Celebrate 30 years of The Crooked Jades
A San Francisco original, The Crooked Jades, celebrate their 30 year anniversary with a very special home town show at the 4 Star Theater. Pioneers in bringing old-time music to contemporary audiences, The Crooked Jades continue to evolve their unique sound rooted in American traditional music, pushing boundaries and blurring genres. Their fiery and soulful live performances are full of unexpected sounds, blending the antique and the modern. From their San Francisco founding thirty years ago the band went on to release 10 albums including the recent and acclaimed Empathy Moves The Water; play world wide; collaborate with contemporary dance choreographers, Kate Weare and San Francisco dance company ODC founder and artistic director Brenda Way; and are featured on film soundtracks including Sean Penn’s Oscar-nominated Into The Wild and recently award-winning documentary Call Me Mule.
Also performing for this not-to-be-missed show are two sensational new band members. On fiddle is the phenomenal Amy Kassir hailing from Durham, North Carolina and soon to be releasing her solo fiddle tune album. On bass is the multi-talented Arco bass player JZ(Joshua Zucker) who gives cinematic sensibility to our sound. These two outstanding musicians round out The Crooked Jade core trio; co-founders Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) and Lisa Berman (vocals/slide guitar/banjo/harmonium) and long-time member Erik Pearson (vocals/banjos/ukulele/harmonium/slide guitar.) Video link featuring new band members Amy Kasser on fiddle and JZ on bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkVvEfM5bS8&t=11s
"The Crooked Jades are a force of nature. Provocative, seductive, alluring, and almost unbelievable, their repertoire sits deeply in old-time American tradition while bringing the music solidly into the global 21st century. This is sepia tones, bent angles, unexpected accents, unanticipated sounds…the antique and the modern.” Sing Out. Jeff Kazor, Lisa Berman, Erik Pearson, joined tonight by the amazing Amy Kassir on fiddle and JZ (Joshua Zucker) on bass. Here’s a link to some tunes. https://crookedjades.com/videos/
7pm door / 8pm show
4 Star Theater
2200 Clement Street, San Francisco CA
Tickets $20
415 418-6712