Henry Hung, trumpet & flugelhorn.
Scott Foster, guitar.
John Wiitala, bass.
Dan Foltz, drums.

Adults – $20 / byob.
Teens/undergrads – $10.
Cash, please!
Kids free.

For a reservation and information, please call the shop at 415-586-3733.

Tonight, the Scott Foster Quartet channels the Jim Hall/Art Farmer collaborations, with Scott on guitar joined by Henry Hung on trumpet and flugelhorn, John Wiitala on bass and Dan Foltz on drums.

When not entranced by John Scofield, Scott is helpless before the mastery of Jim Hall, and just as a few dates back he explored the Jim Hall/Sonny Rollins collaborations with the same bass/drums rhythm section and Bob Kenmotsu on tenor, this month he turns his attention to another intuitively perfect and perfectly worked out pairing of Jim Hall with a master of the flugelhorn and trumpet, Art Farmer.

Henry Hung digs in to the art of Art, manor born to the task.

The history:

With Steve Swallow on bass, and Walter Perkins & later Pete La Roca on drums, the Hall/Farmer quartet laid down three albums in 1963 and 1964. For a deep dive into their work, take the time to read the extensive essay by Thomas Cuniffe on his site, “Jazz History Online” at this link. Come hear the quartet explore the territory and then read it again. Then listen to the show again from our YouTube/Facebook archive.

$20 for the show; byob. Students, $10. Kids, free. Consider a tax-deductible contribution to the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3, to help us continue to present this fabulous music, these fabulous musicians.