A Very Cosmo Christmas

Cosmo Alleycats will be presenting their Christmas Song Countdown from 2020 plus other Holiday favorites, in person and live-streaming.

Christmas at the Oasis

Over the years, as an antidote to all the sappy and sentimental Christmas tunes we are all inundated with every holiday season, Maria Muldaur has collected some wonderfully hip, swinging, humorous and irreverent Christmas songs by her favorite Jazz and Blues artists. She and her “A Team” of some of the Bay Area’s finest jazz players will be presenting her special “Christmas at The Oasis” show, for a fun evening of what Maria calls “Christmas tunes for Hipsters.” There will be no corny, overdone, pedestrian Christmas tunes here, only her special collection of rare gems! Don’t miss this Holiday event!

Solo Live CD Release

Edward Simon celebrates the release of his new album Solo Live. Recorded at the Piedmont Piano Company stage on his 50th birthday, its a ravishing portrait of one of jazz’s most eloquent improviser investigating a setting that’s become one of his primary outlets during the pandemic.

TWO SHOWS at 7pm & 9:30pm

In June, the Arterik Quartet released their 90 minute album The Silver Fox, recorded at the Hillside Club in Berkeley. The Band will bring a book full of new, original compositions, accompanied by new stories, new vibes, and their distinctive, high level of creative energy. Featuring Art Lande (piano), Erik Jekabson (trumpet and flugelhorn), Peter Barshay (bass), and Alan Hall (drums). CDs will be available for purchase at this show.

LifeForce Jazz – featuring Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone), Grant Levin (piano), Gary Brown (bass), and Jaz Sawyer (drums) – plays an afternoon of music, with special guests Katerina Brown (voice), Calvin Keys (guitar), Christopher Lowell Clarke (trumpet), and Charles Hamilton (trombone). The JaZzLine Institute’s Life Time Achievement Awards will be presented by Afrikahn Jahmal Dayvs, and the evening will be hosted by KPFA’s Gabrielle Wilson.