Miles from India at SFJAZZ
The 15-piece supergroup Miles from India began their sprawling concert at Davies Hall with 40 minutes of blazing brilliance. Unfortunately, it was a 2-hour show.
The Dave Holland Sextet kicked off a five-night engagement at Yoshi’s with style and power, in an exhilarating set derived largely from their new CD, Pass It On.
When David “Fathead” Newman picks up his weathered tenor saxophone and begins to blow, his sound embodies a depth of feeling that suffuses the atmosphere of the room.
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.
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.