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Here’s two very clean audio tracks of Inditranego and Joey Rubber Special from the amazing Mitch Marcus Quintet +13 big band who performed live on October 21, 2007 at the de Young as part of the museum’s Cultural Encounters program and done in collaboration with Jazz at Intersection.

Eight bands were commissioned to create and perform eight original compositions for what turned out to be an outstanding outdoor concert series at the museum. Although the series is now complete, the whole program will culminate in a combined performance by all eight bands playing each of their commissioned works at 6:30pm on January 18, 2008 at the museum. And best of all, the final concert is completely FREE to the general public! So, please enjoy these tracks, and I hope to see you all back at the de Young in a few weeks.

Note: the photo is actually a video frame capture from the tiny pocket cam I had with me at the show. The audio was captured with one stereo pair in the middle up in front, and two additional condensers were placed off to each side of the band.

Mitch Marcus & Sheldon Brown, Tenor Saxophones
Sylvain Carton & Marcus Stephans, Alto Saxophones
Dave Scott, Henry Hung, Erik Jekabson & Darren Johnston, Trumpets
Mike Rinta, Jeff Cressman & Joel Behrman, Trombones
Marc Bolin, Bass Trombone & Tuba
George Ban-Weiss & David Ewell, Bass
Jason Slota, Vibraphone & Percussion
Cornelius Boots, Bari Saxophone
Mike Abraham, Guitar
Jeff Marrs, Drums

 Joey Rubber Special [12:18m]: Play Now | Download
 Inditranego [16:20m]: Play Now | Download

Photos from the Darren Johnston Quintet performing as part of Friday Nights at the DeYoung on July 13, 2007.

Darren Johnston, Trumpet
Sheldon Brown, Tenor Sax & Bass Clarinet
Smith Dobson, Drums
Ben Goldberg, Clarinet
Devin Hoff, Bass

Here’s a few photos I made while enjoying the Marcus Shelby Septet play as part of the Friday Nights at the DeYoung series a few weeks back. The series is always a good time, and there’s nothing quite like relaxing to great live music with a few cocktails on a Friday evening after work. This week, another local jazz band I’ve covered previously will be performing, the excellent Darren Johnston Quintet. So, if you’ve never attended before, this will surely be a good week for your first show. And did I mention that members of the museum get free drink tickets?

After arranging to make a sweet recording of Scott Amendola and Wil Blades playing at the Intersection for the Arts series Jazz at the De Young Museum, I decided to keep the day a little more mellow and just go hang out, enjoy the beautiful day outside, and take some photos of them instead of recording. They put on a fantastic show, and we were delighted to see a second performance inside related to the opening of the Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibit at the de Young. We really couldn’t have asked for a better day that was full of culture, art, and music! And if you’re really dying to hear some of Scott and Wil’s duo performance, you should check out our video from one of their performances a few months back at the Red Poppy Art House.