Empyrea travels the spaceways at Bird & Beckett Bookstore & Records on Friday evening, October 11 at 8:30 p.m. PT.

Empyrea is:

Ian Dogole – global percussion
Richard Howell – saxophones, misc. aerophones & vocals
Kash Killion – intraplanetary strings

Bird & Beckett is located at 653 Chenery Street in San Francisco.

Seating is limited and livestream will be available on Bird & Beckett's YouTube channel.

A reprise of our July 1, 2021, mid-pandemic concert.

Tickets

Ian Dogole – Percussion

Deborah Winters – Vocals

Ken Cook – Piano, Keyboards

Sascha Jacobsen – Double Bass

142 Throckmorton Theatre

142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA

Tickets (In-person & Livestream) – https://www.throckmortontheatre.org/events/ian-dogole

The music of John Coltrane expresses a sound and quality that is intense and searching, infused with a relentless quest to uplift and touch the spirit. From his early collaborations with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, through his epic masterpiece “A Love Supreme,” and all the way to his final studio recording, “Expressions,” Trane’s journey was probing and titanic and forever altered the course of music, well beyond the parameters of what is called Jazz.   

Inspired by Trane’s legendary music and his angelic spirit, Ian Dogole and his world-class collaborators will present The Last Trane to Africa – an Afrocentric homage to John Coltrane. Utilizing an unusual array of African percussion instruments and other world percussion in concert with more traditional Jazz instruments such as piano, double bass and saxophones, attendees will enjoy a transcendent musical experience that intends to uplift the spirit and delight the senses.  

Included in the performance will be Coltrane tunes such as “Africa,” “Spiritual,” “Dahomey Dance,” “Tunji” and more. 

This performance will also be livestreamed.

Featuring:

Ian Dogole – global percussion

Gary Brown – double bass

David Frazier – global percussion

Richard Howell – saxophones & vocals

Frank Martin – piano

Oaktown Jazz Workshops Jack London Square Oakland, CA

I invite you and your friends to be present at our special tribute performance in honor of John Coltrane's birthday at Oaktown Jazz Workshops in Jack London Square in Oakland.

Titled "The Last Trane to Africa," we'll focus on the Afro-centric side of Trane's music. In addition, our special guest Avotcja has created a riveting, new poem for the occasion that she will premiere at the show. So, get ready for an adventurous and uplifting evening of truly healing music and words.

Musicians:

Richard Howell – saxophones, vocals

Frank Martin – piano

Gary Brown – double bass

David Frazier – global percussion

Ian Dogole – global percussion

Avotcja (special guest) – poetry, percussion

This concert is part of Jim Bennett's "In The Moment" series, presented in collaboration with Oaktown Jazz Workshops. This show is also supported by Jazz in the Neighborhood's Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund.

Tickets are available at the door with a suggested donation of $20.

Unity in Marin
600 Palm Drive
Novato, CA

Two adventurous musical spirits who delight in the here and now. Over the last decade, internationally acclaimed recording artist and multipercussionist Ian Dogole (www.iandogole.com) and master multi-instrumentalist and sound healer René Jenkins (www.vibetherapy.org) have developed a symbiotic chemistry that knows no bounds. Their musical forays are deeply rooted in the ancestral indigenous music cultures of the Americas, Africa and beyond and when combined with their irrepressible spirit of adventure, the result is a sonic feast for the senses and an uplifting, healing experience that is transformational.

Musicians:

· René Jenkins – Native American, Zapotec and Mayan drone flutes, didjeridu, trombone, condor quill antara (Andean pan flute), djembe and assorted bowls, bells and rattles

· Ian Dogole – udu, kalimba, hang, djembe, doumbek, talking drum and maracas llaneras

Registration – https://unityinmarin.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1774544
Tickets – Suggested Love Offering is $20, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Online sliding scale registration is available (down to $1).  

