A chance meeting with a Bay Area drummer spawned a new set of songs for Johnson, which she shares in a string of shows this month.
Julia Keefe is bringing her Mildred Bailey Project, devoted to one of the first ladies of jazz, to the Bay Area this week.
Last chance to put in your votes for our annual best-of polls covering the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
With the discovery of master tapes for the original Peanuts TV specials, one of America’s most underrated jazz figures gets the spotlight.
Grant draws on years of musical mastery in his exploration of the ensemble that pioneered jazz-classical fusion.
The 89-year-old tenor player still sings and swings with the best of them.
