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Happy Birthday, Coleman Hawkins!

November 22, 2010

Shorty Rogers - "Martians Go Home" (1962)

November 18, 2010

A Look at Mingus the Composer

November 17, 2010

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997) is a fascinating look at the life and legacy of bassist Charles Mingus. It combines concert footage, interviews with fellow musicians and family, and bits of a noirish documentary of Mingus made in the late 1960s. It was directed by Don McGlynn and co-produced by the composer's widow, Sue ...

Happy Birthday, Hampton Hawes!

November 14, 2010

Hard bop pianist Hampton Hawes was born in Los Angeles on this date in 1928. His father was a Presbyterian preacher and his mother was the church's pianist. His interest in piano may have first begun as a toddler as he listened to his mother rehearsing, and he was already plunking out tunes by the age ...

Russ Lorenson Celebrates Five Years of "Christmas in San Francisco" on 12/22

November 15, 2010

Russ Lorenson comes home for the holidays with his fifth annual “Christmas in San Francisco with Russ Lorenson & Friends," for one performance only, 8:00pm on December 22nd at The Rrazz Room, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102. . Guest artists for this year's show include San Francisco favorites Carly Ozard, Veronica Klaus, and Katya ...

Clark Terry - "Miguel's Party" (1959)

November 11, 2010

Roy Haynes - Live at SFJazz

November 10, 2010

One can only bow to the master. Drummer Roy Haynes has played with a who's who of jazz greats over the course of his long career: Lester Young, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Chick Corea. Now 85, he shows no signs of slowing ...

Charles Mingus - "So Long, Eric" (1964)

November 4, 2010

Kenny Barron - Live at SFJazz

November 2, 2010

I recently saw Kenny Barron in performance during the San Francisco Jazz Festival. He is an elegant and melodic player and was in top form on October 24th. Barron was born in Philadelphia in 1943 and was already playing piano professionally as a teenager. After moving to New York City, he was hired by tenor saxophonist ...

Barney Kessel - "One Mint Julep" (1964)

October 28, 2010