In the mood for a good, true story? How about five?

Pretty Good Stories brings you stories you can sink into, this time with KARI KIERNAN, GINA STAHL-HAVEN, and GUI CAVALCANTI. Please join us as we gather to experience these amazing storytellers. (Plus stories from us, your hosts.)

We’ll also have JON on the piano getting things going with the Pretty Good Theme Song.

Take a look here to see what it’s all about.

About our guests:

Kari Kiernan: writer, storyteller and Bay Area native. She has worked in both nonprofit theatre and high school administration and holds a Masters Degree that she did not need and does not use. Over the past 20 years, she’s been on stage at Porchlight, the Throckmorton, The Vent, and Literary Death Match, among others. She is a returning performer at Naked Truth and Redwood Nights and now… Pretty Good Stories! You can see some of her past work at karikiernan.com.

Gina Stahl-Haven: award-winning comedian and storyteller based in the Bay Area. Gina has been performing stand-up and improv for over 15 years and was the runner-up in the 2019 San Francisco International Comedy Competition—the highest finish by a woman since Ellen DeGeneres.

You may recognize Gina from Season 17 of America's Got Talent, where she earned four yeses from the celebrity judges. Howie Mandel called her "wonderful" and "memorable."

Festival appearances include World Series of Comedy, Boston Comedy Festival, San Francisco Improv Festival, and Hawaii Improv Festival. Gina has headlined comedy clubs across the country and is known for her smart, relatable storytelling and hilarious takes on motherhood, relationships, everyday life, and even navigating Costco.

Follow Gina at @TheFunnyGina on Facebook and Instagram.

Gui Cavalcanti: long-time story-liver, and a more recent story-teller, spending the last three years performing at the monthly Oakland StorySlam. Between building 15-ton humanoid combat robots for illegal underground fight nights in Tokyo, crossing Chinese gangsters and living to tell the tale, floating bouncy castles down the Charles River for birthday parties, and generally living a life of “yes and”, he brings out-of-this-world, larger-than-life adventures to the stage.

About your hosts:

Beau Ryder Davis: Moth Grand Slam champ and winner of 9 Moth StorySLAMs. Featured at Redwood Nights, In A Nutshell, The Punch Line, Simply Said, StorySlam Oakland, Alameda StorySlam and so many more. You may have heard him on the Moth Radio Hour. Also a comedian and seasoning-packet hawker.

Tom Darci: Moth StorySLAM winner. Featured at In a Nutshell, Simply Said, StorySlam Oakland, Conundrum Chronicles, and more. Shakespeare lover, pickleballer.

We created Pretty Good Stories to give the room for experienced storytellers to showcase longer, more in-depth stories. Some are funny. Some are moving. All are pretty good. Join us.

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We start with Jules Leyhe & The Family Jules.

Jules is one of the world’s foremost blues slide-guitar players—so much so that even Premier Guitar magazine called his music “the best blues slide licks since Derek Trucks, maybe even Duane Allman.” His band is also top-notch - featuring Ian McArdle on piano, Isaac Schwartz on drums and renowned bassist Matt Roades.

Then we add a special guest to create something new and exciting!

The guest this month is Angela Petrilli, a professional guitarist from Los Angeles known for her extensive online presence, her work with Norman's Rare Guitars, and her band Angela Petrilli & The Players. She also hosts The Riff Rundown and has released music with her band, earning acclaim from CBS Morning, Rolling Stone and Guitar Player Magazine. The band has opened for The Immediate Family, Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, Eric Krasno, Cardinal Black and Joe Bonamassa's Stream-a-thon.

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If you are a fan of Latin Jazz, this is a DON'T MISS EVENT!

A night of Contemporary Latin Jazz with Original Compositions and intriguing Arrangements!

For the past 20 years Saúl Sierra has been a member of some of the leading bands in the Bay Area, including The John Santos Quintet/Sextet, Bobi Cespedes’ band, Dr. Loco’s Rocking Jalapeño Band, El Tren Trío, Anthony Blea y su Charanga, The Snake Trío, Jesús Díaz y su QBA, The Bay Area Afro-Cuban All Stars, The Venezuelan Music Project, Corazón Sur, Sababa band, Cascada de Flores, SJZ Collective, LaTiDo.

Saul is joined by a team of exquisite musicians:

Marco Diaz is an accomplished recording musician who has shared the stage with Grammy Award winning artist, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Nelson Gonzales, Jimmy Bosch, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, Ska Cubano (Europe), Tito Rojas, Nino Segarra, Anthony Cruz, Anthony Blea, Jovino Santos Neto, Joe Santiago, and is an integral member of the John Santos sextet, and the musical director for Bobi Cespedes.

Julio Pérez and Emilio Davalos on percussion are two of the most sought after musicians in the Latin Jazz world. They bring an infectious Afro-Cuban backbeat.

Charlie Gurke is a Bay Area based saxophonist, composer, and educator. In addition to leading various incarnations of his Gurkestra, Charlie is a member of the John Santos Sextet, The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Edgardo Cambon’s groups Candela and Latido. Charlie regularly performs and records with collaborators in a variety of genres. Recent performances of note include the 2018 and 2019 Monterey Jazz Festivals (with John Santos and the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, respectively), and the 2019 Montreux Jazz Festival (with the Grammy winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra).

Saxophonist Luis Rosa has appeared at major festivals and venues such as the Java Jazz Festival, Hungary’s Mediawave Festival, the Berklee Performance Center, and Boston’s Beantown Jazz Festival. His performance collaborations include work with Wayne Bergeron, Theo Bleckmann, Maurice Brown, Eguie Castrillo, Billy Cobham, Carlos Garnett, Jerry Gonzalez, John Hollenbeck, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Nash, Charlie Sepulveda, Don Severinsen, Terrell Stafford and Allen Vizzutti among others.

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Come in costume, come as you are. But be prepared to be AMAZED!

Join us for a magical show full of laughs, gasps, and WTF was that's?!

This will be an unforgettable eveining of magic, mentalism, and mysteriousl feats.

