Posts by Heather World

Michael Zisman, mandolin; Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster, guitars;Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Certainly the darlings of all San Franciscans who’ve ever witnessed their family ruckus at the Deluxe, the Americano Social Club is led by Michael Zisman on mandolin and features guitarists Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster and bassist Joe Kyle, Jr.   They play music for…

Enrique Chagoya discusses his book, Aliens (2019, Kelly’s Cove Press) and its context.  

Pianist and composer Adam Shulman leads a septet through some new original tunes in the style of the LA bands from the ’50s such as Lennie Niehaus, Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers etc.

Darren Johnston, trumpet Wil Blades, organ Jon Arkin, drums

Victor Grossman, a U.S. Army draftee stationed in Europe during the McCarthy Era, left his barracks in Bavaria one day in 1952, and swam across the Danube River from the Austrian U.S. Zone to the Soviet Zone. The Soviets moved him to East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic. There he remained, observer and participant,…

Ken Fowser – tenor sax Josh Bruneau – trumpet Peter Zak – piano Vince Dupont – bass James Gallagher – drums $15-25 cover charge; sliding scale. The quintet is traveling en masse from NYC, with stops at Cafe Stritch in San Jose, the North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, Bird & Beckett, and then…