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Summer 2004 Concerts Agenda Bar & Lounge 399 S. First St, San Jose 408.380.3042; www.agendalounge.com Anton Schwartz 5/21 Dangerous Martini feat. Tré Taylor 5/22 Wally Schnalle/Peace 5/28 Barton Tyler Group/Orquesta Gitano 5/29 Wally's Cocktail Combo 6/4 Eric Bolvin's Quorum 6/5 The Player's Quartet/40 Watt Hype 6/11 Modesto Briseno 6/12 Forté 6/18 The Taylor Eigsti Trio 6/19 Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers 6/25 Octobop 6/26   The Blank Club 44 S. Almaden Ave, San Jose 408.29BLANK; www.theblankclub.com 'Big Tom' Laughlin Memorial Benefit 5/19 The Invasion 5/21 Go Betty Go 5/22 Hillbilly Film Festival 5/23 Steel Train 5/25 Regenerator 5/30 Long Gon Bon 6/4 NME 6/8 The Starvations 6/9 Arsinic 6/11 The Red Elvises 6/13 The Low Flying Owls 6/18 Monkey 6/19 Lisa Dewey & the Lotus Life 6/26 Suffrajett 6/29 Hayride to Hell 7/2 Devil Doll 7/16 SuicideGirls.com 7/21 Hot for Teacher 8/10 Lust for Life 9/18   Cabrillo Music Festival Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Cabrillomusic.org Special concert 8/3 Opening Night 8/6 David Little/Christopher Rouse 8/7 Free Family Concert (2pm) 8/8 Kronos Quartet 8/8 John Adams 'Dharma at Big Sur' 8/14 Music at the Mission San Juan Bautista 8/15 Summer 2004 Guide Concert Highlights Concert List Stage Festivals Movies The Caravan 98 S. Almaden Ave, San Jose 408.995.6220 Drunken Starfighter 5/20 Dirty and the Donuts 5/21 The Cliftons w/ the Needles 5/27 The Curbs 5/28 Otto 6/3 Large 23 w/ Polly's Orchid 6/4 Lack Season 6/11 V.O.C. 6/18 I-six 6/24 The Fourfits 6/25 Vicious Cycle 7/16   Carmel Bach Festival Various venues in Carmel; July 17-Aug. 7 831.624.1521; www.bachfestival.org Bach & Stravinsky 7/17, 24, 31 St. Matthew's Passion 7/18, 25 and 8/1 Soloist's Spotlight 7/19, 26 and 8/2 Classical Symphony Night 7/20, 27 and 8/3 Dinner at the Mission 7/21, 28 and 8/4 Festival Strings Night 7/22, 29 and 8/5 Mozart Night 7/23, 30, 8/6 Best of the Fest 8/7   The Catalyst 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz 831.423.1338; www.catalystclub.com Kofy Brown 5/19 Ozomatli 5/20 Talib Kweli 5/21 Superbooty 5/22 JJ Cale 5/25 Donovan Frankenreiter 5/26 Los Lobos 5/27 AC/DShe 5/28 Y&T 5/29 Sparta 6/12 The Wallflowers 6/17 Eek A Mouse 6/18 Frankie Moreno 6/19 The Pharcyde 6/25 Devil Makes Three 6/26 Reverend Horton Heat 7/9 Rod Piazza and the Mighty Fliers 7/31 Burning Spear 8/8 Steel Pulse 8/10 Steel Pulse 8/26   Espresso Garden & Cafe 814 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose 408.294.3353; www.fiddlingcricket.com Sherry Austin 5/15 Cache Valley Drifters 5/21 CCMC Concert 5/22 Matt Flinner Band 5/25 Primary Colors 5/26 Cele De 5/27 Tom Miller 5/28 Carolyn Hester 5/29 Beolach 5/31 The Bills 6/1 Kings of Mongrel Folk 6/5 One of Each 6/8 Claudia Nygaard 6/9 Old Browne Shoe 6/11 Samba Ngo 6/12 Kenny Edwards 6/15 Blah Blah Woof Woof 6/18 William Coulter Ensemble 6/19 Peter Mulvey 6/22 Nightingale 6/23 Macajo 6/24 Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto 6/25 Mimi Fox 6/26 Palm Wine Boys 7/16 Hot Club of San Francisco 7/23 Fragment 8/28 Bill Staines 10/9 Bruce Molsky 10/20   Event Center at San Jose