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John Beasley Sextet at Presidio Theatre
by Steven Roby
John Beasley Sextet Presidio Theatre Miles Davis at 100 San Francisco, CA May 14, 2026 Spanning a 90-minute set from Birth of the Cool to Amandla, John Beasley's sextet anchors the centennial with Miles's most influential band--the 1965--68 quintet featuring Wayne Shorter. Last September at San Francisco's Presidio ...
Now Available: 'Invisible Piano' Featuring Grammy Winning Artists John Beasley And SWR Big Band (O-Tone Music)
Invisible Piano (Release Date: 05.08.26) is a bold, behind-the-scenes journey into the creative mind of GRAMMY-winning pianist, composer, and arranger John Beasley. Commissioned by the SWR Big Band, Beasley was given a rare invitation: begin at the piano, improvise without boundaries, and transform those raw sparks into sweeping, orchestrated works. The first musical sketches emerged in ...
Coltrane 100 at Freight and Salvage
by Roy Strassman
Coltrane 100 Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 Chatting with Joe Lovano after the evening's proceedings, I remarked, “How amazing it must be to have a group of all top notch New York bandleaders," to which he replied, “Combining bandleader personnel does not always produce what you might expect!" ...
Coltrane 100 at The Freight
by Harry S. Pariser
Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once The Freight Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 On September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina, a child was born. He would have--by the time of his untimely demise at the age of 40--an immense influence on the structure, performance of, and future of the music ...
Dar Williams at The Freight
by Harry S. Pariser
Dar Williams The Freight Berkeley, CA April 9, 2026 Dar Williams has been creating powerful, popular, poignant, and sometimes humorous tunes and performing, acoustic guitar in hand, for decades. A doyenne among singer-songwriters, Williams is blessed with a gorgeous voice as well as with a gift for poetic, ethereal lyrics.
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears In Rain
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore. Julianna is a composer, vocalist, and producer whose music is built almost entirely from layered, looped human voices. Mary is a harpist who has spent years pushing that instrument into a vast, exploratory realm. In January 2025, the two flew ...
The Sync Director: Eric Meyers
by B.D. Lenz
As an independent jazz artist with more than a dozen releases, I've promoted my recordings in all the usual ways, hoping to spread my music and eventually recoup the money I'd invested. Early on, though, I learned about “music libraries"--companies that house vast catalogs of music, soundscapes, and sound effects for film and television production. I ...
Chart-topping Chante Moore Slated To Perform In "Tribute To Maurice White" Concert, May 9-10
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO), the nation’s premier hybrid orchestra blending the worlds of jazz and classical music, is thrilled to announce that Chanté Moore,the celebrated R&B singer/songwriter, has officially been added to the upcoming “Tribute to Maurice White” shows scheduled for May 9-10, 2026, at Long Beach’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Moore joins the 68-member Symphonic ...
Miles Davis Centennial Celebration At SFJAZZ 2026
by Walter Atkins
The 2026 Miles Davis Centennial Celebration at SFJAZZ marked the first hundred years of the innovator, musician and painter Miles Dewey Davis III. Davis' nephew, producer and Miles Electric Band leader Vince Wilburn Jr has maintained and directed the influential legacy of Davis for decades. This year, Wilburn introduced several fresh elements to his annual visit ...
Drum Tao at Zellerbach Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Drum Tao Zellerbach Hall CalPerformances Berkeley, CA March 21, 2026 Way back in 1993, Taro Harasaki had an epiphany. He had just exited Mystère, the Cirque du Soleil show then running in Las Vegas. The performance had made a huge impression on him. “I can do this in Japan," he thought. ...
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