Black Cat's Upcoming Shows

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30 In the second installment of his collaborative series, Jonah Levine brings together a unique combination of artists from across musical and geographic worlds for a one-night-only performance of newly created music. Each edition of the series invites an out-of-town artist to join Levine in the Bay Area for a short residency of writing, recording, and sonic exploration, culminating in a live debut at Black Cat. The result is a set of original music that exists only in the moment it’s performed. This installment features Tommaso Cappellato and Michael "Tiny" Lindsey. Cappellato, an LA-based drummer, producer, and DJ originally from Italy, is the founder of Domanda Music and a driving force behind projects such as Collettivo Immaginario and Explorare. His work blends jazz, electronic, and global influences, and has taken him to stages and festivals around the world. Lindsey, known as “Tiny,” is a New York–born bassist who has become a pillar of the Bay Area music community. A versatile musician with deep roots in jazz, R&B, funk, and gospel, he has performed and toured internationally with artists including John Legend, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Boyz II Men, Common, and Jay-Z, and has appeared on major television programs such as The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live. His playing reflects decades of experience across genres and a lifelong dedication to the craft. Levine, a Bay Area native, spent much of his early career in Los Angeles, performing with artists such as Leon Bridges, contributing to Grammy Award–winning records, and releasing multiple albums both as a bandleader and as a member of Katalyst. Through this series, he brings together distinct musical communities, creating space for spontaneous collaboration between artists who might not otherwise share the stage. Band Lineup: Jonah Levine, piano, trombone Tommaso Cappellato, drums Michael "Tiny" Lindsey, bass

Tickets: $15.50 - $25.50 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 Midweek just got a whole lot deeper. JaZzLine INSTITUTE presents The Soul Sessions: an electrifying live music series bringing the Bay Area’s finest to the stage at Black Cat every Wednesday night, March through May. Experience world-class musicianship up close in an intimate setting where jazz, soul, gospel, funk, and R&B collide. The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol is known as an icon in the Bay Area and beyond, highly regarded for her powerful voice, astonishing versatility, and gift of connecting with her audience. Equally at home in jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, funk, latin, and hip-hop, she has developed her own authentic sound and unique delivery, delighting audiences young and old across the globe. After beginning her career with gospel music, Faye Carol made her name singing with Oakland blues and funk legend Johnny Talbot & De Thangs in the 1960s. She soon formed her own trio and gained fame in San Francisco's jazz, blues, and cabaret clubs of the 1970s and 80s. Over a 60-year career in music, this living legend has developed her own unique acoustic sound and style in Black Music - drawing from funk, blues, gospel, and straight ahead swingin' - and cultivated an audience that remains as diverse as her uplifting music. She has maintained a high level of musicianship in her groups, mentoring some of the Bay Area's brightest young talent including Benny Green, Marcus Shelby, and her daughter Kito Kamili. Her vocal proteges include international superstars Kehlani and Ledisi. Miss Faye has shared the stage with Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Ray Charles, Gene Ammons, Pharaoh Sanders, Joan Baez, Billy Higgins, Albert King, Bobby Hutcherson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Buster Williams, Azar Lawrence, Steve Turre, Dennis Chambers, Bernard Purdie, Lenny White, Robert Randolph, Mistah F.A.B., Henry Butler, Gary Bartz, Cedar Walton, Ledisi, Billy Hart, Roy McCurdy, Mike Clark, Casey Benjamin, Philly Joe Jones, Lady Tramaine Hawkins, Houston Person, Vi Redd, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Dayna Stephens, Dorothy Donegan, Pete Escovedo, David Murray, Chester Thompson, Charles Brown, and Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, among others. Miss Faye is also a dedicated educator and community activist and founder of School of The Getdown. School of The Getdown has presented arts education and performance programs throughout the Bay Area for over 25 years, with the mission of celebrating Black arts and sharing these cultural traditions with diverse Bay Area communities, with particular attention towards youth and the Black community. School of The Getdown programs include an annual Youth Arts Camp, after school arts programs for youth, the annual Black Women’s Roots Festival, Black History Month programs in underserved schools, the annual Black Music Month Festival, masterclasses with visiting artists, and commissioned artistic works celebrating Black culture. Faye Carol has been honored with the proclamation of a city-wide “Faye Carol Day” in the City of Berkeley and City of Oakland & inducted into the Oakland Walk of Fame, the Meridian Mississippi Walk of Fame, and the Pittsburg Entertainment & Arts Hall of Fame, and has received countless awards including the Bay Area Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero Award, Jefferson Award for Public Service, four Cabaret Gold Awards, Top Star Awards Entertainer of the Year, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commission, and the Watler & Elise Haas Fund Creative Power Award. Seats are limited. The vibe is undeniable. Make your reservations now while supplies last. The $10 cash tickets are available at the door based on availability. The Soul Sessions at Black Cat Where groove meets spirit. Where legends and rising stars share one stage. Where Wednesday nights feel like church for music lovers. Supported by a Culture Forward grant from The Svane Family Foundation Band Lineup: Faye Carol - vocals Mike Olmos - trumpet Charles McNeal - alto sax Angelo Luster - tenor sax Joel Behrman - trombone Heshima Mark Williams - bass Dante Roberson - drums

