Us 5 is a hot new two-drum quintet led by veteran saxophonist Joe Lovano. This live performance of “Big Ben” is more straightforward and beboppish than most of the tracks on the band’s new CD, Folk Art (Blue Note Records). But Lovano really goes to town on the Aulochrome, a unique double-soprano saxophone with an exotic, [...]
Concert Picks: July 27-August 2
I don’t get out as much as I’d like, but if I could drag my butt to one music event in the San Francisco Bay Area every day this week, this is what I’d choose. Just sayin’…
Monday, July 27
Jaz Sawyer & Horace-Scope @ Stanford Jazz Festival – 7:30pm
or… Bill Bell @ Yoshi’s, Oakland – 8pm/10pm
Tuesday, July 28
Jeb [...]
Proofin’ Palin
Sarah Palin’s recent speech announcing her resignation from the Alaska governorship was truly shocking, not just for its out-of-the-blue suddenness, but also for its long, rambling, sometimes incomprehensible content.
Vanity Fair magazine set literary editor Wayne Lawson loose on a transcript of Palin’s announcement, red pencil in hand, and the results are both hilarious and unsettling. [...]
Tune of the Week: Logan Richardson, “Soundtrack”
Here’s a cool video alto saxophonist Logan Richardson shared via Facebook the other day. The tune is “Soundtrack,” which also appears on Richardson’s CD Ethos, out now on Greg Osby’s Inner Circle Music label. The framing focuses on vibraphonist Mike Pinto (it’s his YouTube clip), and the performance really shows off the nice interplay Pinto and [...]
Concert Picks: July 20-26
I don’t get out as much as I’d like, but if I could drag my butt to one music event in the San Francisco Bay Area every day this week, this is what I’d choose. Just sayin’…
Monday, July 20
Frederick Harris & Friends @ Stanford Jazz Festival – 7:30pm
or… Amendola vs. Blades @ Main Street, Redwood City – [...]