Richard Sears is a highly regarded and well traveled young pianist and composer.  Raised in Palo Alto and having lived and worked for a significant stretch in Los Angeles, he’s now Brooklyn based, where he has made a solid name for himself.   His group for this engagement includes fine musicians indeed: Patrick Wolff, tenor…

The Dave Len Scott Quartet: Dave Scott trumpet Scott Foster, guitarDaniel Fabricant bassSurya Prakasha drumscelebrate the release of their new cd, “Blessed Mix.” The Dave Len Scott Quartet performs regularly at the Calvary Methodist Church on Fillmore Street, as well as at festivals and venues up and down the coast.  Dave also works with numerous…

Joe Goldmark is the pedal steel king of San Francisco, and his band the Seducers just won’t quit. Mitch Polzak, the loquacious guitar wizard Mayor of Port Costa, and honey-voiced bassist Eddie Kendrick share the vocal honors, with special guest Paul Revelli on drums.  It doesn’t stop there! Henry & Kathleen Salvia join the band…

Sukhawat Ali Khan is a singer and harmonium player expert in Qawwali (sufi devotional music) as well as the Pakistani/North Indian classical music of the Sham Chaurasi gharana. He is also a strong proponent of a modern, energized world music fusion that merges the danceable club sounds of many global cultural capitals. Truly, his sensibility…

Fred Martin has devoted the last twenty years to research on Abraham Lincoln and served two terms as President of The Abraham Lincoln Institute in Washington, D.C. His research has been conducted at the Library of Congress, the National Archibves, state historical societies, archieves and libraries across the nation. His book Abraham Lincoln’s Path to…

Reed player Noel Jewkes is featured at jazz club! when pianist Grant Levin leads his quartet through two sets of classic and contemporary small combo repertoire.  Bassist Chris Amberger and drummer Malachi Whitson keep the pulse strong! jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night at Bird & Beckett, 7:30-10 pm.  Grant leads the band…

Noah Schenker, one of San Francisco’s premier bassists, fields a quartet featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest jazz musicians — guitarist Jack Riordan, pianist Adam Shulman and drummer Jon Arkin — keeping the jazz flame burning at San Francisco’s longest running weekly jazz party.  Never a missed Friday since late 2002, and still going strong!…

Mississippi delta blues by a master guitarist fronting a terrific band.  Come celebrate the release of Bill’s new cd, “Parade.” A reviewer for the German publication “Blues News” had this to say this time last year:  “I hear Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb’s montone bass and Junior Kimbroughs Mississippi Juke Joint blues in Phillippe’s playing.”