Subject:

Ornette Coleman

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    In The Soul Kitchen's DJ Harry Duncan on Working With Bill Graham, His Show at Amoeba, and the Battle to Save KUSF

    Harry Duncan has filled a lot of roles in his 61 years: Independent producer of black music for Bill Graham Presents; manager of artists like the Meters and Ornette Coleman, to name just a couple; original talent buyer at Slim's; and, currently, a consultant at Bimbo's 365 Club. Just a year ago, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Dear Parents, Please Do Not Turn Your Children Into the Shaggs

    The Shaggs in 1968.​The opening torrent of notes in Ornette Coleman's "Kaleidoscope" reminds me of the ubiquitous television closet gag. You know, when some unsuspecting soul opens a closet door and is buried under an avalanche of junk (executed rather brilliantly in this episode of Elmo's World). ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2010

    Angel-Headed

    The Shaggs in 1968.​The opening torrent of notes in Ornette Coleman's "Kaleidoscope" reminds me of the ubiquitous television closet gag. You know, when some unsuspecting soul opens a closet door and is buried under an avalanche of junk (executed rather brilliantly in this episode of Elmo's World). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    SFJAZZ Announces Fall Season

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    Yoshi’s steps up its game with free-jazz fest

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Music

    March 4, 2009

    John Zorn’s wild imagination takes root at Yoshi’s

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/20

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    Doctor Parker

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    So Smooth

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    Get your gloom on with the Black Heart Procession

    Hypnotic & Harmelodic: Ornette Coleman SFJAZZ has announced its 27th season, which kicks off October 10 with a Thelonious Monk birthday party and ends November 21 with a "Double-Barreled Blues Bash" featuring Keb' Mo and Solomon Burke. Highlights include October 22's show, "Afro-Cuban Keystone ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2007

    Shape-Shifter

    Ornette Coleman sculpts free jazz from the genre's elevated fringes

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    It Happened in Monterey

    New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    OOIOO

    TAIGA (Thrill Jockey Records)

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    New York's OG glam punks saunter up to the mic once again

    TAIGA (Thrill Jockey Records)

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    Centro-matic|The Leather Uppers|Husky Rescue|Wayne Hancock

    TAIGA (Thrill Jockey Records)

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    SFJAZZ Collective

    SFJAZZ Collective 2

  • Music

    November 2, 2005

    Highly evolved goth rockers Current 93; OG sax addict Ornette Coleman

    SFJAZZ Collective 2

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    Charles Lloyd

    Jumping the Creek

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Reeling the Out Sound In

    What the Bay Area's world-class improvisational music scene is doing to put more butts in the seats

  • Music

    January 12, 2005

    Hear This

    Simon Finn's wacky '70s Brit-folk gets a second chance; the Album Leaf soaks the Independent in psychedelic ambience

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    The Insiders Take It Out

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

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    House of Tudor

    The Fleshtones were retro-rockin' long before the White Stripes – and they still are

  • Music

    June 4, 2003

    Hear This

    The jazz-schooled punks of Go-Go Fightmaster celebrate their debut CD, a tour de force of in-your-face eclecticism

  • Music

    April 16, 2003

    Hear This

    Saxophonist Patrick Cress' combo Telepathy is onto something special, if not extrasensory.

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2003

    Patriot Games

    Saxophonist Patrick Cress' combo Telepathy is onto something special, if not extrasensory.

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Hear This

    Blowout's coherent, slow-simmering melodic jazz

  • Music

    November 6, 2002

    Hear This

    Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's still as fresh, original, and relevant as ever.

  • Film

    June 12, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's still as fresh, original, and relevant as ever.

  • Music

    May 23, 2001

    Hear This

    School Days teaches the value of a well-rounded jazz education

  • Music

    March 21, 2001

    Margo Guryan

    Take a Picture (Oglio)

  • Music

    November 29, 2000

    Hear This

    Isotope 217 and Chicago Underground Duo

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    Hear This

    Kimara

  • Music

    August 30, 2000

    Hear This

    Saxophonist John Tchicai offers free jazz

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Hear This

    Masada

  • Music

    March 1, 2000

    Re-Illuminated

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

  • Music

    October 20, 1999

    Review

    Charlie Haden Quartet West with Chamber Orchestra's The Art of The Song

  • Calendar

    September 22, 1999

    If It Ain't Stiff

    Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

  • Music

    April 7, 1999

    Disco 'Round Midnight

    Gianni Gebbia's out-there saxophone mastery masks a deep and surprising respect for all musical genres

  • Music

    April 8, 1998

    Reviews

    Gianni Gebbia's out-there saxophone mastery masks a deep and surprising respect for all musical genres

  • Music

    April 1, 1998

    Reviews

    Gianni Gebbia's out-there saxophone mastery masks a deep and surprising respect for all musical genres

  • Music

    February 11, 1998

    Hear This

    Gianni Gebbia's out-there saxophone mastery masks a deep and surprising respect for all musical genres

  • Culture

    October 8, 1997

    Stage

    Gianni Gebbia's out-there saxophone mastery masks a deep and surprising respect for all musical genres

  • Music

    October 8, 1997

    Deuces Wild!

    When it comes to improv, two's a charm

  • Music

    August 13, 1997

    Hear This

    When it comes to improv, two's a charm

  • Music

    October 9, 1996

    Recordings

    When it comes to improv, two's a charm

  • Music

    December 20, 1995

    Dub Warriors

    Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

  • Calendar

    November 29, 1995

    Night+Day

    Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

  • Music

    October 25, 1995

    Samples

    Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

  • Music

    August 23, 1995

    Recordings

    Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

  • Music

    May 3, 1995

    Jazz Assassins

    John Zorn's Painkiller and the Denison/Kimball Trio rewrite the rules of jazz

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