Smith Dobson, highly regarded for his talents on tenor sax, vibes and drums, is picking up the alto for this date — the horn on which Charlie Parker made revolutionary jazz advances through the 1940s and 1950s. Charlie Parker, known as Bird, is the namesake of this little store, so you should know that we’re among…

Don Prell’s got a trio tonight, with Vinnie Rodriguez on drums and Jerry Logas on tenor — promising many some sublimely beautiful moments along the way.

Michael Marcus Duo “Remembering Morris Atchison Michael Marcus – clarinets Brian Ho – Hammond organ This concert, put together by New York clarinetist Michael Marcus, is a tribute to legendary tenor saxist Morris Atchison, an important player out of Oakland, Ca., working primarily in R&B and blues bands. Atchison toured with Bobby Blue Bland during the…

Misisipi Mike is all over the San Francisco country/Americana scene, writing songs left and right, fielding more than a few bands and working in ten more as a hired gun & ringer. Not to mention turning out hundreds of stylish, eyeball pleasing show posters with an alacrity nobody can match — including a lot of your…

Trickster & Deities:  Walker Brents discusses native american conceptions of god.

Cole Porter wrote a good portion of the most elegantly clever songs in the halcyon days of Tin Pan Alley. Drummer Vinnie Rodriguez leads a fine quartet through just a few of his most memorable numbers, and a few rediscovered chestnuts. Lyle Link – alto saxBen Stolorow – pianoAdam Gay – bass Vinnie Rodriguez –…

Filipino American composer and improviser Karl Evangelista is joined by a slew of Bay Area jazz stalwarts to present Taglish, a musical journey through 21st century immigrant culture. The project synthesizes jazz, American song, 20th century experimentalism, and Filipino folk melody into a sound that is at once universal and starkly personal. This will be…

Erik Jekabson, trumpet Kasey Knudsen, sax Keith Saunders, piano John Wiitala, bass Hamir Atwal, drums A stellar line up. Two rich sets. Don’t miss out! And be sure to look for the brand new CD, “Cheap Rent,” from the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, which holds forth at Doc’s Lab under Erik’s leadership on Sunday nights.  A…

Trumpet player Dave Scott, bassist Andrew Higgins and drummer Omar Aran join guitarist Scott Foster for two sets of jazz standards and originals evoking the season that arrives on the heels of our Indian summer.  Get in the mood just five days ahead of the autumnal equinox. Scott has been a cornerstone of our Friday jazz…