Francis Vanek, saxophone; Grant Levin, piano; Chris Amberger, bass;  Rodney Ruckus, drums. This quartet reflects a web of personal and musical connections that is both immediate (Chris and Grant started working with Ruckus just a few short months ago) and long-term (Chris and Francis go way back). In the solid midrange, Chris (a veteran player…

March 9th – 9 pm $20 cover charge. San Francisco’s Preeminent Jazz Vocalist ~~ Denise Perrier ~~ In residence at Bird & Beckett through May! Grant Levin, piano, Ollie Dudek, bass, Greg Wyser-Pratt, drums.   Mark your calendar now for April 13 and May 18

      Mike Olmos, trumpet; Patrick Wolff, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Evan Hughes, drums     Five of the City’s top jazz musicians convene to play music composed by jazz greats Kenny Dorham, Clifford Jordan and Horace Silver, and a few originals as well!  

Barbara Hunter, flute and sax Bliss Rodriguez, piano Richard Saunders, bass Achyutan, drums Achyutan has been a professional drummer for over 40 years, with musical roots that go back to Kansas City where he studied at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and played drums for five years with the legendary Jay McShann. Achyutan has…

Joe Goldmark, a modern master of the pedal steel guitar, is at the heart of the Seducers, which features Mitch Polzak on lead guitar and vocals, Hank Maninger on electric bass and vocals and Kenny Owen on drums. Originals and classic country numbers from the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams and more.

Community Music Center instructors and students will present a wide ranging program to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dog. The opening set will include a gamut of music from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and a tribute to the late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. The second set will feature a…

    Benjamin Aaron Goldberg William Altrist Bernard Scott Anthony Amendola Serving you since the 1900’s Vote with your butts! Get in here & siddown!

[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7MuMSND-iE” /] Guitarist Duncan James and vibes & harmonica player Jon Eriksen have been playing in various configurations for more than thirty years, and bassist Rich Girard has played with both of them in different situations for that long or longer. These three musicians have a deep and eclectic common repertoire to draw on,…

Five first call jazz players join forces for two sets of straight ahead jazz and bebop: Lyle Link, alto sax; Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Adam Gay, bass; James Gallagher, drums.