Jennifer Paulino, soprano, and John King, piano, will perform a lively and rhythmically playful new vocal work by Lansing McLoskey, with texts by Javen Tanner, at the 9th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music. Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at the San Francisco Community Music Center, located at 544 Capp Street.
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John will continue to entertain the dinner crowds at the Oberon Grill, located at 516 2nd Street in Eureka, through July and August. He will perform every Friday from 7-9:30 p.m.
On the first Saturday of each month, Eureka's downtown hosts a musical celebration. Many of the shops in downtown Eureka feature live music. During July's Arts Alive! celebration, on July 2, John will perform as a solo pianist from 6:30 to 9:30 at Bon Boniere Ice Cream, 215 F street, Eureka.
John will play from 7 to 9 on Friday, July 1st, at the Oberon Grill in Eureka. It is his first gig in Humboldt County. Playing solo piano, he will compliment the dinner crowd with his own rendition of many jazz standards. Requests accepted!
Come listen to John play keyboard with City Swing Big Band this Friday at the San Francisco Yoshi's. City Swing will be playing in the lounge starting around 9:00 pm to midnight, $10 at the door. Under the direction of Mr. Bradley Connlain, FEATURING MS. JOYCE GRANT ON VOCALS.
Since 1984, City Swing, an 18-piece big band, has dazzled audiences and dancers by bringing to life the sounds of big band jazz. City Swing has cherry picked the best charts from the books of swing era greats like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Glen Miller. Under Ajayi's baton, John King will be closing the 11th annual Malcolm X Music and Art Festival, with a great dance troupe and a host of good musicians. The act will go onstage at San Antonio Park, Oakland, around 6:30 pm, on May 21, 2011.
During the same session, John improvised blues . . . During the summer of 2010, John played at La Mamounia, one of the top-rated hotels in Africa, located in Marrakesh, Morocco.
John's newest project, the Ben Flax Band, just launched a website! Check it out, and listen to some of their original songs (and John on piano/keyboards). The band will update the site regularly and will soon post more pictures. You can also sign up for their mailing list to keep informed about upcoming performances. Of course, you can also check back on this blog for new announcements.
http://music.benflax.com/index.php/music/ Come see pianist John King play with the Ben Flax Band at Club Amnesia in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb 26, 2011, 8PM.
The set features original music by Ben Flax and has deep roots in classic soul, gospel, and Jazz; but with eyes towards future shapes of music. Club Amnesia is located in the Mission District at 853 Valencia Street near the16th street BART station. For more information visit their website at: amnesiathebar.com |
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