A JONES FOR MILES Musician, composer and educator Sean Jones is in the trumpet chair for SFJAZZ Collective’s 2016-17 tribute tour to Miles Davis. by CRISTOFER GROSS n 1988, Sean Jones was a 10-year-old learning to play drums in Warren, Ohio when he heard that his grandfather played trumpet during World War II. That, and […]
WIDENING THE CIRCLE Billy Mitchell sparks musical appreciation at concerts and in classes while entertaining audiences and passing the flame to adolescents. by CRISTOFER GROSS ianist-composer-bandleader Billy Mitchell performs music onstage and magic off. The onstage music usually is played with "The Circle of Friends," a loose association of like-minded musicians who get together for
JAZZ GUMBO Finding unity in the musical universe of saxophonist Donald Harrison. by CRISTOFER GROSS
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TWO-BASS HIT TIERNEY SUTTON The great jazz vocalist releases great recordings while holding fast to a great group of musicians. ierney Sutton, who was born in Wisconsin and later moved to New England, was living in the San Fernando Valley, a few miles from where I grew up, when we arranged to meet for the
VIDEO Harris and Blackout Can’t Go Wrong at TED Conference With Nicholas Payton and David Sanchez 90 Miles in Copenhagen RECORDINGS Click image to purchase recordings by Stefon Harris on Amazon. Cloud of Red Dust Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory Stefon Harris Evolution Stefon Harris Music of Horace Silver SFJAZZ Collective Music of Stevie
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INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Jane Monheit Playing favorites with the sultry jazz vocalist. Vocalist Jane Monheit was at her home outside New York City when we reached her for background on an article to promote her October 2012 concert at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. She would share the bill with guitarist-singer
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HAVING AN ‘IN’ Ramsey Lewis The ‘Legends of Jazz’ Man Celebrates a Gold Record’s Golden Anniversary. n writing about jazz artists for Segerstrom Center for the Arts (SCFTA), I frequently turn to a 2006 PBS program for background. The 13-segment Legends of Jazz features interviews with and performances by 30 jazz artists, including many I
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Poncho Sanchez Heart of the Conga: Southern California’s own conguero carries on the traditions of Tjader, Puente and Santamaria.
VIDEO Us Five Folk Art at Festival de Jazz de San Sebastián in 2009 VITALS Joe Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 29, 1952, to Sicilian-American parents. His father, tenorman Tony “Big T” Lovano, taught him all the standards, how to lead a gig, pace a set, and be versatile enough to always