Be sure to join percussionist/recording artist Ian Dogole and his stellar cast of collaborators for the Quinta Essentia record release celebration at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA on Saturday evening, April 1 at 8:00 pm.

You can listen to the entire release here.

Click here to purchase in-person or livestream tickets. 

Quinta Essentia is airing on radio stations all over planet earth, including places such as Barcelona, Adelaide (Australia), Bogota, Buenos Aires, the U.K., Canada and throughout the U.S. New stations are adding the release every day.  

Ian and his esteemed collaborators will be performing many original compositions, as well as reimagined arrangements of pieces by Randy Weston, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Leon Thomas. The music will be cross-cultural and cross-genre, with Jazz of many colors blended seamlessly with instrumentation and indigenous musical elements from Africa, South America, the Middle East and Europe. 

Musicians include:

Richard Howell – saxophones, vocals

Sheldon Brown – saxophones, clarinets, flutes

Frank Martin – piano

Moses Sedler – cello

Ian Dogole – djembe, doumbek, udu, kalimba, cajon, hang, Sundrum, talking drum, maracas llaneras and misc. sounds

Please join us at the delightful Throckmorton Theatre, Marin’s premiere performance space. If you're out of the area, get a livestream ticket and watch from anywhere. If you're on the East Coast, have an espresso (or two) after dinner and stay up late with us.

Empyrea makes its SF Music Day debut at the lovely Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco. The show begins at 2:00 PM.

For this event, the musicians and instruments are as follows:

Ian Dogole – djembe, doumbek, kalimba, African talking drum, maracas llaneras

Richard Howell – tenor & soprano saxophones, vocals

Kash Killion – cello, bolon, masenqo

Empyrea debuts at the launch of a new concert series at the Throckmorton Theatre – "New Worlds of Jazz."

Tickets – https://www.throckmortontheatre.org/jazzseries22

Empyrea is a trio of internationally acclaimed musical explorers who revel in the limitless possibilities that reside in the great unknown. The group is percussionist Ian Dogole, saxophonist/vocalist Richard Howell and bassist/cellist/other Kash Killion.

Their musical explorations defy category – cross-cultural, cross-genre and able to leap into the cosmic spaceways at any moment – all with an intention to uplift and energize their audiences.

While Jazz plays an integral role in Empyrea’s creations, instruments and inspirations from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas percolate throughout the proceedings.

Stellar exploratory small ensembles such as Codona and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble have exposed us to the magic of creative improvised music that lives beyond all limits. Now, Empyrea is ready to take the torch and light a new path.

Musicians:

Richard Howell – saxophones, flutes and vocals

Kash Killion – double bass, cello, masenqo, sarangi and bolon

Ian Dogole – djembe, doumbek, udu, kalimba, hang, African talking drum, maracas llaneras and more

Since attendance at this performance is limited to only 40, we encourage you to purchase your tickets right away as we expect it to sell out quickly.

I'm thrilled to announce that I will be reunited with my longtime hermanos shamanicos Tito La Rosa and René Jenkins in concert on Saturday evening, September 3 at 7:00 pm in Petaluma.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at http://www.ayniprojects.com/

The capacity is 80 and we anticipate the event to sell out soon, so be sure to purchase your tickets right away.

Tito will also be conducting numerous events during his stay, which you can check out on the site.

Unity in Marin

600 Palm Drive Novato, CA

Suggested Love Offering is $20, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Online sliding scale registration is available (down to $1).

Register here.

René Jenkins – Native American, Zapotec and Mayan drone flutes, didjeridu, trombone, condor quill antara (Andean pan flute), dàn môi, djembe, and assorted bowls, bells and rattles

Ian Dogole – udu, kalimba, hang, doumbek, African talking drum, bells and shakers

Thursday Evening, July 1

7:00 PM PT/10:00 PM ET

Throckmorton Theatre

142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, CA

Main Stage & Virtual Stage Tickets now on sale at https://www.throckmortontheatre.org/iandogle

Musicians

· Ian Dogole – global percussion

· Frank Martin – piano

· Deborah Winters – vocals, guitar

· Sascha Jacobsen – double bass

On Thursday evening, July 1st, we’ll once again revel in the creation of uplifting and joyful music at the enchanting Throckmorton Theatre in downtown Mill Valley, CA.

