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Bebop

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Sunday: Jazz Royal McCoy Tyner Showcases Coltrane at Herbst Theatre

    Dean Schaffer​McCoy Tyner Oct. 16, 2011 Herbst Theatre Better than: Listening to a scratched up jazz record from the '60s for the thousandth time. When 72-year-old McCoy Tyner walked onstage, his steps were small and almost fragile. When he spoke, his voice barely rose above a whisper. But ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 14, 2011

    Jazz for Kids

    Dean Schaffer​McCoy Tyner Oct. 16, 2011 Herbst Theatre Better than: Listening to a scratched up jazz record from the '60s for the thousandth time. When 72-year-old McCoy Tyner walked onstage, his steps were small and almost fragile. When he spoke, his voice barely rose above a whisper. But ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2010

    Mingus Amungus keeps the jazz great's wild tendencies alive

    Dean Schaffer​McCoy Tyner Oct. 16, 2011 Herbst Theatre Better than: Listening to a scratched up jazz record from the '60s for the thousandth time. When 72-year-old McCoy Tyner walked onstage, his steps were small and almost fragile. When he spoke, his voice barely rose above a whisper. But ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 23, 2009

    Coda gives us all that jazz, and food too

    Dean Schaffer​McCoy Tyner Oct. 16, 2011 Herbst Theatre Better than: Listening to a scratched up jazz record from the '60s for the thousandth time. When 72-year-old McCoy Tyner walked onstage, his steps were small and almost fragile. When he spoke, his voice barely rose above a whisper. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Track of the Day: Julian Priester

    One secret ingredient in the elephantine new Sunn O))) record, Monoliths & Dimensions, is Julian Priester. The murky, dirgey album's coda comes from the trombonist, who adds free jazz to "Alice" after a record's worth of metal, drone, and other bone-compressing free for alls. (He also plays a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Afro-Cuban-American

    One secret ingredient in the elephantine new Sunn O))) record, Monoliths & Dimensions, is Julian Priester. The murky, dirgey album's coda comes from the trombonist, who adds free jazz to "Alice" after a record's worth of metal, drone, and other bone-compressing free for alls. (He also plays a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    Pharaoh Speaks

    One secret ingredient in the elephantine new Sunn O))) record, Monoliths & Dimensions, is Julian Priester. The murky, dirgey album's coda comes from the trombonist, who adds free jazz to "Alice" after a record's worth of metal, drone, and other bone-compressing free for alls. (He also plays a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    McCoy Tyner with Savion Glover tops SF JAZZ annoucement of spring lineup

    One secret ingredient in the elephantine new Sunn O))) record, Monoliths & Dimensions, is Julian Priester. The murky, dirgey album's coda comes from the trombonist, who adds free jazz to "Alice" after a record's worth of metal, drone, and other bone-compressing free for alls. (He also plays a ... More >>

  • Music

    July 4, 2007

    Radioactive Clout

    Local genre-tweakers Mushroom meld with jazz giant Eddie Gale

  • Music

    June 28, 2006

    The Miles Davis Quintet|Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

    The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions|The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    The big-band jams of the Realistic Orchestra, and the twisted sounds of fusion supergroup Banyan

    The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions|The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    Miles Davis

    'Round About Midnight -- Legacy Edition

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    Dave Brubeck

    For All Time

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    The Insiders Take It Out

    The SFJAZZ Collective may be great, but is it good enough to tackle Ornette Coleman?

  • Listen Up

    March 17, 2004

    Jazz But Not Least

    What's that you say? You've forgotten that this town has an immense, thriving jazz scene? Well, shame on you.

  • Music

    May 28, 2003

    Hear This

    Bay Area tenor saxophonist Mitch Marcus' quintet evokes jazz's legacy without wallowing in easy retroisms

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Hear This

    Blowout's coherent, slow-simmering melodic jazz

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Irony in Urban Redevelopment

    Fillmore Street's "Walk of Fame"

  • Music

    May 8, 2002

    Kind of Code Blue

    Is jazz dead? Local experts search for signs of life.

  • Music

    April 3, 2002

    Tenor Madness

    At 72, Sonny Rollins remains one of jazz's biggest enigmas -- and a hugely rewarding live performer

  • Music

    September 12, 2001

    Hear This

    Saxophonist Joe Lovano's tribute to 52nd Street swing and bop.

  • Music

    August 8, 2001

    Hear This

    Legendary jazz figure Sam Rivers links the old guard and the new wave

  • Music

    July 18, 2001

    Cannonball

    Hiphopulation (43 Productions)

  • Calendar

    June 27, 2001

    Bard by the Bay

    Summer is the season for Shakespeare festivals

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    Hear This

    Legendary Jazz drummer Max Roach demonstrates his solo percussive talents

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2001

    Frankenstein -- It's Alive!

    Revisiting the tunes of Grachan Moncur III

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    Charlie Parker

    The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings (1944-1948) (Savoy Jazz)

  • Music

    August 23, 2000

    Finger-picking Good

    Duck Baker explores uncharted territory with his acoustic guitar

  • Music

    May 10, 2000

    Sonic Revival

    To save a floundering local avant-jazz scene, the Alliance of Emerging Creative Artists is bringing back the old-fashioned school of mentoring

  • Music

    May 3, 2000

    Chucho Valdes

    Live at the Village Vanguard

  • Music

    March 1, 2000

    Re-Illuminated

    After spending the '60s in the jazz vanguard, Sonny Simmons disappeared. He's back -- but still struggling

  • News

    January 26, 2000

    Requiem for a Church Supreme

    After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

  • Music

    November 10, 1999

    Review

    Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas

  • Music

    October 20, 1999

    Hear This

    Jackie McLean and Steve Lacy

  • Music

    February 24, 1999

    Hear This

    Jackie McLean and Steve Lacy

  • Music

    February 10, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Jackie McLean and Steve Lacy

  • Music

    December 23, 1998

    The House of Tudor

    Jackie McLean and Steve Lacy

  • Music

    December 23, 1998

    Flauting Tradition

    Bud ShankThe Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions (1956-61)(Mosaic)

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    Reviews

    Bud ShankThe Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions (1956-61)(Mosaic)

  • Music

    August 26, 1998

    Hear This

    Bud ShankThe Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions (1956-61)(Mosaic)

  • Music

    April 22, 1998

    The Perfect Band

    How Miles Davis found a group for jazz's past and future

  • Music

    December 24, 1997

    Baby, It's Him

    How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

  • Music

    November 26, 1997

    The Last of the Hipsters

    How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?

  • Music

    October 22, 1997

    King Sonny

    Jazz great Sonny Rollins talks about old songs, speaking in tongues, and 40 years of spiritual intensity

  • Music

    October 30, 1996

    Hear This

    Jazz great Sonny Rollins talks about old songs, speaking in tongues, and 40 years of spiritual intensity

  • Music

    October 23, 1996

    Recordings

    Jazz great Sonny Rollins talks about old songs, speaking in tongues, and 40 years of spiritual intensity

  • Music

    September 11, 1996

    What Wynton Doesn't Hear

    Lester Bowie explains

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    Recordings

    Lester Bowie explains

  • Calendar

    March 1, 1995

    Night+Day

    Lester Bowie explains

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