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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Great American Music Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Great American Music Hall jny: San Francisco, CA April 12, 2025 Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria was a singular experience for Afrobeat star Seun Kuti. For Kuti, now 42, came of age in the Kalakuta Republic, the freewheeling commune presided over by his dad Fela ...
Sona Jobarteh at the Herbst Theater
by Harry S. Pariser
Sona Jobarteh Herbst Theater 2025 SFJAZZ Season jny:San Francisco, CAApril 4, 2025 Sona Jobarteh is quite a busy woman. In addition to leading her own band and creating her own albums, she frequently makes guest appearances on recordings, speaks as an activist before the United Nations, lectures at universities, and ...
Kodo at Zellerbach Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Kodō Zellerbach Hall Warabe: 2025 One Earth North America Tour jny: Berkeley, CA January 25, 2025 Which musical ensemble has performed some four thousand times, spent a third of each year overseas and another third touring around jny: Japan before returning to their home base on the island that gave ...
Meshell Ndegeocello at SFJAZZ Center
by Harry S. Pariser
Meshell Ndegeocello No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA January 17, 2025 The works and courageous career of writer and novelist James Baldwin (August 2, 1924--December 1, 1987) had an immense impact on many people. One of them is bassist and songwriter/composer Meshell ...
Sun Ra Arkestra at Great American Music Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Sun Ra Arkestra Great American Music Hall jny: San Francisco, CA November 22, 23, 24, 2024 The Great American Music Hall has long served as an anchor of San Francisco's music scene. As jazz bookings here are infrequent, it was great news when the venue welcomed back the Sun Ra Arkestra ...
McCoy Mrubata: The Doyen of South African Jazz
by Harry S. Pariser
At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and accolades in his native country, including a lifetime achievement award. Yet, Mrubata remains a lesser known figure in the US. ...
Irakere 50 at SFJAZZ Center
by Harry S. Pariser
Irakere 50SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, California February 15, 2024 On April 25, 1973, the Santiago de Cuba stadium saw a historic event when Irakere (an eight-member band whose name means “forest" in Yoruba) debuted. Attendees had never experienced anything quite like it before. The musicians, all originally members of the ...
Sun Ra Arkestra at Great American Music Hall
by Harry S. Pariser
Sun Ra Arkestra SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, California February 6-8, 2024 Over the decades, music venues in jny: San Francisco have come and gone, but one constant remains: Great American Music Hall. A house of ill repute when it first opened in 1907, the building has gone through several transitions as ...
Kenny Barron Residency at SFJAZZ Center
by Harry S. Pariser
Kenny Barron Residency SFJAZZ Center San Francisco February 1-4, 2024 Popularly dubbed an “elder statesman" of jazz, pianist Kenny Barron, needs no introduction to aficionados of contemporary American music. At 80, he is still actively playing, composing, mentoring, teaching, and releasing music (including two duets with Dave Holland). Barron joined ...
American Railroad : Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens at Zellerbach Auditorium
by Harry S. Pariser
"American Railroad"Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens Zellerbach AuditoriumBerkeley, California November 17, 2023 The University of California Berkeley's Cal Performances presents many diverse, innovative shows featuring a wide variety of global music and dance throughout the year at the university's Zellerbach Auditorium, a venerable venue that has hosted a wide ...
