Jazz

Pianist Jason Moran and mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran perform the West Coast premiere of Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration on Thursday, February 17, 2022 as part of Cal Performances' Illuminations: “Place and Displacement” series. (credit: Fadi Kheir)

Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration (West Coast Premiere)

Venue:
Zellerbach Hall
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
$36–$78
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The West Coast Premiere of WAYNE SHORTER & ESPERANZA SPALDING'S...(Iphigenia) takes place at Cal Performances on Saturday, February 12, 2022. Pictured: Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding (credit: courtesy Real Magic)

Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding’s ...(Iphigenia) (West Coast Premiere, Cal Performances Co-commission)

Venue:
Zellerbach Hall
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
$36 to $96
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Violinist Ilmar Gavilán and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán perform Saturday, January 23, 2022 as part of Cal Performances' Illuminations: “Place and Displacement” series.

Ilmar Gavilán, violin and Aldo López-Gavilán, piano

Venue:
Zellerbach Hall
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
$46 to $68
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Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery Present Two Lost Souls at The Wallis

JANE LYNCH & KATE FLANNERY: TWO LOST SOULS

Venue:
The Wallis
Date:
City:
Beverly Hills
Price Range:
$39-$125
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Members of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet performing bass, guitar, and drums in from of audience.

PBS Reno "Classical Tahoe" Series Season 2 - Episode 6

Venue:
Online
Date:
Price Range:
Free
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Orchestra on stage with audience clapping and blue and purple lighting on stage.

PBS Reno "Classical Tahoe" Series Season 2 - Episode 2

Venue:
Online
Date:
Price Range:
Free
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Saxophone player with New Year's Eve fireworks

New Year's Eve Jazz & Poetry

Venue:
Epworth United Methodist Church
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
Free admission
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Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones premiere at the Metropolitan Opera

The Lark Theater honors Black History Month with Terence Blanchard's new opera

Venue:
The Lark Theater
Date:
City:
Corte Madera
Price Range:
$12 - $24
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RSJO Photo

Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

Venue:
Los Gatos High School Theater
Date:
City:
Los Gatos
Price Range:
$5 students $25 seniors $30 adults
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LA albums from 2021
Feature

Shameless Promotion of Local Artists: Los Angeles Area Recordings in 2021

Peter Feher - December 14, 2021

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