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Calendar of Bay Area Jazz Events
"Soul
Survivor"
Mavis Staples
Wednesday, October 15,
7:30PM
Palace of Fine Arts
Theatre
"One of the great voices
of soul and gospel" –Boston
Globe
"SFJAZZ
Beacon Award"
Rebeca Mauleon with Special
Guests
Thursday, October 16,
7:30PM
Palace of Fine Arts
Theatre
"She refuses to limit
herself in any way" –San
Jose Mercury News
"The New
American Songbook"
Randy Newman, Solo
Friday, October 17, 8PM
Davies Symphony Hall
"One of the great
American songwriters" –Boston
Globe
"Cabaret
Idol"
Max Raabe and Palast
Orchester
Saturday, October 18,
8PM
Paramount Theatre
"A wised-up adult
choirboy with a slightly
seductive glint in his
eye." –The New York
Times
"Jazz
Master"
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Wednesday, October 22,
7:30PM
Davies Symphony Hall
"The reigning elder
statesman of jazz." –The
Washington Post
"Vocal
Vanguard"
Jimmy Scott; Melody Gardot
Wednesday, October 22,
7:30PM
Herbst Theatre, War
Memorial
"Like his old friend
Billie Holiday, Scott
has a gift for
communicating the
essence of a lyric" –Boston
Globe
"Sax
Firebrand"
Archie Shepp
Thursday, October 23,
7:30PM
Herbst Theatre, War
Memorial
"Everything he play[s]
is dramatic and
expansive." –The New
York Times
"Sacred
Space: Solo Piano"
Cecil Taylor
Friday, October 24, 8PM
Grace Cathedral
"Full of feverishly
hammering passages,
dissonant harmonic
language and a quite
remarkable density of
texture." –The New
York Times
"Solo
Piano"
Marilyn Crispell, Solo
Sunday, October 26, 2PM
Florence Gould Theatre
"Hearing Marilyn
Crispell play solo piano
is like monitoring an
active volcano." –The
New York Times
"Make it
Funky, Maceo"
Maceo Parker
Sunday, October 26, 7PM
Herbst Theatre, War
Memorial
"His signature style
helped define James
Brown’s brand of funk."
–NPR
"New
Grooves: Downtown Halloween
Party"
DJ Spooky; Forro in the Dark
Friday, October 31, 8PM
YBCA Forum
“Arguably no one is more
responsible for
propagating and
embodying the idea of
the deejay as 'artist'
than DJ Spooky.”—Chicago
Tribune
"Saxophone Scion"
Ravi Coltrane
Saturday, November
1, 5PM
(SFJAZZ Members-Only
Event Open
Soundcheck with Ravi
Coltrane)
Saturday, November
1, 8PM
YBCA Forum
"An important voice
in jazz not through
anointment or fiery
irruption, but
rather by means of
quiet perseverance"
–Boston Globe
"Cuban Virtuoso"
Arturo Sandoval
Saturday, November
1, 8PM
Herbst Theatre, War
Memorial
"The most prodigious
trumpeter of his
generation" –Guardian,
UK
"Art
of the Trio"
Marcin Wasilewski
Sunday, November 2,
2PM
Florence Gould
Theatre
"An ensemble with an
utterly symbiotic
creative flow" –Los
Angeles Times
"Malian Maestro"
Toumani Diabate, Solo
Wednesday, November
5, 7:30PM
Herbst Theatre, War
Memorial
"Diabaté’s
two-handed flurries
flow like a clear,
life-giving stream."
–Boston Globe
"Cuban Dance Party"
Issac Delgado
Friday, November 7,
8PM & 10:30PM
Saturday, November
8, 8PM & 10:30PM
Bimbo's 365 Club
"The King of Cuban
Cool" –The New
York Times
"Modern Alchemy"
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas
Quartet
Sunday, November 9,
2PM
Florence Gould
Theatre
"Horvitz and his
players have shown
that ‘improvised’ or
‘new’ music can be
utterly lovely to
listen to." –AllMusic.com
"Ukelele
Phenom"
Jake Shimabukuro
Sunday, November 9,
3PM - Family Matinee
Sunday, November 9,
7PM
Palace of Fine Arts
Theatre
"Taking the ukulele
to places it’s never
been before" –San
Francisco Chronicle
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