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Join Us THIS WEEKEND!
Thursday, January 12
Ethan Ostrow & The Outside In
Doors at 6. Music at 7P
The Outside In isn’t your grandma’s modern jazz band. Rocking out since 2022; soaring melodies, passionate solos, head-banging grooves, intimate and reflective ballads all define the music, largely composed by pianist Ethan Ostrow. Featuring some of the most exciting up-and-coming musicians in New York, the band is quickly establishing themselves with their deep, lush, and powerful sound.
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Friday, January 13
Maurice Tani - Blues Noir
Doors at 6:30. Music at 7:30P
A don't miss event!!! A poet with a guitar and smokin’ hot band!! Maurice is in his own lane. Known for his wry/rye-to-romantic songwriting, agile guitar style and expressive singing, Tani's particular flavor of music is a broad spectrum tincture of influences to cure what ails you. While rooted (at times distantly) in country music, his writing is centered on an urban-western perspective. Perhaps he is best described as Blues Noir - Short musical narratives of life on the left coast; A sort of cinema for the blind.
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Saturday, January 14
Alex Monfort Quartet
Doors at 6. Music at 7P
Paris based pianist Alex Monfort is presently rising to fame in the jazz world. His trio has found success in prestigious competitions such as the Rezzo Focal de Vienne, Jazz à St Germain des Près, Jazz à Vannes, Trophée SACEM, and the Blue Note Festival, where they unanimously took first place. Following their success in competition, the trio was enthusiastically received on stage at Sunset-Sunside in Paris for the release of their first album.
In his latest Opus "Introspection", pianist Alex Monfort pays homage to many of his heroes, such as Mulgrew Miller, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, and John Coltrane, blending with the influence of African-American jazz roots. This is modern jazz piano trio that brings the legacy of jazz into the 21st Century. Monfort will be appearing with Giulio Cavier Cetto, Sam Priven & Matthew Buckner.
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Sound Room Update
Please Note: Start times for shows have changed in 2023!
Supporters of the Sound Room frequently match the Tip Jar donations at events. Tips are used to support our music and art programs. Please contact us here if you or your organization would like to support the Sound Room by offering to match tips at an event. Or consider a donation to the Sound Room. We are a 501c3 organization (FEIN 45-4823197) - 100% of donations will be used to support our programming!
Sound Room Memberships are available and will allow us to expand our offerings. Memberships are year-long and commence January 1. Members will be notified of events in advance of the general listings, be invited to special Members Only Events, and receive discounts on Sound Room purchases. Memberships are available at multiple levels. As always, we are eternally grateful for all the support we have received through the years and look forward to what the future brings! More information on memberships is at Sound Room Memberships. Members can enroll by sending a check to Bay Area Jazz & Arts, arrange payment via credit card in person at an event or via phone. Thank you for supporting the growth of the Sound Room.
ART - Join us January 21 from 2-4P for a reception with painter Ruth Shorer.
GIFT CERTIFICATES - Available year round! We offer gift certificates in any amount that may be used for tickets, food and beverages at the Sound Room. Contact us here to arrange.
HEALTH UPDATE - We recommend that you consider your personal risk factors to determine if you should mask. Staff are all fully vaccinated for Covid and flu. In addition, we have a highly efficient ventilation system.
Coming Soon.....
Thursday, January 19
Third Thursday Throwdown Comedy
Doors at 6:30P. Comedy at 7:30
The best comedians every 3rd Thursday of the month!
Standup Broadway Presents the funniest headliner and up and coming comics from the Bay Area and beyond, regulars at the major clubs, some seen on Comedy Central, Netflix, Conan O'Brien, Fallon, America's Got Talent, SiriusXM and more. Plus surprise drop in guests! EAT-DRINK-LAUGH, great date night!
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Friday, January 20
Noel Jewkes Quintet with Kay Kostopoulos
Doors at 6:30P. Music at 7:30
Noel Jewkes is one of the premier saxophone players in Northern California. Known as Dr. Legato, “Legato,” because fans regard him as the master of smooth, he has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years, and has earned a distinguished reputation with lovers of Jazz music.
As one fan puts it, he’s the “ghost of Lester Young.” The irony is that he’s not that well known outside the jazz world. Nevertheless, he has hundreds of fans in social media, particularly on YouTube. He’s the saxman’s saxman, particularly for aficionados of Bebop. Moreover, he’s playing somewhere most nights;
Noel has recorded with John Hendricks, Wesla Whitfield, Mary Stallings, Paula West, Mike Greensill, Lavay Smith, Bill Bell, Mimi Fox, Graham Bruce, Bobbe Norris, Larry Dunlap, Larry Vuckovich, Pat Yankee and Jerry Hahn, as well as his own ensembles.
