FRIDAY, MARCH 30  8:00 PM

Big Band Dance:  50th Anniversary Season Kick-Off at the Freight
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison near Shattuck, downtown Berkeley

The full dance floor will be open!   The band with Denise Perrier is pulling out all the stops to update Junius’ historic society dances and tea dances with the band’s unique arrangements and some new tunes.  A special invitation to dancers to stomp our anniversary in!  Plenty of comfy seating.  Great snacks, too.  All ages welcome.

Tix:  $20.50 in advance, $22.50 at the door:  $2.00 discount for Seniors;  half-price tickets for those 25 and under.

www.thefreight.org
510-644-2020

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 8:00 AND 10:00 PM

YOSHI's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland

Special preparations underway. Watch this space for details.

Advance Tickets Recommended

510-238-9200

www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 8:00 AND 10:00 PM

YOSHI's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland

The Junius Courtney Big Band with Denise Perrier swings in the Holidays.

Advance Tickets Recommended

510-238-9200

www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/

 

Saturday Night, February 27th, 8:00 pm

calling all dancers!

The NEW Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse

2020 Addison Street between Milvia and Shattuck, downtown Berkeley

A CONCERT AND DANCE!

The dance floor will be open for business when the Junius Courtney Big Band with Denise Perrier hits the bandstand for their first appearance at the New Freight!  Plenty of comfy concert seating will be available, too. The band is in powerhouse mode, propelled by sold-out shows at Yoshi’s.

The Freight’s brand-new location has a great dance floor, ample seating and terrific acoustics, while retaining a hint of the funky allure from its beloved former location.  The snacks are top-notch and the staff is friendly.  This will be a swingin’ night to top off February and prolong those Valentine’s tendencies.

Tix:  $18.50 advance; $19.50 at the door; $1.00 senior discount.  All ages welcome.  Call: 510-644-2020.   www.freightandsalvage.org

Easy parking at the Allston Garage (Allston betweenMilvia abnd Shattuck),  the Center Street Garage, (Center between Milvia and Shattuck) and other locations, including the street.

Sunday Afternoon, February 28, 3:00 pm

Denise Perrier fronts the bill and the band at the up-scale and glamorous RRAZZ ROOM in The City.   There will be plenty of swinging surprises at this afternoon of Jazz High Tea.  Denise Perrier’s burnished contralto, thirty-year international singing career, and unstoppable charm infuse this hot jazz session with authentic soul.

Don’t miss this opportunity to check out Denise Perrier with the Junius Courtney Big Band:  the experience of an exciting full jazz sound in a comfortably intimate setting -- Jazz @ the Rrazz. 

For tickets  ($30) and information: 
(866) 468-3399; (415) 394-1189;
www.therrazzroom.com 

Info: www.juniuscourtneybigband.com  www.deniseperrier.com  

Validated parking at the adjacent Mason-O’Farrell Garage.

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Sunday Afternoon, April 18th, 3:00 pm

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Shattuck Hotel - the Crystal Ballroom
Afternoon Tea Dance

2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 845-7300

Revivial of the hippest!  The Junius Courtney Big Band returns to the Shattuck after about a 25 year hiatus!   Catch this band that  “swings with power and concision” (per critic Andy Gilbert) as it  sways the chandelier in the Crystal Ballroom. “The Past is a Thing of the Future” at the newly refurbished Hotel Shattuck Plaza.

TIX:  $12 general; only $9 for Seniors and Students

Saturday, June 5th, 1:00 pm

Ebony Boat Club Jazz and Wine Festival
San Joaquin Yacht Harbor
3305 Wilber Avenue
Antioch, CA 94509

(925) 757-4430
www.ebonyboatclub.com

Tuesday, June 8th, 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland

"It Might As Well Be Swing: Basie's In The House"

RESERVE YOUR TIX AND SEATS NOW!