After a seemingly interminable period of dormancy in live performance, we can look forward to embracing our interconnectedness through music and just being together.

Please join vocalist Deborah Winters, pianist Frank Martin, bassist Sascha Jacobsen and percussionist Ian Dogole for an evening of creative, improvised music that is sure to resonate and elate.

The music will be panoramic – from the Afro-centric music of Randy Weston to a fresh interpretation of a Sting favorite to a Tango-inspired original composition to Ian’s original piece for the hang (Swiss melodic percussion instrument) that pays homage to two John Coltrane classics … and beyond. The program will be reflective of a truly collaborative vision for this event – every musician is the leader.

If you plan to attend in person, we can't wait to see your faces and feel your collective energy in the house. If you're joining us online, we so appreciate your participation and support and we hope you have an uplifting and memorable experience wherever you may be on the planet.

NOTE: For those of you in the Eastern time zone, we moved our starting time up one hour so that you wouldn’t have to stay up all night to watch the show.

See you on July 1!

Purchase in-person and streaming tickets here.

Postponed … stay tuned for new date.

Musicians:

· Ian Dogole – udu, kalimbas, hang, doumbek, talking drum, bells and shakers

· René Jenkins – Native American, Zapotec and Mayan drone flutes, didjeridu, antara (Andean pan flute), djembe and assorted bowls, bells and rattles

Two adventurous musical spirits who delight in the here and now. For many years, Global Fusion Music recording artist and multipercussionist Ian Dogole (www.iandogole.com) and master multi-instrumentalist and sound healer René Jenkins (www.vibetherapy.org) have developed a symbiotic chemistry that knows no bounds.

On Saturday evening, April 4th, Ian and René will present a one-of-a-kind sound healing/concert experience that is designed to delight the senses, soothe the soul and uplift the spirit.

Their musical forays are deeply rooted in the ancestral indigenous music cultures of the Americas, Africa and beyond and when combined with their irrepressible spirit of adventure, the result is a sonic feast for the senses and an uplifting, healing experience that is transformational.

Featuring a stunning array of indigenous instruments from around the world, they transport audiences on a musical and sonic journey that resonates long after the last note has sounded.

Tickets: $40 – Purchase tickets online here.

View a video of René Jenkins and Ian Dogole ­in concert here.

We look forward to seeing you!

Postponed … stay tuned for new date.

Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble blends the driving rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz, the uplifting spirit of Eastern music and the soul of flamenco.

Composer, pianist and santurist Mariah Parker presents her stellar lineup of musicians including Paul McCandless, Grammy Award-winning woodwind virtuoso and co-founder of groups Oregon and Paul Winter Consort; Matthew Montfort, pioneering guitarist with Ancient Future; Ian Dogole, stellar global percussionist; and renowned bassist Michael Manring. The group will be performing new material for Mariah’s upcoming recording project.

Click here for ticketing information.

Be part of an evening that goes from silence to celebration! Schawkie Roth plays sax, flute and spoken word, Kem Stone plays the frame drum and percussion, Ian Dogole plays hand drums & melodic percussion and Christine Hodil performs on vocals and percussion. This unique combination of professional musicians share their gifts and talents with us. You will want to be there!

142 Throckmorton Theatre Mill Valley, CA

The band will be exploring new material and arrangements for an upcoming recording project, as well as some tunes from previous recordings. Ticket link coming soon.

Featuring Mariah Parker (piano), Paul McCandless (woodwinds), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Kash Killion (bass), Ian Dogole (percussion) and Brian Rice (Latin percussion)

Private House Concert in Sausalito

It’s Year 26 of the annual rite of musical passage known as Jazz By The Bay (Window). This concert takes place in an exquisite home with majestic views of the bay in Sausalito.

