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Les Joulins, San Francisco's oldest jazz club
44 Ellis St.
Steaks and seafood and Le Jazz Hot!
Featuring Doc Webster on sax.

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
John Groves plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Sausalito Cruising Club
300 Napa Street @ Bridgeway & Dunphy Park
Sausalito, CA. 94965
415-332-9922

Kathy Holly's Cabaret Night!
With Dave Miotke on keys and a passel o' singers.
One price for the show and buffet supper included.
Cash at the door: $20 Non-members, $15 Members. No-host bar.
This is a private club. Guests, please give your names in advance
to member Kathy Holly (415.269.8699) to be added to the list at the door.
Parties of 8 or larger paid in advance may reserve a table.

Les Joulins, San Francisco's oldest jazz club
44 Ellis St.
Steaks and seafood and Le Jazz Hot!.
Featuring Doc Webster on sax.

The Cole Porter Society presents
Frank
Sinatra at 100 Years ("Cent' Anni") at the Herbst Theater.
Major sponsors include our good friend Larry Russo (the Mayor of North Beach)
and Jack Daniels (Sinatra's beverage of choice).
Pre-show party: Opera Plaza atrium, 601 Van Ness Ave., SF
After-show party: O3 Bistro and Lounge, 524 Van Ness Ave., SF

The pre- and post-parties will be played by
Valeriana Quevedo (voc), Shota Osabe (pno), Gerry Kennett (drums), Dan (bs).

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

With Alan Spector's In the Swing

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
John Groves plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

In the Grand Ballroom of this grand hotel...
Neely's Penthouse Rhythm
With Steve Apple, Frederick Hodges, Noel Weidkamp, Don Neely, Carla Normand, Dan Keller

First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Neely's Penthouse Rhythm
With Adam Roderick, Eric Shifrin, Noel Weidkamp, Don Neely, Dix Bruce, Dan Keller

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
Jonathan Alford plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Swingin' with Toru, the Japanese Bing Crosby!
With a great band: Toru sings, Dave Strong on drums, Hideo Date on guitar, Dan on bass.
The Berkshire, 2235 Sacramento St., Berkeley

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
Jonathan Alford plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Sausalito Cruising Club
300 Napa Street @ Bridgeway & Dunphy Park
Sausalito, CA. 94965
415-332-9922

Kathy Holly's Cabaret Night!
With Dave Miotke on keys and a passel o' singers.
One price for the show and buffet supper included.
Cash at the door: $20 Non-members, $15 Members. No-host bar.
This is a private club. Guests, please give your names in advance
to member Kathy Holly (415.269.8699) to be added to the list at the door.
Parties of 8 or larger paid in advance may reserve a table.

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Saddle
Cats

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
Jonathan Alford plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

With jazzers Jim Washington (piano), Shaffer Salisbury (tenor)
Brady Bolton (drums), Greer Rockett (trumpet), Dan Keller (bass)
Melt Caffe, 700 Columbus Ave., SF
Fondue, coffee, tea, wine, hot jazz, delicious!

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out, Gerry Kennett whacks his drums,
Jonathan Alford plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Mal Sharpe et al
Fior d'Italia Restaurant, 2237 Mason betw Chestnut and Francisco

Neely's Penthouse Rhythm
With Steve Apple, Frederick Hodges, Noel Weidkamp, Don Neely, Carla Normand, Dan Keller

Topsy's is the former Oz Lounge, on Kearny at Bush
With Rob Figliuzzi and others

Devil's Acre is the former Pearl's, on Columbus near Broadway
With Rob Figliuzzi and others

With Richard Chon's Moonglow Trio
Summer Fiesta Block Party
Horace Mann Elementary School 5222 Ygnacio Ave Oakland, CA 94601

With Alan Spector's In the Swing

Neely's Penthouse Rhythm
With Steve Apple, Andrew Storar, Dix Bruce, Don Neely, Carla Normand, Dan Keller

With Reinhardt Swing

Sausalito Cruising Club
300 Napa Street @ Bridgeway & Dunphy Park
Sausalito, CA. 94965
415-332-9922

Kathy Holly's Cabaret Night!
With Dave Miotke on keys and a passel o' singers.
One price for the show and buffet supper included.
Cash at the door: $20 Non-members, $15 Members. No-host bar.
This is a private club. Guests, please give your names in advance
to member Kathy Holly (415.269.8699) to be added to the list at the door.
Parties of 8 or larger paid in advance may reserve a table.

A lovely lunch spot in the Mission: 19th St. at Alabama.
With Steve Stein.

Jonathan Luskin's 7-minute play (one of a series) — Dan plays solo bass background music.

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
PATRIOTIC POTLUCK! Bring American food! (Isn't it all?) Eat! Share! Whoopee!
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out,
Paul Blankinship plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan paul and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Saddle
Cats

We love weddings!

Melt Restaurant/Bar, 700 Columbus St.
With Top Cat, Jim Washington, et al.

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
We are just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore.
Rated one of America's 15 best bars by Esquire magazine!
No cover. Full bar. Affordable booze!
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia (collected by Specs himself),
great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Sing along with us!
Valeriana Quevedo sings and dances her heart out,
Jonathan Alford plays brilliant piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.
San Francisco's best restaurants are nearby...
Have dinner then join us and get next week started right!

