Pianist Cecil Taylor performs in a solo
performance at Grace Cathedral on Friday,
October 24 as part of the 26th annual San
Francisco Jazz Festival
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The
San Francisco Jazz Festival celebrates its 26th
anniversary in a series of jazz concerts that run from
October 3 through November 9, featuring performances
by Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Charlie
Haden, Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, Jimmy
Scott, and more.
What
began in the early 1980s as a small gathering of jazz musicians
to celebrate the local jazz scene has evolved into one of
the leading jazz events on the West Coast.
"For
over 100 years, jazz music has reflected and
served as a catalyst for social change and cultural
upheaval," said festival director Randall Kline. "The 26th Annual San Francisco
Jazz Festival honors that spirit with a carefully selected
roster of artists that have taken stands, crossed
boundaries, defied expectations, and fundamentally altered
the way we look at the world."
In each Festival show,
this transformative power is made manifest with artists
like Randy Newman, whose song "Louisiana, 1927" was
reborn as an anthem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina;
Cecil Taylor, who spurred an artistic revolution with his
dense, percussive "free" jazz; Mavis Staples, whose
voice was a beacon for the civil rights movement; and
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, whose
powerful Vietnam-era protest music has echoed down for
over 40 years.
Over the years, SFJAZZ has been known for its unique
musical and thematic presentations. This Festival is
no exception with offerings that include the
cross-cultural explorations of Miles From India
(October 3), Randy Newman, solo, at Davies Symphony Hall
(October 17), the German vocalist Max Raabe & Palast
Orchester at the Paramount in Oakland (October 18), Mitch
Woods and the Zydeco Flames on the San Francisco
Spirit for a brunch cruise (October 19), Jimmy Scott and
Melody Gardot (October 22), Cecil Taylor, solo,
at Grace Cathedral (October 24), "Bay Area Sax Summit" with
Dave Ellis, Dayna Stephens, and Mitch
Marcus (October 30), "Masters of the Oud" with Le
Trio Joubran and Rahim Alhaj (November 6), and
a "Cuban Dance Party" with Issac Delgado
(November 7-8.)
Here's the
schedule for this year's entire San Francisco Jazz
Festival:
Friday,
October 3 at 8 pm
"Miles from India"
Wallace Roney, Badal Roy, Lenny White, Dave Liebman,
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kala Ramnath and more
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, October 4 at 8:30 pm
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Davies Symphony Hall
Wednesday, October 15 at 7:30 pm
"Soul Survivor"
Mavis Staples
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Thursday, October 16 at 7:30 pm
"SFJAZZ Beacon Award"
Rebeca Mauleón
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Friday, October 17 at 8 p.m
"The New American Songbook"
Randy Newman, Solo
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, October 18 at 8 pm
Max Raabe And Palast Orchester
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Sunday, October 19 at 11 a.m.
"Jazz Cruise: NOLA on the Bay"
Zydeco Flames; Mitch Woods’ Big Easy Boogie
San Francisco Spirit, Pier 9
Sunday, October 19 at 7 pm
SFJAZZ High School All-Stars
Great American Music Hall
Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm
"Vocal Vanguard"
Jimmy Scott; Melody Gardot
Herbst Theatre
Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm
"Jazz Master"
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Davies Symphony Hall
Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 pm
Archie Shepp
Herbst Theatre
Friday, October 24 at 8 pm
"Sacred Space: Solo Piano"
Cecil Taylor, solo
Grace Cathedral
Saturday, October 25 at 8 pm
"Russian Roots"
Sophie Milman; Eldar Trio
Herbst Theatre
Sunday, October 26 at 2 pm
"Solo Piano"
Marilyn Crispell
Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Sunday, October 26 at 7 pm
"Make it Funky, Maceo!"
Maceo Parker
Herbst Theatre
Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm
"New Grooves: Avant Global"
Peter Apfelbaum's NY Hieroglyphics
YBCA Forum
Thursday, October 30 at 8 pm
"Bay Area Sax Summit"
Dave Ellis Quintet;
Dayna Stephens Quintet;
Mitch Marcus Quintet
Great American Music Hall
Pre-concert talk with Dave Ellis, Dayna Stephens, Mitch
Marcus
Friday, October 31 at 8 pm
"New Grooves: Halloween Party"
Forro in the Dark
YBCA Forum
Saturday, November 1 at 8 pm
Ravi Coltrane
YBCA Forum
Saturday, November 1 at 8 pm
Arturo Sandoval
Herbst Theatre
Sunday, November 2 at 2 pm
"Art of the Trio"
Marcin Wasilewski
Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Sunday, November 2 at 4 pm & 7 pm
"State of the Union"
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla
Bley
Herbst Theatre
Pre-concert talk with Charlie Haden
Wednesday, November 5 at 7:30 pm
"Malian Maestro"
Toumani Diabaté
Herbst Theatre
Thursday, November 6 at 7:30pm
"Masters of the Oud"
Le Trio Joubran; Rahim Alhaj
Herbst Theatre
Friday, November 7 at 8 pm
"Soul Jazz Summit"
Dr. Lonnie Smith featuring Donald Harrison; The
Godfathers of Groove: Reuben Wilson, Bernard Purdie and
Grant Green Jr.
Herbst Theatre
Friday & Saturday, November 7 & 8 at 8 and 10:30
pm
"Cuban Dance Party"
Issac Delgado
Bimbo’s 365 Club
Sunday, November 9 at 2 pm
"Modern Alchemy"
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Sunday, November 9 at 3 pm
FAMILY MATINEE
“Ukulele Phenom"
Jake Shimabukuro
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Sunday, November 9 at 7 pm
"Ukulele Phenom"
Jake Shimabukuro
Palace of Fine Arts
Tickets
are on sale now for all SFJAZZ events. For more
information, call 415.398.5655 or visit www.sfjazz.org.
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