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Joshua Smith and Keigo Hirakawa Quartet
Cd Release event and Memorial Tribute for Harvey Pekar
Saturday August 14th, 2010 8:30pm doors open
@The Root Cafe (15108 Detroit Ave. Lakewood) and The United Latvian Church next door to the cafe (admission to concert is $10 which includes a copy of the new cd...)
Joshua Smith - Tenor Saxophone
Keigo Hirkawa - Piano
Kurt Kotheimer -Bass
Carmen Castaldi - Drums
plus The Revolution Brass Band featuring trumpeters John Kuegeler and Jacob Wynne, saxophonists Dan Wenninger and Steve Zambori, and a slew of other fantastic horns and drums...
event starts at 8:30pm at The Root Cafe
--9pm concerts begins at The Root with a composed musical tribute to Harvey Pekar, lead and composed by Joshua Smith featuring local brass and woodwind players
--9:30 processional with Revolution Brass Band members from the Root Cafe to the United Latvian Church next door
--9:30 concert in hall at United Latvian Church
--11pm Brass band processional back to Root Cafe for celebration set by The Revolution Brass Band
--12am finish
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'The Cleveland Trio' ----- CD Release Party!Joshua Smith - Saxophones
Jeremy Bleich - Bass
Carmen Castaldi - Drums
July 25th 8:30PM to 11PM at Lakewood Phoenix Cafe,
15108 Detroit Rd
$12 Cover Charge includes a copy of the cd and food... Come and join us!
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Monday April 13th.... 8pm start time...Kingman's Ivy Room's Experimental Music Mondays:
Coming up on April 13th a night of music presented by Joshua Smith
featuring:
Michael Coleman's 'Schuman's Humans'
performing the music of Robert Schumann, scaled into a jazz quartet
The Joshua Smith Trio
w/ Hamir Atwall and Kurt Kotheimer
original trio music
Luke Westbrook
solo guitar
New Offensive
Duo of Gene V. Baker and Joshua Smith,
all Improvised music
Kingman’s Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Avenue
Albany, CA 94706
510.526.5888
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Wednesday, April 15th
@ Mojo Bicycle Cafe
(Divisidero and Grove across from the Independent, SF)
8-11pm)
Joshua Smith Trio
Joshua Smith Saxophones
Kurt Kotheimer Bass
Hamir Atwall Drums
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Wednesday, April 29th@ Mojo Bicycle Cafe
(Divisidero and Grove across from the Independent, SF)
8-11pm)
Joshua Smith Organ Trio
Joshua Smith Saxophones
Michael Coleman Organ
Hamir Atwall Drums
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May 28th 8pm Socha Cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)Joshua Smith Group - personnell tba
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May 15thThird Fridays at Park Chalet- May 15th, 7 -10pm
(In SF,on Great Highway across from Ocean Beach at the West end of GG Park)
Joshua Smith Trio
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May 14th Socha Cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)Joshua Smith Group - personnell tba
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Third Fridays at Park Chalet- April 17, 7-10pm(In SF,on Great Highway across from Ocean Beach at the West end of GG Park)
Joshua Smith Trio
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Tuesday, March 31 9pmRevolution Cafe in SF (3248 22nd St. in the Mission, 415.642.0474)
with The Michael Coleman Group
Joshua Smith-Saxophone
Hamir Atwall- Drums
Kurt Kotheimer- Bass
Michael Coleman- Piano
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Friday, March 20 7pm>Third Fridays @ Park Chalet
(In SF,on Great Highway across from Ocean Beach at the West end of GG Park)
-- organ trio --
Joshua Smith -- Saxophones
Kurt Kotheimer -- Bass
Hamir Atwall -- Drums
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Sunday, February 1st, 8pm
Beachland Tavern
15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 216.383.1124
Set 1 - 8pm: Joshua Smith leads The "Leave Me Alone" Orchestra/Pit Band in compositions and conducted improvisations...
