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ELEW at the Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
ELEW Joe Henderson Lab Rock Meets Jazz: ELEW PLAYS STINGSan Francisco, CA September 13, 2025 The evening clicked into focus the instant ELEW (Eric Lewis) raised his hands above the keyboard and did nothing. Not a feint; a recalibration. The room quieted to his breathing, and when the first lefthand ...
The Blind Boys of Alabama at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Blind Boys of Alabama w/Cory Henry Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California September 7, 2025 It was the kind of Sunday afternoon that settles on a room like a benediction. Folks looked as if they'd come straight from church--pressed jackets, careful shoes, a woman down front wearing a black sweater ...
Stella Heath Sextet at Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
Stella Heath Sextet Joe Henderson Lab Tribute To Billie Holiday San Francisco, CA September 7, 2025 The Joe Henderson Lab was full, the kind of sold-out where strangers sit shoulder to shoulder and the air sharpens with anticipation. It carried a small-room charge--as if we'd all agreed ...
Arturo O’Farrill: The Arts Belong to the People
by Steven Roby
The first thing you notice about Arturo O'Farrill is how completely he turns purpose into sound. Whether he's speaking about water, memory, or the way a room breathes during a concert, the GRAMMY-winning pianist and composer treats music as a living system--one that welcomes humor, fury, and community in equal measure. That sensibility powers his new ...
Lineage, Lift-Off: Sarah Hanahan’s Alto Speaks in the Present Tense
by Steven Roby
Alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan plays with the urgency of a musician who learned the music in real time--absorbing the tradition on the bandstand and transforming it into forward momentum. “I've always been sure of my connection to the instrument," she says. “Anyone who knows me knows my dad is a drummer and a great ...
Mino Cinélu at The Presidio Theatre
by Steven Roby
Mino Cinélu Presidio Theatre Mino 4 Miles San Francisco, CA September 6, 2025 The room begins with absence--no band, no chatter--just a white gauze curtain hanging like a flag with no country. A looped rhythm creeps in from the edges, dry and sandy, like shoes on stone. Then the words ...
Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 5, 2025 SFJAZZ Center's digital director, Ross Eustis, started the evening with a brief welcome, highlighting more than 350 shows on the new season's schedule. The crowd greeted the band with the kind of enthusiasm associated with Cory Henry's ...
Anthony Wilson Nonet At Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
Anthony Wilson Nonet Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, CA September 4, 2025 Anthony Wilson chose a high-wire debut for his first time leading his own band at SFJAZZ: nine musicians packed onto the Joe Henderson Lab's stage--roughly 20 by 12 feet--to open the 2025-26 season. The Nonet fit like a ...
OKAN: Joy as Resistance, Rhythm as Home
by Steven Roby
Afro-Cuban duo OKAN creates music that bridges gaps--between Havana and Toronto, ritual and dance floor, refined conservatory training and raw street style. Their name, taken from Santería, means “heart." That rhythm energizes everything they perform: violin complemented by luminous vocals, batá drums, and cajón intertwined with jazz harmony and songs that emphasize joy as both an ...
Dominique Fils-Aimé: Jazz as Freedom, Healing, and Connection
by Steven Roby
Montreal vocalist--composer Dominique Fils-Aimé discusses music as essential as breath--something vital, grounding, and shared. In conversation, a few recurring themes emerge: freedom as the driving force of jazz, healing as the restorative power of music on the body, and connection--among people, across generations, and through history--as the quiet foundation that allows songs to travel. These ideas ...
