Charlie Parker

Recordings

Jazzmatazz

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Recordings

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Andrew Hill

Change (Blue Note)

Uncle Jim

Superstars of Greenwich Meantime

Ivo Papasov and Yuri Yunakov

Together Again: Legends of Bulgarian Wedding Music (Traditional Crossroads)

Jazz cats the Dead Kenny G's stick it to everyone's favorite wuss; DMBQ drops a bluster-bomb on 12 Galaxies

Together Again: Legends of Bulgarian Wedding Music (Traditional Crossroads)

Jazz Attack

Bop returns to the Fillmore

Dave Brubeck

For All Time

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.

Bright Lights

City Lights Bookstore turns 50, and we can hardly contain ourselves

Hear This

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

Hear This

Blowout's coherent, slow-simmering melodic jazz

Seven Stops on a North Beach Pub Crawl

Blowout's coherent, slow-simmering melodic jazz

Best Irony in Urban Redevelopment

Fillmore Street's "Walk of Fame"

Kind of Code Blue

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

Hear This

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

Cannonball

Hiphopulation (43 Productions)

Hear This

Legendary Jazz drummer Max Roach demonstrates his solo percussive talents

Best Barber

1987 Hyde (at Union)

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

Asian-American Summit

Beijing Trio

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

Dinner (or Not) and a Show

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

Night & Day

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

The House of Tudor

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

Reviews

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

Hear This

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

Riff Raff

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

Riff Raff

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

The Last of the Hipsters

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

Reviews

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

Night+Day

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

Hear This

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

Recordings

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

SF Weekly Picks

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

SF Weekly Picks

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

SF Weekly Picks

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

The Essence of Jazz

Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

Recordings

Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

Singer-Songwriter Joe Henry Captures Civilians at GAMH

Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

Coda gives us all that jazz, and food too

Henry Threadgill's anti-purity

Outstanding in the Field Announces 2010 Dates

Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.​Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>

Bebop Forever

Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.​Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>

Mingus Amungus keeps the jazz great's wild tendencies alive

Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.​Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>

Wrap Delight Goes Mexican-Vietnamese, Pudong to Bring Vietnamese-French to the Castro

​ ​The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Inside Scoop's Paolo L. learns that a pair of Shanghai 1930 staffers are planning to open Pudong (2029 Market) in the former Mecca space. The pitch: Shanghainese food with French accents.Humin ... More >>

Chotto About to Open, Ryan Scott Debuts 3-Sum Eats

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Tablehopper leads this week's edition with news that an izakaya named Chotto (3317 Steiner St.) will open Monday, Dec. 6. The pitch: sushi with Japanese fish, grilled skewers, pickles and smal ... More >>

Plum: Daniel Patterson's intricate and affordable cuisine

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Tablehopper leads this week's edition with news that an izakaya named Chotto (3317 Steiner St.) will open Monday, Dec. 6. The pitch: sushi with Japanese fish, grilled skewers, pickles and smal ... More >>

This Week's Review: Plum, Where Devices and Ideals Go Hand in Hand

Lara HataSquid with smoked lentil puree at Plum.​I had a funny little off-the-record exchange with Daniel Patterson a few weeks ago, in which I asked him if he wanted to update his 2005 essay on how straightjacket California cuisine had become. His response was, essentially, that he'd said all he' ... More >>

Jazz for Kids

Lara HataSquid with smoked lentil puree at Plum.​I had a funny little off-the-record exchange with Daniel Patterson a few weeks ago, in which I asked him if he wanted to update his 2005 essay on how straightjacket California cuisine had become. His response was, essentially, that he'd said all he' ... More >>