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Bob James & David Sanborn: San Francisco, June 17, 2013

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 12, 2013

Bob James & David Sanborn QuartetSF Jazz Center2013 San Francisco Jazz FestivalSan Francisco, CAJune 17, 2013Now in its 31st year, the San Francisco Jazz Festival has a new home, thanks to the updated digs now available via the SF Jazz Center which opened back in January. Over the course ...

News: Recording

Brian Kelly Produces Contemporary Jazz Project

July 12, 2013

Bay Area composer and pianist Brian Kelly is currently producing a contemporary jazz album of his own compositions featuring saxophonist Eric Crystal (Boz Scaggs, Vijay Iyer), trumpet player Mike Olmos (Etta James, Pete Escovedo), and drummer David Rokeach (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles). This will be the follow-up album to his 2008 release, Afterplay (on the Skylight ...

News: Radio

Benny Goodman Small Combos Tribute This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

July 11, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guests Allan Vaché and Chuck Hedges on clarinet, vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, and John Sheridan on piano join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a tribute to the Benny Goodman small combos. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand ...

Article: Album Review

Dann Zinn 4: Grace's Song

Read "Grace's Song" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 10, 2013

Saxophonist Dann Zinn's third release as a leader, Grace's Song, is an intriguing and charismatic album. Interestingly, however, the very feature that makes it consistently engaging also results in a lack of thematic unity. This unevenness can simultaneously delight and frustrate, depending on circumstances.Zinn is a virtuoso tenor saxophonist inspired by saxophone master Sonny ...

Article: Album Review

Alex Snydman: Fortunate Action

Read "Fortunate Action" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 8, 2013

Guitarist-turned-drummer Alex Snydman left behind an established East Coast presence in the Massachusetts and New York area jazz scenes for graduate studies at The California Institute of the Arts and, while in Los Angeles, has produced his very first album as leader with the highly audacious Fortunate Action. A student of Joe La Barbera, Bob Gullotti ...

News: Recording

Funk Saxophonist Donn Bynum Reveals A Treasure Chest With “my Favorite Songs”

July 8, 2013

Sizzling with grooves, My Favorite Songs by funk saxophonist Donn Bynum will be something you’ll definitely want to add to your summer cool. Carefully crafted by seasoned and professional musicians, guest appearances include guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., bassist Sekou Bunch and drummer Lyndon Rochelle. Vocals include Dee Cole on “Come with Me” and Donn’s own soulful ...

News: Performance / Tour

George Kahn "Secrets" Band Returns To Hollywood, August 14

July 8, 2013

What happens when the 2008 Winner of the “Chuck Niles Bebop Award" gets together with a top Contemporary Jazz saxophonist, a Star Latin Jazz trumpet player and a killer rhythm section featuring the drummer from Weather Report? Find out on Wednesday, August 14th, 2013, at 8 PM as this ‘secret’ is revealed with the GEORGE KAHN ...

News: Radio

Sachal Vasandani Guest DJ!

July 6, 2013

The Jazz Groove announced today that one of the most important jazz singers of our time, Sachal Vasandani, will host his own two-hour radio special. Mr. Vasandani will talk about and play music he has chosen including artists such as Ben Wendel, Gerald Clayton, The New York Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Ahmad Jamal, Freddie Hubbard, his own ...

Article: Tell Me More

Molly Ringwald: Redefining Her Roots In Jazz

by Belinda Ware
July 6, 2013

Molly Ringwald currently stars in the role of Anne Juergens on The Secret Life of the American Teenager on the ABC Family Channel. Her role is a nice fit for the Golden Globe -nominated actress, who became a household name as a teen film actress referred to as “your favorite teenage crush."Her popularity attained ...

News: Radio

Riverwalk Jazz BBQ This Week

July 4, 2013

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band swings their way through some of your favorite warm-weather tunes this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows ...