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“Carolyn Miller is a lyric poet of redeeming grace and intense clarity. Her poems are grounded in a sense of the marvelous, as if viewing life through a jewel, transforming the dark world of memory and desire into a luminous presence. She is a master of distilled moments. The mood of the poems in Route 66…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Darren Johnston, trumpet Marcus Stephens, tenor sax Wil Blades, organ Scott Amendola, drums $15-20 sliding scale; Students $10 This evening will mark the first performance of a new organ-driven quartet assembled by trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston, featuring the long-time power duo of Wil Blades and Scott Amendola, plus the deeply creative…

Ian Carey, trumpet Tod Dickow , tenor sax Don Alberts, piano John Donnelly, bass Ron Marabuto, drums

Second Mondays, Bird & Beckett hosts a jam session for the inaugural class of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s brand new jazz BMUS (Bachelor of Music) degree program. The first date, in September, was a phenomenal delight. And so it goes! Get in here and get in on it! This is the present and…

Best jazz piano player ever, in your own back yard! Tatum? Mary Lou Williams? Herbie Nichols? Meet your young colleague from the North Coast. He’s San Francisco’s finest… And a pianist for the ages. We’re not joking! ……………. Grant, with a freshly minted degree in jazz performance from University of Nevada at Reno, met saxophonist…

Tonight: $15 to $20 sliding scale… for students: $5 The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Sueños— expanding the boundaries of this jazz music! Noah Frank, trumpet;  Eli Maliwan, tenor sax;  James Mitchell, piano;  Alex Farrell, bass;  Evan Williams, drums,  playing tonight from a straight ahead, hard bop bag, and always pushing the evolution of jazz through…