🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking w/ Damon Tighe, Sarah Cohen #BlackLivesMatter and Deep Look producers Gabriela Quiros & Josh Cassidy join to talk about what we can learn from nature's tiny wonders. ❓What tiny plants or animals are near to your heart and why? 📻Listen: kqed.org/forum/20101019…

It's always time for Jackie McLean!!!! Sixty years ago today he recorded one of his greatest albums, and remarkably he's the only member of the quintet who's departed the scene. Roy Haynes, Charles Tolliver, Cecil McBee and Herbie Hancock are not only with us, but still playing

Andrew Gilbert of the San Jose Mercury News shares his picks for this weekend's Summer Fest in his latest article. Learn more about these artists at the link below, and buy your tickets at summerfest.sanjosejazz.org #sjsz #sjzsummerfest mercurynews.com/2024/08/05/san…

Lots of @KQEDScience's Deep Look videos got shoutouts in today's show! Here's a thread of some of our favorites: Lead producer and cinematographer Josh Cassidy talked about one of his favorite episodes zooming in on porcupine quills. youtube.com/watch?v=ZphlCd…

Two Spanish-language plays, two Mission theaters, two attempts to showcase migration, Puerto Rico, magical realism, & more. “Fantasmitas" is playing Z Space Theater starting Aug. 9. "Paradise" is playing Brava Theater in Sept. via Andrew Gilbert missionlocal.org/2024/08/spanis…

How Losing a Microphone Led to a West Coast Tour for Jazz Vocalist Aubrey Johnson | San Francisco Classical Voice sfcv.org/articles/featu…

It's always nice to get a rave review, but it's especially nice to get one from the Bay Area's esteemed critic, Andrew Gilbert. In his latest piece, he captures the vibrancy of Summer Fest and the essence of its performances. #sjz #sjzsummerfest sfcv.org/articles/revie…

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Aneesa Strings returns to Oakland a rising star in music trib.al/6GdNbAw

Strange that Christopher Goffard doesn't ask Bill Harris about Oakland school superintendent Marcus Foster's assassination in this credulous account of Patty Heart's kidnapping, or even mention Foster's name. latimes.com/california/sto…

Ambrose Akinmusire brings unconventional beauty to Yerba Buena Gardens missionlocal.org/2024/08/ambros… via Mission Local

"Aneesa Strings returns to Oakland a rising star in music" via Marin IJ written by Andrew Gilbert "...Strings, who makes her Yoshi’s debut as a bandleader on Aug. 23, headlining at the storied club she frequented as a teenager." tinyurl.com/bdzajmh2

Our jazz community has lost a legend. Let's come together to honor his memory. Please donate and share to support the memorial of Russell Malone. Every bit helps. 💔🙏 gofund.me/9635bf20

Oakland composer Sam Reider puts Jewish folklore’s most famous monster to music  jweekly.com/2024/08/23/oak…

SF Singer Meklit’s free show this weekend will unveil a brand new band trib.al/aYnyxR0

The Taliban has decreed that women are not to be heard speaking or singing in public. Friday's Let Her Sing concert at the YBCA is a musical proclamation that women from Afghanistan, Iran, and neighboring countries refuse to be silenced. missionlocal.org/2024/09/let-he… via Mission Local

With a core in gospel, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis branches out trib.al/FgCPDuH

With a core in gospel, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis branches out trib.al/ei2c0MT

Women of Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Turkey raised their voices against the oppression of women in tonight's "Let Her Sing" concert is SF (and Sept. 8 in LA)... missionlocal.org/2024/09/let-he… via Mission Local

RIP Dan Morgenstern, who leaves us at age 94. Nobody did more to guide and mentor other jazz writers (me included). Dan was a great scholar and a generous man. He will be deeply mourned by the jazz community—this loss feels irreplaceable.