Clubs - San Francisco

There two sites have more and up to date information:
http://www.latetrain.com/clubs/
http://www.sfstation.com/clubs/

Some information on S.F. sent to me by Rod Myers (rmyers@scuacc.scu.edu) and others:

"In the spirit of that vibe, I'm offering up some information on clubs in San Francisco which regularly host acid/hip bop jazz, and also a listing of local new jazz heroes who regularly swing these mad halls."

UP & DOWN CLUB
1151 Folsom San Francisco (415.626.2388)
Open Monday-Saturday. DJs upstairs, live jazz down. Monday: UP, DJs Racer X, Yamu, Stef & special guests. No cover, two-for-one well drinks til midnight! DOWN, Alphabet Soup. Tuesday: UP, "Succotash" with DJs Tom Thump & Rasta Cue-Tip. No cover. DOWN, Junk.

Metro Jazz
111 Minna Street, between Mission & Howard Streets (in an art gallery!)
$7 cover. Resident DJs Ruben Mancias, Mauricio Avilas, Tom Thump and Franky + special guests every week. Saturdays only.

ELBO ROOM
647 Valencia San Francisco (415.552.7788)

CAFE DU NORD
2170 Market San Francisco (415.979.6545) cafedunord@aol.com

CLUB 181
181 Eddy San Francisco (415.673.8181)

There's a new installation on Thursdays called "Undercover". They cull some of the best SF Bay Area musicians from bands like Los Angelitos, Mo'fessionals, Alphabet Soup, etc. for some dope experimental jams. Guest DJ's spin some rare groove, funk, old R&B. Open mic for vocalists, rappers, poets, musicians to jam with the best.

ELEVEN
374 Eleventh St. San Francisco (415.431.3337)

330 Ritch
Information from Cole Creighton (creighton.cole@wfnia.com), one of the owners...

330 Ritch was created for the jazzy/soul/latin music that we love. We're located in SF's South-of-Market district off Townsend Street @ 3rd Street. The phone number is 415.541.9574. Our e-mail address is 'ritchst@netcom.com'. We're open Tues-Sat with live jazz and DJs each night.
...
Our current line-up looks like this:
Tuesday: Salsa dancing with DJ & free lessons from 8-9 pm
Wednesday: "Sureshot" acid jazz, soul & fund with DJs
Thursday: "Return to Zanzibar" massive jazz and deep house with DJs Toks and Dedan
Friday: "Smooth" acid jazz & soulful deep house with DJs David Harness and Miquel
Saturday: "Tu Pueblo" live latin jazz & salsa with DJ Louis Medina and free salsa lessons from 8-9 pm

San Francisco Bay Area Bands

Broun Fellinis, Charlie Hunter Trio, Mo'fessionals, Mingus Amungus, Josh Jones (with Human Flavor or his Latin Jazz Ensemble), Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Multi Kulti, Funkbone, Dogslyde, Anibade, Slide 5, Dave Ellis Trio, Jungle Biscuit, James T. Kirk, Alphabet Soup, Sweet Potato, Spearhead, Papa's Culture, RKZtet, Sol Be It, Daddy Goddus, Last to Serve, Junk, etc.

San Francisco Bay Area Musicians

Peter Apfelbaum, Charlie Hunter, Josh Jones, Will Bernard, Miles Perkins, Kenny Brooks, Graham Connah, Trevor Dunn, John Birdsong, Dave Ellis, Jay Lane, Troy Lampkins, John Schott, Scott Amendola, Brian Melvin, Dred Scott, Michael Franti, Don Cherry!, Clyde Sutliff, Rent Romus, Paul Hanson, Scott Roberts, Al Marshall, Kash Killion, James Zitro, etc.