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Episode 10: Calvin Barthel and Jazz’s Next Generation. Meet trombonist Barthel, member of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and winner of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship for study at the prestigious Berklee College in Boston.

The Oakland City Council stepped up, big-time, in a budget that closes a $58 million deficit yet with no cuts to arts funding and libraries. SFCV interviews several major players to find out how that was achieved.

Nothing could be more San Francisco than the Fillmore Jazz Festival, a mix of jazz and everything even mildly related to it, and California cuisine and wine. Here's a report on some of the goings on

As Paul Goodwin arrives from England to take the podium for his first season as artistic director of the venerable Carmel Festival, he talks to SFCV about his artistic path and beliefs.

Details of the Oakland budget, including the means for closing a $58 million shortfall, are still emerging, but the City Council has preserved the entire arts funding program.

Lamplighters Spark the Next Generation
Community Music Center: Music Camp is Lesson in Harmony
Fourth of July Musical Fun

For decades, the Afro-Cuban music scene was a thriving part of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. But with gigs drying up, the great players here have few outlets for their genius.

In this SFCV-exclusive video, Kermit Ruffins (one of the original Rebirth members) and Big Sam Williams talk about the New Orleans musical scene, its revival after Hurricane Katrina, and the classic tradition that is so clearly present when they put their horns to their lips.