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Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway 2025, Part 2

by Ronald Davis
June 28, 2025

A collection of photos from the Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway 2025 in Napa Valley, CA from June 11, 2025 to June 13, 2025 featuring Brian Culbertson, Gerald Albright, Darnell Showcase Taylor, RiShon Odel , Eric Marienthal, Collin Clauson, James Roberson, Kenneth Diggs, Stokeley Williams, Ashley Commodore, Brandon Commodore, Jesse Larson, Lyndora Turner, Yohannes Tona, ...

Paul Taylor Plays Yoshi's

by Ronald Davis
June 28, 2025

Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few at The Freight

by Ronald Davis
June 27, 2025

Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway 2025

by Ronald Davis
June 21, 2025

A collection of photos from the Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway 2025 in Napa Valley, CA from June 11, 2025 to June 13, 2025 featuring Brian Culbertson, Gerald Albright, Darnell Showcase Taylor, RiShon Odel , Eric Marienthal, Collin Clauson, James Roberson, Kenneth Diggs, Stokeley Williams, Ashley Commodore, Brandon Commodore, Jesse Larson, Lyndora Turner, Yohannes Tona, ...

John Andrew Fredrick: The Black Watch Abides

by Lawrence Peryer
June 21, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines on John Andrew Fredrick of The Black Watch.After thirty-seven years of making indie rock, the band's latest album, For All the World (Atom, 2025), boasts an energy and vitality that surprises even John. John's a great guest: His creative process remains rooted in uncertainty, he reads more about music than ...

Julie Christensen

Born: January 21

Versatility has never been a problem or a pose for singer JulieChristensen, whose voicefound a home in the L.A. post-punk band Divine Horsemenand, for years, as a spotlightedsinger with Leonard Cohen. With Something Familiar, her thirdCD, she adds another genrefeather to the cap: jazz. Singing standards, and in her ownsignature style, is actuallynothing new for the vocalist. In her sundry travels,geographically and musically, she hasdipped into the Great American Songbook for years, from hernative Iowa to years spent inAustin and Los Angeles, and onto her current life, based inOjai, California. SomethingFamiliar is more than a standards festival. The album title itselfis taken from a fascinatingJimmy Webb-penned rarity, “Just Like Marilyn,” There is alsothe original “Hard to Love,”and a gritty-bluesy workout, “Today I Sing the Blues.” Withher keyboardist and longtimecreative cohort Karen Hammack, Christensen tracked inBrooklyn with noted jazzdrummers Jeff Ballard and Kenny Wollesen, alongsidebassists Mary Ann McSweeney andDon Falzone. Back on the west coast, trumpeter Jeff Elliottand pedal steel guitarist-of-note Greg Liesz added their spices to the mix. The end resultis a fresh twist on oldmusical values, something familiar yet also otherwise.

Ella Sophie Quartet at Sam First

by Alex Siegers
May 28, 2025

Ella Sophie Quartet Sam First Los Angeles, CAMay 21, 2025 The future of jazz singing is bright. Ella Sophie (Ella Dunbar-Wilcox) is a New Zealander jazz vocalist and composer living in Los Angeles took audiences on a journey through the American Songbook, shedding new light on these well-loved tunes. She was ...

Jeff Denson Trio at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 27, 2025

Keb' Mo' & Mindi Abair at the Mountain Winery

by Ronald Davis
May 27, 2025

Kronos Festival 2025 at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
May 18, 2025

Kronos Quartet Kronos Festival 2025 SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA April 25-27, 2025 In August of 1973, Seattle-based violinist David Harrington listened to composer George Crumb's Black Angels for the first time on a radio program, This initial encounter with an amplified string quartet inspired him to found ...