The Junius Courtney Big Band, featuring Denise Perrier, pulls out the stops for “It Might As Well Be Swing: Basie’s In The House” on Tuesday night, June 8th.  Nat Courtney leads the 19-piece ensemble through two shows (8:00 and 10:00 pm) of  Basie’s tunes plus band originals and swingin’ arrangements,  all Basie-infused. Denise Perrier revisits the influences of Ella, Sinatra and Joe Williams.  The Junius Courtney Big Band sold out both of its dates at Yoshi’s last year, so reserve your tickets now.

Tix: $14.00. 
Reservations encouraged. All ages welcome. Excellent snacks and full dinners available.

Info: 510-238-9200. 
www.yoshis.com

Saturday,August 7th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

AfroSolo Festival
Yerba Buenna Gardens
3rd and Mission, San Francisco

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents "A Concert for Peace" kicking off the AfroSolo Theatre Company's 17th Festival: United in Peace

Just two short blocks from the New Montgomery BART station!

www.afrosolo.org/home.php
www.ybgf.org

Sunday, August 22st, 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Friends of the Golden Gate Library
Temescal Creek Park "pocket park" on 47th Street
between Adeline and San Pablo Ave, Emeryville/ Oakland line

Bring your lawn chairs!

Free Admission

Wednesday, August 25th, 6:00 pm

Richmond's "Music on the Main"
13th and MacDonald, Richmond
(Foodsco Lot; opening acts start at 5:00)

Free Admission

www.richmondmainstreet.org

Sunday, September 19th, 2:30 pm

Richmond's Jazz and Wine Festival
(check back for details)

Friday, October 1st, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

"USO" Dance - Home Front Festival
Craneway Pavilion
1500 Marina Way South, Richmond

Presented by the National Parks Service and the City of Richmond

homefrontfestival.com/uso.html

Saturday, December 11th, 7:00 - 11:00 pm

Senior Winter Ball
Richmond Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond

Tuesday, December 21st, 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland

The band returns for a Swingin' Solstice on the Longest Night of the Year. Ellington-Strayhorn-Nutcracker-Swingin' Holidays-New, Cool Yule.
SAVE THE DATE!

Tix: $14.00.
Reservations encouraged. All ages welcome. Refreshments available. 

Info: 510-238-9200.
www.yoshis.com

Monday, December 21, TWO SHOWS 8:00 and 10:00 pm

Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Jack London Square, Oakland

"Swing In (the) Holidays!"
Light up the longest night of the year with the Junius Courtney Big Band and Denise Perrier as we return to YOSHI's for a two-show Holiday Party.

Featuring selections from the Ellington-Strayhorn version of the Nutcracker and a jazz celebration of the season.

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS EARLY!

Our June YOSHI's show SOLD OUT, and we want to make sure you get in to this one!

Tickets: $14.00
Call: (510) 238-9200
www.yoshis.com

Saturday, December 5th, 7:00 - 11:00 pm

Senior Winter Ball
Richmond Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond

Tickets: $15
Information: (510) 307-8086

Friday, October 2nd, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

"USO" Dance - Home Front Festival
Craneway Pavilion
1500 Marina Way South, Richmond

Presented by the National Parks Service and the City of Richmond

Advance Tickets: $20/$15 seniors
At the door: $25/ $20 seniors
For more information call: (510) 234-3512
homefrontfestival.com/uso.html

Saturday, September 12th, 3:00 pm

City of Richmond Celebration
Richmond Auditorium

Sunday, August 23rd, 3:00 pm (FREE)

Friends of the Golden Gate Library
Temescal Creek Park, Oakland
"pocket park" on 47th Street between Adeline and San Pablo Avenue

Wednesday, July 22nd, 6:00 pm (FREE)

Richmond's Main Street "Music on the Main" Festival
Richmond BART Station Parking Lot
(opening acts start at 5:00)

www.richmondmainstreet.org

Monday, June 22nd, 8:00 pm

Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland

The Band's Debut at Yoshi's with "The Arrangers' Showcase"
We turn the spotlight on in-house jazz arrangers for one long set of sophisticated and unique portrayals of standards and originals. Topping the arrangers’ list is the late, great Jerry Cournoyer, noted for creating complex and swinging harmonic and rhythmic innovations. Arrangements from the late Junius Courtney, the band’s founder, Roberta Mandel, the band’s long-term pianist, Frank Fisher, trumpeter and blues-drenched godfather of the band, and others will be showcased. Vocalist par excellence Denise Perrier and the 18-musician-entourage promise to swing down the house.

