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
Jazz Channeler: Terrence Brewer​
Local jazz just got a big boost. SFJazz has announced "Hotplate," described in their PR as"a new concept from SFJAZZ that features a different Bay Area artist each month, interpreting the music of their favorite jazz legend. Generously supported by The Wallace Foundation, the Hotplate program provides new performance opportunities for local jazz talent and is set to run continuously through 2011." The monthly series will be held at Amnesia, with an opening se