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Ancient Future "World Without Walls" Reunion Concert At The Freight And Salvage, Berkeley, October 16, 2013
Ancient Future World Without Walls Reunion Concert World Jazz featuring Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug McKeehan (keyboards, piano), Ian Dogole (percussion) and Kash Killion (bass) Ancient Future Performs '14 Steps' at “World Without Walls" Reunion Wednesday, October 16, 8 pm Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704 Tix: $18.50 in ...
SFJAZZ Center Announces 2013-2014 Season Artist Lineup
SEASON RUNS SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 – JUNE 8, 2014 Randall Kline, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ, today announced artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Center’s 2013-2014 Season running September 5, 2013 to June 8, 2014. The award-winning SFJAZZ Center opened on January 21, 2013 in San Francisco’s vibrant Hayes Valley and has already been recognized ...
Brian Kelly Produces Contemporary Jazz Project
Bay Area composer and pianist Brian Kelly is currently producing a contemporary jazz album of his own compositions featuring saxophonist Eric Crystal (Boz Scaggs, Vijay Iyer), trumpet player Mike Olmos (Etta James, Pete Escovedo), and drummer David Rokeach (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles). This will be the follow-up album to his 2008 release, Afterplay (on the Skylight ...
Dann Zinn 4: Grace's Song
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist Dann Zinn's third release as a leader, Grace's Song, is an intriguing and charismatic album. Interestingly, however, the very feature that makes it consistently engaging also results in a lack of thematic unity. This unevenness can simultaneously delight and frustrate, depending on circumstances.Zinn is a virtuoso tenor saxophonist inspired by saxophone master Sonny ...
SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Win Numerous Awards; Upcoming Auditions & Performances
SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast, today announced the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars received three major awards including DownBeat Magazines’ Student Music Awards, the coveted Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival Award for Best Conglomerate Big Band Performance, and Best Big Band and Best Combo at the 5th Annual Charles Mingus High School ...
Bay Area's Park St. Trio Set to Release "3 Plus 5" on June 7, 2013
Alameda, CA: Park St. Trio, one of the Bay Area's emergent jazz ensembles, will release its second album on June 7, 2013. The new album, “3 Plus 5," is more adventurous and highlights their growth as a band. The songwriting leans more modern while maintaining the strong melodies that makes their music enjoyable. The band has ...
The Jazzschool Announces May 2013 Concerts
THE JAZZSCHOOL ANNOUNCES MAY 2013 CONCERTS TICKETS ON SALE AT JAZZSCHOOL.ORG BERKELEY, CA: The Jazzschool continues its acclaimed concert series in the heart of the Berkeley Downtown Arts District. All events take place in the historic Kress Building at 2087 Addison Street, near Shattuck, unless noted otherwise. 4th ANNUAL JAZZSCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL at ...
18th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival Lineup Announced
Presented by Fourth Street Merchants, KCSM/Jazz 91, and Berkeleyside, the 18th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 19, from Noon – 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294. This free outdoor music festival, benefiting ...
The 4th Annual Bay Area Jazz Summit Concert on March 17th
The 4th Annual Jazz Summit Concert brings together three Bay Area jazz ensembles for an afternoon of big band jazz. The Netivot Shalom JazzKleztet band is a high energy ensemble under the direction of clarinetist Rabbi Stuart Kelman. The Albany Jazz Band is a 25 piece big band under the direction of Bob Levenson, and features ...
Ellen Robinson: Don't Wait Too Long
by C. Michael Bailey
Bay-Area vocalist Ellen Robinson is a study in jazz grace and elegance. Rather than a bright and shiny repertoire of specialized training (of which there is nothing wrong), Robinson sports a music education degree from Manhattanville college with a major in piano, and rides an experiential arc in to the heart of the Great American Songbook. ...
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