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| Yoshi's Celebrates 10 Years Yoshi's World Class Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant has a lot to celebrate during the month of May. The month marks 10 years at it's Jack London Square location, as well as 35 years of presenting world-class Jazz and Japanese cuisine in the Bay Area. To commemorate the occasion, Yoshi's launched a new website and will release its first ever compilation of various performances entitled “Live At Yoshi's - Anniversary Compilation”. Yoshi's worked with Concord Records to acquire songs performed by Marian McPartland, Poncho Sanchez, Joe Pass and Joey DeFrancesco. The CD also includes two rare, never before released tracks by Madeleine Peyroux and Robben Ford both recorded by local KFOG radio for private concerts. The CD is available for sale exclusively at Yoshi's online giftshop (www.yoshis.com) and at the Box Office. Additionally, there will be merchandise and ticket giveaways to patrons at various shows throughout the month. Yoshi's began in 1973 as a small, North Berkeley sushi bar owned by a trio of struggling students with plenty of dreams. In 1997, Yoshi's was invited by the Port of Oakland to relocate to Jack London Square as part of a plan to revitalize the area. Together with Morimoto Architects, Yoshi's built an award-winning 330-seat jazz club with a state-of-the-art sound system and design. Occupying 17,000 square feet in the heart of Jack London Square, the club is in it's tenth year in that location which has become one of the East Bay's greatest destinations. The restaurant and lounge have a combined capacity of 220. In 1998 Peter Williams was hired as the club's artistic director. Under his leadership, the club has continued to present the finest in jazz music, as well as world music, blues, neo-soul, latin jazz and afro-cuban music. In fall of 2006, owner Kaz Kajimura decided that it was time to elevate the menu to the quality of the jazz by recruiting Executive Chef Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio, one of the Bay Area's top chefs to make the change. Chef Kamio brought a whole new generation of modern Japanese cuisine to Yoshi's, which instantly put it on the map as a destination to dine in addition to the best place to hear great live music. This Fall, Yoshi's will open it's second location in San Francisco at the Fillmore Heritage Center located at 1300 Fillmore Street at Eddy. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |