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Weston, 87, (and an NEA Jazz Master), is the living link to Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington, his most important influences. One can hear the rumble and joie de vivre of Harlem stride piano in his playing, along with Duke’s bluesy elegance and the bebop Weston played while growing up in Brooklyn, where his friends included Kenny Dorham and Max Roach. Harper, 70, is the most powerful and unique of the post-Coltrane tenor saxophonists. His sound conveys gospel urgency, a hungering that goes back to his Houston upbringing in his grandmother’s African Methodist Episcopal church. Plus, his solos dance; drummers have always taken to his rhythm-charged sound. No wonder Harper spent years in bands led by Roach and Art Blakey.

I enjoyed a table of good food and good company — Groobin; volunteer Ray Zenoni; Sis Connolly, the president of the JMMC-Walnut Creek Auxiliary; senior Doris Rillings and her caregiver, Jack Butler; and Scott Danielson, senior staff assistant for the Contra Costa County Area Agency on Aging, Danielson announced to the group that ballet slippers book thong bookmark - paperbacks the agency was sponsoring the Caring Hands program with a grant of $30,000, In a trio of special moments, there were stories by Doris and Jack, and by senior Helene Aegerter, Looking to be in her 80s, Doris had the room in the palm of her hand by first announcing that she was born in 1913, She went on to describe her friendship with Jack and explained that she first realized that she needed to stop driving when she developed double vision..

“I’ve never been really moved to write about anything political, but this is so close to home,” says Odabi, who kicks off Redwood City’s 11th annual PAL Blues Festival on Friday night (the festival continues Saturday with a full day of entertainment). “It’s tough to see the changes, but things do change. As long as things are done fairly, that’s OK. But you see people come in with this sense of entitlement and just kind of take over, and that pisses me off.”.

The festival closes on Sunday with another generation-spanning program, including a combo led by bassist Max Schwartz featuring Nandi Forrest, Helen Foley and AJ Lee, who became a teenage bluegrass star as the featured vocalist with the Tuttles, Schwartz grew up playing bluegrass in his family’s band and is also well versed in jazz, performing with such talent incubators as the Berkeley High Jazz Combo and SFJazz High School ballet slippers book thong bookmark - paperbacks All-Stars (he’s also holding down the bass chair for Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands on Friday)..

This weekend, there’s much more on tap. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday, the Alameda Community Chorus & Band perform at the Kofman Theater, 2200 Central Ave. The concert is free and is led by Michael Wirgler, Kathryn Neale and Starr Brown. The annual Holiday Home Tour to benefit the Alameda Family Services League will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10. This year’s tour, “41 Years of Holiday Magic,” features residences in town with a variety of architectural styles and decorations. Tickets are $35 and can be bought the day of the event at the Alameda Elk’s Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Ave.