Dizzy Gillespie

"Chico & Rita": Musical Passion That Moves

Jazz for Kids

Grammy Cuts: Bay Area Musicians, Including Carlos Santana, Petition to Restore Award Categories

Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

Yusef Lateef: Show Preview

Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

Mingus Amungus keeps the jazz great's wild tendencies alive

Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

Taj Mahal, Ravi Shankar, Vieux Farka Touré Among Performers in SF Jazz Festival

Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

Cuba Libre

Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

Art House

Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

Long, Shiny, Moves People

Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

Afro-Cuban-American

Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

Michael Wolff Trio

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Wrong Records)

Michael Wolff Trio: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz CD (Wrong Records)

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Wrong Records)

It Happened in Monterey

New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

Our critics weigh in on local theater

New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

Bebop Beauty

A glimmering production rescues a riveting but dense play from the ivory tower

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A glimmering production rescues a riveting but dense play from the ivory tower

Hear This

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

Kind of Code Blue

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

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

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

Cannonball

Hiphopulation (43 Productions)

Bard by the Bay

Summer is the season for Shakespeare festivals

Piano Man

Danilo Pérez

Charlie Parker

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

Carlos "Patato" Valdes and Snowboy & the Latin Section

The Legend of Cuban Percussion and Afro Cuban Jazz
(Six Degrees) and (CuBop)

Loved, Loving, and a Little Bit Bubbly

The animated Faith Hubley

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

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

Sworn to the Drum

Through one San Francisco label, Francisco Aguabella leads the charge of Afro-Cuban percussion

Into the Maelstrom

The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

Reviews

The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

S.F. Jazz Festival

The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

Riff Raff

The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet once again honors the freewheeling spirit of Bay Area jazz improvisers

What Wynton Doesn't Hear

Lester Bowie explains

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Lester Bowie explains

The Mission Valdes

Afro-Cuban jazz legends Chucho Valdes and Irakere return to the U.S.

The Beat of a Different Drummer

Bongo king Armando Peraza

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Bongo king Armando Peraza

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Bongo king Armando Peraza