A Special Jazz Salute to Black History Month – February 1 thru March 4, 2012 – Jazz Heritage Center Lush Life Gallery – 1320 Fillmore Street – San Francisco. Opening reception and panel discussion on February 2 from 6-9pm. The panel discussion will be from 6-7pm in the Jazz Heritage Center Media Room and moderated by Norman K. Brown. Please come out!!!

I am very excited to be in the company of fellow artists, James Gayles and Jim Dennis for this exhibit.

Photo highlights from the 4th Annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival at Yoshi’s SF on October 9. 2011. The festival included the lovely music of (top to bottom) Annie Brazil, Ann Marie Santos, and Lena Sunday.

José James – vocals
Kris Bowers – keyboards
Takuya Kuroda – trumpet
Solomon Dorsey – bass
Nate Smith – drums

Soulful crooner José James returned to the Bay Area for two nights in December. He and his band put on a spectacular show at The New Parish in Oakland. José performed his current hits and also new music from his upcoming album.

Vocalist Jua Howard at the Downtown Berkeley Music Festival in August 2011. If you have not heard Jua sing then you definitely want to check him out. He is currently working on his second album project. Please support live music!!!

Paula West

Jennifer Bryce

Denise Perrier

Faye Carol

I had the pleasure of photographing “Night with the Divas” – a concert benefiting Black Coalition on AIDS and Rafiki Wellness Center in San Francisco. The featured divas included Paula West, Jennifer Bryce, Denise Perrier, and Faye Carol. They were backed by the Marcus Shelby Trio featuring Marcus Shelby on bass, Adam Shulman on piano, and Jeff Marrs on drums. It was a spectacular evening of music serving a great cause.

For 25 years, BCA has been helping to address the urgent health needs of San Francisco’s Black community, beginning with HIV/AIDS. In recent years, through its Rafiki Wellness project, BCA has been providing information, education and support to individuals and families coping with a myriad of health disparities impacting Black communities―from HIV/AIDS to diabetes to breast cancer. For more information, please visit their website, www.bcoa.org.

José James & Jef Neve in their SFJAZZ Fall Season concert at the Florence Gould Theatre in the Legion of Honor in San Francisco last November. José James will be performing with McCoy Tyner on October 16 for the SFJAZZ Fall Season.

Guitarist Terrence Brewer putting down a serious groove at the Grapes and Grooves event.

Dee Dee Bridgewater mesmerized us recently at Yoshi’s San Francisco singing the music of jazz legend Billie Holiday. She was phenomenal!

Grassroots Composers Ensemble Live at EastSide Arts Alliance – April 2011 – They play great jazz every first Friday of the month.

Trumpeter Khalil Shaheed – Yoshi’s Oakland – April 2010

I have very pleased to announce that my two photos above received Merit Awards in the Visit Oakland 2011 Photo Contest. This is my second year winning so I am very honored. There are 32 winning photos selected from over 600 photos entered. The winning photos will be used to promote Oakland. You can see all the photos I submitted for this year’s contest, here. Big thanks to Visit Oakland!!!

Bobby Hutcherson – Tribute Concert for Khalil Shaheed @ Yoshi’s Oakland – 04/27/10