Once again, the concert will feature Ian Dogole on percussion, Paul McCandless and Sheldon Brown on woodwinds and Fred Randolph on double bass.

More details to follow.

Private Event in North Petaluma

Join us at the enchanted Munay Farms sanctuary in north Petaluma on Saturday evening October 19th as Andean musician, composer, recording artist and sound healer Tito La Rosa performs in concert with Music Beyond Borders recording artist, composer and percussionist Ian Dogole.

More information coming soon.

142 Throckmorton Theatre

142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, CA

A Benefit Concert in Support of Bread & Roses’ Programs for Disadvantaged Children.

Musicians:

• Ian Dogole – global drums, shakers & melodic percussion

• Frank Martin – piano

• Richard Howell – saxophones & vocals

• Fred Randolph – double bass

• Eric Golub – viola, violin

• Deborah Winters – vocals

• René Jenkins – indigenous flutes, didgeridu

For 45 years, Bread & Roses Presents (www.breadandroses.org) has uplifted people of all ages who are isolated in institutional settings. The organization achieves this mission through the daily presentation of free, live musical performances (over 600 per year throughout the Bay Area) that offer hope and healing and rekindle the human spirit. 

Bread & Roses is deeply committed to serving disadvantaged children from high-risk neighborhoods, many of whom are homeless or from immigrant families or single-parent households. In fact, one-third of Bread & Roses’ performances are delivered to at-risk children and youth. To better serve these children, Bread & Roses is bringing more programs to child-centered facilities and recruiting additional performers to serve them. Many of these facilities are Head Start sites, low-income child development centers and other community partners serving at-risk children.

The Benefit Concert

In order to fund its program expansion, Bread & Roses needs the community to step up with critical financial support.   

To this end, Ian Dogole (www.iandogole.com), recording artist, bandleader, percussionist and long-time Bread & Roses volunteer, has created a special concert to help in this effort. This event will feature Ian and a cast of world-class musicians who will create music rooted in the Jazz and World music traditions to open your hearts, uplift your souls and unite our community in support of a truly heroic organization – Bread & Roses Presents.

Attendees will be treated to a musical program that features the ancestral sound journeys of indigenous pan-American flutes, Vietnamese jaw harp and didgeridu of René Jenkins with African drums and melodic percussion of Ian Dogole … to the soaring, stellar voice of Deborah Winters … to the spell-binding voice and uplifting saxophones of Richard Howell … to an original composition by Ian Dogole on East-African kalimba that celebrates orca whales … to fresh interpretations of compositions by Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Randy Weston and Leon Thomas, featuring luminous Bay Area improvisers Frank Martin on piano, Fred Randolph on double bass and Eric Golub on viola. 

All of this in one show and for such a great cause!  

 We hope you will join us in supporting the spirited, caring mission of Bread & Roses at this special event.

Tickets are available at https://throckmortontheatre.org/…/ian-dogole-and-music-bey…/

San Francisco International Arts Festival

Gallery 308, Fort Mason

San Francisco, CA

This lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls recording features Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar, Jim Hurley on violin, Doug McKeehan on keyboards, Ian Dogole on percussion, Kash Killion on double bass and Mariah Parker on santur. In 2011, they reunited to perform concerts at venues from Yoshi's in San Francisco to the Frick Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In honor of the reunion, World Without Walls was re-released digitally by Capitol Records. Twenty-two years after its initial release in 1990, broadcasters worldwide voted the record as one of the top 5 world music releases of 2012.

Ticket Information

General Admission: $25
Reserved Table Seating: $30, $35 
At the Door: $28 - $38 

Purchase Tickets

• Matthew Montfort – scalloped fretboard guitar

• Doug McKeehan – keyboards

• Ian Dogole – percussion

Northwest Santa Rosa Library, 150 Coddingtown Center, Santa Rosa, CA 95401.

