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Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project + The Cottontails + The Rob Reich Trio
RALPH CARNEY'S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT::
Ralph Carney was a founding member of the pre-Waitresses band, Tin Huey, but is best known for his long association with singer Tom Waits, and collaboration with his nephew, Patrick Carney, on the Black Keys album, Attack & Release, and occasionally joins them on stage. He has also recorded or performed with The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Les Claypool, Marc Ribot, Stan Ridgway, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Dieselhed and Bill Laswell. He was a member of the Oranj Symphonette with fellow Waits alumni Joe Gore and Matt Brubeck.
In 2010 and 2011 he guested with Yo La Tengo and Medeski, Martin and Wood for live shows and recorded on a T-Bone Burnett-produced project the, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, with Marc Ribot and Elvis Costello (release date TBA). In 2009 he toured with They Might be Giants and in 2008 he recorded and performed with Black Francis in a score for the Silent film Der Golem. He performed on many Hal Willner-produced shows at UCLA's Royce Hall including a Tribute to Harry Smith in 2001, with a huge number of performers including Todd Rundgren, David Thomas, Phillip Glass, and David Johanson.
The album, Seriously, was recorded at Getreel Studios by Robert Preston and Rugbeaters Studio by Ralph Carney in January and February, 2011. Carney has four full lengths out, including 2009's Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project (Akroncracker Records). Carney explains "I decided to do another record of tunes I loved, sticking close to the same styles as my first album. Basically a mix of "honkers and screamers" type saxophonists, mostly from the late 1940's through the early to mid 1950's, along side kinda obscure Ellington small band songs...I also did a couple of Coleman Hawkins tunes from his time in Europe in the 30's."
Tom Waits says "Ralph's great...he's guided by some other source of information. He's like a broken toy that works better than before it was broken." Entertainment Weekly rated his album A- "...a one-man musical universe..." NPR and Los Angeles Times editor, Ann Powers, enthuses "...supreme hipsters know that this sweet guy with the muttonchop sideburns is the king of the new wave horn."
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THE COTTONTAILS::
The Cottontails are one of San Francisco's most exciting musical groups. Well-versed in American musical styles from the 1920s to the 1960s, they will belt out some old gin-house blues, riff on a Charlie Parker tune, and rock out on a Smokey Robinson song, all in a single set.
The Cottontails feature Karina Denike on vocals, Ralph Carney on horns and lap steel, backed up by the hardest-working rhythm section in show business Michael McIntosh on piano, Mike Groh on guitar, Daniel Fabricant on bass, and the irrepressible Randy Odell on percussion. The Cottontails play jazz clubs, parties, dance halls, cabarets, art events and ... well, anywhere there's free food for the band, basically. The Cottontails have played The Legion of Honour, Yoshi's SF, Amoeba Records, Bimbos, Cell Space, The Great American Music Hall, and Montalvo Arts Center, among many other venues. They have played with James Hunter, Richard Cheese, Veronica Klaus, and other musical luminaries, and hold a popular residency at The Riptide, a friendly tavern near the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco. The Riptide is still one of the best places to see the band let loose.
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ROB REICH TRIO::
Rob Reich is an acclaimed accordionist, pianist, and composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A talented instrumentalist and an inventive composer, Rob is steeped in many traditions.
In addition to being a versatile solo performer, Rob can be heard playing with many top notch ensembles. He is a member of Tin Hat, Gaucho and The Nice Guy Trio, and freelances with many other Bay Area bands. His latest project is Circus Bella, an album of his very own arrangements.
Rob graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Oberlin Conservatory. In 2010, Rob was commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to compose "Sidewalks and Alleys", performed by the Nice Guy Trio with an all-star string quartet.
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314 11th Street (at Folsom)
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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| Minimum Age: 21 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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