Playing with him will be: Keith Saunders piano; Ollie Dudeck bass; Dave Rokeach drums; Kay Kostoupolos vocals
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Saturday, January 21
Artist Reception: Paintings of Ruth Shorer
Join us from 2-4P
The art of Ruth Petersen Shorer captures powerful universal feelings through her personally revealing paintings. Her expressionistic works were created as a reflection on the dichotomies of life; lives touched by both exhilaration and frustration. Intensity is felt through depth of color and form as well as content. Her narrative pieces are stories. They are passionate, inspiring and emotionally rich, much like life.
Saturday, January 21
Oakland Samba Revue
Doors at 6:30P. Music at 7:30
Debuting summer of 2019, Oakland Samba Revue is the liveliest contribution to the Bay Area's rich legacy of top notch Brazilian music. Based on the 'little big band' sounds of Brazilian samba de gafieira, O.S.R. is rooted in acoustic samba, is jazz, is funk, is fun! Music to dance to, music to listen to.
Brian Moran - guitars /cavaquinho; Cátia Lund - vocals/percussion; Katiana Vilá - vocals/percussion; Zack Pitt-Smith - reeds; Henry Hung - trumpet; Remee Ashley - trombone; Brendan Neutra - bass; Dillon Vado - drums.
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Sunday, January 22
Classical Sound Room with Ian Scarfe
Doors at 5P. Music at 6
Pianist Ian Scarfe returns to the Sound Room with a program that tours centuries of piano repertoire. Scarfe is a natural fit for the Sound Room's classical series - his signature stage presence gives a conversational and charismatic approach to presenting this music. Audiences will enjoy the uncharacteristically gentle Sonata in D Major, Op. 28 by Ludwig van Beethoven, the so-called "Pastoral Sonata" because of its bright and cheery themes that are reminiscent of folk dances. Scarfe will also embark on a tour of the Romantic era, with virtuoso works by Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin giving the Sound Room's Baldwin Grand Piano a real workout. Selections from the 20th Century will include American composers Amy Beach and George Gershwin, as well as an encore performance of Samuel Barber's "Excursions, Op. 20", which Scarfe performed here during the early, live-streamed, months of the pandemic.
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Friday, January 27
Greg Johnson & the Local Edition Orchestra
Doors at 6:30P. Music at 7:30P
Dr. Greg Johnson is quickly becoming recognized as a luminary figure in the Jazz community. His distinctive saxophone sound has found its way into multiple genres of Jazz, Classical and Popular music. As a saxophonist, Greg has appeared in concert and on over 40 mainstream recordings with Jazz legends Curtis Fuller, Billy Taylor, Bob Mintzer and many more. He has toured with notable Pop and Rock musicians at some of the biggest venues and festivals.
Tony Peebles: Alto Sax; Greg Johnson: Tenor Sax; Aaron Lington: Bari Sax; Niel Levonius: Trumpet; Brian Switzer: Trumpet; Mike Rinta: Trombone; Omree Gal-Oz: Piano; Andrew Higgins: Bass; Michael Henning: Drums
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Saturday, January 28
Jackie Ryan Quintet
Doors at 6:30P. Music at 7:30P
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.” 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.
Playing with Jackie will be: Mads Tolling on violin; John R Burr on piano; Akira Tana on drums; Doug Miller on bass
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Sunday, January 29
Lilan Kane: Nancy Wilson Tribute
Doors at 5P. Music at 6P
Lilan Kane (LEE - lawn) is authentic, on and off stage. The sultry honesty in her voice is as raw as her lyrical stories of love, life and self-discovery. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Kane has sold out numerous residencies at Yoshi's Oakland and SFJAZZ as well as performances at Minton's Playhouse (NYC), Chris's Jazz Cafe (Philly), French Quarter Festival (New Orleans), Concord Pavillion, The Mint (LA), Fillmore Jazz Festival and many others.
Kane has sung with Pete Escovedo Latin Jazz Orchestra, and opened for Hall & Oates, Lenny Williams, Freddie Hughes, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Sharon Jones, Trombone Shorty, and Morgan James.
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Coming in February
February 3 Roberta Donnay with Mike Greensill Quartet
February 4 Michael Ragonese Trio: Recollections
February 9 David Binney Quartet
February 10 An Evening of Flamenco
February 11 Tiffany Austin Quartet
February 16 Third Thursday Throwdown Comedy
February 17 The Mighty Mules Band
February 18 Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra
February 21 Mardi Gras with Medicine Ball
February 23 David Gerard: Magic, Mentalism & More
February 25 John Santos Quartet
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