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Jonathan Butler at Yoshi's
by Walter Atkins
Jonathan ButlerYoshi'sOakland, CAOctober 27, 2016 Serious Bay Area fans braved heavily snarled traffic on this rainy dark Thursday night for the second set of renowned South African guitarist Jonathan Butler. Now living in warm Southern California, Butler and his potent band flew in the same day for a two night stand ...
Smokin'! Amoeba Gets License To Sell Weed Alongside Music
In what looks to be an ideal marketing pairing, Berkeley CA based record store Amoeba Music will soon be complimenting its traditional musical offerings with marijuana, hopefully helping to keep another brick and mortar record store's doors open. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 In what seems to be a match made in heaven, ...
Maverick Guitarist Wayne Krantz Announces Fall Tour With 2x Salvation
Wayne Krantz, the innovative and improvisational guitarist, announces his FALL 2016 US “Undercover Pop Tour." This time out Krantz brings his unique sensibilities to the works of a wide cross-section of musicians: Sonic Youth, Talib Kweli & Mos Def, Paul McCartney, Ryuichi Nakamoto, Jethro Tull and others. Taking two different bands on the road for this ...
Aaron Bennett / Darren Johnston / Lisa Mezzacappa / Frank Rosaly: Shipwreck 4
by John Sharpe
Named after the Oakland studio where the disc was recorded, the Shipwreck 4 brings together three West Coast improvisers with Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly for a program of six collectively created selections. As apparent on Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (Clean Feed, 2016), his duet with guitarist Fred Frith, trumpeter Darren Johnston's work maintains a melodic core, albeit ...
Todd Barkan: Early days of Keystone Korner
by Todd Barkan
In the summer of 1972, at the age of 25, I was working by day as a Customs Broker for the venerable San Francisco firm of Hoyt, Shepston & Sciaroni, and by night as a jazz pianist and arranger for an Afro Cuban jazz band called Kwane and the Kwandito's, which played a lot of the ...
John Blues Boyd: The Real Deal
by James Nadal
For those who love the blues, the thrill of discovering a new artist is still special. Blues singer John “Blues" Boyd just released The Real Deal--at 71 years young--as a testament that the blues continues to be a vital American art form that will never die. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, Boyd picked cotton as a youngster, ...
Aireene Espiritu: Back Where I Belong
by James Nadal
How can someone go back to where they have never been? How can a ukulele playing folk singer accomplish searing blues and soul vocals with such sincere expression and emotion? These are just two of the mysteries surrounding Aireene Espiritu. Her release Back Where I Belong, reveals the answers, and much more. Though Espiritu ...
Fred Frith / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
by John Sharpe
Here's a West Coast entrant to the slim body of guitar/trumpet duets from iconoclastic strummer Fred Frith and trumpeter Darren Johnston. It collects 11 short cuts from two studio sessions into a three-quarter hour program. They're not averse to co-opting rhythms (Frith) or melodic figures (Johnston), meaning that what we have here can be termed the ...
Terrie Odabi: My Blue Soul
by James Nadal
Blues singers have always been scarce, maybe that's why they are so special. It requires real-life experience, intense commitment and a profound sense of emotion to interpret this music, which represents so much for so many. After paying dues in her hometown of Oakland, blues singer Terrie Odabi finally steps into the national spotlight and tells ...
The Oakland Jazz Choir In Collaboration With The Oaktown Jazz Workshops' Performance Ensemble Celebrate Spring With A Joint Performance
Come join us as we present new music & new friends and experience the pure joy and passion of this harmonic collaboration. OJC, led by Artistic Director Ben Flint, will be joined by a trio of superlative musicians; former 1st place Jazz Search West winner Dillon Vado on drums, Sam Bevan on bass, and band leader ...
