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Brian McCoy
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Brian McCoy has spent the past 25 years covering jazz and other forms of arts and entertainment for newspapers in Indiana, Arizona and California. He spends the third weekend in September each year at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Contact him here.


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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
It’s safe to assume that there are plenty of legitimate reasons – financial, logistical and otherwise – why next year’s...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
The Recording Academy is slated to announce this year’s crop of Grammy nominees Wednesday and it’s a safe bet the choices will be as...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
“Me & Orson Welles” – Richard Linklater’s look at the future “Citizen Kane” director when he was still a...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
In the world of music, there’s no denying that jazz and classical are a couple of twains that rarely meet. Bay Area keyboardist-composer Terry...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009 · 1 comment
I’ve been a fan of jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon from my earliest days; indeed, from long before I even knew he was a jazz trumpeter. To be...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
This spring, Stanley Clarke released “Jazz in the Garden,” an impressive trio disc on which he was joined by Hiromi and Lenny White. The...
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Bay Area fans of Ella Fitzgerald are enjoying a serious windfall in the form of a new boxed set and upcoming stage show. First, the recording....
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009 · 1 comment
You can’t compile a list of smooth jazz’s signature artists and not include Dave Koz. The saxophonist released his self-titled debut...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
There is any number of signs that the holiday season is officially upon us. (Admittedly, those throngs in front of the Wal-Mart at 3 a.m. were a...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Ben Sidran has emerged over the past 40 years as a jack of many creative trades and the master of them all. He first gained notoriety in the...
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