Code Name: Jonah

Code Name: Jonah Message

Wed, 12 May 2010 21:14:00 GMT

Hello everyone, we have 3 Big Announcements:

1) Album is on iTunes!
First of all, thank you to everyone who has supported us over the last couple years. We have finally released our first album "Little Spirit Thing" on iTunes! It was a labor of love - we recorded 10 songs in one weekend, then spent many weeks mixing it ourselves.

Please check it out and let us know what you think!

2) Personnel & Name Change!
After many months of great playing and writing together our keyboard player, Boris Burtin, has decided to leave the band to pursue other musical endeavors. We wish him all best. However, we are pleased to announce the addition of Andy Markham on guitars, and are looking forward to playing our existing repertoire as well as writing new material together. And, to properly represent this new energy with the addition of Andy and his amazing guitar playing, we have decided to change our name to: Polyglot Quartet. Over time, we'll transition the mailing list and web site to our new name, so keep an eye out for communication from Polyglot Quartet!

3) Gig this Saturday!
Our friends at Arte Motu have asked us to perform at the Capradero: A Lot of Goats art installation this Saturday afternoon. If you are in the area, please stop by to enjoy the art and the music!

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Stage Rd. in Downtown Pescadero, CA
http://www.artemotu.com
2 - 4pm, all ages, family fun, no cover

See you there!

Polyglot Quartet

a.k.a.

Alan, Andy, Chinh and Shawn

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Kind of Jonah: Part Deux this Friday night!

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:51:00 GMT

We're doing it again. Mike Scheinholtz is sitting in with us on guitar for another evening of funk and jazz-derivative goodness:

Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Kind of Jonah: The Funky side of CNJ
Dana Street Roasting Company
744 W. Dana Street, Mountain View
http://www.danastreetroasting.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

See you there!

Kind of Jonah
a.k.a.
Alan, Boris, MIKE, and Shawn

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Kind of Jonah at Dana Street on Friday night!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:02:00 GMT

Some of our loyal fans have mentioned that they'd like to know more about what goes on behind the closed doors of the CNJ rehearsals. As we wait to hear back from VH1 about the documentary, we thought we'd share an emotional experience that the band went through recently. We call it Code Name Jonah's Five Stages of Grief.

It all started when Chinh said that he won't be able to play this Friday's show at the Dana Street Roasting Company. What followed was pretty much textbook K�bler-Ross:

1) Denial: "No, it can't be. Chinh's never missed a gig before. He must have gotten the date wrong."
2) Anger: "He'd rather ski than play the gig? That bastard. Time to look for a new sax player."
3) Bargaining: "Chinh, what if we give you all the gig money?"
4) Depression: "Why bother playing? We're worthless without Chinh."
5) Acceptance: "It's ok, we can get through this with Mike on guitar."

As you can see, everything turned out well in the end. Our good friend Mike Scheinholtz will be sitting in on guitar for an evening of funk, acid jazz, standards, as well as a few Code Name: Jonah classics. Here's the scoop:

Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
Kind of Jonah: The Funky side of CNJ
Dana Street Roasting Company
744 W. Dana Street, Mountain View
http://www.danastreetroasting.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

See you there!

Kind of Jonah
a.k.a.
Alan, Boris, MIKE, and Shawn

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CNJ at the CommuniTea Room this Friday night!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:52:00 GMT

Code Name: Jonah This Friday we're thrilled to be back in Santa Cruz for a performance at a new venue: the CommuniTea Room. This is a hip, undergroundish venue, decked out with tapestries and Indian antiques, and run by friendly tea connoiseurs who support the local art and music scene. We're grateful to have been chosen for their music series. This will be our last show for 2009, so don't miss it!

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
CommuniTea Room
7 Squid Row, Santa Cruz
(behind Goodwill at the corner of Center St. & Union St.)
8pm, all ages
$10 cover includes all the tea you can drink

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

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Code Name: Jonah back at Jupiter on Friday

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the band at the Jupiter and House of Shields shows last week! We really enjoyed playing both shows, and were happy to receive such an enthusiastic response. After the long-winded gig announcement last week, we'll keep this one short and sweet:

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
http://www.jupiterbeer.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

After this show we're going to take a break from gigs for a while to focus on the album, so get your CNJ fix while you can!

See you there,

Code Name: Jonah
a.k.a.
Alan, Boris, Chinh, and Shawn

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CNJ Plays Berkeley, Buys Drinks in SF

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Code Name: Jonah No shortage of news to announce this week. First of all, thanks to everyone who helped us pack the house at the Dana Street show last weekend! It was nice to try out some of our new material and hear some great feedback from the audience. We have two more shows lined up this weekend. Friday, we're back at Jupiter in Berkeley. Come down for a winning combination of pizza, beer, and electronic jazz grooves courtesy of Code Name: Jonah:

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
http://www.jupiterbeer.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

On Saturday, we're lucky to be invited by our friends in Backlit to play at the House of Shields in San Francisco. This will be a new venue for us and we want to bring out as many people as we can, so we're doing another one of our legendary Drink with the Band promotions. Sometime between 10:00 and 10:30, we'll be buying a round of drinks for everyone on our mailing list that comes to the show! That's right folks, we ain't too proud to bribe our audience. Five bucks, 3 bands, free booze, you can't lose.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
House of Shields
39 New Montgomery St., San Francisco
9pm: Aija - http://www.myspace.com/aijadanceswithlyrics
10pm: Backlit - http://www.myspace.com/backlitsf
11pm: Code Name: Jonah
http://www.houseofshields.com
21+, $5 cover

And if that's not enough, we'll be back at Jupiter next Friday, Oct. 23.

