Urban Music Presents 
October 10, 2012
Edition No: 309
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Happy Fall All!
As always I appreciate you letting me come into your virtual world to spread the great news of live music in the Bay Area - and this next two weeks promises some POWERFUL shows are coming our way! Always pay attention to my notes in BRIGHT RED as that is your chance to WIN FREE TICKETS!
Starting tonight, SFJAZZ presents bassist Marcus Miller at the Herbst Theater... brilliant, funky and you feel how he feels the music, Marcus Miller is bass supreme!
By merging Latin music with R&B tunes in the late 60's, "Latin Soul" was officially born by the  creator Joe Bataan.
When you are at the top of your game, achieve great success there is always room for criticisms and Mr. Bataan did face several. Perhaps it was envy and jealousy of Bataan's success, these critics felt Mr. Bataan's music was not truly salsa because of the English lyrics. Who said it was salsa? It was Latin Soul. The criticisms may have been prompted when people learned Mr. Bataan was not Puerto Rican descent. Despite the criticisms, Bataan achieved his dreams and fulfilled that awesome vision of merging Latin music with Rhythm and Blues. He rightfully deserves the title " THE LATIN SOUL KING AND KING OF LATIN FUNK"
He wrote it, he sang it, he lived it and he was the creator. Joe Bataan not only was a singer, a musician and a song writer but he was also a producer. He produced a couple of LPs in the early 70's from an extraordinary record label called Ghetto Records. One of the famous 1972 Latin Soul song that sprung forth from this label was " Tender Love (and Sweet caresses)" by Paul Ortiz Y La Orquesta Son that was remade in 1992 by Latin Pop artist Tino Nieves. Ghetto Records was indeed an extraordinary record label. The salsa from this label was not the ordinary salsa people were accustom to. It was sort of like Latin Salsa Blues, with a rock stylish electric and soul rhythm vocals. That's the best I can describe it. La Fantastica and Joe Acosta Orchestra were two recording artist from this label that will give you that extraordinary sound that was never heard during that time. Incredibly, the record label was producing awesome Latin Soul, Northern Soul and phenomenal Salsa artists, however this record label was short-lived. Purchase Tickets Here!
 Friday Oct. 12 the Soulful and Poetic Songs of Mark Growden hit at the Red Poppy Art House. Mark plays an amazing array of instruments from his voice to the accordion to a clawhammer banjo and more...
Mark Growden is a singer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, visual artist, and the artistic director of the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, LA. Growden has released several critically-acclaimed albums, including Saint Judas, which was awarded "2010 Rekkid of the Year" by music blog Stash Dauber and ranked in the 2010 Village Voice Critics Poll. Growden has toured the US extensively and has composed original musical scores for dance and theater companies and scored several films. He is best known for his soulful voice and poetic lyrics.
Saturday, October 13th, 8-11 PM
The '70s Mission All-Stars will headline Saturday night's concert, paying homage to the amazing musical scene that sprouted in San Francisco's Mission district in the 1970s. Featuring renowned San Francisco musicians from that era, this all-star band of veteran players will pay tribute to the music that they themselves began pioneering during the late '70s. Members of the band include Karl Perazzo from the Carlos Santana band; Dr. John Calloway, recipient of the 2012 "Jazz Hero" award; master bassist David Belove; renowned producer Dr. Greg Landau; legendary singer Linda Tillery; violin virtuoso Anthony Blea (interview); and more.
In contrast to this veteran group, the next generation of exceptional Latin Jazz musicians will be represented by the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco, under the musical direction of Dr. John Calloway. Composed of young musicians aged 10 to 18, the LJYE has gained a reputation of excellence based on the group's high standards of musicianship and musicality. This group of talented youth is sure to be a highlight of the Mission Latin Jazz Festival.
The Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform a special tribute to Latin Jazz great Ray Barretto, featuring top local musicians including Danilo Paíz, Marty Wehner, Chloe Scott, Saul Sierra, Marco Diaz and more.
Sunday, October 14th, 2-5:00 PM
VL Trio, composed of three master musicians: pianist Marco Diaz, bassist Saul Sierra and percussionist Carlos Caro, will show that a small group can get an extremely big sound. The stripped-down trio opens up space for each musician to shine with his unique talents, in a world-class trio that will knock your socks off.
Pacific Mambo Orchestra is a full 20-piece Latin Big Band, complete with fat sax, trombone, trumpet and percussion sections. The sound of the old-school Mambo band is back, but with a modern twist.
Laura Rebolloso, one of the founders of legendary Son Jarocho group Son de Madera, is coming in from Mexico with her Ensemble Marinero, an excursion into Mexican-Jazz and an exploration of the boundaries of the very meaning of Latin Jazz. Her haunting poetic decimas are accompanied by piano, contrabass, violin and leona, a member of the family of Jarocho instruments.
