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San Francisco Bay Area
Big time jazz here dates back to clubs like Barbary Coast, where Jelly Roll
Morton performed in the 1910s, and to jazz in San Francisco’s North Beach,
where clubs were jumping in the ’50s and ’60s.
The region has been home to jazz musicians including pianist Dave Brubeck
(who grew up on a ranch in Concord), saxophonist John Handy, vibraphonists
Bobby Hutcherson and Cal Tjader, and pianist Earl Hines, who moved to
the Bay Area in 1951 to take advantage of the area’s traditional jazz revival.
For years the Church of St. John Coltrane (www.coltranechurch.org) held
forth in San Francisco, using the saxophonist’s music as the centerpiece of its
services.
Leading places for jazz today include
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� Yoshi’s: Yoshi’s, in Oakland’s Jack London Square, is one of the finest
clubs in the world, with a comfortable, contemporary interior, great
acoustics, and a consistently strong calendar featuring artists like Roy
Hargrove, Ahmad Jamal, Chris Potter, Russell Malone, the Mingus Big
Band, and McCoy Tyner — sometimes for a residency of a week or more.
Not long ago, Tyner played a week with a group including saxophonist Joe
Lovano, and a second week had Ravi Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, and other
prominent players. You don’t often see those kinds of residencies outside
of New York City. Check out the hype online at www.yoshis.com.
� Pearl’s: Sit down and dine and dig the jazz at this 1930s-style supper
club with crystal chandeliers and crisp tablecloths. For more information,
visit www.jazzatpearls.com/jazz/index.html.
� Savanna Jazz: Owned by educators committed to sustaining jazz, this
venue, with soft lighting and rich wood finishes, is a great place to hear
live music. Go to www.savannajazz.com/aboutus.htm.
Larger venues with regular jazz include University of California Berkeley’s
Zellerbach Hall (tickets.berkeley.edu). Bay Area saxophonist Joshua
Redman is curator of San Francisco Jazz, which presents jazz at places such
as the following:
� The Herbst Theatre, www.sfwmpac.org/herbst/ht_index.html
� The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, www.palaceoffinearts.org
� The War Memorial Opera House, www.sfwmpac.org/operahouse/
oh_index.html
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