SFBAAAM Concert Sunday, March 2

"Beware of the Vibes March: A Vibraphonist Summit" features Yancie Taylor, Herb Gibson and Roger Glen with string section on violins, cello and viola, Sandy Poindexter; rhythm section featuring Glen Pearson on piano, Marcus Shelby on bass and Babatunde Lea on drums. It all happens Sunday, March 2, 4-7 p.m., at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, 1616 Franklin St., Oakland. Tickets are $20 general and $15 for seniors and children under 18. Gourmet delights by Dial-a-Chef are included in the ticket price. Order tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are also available at the door.

Remember when Yoshi's came out with a CD to celebrate their anniversary and omitted Black artists from the CD? Well SFBAAAM, which stands for San Francisco Bay Area African American Musicians, was formed after a series of meetings over a number of months for jazz artists to have a vehicle to control the medium, share resources and develop community. These concerts occur periodically at the Oakland Public Conservatory, the site of those intense and extremely rewarding gatherings last year.

‘Rivets,' new musical based on Rosie the Riveter at Richmond's Kaiser Shipyards
The play "Rivets" with book and lyrics by Kathryn G. McCarty and a musical score by Mitchell Covington, directed by Clay David, is at the John and Jean Knox Center for Performing Arts at Contra Costa College Campus, 2600 Mission Bell Dr. in San Pablo, Feb. 28, 29 and March 1 at 8 p.m., Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the box office. Call (510) 235-7800, ext. 4274.

The first song of the show is on the website along with pictures of the cast: http://cccdrama.homestead.com. This is so exciting! For so long I thought Rosie the Riveter was a white woman. I was so proud to learn she was African-American.

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