Arts and Entertainment listings for California's Modesto and greater Central Valley Area

As part of our search for great jazz from the world over, we are dedicating a new website and a concert series in connection with Jacob's Fine Dining in Modesto.  Further information will be available  at www.GlobalJazzCafe.com
as well as here on eArtsNews.com
Calendar, see below
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Scroll down for information on a great Smooth Jazz concert at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton, CA.
July 17 featuring two hugely talented sax guys, Kirk Whalum and Gerald Albright in a performance
called Sax for Stax
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                                                                                                     As Einstein once observed...
                               "Nothing Happens until something moves"
                            And this is the music that will make it happen

Our new venture into the music world:  "GLOBAL JAZZ CAFE" A world of great music that
will fall into the genre of Global Jazz.  Of course this covers a lot of territory...all good music.
GJC will be presenting, informing and introducing you to some fabulous music, both live and
through the magic of the internet.  Global Jazz Cafe will have its own website www.globaljazzcafe.com   dedicated to our Live concerts as well as artist and recording information
 Our live concerts will begin as "Global Jazz Cafe...Friday Nights Live"  at Jacob's Fine Dining in Modesto California.  With the goal in mind of providing the 35 plus crowd a classy place to dine, dance and listen to some carefully selected musicians.  We will continue to feature some of the smooth jazz artists that you hear on "The River, 105.5 FM" as well as some fabulous groups from the central valley and the world.  So, log on  to our sister website at www.globaljazzcafe.com and learn about the groups that will be performing and the dates they will be here.
 
 

Date	Artist	Style	Cover/ticket price	Reference
July 10 7:00 doors 8:00-11:00 Music	Jazzoni,	Jazz Quartet, With a combined experience of 70 years on the California's lively jazz scene, this personable group performs songs made famous by Ellington, Jobim, Basie, Miles Davis and much more. The swing sounds like Satin Doll on up to the Latin rhythms that are so popular today such as the samba and bossa sounds of Jobim,	$8	www.myspace.com/jazzoni Jazzoni is consists of John King on arched jazz guitar, Dan Rogers on string bass, Dave Takvorian on drums and beautiful Penny White vocals. Listening and Dancing
July 17 7:00 doors 8:00-11:00 Music	Ernie Bucio's  Little Big Band	Big Band/Swing The Ernie Bucio Little Big Band performs music from the Jazz/Swing Band era of the 1930's-40's all the way up to modern jazz.  The group is a "little big band" of about 8 musicians with an approximate instrumentation of 2-3 saxophones, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 2-3 rhythm section (drums & bass/piano) and a vocalist. This band is certainly one of the most seasoned groups in Northern California.	$9	www.erniebucio.com   Listening and Dancing
July 24	James Todd Trio	Traditional Piano Jazz	$8
July, 31
Aug. 7	The ModesTones	4 Vocalists & 4 Musicians, Standards	$10	Listening and dancing
Aug. 14	Bobby D	Soul Jazz with hints or R & B	$9	Listening and dancing
Aug. 21	Martin Martinez Quartet	An eclectic palate of Jazz	$8	Listening and dancing
Aug. 28	Shiltz (down to the bone)	Smooth Jazz Star	$32.-$42
Sept. 4
Sept. 11	J.E.I Trio	Traditional Jazz Trio	$8
Sept. 18	Date offered to someone	Grammy Winning group.	$32-$42	Concert, Listening.
Sept. 25
Oct. 2
Oct. 9	Matt Marshak	Smooth Jazz Star	$32-$42	www.mattmarshak.com
Oct. 16
Oct. 23
Oct. 30