Guitarist and Cal grad Owen Chen plays Jupiter Friday. And get ready to dance at a Cuban new year’s eve party at the Freight, also in downtown Berkeley.
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February is Pizza Lovers Month in Berkeley
Berkeley dedicates a whole month — and creates a local pizza crawl — to the cheesy, carby comfort food.
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Here’s where we’re headed for SF Beer Week events in the East Bay
SF Beer Week starts Friday Feb. 10, and with it come countless parties, tap takeovers and other over-the-top events. Here’s what we think is the best of what’s on tap.
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DIY in Berkeley, with pianist Caili O’Doherty Trio and The Miscreants
Caili O’Doherty’s trio performs Friday at Jupiter and Sunday afternoon at the California Jazz Conservatory New York City pianist Caili O’Doherty has found cool blue waters in the Bay Area, while Berkeley clarinetist Ben Goldberg has plunged into the roiling New York rapids. What these two very different musicians share is a commitment to making […]
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Traveling to Jupiter with Planet Loop
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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Guitarist George Cotsirilos: A nighthawk flies in Berkeley
Long-time Berkeley resident George Cotsirilos is one of most tasteful and dependably swinging jazz guitarists on the Bay Area scene. Photo by Billy Douglas. Chicago-reared George Cotsirilos arrived in Berkeley in 1969 as an aspiring young guitarist deeply under the sway of the three blues Kings (B.B., Albert, and Freddie). In the midst of his […]
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Exploring the round world with Ramon and Jessica
The Roses Are Blue team (left to right): Ron Shalom, Michael Mellender, Dina Maccabee, Caitlin Austin, Jesse Olson Bay and Lorin Benedict. Photo: Christina Paul. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, song is a song is a song is a song. The Oakland-raised writer’s elliptical verse serves as the source of inspiration for the latest project by […]
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Howard Alden: Seven strings, will travel
Howard Alden: playing locally at various venues. Photo: Joseph Boggess Howard Alden makes a powerful impression, even when you can’t see him. In Woody Allen’s great 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown the veteran jazz guitarist supplied the beautiful fretwork delivered by Sean Penn’s fictional Emmet Ray, a tormented musician who describes himself as “the second […]
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Alive! in Berkeley: All-women jazz combo comes to town
Alive! mark their 40th anniversary with a concert at the Freight & Salvage on Friday Alive! wasn’t the first top-flight all-women combo in jazz. Going back to at least the 1940s, when the International Sweethearts of Rhythm earned the respect of their male peers and discerning audiences, excellent female musicians have come together to swing […]
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Audrey Martin: A dream fulfilled, plus more Berkeley gigs
Audrey Martin: plays Berkeley’s California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the Jazzschool) Sunday. Photo: Irene Young Audrey Martin: plays Berkeley’s California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the Jazzschool) Sunday. Photo: Irene Young On her 40th birthday Audrey Martin decided to sing. As a marriage and family therapist, she had spent years helping other people work through traumas, resolve deep-seated conflicts, and […]
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Amendola Vs. Blades play Berkeley — more great gigs
Amendola vs Blades (Scott Amendola and Will Blades) play Jupiter tonight, Friday Oct. 17. Photo: Amendola vs Blades Berkeley fans of the Hammond B-3 organ don’t get many opportunities to experience the mighty instrument close to home. It’s a sad state of affairs for funk and soul jazz aficionados, especially considering that Wil Blades, the […]