SAN JOSÉ JAZZ SUMMER FEST
Performers: W.I.T.C.H., Noah & The Arkiteks, The Bad Plus, The Soul Rebels, Malahi Witson, DK Harrell, Billy Childs, Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers, Basi Vibe
Venues: Latin Tropical Stage, SJZ Break Room Stage, Tabard Theatre Swing Stage, Hammer Theatre Stage, Blues/Big Easy Stage, Sobrato Organization Main Sage, Montgomery Theater Stage, SJMA Next Gen Stage
Tickets: Advance Price Ends July 31
3-Day Pass Adult VIP ~ $610.00 + $16.60 fee
3-Day Pass Adult Priority Access ~ $310.00 + $9.80 fee
3-Day Pass Adult All Stages ~ $190.00 + $7.10 fee
3-Day Pass GA ~ $115.00 + $5.60 fee
3-Day Pass Child (Ages 5-12) ~ $30.00 + $3.60 fee
General Admission
Friday Adult VIP ~ $160.00 + $6.60
Friday Adult Priority Access ~ $90.00 + $5.00 fee
Friday Adult All Stages ~ $50.00 + $4.10 fee
Friday Adult GA ~ $35.00 + $3.80 fee
Friday Child ( Ages 5-12) ~ $10.00 + 3.20 fee
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NICOLE HENRY
The Palos Verde Performing Arts Cabaret Summer Jazz Series presents Award~Winning Jazz Vocalist Nicole Henry with her Time To Love Again CD Tour in the Harylne J. Norris Pavilion.
Nicole has an extensive repertoire, blending a timely collection of titles combining jazz, blues, originals, and new standards. She brings her quintet with her as she celebrates her music on Father’s Day!
Accolades from a variety of magazines have lauded her such: “Contemporary jazz singing at its very best! She is the REAL THING.” ~ Jazz Journal, “An exuberant, joyous, IMMACULATELY EXECUTED set.” ~ Downbeat, and “A truly superb recording artist. Henry is uplifting and poignant.” ~ The Jazz Page.
***Facility/Health Fees: $10.00 per ticket applies to web orders, phone orders, and box office window orders.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Jaimie Breezy Branch was born June 17, 1983 in Huntington, New York and started playing trumpet at age nine. At 14 she moved to Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music and after graduating moved back to Chicago and began working as a musician, organizer, and sound engineer on the local music scene. She performed in Chicago and New York with her trio Princess Princess, with bassist Toby Summerfield and drummer Frank Rosaly, and in other trios before founding the band Block and Tackle with Jason Stein, Jeb Bishop, and Jason Roebke.
By 2012 Branch had moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she worked toward a master’s degree in Jazz performance from Towson University. At this time she also founded the record label Pionic Records, which released the music of her group Bomb Shelter. After two years, she dropped out of Towson, and six months later she moved to New York to seek treatment for heroin addiction.
In 2015 Jaimie moved to Brooklyn, New York where she began working with Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mike Pride, Luke Stewart, Jason Nazary, Tcheser Holmes, and many more. In addition, she performed on albums with independent rock groups. In 2017 she released her debut solo album, Fly or Die, with Tomeka Reid, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Matt Schneider, Ben LaMar Gay, and Josh Berman. Fly or Die was chosen as one of NPR Music’s Top 50 Albums of 2017.
Citing Don Cherry, Axel Dörner, Booker Little, Miles Davis, and Evan Parker among her musical influences. Jaimie Branch transitioned at home in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on August 22, 2022, at the age of 39.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Lou Gare was born Leslie Arthur Gare on June 16, 1939 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He is best known for his works with the improvised music ensemble AMM and recorded six albums with the group and another two as a soloist.
Eventually settling in the West Country, he still played in relative obscurity. Then Lou joined a big band that became The Uncommon Orchestra. He remained with them until health problems limited his participation.
Throughout his career he played with musicians such as Eddie Prévost, Mike Westbrook, Cornelius Cardew, Keith Rowe and Sam Richards
Free-jazz tenor saxophonist Lou Gare transitioned on October 6, 2017.
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The Jazz Voyager
From Italy to the Czech Republic to France is a journey that has led this Jazz Voyager to the long-running jazz club Le Duc des Lombards where American pianist Bobby Few opened the venue, then called the Bar de l’Etoile. With an upright piano under the stairs they have been hosting diverse artists for nearly 40 years.
The venue has been the essential club in Paris offering an intimate setting with drinks & nibbles. Decorated by the American designer Elliot Barnes, the club has become the Parisian reference for jazz clubs. Performances are Monday to Saturday and its free entry Jams every Friday and Saturday beginning at 11:30 p.m.
This week I will be in the 10:00pm audience to partake of the talents of drummer and vocalist Roni Kaspi and her trio with Oxy on Keyboards & synthesizer and bassist Noé Berne. Later that night the jam session commences where musicians, young and old come to improvise, explore and learn.
Located at 42, rue des lombards 75001 Paris, more information can be attained by calling 01.42.33.22.88.
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