[NewMusicEvents] Aaron Germain / Dan Zemelman Quartet @ Chez Hanny, April 22

[Frank Hanny]

  Aaron Germain / Dan Zemelman Quartet
	@ Chez Hanny

    Sunday April 22, 2007 4:00 PM

      $20 Donation Requested

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*Aaron Germain, bass.*

Aaron Germain is a versatile freelance bass
player living in the San Francisco bay area. Originally from
Massachusetts, he has lived in California since 2000. He has performed
with Yusef Lateef, Stanley Jordan, Andy Narell, Melba Moore, Jamie
Davis, Kenny Washington, Paula West, Faye Carrol, Calvin Keyes, Mimi
Fox, Eddie Marshall, Babatunde Lea, Dave Ellis, Bill Bell, Akira Tana
and Kenny Brooks, among many others. He has appeared at such venues as:
New York City's Blue Note, Washington DC's Blues Alley, Scullers and The
House of Blues in Boston, Yoshi's, Jazz at Pearls, Kuumbwa, Sweetwater,
Freight and Salvage, and the Great Pyramids of Egypt (really). He
appeared previously at Chez Hanny with vocalist Jacqui Naylor.

www.myspace.com/aarongermain

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*Dan Zemelman, piano.*

Dan studied at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, where he played under Richard Davis, and was honored as best
jazz artist in his senior year, and privately with Kenny Werner and Fred
Hersch. In 1998, he was chosen to tour India and Sri Lanka with
trumpeter and vocalist Matt Lewis as part of the US State Department and
Kennedy Center's Jazz Ambassadors project. Since relocating to the San
Francisco Bay Area he has performed with Miles Davis/Santana bassist
Benny Rietveld, John Lee Hooker, with whom he recorded one album, and
Zakiya Hooker's Blues 4 U, with whom he toured as far as Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Currently he is playing regularly with bassist Marcus Shelby,
and with the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Pearl's, as well as
appearing in concert with his own quartet at the Hillside Club in
Berkeley, and with the jazz/funk/rock band Plum Crazy. He also works
frequently with dancers, including the Moab Contact Improvisation dance
festival in Moab, Utah, as well as theater companies, such as the Ragged
Wing Theater Ensemble in their performance of 'The Serpent' by Jean
Claude Van Damme.

http://danzemelman.com <http://danzemelman.com/>

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*Mitch Marcus, tenor saxophone.*

Saxophonist Mitch Marcus leads the
Mitch Marcus Quintet, which has performed twice at Chez Hanny, and the
Mitch Marcus Quintet + 13, a big band devoted to original compositions.
He also performs with Japonize Elephants, Mood Food, folk/rock singer
Donovan, and a variety of creative local musicians, including Ches
Smith, Darren Johnston, John Schott, Sameer Gupta, Erik Jekabson, Graham
Connah and Sylvain Carton.

http://mitchmarcusmusic.com/

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*Babatunde Lea, drums.*

Babatunde has appeared on record with Pharaoh
Sanders, Van Morrison, McCoy Tyner and Stan Getz, and on stage with Leon
Thomas, Joe Henderson, John Tchicai, Bobby Hutcherson, Oscar Brown Jr.,
Lonnie Liston Smith, and Kenny Kirkland. He has released four CDs as a
leader, with sidemen including Frank Lacy, Hilton Ruiz, Richard Howell,
and Steve Turre.

http://www.myspace.com/babatundelea

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*The Time*: All concerts begin at 4:00 PM (Please come early to avoid
interrupting the performance!)

*The Place*: 145 Fillmore (x Waller) in San Francisco 94117. (1 block
South of Haight St.)

*Directions*: http://www.chezhanny.com/directions.html *

The Food/Drink:* Potluck. Please bring food and drink to share.

*$$$*: All money collected goes to the musicians. Cash only please.

*Seating*: First come, first served. Doors open at 3:30 PM. *

Reservations*: Email reservations strongly recommended! *

Transportation*: Muni lines 22, N, J, 6, 71, and 72 all run within a
block of here. Please allow time for parking. *

The Phone*: 415/552-2729 (but please read this message first!)

*Volunteers*: Help with cleaning up and putting away chairs is always
appreciated.

*Home Page:*: http://www.chezhanny.com/