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San Jose Albums

Give Good Music

Holiday shopping is the stuff nightmares are made of. Spare yourself the embarrassment of inquiring loudly where the Susan Boyle CD is this year,...
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SF Jazz Collective strikes Silver with tribute CD

As a founding member of The Jazz Messengers, jazz pianist and composer Horace Silver is mainly associated with the hard-driving style that pushed...
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Legal eagle Dave Bass doubles as ace jazz piano player

If Dave Bass is half as good at making a legal argument as he is at building a jazz vamp, count me as one satisfied taxpayer. By day, Bass is a...
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Essential Bay Area jazz albums

New York, Chicago and other cities get more attention, but San Francisco has played an important and ongoing role in the development of jazz. These...
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Hot Club of San Francisco swings into holiday season

I can't think of many musical challenges trickier than making a consistently interesting and enjoyable Christmas album. Involuntary retail...
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New compilation shows Vince Guaraldi's range

The late lamented Bay Area pianist Vince Guaraldi always gets some attention this time of year, as his score for "A Charlie Brown Christmas...
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Oakland singer Kristina Smith charms with debut album

Multiculturalism can be a fraught idea in music. Best case, you get a rich cultural exploration that respects and enriches each tradition it...
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Coming soon: The Miles Davis "I Shouldn't Have Tried to Lift the Whole Thing" truss

Just as you might be starting to ponder holiday gift ideas, Amazon and Columbia Records have teamed up to deliver what will surely be righteous...
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Essential Bay Area jazz albums: Broun Fellinis

You young punks think you invented club jazz. Well, lemme tell you -- back in the day (early 1990s), there was a little thing called acid jazz that...
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NPR, jazz fans debate gateway artists

NPR's jazz blog has an interesting project going in which various authorities recommend five recent jazz albums that will help newcomers develop an...
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