Legends of the Concord Jazz Festival: The Photography of Rudolph J. Omania

JazzWest is pleased to present an exclusive gallery of photos from the late jazz photographer Rudolph J. Omania (1940-2013). Among the jazz masters captured on the legendary Concord Jazz Festival stage (and in Omania's viewfinder): Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck (left), Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Milt Hinton, Charlie Byrd and Cal Tjader...

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This week's featured concerts:

· 5/13: Bohemian Knuckleboogie
  at Les Joulins Jazz Bistro in San
  Francisco

· 5/14: Terry Disley Experience
  with Charles McNeal at the
  Burritt Room in San Francisco

· 5/15: Strunz & Farrah at Yoshi's
  at Jack London Square in Oakland

· 5/16: Bela Fleck (solo) at Miner
  Auditorium in San Francisco
  (presented by SFJAZZ)

· 5/17: Nika Rejto's "Ode to
  Jazz" CD celebration Birthday
  Party at the 57th Street Gallery in
  Oakland

· 5/18: Roberta Donnay & the
  Prohibition Gang at the 
  Seahorse Restaurant and Musica
  Caffé in Sausalito

· 5/19: Claudia Villela at Chapel of
  the Chimes in Oakland

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Our most recent additions to the JazzWest Directory:

 ·  Lena Sunday (vocals)
 ·  Four and More Jazz Combo
 ·  Ellen Johnson (vocals)
 ·  Orquesta Salsadura
 ·  Rick Lilley (guitar)
 ·  Ian Scherer (guitar)
 ·  Triple Point

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