Each fall and spring SFJAZZ presents a Members-only Listening
Party, where featured musicians play excerpts from their
favorite recordings and share their insights on the music. Listening
Parties are a great way to get a behind-the-scenes perspective on
the music and musicians in an intimate setting. As a benefit of
membership, SFJAZZ members are entitled to two free tickets to each
Listening Party. Become a member
today!
SFJAZZ is very proud to have presented these past Listening
Parties:
Thursday, March 4, 2008
Oscar Castro-Neves at the SFJAZZ listening party on March 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Ben Ratliff in conversation with SFJAZZ Executive Director Randall Kline at the Great American Music Hall, celebrating the release of Ratliff's new book Coltrane: The Story of a Sound.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Orrin Keepnews in conversation with SFJAZZ
Executive Director Randall Kline at the Yerba Buena Forum about Monk's creative process.
January 10, 2006
Bobby Hutcherson in conversation with SFJAZZ
Executive Director Randall Kline and SFJAZZ Director of Education
Dmitri Matheny in the elegant War Memorial Green Room above the
Herbst Theatre.
Read the review and view
the tracklist
October 6, 2005
“Out of the Fog: San Francisco’s Secret Jazz History”
Bell Bell and Eddie Marshall
in conversation with Dmitri Matheny, at the Jewish Community Center
of San Francisco.
March
10, 2005
”John Coltrane: Inspiration and Influence”
Bobby Hutcherson, Miguel Zenón, and
Joshua Redman in conversation with Dmitri Matheny, SFJAZZ
Director of Education, at the Herbst Theatre.
February
13, 2005
“Are Vocalists Saving Jazz?”
Mary Stallings in conversation with Dmitri Matheny,
SFJAZZ Director of Education, at the Herbst Theatre.
March
10, 2004
SFJAZZ Collective members Renee Rosnes, Robert Hurst
and Josh Roseman in conversation with Dmitri
Matheny, SFJAZZ Director of Education. The evening's discussion
centered around the birth of the SFJAZZ Collective.
Read the review and view the
tracklist
December
9, 2003
SFJAZZ Spring Season Artistic Director Joshua Redman
previewed the themes and artists of the 2004 Spring Season and
played selected recordings of their music.
March
20, 2003
Ben Ratliff, NY Times jazz and pop critic
and author of The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz,
a Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings,
View photos and the tracklist