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John Scofield Combo 73 at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
John Scofield Combo 73 Miner Auditorium San Francisco November 7, 2025 Grammy-winning guitarist John Scofield returned to Miner Auditorium for a three-night residency (November 6--8) alongside Combo 73, a lively quartet featuring pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Bill Stewart. Their performance on the second night crackled with grit, ...
Sarah Wilson Lights Up Incandescence
by Steven Roby
Episode Description In this episode, host Steven Roby talks with Bay Area trumpeter and composer Sarah Wilson about her luminous new album Incandescence (Brass Tonic Records, 2025) and the creative path that led her from political puppet theater to leading an all-woman horn line in a brass-forward Bay Area ensemble. Wilson explains how visual ...
Bria Skonberg Quintet At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Bria Skonberg Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California November 5, 2025 Bria Skonberg took the stage at SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium with the confidence of an artist who knows that joy is compelling. The 90-minute set was a lively, good-humored, rhythm-driven performance that blended New Orleans roots, swing, blues, and pop as parts ...
SFJAZZ Collective At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
SFJAZZ Collective Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA November 2, 2025 San Francisco experienced a heartfelt, generous homage to Wayne Shorter on Sunday afternoon when the SFJAZZ Collective presented its second of three shows, the Native Dancer project, at Miner Auditorium. Led by music director and multi-reedist Chris Potter, the ...
SFJAZZ Collective: Native Dancer Preview
by Steven Roby
Chris Potter, saxophonist, composer, and music director of the SFJAZZ Collective, joins Backstage Bay Area to preview the SFJAZZ Collective's tribute to Wayne Shorter's Native Dancer (Columbia Records, 1974). We talk about why this album matters, how the Collective reimagined its songs for today's band, Potter's personal encounter with Shorter, and what new music is on ...
Las Cafeteras Offer Evening Of Spiritual Storytelling
by Steven Roby
Las Cafeteras Miner Auditorium Día de los Muertos Celebration San Francisco, California October 31, 2025 A Día de los Muertos ritual of music, dance, and testimony transformed Miner Auditorium into a living ofrenda.Miner Auditorium resembled a communal altar on Halloween, with flickering candles, portraits of ancestors glowing, and ...
Caity Gyorgy Brings Strings to Swing
by Steven Roby
Canadian vocalist-composer and three-time JUNO winner Caity Gyorgy (pronounced “George") joins host Steve Roby for a conversation about craft, collaboration, and why swing still feels newly minted when the writing is sharp and the band listens hard. Known for quicksilver phrasing and original tunes that travel between club intimacy and orchestral sheen, Gyorgy traces the path ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Branford Marsalis Quartet Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA October 23, 2025SFJAZZ CEO Gabrielle Armand's warm welcome set the mood for Miner Auditorium, and Branford Marsalis stepped on stage with the dry humor of a seasoned bandleader, admitting to a tough travel day before dissolving any hint of fatigue with the first ...
Between Soul and Swing: Nicolas Bearde’s Jarreau, Alive and In Motion
by Steven Roby
Episode Summary Bay Area vocalist Nicolas Bearde joined Backstage Bay Area to talk about his Al Jarreau celebration at the Joe Henderson Lab. We traced his path from early R&B roots and Motown radio to a mature jazz voice shaped onstage with Bobby McFerrin, and how that journey informs a show that treats Jarreau's music as ...
