"San Jose drummer Sylvia Cuenca spent more than two decades in the New York jazz scene performing with a pulse-quickening array of luminaries, including tenor saxophone titan Joe Henderson and trumpet maestro Clark Terry. The pandemic brought her back to the South Bay, where she keeps busy gigging as a sidewoman and leading her own combos."
"Anyone alive in 1975—even babies—could not have missed Stevie Nicks singing, "But time makes you bolder / Even children get older / And I'm gettin' older, too" in "Landslide," from Fleetwood Mac's classic, self-titled album. Choir! Choir! Choir! will be in town teaching all audience members how to sing like Stevie, sort of, before launching the landslide."
"Cuenca powers a first-call rhythm section tandem with her husband, bass-great Essiet Essiet, who played in the last edition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Ace pianist Matt Clark rounds out the rhythm section."
Three distinct musical events occur on Thursday, March 12 in the Bay Area. Sylvia Cuenca's Quintet performs jazz at The Sound Room in Oakland, featuring the acclaimed drummer alongside her husband bassist Essiet Essiet and pianist Matt Clark. The group draws from Cuenca's extensive experience performing with jazz legends like Joe Henderson and Clark Terry. At UC Theatre in Berkeley, Choir! Choir! Choir! hosts a Fleetwood Mac singalong centered on "Landslide," teaching audience members to sing Stevie Nicks' iconic vocals before performing together. Edna Vazquez, a singer-songwriter and guitarist with experience collaborating with Pink Martini, performs folk music at The Freight.
Read at East Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
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