The Jazz Voyager
There is no better time to sit by the bay and take in the Golden Gate Bridge before taking in an evening of jazz. Goodbye Grosse Pointe, hello San Fran, it’s good to be back. Located in the North Beach neighborhood of the city, Keys Jazz Bistro is situated in the same building that was once home to the 1950’s club The Matador. The performance space gives one the feeling of intimacy even with a capacity of one hundred and twenty seats.
In the audience the Jazz Voyager will be taking in a new venue and configuration of musicians in a quartet setting. Having heard Bob Mintzer, the founding member of the Yellowjackets, but have never had the pleasure of experiencing the trio in person, I am looking forward to hearing drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist Darek Oles this evening.
The venue is located at 498 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133. For more information visit https://keysjazzbistro.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
Leaving the Nutmeg State for the Great Lake State for a little jazz in The Hill neighborhood of Grosse Pointe Farms. This week’s destination is the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe serving upscale eclectic cuisine in an intimate space with dark-wood decor & leather seats.
The Jazz Voyager gets to witness another new band as Signal Quartet takes the stage this evening incorporating the freewheeling adventurousness of the avant garde and the improvisation of post-bop. The foursome reaches young and old purists, radicals, aficionados and neophytes alike.
The venue is located at 97 Kercheval Avenue, Michigan 48236. For more information visit https://dirtydogjazz.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is leaving the confines of Baltimore and heading north to Old Lyme, Connecticut to pay a visit to the Old Lyme Inn the once housed a riding academy of some renown. Now it has 13 charming and luxurious guest rooms and a quaint, intimate one of a kind venue just steps away known as The Side Door.
Born into a family of musicians, painters, and poets, Tatiana Eva-Marie began her career at age four, immersed in the world of show business. Before her twenties, she had already recorded many albums, established herself as an actress and director. Choosing New York she quickly built up a reputation as a singer, and started the Avalon Jazz Band, which overnight became the number one reference for French swing around the world.
The venue is located at 85 Lyme Street 06371. For more information visit thesidedoorjazz.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
From Northern California to Charm City sitting on the Chesapeake Bay for a night of music and then a short hop down to the Eastern Shore for the best crab cakes on the East Coast. The spot this Jazz Voyager will be in, the Keystone Korner Baltimore, is the second iteration of the famous club of the same name that held jazz down in SAn Francisco during the upheaval of music leading to the rise of rock and R&B.
This week the band taking the stage is The Heavy Hitters, a band composed of leader Mike LeDonne on piano, Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, trumpeter Sean Jones, Alexander Claffy on bass with drummer Kenny Washington. This voyager will be in the audience to savor the ambience and the jazz .
The venue is located at 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21231. For more information you are invited to visit keystonekornerbaltimore.com.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is on the way cross-country to Northern California to the major port of the region, a city that sits across the bay from San Francisco known as Oakland. Within the confines of the city resides one of the world’s most respected jazz venues, Yoshi’s. In 1972 what started as a 27 seat restaurant has evolved into a 310 seat venue that has earned a reputation as the Bay Area’s premier location for great Japanese cuisine and jazz music.
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, who was formerly known as Christian Scott, is a two-time Edison Award winning, six-time Grammy Award nominated, Doris Duke Award in the Arts awardee, and will be taking the stage this evening for one night only. He is a trumpeter, sonic architect, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments. This voyager will be in the audience to witness what new he has to bring.
The venue is located at 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA 94607. For more information you are invited to visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/chief-adjuah.
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