Award winning comedian and magician Sean Francisco teams up with mind reading sensation Jake Berg to bring you a show like no other! With experience performing everywhere from the biggest stages to the swankiest private events, this is sure to be a show you don't want to miss!

Sean Francisco makes magic funny and comedy magical. Mixing laugh out loud comedy with jaw-dropping illusions, Sean’s style is fast, fresh, and a little dangerous. This isn’t your uncle’s card trick, it’s a night out guaranteed to be bold, hilarious, and unforgettable.

Jake Berg blurs the line between reality and illusion. He has performed nationwide for celebrities and Fortune 500 companies, delivering an interactive, mind-bending show that astonishes from start to finish. You’ll leave questioning where the trick ends and reality begins.

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll find coins behind your ears!

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What a band!!!! Often they are on the road with BIG names but now this is a showcase of their talent! Miro has been on the road with Karrin Allyson. Karl tours with Jane Monheit, John C Reilly and Anthony Wilson. Dan has toured with all of these musicians. But now we get to focus on THEIR music.

Featuring pianist Miro Sprague, bassist Karl McComas-Reichl and drummer Dan Schnelle, this dynamic Los Angeles-based cooperative trio performs original music and choice standards in a conversational and highly interactive improvisational style. The trio’s music spans a wide range of grooves, moods and musical colors, from intense swing and second line grooves to contemplative ballads and freely improvised vignettes. The musical material is also wide-ranging, featuring original compositions by each band member as well as lesser known material by artists like Mary Lou Williams and Bill Evans. Come see their Bay Area debut!

Miro Sprague is a pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator known for his inspiring creativity, dynamic and passionate performance style, and artistic versatility. Working primarily in the world of jazz and improvised music, Miro has been an active performer since the early 2000’s, touring throughout the U.S. and overseas and performing at many of the world's top venues and festivals. Currently based in Los Angeles, Miro leads his own trio and quintet, and has performed with many renowned artists including Greg Osby, Ingrid Jensen, Linda Oh, Jeff Parker, Joe LaBarbera, Steve Cardenas, Jerome Jennings, Ed Howard, Walter Smith III, Jerry Bergonzi, Houston Person, and many others. He is also an in-demand vocal accompanist and since 2015 has been the pianist of choice for renowned vocalist Karrin Allyson, touring extensively with her throughout the U.S. and overseas. He has recorded on numerous albums as both a sideman and a bandleader and he is currently gearing up to release his next album “Constant” later this year.

Karl McComas-Reichl is a bassist, cellist, film composer and artist. He is from Stevens Point, Wisconsin and earned a BFA from The New School. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and good friend Lesley Ann Wheeler. Arrangement and performance credits include: Baskets Season 4, The Shrink Next Door, Special, Three Busy Debra, ONI: Thunder Gods Tale, Grace & Frankie, NY State Lottery. Other performance credits include: Jane Monheit, John C. Reily, Joshua White, Anthony Wilson, Glenn Zaleski, Josh Nelson, Peter Schlamb, Hermon Mehari, Libery Ellman, Logan Richardson, Colin Stranhan, Geoffrey Keezer, and Tommy Crane.

Dan Schnelle is one of the most talented, in-demand drummers in the music scene. Schnelle understands how to make other musicians comfortable, while bringing enough of the unexpected to his playing to keep it consistently exciting. Unsatisfied with the idea that the drum set is merely a time-keeping device, Schnelle is thoughtful about how this unique instrument, with its nearly limitless variety of sounds, can be tastefully and effectively deployed in a wide variety of musical situations. Notable collaborators in the studio and on tour have included Billy Childs, David Benoit, Karrin Allyson, David Binney, Josh Nelson, Alan Ferber, Joshua White, Sara Gazarek, Dayna Stephens, Anthony Wilson, and many others.

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Ray Obiedo has been at the forefront of Latin jazz for three decades. With a long list of albums out that seem to always make the Billboard charts, Obiedo's funky percussive guitar playing is rooted in blues, jazz, Latin and pop. Demonstrating an exceptional talent for mystically melding urban jazz with Brazilian funk and dynamic Caribbean rhythms, Ray has developed a very unique and distinctive guitar signature. For this show, he is accompanied by an ALL STAR cast

Murray Low is best known for his contributions to Latin Jazz, Salsa and Afro-Cuban musical landscape. In his twenty-two years of involvement he has established himself as one of the premier pianists in that genre, being nominated as 2008 Pianist of the Year by the Latin Jazz Corner and for a Grammy in 2004 as part of Machete Ensemble. He is or has been the regular pianist/collaborator with several top Bay Area ensembles including Wayne Wallace’s Quintet, John Calloway’s Diaspora, Jesus Diaz y su QBA, Pete Escovedo Orchestra, and John Santos’ Machete Ensemble. He has also collaborated with Latin Jazz giants Ray Vega, Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Nestor Torres, and Andrea Brachfeld. In 2008 he also performed with famous Cuban flautist Orlando Valle at the Monterey Jazz Festival as part of a specially commissioned project including Jon Benitez, David Sanchez, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, and Giovanni Hildalgo.

Trombonist Jeff Cressman toured internationally with the Carlos Santana Band from 2000 to 2016 and has recorded several CDs with Santana including the blockbuster “Supernatural”. Jeff has also recorded and toured with such diverse artists as Don Cherry, Lila Downs, Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Trey Anastasio Band, Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, Tito Puente, Sheila E., Pete Escovedo, John Santos, and the Machete Ensemble, Ray Obiedo, Jon Jang and the Pan Asian Arkestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Francisco Aguabella, Kamikaze Ground Crew, Free Dive, Edgardo Cambon Y Su Candela, Steven Bernstein’s MTO West, Jesus Diaz Y Su QBA and Sandy Cressman’s Homenagem Brasileira.

