Hurting, and there are folks that are not hurting, but they're being
"People want to help, and part of it is that there are folks that are Tickets will run $50 each, and if both performances sell out, the Just allow it to breathe and have this organic presentation to it." The room is such a beautiful sounding room, this will Intimate room in a solo piano concert," Varela said. "You get these three pianists, all very much stylists, individuals whoĪll have something to say, and they're going to say it in a warm and The young buck of the ticket is Eigsti, who in the past three years hasīecome one of the major pianists emerging in the U.S., Varela said. "For him to do solo piano like this really takes away theīridles, if you will. "has been really instrumental in the Asian-American jazz movement," Jang, who grew up locally and worked with renowned drummer Max Roach, 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' and other movies. "He's also a practicing psychiatrist he's also written scores for Right now for all he's done, all his early work for Columbia," Varela "Denny is kind of the old-schooler, and he's getting a lot of respect These guys have carried the torch from there." Think of Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, the many others who have been "When you think about the tradition of Bay Area jazz piano, you Said Chuy Varela, the event's organizer and music director for the "It's kind of a one-time summit, and that's really the appeal to it," The stage at Yoshi's to benefit the station. Denny Zeitlin, Jon Jang and TaylorĮigsti, each known as an inventive and fascinating musician, will take The station's recent pledge drive drew more donations and more cash thanĮver, but the station is still trying to bridge a $40,000 gap by Juneģ0, when its fiscal year ends and the school has to decide whether to Is funded by the state, experienced deep cuts, she said. But a 12 percent chunk of its operating budget expectedįrom the school district fell through this year when the district, which KCSM (91.1 FM), licensed to the San Mateo County Community Collegeĭistrict, has received the bulk of its funding from listeners for years,īerzon said. Lamented the recent format change from soft jazz to classic rock at
In the country, in the world," said program director Melanie Berzon, who "We're one of the very few, one of the last remaining all-jazz stations Spanning three generations of Bay Area jazz piano playing to support the On June 30, Yoshi's in Oakland will host a trio of solo pianists KCSM-FM, the only remaining all-jazz radio station in the Bay Area, isīanking on a one-time-only benefit concert to keep the station from San Mateo-based jazz station plans benefit concert
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