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The Dogpatch is Coming to
Santa Rosa
 
Featuring  ANDREW SPEIGHT on Alto and Soprano Sax! 
with Matt Clark on Piano,  Michael Zisman, Bass and Jimmy Gallagher, Drums, Mystery Trumpet Guest Artist – TBA
If you like straight-ahead jazz, we guaranteee you’re gonna love this group. … Continue reading →

Azar appeared with Miles Davis when he was just 19, played on Dark Magus, recorded live in Carnegie Hall, then joined the McCoy Tyner group. He has also played with Earth Wind and Fire and worked behind the scenes in LA as a composer/arranger. A few … Continue reading →

Dick Conte arrived in San Francisco in 1961 from his native Connecticut and has since become an integral part of the Bay Area jazz scene with his encyclopedic knowledge of jazz,  formidable jazz radio presence (from the fabled KJAZ days … Continue reading →

Sonoma County’s own Jazz Singer and House Concert host, Ernie Shelton brings Ballads, Bossa, BeBop, and Blues to our back yard.
As a host himself, Ernie has been a mainstay of our local house concert scene for over 7 years, … Continue reading →

On September 26, we present Michael Smolens’ “earPlay Jazzquintet,” a groundbreaking electro-acoustic ensemble with a 
uniquely 
kaleidoscopic sound. They take stylistic variety to new heights, cross-fertilizing
 North Indian,
West African,
 Brazilian,
 and Middle Eastern influences
 with jazz and 20th-century classical idioms. … Continue reading →

On August 29 you are in for a treat: the San Francisco-based PickPocket Ensemble, playing the amazing “café Jazz” of Monte Rio’s own Rick Corrigan, perform music from their 6th CD release. Accordion, Bass, Cello, Violin, and percussion. Is it … Continue reading →

On July 18th, check out “BlueNote” jazz - Coltrane, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, etc. –  from Sonoma County’s Alastair Ingram Quintet featuring Alastair on Tenor sax and Flute,  Hal Forman on trumpet and Flugelhorn, Guy Arastuto on keys, Rick Fulkerson on bass … Continue reading →

On June 27th, we’ll be pleased to present Jules Broussard, well-known “Bammie” award wining Jazz and R&B Saxophonist from Marin and one of Lavay Smith’s Red Hot Skillet Lickers, too! Jules has been a Bay Area favorite for over 30 … Continue reading →