Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy at Yoshi’s
Dave Douglas — photo by Jimmy Katz Yoshi’s, Oakland — September 2, 2009 — 8:00 p.m. It doesn’t require any great insight to realize that Brass Ecstasy — the latest project from polymorphic trumpeter...
View ArticleThorny Brocky at Red Poppy Art House
Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco – September 5, 2009 – 8:00 p.m. The Red Poppy Art House is a funky little nonprofit space hidden in a corner of San Francisco’s Mission District. With scraps of...
View ArticleToshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin at Yoshi’s
Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin Early in her 8:00 set at Yoshi’s San Francisco, pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi spoke in charmingly accented English about the salad days of her six-decade career. She said...
View ArticleRoy Hargrove Quintet + Pharoah Sanders @ Yoshi’s
Roy Hargrove; photo courtesy Groovin’ High Records Saturday, January 9, 2010 – Yoshi’s San Francisco – 8:00 p.m. Roy Hargrove and Pharoah Sanders… at first glance it might have looked like a misprint....
View Article2010 Portland Jazz Festival
NOTE: This article originally appeared in JazzTimes magazine. It’s been five years since British jazz critic Stuart Nicholson churned up the journalistic waters with his provocative book, Is Jazz Dead?...
View ArticleAmbrose Akinmusire Quintet @ Yoshi’s
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 — Yoshi’s Oakland — 8:00 p.m. Performing for a sold-out crowd in his home town, Ambrose Akinmusire took confident command of the stage at Yoshi’s in Oakland last night....
View ArticleCharles Lloyd Quartet @ Yoshi’s
Charles Lloyd; photo courtesy www.charleslloyd.com YOSHI’S, OAKLAND – THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 2010 — 8:00 P.M. As the Charles Lloyd Quartet began the second half of a two-night engagement at Yoshi’s...
View ArticleReview: McCoy Tyner All-Stars @ Yoshi’s
YOSHI’S, SAN FRANCISCO — SEPT. 26, 2010 — 7:00 P.M. Two generations of jazz met at Yoshi’s San Francisco last week, as pianist McCoy Tyner teamed up with trumpeter Roy Hargrove for the first time. But...
View ArticleIndia & Africa: Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra @ Yoshi’s
YOSHI’S, SAN FRANCISCO — WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 2010 — 8:00 P.M. The spirit of John Coltrane still looms large over jazz. Forty-three years after the sax titan’s death, legions of followers continue to...
View ArticleHenry Threadgill’s Zooid @ SFJAZZ
HERBST THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO — SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 Henry Threadgill stood alone at center stage, listening intently to the gathering murmur of sound from the seated musicians around him. His...
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