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Balé Folclórico de Bahia at Zellerbach Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Balé Folclórico de BahiaZellerbach HallCal PerformancesBerkeley, CaliforniaMarch 5, 2017 “Dance is the most universal art that we have. During the primitive era we danced for the sun, wind and rain. Dance was the first expression of the human race and it is the most universal language. We are able to ...
Kronos Festival 2017
by Harry S. Pariser
Kronos Quartet SFJAZZ Kronos Festival 2017 San Francisco, CA February 4-6, 2017 “I'd started playing string quartets when I was 12, and one day when I was 14, I was gazing at a map of the world and suddenly realized that all the quartet music I'd ever heard--Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, ...
John Handy Tribute At SFJAZZ
by Walter Atkins
John Handy Tribute SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium SFJAZZ Fifth Season Celebration San Francisco CA January 22, 2017 The SFJAZZ Center ignited its fifth season celebration with two extraordinary weeks that included the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Open House and the star studded Zakir Hussain Gala Night ...
Classical Meets Jazz: The Fred Moyer Trio At The California Jazz Conservatory on January 29th at 4:30 p.m.
Pianist Frederick Moyer, who has played in over 40 countries; at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Sydney Opera House; and with the Cleveland, Boston, and Philadelphia Orchestras, brings a decidedly unique program to the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, California, on January 29th at 4:30 p.m. Blending his classical training with his passion for jazz, ...
Bobby Hutcherson tribute at SFJAZZ Center
by David Becker
Bobby Hutcherson tribute SFJAZZ Center San Francisco CA January 21, 2017 I still can't quite believe he's gone. No, not that contemporary American icon. I'm talking about Bobby Hutcherson, one of the greatest practitioners ever of the curious art of making the vibraphone sing and a ...
Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman and lots more at SFJAZZ Center gala
by David Becker
2017 Gala Celebrating Zakir Hussain SFJAZZ Center San Francisco January 18, 2017 When SFJAZZ decides to throw a party, it does not fool around. For evidence, you had to look no farther than the presenter's 2017 gala, celebrating both the 5th anniversary of the organization's impeccable ...
Clarence Becton: Straight Ahead Into Freedom
by Barbara Ina Frenz
Clarence Becton is a musicians' musician—meaning, someone well-known in musician circles. He belongs to the generation of American jazz heroes who grew up under economically and socially difficult circumstances, and for that very reason, succeeded in gaining a comprehensive education, emancipating himself, and embodying the history of jazz music by directly learning from and working with ...
Mads Tolling and the Mads Men: Playing the 60s
by C. Michael Bailey
From the first arco tones, something sounds very familiar, yet hard to identify. The tone in question is big and full, dry, but not too much so. Were this tone a libation, it would be an Old Fashion. Sleek and commanding, yes, this makes me think of Svend Asmussen. This should be no surprise both wunderkind ...
Trombonist Wayne Wallace racking up Grammy nods with distinctive record label
by David Becker
Usually when a musician starts a record label, it's with no intent beyond releasing his own music. Not so with San Francisco-based trombonist Wayne Wallace. Since forming Patois Records (Motto: “Promoting improvisation") more than a decade ago, Wallace has used the label as a vehicle to promote both his own Latin jazz work and music of ...
Scott Yanow, Author Of 11 Books Including "The Jazz Singers" Reviews Tony Adamo's "Sonic Henderson"
Tony Adamo is not only a soulful singer but a top-notch spoken-word artist. When he pays tribute to a musician through his talks, while he is rapping about a subject, it is not rap. Rather than concentrating on rhyming or using drum machines as a background, Adamo talks intelligently about the subject, uses his words creatively, ...
