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Philharmonic Convergence
Saturday’s L.A. Phil appearance, significant as a new beginning at the Granada, also has a bittersweet aspect, as it will be the final appearance here of the L.A. Phil under maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen, who ends his long tenure with the Philharmonic after next season. Read story.
Fair Enough, Never Enough
Fringe Beat
We’ve come to count on Robin Cox’s fascinating Iridian Arts new music series for injecting much-needed contemporary musical energy into downtown in recent years. Read story.
Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette.
At the Granada Theatre, Tuesday, April 15.
This jazz supergroup functions quite differently from what one would expect given the individuals involved. Read story.
Fringe Festival, V. 2
Fringe Beat
In the beginning was the memorable UCSB New Music Festival, run for a decade by former Corwin Chair professor and internationally noted composer William Kraft. Read story.
Bigtop on the Edge
Germany’s Moers Jazz Festival
Moers festival revives the spirit of European jazz fests. Read story.
Jazz Comes to the New House
To paraphrase Garrison Keillor, it’s been a fairly quiet season for jazz in UCSB’s Arts & Lectures program, compared to the usual high standards. Read story.
O Superwoman
Fringe Beat
“Hope is a tchotchkele.” Thus saith our modern-day sage Laurie Anderson three years ago at Campbell Hall, during her beguiling solo work The End of the Moon. Read story.
Norwegian Woodard
Are you dressed? This ain’t California.” Read story.
SFJAZZ Collective
At the Lobero Theatre, Thursday, March 20.
“Armageddon” may not sound like a very auspicious beginning to an evening, but when the “Armageddon” in question is Wayne Shorter’s 1964 composition of that name, the arranger is Dave Douglas, and the group is the 2008 edition of the SFJAZZ Collective, things are off to a good start. Read story.
Collective Dreaming
Run, don’t walk, to catch the S.F. JAZZ Collective tonight at the Lobero Theatre. Read story.
2008 Spring Jazz Preview
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On the Streets Where We Live
Fringe Beat
BOWLING FOR MEMORIES: Responses keep trickling in regarding this columnist’s misty-eyed reminiscence of Franks’ Rice Bowl, that column a response to Joe Cantrell’s wonderful short story about the Bowl. Read story.
Talking with S.F. JAZZ Collective’s Robin Eubanks
Slide Notes
The S.F. JAZZ Collective began in 2004 as an all-star touring band sponsored by S.F. JAZZ, the San Francisco nonprofit that puts on the city’s annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. Read story.
Natalie Cole Speaks Out on Music, the Grammys, and Life
The Messages We Send
Natalie Cole exploded onto the music scene three decades ago when she was in her mid twenties. Read story.
Barnstorming and Rainy Day Dreaming
GROOVING, THINKING AT THE BARN: Seattle-based and world-traveling keyboardist/bandleader/composer Wayne Horvitz is a longtime member of the “jazz musicians deserving wider recognition” club. Read story.
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