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The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Karl Evangelista, guitar Jason Hoopes, bass Scott Amendola, drums $20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, low income “If Scott Amendola didn’t exist, the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him.” – Derk Richardson, San Francisco Bay Guardian Scott Amendola is a gleefully funny guy, and a brilliant…

Scott Foster leads a quintet featuring the handsome Henry Hung on trumpet, mighty Joe Cohen on tenor sax, thumpin’ Aaron Cohn, a player of filigree & facility, on bass, and slammin’ Mike Quigg on drums. This is an homage to Jimmy Ryan’s Bird & Beckett Bebop Band! Some bebop, some Monk, some jazz standards! With…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5 suggested for students / musicians / modest means The Nashville Honeymoon Edition Lynne Maes, vocalsHank Maninger, vocals & guitarJoe Goldmark, pedal steelTim Wagar, bassKenny Owen, drums From Highway 99 down through Bakersfield , to the turnpikes of Pennsylvania, to the streets of Baltimore — this country music is at home in…

Beth Schenck – alto sax, compositions Kasey Knudsen – alto sax Phillip Greenlief – tenor sax Cory Wright – tenor and baritone saxes Social Stutter, a saxophone quartet led by composer/altoist Beth Schenck, blurs the line between strictly written chamber music and soaring free jazz. Solos emerge from the natural order of intricately written lines…

“Seinfeld meets Sedaris in the Snapchat Age.” – Jill Dearman, LAMBDA-winning author of The Great Bravura. From the Erie Gay News (EGN): The Art of the Anecdote. After the success of his first novel 85A, Kyle Thomas Smith found a new register in his literary voice while exploring and experimenting with dynamic innovations in short fiction,…

Grant Levin, piano James Mahone, saxophone Aaron Cohn, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Four top San Francisco jazz musicians weave their magic for an avid audience. $20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, limited income