Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, is a published poet, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

Articles By This Author

Jeff Kaliss - February 17, 2018

The composer talks about his musical influences, the role of electronics in his writing, and sharing the limelight with his celebrated father.

Jeff Kaliss - February 5, 2018

The orchestra’s vivid Symphonie fantastique was balanced by the dramatic cantata Joan and the Bells, by Gordon Getty.

Jeff Kaliss - February 2, 2018

She’s conducted symphonies, Sting’s backing orchestra, and live movie scores, which she’s currently doing with the S.F. Symphony.

Jeff Kaliss - February 1, 2018

Counting Sheep melds Ukrainian folk traditions, liturgical music, revolutionary songs, and street theater into a multimedia “Guerilla Folk Opera.”

Jeff Kaliss - January 22, 2018

In Ned Rothenberg’s Beyond C, the Paul Dresher Ensemble revisits Terry Riley’s iconic In C.

Jeff Kaliss - January 22, 2018

Playing music suggested by W. Kamau Bell, the orchestra showed an inspiring willingness to experiment.

Jeff Kaliss - December 7, 2017

The virtuoso pianist draws on both his Cuban roots and jazz influences in a solo performance.

Jeff Kaliss - November 16, 2017

The trumpet virtuoso is inventing new protocols for compensating musicians outside of the concert hall.

Jeff Kaliss - November 13, 2017

The composer talks about Girls of the Golden West, premiering next week at San Francisco Opera.

Jeff Kaliss - November 6, 2017

The singer is part of a dream cast of young, powerful singers slated for the premiere of Girls of the Golden West.