Saxophonist Gerald Albright Brings Four Shows to Yoshi's Before Thanksgiving
Two sets each night at the Jack London Square jazz club.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Lake Merritt's bird sanctuary island and Oakland hills at sunset. Photo: D Coetzee / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Gerald Albright, the Grammy-nominated saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, plays four sets at Yoshi's in Oakland the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Showtimes
Fri., Nov. 20: 7:30 p.m. ($38–$89) and 9:30 p.m. ($38)
Sat., Nov. 21: 7:30 p.m. ($40–$89) and 9:30 p.m. ($40)
Doors open 30 minutes before the early shows and 15 minutes before the late shows
About Albright
The Los Angeles-raised musician played sax and bass with Patrice Rushen, Anita Baker, The Temptations, Whitney Houston and many others before launching his solo career in 1987 with Just Between Us, according to Yoshi's. He also fronted a big band on tour with Phil Collins. He's been a core artist in smooth jazz ever since, with Grammy-nominated albums including Pushing the Envelope and Slam Dunk.
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