Dan Feizli, experienced on both upright and electric basses, is a versatile performer in styles of music ranging from jazz and latin to pop and rock. He has performed in concert with such notable artists as James Moody, Raul Midon, and Mickey Hart, toured nationally and internationally with artists including Julio Iglesias, Nicole Yarling and Raul DiBlasio, and played in the pit orchestras for musical theatre productions including Hamilton, The Lion King and Billy Elliot.

Jon Bendich has performed with Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo, Sheila E., Robben Ford, The Last Poets, George Duke & Stanley Clarke, Roy Ayers, MC Hammer, Lisa Stansfield, Bobby McFerrin, Frank McComb, Ray Obiedo, Andy Narrell, Lenny Williams, Gerald Allbright and Phil Upchurch

Phil Hawkins is an accomplished jazz drummer and one of the leading innovators of music for the steelpan. As a percussionist and drummer he regularly travels throughout the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America to perform concerts, teach clinics and study percussion.

Throughout his 30+ year career, Derek Rolando has worked with many great artists such as Pete Escovedo, Quicksilver, The Whispers, Sheila E., Regina Carter, Chris Cain, & John Santos. He has also performed with members of Santana, Journey, Tower of Power and Cold Blood. He has been active in the music industry performing, recording and teaching. Derek is currently working on his new solo CD project and performing live and recording with Bay Area guitar greats Ray Obiedo and Mambo Caribe. Derek has been featured in Latin Beat Magazine.

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Jackie sings to honor the ladies who taught her to sing jazz: Sarah, Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah and Nina!

We all know who they were by their first names alone!

She will not only sing their songs, but will tell you some fascinating stories about each of them that you've never heard before! 

This will be a very special evening!JazzTimes magazine calls Jackie Ryan “one of the most outstanding vocalists of her generation ..rivaling the dexterous sass of Sarah Vaughan, the instinctive smarts of Carmen McRae and the scintillating verve of Diana Krall.” Vocalist Jackie Ryan arrived on the ever-changing jazz scene at the dawning of the new millennium, deriving a classic, yet exotic style and sound. Of Mexican, Irish, French, and Spanish decent, Ryan throws her background it into her music. She sings in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and echoes of Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday can be heard.

"Extraordinary - a world-class talent!" Don Heckman, jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times, calls her. And it's no wonder. She has a magnetic stage presence. Wherever she performs - domestically, or in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada - it's the same story. She's been such a hit at London's famed Ronnie Scott's Club that the owner, Pete King, asked Jackie to appear on Ronnie Scott's own prestigious Jazz House label and the London Evening Standard called her "one of the finest singers to perform at Ronnie's since Shirley Horn." Among the many jazz greats Jackie has sung, recorded, or toured with are: Clark Terry (at the Monterey Jazz Festival), Toots Thielemans, Barry Harris, Cyrus Chestnut, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Red Holloway, Eric Alexander, Jeremy Pelt, Ernie Watts, Roy McCurdy, George Gaffney, Amina Figarova, Mike Wofford, Larry Vuckovich, Jon Mayer, and Jon Hendricks - just a few of the legends with whom she has shared the stage, and who sing her praises as well.

She has written and recorded not only vocalese lyrics to such be-bop improvisations as Joe Henderson's "The Kicker," but also lyrics to such poignant ballads as Barry Harris's "Deep Love." This creativity as an artist and performer, combined with her being a genuinely warm person, has put her much in demand for concerts both here and abroad.

Playing with Jackie will be: John R Burr onPiano, Doug Miller on bass, Leon Joyce on drums, and Erik Jekabson on Trumpet

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Charles Wheal walked into a bar in Blacksburg Virginia to hear Muddy Waters' old guitar player "Steady Rollin" Bob Margolin light up the stage. That night, he went back to his apartment, picked up his roommate's acoustic guitar, and hasn't been without one since.

A few years later, he moved to London to pursue a career in global finance, but his passion for playing won out. Following in the footsteps of other English musicians steeped in the blues, from Peter Green to Stevie Winwood, Charles came back to America to delve deeper into the heart of the music he felt compelled to play.

After an apprenticeship in the historic clubs of Chicago, Charles was pulled further westward, to one of the epicenters of the contemporary Blues scene--San Francisco. Wheal got the call from harmonica player Mark Hummel to fill the guitar chair in his band. He played on all of Hummel's releases since then, including three Harmonica Meltdown CDs (Mountaintop) and Hummel's Electro-Fi CDs, "Golden State Blues", "Blowing My Horn", and "Ain't Easy no More". Over the years, Wheal has played with a virtual who's-who of blues greats, including James Cotton, Snooky Pryor, Sam Myers, Joe Beard, Steve Freund, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin (Rick Estrin & The Nightcats), James Harman, Paul Delay, Jerry Portnoy, Lee Oskar, Magic Dick, Huey Lewis, Jody Williams, Jr Watson, Billy Branch, Curtis Salgado, Maria Muldaur, Bob Margolin, Anson Funderburgh, Cal Valentine, Detroit Jr, Barrelhouse Chuck, Billy Boy Arnold, and of course Mark Hummel. For almost a decade, he anchored Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors, playing with some of the greatest musicians of their generations, criss-crossing North America and Europe to packed halls, and playing festivals and clubs to dedicated fans of blues and jazz from around the world.

In October of 2006, Wheal decided it was time to devote his energy to his own band. Charles and his band can be found playing at all of the best Bay Area clubs, providing a mix of Chicago, Texas, and West coast blues that gets crowds on their feet and keeps them there.

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This five-piece powerhouse crew features conservatory trained Classical and Jazz musicians who find a common language in their passion for the music that is found in-between the lines. The unique instrumentation of cello, viola, violin, trombone, bass, vocals and percussion provides the perfect vehicle to explore the edges of the perceived musical universe.

Their union yields a provocative, precise, punk-rock personality and a highly distinguished multi-style sound which spans centuries and genres. In any given set you’ll hear diverse influences from around the world: funk, folk, hip-hop, western chamber music, jazz, and most certainly at least one 80’s rock ballad because an evening wouldn’t be complete without one!