Set 2 9:30pm: Joshua Smith, Saxophone with Carmen Castaldi on Drums, and Nathan Douds on Piano
$5
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Saturday, January 31st -- 8pm
@ Finney Chapel -- Oberlin, OH
Leave Me Alone!
a new jazz opera by Harvey Pekar and Dan Plonsey
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Saturday, December 27th -- Two Sets at 8pm
@ The Lakewood Phoenix Coffeehouse
15108 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
(216) 226-4401
Joshua Smith Trio
Smith - Saxophones
Carmen Castaldi - Drums
Kurt Kotheimer - Bass
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Friday, December 5th --- 8pm
@ Temescal Arts Center
(48th and Telegraph behind Lanesplittter Pizza in Oakland)
(a full hour earlier than previous First Fridays concerts)
The Lark
Vocalist/Guitarist Matt Rahaim's flagship band kicks off the show, featuring this potent song craftsman's
pieces, written with care over the past several years, and now performed by the most rocking and condensed
incarnation of his wonderful band.
"The Lark" formerly known as "The Larks" featuring...
The Royal We Three TrioMatt Rahaim - vocals, guitar
Kurt Kotheimer = bass
Joshua Smith + drums
Mariê Abe / accordion
Original Jazz performed by three of the Bay's finest...
Quinn - formerly known as "Lighthouse"Kasey Knudsen - Alto saxophone
Nate Brenner - Bass
Jon Arkin - Drums
Rock band of fantabulous players performing new music with a brand new band name :
FlunkerEmery Barter - guitar/bass
Andrew Conklin - guitar/bass
Nate Brenner - drums/glockenspiel
Improvised Music :
Joshua Smith - Saxophone
and Kurt Kotheimer - Upright Bass
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Saturday Evening, November 22
@ The Green Palace Teahouse
209 East Palace Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
505-983-2239
(across from Cathedral Park at Otero)
Santa Fe saxophonist Chris Jonas
will be performing
live
improvisations
with San Francisco saxophonist Joshua Smith
Two sets of improvised music beginning at 8:00 pm
($7-10 suggested donation, no one is to be turned away)
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Thursday, November 6th -- 6-9pm
@ Park Chalet
(In SF,on Great Highway across from Ocean Beach at the West end of GG Park)
-- organ trio --
Joshua Smith -- Saxophones
Michael Coleman -- Organ
Hamir Atwall -- Drums
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Friday, November 7th -- 9pm
@ Temescal Arts Center
(48th and Telegraph behind Lanesplittter Pizza in Oakland)
($7-12 sliding scale)
----The First Fridays continue with a wonderful line-up of friends
who happen to create quite compelling sounds----
The Noodles :: Electronics-Acoustics
--Suki O'Kane, Michael Zelner, Allen Whitman--
Joshua Smith Solo - (first time ever)
Bleeding Vector
--Duo of Lorin Benedict - Voice and Eric Vogler - Guitar--
Michael Coleman Organ / Joshua Smith Duo
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Friday, September 12
@ Temescal Arts Center
(48th and Telegraph, behind Lanesplitter Pizza on 48th in Oakland)
9pm until 12:30-ish
a wonderful multi-band lineup featuring:
"The Dark Smile"
Joshua Smith, Kurt Kotheimer, Simon Lott
Starting at 9PM with "The Dark Smile" playing second along with
three incredible friend-bands :::
Lorin Benedict - (vocals) and Kasey Knudsen - (saxophone) duo
The Dark Smile
Lisa Mezzacappa Group
Pain Relief
(rare performance of Simon and Mike Gamble electro-acoustic duo... Mike is a guitar phenom from NYC...)
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Thursday, September 11
@ Mojo Bicycle Cafe
(Divisidero and Grove across from the Independent, SF)
8-11pm
"Fun and Games"
The group features Joshua Smith, Mike Gamble, Kurt Kotheimer, Simon Lott.
Mike and Simon are dear friends who are coming from far away lands way out east and they are both worth
an in person listen... Simon is a New Orleans resident and Mike is from New York City, so we need so warm
bodies at these shows to make them feel at home here in our land of plenty...
