Brad Mehldau
(The day that I get this press release, announcing the lineup for the SFJAZZ Spring Season, is always one of the best days of the year:)
SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES THE ARTIST LINE-UP FOR THE
10TH ANNIVERSARY SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE MCCOY TYNER, BRANFORD MARSALIS,
BRAD MEHLDAU, BILL FRISELL’S DISFARMER PROJECT,
JENNY SCHEINMAN, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, KAYHAN KALHOR & BROOKLYN RIDER,
JOHN [...]
By Jim Harrington
Dave Brubeck’s trophy case must be a sight to behold.
During his lengthy career, which stretches back to the mid-1940s and continues to flourish to this day, Brubeck has been honored with a National Medal of the Arts, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy and a Smithsonian Medal. He’s also been officially dubbed a “Legend” by [...]
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008
San Francisco Jazz Festival
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
1. Gone with the Wind
2. Stormy Weather
3. Theme for June
4. Crescent City Stomp
5. Sleep
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Highlights of this week’s San Francisco Jazz Festival:
Dave Brubeck
It’s always a special occasion when Concord’s favorite native son returns to the Bay Area. Brubeck has been a household name since 1954, when he became only the second jazz artist (after Louis Armstrong) to make the cover of Time magazine, and he secured his legend in [...]
This week’s picks for the San Francisco Jazz Festival. For more info on all shows, visit www.sfjazz.org.
Mavis Staples
Listen to Top 40 radio long enough and you might forget that the label “soul music” once meant something. Let Staples remind you. The highly decorated vocalist, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and [...]
By Jim Harrington
Miles Davis would’ve dug this concert. The only change that he probably have wanted was in regard to the frontman: Miles would’ve wanted that role so he could be the unquestionable star of the show.
As it turned out, however, Miles was the star.
The opening night concert of the 26th annual San Francisco Jazz [...]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Featuring Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris and dozens of others, 2:30 p.m., Oct. 3, 11 a.m. Oct. 4-5, Speedway, Marx and Lindley meadows, Golden Gate Park, free, www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.
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By Jim Harrington
Jazz is as American as baseball.
One of the things that the two share in common, however, is that Americans are no longer the only ones playing them _ and playing them quite well. The South Koreans won the gold and the Cubans took home the silver in baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, [...]
New on sales from Ticketmaster:
Now on sale:
4th Annual Christian Music Awards
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Save Mart Center
Fresno , CA
On Sale Friday, July 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Aphelion
Friday, August 15, 2008 to Friday, November 14, 2008
El Dorado Casino
Reno , NV
On Sale Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Alejandra Guzman
Friday, August 22, 2008
ORACLE Arena
Oakland , CA
On Sale Sunday, [...]
In history books, Amasa Leland Stanford is referred to as one of “The Big Four.” He earned that ranking _ alongside Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker _ due to his involvement in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Likewise, the jazz festival held annually at Mr. Stanford’s university should be considered among [...]
