Jazz

The latest work by Lisa Mezzacappa is being performed at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and imagines the frontiers of science in musical terms.

The composer/pianist talks about the origins of her Grammy-winning The Thompson Fields, her work pushing for a fair deal from music streaming companies, and working with David Bowie.

The world is full of possibility for a musician who can play jazz, write symphonies, and give bang-up Harvard lectures.

The great trumpeter and, now, classical composer, appears at Lesher Center Jazz this weekend, and shares some of the lessons he’s learned over his lifetime.

Artists honk, squeal, and roar into new musical territory at the fearless festival.

The virtuosic duo succeed with their custom blend of “esoteric acoustic guitar art songs.”

When necessity drove these award-winning classical musicians to experiment with jazz, their music-making got even better.

Interesting programming and a live performance of Chris Brubeck and Guillaume Saint-James’ Brothers in Arts herald an interesting season for the Oakland East Bay Symphony.

Sometimes it’s good to venture out to the boundaries, find out what’s going on on the wild side of music. The annual Outsound Festival of experimental and improvisational music is as good a time as any to do this exploration. 

Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson seem like they must have played together before.  And yet, their work at Stanford Live will be their first collaboration.