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Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, Free Concert 10/3, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF), today announced the 2010 'Latin Jazz Tardeada,' a free outdoor concert with Grammy-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco from 1:00pm--3:00pm. “Tardeada," meaning afternoon gathering or party, will be a celebration ...

The Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's “Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's ...

A Haunting Miles Davis Film Score

July 24, 2010

Louis Malle's 1958 film Ascenseur pour l'échafraud (Elevator to the Gallows) is legendary for a number of reasons. It helped usher in the French New Wave film movement, it made Jeanne Moreau a star, and it has a haunting score by Miles Davis. The film is a crime drama about two lovers, Florence (Moreau) and Julien ...

Lennie Tristano - "Tangerine" (1965)

July 20, 2010

Happy Birthday, Paul Gonsalves!

July 13, 2010

Paul Gonsalves, born on this date in 1920, was a tenor saxophonist mainly known for his long association with Duke Ellington. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, but his parents were of Cape Verdean heritage. As a child, he and his brothers played Portuguese folk songs on guitar for family gatherings. They also played “hillbilly" and ...

Lee Morgan - "Moanin'" (1961)

July 12, 2010

Louis Armstrong - "Basin Street Blues" (1959)

July 7, 2010

Crowds throng Fillmore Jazz Festival

July 4, 2010

By lunchtime, Stephanie Woodford had drawn an impressive crowd around her waist-high Casio keyboard, which she was playing with a serious, intense frown on her face, her eyes on her hands and her head bowed over the sheet music. She hit the last notes and the crowd whooped--and the frown disappeared. Stephanie grinned and bowed, and ...

Ahmad Jamal - "Poinciana" (2005)

June 29, 2010

Big Band Ambassador

June 24, 2010

During the Cold War, the U.S. government sent artists--stars of all stripes--around the world to promote a positive image of the United States. This included jazz musicians. And while Louis Armstrong had a justified image as the “real ambassador," Dizzy Gillespie was the big band ambassador in 1956 on tours of the Middle East and South ...