Hello Music Lover!
Studies indicate that 10,000 hours of practice are required to
reach the level where one could be called a "world-class expert" in any area of
endeavor.
"In study after study of composers, basketball players, fiction
writers, ice skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, and
what have you, this number comes up again and again. Ten thousand hours is
equivalent to roughly 3 hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over
10 years. No one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was
accomplished in less time. It seems to take the brain this long to
assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery."
-- Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin from his new book,
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human
Obsession
How many of us can actually say that we have spent 10,000 hours
working toward achieving mastery of something for which we feel truly
passionate? You may be surprised to realize that many of the musicians who
so casually provide the musical backdrop of your life have shown just such
dedication.
In this complicated music business,
world-class musicianship and world-renown notoriety do not necessarily
go hand in hand. Members of the bands jamming at your local brew pub,
performing your wedding ceremony, or recording the television jingles you can't
stop humming may well be musical masters in your midst.
But you don't have to take my word for it. Come listen for yourself
with renewed appreciation to some upcoming live performances.
Before you go, Click this link to check
out a few concert reviews by music critics attending my shows, and then see if
you agree!
San Francisco is a "frantastic" city
for enjoying live jazz! Don't miss my sizzling contemporary jazz
quartet appearing for the first time at the very hip Shanghai 1930
restaurant and jazz club!
Saturday, August 5
saxophonist Sonya Jason's "Smooth"
with keyboardist John Seppala,
bassist Curtis Ohlson and
drummer Billy Johnson
Shanghai 1930
(415)
896-5600
133 Steuart Street
San Francisco, CA
8pm - midnight, no
cover
On the other side of the
city...
Friday, August 4
Soul jazz vocalist Pamela Rose
with saxophonist Sonya
Jason
Beach Chalet
(415) 386-8439
1000 Great Highway
at Ocean Beach
San Francisco, CA
8 pm - 11 pm, no cover
Come on down the coast a little way for this
very special concert performance in Pacifica. Catch Pamela Rose and
Blue 5 - an incredible, heart pounding, groove raising, soul-jazz group in a
rare concert setting!
Saturday, July 29
Soul jazz vocalist Pamela Rose &
Blue 5
with saxophonist Sonya Jason,
B-3 Organist Tony Stead,
guitarist Garth Weber and
drummer Rob Rhodes
Pacifica
Performances Concerts by the Sea
(650) 355-1882
1220A Linda Mar
Boulevard
Pacifica, CA
Showtime 7:30 pm, Tickets $20
info. at
pacificaperformances.org
And for my neighbors living on the coastside near
Half Moon Bay (and our friends who love to visit us here!), I'm sure you've
heard the news - the Devil's Slide portion of Highway 1 will reopen on
August 4th! Yippeee! Come celebrate like crazy with us at these
upcoming local gigs.
Thursday, July 27
saxophonist Sonya Jason's "Style"
with guitarist Bill Prichard and
acoustic bassist Rich
Girard
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
(650)
728-2739
390 Capistrano Road
Princeton By The Sea, CA
6 - 9 pm, no
cover
Tuesday, August 15
saxophonist Sonya Jason's "Groove"
with drummer Rob Rhodes and
B-3 Organist Wayne De La
Cruz
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
(650) 728-2739
390
Capistrano Road
Princeton By The Sea, CA
6 - 9 pm, no
cover
Thursday, August 24
saxophonist Sonya Jason's "Style"
with guitarist Lorn Leber and
acoustic bassist Perry
Thoorsell
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
(650)
728-2739
390 Capistrano Road
Princeton By The Sea, CA
6 - 9 pm, no
cover
Discover more about the
various BANDS that I lead (descriptions, mp3 demos and songlists) by
clicking this link:
View my
complete PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE anytime by clicking this
link:
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your friends who love SAX.
I THANK YOU for your
appreciation of good music and the artists who make it!
Sonya
Jason
(650) 563-9155
PO Box
370633
Montara, CA 94037
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