Music & Features

Review: Madeleine Peyroux at SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium

Transforming the Miner Auditorium at the SFJAZZ Center, Madeleine Peyroux established a poignant, socially conscious presence through her debut on this stage. This review explores the texture and weight of a performance that wove together personal history and a global neighborhood in the heart of the San Francisco jazz scene. (read more)

Review: The Sculpted Grooves of SML @ JHL

SML turned the Joe Henderson Lab into a pressure chamber. Fifty-three minutes. No breaks. No mercy. Just sound moving at the speed of instinct.

The Lab is a half-glass cube at Franklin and Fell. Two-sides of glass, floor to ceiling.  San Francisco pressed its face to the window. Brake lights smeared red across the glass. Headlights burned cold and white. People slowed down outside, confused. They could feel something thudding through the pane, but couldn’t name it. Inside, the air felt engineered—tight, metallic, alert. (read more)