San Francisco

The ace trombonist-arranger is ubiquitous on Bay Area bandstands but doesn’t worry about name recognition.

The orchestra will once again bring the acclaimed jazz-classical album to life with live actors and an animated background.

The pianist’s vision of music as a unifying force came with plenty of crowd-pleasing favorites.

Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, sarod player Alam Khan, and tablaist Nitin Mitta meet at The Freight, in Berkeley on Dec. 13.

Marston Records releases the only complete recording of Kristen Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior in Parsifal.

The Grammy Award-winning pianist will perform original compositions and movements from his American Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall on Friday, Dec. 12. 

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of music that was released this year.

With his likeness now gracing the door at Mr. Tipple’s, the jazz giant is ready to claim his place among Bay Area jazz legends.

Parable of Portals, a dance performance inspired by the late science-fiction author’s works, lands at CAP UCLA on Dec. 11.

Helgi Tomasson’s inspired staging of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is back, brilliantly danced by the SF Ballet.