San Francisco Jazz Reviews & Interviews
Rather than presenting Miles Davis as a finished monument, John Beasley and his sextet treated the legendary trumpeter's music as an unfolding conversation during a dynamic 90-minute set at San Francisco's Presidio Theatre. This performance marked the final, brilliant stop of Beasley's Miles Davis tribute tour in the Bay Area.
Arturo Sandoval’s new album SANGÚ reconnects the trumpet master with the Afro-Cuban rhythms, improvisational fire, and emotional storytelling that shaped his musical identity. The album arrives ahead of his June appearances at Yoshi’s Jazz Club in Oakland.
Bay Area pianist Charles Chen’s forthcoming album The Long Way Home combines jazz standards with firsthand oral histories from bassist Bill Crow and drummer Steve Little, preserving stories that connect directly to jazz’s modern lineage.
With a new album arriving on May 8 and an all-star Miles Davis centennial concert coming to the Presidio Theatre on May 14, pianist, composer, and arranger John Beasley moves between inward reflection and large-scale tribute while keeping the piano at the center of both projects.