March 2005

Friday, March 11th, featuring Bill Douglass on Bass

Friday, March 18th with the Black Olive Trio, featuring Lenny Carlson on guitar, and Yoshi Yamada on bass.

On March 11th, at Caffe D'Melanio, I am very privileged to be sharing the stage with the bassist Bill Douglass.  We will be performing as a bass/voice duo.  For those of you who don't know Bill, he is just incredible!  I met him at his jazz camp last summer, the "Sierra Jazz Society", and I have been very fortunate to study and play with him over the past year.  For you vocalists and musicians, he is a wonderful teacher, and is available for private or group lessons--I highly recommend his teaching for improving your musicianship, ear and style!!! 

Bill has been performing and recording since 1965 with world-renowned talents such as Marian McPartland, Bobby McFerrin, Mose Alison, Terry Riley, Art Lande, Mark Isham, Bobby Bradford, and Tom Waits. Bill has appeared at major jazz festivals in the United States and Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. The most recent festival is Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2004 with Marian McPartland.  Bill also plays bamboo flute and can be heard on a variety of soundtracks including "1000 Pieces of Gold," "The Black Stallion," and "Never Cry Wolf" as well as on two National Geographic specials.

On March 18th, I am delighted to return to Melanio with my fantastic guitarist and arranger, Lenny Carlson. 

Lenny is a Los Angeles-born guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, and teacher.  He studied guitar with John Collins and Joe Pass.  Lenny has performed at jazz clubs, concerts and hotels and on radio in southern California, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay area.   Lenny has worked with many notable musicians including Ry Cooder, John Carter, Don Preston, Betty O'Hara, Harold Mason, Kenny Kotwitz, Gary Barone, and Larry Blackshere.  His second recording, In the Mud, included a selection that earned a 1985 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Composition.  Lenny  teaches in the Music Department of City College of San Francisco and in the Music/Recording Industry Program at San Francisco State University.

Yoshi Yamada, the young Japanese sensation will be joining us on bass.

So BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE!!!! and make sure to RESERVE A TABLE.  It is a very small venue, and our last show sold out!

Many thanks, dear friends, I so appreciate your support for the little budding diva!!!... and lots of love!!!!

Love,
Kay

Also on the Black Olive Calendar:

A Wedding in beautiful Grass Valley on March 4th, with Lenny Carlson, Bill Douglass, and Jimmy Robinson
Spring Night at San Francisco Waldorf School on March 19th,  with Lenny Carlson and Roscoe Gallo
Standing Stone Brewing Company in Ashland Oregon on March 26th with Lenny Carlson