1. Max Raabe: This renowned German baritone and his big band specialize in Weimar-era songs and American show tunes and pop standards of the 1920s and '30s, delivered with stunning musicianship and a quirky, kitschy, wink-wink sense of old-fashioned European restraint and propriety. It's a unique combination, to say the least.

Details: Part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, 8 p.m. Saturday, Paramount Theatre, Oakland; $25-$75; 866-920-5299, www.sfjazz.org. Note: This weekend, the jazz fest also features Randy Newman at 8 tonight at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F.; $20-$80.

by Randy McMullen