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January 3, 2010 - January 9, 2010
(Week 01)

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	Mon January 4	Fri January 8	Sat January 9
8:00am		8:00am» MATT EAKLE BAND at Armando's
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7:00pm	7:00pm» OPEN MIC at Armando's
8:00pm			8:00pm» THE RED HOT CHACHKAS at Armando's

Time:: 8:00am-11:00pm
Description:: “Jazz Fusion”

Matt Eakle - flute
Alex Baum - bass
Jack Dorsey - drums
Joey Edelman - piano

If you haven’t heard Matt Eakle blowing audiences out of their chairs and onto their feet with the David Grisman Quintet, chances are you’ve never heard a flute dig this deep into the groove. After 20 years of playing “Dawg music” Matt has put together his own band - and the groove has just gotten deeper!

Matt Eakle, was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been active in the Bay Area music scene since the early 70s. Matt is probably best known as the flutist in the David Grisman Quintet. Matt played his first gig as a DGQ member in 1989 at Yoshi's in Oakland, with special guest Vassar Clements. "One of the nicest things about playing with David,” says Matt, “has been the opportunity to play music with his friends - Vassar, Tony Rice, Stephane Grappelli, Jerry Garcia, John Hartford, Mark O'Connor, Bonnie Raitt..."
Matt is featured on all of David Grisman’s Acoustic Disc quintet CDs and is a special guest on all the Garcia/Grisman CDs. "Flute Jazz”, an Acoustic Disc project of his own, is a collection of Matt's compositions and jazz standards in a trio setting. Matt performed with Linda Ronstadt in “Mas Canciones de Mi Padre”, and can be heard on Chris Isaak’s CD “Always Got Tonight”. Matt Eakle is the producer of “The Headwaters Project” CD, a compilation of music by different artists “inspired by or evocative of the wilderness” which raises money for non-profit groups fighting to save the California redwoods.

Alex Baum, has performed from Osaka, Japan to Orvieto, Italy playing acoustic stand up and electric bass guitar. Alex is in the Johnny Nocturne Band & is on all 4 of their Rounder / Bullseye discs. Alex helped produce & record their Blue Bucket discs "Blues Volume" & "Good To The Damn Bone", He has also toured extensively as a charter member of Dan Hicks & the Acoustic Warriors. Working in many styles, Alex has performed or recorded with: JAZZ: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis,"Sweets" Edison, Dave Sanborn BLUES: Pinetop Perkins, Earl King, ROCK; Zero, Bob Weir, Clarence Clemonds, John Cippolina, Steve Kimock.

Jack Dorsey, a native New Yorker, settled in The San Francisco Bay Area in 1976. He has performed and/or recorded with artists Jimmy Witherspoon, Randy Crawford, Little Anthony, Johnny Griffin, Denise Perrier, Etta Jones, Jose Feliciano, The Coasters, and Doug Kershaw (The ragin' cajun). Jack has recorded movie and television themes in Hollywood and at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Marin. For the last six years Jack has been working for The San Francisco Symphony's AIM Program bringing live music into the public schools.

Joey Edelman, a graduate of S.F. State in piano composition has been a S.F. Bay area musician for the past 25 years. Joey has played and recorded with many Bay Area music greats including John Handy, Jules Broussard, Martin Fierro, Vince Delgado and Jose “Chepito” Areas and other members of Santana.

http://www.matteakle.com
http://www.myspace.com/matteakleband

$10, 2 for $18
http://www.armandosmartinez.com/

Time:: 8:00pm-11:00pm
Description:: “Klezmer with an Edge”

CD release party for “Beats Without Borders”

Two-time winner of "Best Klezmer Band" in the Bay Area (2006 and 2007)

Featured on "Spark*," a documentary show on KQED-TV, in a segment about Klezmer music in the Bay Area.

Julie Egger -Violin, Dance leader, Band manager
Barbara Speed -Clarinet, Flute, Sax
Michael Arrow -Drums
Tony Phillips -Mandolin
Breck Diebel -Bass
Aaron Seeman - Accordion

Klezmer is irresistible Jewish music that originated in the Yiddish-speaking communities of Eastern Europe. Klezmorim played for simchas and rituals, bringing joy, hope, and richness to all who listened and danced. Today the Red Hot Chachkas blend klezmer with jazz, classical, and improvisation, creating an exciting and danceable sound.

