The Tommy Igoe Big Band, Casey Abrams and More Set for Yoshi's San Francisco thru 9/1
Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant is located at 1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco,CA 94115. For tickets and more info: 415.655.5600 or Show Tickets. For dinner reservations: 415.655.5600 or Dinner Reservations. For current restaurant menu, click here.LINEUP:
Tue, Jul 30, 8pm
$22
(Legendary African music pioneer and founder of "Tuku Music"
touring new album Sarawoga. Just inducted into Afropop Hall of Fame)
$22
Oliver Mtukudzi, affectionately called "Tuku" by fans worldwide, has weathered storms with his sharp observations and gracious emphasis on the basic human experiences that unite us all: childhood and aging, respect and hope, women's rights and AIDS, community and connection. Tuku's latest album Sarawoga (U.S. release: May 21, 2013) proves that the venerable artist still has plenty to say. With a career that spans the birth of his native Zimbabwe and the advent of both Afropop and the global love affair with African roots music, Tuku's quicksilver guitar work, keen ear for melody, and evocative voice have earned him intense adulation at home. His organic, savvy mix of traditional ways, pan-African influences, and cosmopolitan pop forms became widely known as Tuku Music. It has made Tuku a household name across Southern Africa, as well as across Europe and North America, thanks in part to major releases of his work in the 1990s and 2000s. Read more here.
STEVE COLE
$24
Saxophonist Steve Cole is one of the most celebrated players in contemporary jazz, having sold hundreds of thousands of albums worldwide and scored four #1 R&R Smooth Jazz hits. He attended Northwestern University, where he explored modern classical music for the saxophone under the tutelage of internationally recognized educator Fred Hemke. While in undergraduate school, this gifted musician was a semi-finalist in the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts and one of three finalists in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and was awarded the privilege of performing Tableaux De Provence by Paule Maurice with the CSO. Cole went on to earn his MBA which paved the way in his being appointed to Professor Music Business Management at The University of St. Thomas - a position which he maintains today. Read more here.
8pm $32, 10pm $28
|Les Nubians is an Afropean, Urban, R&B Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris France. In 1985 the sisters moved with their parents to Chad, Africa. Seven years later, they returned to Bordeaux, France and began singing a cappella, producing poetry slams in Bordeaux and Paris, and singing background vocals for various artists worldwide. The duo's debut album Princesses Nubiennes was released by Virgin Records, France, in 1998. Read more here.
8pm & 10pm $42
Open Dance Floor!
(Doors open at 6:30pm for a pre-dance party with DJ Miguel "Hightop" Fonseca spinning music 6:30pm - 8pm.
Restaurant will be closed; dinner available only in the club)
Cameo topped the R&B charts for more than a decade, and has sold more than 17 million albums; and Cameo is one of the most popular Funk/ Rock and Soul bands of its era! Line-ups change, styles evolve, and record labels merge, but Cameo has maintained its core funkiness for nearly four decades. From the '70s through today, CAMEO has been churning out trailblazing hits. The group's pivotal sounds are a part of music history. Cameo has permanently marked major turning points in music and set the standard that many have tried to duplicate and follow. Read more here.
Barbary Coast Burlesque is a cabaret show based in San Francisco, California. Created and produced by the one and only, Bunny Pistol. It is a cabaret show featuring today's most talented burlesque performers and has gained a reputation as one of the greatest burlesque shows in the country. With all of the unique sensuality of classic burlesque combined with the energy of today's neo-burlesque, Barbary Coast. Burlesque is an experience that you will never forget! Read more here.
THE TOMMY IGOE BIG BAND with Special Guest Colin Hogan
(Featuring 15 of the Bay Area's finest musicians!)
Tue, Aug 6 8pm
$22
After a successful Yoshi's San Francisco debut on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, The Tommy Igoe Big Band has a new home on select Tuesday nights. Tommy Igoe is one of the world's most prominent drummers and bandleaders. He began drumming at the age of two and has gone on to craft a unique and diverse career traveling the world with many iconic artists, both as drummer and music director. In 1997, he created the drum book for Disney's "The Lion King," a seminal Broadway event performed in more than 50 countries around the world. During his time with the original company, he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has also created several of the world's best-selling music education titles including "Groove Essentials" and "Great Hands For A Lifetime" with the original "Groove Essentials" poster fast approaching 500,000 copies. His new Bay Area recording studio serves both as a world-class recording facility and education site for online and private sessions.
