By Marilyn Lester***From around the 1920s, when Louis Armstrong triumphed with his famous Hot Five quintet, there’s been an aphorism that “jazz is dead.” Well, then, as now, jazz is alive and kicking as the […]
By Marilyn Lester***San Francisco Bay Area crooner Jonathan Poretz delivered on his promise in his show Totally Tony: Keepin’ The Music Playin’ at 54 Below. The evening was chock-full of music and remembrance all about […]
New York native and now San Francisco-based singer Jonathan Poretz returns to 54 Below with Totally Tony: Keepin’ The Music Playin’ on Sunday, August 18 at 7 PM. Making a cameo appearance will be Jonathan’s […]
Jazz singer and daughter of legendary jazz icon Tony Bennett, Antonia Bennett launches her solo career at Dizzy’s Club on Thursday, November 30, with two performances at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Musical support is […]
Birdland Jazz Club presents the return of vocalist Klea Blackhurst and singer/pianist Billy Stritch in Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 PM. These two performers reunite […]
The return of The Billy Stritch Trio to Birdland Jazz Club for a special six-show engagement takes place from Friday, July 14 to Sunday, July 16, with shows each night at 7:00 PM and 9:30 […]
Bart Greenberg spent four of his most satisfying professional years running special events at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble. Preceding that he had spent several years at Tower Records where he first learned how […]
Writer, reviewer and master of clips, Will Friedwald has been celebrating Tony Bennett’s 94th birthday. On Thursday, August 6, at 7 pm ET, ClipJoint live-streams Tony Bennett, A Retrospective: 1965-1985 . Join the Zoom presentation […]
We’re starting a new series—Who Was Who!— a hall of fame for performing artists that were well known, celebrated and possibly famous in their day. We think these folk, upon whose shoulders we stand, should […]
Wesla Whitfield, the San Francisco Bay Area jazz and cabaret singer who devoted her musical life to the Great American Songbook, died on Friday, February 9, at her home in St. Helena, CA. The cause […]
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