Results for "California"

Las Cafeteras Offer Evening Of Spiritual Storytelling

by Steven Roby
November 4, 2025

Las Cafeteras Miner Auditorium Día de los Muertos Celebration San Francisco, California October 31, 2025 A Día de los Muertos ritual of music, dance, and testimony transformed Miner Auditorium into a living ofrenda.Miner Auditorium resembled a communal altar on Halloween, with flickering candles, portraits of ancestors glowing, and ...

Joe Russo's Almost Dead debute at Channel 24 in Sacramento

by Ming Poon
November 4, 2025

Joe Russo's Almost Dead rolled into Channel 24 in Midtown Sacramento on October 23, 2025 and absolutely delivered. The venue is a newer addition to the city, opened this past April, and it already feels dialed. Easy access, no lines for entry, drinks or bathrooms, a smoking deck upstairs, and room to move even as the ...

Caity Gyorgy Brings Strings to Swing

by Steven Roby
October 31, 2025

Canadian vocalist-composer and three-time JUNO winner Caity Gyorgy (pronounced “George") joins host Steve Roby for a conversation about craft, collaboration, and why swing still feels newly minted when the writing is sharp and the band listens hard. Known for quicksilver phrasing and original tunes that travel between club intimacy and orchestral sheen, Gyorgy traces the path ...

The Lisa Hilton Quintet Returns With The Fluid And Cool Extended Daydream

October 30, 2025

“Renowned for her lyrical touch, inventive compositions, and ability to reinterpret jazz standards with a fresh perspective, Hilton continues to cement her reputation as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz. With Extended Daydream, Lisa Hilton and her quintet deliver an album that is at once sophisticated, genre-fluid, and emotionally resonant—a testament to the ...

Branford Marsalis Quartet At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 28, 2025

Branford Marsalis Quartet Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA October 23, 2025SFJAZZ CEO Gabrielle Armand's warm welcome set the mood for Miner Auditorium, and Branford Marsalis stepped on stage with the dry humor of a seasoned bandleader, admitting to a tough travel day before dissolving any hint of fatigue with the first ...

Between Soul and Swing: Nicolas Bearde’s Jarreau, Alive and In Motion

by Steven Roby
October 28, 2025

Episode Summary Bay Area vocalist Nicolas Bearde joined Backstage Bay Area to talk about his Al Jarreau celebration at the Joe Henderson Lab. We traced his path from early R&B roots and Motown radio to a mature jazz voice shaped onstage with Bobby McFerrin, and how that journey informs a show that treats Jarreau's music as ...

David Harrington Of Kronos Quartet: The Musician Listens

by Lawrence Peryer
October 25, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines on violinist and visionary David Harrington, founder of Kronos Quartet.For fifty years, David has led one of the most adventurous musical ensembles on the planet. Kronos has commissioned over 1,100 works, collaborated with everyone from Philip Glass to Nine Inch Nails, and earned three Grammys along the way. Their recent ...

Freedom, Community, and Jazz: KCSM’s 60 Years on the Air

by Steven Roby
October 24, 2025

Episode overview KCSM 91.1 FM has been a lifeline for Bay Area jazz for six decades. Station Manager Dr. Robert Franklin joins host Steve Roby to talk about the station's live-curated sound, its massive library and preservation work, and the new documentary celebrating KCSM's history and community impact. Guest: Dr. Robert “Bob" Franklin--Station Manager, ...

Sweet October at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
October 23, 2025

The Cookers At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 22, 2025

The Cookers Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California October 16, 2025 Some bands chase heat; The Cookers shape it--transforming velocity into design and treating their repertoire as a living lab for risk. On this night at Miner Auditorium, the seven-piece did not rely on memory. They played in the present tense, with ...