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Dave Mathews Hammond B-3 Organ Quartet - Thunder on the keyboards!

Jazz at Pearl's
San Francisco, CA

"Dave Mathews is an amazing Hammond organ ace." - Blues Review Magazine

"On the Hammond B3 organ, [Mathews] has created a sound that's lithe and linear, harmonically sophisticated and fiercely swinging." - jazz writer Andrew Gilbert

Not many B3 players have the skills or nerve to translate John Coltrane to the Hammond B3, but Dave Mathews accomplished that feat with power and panache on his excellent 2005 CD, The Coltrane Connection.

With stylistic influences from Fats Waller to James Booker to Nat King Cole, Mathews has done it all as an organist and as a pianist as well. He jumped into public view in the 1980's as organist for the seminal funk band, Tower of Power. He's toured with Tower of Power, Sheila E. and Boz Scaggs, and since 2000, Mathews has been the organist for the great Etta James.

Fronting an explosive band featuring the great Mel Martin on sax, Barry Finnerty on guitar and Akira Tana on drums, a Dave Mathews B3 concert is always an explosive blues event.

The Coltrane Connection, was not Dave Mathews' first CD success. Blues Review called his 1998 release, Down with It! "a must have disc."

Keyboard Magazine said, "[Mathews] shines on this collection of live jazz and blues recordings . . . . Mathews supports the guitar, sax, and clarinet soloists, then takes his turn letting loose on the mighty B3. . . .Can't wait to hear more from him."

And legendary San Francisco jazz writer Phil Elwood called the release a "delightfully swinging, soulful disc."

"Born in Berkeley on April 16, 1959, Mathews grew up in Walnut Creek. He left home at 16, and soon after was supporting himself playing in R&B and top-40 bands around the East Bay. In many ways, his musical education captures the East Bay's uniquely diverse cultural melange. He spent his formative years soaking up blues with Tim Kaihatsu and honing his Latin chops with Ray Obiedo, Pete Escovedo and daughter Sheila E. He gained recognition as a potent R&B player with Tower of Power, a group he anchored for two and half years in the mid-1980s. He's delved deeply into Crescent City grooves with Maria Muldaur, and more recently has been displaying his fine feel for straight ahead swing with Kim Nalley. Mostly self-taught, Mathews gleaned jazz piano insights from Mark Levine, Dick Hindman, John Marabuto, and Dick Whittington. His gift for assimilating and personalizing various styles makes this one of the year's most satisfying B3 sessions, a thoroughly enjoyable jaunt that begs for further forays." - Andrew Gilbert, from the liner notes for The Coltrane Connection.

Note: TICKET TIERS FOR THIS SHOW Show Ticket: Sold in advance online and by phone. Includes guaranteed seating AND show ticket for our first or second show for arrival before curtain. 2 beverage minimum. Cash only. ATM on premises. VIP Ticket: Sold in advance online and by phone. Includes tickets to both shows, front of line access, instant seating, chilled bottle of champagne waiting at your table (included in price), reserved VIP table for both shows (stay at your table), CD of act with autograph. No beverage minimum.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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