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

The Tom Griesser 3 at the Burritt Room (2nd floor of the Mystic Hotel, 417 Stockton St., San Francisco).
Tom Griesser on saxophone, Dan Keller on bass, Omar Aran on drums. 7-10 pm, no cover.

With Hal Richards (saxophones), John Groves (keyboard), and Dan (bass) —
a worthy cause and a hot band!

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco (nr. Union Sq.), 32nd fl.
With Andre Custodio (drums), Mark Secosh (sax), Tom Disher (keyes),
and Dan (bass) — hot band plays for the
Impact Fund Gala!

3248 22nd St., SF
(415) 642-0474
With Rob Figliuzzi (guitar) and Lina (drums)

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Sheba Piano Lounge
Ethiopian food and full bar
1419 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

Eugene Pliner (piano),
Steve Nelson (drums), Terence Tony (sax),
Dan on bass. Others sit in.

ArtSeed's
Sixth Annual Earth Week Art-a-thon.
Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10am-8pm (our band plays at 3:00 pm).
Presidio, Thoreau Center, 1012 Torney Ave., San Francisco, CA 94129.
The band: Jan van Buyten on drums, Lynne Billig sings, with the usual cast of characters...

Les Joulins, San Francisco's oldest jazz club
44 Ellis St.
Steaks and seafood and Le Jazz Hot!.
Albert on piano, Marty Brewer on drums, and Tendai singing.

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive!
(Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
Just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore nestles Specs.
Rated Best North Beach Bar by SF Weekly and called
"the quintessential San Francisco hangout."
Full bar. No cover.
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia, great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Valeriana Quevedo sings, John Groves plays piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.
San Francisco's best restaurants are nearby...
Have dinner then join us and get next week started right!

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

With Gerry Grosz on piano and of course Dan on bass

With Andre Custodio (drums and photographs), Mark Secosh (sax), and Dan (bass) — hip scene, hot band!

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
MONDAY (not sunday this time) evening at North Beach's hippest dive!
(Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
Just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore nestles Specs.
Rated Best North Beach Bar by SF Weekly and called
"the quintessential San Francisco hangout."
Full bar. No cover.
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia, great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Valeriana Quevedo sings, Jonathan Alford plays piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.
San Francisco's best restaurants are nearby...
Have dinner then join us and get next week started right!

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan jon and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Sausalito Cruising Club
300 Napa Street @ Bridgeway & Dunphy Park
Sausalito, CA. 94965
415-332-9922

Kathy Holly's Cabaret Night!
With Dave Miotke on keys and a passel o' singers.
One price for the show and buffet supper included.
Cash at the door: $20 Non-members, $15 Members. No-host bar.
This is a private club. Guests, please give your names in advance
to member Kathy Holly (415.269.8699) to be added to the list at the door.
Parties of 8 or larger paid in advance may reserve a table.

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

At Food, Inc., a charming Italian-style bistro with delicious entrees
and a good wine selection — 2800 California at Divisadero.
With Steve Stein on guitar
and Lindsey Presson singing.
Good food, great music!

It's Mardi Gras!
Come eat pancakes with us and hear some hot jazz... in church!
Not an ordinary church, an all-inclusive one, with a rector, Rev. David Lui,
and a congregation that knows how to have a good time, good food, and good music!
1750 29th Ave. betw Noriega/Moraga.
$12/adult, $6/child under 12.
The band: Valeriana sings, John Groves plays piano, Dan on bass.
Hot!

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive!
(Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
Just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore nestles Specs.
Rated Best North Beach Bar by SF Weekly and called
"the quintessential San Francisco hangout."
Full bar. No cover.
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia, great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Valeriana Quevedo sings, John Groves plays piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.
San Francisco's best restaurants are nearby...
Have dinner then join us and get next week started right!

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan john and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132

Kathy Holly's "Spotlight" show with jazz artist guest stars:
legendary Margie Baker (Dizzy Gillespie, Monterey Jazz) and Dan Keller (mere mortal)

Jazz Kecks at Specs
12 William Saroyan Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Sunday evening at North Beach's hippest dive! (Technically it's Chinatown but we know better.)
Just south of the intersection of Broadway and Columbus,
up a tiny alley next to pricey Tosca and across from jam-packed
Vesuvio and Ferlinghetti's reknowned City Lights bookstore nestles Specs.
Rated Best North Beach Bar by SF Weekly and called
"the quintessential San Francisco hangout."
Full bar. No cover.
Friendly, cozy, museum of memorabilia, great bartender, no annoying TV,
and best of all, live jazz and latin standards.
Valeriana Quevedo sings, John Groves plays piano, and Dan fumbles around on bass.
San Francisco's best restaurants are nearby...
Have dinner then join us and get next week started right!

Crooner
Rich Kalman pens:
some fun sun eve reach
down columbus broadway north beach
dan john and valerian hittin jazz kecks
wowin the crowd gatherin at specs!

So... what the heck are kecks, anyway?

Kathy Holly, Dave Miotke, and The Supper Club 6
Ristorante Villa d'Este, 2623 Ocean Ave
(between Woodacre Dr & Lagunitas Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132