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The new record, "onward" features Greg Sankovich, Ross Wilson, Lincoln Adler, Russ Gold, Alan Hall, Michaelle Goerlitz, Myles Boisen, and Kurt.
It's our best record yet. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in
Berkeley by Adam Muñoz
and produced by Greg, Lincoln, and Kurt.
You can buy Kurt
Ribak's CDs, downloads, etc. online at CDBaby or by the
download there, on iTunes,
emusic.com, and
all the other usual online sources, at The Groove Yard in
Oakland at 5555 Claremont
in Oakland, at Bird
& Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery
St., San Francisco, at Down
Home Music, 10341 San Pablo
Avenue, El Cerrito, CA.
Gigs
Wednesday, February 6, 8:30 PM
- 11 PM
The pickPocket Ensemble - "world cafe music"
http://www.pickpocketensemble.com
Revolution Cafe
3248 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110
No Cover
I played on the pickPocket Ensemble's
record "memory." Their music is like a
musical Rorschach blot - leader Rick Corrigan writes all the music. Yates Brown is on guitar,
John Slattery
percussion, Matthew Souther
trumpet. My old friend Chloe Allen is on violin. I've known
her since my days in the circus.
Some people hear Roma (Gypsy) music, and I've met folks from
central Europe who say the group's music sounds like what they
grew up with. The tunes are really good,
regardless. Cafe Revolution is very much a bohemian kind
of joint in the Mission.
Kurt Ribak Trio - Original Jazz
Friday, February 8 - 7 PM to 11 PM
The Cliff House - bar / restaurant
http://www.cliffhouse.com/
1090 Point Lobos, SF, CA
415-386-3330
All ages, no cover
This place
really has a great view. You can see the Pacific Ocean,
the Marin Headlands, Ocean Beach, Land's End, and more.
Listen and watch us in the lounge, while enjoying drinks and
maybe some bar food. You can also hear us from the main
dining room.
Kurt's on bass, Greg Sankovich keyboards, Lincoln Adler is on sax.
Valentine
Dinner Show
Hamilton-Glover Quartet - Jazz vocals of classic standards
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Walnut Creek Marriott 2355 N Main St. 6:30 - 9
pm
Come early for good seating
Friday,
March 8, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Kurt Ribak Quartet - Original Jazz
Free outdoor show, all ages
Marin Country Mart - http://marincountrymart.com
2257 Country Landing Circle
Larkspur, CA - across the street from the Larkspur Ferry
Terminal
Free - all ages! Bring the kids if you got 'em! We rarely play in Marin County, so if you live there, so it's a rare opportunity for Marinites to see us. We were going to play here February 1, but we were rained out. Mark Sowlakis on sax & clarinet, Greg Sankovich on keyboards, Kurt on bass and vocals.
Friday, March 15, 8 PM
to 10:15 PM
Kurt Ribak - Original Jazz
Armando's
http://www.armandosmartinez.com
707 Marina Vista
Martinez, CA
21+, cash only, beer & wine.
This will be a little
different than some of my shows. For those who are wondering,
I still play with Greg and Lincoln - but this show will
feature Kurt on bass and vocals, Myles Boisen on
guitar and lap steel guitar, Tom Griesser on sax and
clarinet, and Carrie Jahde on drums. I've played a lot
of gigs with all these folks, and they're all fine players.
I've played with Tom for over 25 years, including in Section 8 Project and 3 Go T back in the '90s. He's currently busy with the organ-jazz group B3B4. Myles is featured on my record "ONWARD." He played with Tom Waits and Club Foot Orchestra, among others. I play regularly with Carrie on my church gig. She's performed with us several times and also is a founding member of Planet Loop and No Coasters.
Tuesday,
April 16, 8:30 PM - 11 PM
The pickPocket Ensemble - "world
cafe music"
http://www.pickpocketensemble.com
Revolution
Cafe
3248 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110
No Cover
I played on the pickPocket Ensemble's record "memory." Their music is
like a musical Rorschach blot - leader Rick Corrigan writes
all the music. Yates Brown is on
guitar, John Slattery percussion, Matthew Souther trumpet.
My old friend Chloe Allen is on
violin. I've known her since my days in the
circus.
Some people hear Roma (Gypsy) music, and I've met
folks from central Europe who say the group's music is
what they grew up with. The tunes are really
good, regardless. Cafe Revolution is very much a
bohemian kind of joint in the Mission.
UPCOMING - later
in 2019
Below are what will be our two biggest shows of the
year:
Kurt Ribak Quintet plays
the San Francisco Jazz
Festival!
Thursday,
June 20 - Two sets, 7:00 PM
and 8:30 PM
SFJAZZ Joe Henderson Lab
http://www.sfjazz.org
201
Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
More details to come, but this show will be in SFJAZZ's
small room. We'll have most of the same folks as at
our Freight & Salvage show last year, including Greg Sankovich
keyboards, Lincoln Adler sax, Myles
Boisen electric
guitar and lap steel guitar, and
Kurt on bass and vocals.
Kurt
Ribak
Tuesday, September 24
Two sets, starting at 8 PM
Freight & Salvage
Coffeehouse
http://thefreight.org
2020
Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
all ages
A lot of details are TBA, but here's what we know. We'll have
most of the same folks as at our Freight
& Salvage show last year, including: Greg Sankovich keyboards, Lincoln Adler sax, and
Kurt on bass and vocals.
Additional performers TBA.
Our 2018 Freight show was described by
attendees as an outstanding show in a town
that sees many great performances.
The Freight and Salvage is one of the best
venues around. I love playing here
and seeing shows. It's comfortable,
without a single bad seat in the
house.
Curious what you missed last time at The
Freight, and want to get some sense of
what the show will be like? Or do
you want another chance to see lst year's
show? Check out our YouTube
channel. It features a
bunch of performances from our Freight
& Salvage show last year.
Archived KCSM INTERVIEW - Wednesday, April 18, 9 AM
Wednesday - April
18, 2018 at 9 AM - Kurt was interviewed on KCSM - FM by Alisa Clancy on her "Morning Cup of Jazz" show.
They discussed Kurt's May
7, 2018 show at The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
and played his new CD "onward."
Listen in archives at 91.1 FM or over go straight to the interview
here.
Buy our CDs online - or buy
downloads:
Video interviews of Kurt Ribak
These
video interviews were made by Lincoln
Adler - www.LincolnAdler.com.
Lincoln plays with us often and is the
saxophonist of Times
4, the jazz-funk group Greg
Sankovich also plays in.
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