Gi Gi, Soul, and Newsletter Woes
Gi Gi is in town from Canada doing her thing this Friday, which involves soulful jazz with Charisma:
and the Soul Crusaders are going on a double header, this time with some sax.
Catch the
newsletter for some more!
Bit of a sad week on the newsletter front, vampant miscreants that want to sell
you all kinds of junk that you don't need decided to misbehave with the mailing list
for their own nefarious ends; the net net is that the newsletter still went
out this week, but I'm processing subscription and unsubscription requests
manually; please email us at 
in the meantime, and sorry about the trouble.
Youngblood, Scherr, and some News
Quick study jazz pianist Allen Youngblood is back in town with his Quartet this Friday,
and Peter Scherr has written a special set to debut at Fresco. More in
the fresh off the press News Letter...
Show and a Newsletter
Been a bit busy with the new double door (/curtain!) and the noise attenuating
improvments at the bar, but the newsletter is out, and we're happy to welcome
back Spanish saxophonist Miguel Fernandez with keyboard heavyweight
Ted Lo on Friday, March 13th, and Eugene Pao with his smoking fast jazz guitar
on Saturday, March 14th.
Cheers!
New Calendar, Fresco Tech
Greetings!
Just a quick info note on some tech updates at Fresco. The February calendar
is online for V-Month* including the "Music for Lovers" night and Eugene Pao's
Friday the 13th concert. We also had some luck last night on open mic night
with the new video streaming setup, with a reasonable audio recording captured
on our Gentoo box. Feel free to write in to the info account on
our newsletter if you would like to take part in the
prerelease alpha and beta trials before the expected public beta at the end
of the month.
Please note that streaming video and audio during the test has some non-trivial
technical requirements** for satisfying playback capability.
* (congratulations to the HK contingent running the Vagina
Monologues and V-Month events!)
** A broadband connection with an XP class computer and software able to
decode a streaming WMV file (such as Windows Media Player(tm) or VLC) and
an aggregate network delay of less than 400ms to a server hosted in California.
Henry Chung's First Fresco Performance, Jan 9
Henry Chung takes the stage at Fresco to begin our 2009 season:
New Year's Celebrations at Fresco Dec 31 & Jan 1
We have a double header of holidays for the season! Karissa Muse takes New
Year's Eve while the revivalist organ trio the Soul Crusaders take New Year's
Day:
Happy holidays from Fresco.
Allen Youngblood at Fresco Begins Dec 19
Holiday Concert Series at Fresco Begins Dec 3
The International Jazz Fest Hits Hong Kong and Fresco!
Cray Thursday, Muse Friday, and Fuego Saturday
Steve Cray joins Red Star Rising for an experiment with rock induced folk
this Thursday, while Karissa leads her trio with her jazz guitar Friday.
The fire returns Saturday as indie-rock cult star Joves Fuego brings her blend
of folk from the streets of Greenwich Village to the far Eastern Soho:
Bebop Jazz with Shoichi-san Friday, Mark Peter's R&B Saturday
Shoichi Chinda takes the stage with his fast moving bebop sax licks
this Friday, September 13th at 9:30. Shoichi is joined by HK funk bass
legend Ah-Hong and pianist Arai Yuho. Solid Friday night fare!
Mark Peter is back Saturday with bassist Aba for a mix of R&B and soul.
Bone Table Friday, Mark Peter Saturday, and Brazilian Independence Sunday
Bone Table rocks on after playing their whirlwind typhoon gig - rock, country,
and HK twisted originals this Friday.
Canadian pianist Mark Peter returns Saturday with a mix of R&B and soul:
Brazilian Independence day celebration with master pianist João Marcos Mascarenhas
playing a selection of Brazilian music:
Joves Fuego Thursday, Karissa Muse Friday
Swinging jazz and high paced action sums up the fire of the Joves Fuego trio
(Joves, Chris, and Mike) this Thursday:
Friday follows with Straight up standards find their way onto Karissa's
guitar, with a little help from Didi Mudigdo on the keyboard and
Joel Haggard on drums.
Bone Table is Back
The soulful mix of dirty rock and country returns to the stage. Come listen
to a night of Hong Kong inspired original music from the edge of the SAR:
Reign Lee Reigns Supreme
Reign Lee is joined by some special guests for a night of electric dark
melodies this Saturday, August 23rd:
Two female singers rock out the Week
This Thursday we have singer Adrienne Glad opposite pianist John Lowe for a
night of soulful blues and pop favorites, followed by the Joses Liu trio
performing contemporary jazz this Friday:
Jason Ho and Red Taurus Return
Latin jazz continues at Fresco this Saturday as Ho and Taurus retake the
stage Saturday:
The Open Source Bar Supports Open Source!
The first few applications have come in! Congrats new OSS VIP Members!
For the hard working people donating their spare hours to
open source, we're putting together a special discount just for you.
Fresco's Open Source Gift