But wait, there's more. We're getting close to finishing our first full-length album, recorded at The Annex in Menlo Park this summer. The album doesn't drop for another few months, but you can preview some prerelease mixes on our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Code-Name-Jonah/46706052732

Check out the tracks, become our fan on Facebook, and we'll keep you posted on the album release.

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

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CNJ at Dana Street this Saturday night!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:20:00 GMT

Code Name: Jonah Join Code Name: Jonah this Saturday night for another action-packed show and a special guest arriving all the way from Dublin, Ireland. Greg O'Brien, a.k.a. At last an atlas (http://www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas), will be kicking things off with his unique blend of folk, pop, and electronic music at 8:00 pm, followed by CNJ at 9:00. We were lucky enough to catch Greg at the beginning of his US tour. This is an opportunity you won't want to miss!

Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
Dana Street Roasting Company
744 W. Dana Street, Mountain View
http://www.danastreetroasting.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

Later this month, we continue our gig-filled Rocktober with shows in San Francisco and Berkeley. If you have friends in those areas, help us spread the word so we bring out as many people as we can!

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
http://www.jupiterbeer.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
appearing with Backlit at
House of Shields
39 New Montgomery St., San Francisco
http://www.myspace.com/backlitsf
http://www.houseofshields.com
9pm, 21+, $5 cover

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
http://www.jupiterbeer.com
8pm, all ages, no cover

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Schedule update for the CNJ Santa Cruz show

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:27:00 GMT

Quick update on the Santa Cruz Saturday Market show on Saturday.
There was a last-minute schedule change, so we'll be playing
from 12:30-2:15, followed by Nate's Action Playset at 3pm.
See you in Mountain View tonight and Santa Cruz tomorrow!

CNJ

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Code Name: Jonah has been keeping a low profile lately, and rumors are
already flying about the demise of the group. Never fear, loyal fans.
The loudest jazz band in the Bay Area still rocks as hard as ever.
Last month we went into the studio at the Annex in Menlo Park. The
recording session went better than we could have imagined, and Shawn is
busy mixing down the tracks. If all goes well, our first full-length
album should be ready this fall.

In the meantime, we have two live shows this weekend, on two sides of
the hill:

Friday, July 31, 2009
Dana Street Roasting Company
744 W. Dana Street, Mountain View
www.danastreetroasting.com
Special guest bossa nova band at 8pm, we play at 9pm
All ages, no cover

Saturday, August 1, 2009
Santa Cruz Saturday Market
San Lorenzo Park
137 Dakota Street, Santa Cruz
http://thesantacruzsaturdaymarket.org
Appearing with Nate's Action Playset
*12:30pm*, all ages, no cover

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah
a.k.a.
Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com
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Dana Street poster:
http://www.codenamejonah.com/gigs/20090731_dana_street.html

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CNJ in Mountain View and Santa Cruz this weekend

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Code Name: Jonah Code Name: Jonah has been keeping a low profile lately, and rumors are already flying about the demise of the group. Never fear, loyal fans. The loudest jazz band in the Bay Area still rocks as hard as ever. Last month we went into the studio at the Annex in Menlo Park. The recording session went better than we could have imagined, and Shawn is busy mixing down the tracks. If all goes well, our first full-length album should be ready this fall.

In the meantime, we have two live shows this weekend, on two sides of the hill:

Friday, July 31, 2009
Dana Street Roasting Company
744 W. Dana Street, Mountain View
www.danastreetroasting.com
Special guest bossa nova band at 8pm, we play at 9pm
All ages, no cover

Saturday, August 1, 2009
Santa Cruz Saturday Market
San Lorenzo Park
137 Dakota Street, Santa Cruz
http://thesantacruzsaturdaymarket.org
Appearing with Nate's Action Playset
2pm, all ages, no cover

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

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Code Name: Jonah at Left Coast Live this Friday!

Thu, 14 May 2009 04:14:00 GMT

Code Name: Jonah One last reminder about our show at the Left Coast Live festival this Friday night. Hope you can make it! It's gonna be a blast.

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

On May 15, we'll be performing in the Left Coast Live music festival in downtown San Jose. This is going to be a huge event, with 40 venues and 100 bands participating. We're proud to have been chosen to play, and hope that you can join us! Here are the details:

Friday, May 15, 2009
Left Coast Live music festival
Blake's Steakhouse and Bar
17 N. San Pedro St., San Jose
9:30-11pm, all ages

To order tickets, go to http://www.leftcoastlive.com and click on the "tickets" link. Be sure to use discount code "lcljonah" when ordering, to support the band and save a few bucks.

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Code Name: Jonah at Left Coast Live!

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:31:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Dana Street show on Saturday night! We all had a blast playing and were happy to see so many people supporting the band and enjoying the music.

On May 15, we'll be performing in the Left Coast Live music festival in downtown San Jose. This is going to be a huge event, with 40 venues and 100 bands participating. We're proud to have been chosen to play, and hope that you can join us! Here are the details:

Friday, May 15, 2009
Left Coast Live music festival
Blake's Steakhouse and Bar
17 N. San Pedro St., San Jose
9:30-11pm, all ages

To order tickets, go to http://www.leftcoastlive.com and click on the "tickets" link. Be sure to use discount code "lcljonah" when ordering, to support the band and save a few bucks.

See you there!

Code Name: Jonah

a.k.a.

Alan, Boris, Chinh, and Shawn
http://www.codenamejonah.com

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