25th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival: Sept 22-Nov 30
Ornette Coleman • Herbie Hancock • John McLaughlin
Caetano Veloso • DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER • Youssou N'Dour
Ravi Shankar w/Anoushka Shankar • Many, Many More!
Tickets on sale this Sunday !

Tickets for the 25th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival go on sale to the general public this Sunday, July 15. However, it’s not too late to become an SFJAZZ Member and enjoy early access to the best available seats. By joining SFJAZZ you not only get advance ticket sales, but you also support programs like the award-winning SFJAZZ Collective.  Click here to join today.

// FEATURE		// SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE CD
Ornette Coleman (10/28) )		The Collective's Live 2007
SFJF ARTISTS IN THE NEWS Even for a musician of Ornette Coleman's stature, 2007 has been an exceptional year. In addition to receiving a Lifetime Grammy Award, the legendary alto saxophonist and composer was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize. He joins a large group of Festival artists honored at the Jazz Journalists Association’s recent Jazz Awards. Read more about Coleman and some of the remarkable artists coming to San Francisco this fall.  Read article		SFJAZZ Collective LIVE 2007 The definitive record of the SFJAZZ Collective's fourth year, Live 2007 is on sale now. This limited-edition two-disc set features the Collective’s entire 2007 repertoire, including the music of Thelonious Monk and Collective-members’ own original compositions. Order your copy online today! (CDs available in SFJAZZ store at 3 Embarcadero Center next week.)

// FEATURE		// SPRING RECAP
Howlin' Wolf, blues legend		Dave Brubeck's spring performance at Herbst Theatre
Discover Jazz: The Blues The Discover Jazz class dives into the colorful mythology and history of jazz, swinging right into the music’s key figures, recordings, forms, and ideas. Each class hits upon essential concepts that, when taken as a complete series, give any fan the ability to hear between the lines of great jazz performances. This month SFJAZZ Director of Education and working jazz bassist Cory Combs talks about discovering the blues (the topic of this fall's first "Discover Jazz" class) as a youth in Wichita, Kansas. Read article		Spring season recap The eighth annual SFJAZZ Spring Season was a four-month long celebration of music, featuring 30+ events across San Francisco, including the innovative Monk Project, concerts by Dave Brubeck, Etta James, McCoy Tyner, Joshua Redman, the SFJAZZ Collective and many, many more. View a photo slideshow of the Spring Season's many special moments.

The 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival runs this weekend, July 13-15, at the Castro Theatre. This three-day event showcases a diverse selection of archival silent films with live musical accompaniment.

The festival includes cinematic gems starring silent film icons Louise Brooks, Rudolph Valentino, and Wallace Beery and films directed by such greats as William Wellman, Hal Roach, Georges Méliès, and Cecil B. DeMille. All programs feature era-appropriate live accompaniment performed by internationally regarded musicians. And back by popular demand, we will present a free-admission program with a behind-the-sceens look at the fascinating world of silent film preservation. (Tickets: $11-$17; Children under 12 admitted free)

Get ticketing information for the S.F. Silent Film Festival Tickets online or by calling 925-275-9005 through July 12. NOTE: This festival is a non-SFJAZZ Event and tickets are not available through SFJAZZ.

This month's trivia question pays tribute to the S.F. Silent Film Festival, and our own Halloween presentation of F.W. Murnau's Faust with original musical accompaniment by the Willem Breuker Kollektief:

In an SFJAZZ event similar to this fall's Faust, Kronos Quartet (also appearing this fall) performed live to a screening of another classic horror film. Name the film and its star.

The first three correct answers will receive a pair of tickets each to this weekend's silent film festival! Answers must be recieved by noon, Thursday, July 12.

E-mail Your Answer (include "Silent" in the subject line)

Congratulations to Mike Sternick of Denver, Colorado who knew that pianist Tord Gustavsen's debut album, Changing Places, was compared to Miles Davis' seminal Kind of Blue. He won a copy of Gustavsen's new release Being There.

The fine print: Our contest winner will be notified directly by email, and both the winner’s name and the correct answer to the question will be published in next month’s e-News. The following are not eligible to enter: employees and current contractors of SFJAZZ and its seasonal sponsors; past e-News Jazz Trivia Contest winners.

// SUMMERFEST AT STANFORD 7.12 Louie Romero y su Grupo Mazacote 7.17 Marc Cary Trio 7.26 Chuck MacKinnon Mactet 8.2 Pamela Rose 8.9 Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88’s  // UNION SQUARE SERIES 8.2 Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers 8.9 Orquestra la Moderna Tradición 8.16 Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums 8.23 Realistic Orchestra 8.31 Zydeco Flames

This summer there are a number of great Afro-Caribbean music events at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, including performers from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Bay Area. These include:

7.28	Direct from Puerto Rico, Modesto Cepeda and others perform and do a 4 week residency in bomba and plena
8.5	Sandy Perez and guests from Afro Cuba de Matanzas and other great Cuban artists.
8.11	Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion

For more info, please visit www.lapena.org. [Note: Tickets for these events are not available via SFJAZZ.]

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