Charged Particles

Fri, Oct 25

Tickets $18.49-$33.49 The Bay Area’s favorite trio playing funky Latin jazz, Charged Particles is now in its 32nd year of making music. The band has toured in Indonesia, Canada, England, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Switzerland, in addition to playing about 170 concerts each year all over California these days. Downbeat Magazine called the band “something special” and “inventive, invigorating, mesmerizing, beautiful, virtuosic, and lyrical.” Jazz Times magazine said they’re “an enormously talented trio”. Come to listen to these masters at work. While studying at the College of San Mateo, tenor saxophonist Tod Dickow began performing in the Bay Area with small groups and big bands, and he is a powerful voice on the Bay Area scene today. Hs is “one of the best saxophonists in the world” according to Jazz Life Magazine, and his playing has been recognized by outstanding soloist awards at the Pacific Coast Jazz Festival and the Outstanding Soloist award from Down Beat Magazine. He has appeared with numerous celebrated artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie & Roy, Harry Connick Jr, Steve Allen, Terry Gibbs, Frank Sinatra Jr., Dave Brubeck, and many more. An East Bay native, Greg Sankovich began his keyboard journey with classical piano training and was inspired by jazz pianists include Herbie Hancock, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Keith Jarrett, and Bill Evans. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Greg moved to Tokyo to work with his jazz fusion group, Taikun, where he lived for 10 years, performing and recording with a long list of top Japanese artists and music production companies. He is currently a keyboardist, producer, and music educator in the Bay Area and leader of his band, Times 4. Doug Pohorski is a Bay Area bassist, recording engineer, producer, and composer. He has been performing on the upright and electric bass for more than 35 years with a host of instrumentalists and vocalists, including at jazz festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Doug has shared the stage with many talented musicians such as Bobby McFerrin, John Stowell, Bruce Forman, Mark Levine, Michele Hendricks, Gary Meek, Calvin Keys, and Denise Perrier. Doug owns and operates his own recording studio: Acoustic Sound Shop Studios. Drummer Jon Krosnick has been in the Bay Area for 20 years, performing with Charged Particles as well as the 40-year-old nine-piece Latin jazz group, The Lunar Octet. Jon began his jazz drumming by studying with celebrated jazz superstar Peter Erskine. He worked with a range of bands playing jazz and other genres, including the Jon Krosnick Quintet, State of Mind, the New Jazz Sextet, Pangaea, the Kristen Strom Quartet, the Dewayne Oakley Trio, and many more. Recently, he performed with two trios, including (1) Chick Corea and John Patitucci, and (2) Bill O’Connell and Lincoln Goines.