Posts Tagged ‘which way west?’
Sunday, January 18th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
The Billy Higgins Legacy Band
Drummer Myron Cohen carries the spirit of the late Billy Higgins into the present day, with joy and a propulsive and irresistible beat.  He has partnered with so many fine players and has taken so many young talents under his wing in his desire to be true to Higgins’ spirit.  Today, saxophonist Steve Heckman, a major…
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Sunday, January 11th — 4:30-6:30 pm
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod
ragtime and other early guitar styles
Exuberant music by two masters of styles long forgotten by the popular audience. Craig has had a decades-old obsession with investigating the music he’s found in the grooves of dusty stacks of 78s. Â He plays a whole lot of guitar; in fact, is pretty much world famous for his talents and investigations of the music…
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Sunday, January 4th – 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Avotcja & Modupue
Avotcja & Modupue! Francis Wong, sax and flute. Jon Jang, piano. Heshima Mark Williams, bass. Avotcja is a jazz musician with deep roots, a riveting poet, an imaginative and ruminative prose writer, a pioneer, an individualist, a fierce champion of her fellow musicians, poets and artists.  Her band, Modupue, was twice named Jazz Group of the…
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which way west? concert series
Sunday, Dec. 28th – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Two jazz guitarists
Duncan James & Ray Scott
Two veterans of the jazz scuffle perform solo and in duo interplay on the last Sunday of December… closing out another year of our Sunday afternoon concert series called “which way west?” Â Ray and Duncan have often shared the bandstand (catch them at Club Deluxe on Haight) and have been heard individually at Bird…
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Sunday, December 21st – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Chelm Feelharmonik! Klezmer Trio
Klezmer Music by ~ Chelm Feelharmonik ~ Jeannette Levitsky – accordion Mike Perlmutter – clarinet Rick Elmore – bass trombone One rainy season, the downpours threatened never to end, the roads became impassable, puddles became miniature lakes, and rivers of mud flowed down the mountain. The town council was concerned. The people of Chelm couldn’t…
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Sunday, November 23rd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Dave Bendigkeit and the Keepers of the Flame
The “Keepers of the Flame” is a jazz coalition created by Dave Bendigkeit on trumpet and flugelhorn, featuring Dave Udolf on piano, Akira Tana on drums, and Chris Amberger on bass. They perform all original songs from the great river of American music where the groove and self-expression are paramount, as well as unique arrangements…
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