Twenty six years in the making, Jazz Mafia is a prolific staple of the quintessential San Francisco sound, uniting creative and accomplished Bay Area instrumentalists, vocalists, MCs, composers, and arrangers.

Join us for the unveiling of thier newest configuration: Jazz Mafia Strings!

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Experience the elegant mysteries of Master Illusionist and comedian Patrick Martin, along with the wildly creative music of Mads Tolling in this surprising, fun and amazing mix of illusion, wicked jazz, comedy and startling mystery!

Internationally celebrated, Patrick has entertained at the White House, inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, and on “Masters of Illusion.” Mads, a two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist from Copenhagen, has performed with jazz legends Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Turtle Island Quartet, and is a recent member of Bob Weir & Wolf Bros.

This collaborative show takes audiences on a surprising and comedic journey. Tolling provides a live, dynamic musical score to Martin’s  illusions, integrating classical virtuosity, jazz into a magic show unlike any other. Mads brings his signature live looping to the stage, layering rhythms, and harmonies on the violin, magically creating the sound of an entire ensemble. Together, Patrick and Mads create an unforgettable evening where magic meets music in the most unexpected and delightful ways.

Not to be missed!

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As a world-class saxophonist/flutist, Dann Zinn is renowned for being a passionate soloist and composer/arranger. Hailed over the years as “inventive,” “distinctive,” and for “creating a stunning and emotional listening experience,” Zinn has developed a unique style distinguishing him as a one of a kind artist with a tone unlike any other horn player on the jazz scene today. His impressive discography includes over 100 appearances as a featured soloist and sideman on albums with prominent musicians. Zinn’s performances have spanned top venues. For this evening he has assembled an amazing band!

Frank Martin is a pianist/keyboard player that continues a diverse career as a performer as well as an educator and has performed and/or recorded with a wide variety of artists that include: Stevie Wonder, Sting, Randy Brecker, Angela Bofill, Al Jarreau, Shankar Mahadevan, Flora Purim & Airto Moriera, Herbie Hancock, Tuck & Patti, Robben Ford, Joey DeFrancesco, John McLaughlin, Patti Austin, Steve Winwood, Santana, Chris Isaak, B.B. King, John Handy, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Botti, Jose Neto & the Netoband, Paul Simon, Patti Labelle, Ramsey Lewis, Stanley Turrentine, Dennis Chambers, Turtle Island String Quartet, and Wayne Shorter.

Daniel 'D-Lucca' Parenti is an accomplished jazz bassist, composer, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beginning his jazz journey at age 12, he has toured extensively with notable artists including Rosemary Clooney and Michael Feinstein, recorded multiple Grammy-nominated albums with Concord Jazz Records, and released several original jazz albums. Currently, he serves as Music Director at the California Jazz Conservatory and Oakland School for the Arts.

Deszon Claiborne began his musical career at the early age of ten. Virtually self taught in the beginning, he went on to study with world-renowned drummers which provided him with a strong foundation in jazz, rhythm & blues and world music. He has had the pleasure to perform or record with the following artists: Peter Apfelbaum, Don Cherry, Charles Brown, Angela Bofill, Les McCann, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Robin Ford, Boz Scaggs, Greg Howe, Henry Butler, Giovani Hildalgo, Kai Eckhardt, John Handy, Taj Mahal, Donald Harrison, Rodney Franklin, and many others.

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Angela LaFlamme's Wild Women of The Blues is an evocative musical tribute that brings to life the stories and songs of legendary blues and jazz artists. With a voice that channels the raw emotion of Etta James, the soulful depth of Billie Holiday, and the powerful presence of Big Mama Thornton, LaFlamme offers a captivating performance that honors these trailblazing women. Her repertoire also includes the timeless works of Alberta Hunter and other iconic figures, as well as her own original songs, weaving a rich tapestry of music and storytelling. Through this show, LaFlamme not only celebrates the enduring legacy of these artists but also keeps their voices alive for new generations of listeners.

Angela LaFlamme is a throwback to a bygone era — with an edgy modern twist. Sepia toned. Think 1920’s film siren meets Tom Waits. Angela's love for not only storytelling, but creating a unique nostalgic vibe come from years of studying the tarnished elegance of Billie Holiday, the whimsical smirk of Fats Waller, and the full throttle kick of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

From performing at an Oakland warehouse party to the sumptuous main stage of the Edwardian Ball or legendary rock venue Bottom of the Hill, to the top floor of the De Young Museum, LaFlamme is completely at home. Her dedication, sheer joy and passion in creating not just great music, but an unforgettable atmosphere are a thing to behold.

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Join us for an extraordinary night celebrating the artistry of Israel Lopez “Cachao,” creator of the Mambo, pioneer of the Descarga, and one of the pillars of Cuban music. The Saúl Sierra Quartet features Saúl on bass, Marco Diaz on piano and trumpet, Julio Perez, and Ahkeel Mestayer on percussion. They will be joined by very special guests: John Santos and Orestes Vilató on percussion, Anthony Blea on violin, and Luis Rosa on saxophone.

For the past 20 years Saúl Sierra has been a member of some of the leading bands in the Bay Area, including The John Santos Quintet/Sextet, Bobi Cespedes’ band, Dr. Loco’s Rocking Jalapeño Band, El Tren Trío, Anthony Blea y su Charanga, The Snake Trío, Jesús Díaz y su QBA, The Bay Area Afro-Cuban All Stars, The Venezuelan Music Project, Corazón Sur, Sababa band, Cascada de Flores, SJZ Collective, LaTiDo.

Saul is joined by a team of exquisite musicians:

Five-time GRAMMY nominated percussionist, educator, producer, composer, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. He is known for his innovative use of traditional forms and instruments in combination with contemporary music, and has earned much respect and recognition as a record and event producer.

Orestes Vilató is a Cuban percussionist considered to be one of the foremost timbaleros in the salsa genre. He has been a strong musical presence in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene playing with several groups like the Machete Ensemble and Los Kimbos. He has also been an influential music mentor to many owing to his deep musical knowledge and generous nature. He has worked with Ray Barretto, Johhny Pacheco, Cachao and Carlos Santana.

