Local Events
Jazz House Concert, Sunday, April 15, 2018, 4PM, Knucklebean - The Music of Eddie Marshall
The Eddie Marshall Quintet remains the best band I've ever been part of. We had the good fortune to work A LOT around the Bay Area in those years, 89-94, and developed a group sound and rapport that is really hard to come by. I miss it - and Eddie - a lot. Peck Allmond
Trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Peck Allmond has lived in Brooklyn since 1993. Originally from the Bay Area, he was a product of Phil Hardymon's Berkeley jazz program that also produced Benny Green and Joshua Redman. Peck was mentored by many SF jazz greats: Eddie Marshall, Mark Levine, Ed Kelly, John Coppola, Vince Wallace, Smiley Winters, Donald Bailey, Bud Spangler, Faye Carol, and Chuck Clark. His jazz credits include Oliver Lake, John Hicks, Billy Harper, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Tom Harrell, MeShell Ndegeocello, John Stubblefield, Joe Lovano, Cindy Blackman, Madeleine Peyroux, Donny McCaslin, and Peter Apfelbaum. In the pop world: James Brown, Rickie Lee Jones, Sean Lennon, Randy Newman, Ray Lamontagne, Wyclef Jean, Allan Toussaint, and Zooey Deschanel. http://www.peckallmond.com/
Originally from Oakland, currently living in NYC, saxophonist Kenny Brooks went to the New England Conservatory where he studied with George Garzone, George Russell, Bob Moses, and Ken Radnofsky. His work in the early 90's included the Peck Allmond Group, the afro-pop group Kotoja, and legendary drummer Eddie Marshall. Co-founded with pianist Dred Scott, Alphabet Soup was the first hip/hop-jazz group at both the Monterey and San Francisco Jazz Festivals. In 1994 Kenny Brooks and Charlie Hunter began a run of almost 3 years playing duo and trio every Friday night at the SOMA nightspot the Up and Down Club. In 1996 Brooks joined the Charlie Hunter Quartet. They recorded the CD "Natty Dread" for Blue Note and toured extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. By 1995 Brooks was leading a trio under his own name with Eddie Marshall and Jeff Chambers. Brooks has also played and recorded with Mike Clark, Ohio Players, Steve Smith, Les Claypool, MMW, Josh Roseman, Chuck MacKinnon, Brian Charette, Levon Helm, and Bob Weir's RatDog. http://kennybrooks.com/
Pianist Glen Pearson has performed with such notables as Regina Belle, Jimmy Scott, Ernestine Anderson, Dianne Reeves, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Delfeayo Marsalis, James Moody, Frank Morgan, Chico Freeman, Babatunde Lea, Will Downing, and Gerald Albright. A native of Oakland, California, Glen is the current head of music studies at the College of Alameda. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from San Francisco State University as well as a Master of Arts degree from New York University. He has worked both on and off Broadway with Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, Arthur Miller, Patrick Stewart, and George Wolfe.
Bassist Jeff Chambers has played with many great jazz artists including Buddy Montgomery, Dizzy Gillespie, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Benny Carter, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Henderson, Dakota Staton, McCoy Tyner, Joe Williams, Little Jimmie Scott, Tony Williams, Frank Morgan, Dr. Dorothy Donegan, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Nat Adderley, Milt Jackson, John Hendricks, Benny Golson, Larry Coryell, Hank Crawford, Abbey Lincoln, Ernestine Anderson, Don Cherry, Clifford Jordan, Laurindo Almeida, Teddy Edwards, Roy McCurdy, Richie Cole, Slide Hampton, George Coleman, Mel Lewis, Archie Shepp, Cedar Walton, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ahmad Jamal, Pharoah Sanders, Houston Person, Bobby Hutcherson, Charlie Rouse, and Marlena Shaw. http://www.jeffchambersjazz.com/
Drummer Alcide Marshall, Eddie's son, performs with top Bay Area musicians such as Dave Ellis, Art Khu, Aaron Germain, Steve Carter, Dennis Smith, Fred Harris, and Idris Ackamoor.
