Category Archives: music

if you can hear it and it does not grate your ears, ambient or intentitional with a story melody or not, major and minor chords, the community rather than the industry if possible; if not the answer then a pretty good guess, and the people who live it; basie miller satchmo and the king of all sir duke

Ripple Effect Thursday Aug 21 @ Mitchell Park

Posted on August 9, 2014 by markweiss86
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Our neighbors Ivonne Baker and Nancy Pleibel, plus their dogs Picasso, Peaches and Ginger, enjoying Kaitlin McGaw from a safe distance Thursday at Cogswell Plaza

Posted on August 8, 2014 by markweiss86
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Bennett Porter v. Bennett Paster

Posted on August 7, 2014 by markweiss86

Bennett Paster is a Brooklyn-based piano player and composer, who led an amazing jam last night at Stanford’s CoHo — the Stanford Jazz Workshop or Stanford Jazz Institute faculty all-star jam — featuring Julian Lage, Alvin Lin, a Colombian percussionist, … Continue reading →

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Granite Alto

Posted on August 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Photo essay about Stanford Jazz Camp / Workshop / Series / Festival / #firshir Ivor Holloway is a Gunn graduate and fulltime staff year-round for Stanford Jazz Workshop and camps. I met him Saturday for the first time since October … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks of the Times, unlocking the truth

Posted on August 4, 2014 by markweiss86

(I am ensconced at Coupa this a.m. writing my ballot statement so did not will not and cannot read The Times; I could not resist, since someone had left a hard copy, noting the existence of three article I might … Continue reading →

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Oh dog, O Death and Chop

Posted on August 2, 2014 by markweiss86

Note: if you ain’t seen a film by the name of Fast Cheap and Out of Control you ain’t likely to ‘preciate this much. Or that story by Mr. Mark Twain (Shania’s grand-grand-pappy?) about that old ram… A dog named … Continue reading →

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Class act Naylor in Goldberg fix

Posted on July 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Class act Jacqui Naylor, a jazz singer, lives in a dwelling in SF that once was home to Rube Goldberg, the inventor of oblique feng shui strategy, and builder of better traps-of-mouse. Sam Whiting and Brand Chr says: (and imagine … Continue reading →

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HBSB coming at ya!

Posted on July 29, 2014 by markweiss86

  Henry Butler, a piano player from Louisiana, and Steven Bernstein a slide-trumpet player from Berkeley and New Yorker, cover new territory as the Hot 9. They gave a taste of their sound at Yoshi’s last  month. We will probably … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Vida Blue

Posted on July 29, 2014 by markweiss86

my gram paw, name a henry, knew your gram ma or rabbi, name of steven, sitting by the bayou, gonna set the world on fi yo. I co I co I co been a contenda. but am content as a content provider. Continue reading →

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Andrew Bird and Jessica Johnson, two free shows I would try to catch

Posted on July 29, 2014 by markweiss86

Andrew Bird has a free show Sunday at Stern Grove in San Francisco, which will draw about 7,000 fans, maybe Terry and I will make the trek; I love Stern Grove. Have not been in a few years, however. Closer … Continue reading →

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