The Red Hot Chachkas' sound swings, shakes, and serenades. Comprised of multi-talented performers on violin, clarinet, mandolin, accordion, bass, and drums, the group plays traditional Eastern European dance tunes, ranging from frenzied freylekhs to tranquil tantsn, plus original compositions, arrangements, and improvisions, building on the klezmer tradition and fusing with contemporary musical styles.

* Julie Egger has played the violin since the age of seven. As a teenager, she performed with the Long Island Youth Orchestra, which traveled all over the world, playing music. She received a Bachelor of Music in Education from Crane School of Music, where she studied with the Carnegie String Quartet and Ruth Iogha. Julie lived for nine years in Boston, where she performed classical, jazz, and liturgical music. She has performed with artists such as Stuart Brotman (of Brave Old World) in Finif, and Joshua Horowitz of Veretski Pass. She currently performs with The Red Hot Chachkas and performs free lance in the Bay Area as well. She teaches Klezmer music as well as classical and jazz to students of all ages and conducts workshops in Klezmer music. She also currently teaches at Marin School of the Arts. She is co-founder of KlezCalifornia, and received a 2003 individual Artist Grant and a 2007 Community Grant from Marin Arts Council to create a "Yiddish Folk Festival" in West Marin.
* Barbara Speed started on piano, her father's instrument, when she was nine. Flute soon followed, and she studied classical and baroque flute in New York and London through her twenties. In 1979, Barbara moved to Berkeley, took up saxophone with Kurt Bradford (former lead alto with Jimmy Lunceford). Barbara's fascination with that era of jazz led her to the clarinet, which she studied with Jim Russell. A gig playing a jazz suite with the Westwind International Folk Ensemble led to participation in a klezmer suite, which in turn led Barbara to the Red Hot Chachkas. She also plays in jazz-combo Caledonia Quartet, and Memphis Soul and Rhythm and Blues band Juke Joint.
* Michael Arrow has played and taught drums and percussion in Marin County for many diverse groups. He has performed and recorded with the late jazz great Larry Vanuchi, the Marin Symphony, Sausalito Jazz Trio, the jazz group As Is, the College of Marin Orchestra, Christopher Smith, and Sam Andrew (of Big Brother and the Holding Company). He also plays in jazz-combo Caledonia Quartet, and freelances with various jazz and blues groups.
* Tony Phillips got his first mandolin as a law school graduation gift from his parents, to their subsequent and lasting regret. Now he also plays octave mandolin, electric mandolin, mandolin-banjo, guitar, fiddle, and whatever other stringed instruments he can buy, borrow, or steal. He played in several Bay Area bluegrass bands, and performs oldtime, contra-dance, jazz and swing, Cajun, and other traditional American music with the Jubilee American Dance Theatre. He formed and leads the Instant Klezmer Mandolin Orchestra, and is involved behind the scenes in the Jewish Music Festival, KlezCalifornia, and San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins.
* Breck Diebel holds a MA degree from San Francisco State University, and BM from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He grew up playing guitar, and has been playing bass since 1980. He plays double bass and electric bass, and has performed within a wide range of musical genres, including jazz, salsa, Cuban son, folk, rock, and Andean and Latin American folk. Breck has taught bass at Blue Bear School of American Music and managed a large music store in San Francisco. You can also hear Breck with Barb and Michael (and Stuart Rabinowitsh) in jazz-combo Caledonia Quartet.
* Aaron Seeman, accordionist and newest member, is a player with virtuosic technical skill. His repertoire includes, but is not limited to, 70's rock, Broadway, klezmer, classical, country, Sousa marches and even a polka or two. However, his specialty is alarmingly accurate accordion recreations of classic punk songs. His 2005 release, "Fresh Duck for Rotting Accordionists" is a note-for-note re-make of the entire first Dead Kennedys album!

http://www.redhotchachkas.com

http://www.myspace.com/redhotchachkas

$10, 2 for $18

http://www.armandosmartinez.com

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