Silver Bell Jazz Band inspires dancers and listeners all over the Bay Area. The band specializes in ragtime, blues, swing, and dixieland from the early 20th century. They’re known for their authenticity and dedication to the craft as well as their foot-tapping energy
Paul PAZZO Mehling- Solo Guitar, Vocals, Leader Isabelle Fontaine- Rhythm Guitar, Vocals Evan Zeppo Price- Violin Dexter DeWi Williams- String Bass Le Jazz Hot (the Quartet/Trio of the Hot Club of San Francisco) is an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club de France....
Live every Tuesday exclusively at Local Edition! The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra is a diverse group of long-time friends that have played alongside one another for years. The ensemble ranges from having as little as 8 to as many as 18 participants performing with occasional guest singers such as Billy Valentine, Bud E. Luv (aka...
Jazz vocalist, arranger and songwriter Emily Day Swingtet appear at the Dawn Club. As “one of the major singers in her field” (Scott Yanow, Syncopated Times), Emily's voice carries the history of American music. On stage, she combines her deep knowledge of jazz with her whiskey-tinged timber and vocal acrobatics — simultaneously wild and precise....
The Octomutt Duet brings their genre-bending sound to their home turf at The Rite Spot — a San Francisco Bay Area duo featuring Ashley Adams on bass and Ted Savarese on guitar and vocals, their music draws from folk, blues, roots rock, and experimental indie into the kind of hard-to-pigeonhole mix that feels distinctly San...
Kutting Korners brings a thrilling tribute to one of San Francisco's most beloved jazz landmarks to The Black Cat — honoring the legendary Keystone Korner, the historic venue that from 1970 to 1983 hosted landmark performances by Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Joe Henderson, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and many more. Led...
Tomoko Funaki live at the Dawn Club Tomoko Funaki was born in Japan into a musical family. Following in the footsteps of her parents, both musicians, she studied classical violin and flute. A move to New York exposed her to a broad range of musical genres but she found herself increasingly drawn towards jazz. After...
This fabulous quintet honors the blue note, hard bop tradition of the 1960’s and beyond. Aaron Germain - Bass Adam Klipple - Piano Andrew Dixon - Tenor Sax Daniel Herrera - Trumpet JPaul Macklin - Drums
The No Mercy Band ensures you and your guests have a fantastic time, whether leading the crowd through a choreographed dance from the past or dazzling them with incredible musicianship. We specialize in creating a high-energy atmosphere that keeps the dance floor moving all night long. Saxman Mike Luzzi and the No Mercy Band has been playing...
The Significant Otter brings warm acoustic roots music to The Rite Spot — a San Francisco-based duo featuring Bria Light on fiddle, guitar, and vocals, and Marques Ignatius on guitar, mandolin, and vocals, rooted in the rich traditions of bluegrass and old-time folk music.
George Colligan brings a lifetime of jazz mastery to the Black Cat Jazz Supper Club — winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll for Keyboard, he is one of the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, equally at home as pianist, drummer, trumpeter, organist, composer, and bandleader. With over 130 albums as a...
Formed in 1998 the Bay Area ensemble Tango No. 9 explores tango music in its many manifestations — traditional dance music, vocal ballads, tango nuevo, and more recent compositions — bringing an idiosyncratic twist to each at Bird & Beckett. "The trio of instruments — violin, piano, and trombone — may seem a far cry...
Saxophonist Howard Wiley and pianist/organist Chris Siebert are longtime collaborators and central figures in the San Francisco jazz and swing scene.
Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces perform at Local Edition. Rockabilly and 60’s country music with the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash and delivers a Honky Tonk ballad with the sincerity of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings.
Teapot Logic is a Bay Area groove quartet who deliver a deep blend of funk, soul, jazz, and rock appearing at the Boom Boom Room. With tight interplay and fearless improvisation, they move seamlessly between inventive originals and fresh takes on funk legends like James Brown, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, and The Meters. Not only...
George Colligan brings a lifetime of jazz mastery to the Black Cat Jazz Supper Club — winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll for Keyboard, he is one of the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, equally at home as pianist, drummer, trumpeter, organist, composer, and bandleader. With over 130 albums as a...
Merely Mortals bring their brooding, original sound to the Rite Spot — a San Francisco three-piece dark rock band active since 2023, drawing from the post-punk and dark indie rock canon of Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Damned, Interpol, and Sonic Youth into a sound that is entirely their own.
George Colligan brings a lifetime of jazz mastery to The Black Cat — winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll for Keyboard, he is one of the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, equally at home as pianist, drummer, trumpeter, organist, composer, and bandleader. With over 130 albums as a sideman and his...
Byrds of a Feather bring their one-of-a-kind JazzReggae sound to Bird and Beckett — led by alto saxophonist and vocalist David Byrd, the band fuses jazz, reggae, soul, R&B, and blues into something genuinely hard to find anywhere else on the scene. Byrd's deep roots in both Chicago jazz and the reggae circuit give the...
Ladies and Gentemen, introducing Fog City Swing! The bay area's newest and hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you drop rhythm section. This seven piece ensemble will transport you to the 1940’s, it is truly the world’s smallest big band! Fog City Swing is...
Jazz Trio, Jason Movrich & Friends playing their Blues, Soul and Funk tunes at Local Edition. Jason Movrich vocals and guitar Joe Carusi on drums Eric Goodwill on bass
Wall of Fog brings their dense, hypnotic sound to the Rite Spot — a San Francisco-based rock and experimental band deeply rooted in the Bay Area's underground and psychedelic scenes, delivering the kind of immersive, boundary-pushing music that makes neighborhood venues like the Rite Spot the perfect stage.
Experience an intimate evening of soulful jazz, blues, and swing at the Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge — featuring Brad Leali on alto saxophone, Marty Wehner on trombone, and Chris Siebert on Hammond organ, three veteran San Francisco-based jazz musicians and longtime collaborators most notably known as members of the Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot...
George Colligan brings a lifetime of jazz mastery to The Black Cat — winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll for Keyboard, he is one of the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, equally at home as pianist, drummer, trumpeter, organist, composer, and bandleader. With over 130 albums as a sideman and his...
J & THE CAUSEWAYS “This New Orleans Super band Hot and trackin' is Rockin' their SF return Show at the Boom Boom Room on this Friday Night" New Orleans soul/rock powerhouse ensemble J & The Causeways debut album,Motions, conjures a universal theme of togetherness and compassion—melodies and lyrics cultivated with a keen understanding of reaching...