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Yoshi's
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I really enjoy
playing with Jinx. He's a really good guitarist,
he's a stand-up guy, and he's a hoot to work with. This show will
NOT have us playing any jazz. For those of you who don't like
jazz, like hearing me do something different, or just wanna have a good
time on a Saturday afternoon in spring, this is for you!
There was a nice write-up in the San Francisco Chronicle's
culture blog
about the local "twang" scene - it said "Jinx is a guitar virtuoso who seamlessly
moves from rockabilly to jazz to twang and back again, sometimes in the
same song." Read the article here.
Armando's
is one of my
very favorite places to play. - great sound, great decor, great vibe,
and Eloise Cotton and Roy Jeans, who run Armando's, are
great people. They book the music they want to hear and they do
it because they love music. Armando's is intimate but not
claustrophobic,
beer and wine are reasonably priced, and the cover charges are low.
It's
like playing in your living room if your living room had more
interesting decor - and a sound system.
I really enjoy playing with Jinx. He's a really good guitarist, he's a stand-up guy, and he's a hoot to work with. He's a also a no-foolin' hot-s@*t guitarist who came up backing legends Chuck Berry, Roy Buchanan, and Solomon Burke. We don't expect to be playing any jazz on this gig - although a stray tune or two may sneak in. For those of you who don't like jazz, like hearing me do something different, or just wanna have a good time on a Sunday afternoon in spring, this is for you!
My old buddy Randy Odell will
be playing drums on this gig. Randy and I have played together in
my group, Section 8 Project, Veronica Klaus, Make*A*Circus, Khevan
Lennon-Onaje, and many other settings, ranging from church services to
strippers. He plays with a lot of great bands including ex-Tom
Waits sideman Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, The Cottontails,
Jill Tracy, and early reggae / rocksteady / soul band The Impalers.
I haven't been to
Pier 23 on Sunday afternoon yet, but judging by the number of custom
Harleys I see parked out front it's quite a scene.
There was a nice write-up in the San Francisco Chronicle's
culture blog
about the local "twang" scene - it said "Jinx is a guitar virtuoso who seamlessly
moves from rockabilly to jazz to twang and back again, sometimes in the
same song." Read the article here.
Thursday, May
17,
7 PM to 10 PM
Ian Smith quartet - jazz guitar
Marriott Fremont
46100 Landing Parkway
Fremont, CA
(510) 952-9007
I'm playing a lounge gig regularly with jazz guitarist Ian Smith. I
believe saxophonist Aaron Bennett
and drummer Omar Aran will be
on the
gig.
This is a really fun band - I'm really enjoying playing with Omar.
photo taken last summer of Kurt and Jinx at Lagunitas Brewing Company
Saturday,
May
19,
3:00
PM
to
6:00
PM
Jinx
Jones & The King Tones -
Rockabilly,
Country, and surf
Lagunitas
Brewing
Company
1280 North McDowell Boulevard,
Petaluma, CA
Jinx
Jones is a hot-shot
guitarist who played with guitar heroes Chuck Berry and Roy Buchanan as
well as soul legend Solomon Burke early in his career. Jinx leads
his own groups now. I've played a few gigs with the Jinx Jones
Jazz Trio and this will be my first gig with him playing rockabilly and
country music - as well as a lite bit of jazz.
If you're in Marin or Sonoma County or would like to get out of town
and check out something a little different this should be a great
opportunity. Lagunitas
Brewing Company brews some of my favorite beers - like their IPA and the Cappuccino Stout
they have out now as a limited run - so I'm sure I
will enjoy their products while up I'm there - in moderation,
natch.
Saturday, May 19, 8:30 PM
to 12:30 AM
Jinx
Jones & The King Tones -
Rockabilly,
Country, & Surf
Downtown Joe's Brewery and
Restaurant - Downtown Napa
Late Night Food Menu Available After 10 PM
902 Main St.
Napa, CA
707-258-2337
Yep, this will be the second gig of the day playing with Jinx.
This is second gig of the day with Jinx Jones and the King Tones - you
might call it a North Bay minitour. Downtown Joe's bar is
dog-friendly, by the way.
