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Cindy Blackman Santana Band at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
Cindy Blackman Santana BandMiner AuditoriumSFJAZZ CenterSan Franciso, CASeptember 14, 2025 On the second of two sold-out nights at Miner Auditorium, Cindy Blackman Santana opened with a brief welcome--"Blue Whale"--and nothing more. The band turned toward the center, eyes on her for the first cue, as if to agree that rhythm would set the terms. ...
101-year-old Jazz Icon Marshall Allen Named 'Best Jazz Artist' In The 2025 Unsigned Only Music Awards

The Unsigned Only Music Awards is honored to announce that Marshall Allen, the respected alto saxophonist and leader of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, has been named the Best Jazz Artist in the 2025 awards. At 101 years old, Allen has been a pioneering force in avant-garde jazz for over six decades, proving that his artistry ...
From France To Boston, Drummer-bandleader Guilhem Fourty Is Headlining His Way Across U.S. Jazz Stages

In a city where Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club has long tested and revealed the next generation of jazz voices, drummer Guilhem Fourty is stepping into that legacy and carrying it onto national stages. The Toulouse, France native, now based in Boston, has built a profile that combines headline billing, top-tier festival work, and a string of ...
2025 Detroit Jazz Festival: All Free, All Jazz

by Paul Rauch
2025 Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza & Cadillac Square Detroit, MI August 28-September 1, 2025 There is a story Detroit Jazz Festival President and Artistic Director Chris Collins loves to tell about an intimate conversation he had with Gretchen Valade. Valade had rescued the festival from the brink of financial demise ...
The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis at the Beachland Tavern

by John Chacona
The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH September 12, 2025 Cleveland, Ohio can lay a strong claim as one of the three mother cities, along with London and New York City of punk rock and culture (note: it took an act of will not to use the word ...
LABRATS at Joe Henderson Lab

by Steven Roby
LABRATS Joe Henderson Lab Hotplate Series season opener (early set) San Francisco, CA September 12, 2025 This show hit like a voltage spike to the sternum--disciplined chaos, loud purpose, no hedging. The room was already on edge before a note. Three fans who had driven down from Sacramento ...
Announcing 'Don’t Hate The Potate' By Alexander Dubovoy

Shortly following the release of 恋愛至上主義 / Love Supremacism, Alexander Dubovoy is proud to release his new improvised solo piano EP Don’t Hate the Potate on Adhyâropa Records. It features a series of “improvised miniatures” recorded by Hans Bilger in February 2024 in Berlin. Though each piece was improvised on-site, the goal was to have them ...
Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey

by Steven Roby
Paquito D'Rivera arrived in San Francisco for an upcoming concert at SFJAZZ with a mission and a grin--one that views borders as mere suggestions. Two nights on the Miner Auditorium stage with his seasoned quintet will celebrate years of practice and spontaneous creativity, tracing a career that started with prodigy recitals in Havana and has spanned ...
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 ...
Paul Cornish Trio at BOP STOP

by John Chacona
Paul Cornish Trio BOP STOP at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OHSeptember 5, 2025 Paul Cornish began his concert with a recording of a 1966 John Coltrane interview in Japan. Musicians invoke him all the time these days, but the great saxophonist/saint who ecstatically called the spirits makes an odd match ...