AYA TAKAZAWA COLLECTIVE FT. LYLE LINK (SAX), MATT CLARK (PIANO), AKIRA TANA (DRUMS), KENGO NAKAMURA (BASS)

Friday, September 21st

6:30pm-9:30pm |$$15/$20

FROM TOKYO

AYA TAKAZAWA COLLECTIVE FT. LYLE LINK (SAX), MATT CLARK (PIANO), AKIRA TANA (DRUMS), KENGO NAKAMURA (BASS)

Headlining this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival, Aya Takazawa and her collective are here at Black Cat for one night only! From Tokyo, Aya is an accomplished trumpet player with a gorgeous and graceful tone. She was also a lead member of the all-female Tokyo Brass Unit. Book your tickets now, because these guys are rising stars. Catch them while you can!

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Events for July 2019

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Calendar of Events
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 CLOSED THIS EVENING	2 JAPANESE JAZZFEST! ATSUKO HASHIMOTO ORGAN QUARTET	3 ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS)	4 ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS)	5 LIVE JAZZ – OAKLAND JAZZ / R+B SENSATION LILAN KANE FEATURING MIKE BLANKENSHIP (KEYS), SCOTT THOMPSON (BASS) AND DANTE MCCLINTON (DRUMS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST DAYNA STEPHENS (TENOR & EWI SAX), WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST DAYNA STEPHENS (TENOR & EWI SAX), WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS)	6 LIVE JAZZ – OAKLAND JAZZ / R+B SENSATION LILAN KANE FEATURING MIKE BLANKENSHIP (KEYS), GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) AND DANTE MCCLINTON (DRUMS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST DAYNA STEPHENS (TENOR & EWI SAX), WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST DAYNA STEPHENS (TENOR & EWI SAX), WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS)
7 ITALIAN DRUM LEGEND FRANCESCO CINIGLIO (AKA “NAPO”), “LOCOMOTIVE BAND”, FEATURING WAYNE TUCKER (TRUMPET), JAVI SANTIAGO (KEYS) AND GIULIO XAVIER (BASS)	8 CLOSED THIS EVENING	9 FREDDY CLARK & WOBBLY WORLD “SEVILLE: A FLAMENCO NIGHT!”	10 PIANO REBEL JAVIER SANTIAGO “B-SIDES: THE PHOENIX SESSIONS”, FEATURING JOHN PALOWITCH (SAX), GIULIO XAVIER (BASS) AND MIKE MITCHELL (DRUMS)	11 THE ALON NEAR GROUP THE ALON NEAR GROUP THE ALON NEAR GROUP	12 THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG	13 THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG THE ALON NEAR GROUP FEATURING RISING STAR VOCAL SENSATION TAMIR GRINBERG
14 THE ALON NEAR GROUP THE ALON NEAR GROUP THE ALON NEAR GROUP	15 CLOSED THIS EVENING	16 THE WALTER EARL GROUP THE WALTER EARL GROUP THE WALTER EARL GROUP	17 THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER”	18 THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER”	19 THE ANACHRONISTICS THE ANACHRONISTICS THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” View All 4 Events »	20 THE INCOMPARABLE VOCALS OF AZURE MCCALL & HER LITTLE BIG BAND! THE INCOMPARABLE VOCALS OF AZURE MCCALL & HER LITTLE BIG BAND! THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” View All 4 Events »
21 THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER” THE DAN MONTGOMERY QUINTET: “STORYTELLER”	22 CLOSED THIS EVENING	23 THE TONY PEEBLES TRIO: “A TRIBUTE TO THE SONNY ROLLINS TRIO!” THE TONY PEEBLES TRIO: “A TRIBUTE TO THE SONNY ROLLINS TRIO!” THE TONY PEEBLES TRIO: “A TRIBUTE TO THE SONNY ROLLINS TRIO!”	24	25	26	27
28	29 CLOSED THIS EVENING	30	31