Dinner:
Monday-Wednesday
5:30pm to 9:00pm
Thursday
5:30pm to 10:00pm
Friday & Saturday
5:30pm to 10:30pm
Sunday
5:00pm to 9:00pm
1330 Fillmore Street
SF, CA 94115
Phone: 415.655.5600
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The Beth Custer Ensemble
January 05, 2010
David James -guitar (Sila, Curtis Bumpy, and has performed & recorded with The Coup, Spearhead)
Jan Jackson-drums (has played w/Will Bernard, Chuck Berry, Curtis Bumpy, many others)
Lisa Mezzacappa-bass (Duo B, others)
Graham Connah-piano (iconoclastic pianist!)
with special guest
Chris Grady-trumpet (Club Foot, Mark Growden)
Diana Mangano, backup vocals (Jefferson Starship)
8pm show
$10 advance / $14 at the door
CD REVIEW: Roam
Sunday, October 11, 2009
SF Chronicle
Beth Custer doesn't make it easy for music critics, who are by nature prone to convenient categorization. But for listeners, especially those as adventurous as the composer-vocalist-clarinetist herself, there's no need for categorization with her ensemble's latest album, "Roam," whose title summarizes the dizzying stylistic variety of its 12 cuts. The title song evokes the traditional strains of the classic "Caravan," while "Jackrabbit" (among the seven songs featuring lyrics by playwright Octavio Solis from their collaborations "The Ballad of Pancho & Lucy" and "June in a Box") bounces to a rockabilly rhythm, and "God Made Night" keens like a lonely country waltz. Custer, who celebrates the CD release Oct. 19 at Yoshi's San Francisco, contributes her own unvarnished vocals and brilliant clarinet work, as well as lyrics for the five other songs on the disc, which were composed during residencies at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga and Civitella Ranieri, Italy.
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