Anthony Blea, master violinist, is a veteran performer, composer, and instructor, whose performances have graced the stages, and enriched the musical community of the San Francisco Bay Area for over four decades.

Saxophonist Luis Rosa has appeared at major festivals and venues such as the Java Jazz Festival, Hungary’s Mediawave Festival, the Berklee Performance Center, and Boston’s Beantown Jazz Festival. His performance collaborations include work with Wayne Bergeron, Theo Bleckmann, Maurice Brown, Eguie Castrillo, Billy Cobham, Carlos Garnett, Jerry Gonzalez, John Hollenbeck, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Nash, Charlie Sepulveda, Don Severinsen, Terrell Stafford and Allen Vizzutti among others.

Marco Diaz is an accomplished recording musician who has shared the stage with Grammy Award winning artist, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Nelson Gonzales, Jimmy Bosch, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, Ska Cubano (Europe), Tito Rojas, Nino Segarra, Anthony Cruz, Anthony Blea, Jovino Santos Neto, Joe Santiago, and is an integral member of the John Santos sextet, and the musical director for Bobi Cespedes.

Julio Pérez and Ahkeel Mestayer on percussion are two of the most sought after musicians in the Latin Jazz world. They bring an infectious Afro-Cuban backbeat.

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Pianist Peter Smith usually puts out a cooking hard bop sound that has that classic Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers/ Horace Silver groove to it. Smith's piano work is certainly a talent worth paying plenty of attention to. For this post Thanksgiving event, he will be presenting soul jazz / boogaloo music from his latest release Smitty Straightens Out.

Peter is an accomplished pianist, composer, arranger, songwriter, and music director, and his career has flourished on both coasts. Originally a New Yorker, Peter has lived in Los Angeles since 2005.

Along with his jazz performances, Peter has been the musical director on numerous TV shows. He has worked directly with Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Robin Thicke and John Legend, not only accompanying them and their contestants in rehearsal, but collaborating with them on the musical arrangements for the show.

Peter began working with Natalie Cole as her primary accompanist just prior to her passing, and he has been traveling the world as Molly Ringwald’s pianist/MD, serving as co-producer and arranger on her Concord Records release: Except Sometimes. He has played on major stages large and small: Iridium, Birdland (NYC), Jazz Alley (Seattle), Yoshi’s (SF), Blues Alley (DC), Montreal Jazz festival, Vector Arena (NZ), Melbourne Recital Centre (AUS), and many, many more.

Peter’s composing career has merged with the Industry in Los Angeles, and his compositions can be heard on numerous TV shows (Mindy Project, CSI, Bones, Arrow, Bojack-Horseman, Young Sheldon, Benched, Supergirl, Growing Up Fisher, Black Lightning, Pitch, Charmed, How to Live With Your Parents) as well as in the films Hotel Noir, Myth of Fingerprints, and Bleached. He has also created custom music for commercials, animated logos, and explainer videos.

An accomplished actor as well, Peter’s career has brought him many roles on the small screen in shows like Law and Order, 24, Scandal, Weeds, CSI, and many more. Peter has also performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional stages. Combining his experiences in acting and music, Peter has written a screenplay about jazz pianist Bill Evans during his time with Miles Davis. The script, Blue in Green, has received much acclaim in the industry and is inching its way towards production.

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Skip the shopping, sneak away from the family, and come on out for some great music!

We start with Jules Leyhe & The Family Jules. Jules is one of the world’s foremost blues slide-guitar players—so much so that even Premier Guitar magazine called his music “the best blues slide licks since Derek Trucks, maybe even Duane Allman.” His band is also top-notch - featuring Ian McArdle on keys, Isaac Schwartz on drums and renowned bassist Matt Roades.

Then we add Nancy Wright . Wright appeared on the Bay Area music scene in 1984 with the popular New Orleans Rhythm and Blues Band, Hot Links. Following a successful North American tour, Wright and Hot Links were tapped to perform with Swamp Boogie Queen Katie Webster, appearing on her Arhoolie Records release, “You Know That’s Right.” Wright and Webster also performed together at the Chicago Blues Festival and appear together on B.B. King’s album, “Blues Summit,” winner of the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Wright spent the next two decades touring North America, Europe, and Asia with such artists as Elvin Bishop, Commander Cody, Johnny Adams, Earl King, Joe Louis Walker, and Maria Muldaur, and opening the top-grossing Jimmy Buffett Outpost Tour with harmonica player Greg “Fingers” Taylor. She recorded with B.B. King, Elvin Bishop, Joe Louis Walker, Little Charlie and the Nitecats, Mark Hummel and many others, and performed with top blues artists including Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Lowell Fulsom, Son Seals, and Ike Turner. “I have been blessed to play with and learn from so many wonderful musicians,” says Wright.

“One of the hottest blues sax players in the business, she is known for powerful, soulful, fascinating playing.”
– John Orr, San Jose Mercury News

“One of the best horn blowers in the blues business . . . a singer and songwriter of high order.”
– Lee Hildebrand, Living Blues

“A naturally bluesy voice . . . reminiscent in its approach to Ruth Brown and Dinah Washington . . . she doesn’t just sing the blues, she feels them.”
– George “Blues Fin Tuna” Fish, Blues Blast Magazine

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This is a Don't Miss for Jazz Fans!

Mikailo Kasha is an award-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader based in Miami, Florida. Currently considered to be among “the top 1% of bassists worldwide”, as stated by Scotty Barnhart of the Count Basie Orchestra, Kasha is a dynamic bandleader, versatile sideman, and a prodigious voice on both upright and electric bass.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Kasha is an alumnus of renowned incubator programs including the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars, San Jose Jazz All Stars, and the Stanford Jazz Institute.

