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Michael

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About Me

FIRST ABOUT MY PAGE: The primary purpose of this page is to promote LIVE Bay Area performances by Bay Area Jazz artists that I like to listen to.

Now About Me: I'm happily married and I'm a jazz fan...the rest I'm STILL trying to figure out

I work as the soundman at the Dogpatch Saloon jazz jam every Sunday and consider it a privilege to help the cats.

I highly recommend the Dogpatch jam for any jazz fan. It's 4:30 to 8:30 every Sunday and has been going strong since the spring of 2003. Dogpatch Saloon is on the corner of 3rd St and 22nd St in San Francisco..

If you would like to contact me but do not have a MySpace account use: [email protected]

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jazz players and fans... but during the break, no talking over the music please.

Keeping up with old friends is cool too, even if they're not jazz fans.

Mike's Bay Area Resident Artist Jazz Calendar
There are too many other good sources now, so I will only keep my favorite recurring shows on the calendar. I recommend KCSM's Jazz Datebook as a first resource. Christina de Souza has a very promising new site called the San Francisco Bay Area Jazz Network. If you are a musician, I suggest you join. If you are a fan, bookmark the events calendar. Also I recommend that you subscribe to Rick Ballard's Groove Yard List by sending a note to [email protected] and you might also try The Jazz Police .

My Blog

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Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:37:00 GMT

Groove Yard

As I've stated many times, LIVE jazz is what I'm interested in. Recordings do, of course, have value and I occasionally make use of them (and yes still mostly LPs and CDs , although my use of mp3...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:19:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Sept 23 07

House Quartet: Pete Yellin, Ken Cook, Doug Ebert, Vince Lateano Sit ins: Eddie Marshall recorder, Akira Tana dr, Austin Harris dr, Al Molina tr, James Bailey s, Madeline Eastman -v, Greer tr, D...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:24:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Sept 16 07

House Quartet: Pete Yellin, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Michael Zisman, Vince Lateano          ;     Sit ins: Al Molina tr, James Bailey s, Earl ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:15:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Sept 09 07

House Quartet: Andrew Speight, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Eugene Warren, Vince Lateano    Sit ins: Al Molina tr, James Bailey s, Paul Bodakian -b, Dima v, Linda Zulaicav, Victoria Phillips ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:53:00 GMT

Madeline Eastman’s The Ramp Show and Jeff Buenz

It was a great show at the ramp last night. Madeline Eastman, Vince Lateano, John Wiitala, and Jeff Buenz. I have known and loved Madeline, Vince and John for years, but was completely unfamiliar with...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:05:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Sept 02 07

House Quartet: Andrew Speight, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Eugene Warren, Vince Lateano      Sit ins: John -v, Linda Zulaicav, Susan Rancourt v, Cecilia v, Peter Hunt tr, Adam Gay b, D...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:27:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Aug 26 07

House Quartet: Peter Sparaciona, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Noah Schenker, Austin Harris    Sit ins: Torbie Phillips -v, Linda Zulaicav, Yehudit violin, James Bailey s, Greer tr, Al Coster...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:25:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Aug 19 07

House Quartet: Pete Yellin, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Walter Savage, Vince Lateano Sit ins:Cecilia Long v, Linda Zv, Ron Marabuto dr, Jane Lenoir fl, Yehudit violin, Michael Henley v (visiting from Atla...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:05:00 GMT

Dogpatch Jam Aug 12 07

House Quartet: Erik Jekabson, Sam Grobe-Heintz, Ben Wanicur, Austin Harris Sit ins: Susan Rancourt v, Linda -v, James Bailey s, Greer trumpet,  Al Coster dr, John v,  John P. Choice v...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:47:00 GMT