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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 &…