Wednesday,
May
23,
6:00
to
9:00
PM
-
and
the
FOURTH
Wednesday
of
every
month
Kurt Ribak Trio - Original jazz
Cato's Ale
House
http://www.mrcato.com/
3891 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA
510-655-3349
all ages, no cover
Rock Arbor Music and Stephen L. Bigger present:
| Where:
Moraga
Valley
Presbyterian
Church
10 Moraga Valley Lane Moraga, CA 94556 |
When:
Friday
and
Saturday,
July
13
and
July
14,
2012
-
8
PM |
 |
|
We're going to have a similar lineup to last year at Yoshi's Oakland. This will feature several members of Moraga Valley Presbyterian's worship team. The concerts will feature Greg Sankovich on piano and Hammond Organ, Lincoln Adler on saxophones, Ross Wilson on trumpet and trombone and Kurt on bass. We will be recording Kurt's compositions exclusively. We will also have a few special guests.
Kurt's also gonna take a crack at singing a couple of tunes, including his theme song, "My Bald Head."
This is going to be our biggest show of the year, and people who
attend get to be part of the recording. You'll get the chance to say, "Oh
yeah, I remember they had to restart this tune cuz Kurt messed up the
intro" to your friends. Most of all, you'll be able to say "I was there" and "I helped make this recording happen"
- because your attendance is what will make the recording possible.
Questions about this
event? - contact Stephen
L.
Bigger
-
slbigger@rockarbormusic.com
East Bay Express Review:There was a review of the CD in the "Local Licks" column of the East Bay Express.
Our newest CD, "gone"
has
been
selling
especially
well
in
Japan.
This video interview was 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.
Kurt Ribak Trio at Yoshi's San Francisco - June 30, 2009
Video interview of Kurt Ribak
This video interview was 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.
Kurt Ribak Trio at Yoshi's San Francisco - June 30, 2009
Kurt Ribak Trio played Yoshi's San
Francisco June 30, 2009 and
Yoshi's Oakland
Monday, July 19, 2010 and June 27, 2011
Thanks to everybody who came out
to the shows. There were great turnouts - heck, we sold out
Yoshi's Oakland! Yoshi's was very
impressed with the ticket sales, and you were all a wonderful
audience. We were touched, grateful, and humbled by the
turnout. Thank you very much.
These nights were among the high points in my life.
"One
of
the
perks
of
being
an
unemployed
musician
is
that
you
get
to
play
much
less
bad
music."
-
Jack
Daney
Hire us!
Kurt Ribak, individually, and the Kurt Ribak Trio collectively are available for other gigs. Leads for other gigs for the trio or for me as a sideman will be most welcome. Feel free to call or e-mail.
Live
downloads
You can go to BayTaper.com
or http://mefeedia.com/feeds/21779/
to download our July 2, 2006 show at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. There
are also some excellent photos there. The show is rated five stars out
of five.
Myspace site
You can also go to our Myspace
page. The one for the Kurt
Ribak
Trio has songs up on the site and gig listings. There
is also a Kurt Ribak Myspace site that is specifically for
Kurt and includes his personal blog. Add us to your friend list!
T-shirts
We have a few Kurt Ribak Trio t-shirts remaining. These are a
seven-color print on Hanes Beefy-T shirts, so these are a quality
product. These echo the artwork of the first CD. They are black, with
the three-colored hand on the front and the words "Kurt Ribak Trio" on
the back. They come in
women's sizes and cut from small to L and men's from small to medium.
e-mail me at: kurt@ribak.com if
you
would like to buy a shirt, or catch up with me at a gig. Check them
out here. Drummer Tim Solook and his wife Lisa are modeling them
at our Fillmore Jazz Festival gig.
Quotes
about Kurt - > "Hugging Kurt is a
like a big bear with no hair" -
Monica, then age 5, to her father.
"...KURT'S ability
to take you on a journey from the deepest waters of the Caribbean to
the funky alleys of the urban jungle in one listening makes him a truly
gifted original in my book."
Chris Cortez, KCSM
FM
LESSONS
I teach electric bass guitar and upright bass, so if you are interested
in lessons, please email me for
details. I can also coach rhythm sections.