Ticket Prices: $18 for adults / $15 for seniors and students / Group discounts available
Ticket outlets: Brava Theater Box Office 415-641-7657 x1 / http://www.brava.org
Accion Latina offices, 2958 24th Street, San Francisco
For more information, visit http://www.accionlatina.org/MissionLatinJazz
I have 3 pairs of tickets to give away for each night. Please tell me why this Latin Jazz festival is so important and particularly happening in the Mission and at the Brava Theater. For Saturday Tickets please be the 2nd, 4th and 6th persons to win. For Sunday be the 3rd, 7th and 8th persons to email me to win!
Also this Sunday Oct 14th at the Concerts in the Redwoods at Woodminster Amphitheater in the Oakland Hills you can catch Boney James, Avery Sunshine, OSA Jazz and the Mission's own Trumpeter Bill Ortiz (of Santana) and the FH Band! Only $10 - a groove all day in the sunshine - get your tickets ahead a time!
And another not to miss how on Sunday October 14 catch the Riley Bandy and Jaz Sawyer Quartet 20 Year Reunion San Francisco born alto saxophonist Riley Bandy and drummer Jaz Sawyer resurrect their infamous Quartet formed in the early 90s for an exciting night of music at the Red Poppy Art House.
Featuring a pair of Nuyorican visionaries and a duo of rising Cuban stars, this double-bill offers a glimpse at both the past and future of Latin jazz. Introduced to Afro-Caribbean music by their father, renowned singer Jerry Gonzalez Sr., the Gonzalez brothers have been two of the most influential musicians in Latin jazz since the early 1970s.Jerry Gonzalez gained essential knowledge as a percussionist with Latin jazz patriarchs Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Palmieri and Tito Puente. He joined forces with his bassist brother Andy Gonzalez in Conjunto Libre, a band Andy co-led with timbales master Manny Oquendo. But the brothers made their biggest impact with Jerry on trumpet, leading the Fort Apache Band, which helped pave the way for the onslaught of Latin American talent that has energized the US jazz scene since.
This SFJAZZ date marks their first major appearance as a duo. Opening the concert are two Cuban-born, New York-based masters: Elio Villafranca, a Grammy-nominated pianist, teams up with percussionist Arturo Stable. Together they have performed widely as Dos y Mas, a superb world-jazz duo that has recently released their debut album. Video. To Purchase Tickets Click Here.
Thursday October 25 SF JAZZ presents Gilberto Gil at the Paramount Theater! Forró Party! 
From musical revolutionary to international pop star to beloved statesman, Gilberto Gil has lived a life worthy of a Hollywood thriller. As a founding member of Brazil's Tropicália movement, Gil and fellow Bahians Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa radically reinvented Brazilian popular music in the mid-60s by combining Beatlesque psychedelia, art rock and Brazil's northeastern roots rhythms. Since returning to Brazil from his London exile in the early 1970s, Gil has held center stage as a charismatic performer, songwriter and interpreter of the music of Bob Marley. With several dozen standards to his credit, he has been interpreted by just about every major Brazilian artist of the past four decades. In recent years Gil once again found inspiration in the joyful, upbeat accordion driven forró style of music and dance, starting with his soundtrack to the award-winning 2000 film Me You Them. After serving as Brazil's Minister of Culture from 2003-2008, he went on to explore classics by forró heroes Luiz Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro on his latest album, Fé Na Festa- Ao Vivo. Expect a party - and expect to dig deeply into Brazil's musical heritage with one of the country's major cultural icons. Video. To Purchase Tickets Click Here. I have FOUR pairs of tickets to give away to this spectacular show. Tell me what you love about Gilberto Gil - please be the 1st, 18, 20 and 24th persons to email me to win! Once again thank you for supporting LIVE MUSIC and the COMMUNITY that brings it to you! Peace through music, Stephanie
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Saturday October 19
SFJazz Presents
Eliane Elias
@ Herbst Theater
Thursday October 20
SF Jazz Presents
Dianne Reeves
@ The Herbst Theater
Monday October 22
A Solo Evening with Pianist Elio Vilafranca
@ Piedmont Piano Company
Saturday October 27
California Institute of Integral Studies presents
Not in Our Name: Dia de Los Muertos Concert with
The John Santos Sextet
Look forward to a chance to win tickets!
Thursday November 1
SFJazz Presents
The Robert Glasper Experience
@ The Palace of Fine Arts
Friday November 2
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music presents
Honoring Ed Kelly
A Visual and Musical Tribute to an Oakland Treasure
featuring
Pianist Michelle Rosewoman and visual artist and muralist James Gayle
To Purchase Tickets
Sunday November 4
Dwight Trible
@ Yoshis SF
To Purchase Tickets
www.dwighttrible.com
Look forward to a chance to win tickets!
Sunday November 4
SFJazz Presents
Orquesta Aragon
@ The Palace of Fine Arts
Look forward to a chance to win tickets!
Thursday - Saturday
November 8 - 10
Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band
@ Yoshis SF
Look forward to a chance to win tickets!
Saturday November 10
SF Jazz Presents
Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
@ YBCA Forum
Look forward to a chance to win tickets!
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Friday October 18