Yoshi's San Francisco

back stage — music notes

10/01/09: Think Ornette Colemen, with Middle Eastern overtones!
It’s been an incredible September with great music at Yoshi’s and elsewhere.  
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09/16/09: Corea, Clarke and White
By the end of the Corea, Clarke and White show last night, my face was sore from smiling so much.....
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05/11/09: A Word From Yoshi's San Francisco Artistic Director
Hi Yoshi's People: It's an exciting time to be back at Yoshi's, booking my first month at the beautiful new Yoshi's San Francisco.  We've put together some unique billings and rare one-off performances that we hope will bring you down to the Fillmore this month.
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04/07/09: Yoshi's Names Jason Olaine Yoshi's San Francisco Artistic Director
Yoshi's is very pleased to announce Jason Olaine has been hired as Yoshi's San Francisco's Artistic Director.  Following a nine-year stint in New York, Olaine will return to the organization he left in 1999.  Olaine was Yoshi's Artistic Director from 1993-1999, dating back to Yoshi's Claremont Avenue days.  He will work closely with Yoshi's Oakland's Artistic Director, Peter Williams, in bringing a diverse mix of both jazz and non-jazz artists to Yoshi's San Francisco.
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01/20/09: Welcome to 2009
As you may have heard Yoshi's San Francisco is going to be opening up to new types of music.  No longer a strictly jazz only room.  Not that we're getting rid of jazz at Yoshi's SF altogether, we feel it's a beautiful space and should not be limited to jazz alone.  Over the past year we've already hosted some great non-jazz shows including Dean & Britta, Juana Molina, Sam Phillips, Rhett Miller, and Shawn Colvin to name just a few.
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