This is a free concert.

Info – (707) 546-2265 or visit www.sonomalibrary.org

In the arena of jazz with a modern spin, please join us for a wonderful evening and capture the experience of arrangements from a vast array of songs.  Featuring the artistry and talents of:

• Deborah Winters – vocals and guitar

• Ken Cook – piano

• Sascha Jacobsen – acoustic bass and cello

with special guest, 

• Ian Dogole – percussion

142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941

BUY TICKETS – Reserved: $33  General: $23

Box Office – (415) 383-9600

Two adventurous musical spirits who delight in the here and now. Over the last few years, percussionist Ian Dogole and master multi-instrumentalist and sound healer René Jenkins (www.vibetherapy.org) have developed a symbiotic chemistry that knows no bounds. Their musical forays are deeply rooted in the ancestral indigenous music cultures of the Americas, Africa and beyond and when combined with their irrepressible spirit of adventure, the result is a sonic feast for the senses and an uplifting, healing experience that is transformational. Be prepared for a thrilling, uplifting and joyous musical journey.

• Ian Dogole – udu, kalimbas, hang, djembe, talking drum, bells and shakers

• René Jenkins – Native American, Zapotec and Mayan drone flutes, didjeridu, trombone, condor quill antara (Andean pan flute), djembe and assorted bowls, bells and rattles

View a video of Ian Dogole & René Jenkins here.

For more information on René Jenkins, visit www.vibetherapy.org

Tickets: $25. Purchase tickets online here.  

A portion of the proceeds from this concert will go to support The Beneficiencia in Carhuaz, Peru for the purchase of wheelchairs, walkers and crutches for disabled people who cannot afford them.

* Exact concert location will be emailed upon completion of your online purchase.

Wine and other beverages will be available for purchase at a nominal price.

Karma – A Musical Tribute to Pharoah Sanders seeks to share the uplifting and vibrant music from saxophonist Pharoah Sanders’ Impulse! period (1966-1973) and Theresa Records period (early ‘80s) with a concert at the Berkeley Hillside Club. The performance will feature pieces from a number of Sanders’ epic recordings on Impulse!, including “The Creator Has a Master Plan” (Karma), “Thembi” and “Astral Traveling” (Thembi), “The Healing Song” (Live at the East) and on Theresa Records “Sun Song” (Shukuru) and “You’ve Got to Have Freedom” (Journey to the One).  
Musicians:

Ian Dogole – udu, djembe/floor tom, talking drum, kalimba, balafon, misc. percussion, vocals

Richard Howell – tenor saxophone, lead vocals

Frank Martin – piano

Sheldon Brown - woodwinds

Fred Randolph – double bass

Deszon Claiborne – drum set

Avotcja – poetry, misc. percussion

Click here for more information on this event. 

This concert is made possible by a grant from InterMusic SF.

Mariah Parker’s group “fuses Latin rhythms with influences from South America and India with a dash of straight-up American jazz – an intoxicating blend of East and West,” according to Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal. Parker, playing piano and santur, will be joined by Grammy-winning woodwind virtuoso Paul McCandless, pioneer of the scalloped fretboard guitar Matthew Montfort, stellar bass and cello player Kash Killion and innovative percussionist Ian Dogole.

The band will be joined by a very special surprise guest artist and will be exploring new musical terrain! They will perform original compositions from Mariah’s recent release “Indo Latin Jazz in Concert,” as well as enchanting new pieces for an upcoming recording project.

Mariah Parker’s group “fuses Latin rhythms with influences from South America and India with a dash of straight-up American jazz – an intoxicating blend of East and West,” according to Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal. Parker, playing piano and santur, will be joined by Grammy-winning woodwind virtuoso Paul McCandless, pioneer of the scalloped fretboard guitar Matthew Montfort, stellar bass and cello player Kash Killion and innovative percussionist Ian Dogole. They will perform original compositions from Mariah’s recent release “Indo Latin Jazz in Concert,” as well as enchanting new pieces for an upcoming recording project.

