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Ben Folds on Keeping Art Alive
by Steven Roby
In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby interviews Ben Folds, the pianist, songwriter, and arts advocate who has spent three decades balancing sharp, story-driven pop songs with orchestral ambition. Fresh off the release of Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra and deep into his work on the new holiday album Sleigher, ...
Three Visitors At Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
Three Visitors Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, CA November 22, 2025 The first notes of Edward Simon 's “What If" emerged out of the dark at the Joe Henderson Lab, cutting through the reflections of car lights sliding across the room's glass walls. Inside the 100-seat club, the city was a flickering ...
Stefon Harris on Soul, Sound, and Harmony in Motion
by Steven Roby
Stefon Harris is a four-time Grammy-nominated jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, and educator. A longtime leader of the band Blackout and former member of the SFJAZZ Collective, he has recorded for Blue Note and Concord, collaborated with artists from Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter to Dianne Reeves and Common, and serves on the faculty at Rutgers University--Newark. Harris ...
Kamasi Washington At Golden Gate Theatre
by Steven Roby
Kamasi Washington Band Golden Gate Theatre San Francisco, CA October 14, 2025 It was part big-band spiritual jazz and part family affair. Visionary saxophonist Kamasi Washington's sold-out two-hour concert at the Golden Gate Theatre offered an evening of transcendent fusion, mixing funk, hip-hop, and masterful improvisation with surprise guest appearances.
Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars Miner Auditorium Buena Vista Social Club Revisited San Francisco, CA November 13, 2025 Minutes after returning to Miner Auditorium's stage, Juan De Marcos shared a revelation that would have discouraged many bandleaders. “I am very happy to play tonight for you," ...
Three Visitors Trio Debuts New Album
by Steven Roby
In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby interviews pianist and composer Edward Simon to discuss the trio Three Visitors, a deeply collaborative project with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade. This trio consists of three composers who write for one another, built on a long history, a shared language, and deliberate listening. ...
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 ...
