Robert Glasper Quintet at Joe’s Pub
Canvas, Robert Glasper’s recent recording for Blue Note, is a compelling but straightforward jazz album. What Glasper laid down at Joe’s was a glimpse of the music’s future.
Category: Concert Reviews
Dave Douglas & Keystone at SFJAZZ
Dave Douglas and his electrified Keystone band merged past and future on the last stop of their brief American tour, playing new scores for the silent films of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.
Oct 27, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
SFJAZZ Collective in Mountain View, CA
SFJAZZ, the presenting organization behind the San Francisco Jazz Festival, likes to think big. And perhaps no project exemplifies that thinking better than the SFJAZZ Collective.
Mar 25, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
Roy Haynes’ 80th Birthday at SFJAZZ
It was officially “Roy Haynes Day” in his native Boston, but the master drummer himself was in San Francisco, celebrating his 80th birthday on the stage with an all-star band.
Mar 15, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
Omar Sosa Quartet at Yoshi’s
“Another world is possible.” When those four words bubbled to the surface of Omar Sosa’s modern jazz stew at Yoshi’s, they summed up a musician who has spent years opening new vistas in Latin jazz.
Mar 05, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
Jimmy Smith Tribute at Yoshi’s
The joint appearance of organists Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco was supposed to be the first stop on a triumphal tour. But just one week before the gig, Smith passed away at the age of 76. The show goes on.
Feb 18, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
Mose Allison at Yoshi’s
Is there any living jazz artist so utterly, comprehensively American as Mose Allison? His melting-pot piano style, his carefree singing, his sly cynicism — these are all reflections of the national character.
Feb 10, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
IAJE 2005 Notebook: Friday
Updates and observations from the 2005 International Association for Jazz Education conference in Long Beach, CA.
Jan 07, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
IAJE 2005 Notebook: Thursday
Updates and observations from the 2005 International Association for Jazz Education conference in Long Beach, CA.
Jan 06, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
