The San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet/SFCJQ November 26, 2005

Join the acclaimed San Francisco Chamber Jazz Quartet - co-founders Gini Wilson on piano and reedman Steve Heckman, along with Pat Klobas on bass, Ron Marabuto on drums, Badr Karram on dumbek - as they celebrate the release of their second CD "SFCJQ" in a long-awaited Marin concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 26 at the West End Studio Theatre, 1554 4th Street (between E and F) in San Rafael, CA. Tickets are $15.00 at the door, $35.00 for families. For tickets and information, please call 415-453-0552 or go to www.westcoastarts.org.

Their new self-titled CD, out August 23 on Music Wizards, is an intensely lyrical, richly varied program featuring some of the most arresting and creative chamberjazz they have written to date. It's earning high praise from critics and the public alike: "Legendary in the Bay Area for her irreverent sense of humor as well as her mix of numerous jazz-related styles - Monk, Chopin, Piazzola, Waller, Bach, Bill Evans - pianist Gini Wilson (aka "The Duchess") founded this current ensemble with reedsman Steve Heckman in 2002. Effortlessly and beautifully blending the realms of jazz and classical ?Projects like this prove that with a little ingenuity, seemingly disparate musical styles can actually create perfect harmony." - Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide.