At The Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland, California on May 26th, Roger Glenn’s Latin Jazz Ensemble showered those assembled with a heaping helping of great music....
In his ambitious and challenging work, Music For The River Jazz Suite: The Spirit Of Love River And Mississippi River, bassist Vincent Hsu explores the history...
In eleven tracks Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits explore a captivating and superbly imagined outing, On Different Paths. Marlon and his brothers Edward Simon and...
Four years ago in January my wife and I happened upon the Puerto Rico Jazz Jam held at the nineteenth century Teatro Tapia in Old San...
On a rainy Saturday night in Berkeley, California in January, the venerable Freight and Salvage was host to a CD release party by The John Santos...
On September 22nd, 2023, my brother and I witnessed Joshua Redman’s Quintet perform a thoroughly entertaining evening of music at Bing Concert Hall on the Stanford...
On November 19th a marvelous concert occurred at The Back Room on Bonita Avenue in Berkeley, California. First a few words about The Back Room. Tucked away on...
While the whole world was placed on hold during the pandemic, two important recordings were released. Duo by Chilean vocalist Claudia Acuña and Viento y Tiempo...
On July 14th at Yoshi’s nightspot in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, an inspiring event took place. It was the return of Chief Adjuah (formerly...
After nine years of work, Kathryn Golden was finally able to screen her documentary film SANTOS: Skin to Skin and it was definitely worth the wait....
On Friday April 14th the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, California presented a rare opportunity to see and hear Dave Liebman in a quartet setting. The trio...
Seven-time Grammy winning composer/conductor Vince Mendoza has arranged and conducted a suite of songs with the Metropole Orkest that reaches the lofty heights suggested by its...
At the end of October and the beginning of December 2022, the San Francisco Bay Area had two special occasions of music from percussion master John...
