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What we have here is an outstanding audience recording (and photos) of the first public performance of The Invaders live at the Red Poppy Art House on June 28, 2008. The group featured the compositions and piano playing of Mitch Marcus with the rhythm section of Dr. Ban-Weiss on bass and Jeff Marrs on drums.

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 (with permission of course), and considering how dark it was and how low budget my cams were, the final edit still came out pretty nice! The performance featured Marcus Shelby on bass, Matt Clark on piano, Jeff Marrs on drums, and Howard Wiley on tenor sax. Although Jeff was the main drummer for the night, the video features the one track that Marcus s old friend Lorca Hart played on as a guest. Please note that I m trying out a new way of displaying video on my website that requires Flash 8, but also be aware that this is a huge video file, so it may require some patience while buffering. Thanks!

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 in collaboration with Jazz at Intersection. Eight bands were commissioned to create and perform eight original compositions for what turned out to be an outstanding outdoor concert series at the museum. Although the series is now complete, the whole program will culminate in a combined performance by all eight bands playing each of their commissioned works at 6:30pm on January 18, 2008 at the museum. And best of all, the final concert is completely FREE to the general public! So, please enjoy these tracks, and I hope to see you all back at the de Young in a few weeks. Note: the photo is actually a video frame capture from the tiny pocket cam I had with me at the show. The audio was captured with one stereo pair in the middle up in front, and two additional condensers were placed off to each side of the band. Mitch Marcus, Tenor Saxophone Sylvain Carton, Alto Saxophone Sheldon Brown, Tenor Saxophone Marcus Stephans, Alto saxophone Cornelius Boots, Bari Saxophone Dave Scott, Trumpet Henry Hung, Trumpet Erik Jekabson, Trumpet Darren Johnston, Trumpet Mike Rinta, Trombone Jeff Cressman, Trombone Joel Behrman, Trombone Marc Bolin, Bass Trombone Tuba George Ban-Weiss, Bass David Ewell, Bass Jason Slota, Vibraphone Percussion Mike Abraham, Guitar Jeff Marrs, Drums

Tags: Adam Shulman, Adam Theis, Bay Area, BayTaper, Big Band, Brunos, Charlie Gurke, Eric Garland, Erik Jekabson, George Ban Weiss, Jazz, Jazz Mafia, Jazz Orchestra, Jeff Marrs, Joe Cohen, Live Music, Marc Bolin, Marcus Shelby, Mike Olmos, Mike Rinta, Realistic Orchestra, San Francisco Adam Theis recently organized an early night of jazz music at Bruno s in tribute to Miles Davis s birthday. It was an ambitious undertaking that included some painstaking efforts in the charting department. With only a single rehearsal under their belt, a chunk of the Jazz Mafia crew, along with other talented local musicians (complete lineup below), took on the awe-inspiring 1950 s era Birth of the Cool album in full Nonet form. The group played Boplicity, Budo, Rouge, Moon Dreams, Move, Venus de Milo, God Child, Israel, and Deception to an attentive and enthusiastic packed house. The only tracks not played from the original album were Jeru, Rocker, and Darn That Dream. You can learn more about the original groundbreaking album at Wikipedia, and please enjoy the MP3 audio and MP4 video samples of Move below. Joe Cohen, Alto Sax Charlie Gurke, Bari Sax Eric Jeckabson, Trumpet Flugelhorn Jeff Marrs, Drums Mike Olmos, Trumpet Flugelhorn Mike Rinta, Tuba Marcus Shelby, Bass Adam Shulman, Piano Adam Theis, Trombone

Tags: Bay Area, BayTaper, Berkeley, Dave Scott, Erik Jekabson, Jazz, Jazz School, Jeff Marrs, Live Music, Marcus Shelby, Mario Guarneri, Mark Inouye, Mike Olmos, Randy Vincent, Trumpet Supergroup A few weeks back, I was invited to record and photograph the Trumpet Supergroup playing live at the Jazz School on April 24, 2007. The group featured an amazing lineup of local trumpeters that included Mark Inouye, Mario Guarneri, Dave Scott, Erik Jekabson and Mike Olmos performing a wide assortment of pieces on flugelhorns and Bb, Eb, and piccolo trumpets. That s five, count em, five trumpets up front all I can say is, wow! As if that weren t enough, they were backed by the incredible rhythm section of Marcus Shelby on bass, Randy Vincent on guitar, and Jeff Marrs on drums. Each one of these musicians brings a unique strength and talent to the trumpet that s all their own, and listening to them all mix, match, and mingle throughout the course of the performance exemplified the deep range and diversity of styles they all bring to the table both individually, as composers and killer soloists, as well as collaboratively through awe-inspiring arrangements of the (mostly) original compositions contributed by each. This is another great example of a local group that doesn t play together all that often, but when they do, it s an event not to be missed!

Tags: Bay Area, BayTaper, Big Band, Brass, Erik Jekabson, Jazz, Jazz Orchestra, Jeff Marrs, Live Music, Metro Opera, Mike Abraham, Mike Olmos, Mitch Marcus, Oakland, Sylvain Carton Next up is an outstanding performance from the Mitch Marcus Quintet +13 playing live at the Metro Opera in Oakland on April 12, 2007. This was a seriously fun show, I mean how can you not like listening to a live big band with that many great musicians playing such a diverse set of songs? The lineup included Mitch s standard quintet grouped together with a substantial horn section made up of lots of local talent. These guys don t get together in this format too often, so make sure to keep an eye on Mitch s Calendar so you can check them out the next time around. Trust me, it ll be worth it! Also, thanks to Mitch s generous permission, I m able to share this excellent recording made from a single stereo pair of mics placed dead center right in front of the action. My mics had the best seat in the house, and now you can hear the entire show from that exact same spot! Enjoy