Results for "Oakland"

Mike Stern: The Story Behind Echoes and Other Songs

by Steven Roby
December 13, 2024

Mike Stern's voice carries a mix of warmth and humility as he reflects on his latest album, Echoes and Other Songs. A celebrated figure in the world of jazz fusion, Stern joined the Backstage Bay Area podcast for a candid conversation about his creative process and his stellar lineup of collaborators.From the heartfelt tributes ...

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The Guitar Trifecta

Independently, guitarists Calvin Keys, Lloyd Gregory, and Carl Lockett are three of the most skilled musicians the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer. While each has played on stage and in the studio with a variety of music industry giants across the musical spectrum, they have also individually proven themselves worthy of the center stage attention they each command. They have united as a trio to spotlight what can only be described as a guitar trifecta. Friends for decades, the sum total of their years as professional musicians is over 150 years, each of them having started in their youth.

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Ken Husbands

Ken Husbands is a jazz guitarist based in Oakland CA.  He has released four albums of original music as leader:  Unique Clear Formula (2008), Back Up Over (2010) , Keepin’ it Going (2014), and Soleil Pourri (2020).

Judith Hill at Yoshi's

by Walter Atkins
November 29, 2023

Vocalist Judith Hill brought her exhilarating live concert to the East Bay music landmark Yoshi's in Oakland's historic Jack London Square. It was definitely a family affair evening with her father Robert “Pee Wee" Hill and mother Michiko Hill on bass and keyboards respectively. Drummer John Staten rounded out the top notch band that performed to ...

Lisa Fischer And Grand Baton At Freight & Salvage

by Walter Atkins
August 30, 2023

Lisa Fischer And Grand Baton Freight & Salvage Berkeley CA Friday July 28 2023 Acclaimed versatile vocalist and Grammy winner Lisa Fischer (Tina Turner, Rolling Stones) graced the spacious Freight & Salvage in Berkeley's downtown Arts District for multiple weekend performances. The Minnesota native received superb support from her long standing ...

Pamela Rose At The Sound Room

by Walter Atkins
July 28, 2023

Popular San Francisco Bay Area vocalist / composer / educator Pamela Rose held court at the recently relocated Sound Room in downtown Oakland. Accompanied by long time musical friends guitarist Danny Caron, B3 organist Wayne De La Cruz and drummer Mark Lee, Rose presented new material nicely sprinkled with some old favorites. Rose's stellar ...

Quartet San Francisco At Yoshi's 2023

by Walter Atkins
July 1, 2023

The Quartet San Francisco performed the compositions of Raymond Scott with a whimsical dynamism that flowed throughout the music. Scott's work has been closely associated with Warner Bros. cartoons, although he didn't write his music for animation. Along with members of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (and some Take 6 vocal tracks), QSF weaved ...

Hermeto Pascoal At UC Theatre

by Walter Atkins
June 23, 2023

Jazz is Dead (Jazz Está Morto) presented Brazilian multi instrumentalist and composer Hermeto Pascoal (Miles Davis, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Donald Byrd) at Berkeley's beautifully renovated UC Theatre on University Avenue. On this six city tour, his loyal followers were in full force for an evening of eclectic music. San Francisco-based Jazz Mafia enthusiastically warmed up ...

Dave Holland Trio Live At Yoshi's

by Roy Strassman
March 11, 2023

Dave Holland Trio Yoshi's Oakland, CA February 20, 2023 The David Holland trio swung into Yoshi's in Oakland after kicking off the initial week of its present tour at NYC's Village Vanguard. His trio during this stint consisted of the notable musicians Kevin Eubanks on guitar and Eric Harland on ...