Don Ross has toured regularly since 1989, across Canada, the USA, a dozen European countries, Japan, Taiwan, China, Australia, Russia and India. An acoustic guitar virtuoso whose style has been self-described as 'heavy wood', he is the only two-time winner of the US National Fingerstyle Guitar Competition and is widely regarded as a pioneer of his craft. He has played with symphony orchestras in Canada and Germany, and collaborated live and on recordings with Andy McKee, Canadian singer/guitarist Brooke Miller, & Toronto bassist Jordan O'Connor. He also composes scores for television, radio and film, and does production and recording engineering for a variety of other musicians. He has released over fifteen albums to critical acclaim and currently releases music under the CandyRat label, alongside other fingerstyle stars such as Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and Jimmy Wahlsteen.
A recent all-star collaboration in the India sub-continent featuring Gipsy Kings' family -- Mario Reyes and Georges Reyes -- has spawned an exciting new project called the Gypsy Allstars which will explore the origins of gypsy culture in Rajasthan, India, and see the gypsies return to their ancestral home for a Discovery Channel special, merging Indian and Gypsy rhythms. A portion of the monies raised from the project will be used to support Jaipur Virasat Foundation - A Rajasthani Foundation supporting the preservation of its musical traditions. The Gypsy Allstars have been hand picked by Cedric Leonardi, who grew up with the Gipsy Kings and their families in Montpellier's 'la cite gely' and as their drummer, has had the privilege of performing with them. The Gipsy AllStars lineup sees the gypsies joining forces with Indian musicians to add an exciting fusion sound of Gipsy King's favorites and the exotic blend of indo- gypsy music.
His voice will capture and embrace you, with an undeniable, engaging stage presence and heralded as one Cuba's leading artists, Wil Campa represents the very best of Cuban Son. The music that lives in his soul! Wil's childhood was spent in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, where he grew up amidst streets filled with joyful traditional Cuban music. Organizing, directing and presenting concerts to family and neighborhood friends from an early age, inspired by Benny Moore, Miguelito Cuni and Arsenio Rodriquez. His ambition and love for music, dance and songwriting led him to study professional music at the acclaimed ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARTE RAUL SANCHEZ in Cuba. Read more here.
10:30pm in The Lounge, 21+
THE TOMMY IGOE BIG BAND with Special Guests Christian Pepin and Christian Tumalan
(Featuring 15 of the Bay Area's finest musicians!)
Tue, Aug 13 8pm
$22
After a successful Yoshi's San Francisco debut on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, The Tommy Igoe Big Band has a new home on select Tuesday nights. Tommy Igoe is one of the world's most prominent drummers and bandleaders. He began drumming at the age of two and has gone on to craft a unique and diverse career traveling the world with many iconic artists, both as drummer and music director. In 1997, he created the drum book for Disney's "The Lion King," a seminal Broadway event performed in more than 50 countries around the world. During his time with the original company, he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has also created several of the world's best-selling music education titles including "Groove Essentials" and "Great Hands For A Lifetime" with the original "Groove Essentials" poster fast approaching 500,000 copies. His new Bay Area recording studio serves both as a world-class recording facility and education site for online and private sessions. Read more here.
8pm $27 adv, $31 door; 10pm $23 adv, $27 door
10:30pm in The Lounge, 21+
SMOOTH JAZZ SERIES:
Celebrated keyboardist, composer and studio musician, Brian Simpson has been the 'go-to' man for everyone from Janet Jackson and Teena Marie to George Duke, Stanley Clarke and Dave Koz, for whom he has had the distinction of being musical director for the past 15 years. The chart-topping musical chameleon who wrote the #1 R&B hit "The First Time" for Surface in the 1990s confesses, "Ultimately, my listeners inspire me to make my music." Read more here.
SMOOTH JAZZ SERIES:
KEIKO MATSUI 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR & SOUL QUEST CD RELEASE PARTY
(Smooth Jazz. Soul Quest street date July 30 / Shanachie Records)
Tue, Aug 20, 8pm
$25
"Creating this album was like going on a soul quest, as I tried to figure out how to express the things I was thinking and experiencing during this past year," confides pianist, composer and humanitarian Keiko Matsui (pronounced Kay-Koe, meaning 'happy, celebratory child' in Japanese). "This music energizes me and I am overwhelmed with emotion when I listen to it. I hope people will allow themselves to go inside the music and become a part of my journey," says the stunning, profound pianist and world citizen who is celebrating a triumphant 25 years of recording in the US. In the words of Duke Ellington, Keiko Matsui is 'beyond category.' The courageous, spiritually-driven and consummate artist who enjoyed the distinction of being an invited guest and performer at the second International Jazz Day, sponsored by UNESCO and held in Istanbul in April 2013, transcends boundary. Her unique melting pot of musical influences have garnered her a devout international following. Read more here.
