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Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Transitions

By JACK BOWERS

Although it is not alluded to anywhere, the centerpiece of San Francisco-based composer / bassist Marcus Shelby's latest big-band album, Transitions, is the evocative four-movement suite “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues," which pays tribute to the all-black enterprises whose shining stars were barred from displaying their talents in the major baseball leagues until ...

Tommy Igoe and the Birdland All Stars at the Sandler Center for the Arts

By MARK ROBBINS

In 2014 Tommy Igoe was voted the Worlds #1 Jazz Drummer in a Modern Drummers Readers Poll. Once you see him in action, you'll know why. Backed by his nine piece Birdland All-Star Band Igoe more than lives up to his reputation. Think of Buddy Rich on steroids. Steely Dan, the Beatles, Snarky Puppy, Latin, David ...

Six on Cellar Live

By C. MICHAEL BAILEY

Cory Weeds' record label Cellar Live has become a welcome home to straight-ahead mainstream jazz in the same way that Arbors Records has been the beacon for traditional jazz and swing. Think Norman Granz's Pablo label tele-transported deep into the 21st Century. Six recent releases illuminate Cellar Live's importance to jazz as a whole and to ...

Adam Shulman Sextet: Full Tilt

By JACK BOWERS

In music, as in life, not every new voice is worth hearing. Here's one that is. Full Tilt, the fifth CD by San Francisco-born and based pianist Adam Shulman's sextet, is a throwback to those halcyon days when bop was king and giants like Diz, Bird, Miles, Max Roach, Hank Mobley, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Wardell ...

James Mahone at SFJAZZ

By HARRY S. PARISER

James Mahone SFJAZZ The Music of Booker Little San Francisco, CA November 16, 2017 Way back in the early 1960s, a major new composer and trumpeter emerged on the scene, teamed up with extraordinary jazz musicians such as Reggie Workman, Julian Priester, Max Roach, Ron Carter and Eric Dolphy to ...

Dave Hosley: Love For Sale

By GEANNINE REID

After more than four decades as one of the Bay Area's most popular entertainers, Dave Hosley decided it was time to release his first album entitled, Love For Sale. Hosley, or “Diamond Dave" as his fans know him, speaks about his success, “One of the things that my audience likes about my shows is the sense ...

Jazz, Baby!

By DOUG BEAVERS

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Sta; The Hokey Poke; Itsy Bitsy Spider; Shortnin' Bread; Conga Intro; Comin' Round the Mountain; Hush Little Baby; Workin' On the Railroad; he Ants Go Marching; You Are My Sunshine; Brahms Lullaby.

You Are My Sunshine

Album: Jazz, Baby!
By DOUG BEAVERS
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 4:15

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