Trieste Records came into existence in 1981 with the introduction of our first LP Saturday Live at Caffe Trieste.


Quicktime video (3.4meg)
Papa Gianni singing "Granada."
with Fabio on accordion

Keep memories of your visit to the Trieste alive for years to come--or you can share your experience with your friends and family.

Videos:
(manufactured by
Highland Laboratories)

Nostalgia dei Sensi:
A DOCUMENTARY
is a 28 minute program documenting the roots and the essence of the Caffe. Family members, Trieste musicians, and long-time customers help paint the picture of the institution that has developed over the last four-plus decades. Includes footage of the Saturday Concert, Espresso brewing, and coffee roasting. $10.95

IN CONCERT:
The Caffe Trieste Performers at Forest Meadows.
The Caffe Trieste Saturday Concert has been recorded, video-taped, and filmed hundreds of times. However, this is a rare look at the Trieste musical family on the road, in concert. Included are Papa Gianni, sons Gianfranco and Fabio and the Caffe Trieste Band. Running time: 63 minutes. $10.95

WEST COAST LIVE:
VIDEO $10.95
An uncut, behind the scenes look at this live radio show as broadcast from the Caffe Trieste in San Francisco. Hosted by Sedge Thompson, the two-hour program includes the entire Giotta Family: the Caffe Trieste Band, the Mattinata di Matteo band, and interviews with family members, customers, celebrated poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, world famous photographer Jimo Perini, writers Herb Gold and Kristen Jensen, and others

All of these reasonably priced items are available at our retail location next door to the Caffe.

Trieste Records Videos
Video tape: $10.95
Nostalgia dei Sensi
A Documentary


Video tape: $10.95
Caffe Trieste Performances at Forest Meadows


Video Tape $10.95
West Coast Live

Special Offer - or buy all three videos for $29.95
The Latest...
Award winning Caffe Trieste-San Jose sports a great musical calendar that includes regular appearances by Opera San Jose, other artist of various musical genres, and a concert by Trieste founder Papa Gianni on Febrauy 7th. Visit our locations page for webpage link and more information.
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Trieste Recording Studio

SATURDAY MUSIC SCHEDULE

Mattinata di Matteo
Mornings: 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Italian Folk Music in the old Trieste tradition performed on multiple mandolins, accordion and guitar - Sheri Mignano, bandleader.
Mattinata di Matteo Schedule
More band info Sheri: zighi@sonic.net
On line at www.zighibaci.com
Jan 9 & 30
Feb. 6 & 20
March 6 & 27;
April 10 & 24
May 8 & 22
June 5 & 26
July 10, 24, & 31.
Aug. 7, 14;
Sept. 11, 25
Oct. 2 & 23
Nov. 6 & 13
Dec. 4 & 11
Jan. 8, 2011


THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO:
The Caffe Trieste Saturday Concert 
Afternoons, 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Caffe Trieste Saturday Concert with the Giotta Family,The Caffe Trieste Band, and the Trieste Musical Family. Consider it a casual, Italianate version of the Lawrence Welk Show, replete with multiple accordions. $7.00/person min. For specific inquiries, email: TRIESTEMUSIC@AOL.COM

Schedule

January 23rd

February 13th - Valentine's Show

March 13

The Caffe Trieste Band can consist of accordion, organ, piano, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, bass violin, harmonica, washboard, banjo, spoons, congas and just about any other low-tech instrument (except for Fabio's Petosa Millennium digital reedless accordion). Well known Bay Area favorites such as David Sturdevant, Dave Jess, Tony Mance (a.k.a Antonio Mancini), Ned "Eddi" Boynton, Ken Fishler and Owen Davis are "regulars" with the band. Multiple accordions are not unusual at the concert. Noted Bay Area accordionists such as Dave Baioni and Ron Borelli join Fabio and the band. Our 3+hour show now starts at about 1 p.m. $7.00 minimum per person. No cover charge. For more information about show schedule, theme shows, and guest singers, please go to our events page.

As of March, 2004. the Caffe’s seating and stage area arrangement have been reconfigured to be more audience friendly. As it was in the late 1960’s and perdiodically during the 1980’s, the audience now enjoys the same Caffe Trieste ambience with an added bit of Cabaret flavor. The “new” stage area is set against the beautiful Fishermans’ mural depicting a scene in Sardegna, the house sound reinforcement system has been completely revamped (engineer included), and the performances have never sounded or looked so good.




EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Caffe Trieste Band guitarist "Eddi" Boynton brings his Cafe Americain acoustic string quartet from 7 to 10:00 p.m.  Come enjoy Romantic Gypsy Jazz, Choros, Rock, and Italian other great repertory.  For more info, visit www.cafeamericainsf.com or call Eddi at 415 710 7352


Thursday Night Concert Series

Returning - February 11 - Albert Benichou
Albert Benichou's new album "Main Tenant" (think French) is sweet intimate and engaged, containing all all original and all acoustic music. Albert describes his music as French Bossa Nova-Latin-Jazz-Folk.
www.albertbenichou.com

Returning - February 25th - Emily Anne's Delights
This group performs smooth sophisticated classic jazz standards they call Pinky Jazz, as sweet and refreshing as a Peach Melba on a hot day.
emilyannesdelights@gmail.com


If you know of an act that you would like to see on the Thursday Night Concert Schedule, please contact Fabio Giotta at triestemusic@aol.com.  

Caffe Trieste-Downtown SF
Music Events

The San Francisco
Festival of the Mandolins

COTATI ACCORDION
Festival


Zighi Baci

Sheri Mignano’s Zighi Baci (pronounced ZIGGY BOTCH-chee) band likes to play dance music in the Italian “Ballo Liscio” style: waltzes, mazurkas, polkas, rhumbas, tangos, tarantellas, paso dobles, jotas, and marches.

A hundred years ago, Italian dance hall music saturated popular culture with the Viennese school influence; it later fused with Latin rhythms and Italian melodies to create a broader appeal. By the mid-1950’s, the next generation of Italian-American composers were introducing these dance genres to San Francisco Bay Area audiences in cafes and nightclubs. Zighi Baci performs Italian standards and music written by Bay Area composers such as Frank & Lawrence Andrini, Peter Tarzia, Rudy Cipolla, Gino Pellegrini, Mike Corino, and other Italian immigrants.

Two thousand four marks Zighi Baci’s debut at the Cotati Accordion Festival! Their performance is dedicated to Sheri Mignano’s grandfather, Francesco Mignano who played the button box, and to Mike Corino, composer, accordion virtuoso and teacher. Fabio Giotta will sit in as guest accordionist at the Festival.

Zighi Baci also performs at Caffe Trieste locations and at other venues throughout Northern California.

See Event Archives for a listing of past events.