A jazz festival should honor the tradition and its contemporary practitioners by headlining them.
As directed by Rhiannon Giddens, the festival explores improvisation and cross-cultural connections at the expense of European modernism.
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra backs the Master Chorale and guest vocalists in music by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.
The star trumpeter and composer will take over Randall Kline’s job in the fall.
The diverse summer lineup of music, theater, dance, and performance art will be based in the Mission District this year.
