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Here’s a fabulous audience recording of 8 Legged Monster playing live at Club Deluxe in the Haight on May 7, 2008. Although they don’t play live together that often, when they do, it’s a must-see event. So go out and support these guys ...

Here’s a video clip from the set of the Jarrett Cherner Trio live at the Red Poppy Art House on April 12, 2008. This outstanding trio has local Jarrett Cherner on keys, and all the way from New York, Jorge Pérez-Albela on drums and Jorge Roeder on ...

Here’s a video clip from the set of the Jarrett Cherner Trio live at the Red Poppy Art House on April 12, 2008. This outstanding trio has local Jarrett Cherner on keys, and all the way from New York, Jorge Pérez-Albela on drums and Jorge Roeder on ...

A little more than a week ago, I was lucky enough to attend the first annual Switchboard Music Festival live at Dance Mission Theater on March 30, 2008. It was a full day of inspired music that’s best described in their own words: The Switchboard ...

Coming off a huge week of rehearsals and a live album recording session at Bruno’s, Realistic Orchestra was back at it again (and in rare form) for an impressive performance opening for Björkestra at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 6, ...

Classical Revolution live at the Revolution Cafe on January 27, 2008. Paul Hindemith, String Trio #2 (1935) I. Massig Schnell II. Lebhaft III. Langsam-Schnelle Halbe Albers Trio Laura Albers, Violin Becca Albers, Viola Julie Albers, Cello Brahms Sextet ...

Here’s a short video clip and some photos I shot from a recent recording session on January 5, 2008 at the House of Cubes. Mike Abraham, Guitar Sameer Gupta, Drums Henry Hung, Trumpet Darren Johnston, Trumpet Mitch Marcus, Tenor Sax Dayna Stephens, ...

A few months back, I suggested to Mario Guarneri that he should play a gig at one of my favorite venues in town, the Red Poppy Art House. Well, that suggestion culminated in a fantastic performance by the Guarneri Jazz Quartet on February 1, 2008. The ...

Here’s a couple of live tracks from Smith Dobson’s new band, the Lovecraft Ghostwriters, playing at the Red Poppy Art House on January 12, 2008. They performed a mix of new songs and old favorites from their recent release Basement ...

Here’s a real treat for everyone, a long video from what I think was the last jazz gig of the year at the Red Poppy Art House. I shot this on December 29, 2007 using two tiny MP4 pocket cameras plus a field audio recorder from the back of the room ...

Here’s a post from The Trio playing live at Chez Hanny in the Lower Haight on December 2, 2007. Chez Hanny is essentially Frank Hanny’s living room and one hell of a cool venue if you’re into listening to your jazz live in a cozy and ...

Late last year, I had the distinct privilege of helping the talented Jeff Anderle and Jonathan Russell produce the first album related to their ongoing project Sqwonk. The CD features innovative compositions and arrangements for dueling bass clarinets ...

Here’s two very clean audio tracks of Inditranego and Joey Rubber Special from the amazing Mitch Marcus Quintet +13 big band who performed live on October 21, 2007 at the de Young as part of the museum’s Cultural Encounters program and done ...

The Music of The Supplicants is so much more than an intricately woven framework of sounds, beats, and melodies. It is an experience. The level of emotion with which they play is so deep, so personal, and the energy so pure that it is almost as if ...

On October 5, 2007 I recorded Crafty Apples playing in the Old First Church Concert Series. The ensemble features Sky Grealis on flute, Jason Levis on percussion, Aaron Novik on bass clarinet, and Charith Premawardhana on viola. They’ve been around ...

On Friday, October 27th, 2007 I was invited to record the incredible FOCUS Trio live at the Red Poppy Art House in the Mission District of San Francisco. The trio featured Marc Cary (all the way from New York) on keys and synth, Sameer Gupta on drums and ...

This is the post of my two-part series from the recent Treasure Island Music Festival held on September 16, 2007. It features the always exciting Austin band Spoon, who played just before Modest Mouse on Sunday’s schedule. I love these guys. Their ...

This is the first post of a two-part series on my coverage from the first annual Treasure Island Music Festival. I was given incredible access to the two-day show that took place on September 15th and 16th, and it was surely one of the more memorable ...

Here are a few photos from the 2007 Bumbershoot Festival that was held in Seattle on September 1, 2007. I’ve included a few photos and a video clip of the band Honeycut, who were representing for the Bay Area scene, as well as a few scenic pics I ...