Backstage Bay Area

Interviews

Musician Interviews

Martha Redbone Brings Congregational Soul to Miner Auditorium

Oct 2, 2025

Martha Redbone Brings Congregational Soul to Miner Auditorium

Oct 2, 2025

Oct 2, 2025

Two Voices, One Room: Hervey & Mason Reframe Monk at SFJAZZ

Oct 1, 2025

Two Voices, One Room: Hervey & Mason Reframe Monk at SFJAZZ

Oct 1, 2025

Oct 1, 2025

Sep 26, 2025

Threading Folk and Jazz: Becca Stevens’ Quiet Fire

Sep 26, 2025

Sep 26, 2025

Idris Ackamoor: Building a Future You Can Dance To

Sep 17, 2025

Idris Ackamoor: Building a Future You Can Dance To

Sep 17, 2025

Sep 17, 2025

Yilian Cañizares on Roots, Ritual, and the Road to Vitamina Y

Sep 10, 2025

Yilian Cañizares on Roots, Ritual, and the Road to Vitamina Y

Sep 10, 2025

Sep 10, 2025

Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey

Sep 9, 2025

Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey

Sep 9, 2025

Sep 9, 2025

Lineage on Fire: Sarah Hanahan Stakes Her Claim Among Giants

Sep 6, 2025

Lineage on Fire: Sarah Hanahan Stakes Her Claim Among Giants

Sep 6, 2025

Sep 6, 2025

An Evening with Andy Summers: Sound, Vision, and Stories in Real Time

Sep 5, 2025

An Evening with Andy Summers: Sound, Vision, and Stories in Real Time

Sep 5, 2025

Sep 5, 2025

Arturo O’Farrill: “The Arts Belong to the People”

Sep 3, 2025

Arturo O’Farrill: “The Arts Belong to the People”

Sep 3, 2025

Sep 3, 2025

OKAN: Joy as Resistance, Rhythm as Home

Sep 2, 2025

OKAN: Joy as Resistance, Rhythm as Home

Sep 2, 2025

Sep 2, 2025

Dominique Fils-Aimé: Jazz as Freedom, Healing, and Connection

Sep 1, 2025

Dominique Fils-Aimé: Jazz as Freedom, Healing, and Connection

Sep 1, 2025

Sep 1, 2025

LabRats at SFJAZZ: Groove Experiments and the Mwandishi Connection

Aug 26, 2025

LabRats at SFJAZZ: Groove Experiments and the Mwandishi Connection

Aug 26, 2025

Aug 26, 2025

Reviews

Live Reviews

O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble in Full Conversation at SFJAZZ

Sep 29, 2025

O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble in Full Conversation at SFJAZZ

Sep 29, 2025

Sep 29, 2025

Chopin in Havana, Mozart in New Orleans: Paquito D’Rivera’s Living Canon at Miner Auditorium

Sep 27, 2025

Chopin in Havana, Mozart in New Orleans: Paquito D’Rivera’s Living Canon at Miner Auditorium

Sep 27, 2025

Sep 27, 2025

Sarah Hanahan Brings the Heat to SFJAZZ

Sep 21, 2025

Sarah Hanahan Brings the Heat to SFJAZZ

Sep 21, 2025

Sep 21, 2025

Ron Carter’s Quiet Authority: Foursight Finds Soul in “Strange Times” at SFJAZZ

Sep 20, 2025

Ron Carter’s Quiet Authority: Foursight Finds Soul in “Strange Times” at SFJAZZ

Sep 20, 2025

Sep 20, 2025

Cindy Blackman Santana Band Lights Up Miner Auditorium

Sep 15, 2025

Cindy Blackman Santana Band Lights Up Miner Auditorium

Sep 15, 2025

Sep 15, 2025

Through the Wormhole: ELEW Gives Sting New Gravity

Sep 14, 2025

Through the Wormhole: ELEW Gives Sting New Gravity

Sep 14, 2025

Sep 14, 2025

LABRATS Rewire Mwandishi at the Joe Henderson Lab

Sep 13, 2025

LABRATS Rewire Mwandishi at the Joe Henderson Lab

Sep 13, 2025

Sep 13, 2025

Cory Henry & the Blind Boys Testify at SFJAZZ

Sep 8, 2025

Cory Henry & the Blind Boys Testify at SFJAZZ

Sep 8, 2025

Sep 8, 2025

Between Hush and Heat: Stella Heath Honors Holiday

Sep 8, 2025

Between Hush and Heat: Stella Heath Honors Holiday

Sep 8, 2025

Sep 8, 2025

Groove, Pivot, Repeat — Mino Cinélu’s Four for Miles

Sep 7, 2025

Groove, Pivot, Repeat — Mino Cinélu’s Four for Miles

Sep 7, 2025

Sep 7, 2025

Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles at Miner Auditorium

Sep 6, 2025

Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles at Miner Auditorium

Sep 6, 2025

Sep 6, 2025

Nine Voices, One Bloom: Anthony Wilson’s Nonet Lights Up the Lab

Sep 6, 2025

Nine Voices, One Bloom: Anthony Wilson’s Nonet Lights Up the Lab

Sep 6, 2025

Sep 6, 2025