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Mar 10
2010

Fats Waller and the Golden Age of Jazz Featured in a Play Opening this Saturday at the Rep

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San Jose Jazz Blog

 

A play about Fats Waller starts this Saturday at the Rep. There is a special discount on tickets available for San Jose Jazz members (become a member) - see details below.

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Mar 08
2010

Jam Sessions Continue at Senzala - March 9

Posted by geoff in Events

Event: John Worley and Oscar Pangilinan Quintet Jazz Jam featuring special guests Rick Vandivier and Wally Schnalle
What: Jam Session
Start Time: March 9 at 7:30pm
End Time: March 9 at 10:30pm
Where: Senzala Restaurant

Jam entry fee is a flat $5, for musicians sitting in. Friends, audience members, pets...$5 w/dinner....$10 w/o dinner. San Jose Jazz members, seniors and under 21 years old $2 off
Mar 08
2010

San Jose State University Jazz Orchestra in Concert March 11

Posted by geoff in Events

SJSU Jazz Orchestra's first concert of the spring 2010 semester will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7:30pm in the San Jose State University School of Music Concert Hall.   This concert will feature music by Alan Baylock, Bob Florence and many others, featuring new music by Aaron Lington.  

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Mar 03
2010

Mass in Blue at the California Theatre on March 19

Posted by lucie in Events

mass in blue on San Jose Jazz's blog A Special Night at the California Theatre with ‘Mass in Blue', an Unusual Choral Jazz Composition

 

If you are up for something a little different, join Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale on March 19 for Will Todd's Mass in Blue, an upbeat setting of the Latin mass composed in the jazz and blues idioms. Written in 2003 for choir, soprano solo and jazz instrumentation, the work is a brilliant blend of driving rhythms, rich tonal colors, bluesy harmonies and soaring vocal lines. Critics have described the piece as "inventive" and "electrifying."

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Feb 19
2010

Joe De Rose and Amici -CD Release party on March 8

Posted by lucie in Events

Joe De Rose and AmiciCD release party for Joe DeRose and Amici is on March 8th at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland.

 

Blend vibrant jazz fusion, ECM harmonies, and soulful melodies and you get Joe De Rose and Amici. Joe De Rose, a native of the Bay Area, has been playing drums professionally for 21 years in various styles ranging from Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Latin, Blues, Rock to Fusion.

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Feb 15
2010

Masters of Latin Jazz Concert and Master Class with Ray Vega

Posted by geoff in Events

 

TWO GREAT EVENTS FOR LATIN JAZZ IN SILICON VALLEY

 

Masters of Latin Jazz Concert - Ray Vega, John Calloway, and Jesus Diaz performing with the Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

Latin Jazz master trumpter Ray Vega, flautist John Calloway and percussionist Jesus Diaz perform together in a rare collaborative concert on Saturday, March 6, 7:30 PM at Stanford's Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

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Jan 14
2010

Robin McKelle makes her South Bay debut this Sunday at the Improv

Posted by lucie in Events

By Andrew Gilbert

for the Mercury News

Posted on www.mercurynews.com: 01/14/2010

WATCH VIDEO


Robin McKelle at the San Jose Jazz Winter SeriesFor jazz musicians the road to Europe isn't paved with gold, but since the 1960s flying across the Atlantic has became an essential rite of remuneration for American improvisers, who would often be hard-pressed to make ends meet relying solely on stateside gigs.

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Jan 06
2010

More Big Bands and New Jam Session at Senzala Restaurant

Posted by geoff in Events

Senzala Restaurant and Stage expands music program by adding a bi-monthly jazz jam and an impressive Big Band line up every Wednesday

Senzala Restaurant and Stage

250 East Java Drive

Sunnyvale, CA. 94089
(408) 734-1656

www.senzalarestaurant.com


In addition to its already impressive Thursday through Saturday music line-up, Senzala Restaurant and Stage is adding an all ages jazz jam every 2nd
Dec 15
2009

Ubatuba Brazil Camp - Study with the Masters in Brazil!

Posted by lucie in Events

Ubatuba Brazil Camp 2010 is a week of music master classes on the sands of Ubatuba, Brazil. Created by the founders of California Brazil Camp, Dennis Broughton and Mestre Marcelo Pereira, this week-long event brings together master musicians ranging from the legendary Hermeto Pascoal and Jovino Santos Neto to percussion master Jorge Alabé.

Learn more about the camp

Dec 10
2009

Richard Scheinin's review of the 22nd Winter Series

Posted by lucie in News

San Jose Jazz winter series - 9 'special' Sunday shows at the Improv

By Richard Scheinin


When Geoff Roach began mulling over possibilities for this year's Winter Jazz Series in downtown San Jose, he found himself thinking about jazz clubs versus jazz concerts. Fans always enjoy heading to a club - Yoshi's in Oakland or San Francisco, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, among others - to see a top band refining its repertoire and concept before moving on to the next club.


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