Bay Area Jazz Resources
Groove
Yard Record
Store and Newsletter
- Rick Ballard operates the Groove
Yard at 5555 Claremont in Oakland. It's between the Rockridge and
Temescal districts. It's a great jazz record store for used vinyl and
new and used CDs by local as well as national and international
artists. Rick has an
e-mail newsletter. E-mail him at groove2@earthlink.net and
request to be added and be up on the concerts, CDs, etc.
KCSM -
FM Radio and Jazz
Datebook
You can always check out who's playing in the Bay Area with KCSM-FM's Jazz
Datebook.
You can listen to KCSM-FM at 91.1 FM. They are 24 hours jazz, no commercials. They are a huge contributor to the vitality of the Bay Area jazz scene. You can listen online at http://www.kcsm.org/jazz91/listen.php
>We're like, all up in literature and stuff
Mark Coggins is the author of the August Riordan series of mystery novels. The August Riordan character is a wise-cracking tough guy PI who is also a jazz bassist.
I got to know Coggins a while ago and he asked if he could use some of my music for a KQED podcast of "Candy from Strangers", the third book in the August Riordan series. William P. Arney of the Noir City Film Festival reads the first chapter with my music accompanying the story - specifically, "Prelude to a B Movie" and "Pseudoafrocubanismo," which appeared on the Kurt Ribak Trio debut CD.
The podcast is permanently at the following location: http://www.kqed.org/arts/writersblock/episode.jsp?id=13480
iTunes users can access The Writers' Block via the following URL: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=82023860
Pulp
Fiction
Also check out
the Word for
Word Theater
Company performance of "Angel Face". This is a stage setting of a Cornell
Woolrich story that originally appeared in the classic pulp magazine
Black Mask. Black Mask featured many of the best noir writers
including Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
The Writers' Block is also distributed through NPR here: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5593982
To go
directly to the audio, use
either of
these:
stream: http://www.kqed.org/.stream/real/topics/arts/writers-block/0701-coggins-bloc
k.rm.ram or
download: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/151/510076/7092336/
KQED_7092336.mp3
Kurt
as a sideman
- aka - Other
People's Music
Here are some CDs I played on -
Sheilani Alix
Sheilani's debut CD is called "When Night Falls."
It
features
Greg
Sankovich
on
piano,
B-3
organ,
and
Rhodes
electric
piano,
Lincoln
Adler
on
saxes,
Matt
Willis
on
drums
and
percussion,
Tim
Fox
on
nylon-string
guitar,
and
Kurt
on
bass.
Greg
was
music
director
and
co-producer,
and
I
contributed
a
tune,
"September
Rain"
to
the
CD.
It's
available
for
physical
purchase
or
download
on
CDBaby.
You
can
also
get it on iTunes and at West Portal Music in SF.
Lorna
K
I have played with Lorna K for
two decades. She has a CD out entitled "Lorna K and the
Dunes."
The
recording features her take on songs by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
as
well as some radical reinterpretations of songs including Duke
Ellington's
"What Am I Here For."
Alex Walsh's CD "Light Another Candle"is pop - a lot of it sounds like Mott the Hoople meets the Replacements to me. This was recorded in 2003. I play electric bass and upright on it.
Brian Schindele's CD The Moral is original straightahead jazz. I like it - the title tune kicks off the CD with some great drumming. This CD features Brian, drummer Tim Vaughan, Sheldon Brown on tenor sax, Tom Griesser playing sax on one track, Dave Scott on trumpet, cornet, and flugelhorn, Larry Leight on trombone, and Connie Champagne as featured guest vocalist on a ballad track.
I regularly played with Stephen Bigger at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, where he was music director. "Lights on the Horizon" is a CD of his contemporary Christian songwriting. Stephen sings lead on a number of the tunes, but he also features Amy Beth Nickelson and Katie O'Gorman, two very talented young members of the congregation at Moraga Valley.
You can download the Kurt Ribak Trio recordings at iTunes and emusic.com, as well as elsewhere. We've been getting some attention at emusic - the recording is rated four out of five stars. You can do a trial membership for cheap, and recordings are way cheaper to download at emusic than with iTunes. The new recording is available for sale at iTunes, emusic, and elsewhere.
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