A three-time DownBeat student award winner, Kasha received the 2022 “Jazz Soloist” award in the graduate division and an “Outstanding Performance” award for his trio. He also earned an Outstanding Soloist award in 2019. Kasha has been mentored by leading jazz figures. Beyond performance, Kasha is deeply committed to jazz education and community leadership. He serves as the Executive Director of the Miami Jazz Cooperative, is on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and leads the High School Honors Jazz Combo at Miami Country Day School.

Kasha has put together a stellar group for this evening!

Mikailo Kasha, bass

Tal Cohen, piano

Miles Turk, drums

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The Marcus Shelby Quintet will perform original music and standards from Monk, Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and more.

Marcus Anthony Shelby is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on the history, present, and future of African American lives social movements and music education.

In 1990, Marcus Shelby received the Charles Mingus Scholarship to attend Cal Arts and study composition with James Newton and bass with Charlie Haden. Currently, Shelby is the Artistic Director of Healdsburg Jazz, an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and a past resident artist with the San Francisco Jazz Festival and the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. Shelby has composed several oratorios and suites including “Harriet Tubman”, “Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio”, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues”, “Green and Blues”, and a children’s opera “Harriet’s Spirit” produced by Opera Parallel 2018. Shelby also composed the score and performed in Anna Deavere Smith’s Off-Broadway Play and HBO feature film “Notes from the Field” (2019). Shelby is also the voice of Ray Gardener in the 2020 Oscar-Winning Disney Pixar film “SOUL”. Shelby has also worked with a range of artists including Angela Y. Davis’ “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism” (2019), Joanna Haigood’s “Dying While Black and Brown” (2014), Margo Hall’s “Bebop Baby” (2013), and “Sonny’s Blues” (2008), the Oakland Ballet’s “Ella” The SF Girl Choir (2013), The Oakland Youth Chorus (2014), and many other productions over the past 23 years. Shelby has served on the San Francisco Arts Commission since 2013 and has worked with the Equal Justice Society for over 20 years. The Marcus Shelby Orchestra has released 5 CDs–“The Lights Suite”, “Port Chicago”, “Harriet Tubman”, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, and “Transitions”.

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If you are a fan of Latin Jazz, this is a DON'T MISS EVENT!

A night of contemporary Latin Jazz with The Saúl Sierra Quintet performing an eclectic repertoire including original music and arrangements of latin and jazz classics along with unique holiday celebratory music.

For the past 20 years Saúl Sierra has been a member of some of the leading bands in the Bay Area, including The John Santos Quintet/Sextet, Bobi Cespedes’ band, Dr. Loco’s Rocking Jalapeño Band, El Tren Trío, Anthony Blea y su Charanga, The Snake Trío, Jesús Díaz y su QBA, The Bay Area Afro-Cuban All Stars, The Venezuelan Music Project, Corazón Sur, Sababa band, Cascada de Flores, SJZ Collective, LaTiDo.

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The Kelly Park Big Band was founded in 2014. The band is dedicated to the writing and performance of fresh original music and arrangements, it is designed to be a concert band, not a dance band. Although much of the music is composed and arranged by Kelly, he has created a platform that gives band members and local composers an opportunity to write for a big band with no constraints; an opportunity to be as free and creative as possible.

The 1st half of the evening will focus on KPBB originals and holiday music. The 2nd half will feature Shawn Ryan and the Coker Sisters as they take you on an evening of Holiday music unlike anything you’ve ever experienced with hits like “Somebody Put Acid in the Eggnog”, and “Santa Lost a Ho”.

A rollicking house party of a show! The audience didn’t want Shawn to leave the stage and he obliged giving three encores!” -Peter Leavy, Cabaret Scenes“

This performance will benefit The Young Actors’ Theatre Camp Scholarship Fund as they Celebrate their 25th Anniversary!

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AN AMAZING EVENING OF MYSTERY & FUN
If you're in need of an evening of fun and world class entertainment, this is the event!

Andy Amyx has played Las Vegas, and international venues and been selected to perform for private celebrity events. He is known around the world for his dazzling and thrilling style of comedy magic and illusions. His exceptional reputation in the magic industry has enabled his success.

Andy began studying at the Chavez College of Magic where he achieved the Chavez Certificate of Prestidigitation. He continued to perfect his magic by creating his own style of music, manipulation, and original costume. Soon he received his first award in magic from the International Brotherhood of Magicians; he took first place for his incredible stage act. This lead to other awards such as First Place at the Society of American Magicians for having the Best Manipulation Act and later was asked to perform at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. Since his first performance at the Magic Castle, Andy has become one of the few favorites who regularly perform there.

Andy’s talents have also been used for television commercials and music videos. In addition to his ability to perform, Andy is also an instructor and renowned lecturer at the Chavez College of Magic.

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NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!

Frank Sinatra, long acclaimed as the world’s greatest performer of popular music, is the artist who set the standard for all others to follow. Sinatra was, of course, more than a singer – he was an actor, recording artist, cabaret and concert star, radio and television personality and, on occasion, producer, director and conductor.

A beloved entertainer for six decades, Sinatra’s achievements earned him three Oscars, two Golden Globes, 10 personal Grammys (and a total of 21 including those for his albums), an Emmy, a Cecile B. DeMille Award, a Peabody, and he was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983. A generous charitable contributor, one of his most prestigious awards was the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1971. In the United States, Sinatra was also awarded the Presidential Medal Of Honor and the Congressional Gold Medal (Congress’s highest civilian award).

This event celebrates the birth of Sinatra 110 years ago. Although often thought of as a beloved icon, the real man behind the legend was a complex persona with some dark history.

If you like music, tales and pizazz this is it. An amazing show of Sinatra's music - beautifully done - interspersed with tales about the man, the music, and the escapades!

Chicago-native Jefferson Bergey is a sought-after vocalist, M.C., and solo artist for Ivy Hill Entertainment. Now he’s taking on his most challenging musical costume yet, covering arguably the greatest singer of the 20th Century, Frank Sinatra. Sinatra may have been the greatest singer, but he was far from a perfect man. Bergey is pulling no punches as he tells sordid stories of the singer’s life against the musical backdrop of some of the best-known songs of the Great American Songbook.

