Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the atomic devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is a new work by Dr. Anthony Brown and his Asian American Orchestra.
Note: This program takes place at MoAD, not at Yerba Buena Gardens. The Marcus Shelby Quartet presents: Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex Marcus Shelby, noted composer, bassist, and bandleader presents a mini-concert and an interactive discussion on the perils of the prison industrial complex, mass incarceration, ending the death penalty, alternative criminal […]
With her sassy, old-time sound and vast knowledge of pre-World War II songs, Oakland vocalist Kally Price inhabits a musical realm where jazz, blues and pop songs fraternize freely. After Hurricane Katrina cut short her move to New Orleans, Price landed in the Bay Area where she and her all-star band have thrived performing popular […]
Interactive art projects, educational activations and varied entertainment from throughout the Bay Area, as well as community activities in collaboration with San Francisco Foundation's partners: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Children’s Creativity Museum, SPUR, Cartoon Art Museum, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena Alliance, and others. Featuring performances by Latin Jazz […]
American history turns into propulsive grooves in the hands of Bay Area bassist/composer Marcus Shelby, a jazz master who knows that the past isn’t past.
It’s a long way from Casablanca, but Moroccan-born vocalists and multi-instrumental masters Yassir Chadly and Bouchaib Abdelhadi have found fertile musical soil in Northern California. Together, they collaborated in the East Bay’s Maghreb-meets-jazz Mo’rockin Project, and their paths have intersected with brilliant improvisers like Cuban piano maestro Omar Sosa and protean tenor sax legend Pharoah […]
With Ancestral Memories the New York-based Cuban alto saxophonist Yosvany Terry and French pianist Baptiste Trotignon have designed an unprecedented suite.
