Posts by Eric
Wednesday, April 16th – 7:30pm
Songs for Salvation: “Jazz Plays Spirituals”
Neil Adler & Gospel Interfaith Vocals
In troubled times music is a salve for the soul. This ‘Jazz plays Spirituals’ concert features Neil Adler (piano/bass), Michael Turner (voice/piano), David Adler (bass) and John Anning (drums). Neil Adler is a local bandleader/pianist and chromatic harmonica player whose has ‘Emi’s Song’ album, featuring a variety of jazz genres, was released with great success…
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Kim Shuck’s VirtualPoets – 2nd & 4th Mondays
Monday, April 14th – 7pm
Poet Fatemeh Shams
Open mic follows
Fatemeh Shams is the author of When They Broke Down the Door (Mage 2016), which won Latifeh Yarshater’s Annual Book Award, and Hopscotch (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024) which won the 2023 Poetry International Chapbook Award. She teaches Persian literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Kim Shuck hosts featured poets with an open mic on the 2nd Monday…
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April in Frisco! Grab a flight & join us!
Fight the power with music & culture!
Saturday (4/12) from 7:30-9:30pm, the Levit-Behrman Quintet, with Joel Behrman, trumpet; Jesse Levit, alto sax; Matt Clark, piano; Josh Thurston-Milgrom, bass; Jeff Marrs, drums. There’s a lot to be said about this quintet and its fine, well-traveled personnel. Suffice to say, they’re coming in tight and rehearsed. Read a whole lot more on the calendar…
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Another Friday at Bird & Beckett
two wonderful varieties of jazz
dig it!
Friday (4/11) from 6-8pm, Eric & the In Crowd, tonight with Eric Shifrin, piano/vocal; Heath Proskin, bass; and Jimmy Duchowny, drums, plus a surprise guest. Jimmy, who’s just flown in from Brazil, is an old friend from Eric’s teenage jazz beginnings. Back then, in Malibu, Eric was playing sax and heard that a younger kid…
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Thursday, April 11th – 7:30pm
Walker Talks: Jataka Tale of the Buddha
Walker Brents tells Jataka tales of the Buddha in a live stream on our YouTube channel and Facebook page. No charge; stay home and take your own beverage to your couch. Turn on your internet and you’re here!
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Sunday, April 6th – 5-7pm
Ryan Ancheta Combo + Jam Session
The first Sunday of each month, from 5pm to 7pm, we host a student jazz combo for a set rolling into a jam session. Turn out today to hear trumpeter Ryan Ancheta, a recent RASOTA graduate now in his freshman year at UC Berkeley, who has pulled together a quintet drawn from the immensely talented…
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