Tix: $14.00.
Reservations encouraged. All ages welcome. Refreshments available. 

Info: 510-238-9200.
www.yoshis.com

Saturday, June 6th, 1:00 pm

Ebony Boat Club Jazz and Wine Festival
San Joaquin Yacht Harbor
3305 Wilber Avenue
Antioch, CA 94509

(925) 757-4430
www.ebonyboatclub.com

Saturday, May 16th 3:00 pm (FREE)

San Francisco Public Library
Main Library, Civic Center, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street at Grove, San Francisco

"THE BILLY STRAYHORN SESSION"

The 19-piece Junius Courtney Big Band, featuring Denise Perrier, performs their original dramatic staged reading and jazz concert, “The Billy Strayhorn Session,” at the San Francisco Public Library in a free performance on Saturday afternoon. Doors open at 2:30 pm. 

The concert celebrates the life and imagination of Billy Strayhorn who, usually credited as Duke Ellington’s arranger and collaborator, was a music master in his own right, a courageous black gay man, and an active civil rights supporter. Strayhorn’s life is portrayed in speaking roles by Denise Perrier as Lena Horne, bandleader Nat Courtney as Duke Ellington, and musical director George “Jazzbeaux” Spencer as Billy Strayhorn. The full band performs Strayhorn’s original compositions that illustrate his emotional and musical depth while swinging down the house.
San Francisco Public Library’s centers, the Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center and the African American Center are bringing the life and work of Billy Strayhorn into sharper focus through the lens of music and history. 

For more information, contact the San Francisco Public Library at (415) 557-4400.

Sunday, April 19th, 3:00 pm Performance, Reception at 5:00 pm

Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert featuring the Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church Choir and the Junius Courtney Big Band Contra Costa Community College Knox Center for the Performing Arts 2600 Mission Bell Drive, San Pablo, CA (corner of El Portal Drive and Castro Street)

Mail order tickets available until April 12th via check payable to Sojourner Truth Church Choir, and mailed to 2621 Shane Drive, Richmond, CA 94806. Purchased tickets can be mailed or made available at “will call.”Tickets also available from Sojourner Truth Church members and friends.

Tickets: $25.00 donation
INFO: 510-237-8254

Sunday, February 15th 8:00 pm

Freight and Salvage
1111 Addison near San Pablo, Berkeley

"LOVE LETTERS IN JAZZ"
The full band with Denise Perrier out front on vocals delivers valentine messages of exuberance and romance in a special concert, "Love Letters in Jazz." Come celebrate the swinging passion of love as the band sends out stompers like "I Cain't Stop Loving You," heart-rending ballads like "Tenderly," the latin side like "Un Historia De Amor" and the delirious "Come Fly With Me." Extend your Valentine's weekend with a night of red-hot jazz at the friendly venue of the Freight and Salvage, where refreshments are plentiful and all ages are welcome.

Tix: $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door
Telephone: (510) 548-1761
http://www.thefreight.org/

Friday, December 12th 7:00 pm

City of Richmond Senior Winter Ball
403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond
Info: (510) 620-6793
Tix: $15 per person

Sunday, November 16, 2008, 7:00pm

La Pena Cultural Center
CONCERT AND DANCE
Jump-start your holidays with a Sunday night dance!
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 849-2568

Tix: $12 in advance, $14 at the door,
Discounts for seniors disabled and children
www.lapena.org/calendar

Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:00pm

USO Dance
Ford Point Craneway
1414-1422 Harbour Way South
Richmond, CA

The City of Richmond, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park are teaming up again to bring you the Homefront Festival.

Runs from 7:00 - 11:00pm
Download pdf flyer of event
http://www.homefrontfestival.com/

Thursday, September 11, 2008, 6:30p.m.

