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Article: Live Review

The Silkroad Ensemble at Zellerbach Hall

by Harry S. Pariser
March 31, 2026

The Silkroad Ensemble Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual Berkeley, CAMarch 27, 2026 Every sort of instrument was set out on the stage, which was bathed in red light. Everything had been readied for a very special event: a rare performance by the classical-ethnic fusion group The Silkroad Ensemble. At ...

Article: Live Review

Omar Sosa Suba Trio at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
March 24, 2026

Omar Sosa Suba Trio SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA March 8, 2026 Pianist and composer Omar Sosa saved something very special for the fourth and final evening performance of his SFJAZZ Center residency, his second for the institution. In mid-2012, Sosa had encountered London-based Senegalese kora master and singer Seckou Keita ...

Article: Live Review

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band at Zellerbach Playhouse

by Harry S. Pariser
March 22, 2026

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band Zellerbach Playhouse CalPerformances Berkeley, CA March 6. 2026 On a Friday night, pianist Grant Richards sat on the stage of the intimate UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Playhouse. To his right stood acoustic bassist Marcos Varela, with Edward Littlefield next to him manning the drum seat. The ...

Article: Chats with Cats

The Music Supervisor: Gary Calamar

by B.D. Lenz
March 17, 2026

For most musicians, the idea of hearing their music in a film or television show feels like hitting the lottery. One day, you're writing and recording in your basement studio, and the next, your song is underscoring a pivotal scene on a major television program. Behind those moments, though, is someone whose job it is to ...

Article: Live Review

John Santos Sextet at The Freight

by Harry S. Pariser
March 16, 2026

John Santos Sextet The Freight The African Roots of Jazz Latino Berkeley, CA March 1, 2026 Percussionist and composer John Santos is no stranger to concert halls in the Bay Area and beyond. He is known not only for his musical ensembles (such as Orquesta Batachanga and the Machete Ensemble) ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Michael Graves: The Patient Philosophy Of Audio Restoration

by Lawrence Peryer
March 14, 2026

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Michael Graves, a five-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer and the founder of Osiris Studio in Los Angeles. Michael's work is restoration as archaeology--pulling performances off deteriorating tapes, damaged acetates, and obsolete formats, then deciding how much intervention is too much. He's done this for recordings by Hank Williams, ...

Article: Live Review

Choi / Cunliffe Jazz Orchestra at Campus Jax in Orange County

by Hobart Taylor
March 10, 2026

Choi Cunliffee Jazz Orchestra Campus Jax Orange County, CA March 1,2026 Young Korean composer and arranger Mina Choi is on a roll. She has co-led big bands while collaborating with two of Los Angeles' most esteemed pianists and arrangers, Bill Cunliffe and Josh Nelson. She put out a stellar 2025 debut release, ...

News: Festival

Line-up Announced For 54th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 21-july 31, 2026

March 10, 2026

The Stanford Jazz Workshop today announced details of the 54th annual Stanford Jazz Festival taking place Sunday, June 21 to Friday, July 31, 2026, across multiple venues on the sprawling Stanford University campus. Having grown in both size and reputation since it first began in 1972, the Festival–which draws thousands of fans to the Bay Area–has ...

Article: Live Review

DakhaBrakha at The Presidio Theater

by Harry S. Pariser
March 9, 2026

DakhaBrakha Presidio Theater Screening of Aleksandr Dovzhenko's Earth San Francisco, CA February 22, 2026 The theatrical, groundbreaking DakhaBrakha--a self-described Ukrainian “ethno-chaos" quartet, whose name means “give and take" in old Ukrainian--combine Ukrainian and other folk musics along with percussion instruments such as tabla and djembe to form a sonic mix of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Long-Lost Orchestral Work By Earth, Wind & Fire’s Leader Maurice White Receives World Premiere 23 Years After Its Creation

March 6, 2026

PERFORMANCES BY SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN LONG BEACH, CA, MAY 9-10, 2026 Listen to Maurice White from 2003 talking about writing the new work for the SJO The 68-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO), the nation’s premier hybrid orchestra blending the worlds of jazz and classical music, today announced the newly discovered orchestral work believed to be ...