The performance space has superb acoustics and a nice grand piano.
Location: 1300 Silver Ave, SF 94134
$20 donation requested.
Potluck at the set break. Bring food and drink to share.
Reservations strongly recommended: email jazz@ChezHanny.com
Phone: 415-552-2729, but have a look at the website first. More details: www.chezhanny.com. Frank Hanny
Jazz House Concert, FRIDAY, April 27, 2018, 7:30 PM, Dave Stryker Quartet
Guitarist Dave Stryker moved to New York City in 1980. He joined organist Jack McDuff’s group for two years 1984-85. When McDuff wasn’t on the road they worked a steady four-night a week gig at Dude’s Lounge in Harlem, where he met Stanley Turrentine. From 1986-1995 he played with the legendary saxophonist at major festivals, concert halls, and clubs throughout the world. He is featured on two Turrentine CD’s, and with Turrentine, played with Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard. Since then he has recorded 28 CDs as a leader, and 5 more as co-leader with Steve Slagle of the Stryker/Slagle Band, and appeared on over 50 CDs as a sideman. Dave continues to perform with The Dave Stryker Organ Trio, his Blue to the Bone Band, and The Stryker/Slagle Band. Recent gigs for The Stryker/Slagle Band have included a recent week at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, The Blue Note in Las Vegas, The Jazz Bakery in LA, and a 2003 tour of Japan. Sideman work has included Kevin Mahogany, Javon Jackson, and Eliane Elias. http://www.davestryker.com/
Saxophonist Walter Smith III will release his 5th album as a leader, “Twio” in February of 2018, including guest appearances by Christian McBride and Joshua Redman. Smith has developed under the wings of many of the music’s greats, including Roy Haynes, Terence Blanchard, Eric Harland, Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Christian McBride, Christian Scott, and Sean Jones. He has performed or recorded with Mulgrew Miller, Eric Reed, Billy Childs, Joe Lovano, Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lynne Carrington, Bill Stewart, and Ralph Peterson. Walter has appeared on over 100 recordings. Smith has participating in virtually every international festival as well as famed venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center. http://www.waltersmith3.com/
Organist Jared Gold's latest CD, "Metropolitan Rhythm" (2015, Posi-Tone), features his working trio of veteran guitarist Dave Stryker and up-and-coming drummer Kush Abadey. Following the successes of his previous seven releases, all on Posi-Tone, Jared has accumulated many accolades, including winning the 2013 Rising Star on Organ critics poll in DownBeat Magazine. Gold has can be seen regularly with his own group and performing and recordings with John Abercrombie, Dave Stryker, Oliver Lake, Ralph Bowen, Ed Cherry, Sylvia Cuenca, and David Gibson. https://www.jaredgoldb3.com/
Oakland native Darrell Green has become a master drummer and prolific sideman, sharing stages with everyone from Ambrose Akinmusire and Stefon Harris to Red Holloway. In 1997 Green landed a scholarship to attend California Institute of the Arts. After returning to the Bay Area to work with the Dynamic Miss Faye Carol for several years, he moved to New York and began working with Wallace Roney, Antoine Roney, Sherman Irby, and the Myron Waldon/Darren Barrett Quartet. Green has toured with James Hurt, James Zollar, Brad Leali, Jesse Davis, Stacy Dillard, Cassandra Wilson, Pharoah Sanders, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Antoine Roney, Sherman Irby, Russell Malone, Steve Turre, Wallace Roney, Faye Carol, James Carter, Jeremy Pelt, Helen Sung, Amina Figarova, and the Darrell Green Quintet. https://www.darrellgreen.net/
The performance space has superb acoustics and a nice grand piano.
Location: 1300 Silver Ave, SF 94134
$20 donation requested.
Potluck at the set break. Bring food and drink to share.
Reservations strongly recommended: email jazz@ChezHanny.com
Phone: 415-552-2729, but have a look at the website first. More details: www.chezhanny.com. Frank Hanny
