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Vocal combos highlight Bay Area jazz week

Bay Area jazz fans get to learn about vocalese this week, as two of the top practitioners of the art of using the voice as a jazz instrument roll...

Here's an experiment I'd like someone to try: Is there a piece of text -- a particularly gruesome passage from H.P. Lovecraft, say, or some...

Here's a kind of choice you don't get to make very often: Do you prefer your Chick Corea original or vocalese-style? Both are on top on the...

Welcome to First Set, a rundown of the best jazz to be heard this weekend across the region. THURSDAY Larry De La Cruz: SFJAZZ’s Hotplate...

“My cancer is gone. … My heart opens up… my eyes fill up… my life is anew… What? It’s gone? Really? I have...

Get out the turkey and some mistletoe cause it's time to make the season bright! Thanks to a multi-talented multi-tasker, we enjoy chestnuts...

To the lay person, jazz is for instruments: the piano, horns, drums, bass. If someone insists on singing, he or she better seamlessly join in the...