State 1 Washington Square, San Jose 408.924.6350; www.union.sjsu.edu/ecec.html Dashboard Confessional 6/3 A Perfect Circle 6/6 Dave Chapelle 6/16 Tahiti Fete 7/3-5   Frost Amphitheatre Galvez and Campus Dr, Stanford 650.725.ARTS; www,livelyarts.stanford.edu Preservation Hall Jazz Band 7/2   Gaslighter Theater 400 E. Campbell Ave, Campbell 408.866.1408; www.thegaslighter.com Prize Fighters 5/19 Static Thought 5/20 Something for the Broken 5/23 The Project 5/24 Various Em 5/25 Paige 5/27 Substance 5/28 More Than Enough 5/30 Sentenced to Burn 5/31 Hyena Suite 6/3 Nasci 6/6 Heavy2 Low2 6/7 A Tragic Hero 6/10 The Last of Our Days 6/13 Brea 6/29 Kobalt 6/16 Red Fall 6/17 Platinum Head 6/18 Taken Away 6/20 Mummification 6/23 Plans for Revenge 6/24 Nebulous 6/27 These Days 6/28 Brea 6/29 Heavy2 Low2 6/30 Silicon Valley Houserockers 7/23 Stop, Drop & Rock! 2004 8/26-29   Greek Theater UC-Berkeley Gayley Road and Stadium Rim Way, Berkeley; 408.998.TIXS Primus 5/30 The Roots 6/20 Gipsy Kings 7/2 Indigo Girls 7/17 Sarah McLachlan 7/10 Harry Connick Jr. 7/25 Jack Johnson 8/27 Pixies 9/24-26 Norah Jones 10/1-2   Hedley Club 233 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose 408.286.1000 Sue Crossman Duo 5/19 Rick Vandivier 5/20 JP & The Rhythm Chasers 5/21 Daryl Rowe 5/22 Jennifer Lee 5/26 Jeff Amorosa 5/27 Charanga Nueve 5/28 Kurt Ribak Trio 5/29   HP Pavilion at San Jose 525 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose 408.998.TIXS; www.hppsj.com Alejandro Sanz 5/23 Prince 6/1-2 Madonna 6/6, 6/8-9 Dai Nhac Hoi He 2004 6/19 Fleetwood Mac 6/29 Sarah McLachlan 7/9 Eric Clapton 7/30-31 Incubus 8/9 Van Halen 8/10 Phil Collins 8/30 American Idols Live 9/26   JJ's Blues 3439 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose 408.243.6441; www.jjsblues.org Rock Bottom Blues Band 5/19 Nick Curran 5/21 Janice Sanders 5/22 L.D. & the Blues Crew 5/23 Good Life 5/26 Daniel Castro 5/28 Blue Monday 5/29 Tommy Castro 6/4 Kay Kay and the Rays 6/5 Ed Early 6/11 Lara Price Band 6/12 Mark Hummel 6/19   Little Fox Theater 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 650.369.4119; www.foxdream.com Safari 5/21 The Emily Lord Band and Kris Delmhorst 5/22 Mambo Street 5/28 Professor Terry's Circus Band Extraordinaire 5/30 The Blues Guitar Extravaganza 6/4 The Little Wheels Band 6/5 Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo 6/6 Djangofest 6/11-13 Nina Storey 6/16 Shane Dwight 6/18 Tom Russell & Andrew Hardin 6/20 Pride & Joy 6/25 Jeff Eaton 6/26 Houston Jones 6/27 Tommy Castro 7/4-5 Ledward Kaapana 7/8 The Waybacks 7/9 Dolly Rappaport 7/10 Pat Travers Band 7/31 Trailer Park Troubadours 8/26-27 Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum 8/29 Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo 9/11   Los Gatos Outhouse 4 New York Ave, Los Gatos 408.395.5553; www.lgouthouse.com Park 5/21 Suburban Legends 5/22 Steel Train 5/28 Detachment Kit 5/30 Rocky Volotano 6/6 Audio Karate 6/18 A Burning Water 6/25 The Format 7/10 These Arms Are Snakes 7/11 The Lawrence Arms 7/22   Jazz on the Plazz Los Gatos Town Plaza West Main Street and Santa Cruz, Los Gatos www.jazzontheplazz.com Paula West 7/7 Kaye Bohler Jazz Quartet 7/14 Charsette