Columbia (Jungle Music, 1994) and Impulse (Nothin’…
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