Planet Loop: Carrie Jahde and Michael Schaller. Photo: Kathy Sloane For the average patron the music at Jupiter might seem like an afterthought. Most people show up to dine and drink with no foreknowledge of who’ll be performing underneath the towering redwood at the back of the patio. But the restaurant’s longtime music policy provides […]
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Eddie Marshall: More than a drummer
Eddie Marshall. Photo: California Jazz Conservatory Some three years after the death of the beloved San Francisco drum maestro Eddie Marshall the loss still stings. Whether serving as a sideman or leading his own inventive combo, Marshall made the trap set purr and roar, generating tremendous swing with a minimum of fuss. His presence in […]
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Erik and Erika: Berkeley High returnees are home to play
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson plays the Freight & Salvage on Tuesday The Berkeley High jazz program is the gift that keeps on giving. Hardly a year goes by without at least a handful of excellent young musicians emerging from its ranks, and, while many head east to attend elite conservatories and music schools, Berkeley’s oversized gravitational […]
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For REALM students, it’s been a jazzy summer
Students in the REALM Charter School summer jazz camp practice. Photo: REALM School If you happen to be on 4th Street this afternoon between 2-4 pm take a few minutes to check out the jam session in front of Peet’s Coffee. The kids are students at REALM, Berkeley’s first charter school, and most of them […]