Hayes Valley & Downtown

Bassists Stanley Clarke and Ron Carter in duet at SFJAZZ, after dinner at Zuni three blocks away

Cost: About $110 to $330 for two in show seats; dinner at Zuni is extra

her kind of night ✓ Hayes Valley & Downtown

5:15 PM Dinner at Zuni Café, 1658 Market St, between Franklin and Gough — Saturday Nov 14. Dinner from 5 PM; book on OpenTable. Leave by 7:10: SFJAZZ is three blocks north up Franklin to Fell, about 7 minutes on foot.
7:30 PM Stanley Clarke & Ron Carter, Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St — Saturday Nov 14 at 7:30, the third of four nights of the two bassists in duet. Seats about $55 to $165 each; book on SFJAZZ's site.

Weather backup: Saturday gone? The duo plays Thu Nov 12 and Fri Nov 13 at 7:30, and Sun Nov 15 at 7.

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