Keystone Korner
Keystone Korner was one of San Francisco's most memorable jazz clubs. It was on the same level quality wise as the previous famous Black Hawk and the Jazz Workshop. The owner, Todd Barkan created this exciting venue located in the North Beach of San Francisco on Vallejo Street. He brought some of the most creative bookings to Keystone, where I was fortunate to be chosen by Todd as a part of the house trio from' 78 –' 83 that included bassist James Leary and drummer and Eddie Marshall. This house trio accompanied some of the visiting greats whose photos are listed on this page. Two acclaimed San Francisco photographers, Tom Copi and Brian McMillen took some excellent photos that are listed on this page. The bottom two photos were done by Brian McMillen and all the rest were by Tom Copi.
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![Larry Vuckovich playing solo at Keystone Korner [photo by Tom Copi, San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/keystone03.jpg)
![Larry Vuckovich with Charles McPherson and Ted Curson [photo by Tom Copi, San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/keystone04.jpg)
![Keystone Korner All-Stars at a rehearsal: personell from left to right is Larry Vuckovich, Julian Priester, James Leary, Joe Henderson, Eddie Henderson and Eddie Moore. [photo by Tom Copi, San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/keystone01.jpg)
![Keystone Korner rehearsal with Charles McPherson, Larry Vuckovich and the owner, and Todd Barkan on the right [photo by Tom Copi, San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/keystone02.jpg)
![Keystone Korner rehearsal with Joe Henderson and Larry Vuckovich [photo by Tom Copi/San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/photo07.jpg)
![Ted Curson on trumpet with Larry Vuckovich, and Julian Priester (performing at Keystone Korner) [photo by Tom Copi, San Francisco]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/keystone05.jpg)
![Larry Vuckovich with Buddy Tate on tenor, Eddie Moore on drums, and Paul Breslin on bass [photo by Brian McMillen]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/photo05.jpg)
![Larry Vuckovich with Charles Bowen on tenor, Philly Joe Jones on drums, and Andy McKee on bass [photo by Brian McMillen]](images/photo_gallery/group_dates/photo04.jpg)
