Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko Announces Upcoming Shows Thru March 13
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 28, 2010
Category: Nightlife
Music - Jazz / Big Band
Denise Perrier with the Junius Courtney Big Band
One Fabulous Vocalist + A Swingin' 18-Piece Jazz Band = Jazz @ The Rrazz
Feb 28, 3pm $30
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Denise Perrier brings swinging surprises and an elegant entourage of eighteen when she alights in The Rrazz Room for an afternoon for Jazz High Tea. Ms. Perrier's burnished contralto, thirty-year international singing career, and unstoppable charm infuse this hot jazz session with authentic soul. With four CDs to her credit, including her latest - The Second Time Around (Chez Perrier Records/2009) -- with Houston Person, where JazzTimes compared their rapport to Billie Holiday and Lester Young, and her featured billing on Grammy-nominated Jack McDuff's "Color Me Blue," Denise Perrier's artistry is solidly documented. Her live-performance presence, honed in myriad tours of Russia, Mexico and Asia, a robust West Coast schedule, and acting and cabaret turns, is exhilarating and sincere. Backed by the powerhouse jazz orchestra, the Junius Courtney Big Band (Denise has been with the band for ten years), Ms. Perrier escorts her listeners to the stratosphere.
Category: Nightlife
Music - Jazz / Great American Songbook
Vocalist Paula West & The George Mesterhazy Quartet
"Paula's Back!"
Feb 28, 7pm / Mar 3-6, 8pm; Mar 6, 8 and 10:15pm / $35-$65
Mar 9-13, 8pm
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Final two weeks of six-week engagement!
Paula West has been thrilling national and international audiences with her heartfelt renditions of well-known standards and unique interpretations of dynamic jazz songs. With a particular dusky soulfulness, West has captured the hearts of critics and audiences alike from coast to coast - from festivals to concert halls and cabaret clubs - with just the lilt of her voice. The Rrazz Room welcomes Paula home with her brand new show for 2010! Latest CD: Come What May (Hi Horse Records/2001).
Category: Nightlife
Music - World
Freddy Clarke's "WOBBLY WORLD," featuring guest artist Carlos Reyes
Mar 1, 8pm $25
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Flamenco guitarist/singer/songwriter Freddy Clarke's Wobbly World brings together a wide range of musicians and singers from all parts of the globe. This debut performance will feature guest artist Carlos Reyes from Paraguay on Paraguayan harp and violin; singer/songwriter Fely Tchaco from the Ivory Coast, West Africa, singing in French and Guro; master pipa player Jie Ma from China, singing in Mandarin; Bouchaib Abdelhadi from Morocco, singing in French and Arabic, playing dombek and drum machines; Erick Barberia from Cuba singing/rapping in Yoruba and Spanish and playing congas; Nhut Bui from Vietnam playing the dan bau (one stringed traditional instrument), and brothers Paul and Marc Van Wageningen from Holland on drums and bass respectively.
Music - Jazz / Latin Jazz
Vocalist SACHA BOUTROS
"Simply Sacha"
Mar 2, 8pm $30
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Multilingual Singer/Composer/Producer Sacha Boutros will turn you on in any language with her smooth sultry vocals. A fresh new voice in Jazz & Latin Jazz, her new album Simply Sacha (Diva Latina Productions/2008) features Chuchito Valdes, Geoffrey Keezer & Red Holloway with Liner Notes by Karrin Allyson. Simply Sacha is proving to be "Simply Marvelous," says Robb 'Jazzbro' Peterson of KTUH FM 90.3 in Honolulu. Half of the album is original and the compositions are a mix of Jazz, Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova and Pop. Boutros said, "I am trying to create a sort of Pop-Jazz so that everyone will enjoy my music, and hopefully get more into and appreciate the art of acoustic music itself and the beauty and power of something as simple as a song." The album climbed the charts to #7 in Japan, #1 on E-music, is featured on Japanese Airlines, made the GRAMMY ballot and is listed among the Top 10 Jazz and Latin Jazz albums of 2008 in Japan and the US.
Category: Nightlife
Comedy - LGBT
POPPY CHAMPLIN / SANDRA VALLS / ROXANA WARD
"The Queer Queens of Qomedy" are coming!
March 7, 3pm $35 and 7pm $30
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
This all lesbian comedy revue is taking the country by storm. From Alexandria, Virginia to Downtown Chicago and Santa Cruz, CA to San Francisco, this comedy show is getting mad applause. Poppy Champlin hosts and produces the show and can be seen on HBO's documentary "All Aboard - Rosie's Family Vacation." Poppy brings along some of the best and brightest stars in the lesbian comedy world to complete her queenly court. Whatever your sexual, religious or political persuasion, the Queer Queens of Qomedy are sure to bring you to your feet with laughter. All hail the Queens!!
Category: Nightlife
Music - Blues-Rock
The Rrazz Room Concert Series at Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz Proudly Presents: Blues Rock Titan JOE BONAMASSA
March 10, pm $33.50 - $44.50
Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831.423.8209 / www.riotheatre.com
Award-winning blues rock star, guitar hero and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa and his ace touring band will perform in concert at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The one-night-only show is in support of his upcoming album Black Rock, to be released on Bonamassa's J&R Adventures label on March 23, 2010. The tenth full-length solo release and eighth studio album of his career, the disc will mark Bonamassa's sixth collaboration with Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, Aerosmith) as producer.
Category: Nightlife
Cabaret - LGBT
Justin Bond in
Angels Of The Morning: The Ladies of AM Radio
March 12 and 13, 10pm $30
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Slip into your STRING BIKINI and turn on your TRANS/SISTER radio and say "hello" to SUNNY SKIES with Justin Bond and The Ladies of Top 40 AM. Picture yourself POOLSIDE in the early 1970s slathered in COPPER TONE. The sun is KILLING YOU SOFTLY as you sip a PINA COLADA and breathe in the AFTERNOON DELIGHT. Justin promises to LIGHTEN UP YOUR LIFE with a bevy of special guests! Werque!!
Additional helpful information: The Rrazz Room Bar is open daily at 2pm. Dress Code is upscale casual. Inappropriate attire is: ripped jeans, flip-flops, baseball caps and jerseys. No audio nor video recording without prior approval. Please silence cell phones and refrain from use during performances. With a Rrazz Room validation, parking at the Mason O'Farrell Garage is $10 (up to five hours) and $15 (up to ten hours). Enter the garage from Mason or O'Farrell Streets.
Category: Nightlife
Cabaret - LGBT
Justin Bond in
Angels Of The Morning: The Ladies of AM Radio
March 12 and 13, 10pm $30
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street (at Ellis)
San Francisco, CA 94102
866.468.3399 (TicketWeb) or www.therrazzroom.com
Slip into your STRING BIKINI and turn on your TRANS/SISTER radio and say "hello" to SUNNY SKIES with Justin Bond and The Ladies of Top 40 AM. Picture yourself POOLSIDE in the early 1970s slathered in COPPER TONE. The sun is KILLING YOU SOFTLY as you sip a PINA COLADA and breathe in the AFTERNOON DELIGHT. Justin promises to LIGHTEN UP YOUR LIFE with a bevy of special guests! Werque!!
The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko located at 222 Mason Street (between Ellis and O'Farrell)
San Francisco, California 94102
Tickets: www.therrazzroom.com / The Rrazz Room 415.394.1189 / TicketWeb 866.468.3399 or at The Rrazz Room Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 12 noon to 7pm.
*Unless Otherwise Noted*
Photo Credit: Christie Goodwin
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