Do you love contemporary, funk, and smooth jazz performers like Grover Washington Jr, Rick Braun, Richard Eliot, Jeff Golub, Wayman Tisdale, Chieli Minucci, Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove, Dave Koz, Chuck Loeb, Eric Darius, Keiko Matsui, Marc Antoine, Acoustic Alchemy, Chuck Mangione, Marcus Miller, and Spyro Gyra? Then you’ve come to the right place! This is a jazz category that isn’t well represented in the Bay Area. I’m forming this Meetup group so that jazz fans like us can get together an …

Welcome jazz musician or jazz fan, We are planning to host and find more jazz musician meetup jams and performances for you to attend. If you would like to host a jazz event of any kind, please let me know. My thanks to the founder of this group and to all of you 296 fellow jazz fans. Please feel free to offer suggestions on the discussion board or email me with any ideas you may have. Hope to meet you soon and create or experience some cool jazz with you! Sincerely, ~Martha Esch  (a Maynard Fe …

this is a group for people that want to play, learn, and explore jazz together....regardless of instrument and still level.....we can meet and play and work on tunes that suit players level of skill and interest and enjoy this incredibly rich world of harmony and rhythm together. if people are interested there are a number of local venues where small groups can also play in pubic to share their joy of music.

Music for fun, not profit: pianist, good level classical background, beginner at jazz, looking for one or two musicians or vocalists in San Francisco who adore the American songbook

An avenue to meet other musicians who want to get together and play some cool fusion and then play gigs around the Bay Area.

This is a group for anyone interested in live American roots music - using a broad definition that includes folk, blues, country, alt-country, bluegrass, tejano, cajun and zydeco.

East Bay 'Old-Fashioned Music Sharing' Group This group will connect people interested in discovering new music, including curious listeners, hobbyists, and experienced collectors. Once we gather a number of interested members, meetups will be of two varieties: One, to discuss general music sharing/what we hope to get from the group. Two, meetups organized to encourage ‘old-fashioned’ music sharing, through interaction and listening. These meetups will be themed by genre, and participants will …

Meet other local fans of jazz & blues music while enjoying performances. The Bay Area is home to an amazing live jazz scene, with hundreds of small venues that provide an intimate and affordable way to experience jazz as it's meant to be: spontaneous, inventive, and alive. We can't all afford to go to Yoshis and Masonic Auditorium every weekend, but there's so much jazz happening in the Bay Area that there is something for every taste and every pocketbook, every weekend. So join us, and use this …

New Orleans Jazz Fest is happening this year over a fabulous 10 day period (2 extended weekends): April 26 - May 5th. This year's NOLA Jazz Fest lineup looks amazing. Feel free to check it out: http://www.nojazzfest.com/ Years ago, I was fortunate enough to join a Yahoo Group that organized a trip to NOLA. What a fabulous experience it was. The live music and talent that is seen is unparalleled. I'm starting this group to meet up with folks from SF & the Bay Area who may be interested in joining …

Come sing with East Bay Harmony, an Oakland-based a cappella chorus established in 1999. Men especially encouraged. We rehearse weekly and exist to promote the fun of singing together and building community through music making. THE BASIC INFO - No audition required - all adults welcome! - No music reading skill required! - Super fun, friendly community, low-pressure environment - Eclectic, all a cappella repertoire - We provide easy-to use online tools for helping you learn your part quickly an …

I am looking for East Bay singles over 50 who would like to get together to expand their social network, and are interested in engaging in various types of activities such as dining, concerts (especially jazz, classical, folk, soul, reggae, rhythm and blues), dance performances, exploring San Francisco, political forums with intelligent and articulate leftist-oriented thinkers, flea markets, beading, sightseeing and day trips in and around the SF area. The group is open to all singles, especial …

Swing Dancers. All styles and levels. Partners not required; lots of solo dancers available to partner with: Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag, Charleston, East Coast (6 count ballroom), West Coast Swing, Americanna Rockabilly Jive... Regular Events around the Bay Area (Check websites to ensure info is up to date) SAN FRANCISCO: SUN. -Lindy in the Park: (6 count swing lesson) http://www.LindyInThePark.com/ (mix of teachers) TUES. -Verdi Club: http://www.OldTimey.net/Tuesdays.html (ORGANIZER is here week …

A group for casual players, singers and music fans who enjoy acoustic-oriented music: rock, blues, folk, jazz. A place where those with similar interests will be able to connect and get together in small gatherings to share some music and spirit. The group focus is all about having fun with friends in a relaxed informal manner, not with any band or performance aspirations. Others may be more serious and this can be a place for them to meet up also. We will will also post events for live shows to …

As the Organizer of the Sacramento Jam Session Group , allow me to extend our Welcome to you!! *There is a wait list for potential members, dependent on the instrument you play, skill level, location, etc.  By design, we are a small group, read below. We always have an abundance of guitar players- so we add to our group in "proportions."  This means we have X number of drummers and Y number of bass players for Z number of guitar players, etc. Now and then, we could use "singer only" members. If …

Paint Dancing events are created so you can have fun openly expressing yourself in two different mediums - AT ONCE! That's Right! PAINTING and DANCING (at the same time). And, a portion of the proceeds helps support local food banks. Watch some Paint Dancing videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DF09B34FE51B3199 We supply the non-toxic paint, brushes, paper, and great music (Latin, Pop, Dance Hits, World, Rock, R&B, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop, Electronica and mor …