With the support of Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, the Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… B3B4 $20 cover charge; $10 for students / musicians / low income.   B3B4 is the musical conversation between Bay Area jazz veterans Tom Griesser (tenor sax), Scott Foster (guitar), Kevin Gerzevits (organ) and Dan Foltz (drums). The…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Denise Perrier is celebrated from Havana to St. Petersburg and here at home for her elegant contralto, for her phrasing and swing, for her unparalleled interpretation of tunes drawn from the jazz canon and the Great American Songbook — the timeless popular music that poured out of Tin Pan…

Mark Statmen will be reading from his book Exile Home and will also read from his translations of the Uruguayan poet Martín Barea Mattos, Never Made in America. A native New Yorker, Mark studied under Kenneth Koch at Columbia University in the 1970s, and has published a number of collections of his own work as…

Trombonist Rick Brown! It’s a birthday bash! Rick Brown, trombone; Grant Levin, piano Carl Herder, bass Pepe Jacobo, drums

$15 suggested donation. Dave Tidball, clarinets; Galen Grant, percussion Dave writes, “The name Slug Teacher is derived from a line in the poem Here In This Spring, written in 1933 by iconic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. I’ve long been fascinated by his work, not least for the sheer musicality of the rhythms, textures and timbres…

$20 cover charge. The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents…   Russian Telegraph Beth Custer – clarinet, voice David James – guitar, voice Diana Mangano- voice Chris Grady – trumpet Jordan Glasgow – keyboards Keith McArthur – bass John Hanes – drums The brainchild of Beth Custer (Trance Mission, Club Foot Orchestra) and David James (Afrofunk Experience,…

It’s the Lost Trio plus One! The One is venerated leader, guitarist Scott Foster. And the Trio, lost and once again found? None other than Philip Greenlief on reeds, Dan Seamans on bass and Tom Hassett on drums. Together, they reprise a July 2015 encounter on the bookshop stage that was nothin’ but thrilling! and…

While we finalize another fistful of posts on upcoming events, here’s a little round up of the next two weekends. You can always click on the “Events Calendar” link in the navigation bar above to see what’s on tap going forward. Full posts on the next eight or ten events coming soon where you can…

Lenore Weiss reads poems from Barcelona and Prague, and flash fiction from her chapbook, “Holding on to Fringes of Love.” Sharon Doubiago reads from her recent works, Naked to the Earth and The Visit. Lenore Weiss’ poetry collections are a trilogy about love, loss, and being mortal: Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island…

Todd Swenson, guitar Derek Evans, vocals Ian Ratzer, pianoPaul Olguin, bass Justin Berthiaume, drums The best time you could imagine on this Sunday afternoon! ’tis true!