McCoy Tyner Trio (with special guests Mark Ribot and Azar Lawrence)
Yoshi's Oakland
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Notes by Janine Kahn
Photos courtesy Yoshi's
It's 7:50 p.m. at Yoshi's Jack London Square location and the house is filling up, with folks squeezing into seats tagged with bright yellow reservation tickets and others milling past the venue's walls, which are lined with black-and-whites of many a jazz legend - kind of like the guy some in attendance crossed the Bay Bridge to see ton
Do your karma a favor -- throw back a few.Kimpton Restaurants is donating money for each "special" cocktail purchased this month. The Cocktails for a Cure fundraiser is to benefit HIV service organizations, and is part of an ongoing, 20-year commitment by the S.F.-based hospitality chain.
It's easy to participate: Saddle up and order any of the four featured cocktails from master mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout. A buck from each Cocktails for a Cure purchase goes to the cause (see the l