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Article: Live Review

Bela Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio: Oakland, CA, August 31, 2012

by Ken Vermes
September 23, 2012

Béla Fleck and Marcus RobertsYoshi'sOakland, CAAugust 31, 2012Seeing banjoist Béla Fleck and pianist Marcus Roberts is like a roller coaster ride through new musical places. The two recently gave one of the most exciting shows in Yoshi's history, just in time to celebrate the well-known club's forty year anniversary.In ...

News: Festival

SFJAZZ Announces SFJAZZ Center Grand Opening Festivities & Season One Artist Lineup

September 14, 2012

Randall Kline, the founder and Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ, today announced the SFJAZZ Center Grand Opening Festivities and Season One artist lineup. The SFJAZZ Center can now efficiently integrate its mission under one roof to present world class artists in concert throughout the year, nurture young musicians’ development and promote music education. The purpose-built and ...

News: Performance / Tour

SEVA (featuring Hristo Vitchev And Weber Iago) Live At "Downtown Jazz" - Redwood City, CA - July 2nd / 6:00pm

June 28, 2012

July 2nd | Modern Jazz 6:00pm - 8:00pm 2600 Block of Broadway SEVA (featuring Hristo Vitchev and Weber Iago) SEVA is a modern jazz formation combining elements of classical, folk, rock, latin, and world music under the umbrella of the jazz sensibility and seeks to explore vibrant and distant harmonic landscapes with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Marilyn McCoo And Billy Davis, Jr., Former Lead Singers Of The 5th Dimension, Visit Their Jazz And Blues Roots At Yoshi’s Oakland June 29 - July 1

June 22, 2012

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., former lead singers of the internationally renowned, six-time Grammy-winning super group, The 5th Dimension, and later a Grammy winning duo, are looking forward to exploring their jazz and blues roots at Yoshi’s Oakland, June 29 – July 1. In addition, the audience can expect to be entertained by many of ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4

June 3, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival’s Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4 All-Star Band and Vocal Ensemble Perform at San Jose Jazz Festival, August 11; Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos, August 22; West End Celebration in Sand City, August 24; and at 55th Monterey Jazz ...

News: TV / Film

The Last Mambo: A Documentary Celebrating The Salsa/Latin Jazz Community Of The San Francisco Bay Area

May 22, 2012

BERKELEY, CA: THE LAST MAMBO is a dynamic exploration of the past, present and future of Salsa/Latin Jazz community in the San Francisco Bay area. THE LAST MAMBO traces the 60+ year evolution of the West Coast Latin sound, a potent gumbo of Afro-Cuban rhythms, jazz harmonies and funk infused grooves. THE LAST MAMBO, shot and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Free Concert May 22 with MPC Swing Band, Monterey County High School All-Star Combo

May 18, 2012

Monterey Peninsula College’s Free Annual Spring Concert Features MPC Swing Band, Monterey Jazz Festival’s County High School All-Star Combo, May 22 at MPC Music Hall Donations Also Accepted for Monterey Jazz Festival’s County High School All-Star Band’s 2012 Tour of the Pacific Northwest Monterey, CA; The Monterey Peninsula College Swing Band will present its annual Spring ...

News: Music Industry

Lifeforce Jazz to Release James Leary New CD Release

May 7, 2012

On Tuesday May 8th, 2012 Lifeforce Jazz releases a stellar CD of original compositions and arrangements, Together by James Leary, recorded in two outstanding recording sessions. After years with the Count Basie Orchestra winning two Grammy's along the way, Sammy Davis Jr. Bobby Hutcherson, Max Roach, Randy Weston, and Dizzy Gillespie to name a few James ...

News: Event

SFJAZZ Gala To Stream Performances From Ahmad Jamal, Sfjazz Collective, Maceo Parker, Friday, May 4

May 2, 2012

The 2012 SFJAZZ Gala on Friday, May 4, 2012 will be streamed on sfjazz.org live and direct from San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club, beginning at 7:00pm PST. The Gala — which celebrates the near completion of the $63 million “The World is Listening” capital campaign for the landmark SFJAZZ Center opening on Martin Luther King, Jr. ...

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Pianist Sam Rudin Celebrates CD Release At The Freight & Salvage, May 17

April 18, 2012

Pianist Sam Rudin has been a popular fixture on the Bay Area jazz and blues scene since arriving from his native Philadelphia in 1980. Known until recently as Hurricane Sam, Rudin has regularly headlined at local clubs and at hundreds of outdoor events throughout California, as well as opening shows for artists including James Cotton, Jerry ...