Powell 7/21 Lao Tizer Band 7/28 David Ladd's Downtown Allstars 8/4 Giacomo Gates w/Anton Schwartz 8/11 Karrin Allison 8/18 Frank Martin Quintet 8/25 Andy Bey 9/1 Danny Hull and the Allstars 9/8   Miller Music in the Park Plaza de Cesar Chavez Market and San Carlos Streets, San Jose 408.279.1775 July 8-Sept 2. Free concerts every Thursday at 5:30pm. Full schedule TBA Barrington Levy 7/8 Rubber Revolver 7/29 Eek-A-Mouse 8/26 Greg Kihn 9/2   Miller Music in the Other Park St. James Park N. First and St. James Streets, San Jose 408.279.1775 www.sjdowntown.com Pete Escovedo, the Kool Katz 6/3 Andrew Tosh, Reggae Angels 6/10 Femi Kuti 6/17 GQ, the Hit Men 6/24   Montalvo's Garden Theatre 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858 www.villamontalvo.org Chris Cain & Shane Dwight 5/23 Jose Carreras 6/9 Wynton Marsalis 6/13 Peter Cincotti 6/17 '70s Soul Jam 6/18 The Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Garrison Keillor 6/20 Etta James 6/24 John Fogerty 6/25 Chic Fest 6/27 Gipsy Kings 7/1 Guitars & Saxes 7/15 Indigo Girls 7/16 Cassandra Wilson & Jesse Cook 7/18 India.Arie 7/20 Train 7/21-22 Linda Rondstadt 7/23 George Benson 7/25 The Go-Go's 7/28 Dave Brubeck Quartet 7/30 Russian National Orchestra 8/1 Midsummer Mozart featuring Jon Nakamatsu 8/5 Craig Chaquico 8/6 Benoit Freeman Project w/ Chris Botti 8/8 Al Jarreau 8/11 Smokey Robinson 8/13 Liza Minnelli 8/15 Natalie Merchant 8/17-18 Judy Collins 8/19 Groovin' for Grover 8/20 Dave Koz 8/22 Fourplay 8/25 The Funk Brothers 9/9 Al Jarreau 9/10 Songwriters Festival 9/12 Earth, Wind & Fire 9/23-24   Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Fairgrounds 2000 Fairground Road, Monterey 831.373.3366 www.montereyjazzfestival.org 9/17: Bobby McFerrin Terence Blanchard Sextet Charlie Hunter Trio The Bad Plus Paula West Kitty Margolis Claudia Villela Group Uri Caine Trio Will Bernard & Motherbug Milton Fletcher Trio Clifford Brown-Stan Getz All-Stars 9/18: Buddy Guy Bettye LaVette Jackie Greene Band Take 6 Bill Charlap Trio Don Byron Trio Lynne Arriale Trio Charlie Musselwhite Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra Flutology John Calloway & Diaspora Kenny Stahl Quartet Boban Markovic & the Serbain Orkestar The Snake Trio Danny Caron's Good Hands Lee Sarah Special Big Band 9/19: Chaka Khan Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Marian McPartland Trio Bill Charlap Regina Carter Quintet Jack DeJohnette Latin Project Luciana Souza with Ed Simon EST/Esborn Svensson Trio New Stars of the Organ Joyce Cooling Band John Hollenbeck John Michel Pilc Trio Grant & Matheny Berkeley-Monterey Quartet 2004 Ken Arconti Band   Mountain Winery 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga 408.741.2822 www.mountainwinery.com James Brown 5/20 Peter Frampton 6/3 Huey Lewis & The News 6/4-6 The B-52's 6/12 Jason Mraz 6/15 Rite of Strings 6/16 Jewel 6/17-18 Mary Chapin Carpenter 6/19 Creedence Clearwater Revisited 6/20 Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra 6/22 Joan Baez 6/23 Macy Gray 6/24 Kenny G 6/25 Keb' Mo' 6/27 Counting Crows 6/28-29 Burt Bacharach 7/3 Jonny Lang 7/7 Lynyrd Skynyrd 7/8 Boz Scaggs 7/9-10 Bruce Hornsby 7/14 Cyndi Lauper 7/15 David