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Jimmy Smith Tribute at Yoshi's
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
It was supposed to be a happy occasion.When Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland booked Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco for a five-night engagement (February 16-20), it was supposed to be the first stop on a triumphal inter-generational tour to promote Legacy , the two organists' first album-length team-up. But just one week before the gig, ...
Mose Allison at Yoshi's
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Is there any living jazz artist so utterly, comprehensively American as Mose Allison? His melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; his carefree, everyman way of singing; his sly cynicism -- these are all reflections of the national character, and the basis of his five decades of popularity.Allison ...
IAJE 2005 Notebook
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6The International Association for Jazz Education's annual conference is one of the jazz world's signature events, drawing thousands of musicians, educators, students, industry representatives and others together for four days of continuous activity.The SF Bay Area contingent at IAJE is always strong, but this year particularly so; not surprising since ...
Mimi Fox: Getting Her Due
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Mimi Fox is slowly but surely beginning to get her due. Named a “rising star" in the DownBeat magazine critics' poll in 2003 and again in 2004, signed to a growing young label (Favored Nations), and with a discography that's up to seven discs under her own name (alongside dozens of side gigs), Fox's fluid guitar ...
Dave Ellis: Of Jams and Jazz
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis has been a stalwart of the Bay Area jazz scene for years. An East Bay native, he honed his craft in the famed Berkeley High School jazz program and, appropriately enough, the Berklee school of Music in Boston. After returning to the Bay Area, he spent time in the original version Charlie ...
The New Jazz at Pearl's
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
When Jazz at Pearl’s, the venerable North Beach nightspot, closed its doors early in 2003, the San Francisco jazz scene took a long, hard look in the mirror. The resulting outcry was deafening. “It’s the end of live jazz in San Francisco,” declared the pundits, “the last real jazz club in the city is gone.” This ...
New Latin Albums from Santos and Sosa
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
There's been a small flood of worthwhile Latin jazz albums from Bay Area artists lately. Here are three recent releases that are sure to please... all, by the way, released on the artists' own labels. JOHN SANTOS & MACHETE - SF Bay JOHN SANTOS & OMAR SOSA - La Mar Both available from Machete ...
Pearl's Door Closes, But Others Open
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
The dreaded Moment of Truth arrived in the wee hours of April 21. After months of glum expectation and twelve hours of nonstop farewell jamming, Jazz at Pearl's has closed its doors for the last time.The quirky 110-seat club, which co-owners Sonny Buxton and Pearl Wong opened in 1990, had withstood massive changes both in ...
Al Plank, 1932-2003
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Al Plank, a fixture on the San Francisco jazz scene for more than forty years, passed away on April 8 at the age of 70, following a battle with lung cancer. Best known in recent years as one of the regular musicians at Pearl's in North Beach, Plank was a highly versatile, swinging pianist and a ...
Herbie Hancock Discovers a New Species of 'Dolphin'
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
With a capacity crowd waiting at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts on March 28, Herbie Hancock was in no hurry to start playing. For several minutes, he stood on stage as his bandmates settled in around him, peppering them and his audience with bits of joking banter. “I heard this was a private party," he ...
