Sylvia Cuenca has recruited magnificent players to join her in a quartet tonight, the late show on the first night of our eleven-day 20th anniversary celebration! Andrew Speight, saxophone Ben Stolorow, piano Doug Miller,bass Sylvia Cuenca,drums Sylvia is a fabulous drummer, well traveled. She hails originally from San Jose — though she’s established her career…

A $10 per set (suggested) donation would be much appreciated to help us compensate the  musicians. Kristen Strom, saxophone Tammy Lynne Hall, piano Alex Baum, bass Ruthie Price, drums Tammy Lynne Hall began playing the piano at age four, in Dallas, Texas, where she was raised by two grandmothers, a grandfather and numerous aunts and…

Tammy Lynne Hall Quartet at 5:30 Kirsten Strom, saxophone Tammy Hall, piano Alex Baum, bass Ruthie Price, drums   Sylvia Cuenca Quartet at 9:00 Andrew Speight, saxophone Ben Stolorow, piano Doug Miller, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Scroll down for details!

c’est franÏ‚ais! pretty fancy, non? Pardon our French, but do we have some shows for you! From pianist Tammy Lynne Hall on the 10th to poet Nicholas James Whittington on the 20th, and stops along the way that include Jerry Ferraz’s backyard party on the 11th and Scott Foster’s All-Star Septet on the 17th, we’ll have…

When Gavin Newsom took the courageous and politically perilous step of declaring a moratorium on California’s death penalty, he gave Californians an unexpected chance to think about what having a death penalty tells us about ourselves as a society or even as human beings. Michael A. Kroll has spent a significant portion of his life…

It’s his birthday, and we’ll cry if we want too. You should too. But you won’t feel like it. Jerry!!!!

            Heikki “Mike” Koskinen: e-trumpet & piano Steve Heckman: saxes. flutes, clarinet ‘MONK MEETS NORDIC WINDS’. Heikki & Steve will present their latest material, ranging from Nordic traditional songs to straight ahead jazz. Their long collaborative history includes CD projects such as “Midnight Sun”, “Full Moon” and “Northern Winds &…

Todd Melicker regularly communes with the fog of San Francisco’s Outer Richmond. His most recent book, is this the body / if hovers is just out from lyric press. rendezvous, his first book, was published by Rescue Press in 2013 as the winner of the second annual Black Box Prize. He is the author of…

Francis Vanek, saxophone Terry Rodriguez, piano Chris Amberger, bass Mike Quigg, drums Francis is a legend of the North Coast. His quartet this afternoon will be right in sync. He and Terry and Chris go back quite aways. Mike’s a young drummer whose reputation is rock solid in this town and he’s crossed the Bird…