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Multi-Cultural AfroBlueGrazz Guitarist Pascal Bokar's 'I Can Tell' Drops Today

July 15, 2024

An award-winning jazz composer, guitarist and vocalist, Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam presents a global musical banquet from his native France to his Senegalese and Malian roots. Anchored in bebop, he has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Donald Bailey and Donald Brown. Pascal is the “father” of the funky, jazzy, bluesy, bluegrass-y, joyous and thoroughly infectious ...

Doodlebug from Digable Planets: Now and Then

by Steven Roby
July 9, 2024

The interview features Craig Irwin, also known as Doodlebug, from the pioneering hip-hop trio Digable Planets. The conversation begins with a discussion about the group's influential debut single, “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," and the creative process behind it, highlighting the group's innovative use of samples and their advantageous track development. Doodlebug shares insights into ...

Youth Trumpet Scholars Inaugural Event For So Cal Student Musicians, September 21-22, 2024

July 8, 2024

Student Musicians to Perform with, Attend Master Classes with World-Renowned Trumpeters Wayne Bergeron, Andrea Giuffredi & Alex Sipiagin! On September 21 and 22, local area trumpet students will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform onstage and attend highly-involved Master Classes with trumpet legends, Wayne Bergeron, jazz artist Alex Sipiagin, virtuoso Andrea Giuffredi and the entire Grammy-winning ...

John Escreet: Departure No. 1

by John Chacona
July 3, 2024

When you first listen to “Departure No. 1," from John Escreet's The epicenter of your dreams (Blue Room Music, 2024), you might well ask, Who wrote that? At once familiar but tantalizingly hard to pin down, the composition sounds like a Bud Powell tune or maybe an undiscovered Herbie Nichols gem, perhaps in an edition by ...

Tribute To Angela Bofill - Livestreamed funeral mass set for Friday, June 28, 2024 at 1pm Pacific time on St. Dominic’s Catholic Church's YouTube channel in Benicia, CA

June 27, 2024

On June 13, 2024, jazz/R&B/pop singer-songwriter Angela Bofill's death at 70 years old was announced in a post on Angela Bofill’s Facebook page by Rich Engel—her long-time friend and manager: “On behalf of my dear friend Angie, I am saddened to announce her passing on the morning of June 13th.” Angela Bofill passed away at the ...

The Dave Holland New Quartet at the 2024 SFJAZZ Summer Festival

by Roy Strassman
June 26, 2024

The Dave Holland New Quartet SFJAZZ Center Summer Festival San Francisco, CA May 27, 2024 Last night, Dave Holland completed a four-day residency at SFJAZZ Center in the heart of San Francisco's Hayes Valley district. His Friday night performance showcased the exceptional talent of the current members of The Dave ...

Meet Drummer Jon Krosnick

by Steven Roby
June 24, 2024

This is an interview with renowned jazz drummer Jon Krosnick, who has been a significant figure in the music industry for several decades. Songs featured in this segment include “The Mean Time" and “Walk The Walk." Jon Krosnick began playing piano at age six and drums at age nine. Most of his formal musical ...

Gerald Clayton-Elena Pinderhughes Duo at Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society

by Roy Strassman
May 31, 2024

Gerald Clayton-Elena Pinderhughes Duo Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Live performance Half Moon Bay Sunday, April 28, 2024 It is always a rewarding experience to attend a show at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay near San Francisco, both for the music and the beachfront location. As ...

New Jazz Radio Station Debut. Laid-back Jazz Is Their Specialty.

May 24, 2024

The Jazz Groove is a relatively new, non-profit, non-commercial jazz radio service that has been experimenting with different ways of presenting jazz radio online and is now making its official debut on AllAboutJazz.com. With a rare jazz collection exceeding 15,000 recordings spanning eight decades, each hour of Jazz Groove music is hand-selected, meticulously curated, and artfully ...

R.U. Sirius: Inside the Mind of a Cyberdelic Shaman

by Lawrence Peryer
May 11, 2024