Bergey will be backed by some of the best of the Bay Area including Andrew Dixon on tenor sax and all three of the incredible Hogan Brothers. Expect some very-special musical guests as well.

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Hide the presents and spike the punch! The irrepressibly funky Jazz Mafia collective celebrates the season with their Holiday Heist, purloining songs from under every tree. Jazz Mafia’s Holiday Heist featuring Trance Thompson (vocals), Nataly Michelle Wright (vocals), Adam Theis (trombone & bass), Tommy Occhiuto (sax), Kevin Wong (keys), and Darian Gray (drums)

‘Tis the season—for a heist. Jazz Mafia’s Holiday Heist is a holiday show for people who don’t usually like holiday shows. Blurring the lines between jazz, soul, funk, and the unexpected, the band dives deep into genre-bending arrangements that turn familiar melodies inside out and spotlight lesser-known holiday gems rarely heard on stage.

Fronted by Trance Thompson and Nataly Michelle Wright, the group strikes a perfect balance between adventurous instrumental explorations and soulful, powerhouse vocals. This isn’t background music for wrapping presents—it’s a reimagined holiday soundtrack from one of the Bay Area’s most inventive ensembles.

Now celebrating 26 years of fearless creativity, Jazz Mafia continues to twist traditions into something new, dynamic, and delightfully unpredictable.

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Hide the presents and spike the punch! The irrepressibly funky Jazz Mafia collective celebrates the season with their Holiday Heist, purloining songs from under every tree. Jazz Mafia’s Holiday Heist featuring Trance Thompson (vocals), Nataly Michelle Wright (vocals), Adam Theis (trombone & bass), Tommy Occhiuto (sax), Kevin Wong (keys), and Darian Gray (drums)

‘Tis the season—for a heist. Jazz Mafia’s Holiday Heist is a holiday show for people who don’t usually like holiday shows. Blurring the lines between jazz, soul, funk, and the unexpected, the band dives deep into genre-bending arrangements that turn familiar melodies inside out and spotlight lesser-known holiday gems rarely heard on stage.

Fronted by Trance Thompson and Nataly Michelle Wright, the group strikes a perfect balance between adventurous instrumental explorations and soulful, powerhouse vocals. This isn’t background music for wrapping presents—it’s a reimagined holiday soundtrack from one of the Bay Area’s most inventive ensembles.

Now celebrating 26 years of fearless creativity, Jazz Mafia continues to twist traditions into something new, dynamic, and delightfully unpredictable.

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Old and New World traditions meld in Cool Yule starring renowned Danish jazz violinist Mads Tolling. The wonderful Christmas traditions of the Nordic countries—Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland—are steeped in mysticism with many of these traditions at home here in America. We invite you to experience the warmth and specialness of hygge, the Danish word for cozy that sets the tone for ushering in the holiday season.

In the spirit of Yule, two-time Grammy Award-Winner Mads Tolling shares the Christmas celebrations of his youth in Copenhagen, blending the authentic customs and sounds of the Nordic countries with the joy and spirit of American jazz. Cool Yule includes a special nod to Denmark’s most famous fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen and a salute to Julemanden (Santa Claus). Yuletide traditional classics and jazz renditions of your favorite American holiday songs include My Favorite Things, Santa Baby, Beautiful Savior, I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve and the Louis Armstrong inspired title song, Cool Yule.

Mads’ stellar quartet this evening:

Mads Tolling – violin and octave violin

Colin Hogan – piano and accordion

Gary Brown – bass

Eric Garland – drums

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In the mood for a good, true story? How about four?

Pretty Good Stories brings you stories you can sink into. Please join us as we gather to experience some amazing storytellers.

We’ll also have JON on the piano getting things going with the Pretty Good Theme Song.

Take a look here to see what it’s all about.

About your hosts:

Beau Ryder Davis: Moth Grand Slam champ and winner of 9 Moth StorySLAMs. Featured at Redwood Nights, In A Nutshell, The Punch Line, Simply Said, StorySlam Oakland, Alameda StorySlam and so many more. You may have heard him on the Moth Radio Hour. Also a comedian and seasoning-packet hawker.

Tom Darci: Moth StorySLAM winner. Featured at In a Nutshell, Simply Said, StorySlam Oakland, Conundrum Chronicles, and more. Shakespeare lover, pickleballer.

We created Pretty Good Stories to give the room for experienced storytellers to showcase longer, more in-depth stories. Some are funny. Some are moving. All are pretty good. Join us.

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Flamenco is a passionate, expressive art form from Andalusia, Spain, combining song (cante), dance (baile), and guitar playing (toque). Shaped by Romani, Moorish, and Jewish cultures, it is celebrated worldwide for its complex rhythms, elaborate footwork, and emotional storytelling.

Recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, flamenco is a living conversation between the performers. Performers often shout jaleos (encouraging words like "¡olé!") to support and praise one another during improvisational sections. It is performed across Spain in intimate venues called tablaos, and has grown into a global phenomenon with vibrant communities and academies around the world.

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Award winning trumpeter, composer, and educator Jun Iida is known for his dynamic and versatile contributions to the jazz and contemporary music scenes. With an impressive array of performances at renowned venues and festivals across the world, Iida has built a reputation as a skilled performer and a dedicated educator.

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri as the son of Japanese immigrants, Iida was immersed in a broad range of musical influences during his upbringing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Iida’s musical journey has taken him from Los Angeles to Seattle, and he is currently an active figure in the New York music scene. His performance credits include Jazz at Lincoln Center (Shanghai), Pit Inn (Tokyo), 100BAN Hall (Kobe), Smalls Jazz Club, Nublu, and Soapbox Gallery (NYC), as well as a number of prestigious venues in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, with notable tours in Canada, the US, and China.

