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February 11, 2019
Playlist: Flamenco Meets Jazz
With flamenco singer Buika performing Valentine's Day weekend at SFJAZZ on February 14-17, revisit the passionate embrace of this musical marriage with a playlist curated by SFJAZZ Director of Education Rebeca Mauleón, “Flamenco Meets Jazz.”
ListenFebruary 12, 2019
In Conversation With Cuba
2019 has begun with a distinctly Cuban flavor at SFJAZZ, highlighted by our spectacular Gala honoring legendary pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdés last month with our Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by a weekend of performances by the newest incarnation of supergroup, Irakere 45. But you may not know that SFJAZZ also embarked on a remarkable journey to Cuba weeks before, for an eight-day adventure curated by Director of Education Rebeca Mauleón for 17 travelers in partnership with InsightCuba.
ReadFebruary 11, 2019
Playlist: Flamenco Meets Jazz
With flamenco singer Buika performing Valentine's Day weekend at SFJAZZ on February 14-17, revisit the passionate embrace of this musical marriage with a playlist curated by SFJAZZ Director of Education Rebeca Mauleón, “Flamenco Meets Jazz.”
ListenFebruary 12, 2019
In Conversation With Cuba
2019 has begun with a distinctly Cuban flavor at SFJAZZ, highlighted by our spectacular Gala honoring legendary pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdés last month with our Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by a weekend of performances by the newest incarnation of supergroup, Irakere 45. But you may not know that SFJAZZ also embarked on a remarkable journey to Cuba weeks before, for an eight-day adventure curated by Director of Education Rebeca Mauleón for 17 travelers in partnership with InsightCuba.
ReadJanuary 29, 2019
Love & Robots: The Making of Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall
Kid Koala is a DJ, producer and turntablist who idolizes Thelonious Monk and has opened shows for Björk and Radiohead. He is also a graphic artist whose Nufonia Must Fall – a wordless graphic novel – has been turned into a multimedia stage production that mixes live puppetry, live filming and live musical performances, coming to SFJAZZ on February 7-10.
ReadFebruary 5, 2019
Playlist: Songs of Love
As the annual "Week Of Love" at SFJAZZ approaches (feat. Buika, Lilan Kane and Faye Carol on 2/14-17), we've refreshed our comprehensive "Songs Of Love" playlist – the perfect soundtrack to your Valentine's Day.
ListenJanuary 29, 2019
Love & Robots: The Making of Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall
Kid Koala is a DJ, producer and turntablist who idolizes Thelonious Monk and has opened shows for Björk and Radiohead. He is also a graphic artist whose Nufonia Must Fall – a wordless graphic novel – has been turned into a multimedia stage production that mixes live puppetry, live filming and live musical performances, coming to SFJAZZ on February 7-10.
ReadFebruary 5, 2019
Playlist: Songs of Love
As the annual "Week Of Love" at SFJAZZ approaches (feat. Buika, Lilan Kane and Faye Carol on 2/14-17), we've refreshed our comprehensive "Songs Of Love" playlist – the perfect soundtrack to your Valentine's Day.
ListenFebruary 11, 2019
Playlist: Vibes And Stuff
Enjoy a playlist of "Vibes And Stuff," as we look ahead to drummer Jaz Sawyer's tribute to Bobby Hutcherson and Eddie Marshall at SFJAZZ on February 21-24, with a band featuring vibraphonist Steven Nelson, SFJAZZ Collective pianist Edward Simon, saxophonist James Mahone, and bassist David Ewell.
ListenJanuary 23, 2019
The Maestro: Chucho Valdés Is The Past, Present and Future of Cuban Music
Chucho Valdés – the pianist, the bandleader, the composer, the Maestro – is 77 years old and he is not slowing down. SFJAZZ has chosen to honor him with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. About 15 years ago, the organization coined a phrase – “traditions in transition” – as a way of describing what jazz is all about. Well, Valdés is a one-man tradition in transition, the recipient and transmitter of a lineage, an expander of musical possibilities.
ReadFebruary 11, 2019
Playlist: Vibes And Stuff
Enjoy a playlist of "Vibes And Stuff," as we look ahead to drummer Jaz Sawyer's tribute to Bobby Hutcherson and Eddie Marshall at SFJAZZ on February 21-24, with a band featuring vibraphonist Steven Nelson, SFJAZZ Collective pianist Edward Simon, saxophonist James Mahone, and bassist David Ewell.
ListenJanuary 23, 2019
The Maestro: Chucho Valdés Is The Past, Present and Future of Cuban Music
Chucho Valdés – the pianist, the bandleader, the composer, the Maestro – is 77 years old and he is not slowing down. SFJAZZ has chosen to honor him with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. About 15 years ago, the organization coined a phrase – “traditions in transition” – as a way of describing what jazz is all about. Well, Valdés is a one-man tradition in transition, the recipient and transmitter of a lineage, an expander of musical possibilities.
ReadJanuary 22, 2019
Ahmad Jamal, Mary Stallings and Zakir Hussain discuss the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award
With Cuban legend Chucho Valdés in line to receive the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award at the SFJAZZ Gala 2019 on January 31, writer Richard Scheinin talks with former recipients Ahmad Jamal, Mary Stallings and Zakir Hussain about the weight of such an award.
ReadFebruary 10, 2019
Pharoah Sanders In 5 Songs
Over his influential career, Pharoah Sanders has shaped his own sonic world that encompasses the primal wails and fierce energy of late John Coltrane and the stomping R&B of his Little Rock youth, Asian modes and Moroccan grooves, while balancing his explosive improvisations with gentle ballads of sublime simplicity.
ListenJanuary 22, 2019
Ahmad Jamal, Mary Stallings and Zakir Hussain discuss the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award
With Cuban legend Chucho Valdés in line to receive the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award at the SFJAZZ Gala 2019 on January 31, writer Richard Scheinin talks with former recipients Ahmad Jamal, Mary Stallings and Zakir Hussain about the weight of such an award.
ReadFebruary 10, 2019
Pharoah Sanders In 5 Songs
Over his influential career, Pharoah Sanders has shaped his own sonic world that encompasses the primal wails and fierce energy of late John Coltrane and the stomping R&B of his Little Rock youth, Asian modes and Moroccan grooves, while balancing his explosive improvisations with gentle ballads of sublime simplicity.
Listen