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Tuck & Patti At Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 9, 2025

Tuck & Patti Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California October 5, 2025You could feel the room hold its breath as Patti Cathcart settled onto a piano bench, cane set aside, Tuck Andress and guitar at her shoulder. The first song, “Mystical Miracle," was offered to the women in the house, and landed ...

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Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri at the Northampton Center for the Arts

by Tyran Grillo
October 8, 2025

Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri Northampton Center for the ArtsNorthampton, Massachusetts October 1, 2025 In the early 20th century and throughout his life, composer Béla Bartók endeavored to document the folk songs of Hungary and beyond. Of the approximately 10,000 examples he preserved on wax cylinders and later transcribed, a significant ...

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Kurt Elling With Christian Sands at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 8, 2025

Kurt Elling With Christian Sands Miner Auditorium (SFJAZZ Center) San Francisco, California October 04, 2025 A spare duo becomes an engine--voice and piano reworking Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, theater, and rock into a present-tense argument for hope, empathy and the living tradition of jazz. They walked on together, and ...

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Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau at The Clarice

by Robert Bellafiore
October 7, 2025

Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau The Clarice College Park, MDOctober 2, 2025 Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau made it to the top of their game together, each helping the other rise from promising talent in early '90s New York City to modern king of the bass and piano, respectively. Now, they ...

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Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 7, 2025

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids Miner Auditorium Night Of The Exotictress San Francisco, CA October 2, 2025 This show burned hot and without apology--no coasting, no filler, no easy out. The room hinted at it before the first note: Miner's seats pulled back for a dance floor, a ...

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XV Brda Contemporary Music Festival

by Neri Pollastri
October 6, 2025

Ex Sala Cinematografica, Casa Commemorativa di Gradnik e Zorzut Brda Contemporary Music Festival Medana, Slovenia 11-13.9.2025 Come ci diceva nell'intervista che ci ha rilasciato poco tempo fa il suo ideatore e direttore artistico Zlatko Kaučič, non era scontato che un festival piccolo, nato con pochissimi fondi e interamente dedicato all'improvvisazione radicale ...

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Hatzel e David Krakauer Acoustic Klezmer Quartet al Firenze Jazz Festival

by Neri Pollastri
October 3, 2025

Hatzel / David Krakauer Acoustic Klezmer Quartet Giardino di Villa Bardini Firenze Jazz Festival 2025 Firenze 7.9.2025 All'interno di un'edizione del Firenze Jazz Festival decisamente variopinta, spiccava per qualità e --visti i tempi tristi --anche coraggio la “serata klezmer" proposta domenica 7 settembre 2025. Collocata nel maestoso scenario del Giardino ...

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Patricia Brennan Trio at Bar Bayeux

by Paul Reynolds
October 2, 2025

Patricia Brennan Trio Bar Bayeux New York, NY September 24, 2025 If you've heard of Patricia Brennan, it's likely the awareness is recent. The Mexican vibraphonist isn't new to the scene, having been quietly honing her reputation through high-caliber collaborations in New York and elsewhere since at least the early 2020s. ...

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Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
October 2, 2025

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 28, 2025 What you noticed first was the circle. Not a literal one--the chairs sat in standard rows--but a social circle that materialized as soon as Arturo O'Farrill addressed the room. He joked, testified, and conducted--in short ...

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Lex Korten At Close Up

by Max Kutner
October 1, 2025

Lex Korten Close Up Canopy Release Show New York, NY September 19, 2025 Pianist and composer Lex Korten has been an ascendent force in the modern jazz world for several years and his appearance at Close Up represented a milestone moment for the young artist. Korten was celebrating ...