For pure musical adventure that crosses geographical borders and bridges the divide between “world” music and improvisational jazz, this assemblage is not to be missed. In addition to Ian Dogole on udu, cajon, djembe, talking drum, hang, kalimba, the trio features Sheldon Brown on tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute & other surprises, and Sascha Jacobsen on double bass. These three musical innovators will stir the musical cauldron with a fiery mix of original compositions, fresh interpretations of pieces by jazz and world music pioneers, and free improvisation that will unfold out of the ether right in front of your eyes and ears.

The San Francisco International Arts Festival presents multi-lingual vocalist Lua Hadar with her band Twist live in concert, to premiere a new music video, Our Common Humanity. Twist’s fourth album, set to release in 2019, will feature Hadar’s originals and “twists” of traditional folk tunes. Our Common Humanity, one of Lua’s new originals, is the soundtrack for the music video that will make its debut at the festival in May.

Her versatile band plays in many styles, twisting the grooves of source material, as Hadar’s voice soars and growls. Music Director/Piano: Jason Martineau; Bass: Sascha Jacobsen; Drums: Celso Alberti; Percussion: Ian Dogole; Reeds: Sheldon Brown; Guitar: Schuyler McFadden.

Info: http://luahadar.com, http://sfiaf.org

Tickets: http://sfiaf.org or call 415-399-9554. Discounted Early Bird tickets on sale March 1-31, from $15. April 1 tickets: $25-$35. Choose General Admission or Reserved Tables. All ages.

Please join me, pianist Frank Martin (http://frankmartinproductions.com/bio/) and bassist Sascha Jacobsen (http://www.saschajacobsen.com/) this coming Friday evening, February 9th at 7:00 pm at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre for a concert of cross-pollinating music that defies category.

We'll be performing compositions by Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, John McLaughlin, Thelonious Monk, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter and a few originals.

This performance will take place in the intimate and acoustically sonorous Tivoli Room in the front of the Throckmorton Theatre.

The event is free to the public; however, we encourage donations at the event, which help support the theatre’s commitment to creative, improvised music in Marin County.

This program is suitable for music enthusiasts of all ages.

Please join multipercussionist/bandleader/recording artist Ian Dogole and his stellar cast of collaborators for a concert of adventurous music that pushes the envelope – straddling the intersections of Jazz, world music and free improvisation.

Experience a stunning array of drums and melodic percussion instruments that bridge the ancient and the modern – from the traditional clay pot (udu) and talking drum of Nigeria – to the East African thumb piano (kalimba) – to the Afro-Peruvian box drum (cajon) – to the riveting futuristic Swiss melodic percussion invention inspired by the steel pans of Trinidad (hang).

Mix in a dizzying assortment of woodwinds (including 3 bass clarinets playing together) and grand piano and double bass, and you can start to create a picture of the visual and aural palette that will grace the Throckmorton stage.

The compositional talents of the band will also be very much on display, along with fresh interpretations of pieces by Jazz luminaries such as Alice Coltrane, Michael Brecker and Dave Holland. 

This event will take place at the delightful 142 Throckmorton Theatre in downtown Mill Valley – an incredible venue for experiencing creative improvised music. 

Tickets can be purchased online for $22 (in advance) or $25 (day of show). Tickets are $25 at the door. To purchase tickets online, please visit https://tickets.throckmortontheatre.org/Online/ or call the Throckmorton Theatre box office at 415-383-9600.                                         

For more information about the event, please visit https://throckmortontheatre.org/event/ian-dogoles-music-beyond-borders-concert/

We look forward to seeing you!

Musicians:

· Ian Dogole – African, South American and European drums & melodic percussion, cymbals and shakers

· Paul McCandless – woodwinds

· Sheldon Brown – woodwinds

· Dave Tidball – woodwinds

· Frank Martin – piano

· Fred Randolph – double bass