Ava Mendoza - Jake's Song - Porto Franco Files 01

Ava plays Jake's Tune on solo guitar with some pedals. Live at Amnesia, San Francisco. Shot on May 24, 2011.

This is the second time I ever saw Ava play. The first was with a band led by Aaron Novik (a PFR artist) at Viracocha 3 months ago. After that show Aaron, Michael Coleman and a few other musicians told me I should hear her play solo.

By pure chance this ended up being the first video in the series I'm beginning to do for Porto Franco Records, the label I run with my father Sergei. Whenever I have some free time, I try to shoot video at shows by musicians I like in SF. Although this is the beginning of the series, there are some others I made in the last few month that I like (Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Mitch Marcus Quintet, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Growden, etc.) You can find them in our YouTube channel.

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[Angryjazz]

@nuyorkguy1

There's a thriving improv/experimental scene here in Northern California. A whole bunch of people paid to see her and percussionist Nick Tamburro throw down at Old Ironsides in Sacramento last Thursday, and she dropped this tune in her set. They absolutely leveled the place, it was brutal...

[nuyorkguy1]

this cant be a paid gig...