Toronto Jazz Festival – June 24, 2024: Chief Adjuah [formerly Christian Scott] and The Wisdom of Orixa with special guests Nildinha Fonseca, Zé Ricardo, Mayombe Masai,...
Prior to hearing Omar Sosa and his Quarteto Americanos perform in Healdsburg, CA, I’d listened to many of his recordings. I’d watched the excellent documentary about...
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....
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...
What can you say when, due to another’s unfortunate circumstance, a gift comes your way? Sorry that you are feeling under the weather and thank you...
Christian McBride is the man. My daughter was recently in London, England, for work and sent me a message. She explained she had the chance to...
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...
I have seen Arturo Sandoval live on two previous occasions. The first time was way back in 2008 at the big tent, in front of Toronto’s...
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...
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...
On Thursday, October 13, 2022, representing two generations of Cuban Piano Masters, Hilario Durán and David Virelles got together at Koerner Hall, one of the most...
“Tango is a musical style that must constantly evolve and not be some ridiculous folklore to lure tourists” — Astor Piazzolla The celebrated Argentinian pianist Pablo...
