September 2023 update

Upcoming gigs and an album recommendation

August 25, 2023

Hello listeners and dancers! Scroll down past the gigs for an album recommendation.

🗓 Upcoming Gigs

  • 🎷 Thu Aug 31, 8–10:30p · Juniper Jazz Band at The Breakaway ($20, 200 Grand Ave, Oakland, indoors, mask recommended)

  • 🍺 Sun Sep 10, 4–6p · Curiosities Jazz Band at The Liberties (998 Guerrero St, indoors)

  • 🍹 Thu Sep 14, 6–9p · Curiosities Jazz Band at Curio (775 Valencia St, patio)

  • 🎱 Wed Sep 27, 7:30–9:30p · Curiosities Jazz Band at Blackthorn (834 Irving St, indoors)

💿 Music

Today I have an album recommendation for you: Someone To Dance With by Albanie Falletta, a stellar guitarist based in New York City. She plays guitar and sings on this album, backed by a great lineup of musicians (including one of my favorite reeds players, Jonathan Doyle). The sound is unique, acoustic, and allowed to breathe. One of my favorite tracks is “When Your Lover Has Gone”, a tune with an unusual chord progression, the kind that comes alive only when everyone playing it understands its musical arc, as they do here.