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Thursday, August 21
@ Mojo Bicycle Cafe
(Divisidero and Grove across from the Independent, SF)
8-11pm
TBA
...& Friday, August 15
j. smith -- saxophones
tim bulkley-- drums
michael coleman-- piano
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thursday, july 24
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
j. smith -- saxophones
rob schwartz -- drums
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wednesday, july 9
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
j. smith -- drums
michael sopko -- guitar
ethan ryder -- bass
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wednesday, june 18th
simple pleasures cafe (3434 balboa... outer richmond, sf)
michael coleman -- piano
j. smith -- saxophones
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friday, may 30
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith quartet
j. smith -- saxophones
keigo hirkawa -- piano
kurt kotheimer -- bass
rob schwartz -- drums
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wednesday, may 14
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
j. smith -- drums
michael sopko -- guitar
ethan ryder -- bass
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sunday, may 4
cafe royale ----- 800 post st, sf
birdhead
michael coleman - piano
kurt kotheimer - bass
joshua smith - saxophones
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friday, may 2
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
jack tone roirdon -- guitar
j. smith -- drums
michael coleman -- piano
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thursday, may 1
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith -- drums
jack roirdon -- guitar
kurt kotheimer -- bass
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wednesday, april 30
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith trio
michael coleman -- piano
j. smith -- drums, saxophone
k. kotheimer -- bass
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thursday, april 24
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith -- tenor saxophone
michael coleman -- piano
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tuesday, april 15
cafe trieste (2500 san pablo avenue, berkeley)
birdhead
michael coleman -- piano
j. smith -- saxophone
k. kotheimer -- bass
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friday, april 4
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith trio
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thursday, april 3
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith -- tenor saxophone
michael coleman -- piano
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friday, march 28
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
moises borges trio
moises borges -- guitar and vocals
j. smith -- saxophones
k. kotheimer -- bass
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thursday, march 20
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith and k. kotheimer
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thursday, march 6
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith -- saxophones
k. kotheimer -- bass
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wednesday, march 5
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith trio
j. smith -- saxophones
michael p. coleman -- piano
k. kotheimer -- bass
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thursday, february 28
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
joshua smith -- saxophones
kurt kotheimer -- bass
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friday, february 22
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith trio
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thursday, february 14
socha cafe - 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia)
j. smith -- saxophones
nate brenner -- bass
george milly -- guitar
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wednesday, february 6
park chalet (great highway, at the end of the park at the pacific)
joshua smith trio
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sunday, february 3
cafe royale ----- 800 post st, sf
birdhead
michael coleman - piano
kurt kotheimer - bass
joshua smith - saxophones
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wednesday, january 23rd-- 7-10pm
park chalet SF-- (great highway-- @ the end of golden gate park
-- across from the pacific ocean)
joshua smith quartet
joshua smith-- saxophones
kurt Kotheimer-- bass
tim bulkley-- drums
michael coleman-- piano
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sunday, january 20th-- 2pm
sangati center 3049 22nd Street, SF (22nd and Shotwell)
gautam ganeshan-- violin
kurt kotheimer-- bass
joshua smith-- saxophones
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thursday, january 17th-- 8-10:30pm
socha cafe-- 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia, near the knockout)
smirkers
marie abe-- accordion
kurt kotheimer-- bass
joshua smith-- saxophones
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thursday, november 1st-- 8pm
socha cafe-- 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia, near the knockout)
j. smith-- saxophones
k. kotheimer-- bass
rob schwartz-- drums
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thursday, november 8th-- 8pm
socha cafe-- 3235 mission (@ mission and valencia, near the knockout)
j. smith-- saxophones
nate brenner-- bass
otto huber-- drums
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friday, october 12th-- 9pm
starry plough-- 3101 shattuck, berkeley
improvisers unite--
Scott Amendola, Devin Hoff, Willie Winant, Lisa Mezzacappa, Ralph Carney, Graham Connah, Joshua Smith
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tuesday, october 16th-- 6pm
rooz cafe-- 19th and park, oakland (near parkway theatre)
makesitok. tuesdays-- all electro-acoustic improvisation
6pm-- Last Chance For The Loneliest Kitten
7pm-- The Noodles (Michael Zelner, Suki O'Kane, Allen Whitman)
www.zoka.com
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sunday, september 2nd--10pm
delta of venus-- davis
Friendship First----
Joshua Smith -- drums
Scott Barkan -- guitar
Kurt Kotheimer -- bass
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thursday, august 23rd-- 9:30pm
starry plough-- 3101 shattuck, berkeley
a fantastic triple bill--
The Noodles/ Dan Plonsey's Daniel Popsicle orchestra/Friendship First
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tuesday, august 28th--7pm
rooz cafe-- 19th and park, oakland (near parkway theatre)
Friendship First----
Joshua Smith -- drums
Scott Barkan -- guitar
Kurt Kotheimer -- bass
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