TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PAJA’S GREAT MAY 18 CONCERT
PAJA is pulling out all the stops for our May 18th concert at the Oshman JCC Theater in Palo Alto. Dr. Herb Wong has assembled an exciting cast, including three of the best horn players in the business.
Richie Cole is one of the giants of the alto sax and he’s currently playing better than ever. He’ll be joined in the sax section by local luminaries Andrew Speight and Noel Jewkes. Also joining the front line is Carl Saunders, considered by many to be one of the two or three finest jazz trumpeters in the business. This all-star octet is completed by Larry Vuckovich on piano, Rick Vandivier on guitar, Jeff Chambers on bass, and Akira Tana on drums. It doesn’t get much better than this. This is a true jazz super group, and you can depend on them to wail on some bebop standards and American Songbook classics. Herb Wong entitles the concert: Richie Cole’s Alto Madness Plus: Swing to Bebop. Believe us, jazz fans, this will be a night to remember. Groups like this aren’t assembled very often.
And it will be PAJA’s first venture at the beautiful 380-seat Oshman Jewish Community Theater, featuring a state-of-the-art built-in sound system, and comfortable raked seating. Located in their large complex at the corner of San Antonio Road and Charleston in Palo Alto, the center has ample underground parking facilities and elevators to whisk patrons up to the second floor theater.
Tickets are $35 general admission, $30 to PAJA members (limit of two per member at this rate), $15 to students. They may be purchased by mail from PAJA Tickets, c/o E. Fox, 294 Tennessee Lane, Palo Alto 94306, or can be obtained at the usual outlets: Peninsula Music & Repair, 4333 El Camino Real, Palo Alto; The Record Man, 1322 El Camino Real, Redwood City; Vinyl Solution, 151 W. 25th Ave., San Mateo; and Groove Yard, 555 Claremont Ave., Oakland. Or at the door the evening of the event after 7pm (cash or check only). Directions to the venue are printed on the tickets.
Photos from our November, 2011 Concert with
The Peter Welker Little Big Band
Deborah Winters at the Mike
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