Links

charlesmcneal.com
Bay Area saxophonist with lots of chops and soul. He's been in a transcribing frenzy the last couple of years notating less mainstream saxophone solos. Gold mine for transcription hunters.

kennybrooks.com
A fascinating and unique player from SF, I've had the pleasure of sitting next to Kenny's tenor in both the CJO and the Realistic Orchestra. He's an inspiration and never short on ideas.

bombomusic.com
Website for Jesús Díaz and QBA. A skilled Cuban percussionist, Jesús exploded on the Bay Area scene as a bandleader, composer and vocalist with his timba band QBA. I was fortunate to spend several years in his horn section. The man breathes clave!

jazzmafia.com
Web home of nearly a dozen bands from SF. I'm fortunate to have been a part of several of them, particularly Cannonball, Realistic Orchestra and the Shotgun Wedding Hip-Hop Symphony. Run by multi-instrumentalist Adam Theis, each one of these bands takes exciting musical chances and contributes greatly to the "San Francisco" sound.

OA2 Records
Jazz record label out of Seattle

Jazznation.com
Website run by saxophonist Christopher Pitts. Chris changed the course of Bay Area jazz musicians' Monday nights by striking up the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Pearl's in January of 1995. I owe a lot to Chris for giving me the opportunity to continue the musical tradition he began.

Jazz at Pearl's
San Francisco's most consistent jazz club, delivering quality regional acts seven nights a week for over 16 years. (and of course, the CJO for 13)

studiorhythm.com
website run by talented bassist/engineer Dan Feiszli

justinmorell.com
guitarist/composer currently living in Eugene, OR

michaelbluestein.com
pianist/composer

Noel Melanio
piano/chromatic harmonica

Billy Kerr
woodwind artist

KCSM radio
24-hour commercial-free jazz radio out of San Mateo, CA