Zan Stewart, sax & stories; Keith Saunders, piano; Adam Gay, bass; Ron Marabuto, drums. Zan Stewart is a lifelong musician and award-winning jazz journalist. Keith Saunders, Adam Gay, and Ron Marabuto are all top-call SF Bay Area jazz artists. Together, the four made ‘The Street Is Making Music,’ the band’s debut release.  

Heshima Mark Williams presents! The Ways & Means Committee: Dr. Gary Bean, trumpet Michael Bush, alto sax Dr. David Ferrazares, tenor sax Art Khu, piano Mark Williams, bass Julian Hogan, drums  

Colleagues making jazz music for you. Live. Once in a lifetime. Two sets: 5:30-8:00 pm!  

4:30-6:30 pm: The Walter Earl Trio. 7:30-10 pm – The Seducers.  

Noel Jewkes, one of the Bay Area’s legendary talents in jazz, is featured this week with Grant Levin’s quartet.  Chris Amberger on bass and Jaz Sawyer on drums guarantee a deep and swinging evening of jazz. Jazz club is what we call our Saturday night shindig.  $10 at the door.  Best ten bucks you could…

  The Don Alberts Quartet with Ian Carey, trumpet Stu Pilorz, trombone Aaron Cohn, bass Top flight bebop, standards and originals… with guest Jeff Kaliss reading some of Don’s poetry Don Alberts is a triple threat, as a jazzman, poet and novelist. Add jazz historian for his valuable compilation of oral interviews called Diary of…

Smith Dobson, tenor sax Jack “Tone” Riordan, guitar Miles Wick, bass Timothy Angulo, drums. Timely and timeless jazz classics by Thelonius Monk, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington.

Scott Foster, guitar, and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums join bassist Don Prell on the bandstand. Always something new under the jazz sun!  

Jerry Ferraz hosts our twice-monthly poetry series. Buford Bunton and Steve Carolan feature tonight, followed by an  open mic. Bring something to read! Don’t write poetry? You can always bring the work of a favorite poet to share. Of course, poets love an audience, so you can come as that if you wish! All welcome……