City of Concord's 12th Annual Music and Market Series
Temescal Creek Park, Oakland
Todos Santos Plaza
Willow Pass Road and Grant Street, Concord

Runs from 6:30 - 8:00pm
Free Admission
www.communityconcerts.com/
www.concordfirst.org

Saturday, August 23, 2008, 8:00p.m.

Downtown Berkeley Music Festival
Berkeley Public Library, Reading Room
2090 Kittredge, Berkeley

Sunday, August 24, 2008, 3:00p.m.

Friends of the Golden Gate Library
Temescal Creek Park, Oakland

Saturday, August 16, 2008, 7:00p.m.

3rd Annual Old Grove Festival
Armstrong Woods State Reserve
Forrest Theatre, Guerneville

Gates open at 5:00; Opening act at 5:45
Junius Courtney Big Band at 7:00
Info: (707) 869-9403
Runs from 7:00 - 8:30
http://www.communityconcerts.com/

Friday, August 8, 2008, 12:00p.m.

Kaiser Rooftop Garden Series
300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, 21st and Harrison

Bring your lunch and park in the garage.
Runs from Noon - 1:00pm
Free Admission

Map and directions at:
www.communitywalk.com/location/kaiser_rooftop_garden/oakland/ca/parks/107736
www.myspace.com/kaiserrooftopgardensummerconcertseries

Saturday, June 7, 2008, 1:00p.m.

Ebony Yacht Club on the Delta

Sunday, March 30, 2008, 3:00p.m.

Anna's Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
telephone: (510) 841-JAZZ

Your swingin' alternative to afternoon tea. The Junius Courtney Big Band returns to the very happening venue at Anna's with new material and plenty of swing. Come early for prime seating.

Runs from 3:00 - 6:00
Tix: $15.00
Located on Allston between Shattuck and Oxford

www.AnnasJazzIsland.com

Validated parking:
You can park in the Allston Way garage, 2061 Allston Way (between Shattuck and Milvia, just a block west of Anna’s ) for only $3.00 with our validation.

Saturday, March 22, 2008, 7:00p.m.

Prospect Sierra School
Gala Benefit
960 Avis Drive
El Cerrito, CA
telephone: (510) 527-4811

Runs from 7:00 - 10:00

Thursday, March 13, 2008, 6:00p.m.

Ex'pression College for the Digital Arts
6601 Shellmound
Emeryville, CA
telephone: (510) 601-4997

Benefit for Emery school Music Fund. With special guest, multi-grammy winner, Narada Michael Walden!

Runs from 6:00 - 10:00

Saturday, February 9, 2008, 8:00p.m.

Freight & Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
telephone: (510) 548-1761

The 19-piece Junius Courtney Big Band, featuring Denise Perrier, returns to fill every square inch of the Freight and Salvage stage. Adding to their swinging execution of a roof-raising repertoire, the band presents a special set, "The Billy Strayhorn Session." Celebrate Africian-American history at it's swingingest with the notes of Strayhorn, Ellington, Basie, Thad Jones, and the Junius Courtney Big Band.

Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M.
Tix: $17.50 advance, $18.50 door

http://www.thefreight.org/

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3:00p.m.

Anna's Jazz Island
Your swingin' alternative to holiday shopping.
Runs from 3:00 - 6:00
Tix: $15.00

Located on Allston between Shattuck and Oxford
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

telephone: (510) 841-JAZZ
www.AnnasJazzIsland.com

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Saturday, December 8, 2007, 8:00p.m.

Richmond's 10th Annual Senior Winter Ball
Celebrate the holidays with friends as you enjoy the sounds of The Junius Courtney 18 Piece Orchestra. There will be contests, prizes, and light supper and a no host bar.
Runs from 7:00 - 11:00
Tix: $10.00

Ford Point Craneway
1414-1422 Harbour Way South
Richmond, CA

email: Deborah_Hernandez@ci.richmond.ca.us
telephone: (510) 215-1113 or (510) 307-8086
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CurrentEvents.asp?EID=1775

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