Spade 7/17 Lucinda Williams 7/18 Diana Krall 7/21 Hootie & the Blowfish 7/22-23 Heart 7/27 John Hiatt 7/28 Tower of Power 7/29 Medeski Martin & Wood 7/31 Al Green 8/2 B.B. King 8/4 The Beach Boys 8/5 Tony Bennett 8/6 Chris Isaak 8/7-10 The Corrs 8/12 Cowboy Junkies 8/14 Diamond Rio 8/15 Robert Cray Band 8/17 The Four Tops 8/18 The O'Jays 8/19 Aimee Mann 8/20 Chaka Khan 8/21 David Byrne 8/24-25 George Thorogood & the Destroyers 8/26 Doobie Brothers 8/27-28 REO Speedwagon 8/29 Wynonna 9/1 Emmylou Harris 9/2-3 Nickel Creek 9/8 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 9/10 Olivia Newton-John 9/11 Lyle Lovett 9/13-15 Chicago 9/16-17 Peter, Paul & Mary 9/18 Kenny Rogers 9/19 George Carlin 9/23 Isaac Hayes 9/24 Styx 9/30   Music @Menlo Chamber Music on the Peninsula Menlo School and Stent Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto www.musicatmenlo.org Concert: Italy 7/30-31 Concert: Vienna 8/2-4 Concert: France 8/6-7 Concert: Eastern Europe 8/9-10 Concert: Russia 8/13-15   Music After Dark South First and San Salvador Streets 408.279.1775 From 6/18 until 7/8 when it moves to Thursdays. Full schedule TBA. Mazacote 6/18 Super Diamond 6/25   Palo Alto Brown Bag Concerts Cogswell Plaza Lytton and Ramona Streets, Palo Alto 650.463.4940 www.cityofpaloalto.org Tuesday Night Live 6/17 San Francisco Opera 6/24 Broceliande 7/1 Jennifer Yax 7/8 Courtney C Patty 7/8 The Snake Trio 7/15 John Broadway Tucker 7/22 Blusion 7/29 Ed Johnson's Novo Mundo Orchestra 8/5   Paramount's Great America 4701 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara 408.998.1776; www.pgathrills.com Gay & Lesbian Night 5/28 Michael W. Smith 7/31   Pier 30/32 Near Embarcadero, San Francisco. 408.998.TIXS KFOG KaBoom 5/22 Van's Warped Tour '04 7/3   Quarter Note 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 408.732.2110; www.quarternote.com Lynn's Band of Sin 5/21 Horizon of Fire 5/22 Mr. Ketamine Presents 5/28 Whiskey Hill 5/29   The Rio Theatre 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz 831.423.8209; www.riotheatre.com Tortoise 5/31   Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz 831.423.5590; www.beachboardwalk.com Greg Kihn Band 6/25 Bay City Rollers 7/2 Herman's Hermits 7/9 Sha Na Na 7/16 Rufus 7/23 Tiffany 7/30 The Fixx 8/6 Papa Doo Run Run 8/13 Eddie Money 8/20 Rare Earth 8/27 Starship 9/3   Santa Cruz Blues Festival Aptos Village Park, Aptos 831.479.9814 www.santacruzbluesfestival.com Jonny Lang 5/29 Shemekia Copeland 5/29 Bernard Allison 5/29 Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson 5/29 Jon Cleary 5/29 Buddy Guy & Double Trouble 5/30 Coco Montoya 5/30 Tommy Castro 5/30 Michael Burks 5/30 The Holmes Brothers 5/30   San Jose Jazz Festival Downtown San Jose www.sanjosejazz.org Aug 5-8: Ray Baretto Terence Blanchard Jane Bunnett Dena Derose Dave Ellis Pete Escovedo Insight Mark Levine Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf Virginia Mayhew James Moody Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Bobby Sanabria John Santos San Jose Jazz Society Big Band Steve Turre Lizz Wright   Santana Row 400 S. Winchester Blvd, San Jose 408.551.4600; www.santanarow.com Miggs 5/22 The Calypsonians 6/4 Tiffany