Charles Hamilton and Friends at Floyd Pellom's 57th Street Gallery (Oakland, CA)

"I've never experienced jazz anything near like that. So much
brilliantly performed musical expression - prodigious prowess all around, making for pure pleasure. This gang wrote the book
on what they do, pushing and creating the extreme limits of what a jazz quintet can produce, so very, very well. Not much
doubt about Charles' himself being a major force of nature in
the jazz universe. " Tim Blaskovich

Performing with Charles will be:

Glen Pearson piano, music director of the Boys Choir of Harlem, performed with Dianne Reeves, Bobby Hutcherson and many others, toured the Middle East with Charles in 1989. ...

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"I've never experienced jazz anything near like that. So much
brilliantly performed musical expression - prodigious prowess all around, making for pure pleasure. This gang wrote the book
on what they do, pushing and creating the extreme limits of what a jazz quintet can produce, so very, very well. Not much
doubt about Charles' himself being a major force of nature in
the jazz universe. " Tim Blaskovich

Performing with Charles will be:

Glen Pearson piano, music director of the Boys Choir of Harlem, performed with Dianne Reeves, Bobby Hutcherson and many others, toured the Middle East with Charles in 1989.

Larry Vann, "Jazz institutes Man of the Year" The Blues Society West Coast "Blues Drummer of the Year", Bay Area Music Award winner. He's an old friend from Khalil Shaheed's Big Belly Blues Band. He will be [erforming on June @9th.

James Hob Small, drums, is a new arrival on the jazz scene, but not to Charles Hamilton. James spent his high School years as a drummer for the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble. He will be performing on June 30.

Leon Williams (tenor sax) World wide tour with Gill Scott Heron ("The Revolution Will Not Be Televised")has played with Charles since the 1970's

Carla Kaufman, wide range from the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Jules Broussard, John Handy, The Woemn's Philharmonic, The California Symphony, and various commercials recorded at Fantasy, faculty at STandford Jazz Workshop, Young Musician's Program, Cazadero, etc., is a new friend of Charles, performing with him this year.

Erich Hunt, pass player, has been performing with Charles this year.

Tickts $15, reservations advised

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