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Sunday, February 23rd – 8-10pm
Hail the Conquering Hero
Keyboardist David K. Mathews Quartet
David K. Mathews, piano Wayne de Silva, tenor saxophone John Wiitala, bass Akira Tana, drums $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733 20 years with Santana after 15 years with Etta James, Dave Mathews first made his mark with three years in Tower of Power. Once he left Tower Of Power he worked on that playing…
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Sunday, February 23rd – 5-7pm
Jam Session!
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
You never know who might drop in. Maybe you! The Vince Lateano Trio will make you feel right at home! BYOB and a twenty for the trio.
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Saturday, February 22nd – 7:30pm
The Jinx Jones Jazz Trio
Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Welcome a true apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to Tal Farlow to Wes Montgomery to Barney Kessel to Joe Pass to Kenny Burrell to Grant Green to…
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Friday, February 21st – 8:30-10pm
Swerve Control
Swerve Control is a ferociously adventurous new band featuring and co-led by Darren Johnston on trumpet, Kai Lyons on guitar, Rob Ewing on bass and Dillon Vado on drums. This band is known for playing expansive and strikingly original music; their improvisational approach is inspired by the late 60’s Miles Davis groups, informed by individual…
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Friday, February 21st – 6-8pm
Scott Foster & Luke Schwartz
two jazz guitars in dialogue
Scott Foster, guitar. Luke Schwartz, guitar. $15 suggested donation, byob. teens and students, $5. kids free. Two generations, once teacher and student, now colleagues in the San Francisco jazz galaxy. Scott and Luke have developed their own unique style of duo guitar performance over several years of performing together, with an emphasis on counterpoint, conversation…
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Thursday, February 20th – 7:30pm
Walker Brents III on Thich Nhat Hanh
This month, Walker considers Thich Nhat Hanh: The timeless simplicity of his teaching defies our surfaces even as it nourishes our depths. A skillful conveyer of the great lucidities: poetry, art, parable, history, myth; he was also a disciplined expositor of ancient meditative techniques. A stranger in a strange land, a voice for the voiceless,…
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