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30 With vocals rooted in an upbringing of heavy jazz, blues and soul influences such as Taj Mahal, Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt and Amy Winehouse, Maralisa’s distinct sound and timbre flow seamlessly through genre, creating a world of her own with a focus on the heart and emotion of a song. Revive Music writes, "Maralisa has a confident, developed style that makes her immediately recognizable." Bay Area raised, Maralisa studied jazz voice at The New School in New York and remained there for nearly a decade, forming her longtime band Space Captain (Tru Thoughts Records) and recording/performing as a guest vocalist in a number of NY based projects. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2020 for a few years before traveling north to San Francisco, which she now calls home. Maralisa has performed alongside Khruangbin, BADBADNOTGOOD, Ghostface Killah, Nick Hakim, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Kendra Morris and more at notable venues including Rough Trade, Pier 17, the Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival, Teragram Ballroom, Bimbo’s 365 Club and Mr. Tipple’s. Her first solo EP Sugarbird released in 2015 plays with genre and vocal arrangement, featuring many close collaborators from New York. Releases with Space Captain have included double single Easier / Remedy, In Memory EP, All Flowers In Time LP, and double singles Secret Garden / Back of My Mind and Birthday Cards / Chester Springs. Her jazz group, Maralisa & The Starlight Martinis, featuring seasoned Bay Area musicians Jay Sanders on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass and James Gallagher on drums, play a mix of classic standards, bossa and throwback soul inspired by vocal greats including Nina Simone and Julie London. Maralisa is currently performing throughout the Bay Area and working on Space Captain’s sophomore album as well as her first solo LP - a melding of soul, psych-pop and 70s folk exploring family history and influence and personal growth through visceral storytelling. Band Lineup: Jay Sanders - piano Nico Martinez - bass James Gallagher - drums Jack Roben - guitar Danny Brown - sax

Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 Award-winning pianist and composer Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three years old. Critics have praised his “unassailable technique, advanced harmonic understanding, a deep sense of swing and, most impressively, a clarity and plethora of ideas executed to near-perfection.” – Downbeat Magazine Goldberg has performed at renowned jazz festivals worldwide, including the Newport Jazz Festival, SFJazz, PDX Jazz, Litchfield, Twin Cities, Caramoor, NCPA Mumbai Jazz Festival, Santander Jazz in Spain, and Ystad Jazz in Sweden. He has also graced the stages of prestigious jazz clubs, such as Dizzy’s Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Mezzrow, and Birdland Theater in New York, as well as The Side Door Jazz Club in Connecticut, and Marian’s Jazz Room in Switzerland, just to name a few. Goldberg released his third album, “Brandon Goldberg Trio: Live at Dizzy’s” in 2024. The album is described as a “prodigious work, wrapped in tradition and steered with refreshing contemporaneity. A testament to shared musical vision, this album showcases Goldberg’s musicianship” - Lydia Liebman PR. The “song selection and sequencing are exquisite...Impeccable sense of time, spotless communication with the accompaniment, unhurriedness, fidelity to melody and harmonic structure.” – Dark Blue Notes. Goldberg has released two other albums which also received critical acclaim – “In Good Time” (2021) and “LET’S PLAY!” (2019) - both were recognized as top albums of the year, earning four-star reviews from Downbeat Magazine. Goldberg often collaborates with David Foster, recently playing at the iconic Hollywood Bowl alongside Chris Botti and making memorable appearances with Katharine McPhee on Good Morning America and Live with Kelly and Mark accompanying as she performed songs from her new album with David Foster, Christmas Songs. Goldberg has also written original music for television and his compositions were featured in 1923 and Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Goldberg is a 2024 YoungArts Winner with Distinction, the youngest semifinalist in the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition and youngest recipient of the 2022 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. Band Lineup: Brandon Goldberg, piano David Wong, bass Aaron Kimmel, drums