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Publisher Lucille Lang Day and poet Joan Gelfand are joined by several Bay Area colleagues who are among the 150 contributors throughout the state whose poems make up Fire & Rain: Ecopoetry of California (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2018).  Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, edited by Lucille Lang Day and Ruth Nolan, is not only…

James Mahone Quartet James Mahone, saxophone Grant Levin, piano Aaron Cohn, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Two sets of jazz standards by four of the Bay Area’s best

Each year since his death in 2011, Eddie Marshall’s working band has reunited to play his compositions, with his son, Alcide, in the drum chair. This year the group will be presenting a treasure trove of “new” gems, tunes Eddie left behind when he passed. The group has been decoding, reconstructing, and rehearsing them, and…

Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Mark Lee, drums

2nd year! Students in the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS degree program host their peers from Bay Area colleges and high schools. No cover charge. Donations to support the bookshop that supports the students are very much appreciated.

Brittany Biala, saxophone, leads a trio featuring Helen Orzel, keyboard, and Jonny Kaminek, bass. With 14 years of experience, Brittany graduated with a BM in Jazz Studies on tenor saxophone in 2017. Her sound has been uniquely shaped by her father’s vast collection of vintage American horns and early exposure to funk, as well as…