BD Express, Bryan Dyer at The Annex Sessions, brought to you by SunJams and Javier Navarrette

THE ANNEX SESSIONS RETURN FOR 2025!

“The Annex Sessions" will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company
Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 6-8:30pm with

BD Express- Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Soul

Bryan Dyer - Vocals/Percussion 
Eric Swinderman - Guitar
Kevin Scott - Bass
Zack Pitt-Smith – Reeds

The BD Express featuring Bryan S. Dyer, brings some of the Bay Area's top musicians together to
give you the best of Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Soul. Whether you're relaxing with your favorite drink
or ready to get up and get down, The BD Express is THE band to fit any occasion.

Bryan S. Dyer is a multi-talented musician who not only sings but plays and teaches several
instruments including bass guitar, percussion and piano; writes and arranges music, conducts
choirs and groups, and works in television, radio and film. A veteran of some of the Bay Area’s
top vocal groups including Street Sounds, SoVoSo, Slammin All Body Band, Linda Tillery and the
Cultural Heritage Choir, CHELLE! and Friends and Bobby McFerrin & MOTION. He also performs
with The Funk Revival Orchestra, Rankin Scroo and Ginger, Juke Joint and the percussion and
dance ensemble, Crosspulse.
His musical experiences have taken him around the globe including several trips throughout
Europe, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Jamaica and many legendary stages including Montreaux
Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Lincoln Center in New York. Bryan’s
talents have landed him alongside such artist as Al Green, Carlos Santana, Michael McDonald of
the Doobie Brothers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the soundtrack for the movie “La Mission”
with Benjamin Bratt, and recording and performing with Huey Lewis and The News to name a
few. He is also a member of The Recording Academy and a voting member of The Grammy
Awards.

The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier
Navarrette Music Productions.

SunJams  is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary
schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been
severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing
music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax
exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the
Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified
School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors
events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of
the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

 Follow Javier Navarrette on Facebook , Instagram and YouTube. 

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are encouraged, we are happy to offer you a reserved seat (limited seating available) if you RSVP with a donation that will go towards paying for the music. Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter. 

The Annex 

The Annex is a lively space for shopping, dining and relaxing. As the newest part of The Natural Grocery Company, the values are the same: a passion for vibrant community, healthy organic food and respect for the planet. 

"The Annex Sessions" is sponsored by the Natural Grocery Company in its commitment to serve the local community and help in the recovery of the local art scene. 

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week, inside the Annex you’ll find: A Cafe, Juice Bar, Deli, Wine & Beer, and more.

The Annex building itself embodies our values: a few of the sustainable features are: extensive re-use of materials from the pre-existing structure, use of recycled materials from local vendors, and reliance on the solar energy we produce here, supplemented with other clean energy sources.

DONATIONS

SunJams is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program. 

In addition, we need to raise funds to continue bringing you this exciting new ( launched in April 2022) live music program. All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to our 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt. 

Please DONATE HERE

DURING THE SHOW

We will be taking cash or check donations at check-in, during intermission & at the end of the show. 

TIME

The Annex is open every day, please check their website for hours (https://naturalgrocery.com/annex/).


The show will begin at 6:00 PM and conclude by 8:30 PM.