As a bandleader, Iida leads the Jun Iida Group (Los Angeles/NYC), and has been a part of successful ensembles such as FADE Quintet (Seattle), Salt Petal (Los Angeles) and Todo Mundo/WITHIN (San Diego). He has performed at renowned festivals including SXSW, PDX Jazz Fest, and Earshot Jazz Festival. Over the years, he has shared the stage with a range of acclaimed musicians, including Deltron 3030, Mike Phillips, Takuya Kuroda, Anat Cohen, and Skerik.

A recipient of multiple awards and grants, Iida’s artistry has been recognized by the greater music community, earning him several Golden Ear Awards nominations and a spot on the 2025 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. His debut album as a leader, Evergreen (OA2 Records), was released in January 2024 to great acclaim, showcasing his evolving voice as a composer and performer.

Fluent in both English and Japanese with strong connections to both Japanese and American cultures, Iida continues to push the boundaries of jazz performance and education, fostering a deeper appreciation for the genre while engaging with diverse audiences worldwide. His passion for both performance and mentorship solidifies his place as one of the emerging voices in contemporary jazz.

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A masterful vocalist and “the superman of the Bay Area jazz scene” (SF Chronicle), Kenny Washington is easily among the most beloved and soulful singers working today. A native of New Orleans, Kenny grew up singing gospel music in church and playing saxophone in the school band. He continued his music studies at Xavier University where he became interested in various styles ranging from traditional and contemporary jazz, to classical, to rhythm-and-blues and pop. Joining the U.S. Navy Band in 1986, Kenny performed and toured nationally and internationally through out the U.S., Asia, Russia, and Australia. After nine years in the Navy, Kenny made his home in the San Francisco Bay Area where he established himself as a top vocalist.

While performing with the Michael O’Neill Quintet at the Douglas Beach House, Kenny met vibraphonist Joe Locke who happened to be in the audience. This led to an invitation to perform with Joe at Dizzy’s; Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC). Since then he has been a featured artist at JALC for over ten years where he has appeared with Joe Locke, Eric Reed, Eric Alexander, Joe Lavano, Branford Marsalis, Roberta Gambarini and Wynton Marsalis. With Wynton, Kenny has performed both in small groups and large including numerous times with the "Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.” In 2013 Kenny was featured in Wynton’s oratorio: "Blood On The Fields" which also included vocalist Gregory Porter. Kenny has headlined performances in Japan, Russia, Scotland, Shanghai, Denmark, Mongolia and many other countries. He has performed at top Jazz Festival including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and the San Jose Jazz Festival.

Kenny is a jazz vocalist virtuoso. Emulating the classic styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and infusing colors of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway, Kenny's free, playful approach, with over a four-octave range is awe inspiring. His tone on ballads is liquid and his scat singing - informed by his saxophone playing - is rapid-fire, passionate, melodious and inventive. His intonation is so precise that it becomes noticeable if the piano wasn’t tuned that day. Kenny is considered by many to be the premiere male vocalist on the planet today. This man is a must-see.

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With sparkling charm, a golden tone and an innate sense of swing, Suzanna joyfully brings a soulful blend that is simple, yet sophisticated - true and distinctive. Drawing upon timeless influences such as Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn and Helen Merrill, Suzanna Smith infuses songs with a style that’s pure, unadorned and soulfully subtle.

Smith’s approach was honed working closely with vocalists Laurie Antonioli and Madeline Eastman at The California Jazz Conservatory, in private study with esteemed vocalist Kitty Margolis and through the time-honored jazz tradition of many nights on the bandstand.

Lee Bloom (piano)- Ruth Davies (bass)- Leon Joyce (drums)

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There's a saying that what you do on New Year's Eve (NYE) is what you'll do the rest of the year. So let's all get together for some GREAT MUSIC, FOOD & MORE! Join us for a Special NYE Blues Bash featuring Aki Kumar, one of the best blues singers today, teaming up with Jules Leyhe, one of the world's best slide guitarist and his band.

A masterful harmonica player, soulful vocalist, band-leader, drummer and producer, Aki Kumar is a man of many talents and one of the most prolific artists in the SF Bay Area today. He has successfully blended retro Indian music and Chicago style blues making for a unique, electrifying, multi-cultural mash-up that sounds like no one else, yet never loses touch with the inspiration it draws from the blues. A veteran of the San Jose music scene for two decades, Kumar was hailed as "...King of ‘Bollywood blues’ music" by SJ Mercury News (2022) and received the Metro Silicon Valley Gold Award for Best Band (2024).

Jules Leyhe might look like your everyday, average, unassuming guy, but he’s one of the world’s foremost blues slide-guitar players—so much so that even Premier Guitar magazine called his music “the best blues slide licks since Derek Trucks, maybe even Duane Allman.” Those might sound like some big boots, but this Oakland native not only fills them, he wears them out and has to order new ones.

Celebrate New Years and be home early! Doors open at 6:30P. A buffet is included in the ticket. Many of you like to be home before the clock strikes midnight, so this is the show for you. Beer, wine, champage and non-alcoholic drinks available for purchase.

Ticket includes GREAT MUSIC , GREAT FOOD!

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The Toulouse, France native, Guilhem Fourty, now based in NYC, has built a profile that combines headline billing, top-tier festival work, and a string of awards that mark him as a leading artist of his cohort. Fourty is not only a drummer who keeps impeccable time. He is a leader shaping sound and structure, moving with ease from neighborhood clubs to the largest jazz festival in the world, and from civic concerts to international tours. In a crowded field, that breadth—and the depth behind it—marks him as a major artist on the rise.

Every four years the American Piano Awards identifies five emerging jazz artists and highlights their talent throughout a year long competition culminating in the Cole Porter Fellowship prize. Brahm Sasner is a 2027 American Piano Awards Finalist.

Brahm is a 2026 graduate of the prestigious Manhattan School of Music where he developed his dynamic improvisational style through deep study of the jazz tradition.Raised in the Bay Area, Brahm has received awards from international, national, and statewide competitions and is an alumnus of the Vail Jazz summer workshop. In addition to gigging throughout New York City, Brahm has toured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He has three upcoming tours in Europe scheduled for early and mid-2027, and 2028.

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