"Dixieland Jazz"
Mal Sharpe - trombone
Jim Gammon - trumpet
Tony Marcus - guitar/ vocals
Ari Munkres - bass
Dwayne Ramsey - clarinet
Master trombonist Mal Sharpe has been a much-admired and pivotal member of the San Francisco jazz scene for more than 40 years. In addition to leading his Dixieland jazz band, The Big Money In Jazz Band in gigs all over the Bay Area, Mal hosts a regular Sunday night show “Back On Basin Street” on KCSM/Jazz 91. He does commercials and voice-overs, gives interviews, writes books and is involved with a number of North Beach community projects. Mal made his name as a member of the legendary and ground-breaking "man on the street" comedy team, Coyle & Sharpe, in the 1960s. We're sure he spent his fair share of time at the Purple Onion in those days!
Mal Sharpe can be heard every Sunday at 9 p.m. on KCSM FM's Back on Basin Street.
TONY MARCUS
Known for performing with Cats & Jammers and Leftover Dreams, Tony Marcus plays and sings the great songs of the American songbook with unbeatable swing.
Tony Marcus has long been a presence on the San Francisco Bay Area acoustic music scene. From a start playing traditional folk music (in his first band, both Laurie Lewis and Kate Brislin were his bandmates for a time) to the jazzier sounds of more recent years (Leftover Dreams, Cats & Jammers, etc.)
Tony has been a member of the Cheap Suit Serenaders since 1979, and toured Europe with them twice. He has performed theatre music on stage at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Jose Rep, Denver Center Theatre, Barter Theatre, Virginia Stage Co., Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and many others. Other performers with whom he has performed or recorded include Geoff Muldaur, Kate Wolf, The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, The Swing Session, Frank Wakefield, The Sons of the San Joaquin, Sylvia Herold, Marley's Ghost, Rose Maddox, Patsy Montana, Lost Weekend Western Swing Band and many others. His most recent CD (released April, 2005) is a duet with swing violinist Paul Anastasio, and is entitled "Anything Goes".
ARI MUNKRES
Bassist, Ari Munkres, is known as one of the swingingest bass players around. He is fortunate to have worked with such jazz greats as Louis Bellson, Bud Shank, Shorty Rodgers, and poet Allen Ginsberg.
Ari also plays Gypsy Jazz with the Hot Club of San Francisco and Gaucho.
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