Born and raised in Jamaica, Rankin Scroo has always had music as the center of his life. From his earliest days singing in church to his teenage years as a reggae rapper, Rankin achieved worldwide recognition as a talented singer, producer, songwriter and innovative performer. New York City became Rankin's first home abroad where he performed with numerous sound systems and live bands. His vitality and intensity of expression carried his artistry from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Pioneering reggae music in the Hawaiian Islands, he formed Crucial Youth Productions band and recording studio. Rankin' met Ginger and the two began to write music and perform together. Their unique blend of musical backgrounds and vocals created the highly acclaimed reggae duo "Rankin' Scroo and Ginger" and birthed a new sound now recognized worldwide as Jawaiian music. For nearly three decades, their releases and live performances have astounded crowds all over the world. Nuh Du Dat an anti-drug song and video on the Ras Record label marks this era of international airplay. Things Man Do on the flip side of this hit single was one of the only reggae songs by any reggae artist to ever receive daily rotation on R&B radio station KBLX. Rankin' Scroo and Ginger have won numerous awards and honors for their works and are highly regarded as veteran performers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Thu, Aug 22, 8pm
$23 adv, $27 door
The genealogy and musical roots of Firefall run deep in the fertile soil of American folk/rock music. Along with contemporaries like Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Band, The Eagles and Loggins and Messina, they created a sound that defined a generation and forever changed the musical landscape. Defying industry labels, they creatively melded country, folk, easy listening and rock 'n' roll to create a sound that was uniquely their own. Firefall is one of the few surviving bands of this genre, remaining true to the founding vision throughout the bands' 30 year history. Read more here.
In the history of rock & roll, there has never been anyone quite like Swamp Dogg. "For decades, Swamp Dogg has bent R&B/soul traditions as far as they can stretch," wrote Richie Unterberger in Unknown Legends of Rock 'n Roll (Backbeat Books, 1998). "Funk grooves are wedded to old Fats Domino licks. Raunchy tales of sexual (in)fidelity butt up against lyrics probing social injustice, racism and the waste of war. His keening voice is a blend of Jackie Wilson, Van Morrison, Percy Sledge, and pure Swamp Dogg, drawing from soul, rock, and even country. It's black popular music that is too eclectic to pigeonhole-and, for some tastes, too hot to handle in its frank examination/reflection of American society. Even if it is funny." Read more here.
THE TOMMY IGOE BIG BAND with Special Guest Kenny Washington
(Featuring 15 of the Bay Area's finest musicians!)
Tue, Aug 27 8pm
$22
After a successful Yoshi's San Francisco debut on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, The Tommy Igoe Big Band has a new home on select Tuesday nights. Tommy Igoe is one of the world's most prominent drummers and bandleaders. He began drumming at the age of two and has gone on to craft a unique and diverse career traveling the world with many iconic artists, both as drummer and music director. In 1997, he created the drum book for Disney's "The Lion King," a seminal Broadway event performed in more than 50 countries around the world. During his time with the original company, he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has also created several of the world's best-selling music education titles including "Groove Essentials" and "Great Hands For A Lifetime" with the original "Groove Essentials" poster fast approaching 500,000 copies. His new Bay Area recording studio serves both as a world-class recording facility and education site for online and private sessions. Read more here.
(Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and American Idol finalist, Season 10)
$22
(Guitarist Jeff Golub teams with jazz-rock keyboard icon Brian Auger for this first new album Train Keeps A Rolling [Entertainment One/dueAugust 13, 2013] since losing his sight.)
It's been a helluva two years since guitarist Jeff Golub released his last album, "Three Kings," which paid tribute to blues legends B.B., Freddie & Albert King. As the record was released, the optic nerves in Golub's eyes inexplicably collapsed leaving him blind. Adjusting to his new life meant adopting Luke, a guide dog. While attempting to catch a New York City subway last September, Golub fell onto the tracks as a train rapidly approached. He was clipped and dragged by the train as Luke and bystanders frantically attempted to help. Miraculously Golub escaped the harrowing and what could have been a fatal ordeal with only minor scrapes and bruises. Undaunted and as boisterous as ever, Golub stands defiantly, toting his guitar with Luke perched at his feet, at the crossroads of train tracks on the cover of his aptly titled new album, "Train Keeps A Rolling," which will be released August 13th by Entertainment One Music.
Read more here.
OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA
There is a change in the weather and sound for Ottmar Liebert's release entitled Dune (Spiral Subwave Records International LLC/2012). Magic men are said to be drawn to the desert sands. Sometimes they come as sculptors like Christo that put up strange and beautiful environments that inspire. Sometimes they come as Native American medicine men or old Japanese Kyoto masters to meditate and postulate. And sometimes, just plain and simple great artists disguised as guitar players. Liebert's new release Dune sits firmly in the crosshairs of it all. Random beauty - airy, rhythmic and sometimes funky; sounds to put you inside of full and empty spaces, at the same time. Ottmar is always exceptionally brilliant and mysterious, but.... Read more here.
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