Joy 6/4 Kristina Sablan 6/5 Arak Pacha 6/5 Andreas Faz 6/5 Paul Kaspian Band 6/5 Al Fabrezio 6/6 Jimmy Cremona 6/6 Kristina Sablan 6/6 Andreas Faz 6/6 Gary Yevelv 6/6 Kaweh 6/11 Mid Life Crisis 6/12 Al Fabrezio 6/12 Silicon Valley Houserockers 6/12 Sweet Durations 6/12 Debbie Thacker 6/12 Greg Lamboy 6/13 Kristina Sablan 6/13 Fred McCarty 6/13 Drew James 6/13 DeeDee Kato 6/18 Jimmy Cremona 6/19 Tiffany Joy 6/19 Rebecca Edwards 6/19 Fred McCarty 6/19 Carol Enis 6/20 Louis Britain Band 6/20 Andreas Faz 6/20 The Last Sun Down 6/20 Fred McCarty 6/24 Al Fabrezio 6/24 Arak Pacha 6/25 Jimmy Cremona 6/26 Rubberband 6/26 Debbie Thacker 6/26 Tribe 6/26 Paul Kaspian Band 6/26 Thomas Michaud 6/27 The Calypsonians 6/27 Theo Olsen 6/27 Fred McCartry 6/27 Yohimbe 7/10 Sistas in the Pit 8/21 The Betting Fraternity 9/18   Shoreline Amphitheatre 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View 650.967.3000; www.shorelineamp.com Live 105's BFD 2004 6/11 No Doubt 6/19 The Dead 6/26 SF Symphony July 4 Celebration 7/4 Rush 7/9 John Mayer 7/16 Lollapalooza 7/17-18 Tim McGraw 7/22 Jessica Simpson 7/27 Alanis Morissette 7/28 Ozzfest 2004 7/29 The Who 8/7 Britney Spears 8/11 Josh Groban 8/24 Projekt Revolution Tour 9/5 Sting 10/2   Stanford Jazz Festival Dinkelspiel Auditorium and Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford 650.736.0324; www.stanfordjazz.org Ruth Brown with Rodney Jones 6/19 George Brooks Summit 6/20 Marcus Shelby's Emerging Artists Sextet 6/25 Descarga: Salsa meets Jazz 6/26 Everything you wanted to know about Jazz! 6/27 Ron Stallings: A Context for Peace 7/9 Junior Mance Trio 7/10 Youth Jazz Showcase 7/11 Kim Nalley 7/16 Satoro Oda & the Vince Lateano Trio 7/17 Marsh, Vincent, & Lage 7/18 Dee Spencer: The Great American Songbook 7/19 Loren Stillman Group 7/20 Jeb Patton with Tootie Heath 7/21 Jazz & the Music of Brazil 7/22 Heath Brothers 7/24 Bennett Paster's Organic 7/25 Jim Cullum Jazz Band 7/26 Ruth Davies' Blues Night 7/27 Dayna Stephens Group 7/28 Victor Lin's SJW Faculty Variety Show 7/29 Andrew Speight with the Harold Mabern Trio 7/31 Phineas Newborn Piano Tribute 8/1 Brian Lynch Quartet 8/2 Jimmy Cobb's Mob 8/3 Dave Liebman Quartet 8/4 Stanford Jazz Workshop All Star Jam Session 8/6 Eric Alexander Quintet 8/7   Stanford Shopping Center 680 Shopping Center Plaza, Stanford 650.617.8200; www.stanfordshop.com Claudia Villela & Ricardo Peixoto 6/3 Vanessa Lowe 6/5 Eddie Gale 6/10 Howard Wiley Quintet 6/17 Wild Mango 6/24 Darol Anger & Philip Aaberg Duo 7/1 Allen Smith Quartet 7/8 Les Yeux Noir 7/15 Anton Schwartz Quintet 7/22 Tango No.9 7/29 Oakland Jazz Choir 8/5   Twilight Concerts Various parks in the Palo Alto area. 650.463.4940 www.cityofpaloalto.org/artsculture/twilightconcerts.html Dub FX 6/8 Shane Dwight Blues Band 6/15 The Sun Kings 6/22 Candela 6/29 Shana Morrison & Caledonia 7/6 Marvin Banks 7/13 Blame Sally 7/20 The Unauthorized Rolling Stones 7/27 Majestic Swing 8/3 Jackie Greene 8/10   Zoë Nightclub 417 S. First St, San Jose 408.971.6646; www.zoenightclub.com Victor Soleil 5/30 Sir Mixalot 6/6   Send a letter to the editor about this story to letters@metronews.com. [ Silicon Valley | Metroactive Home | Archives ]