FUNDRASIER: ArtsEarth celebrates GivingTuesday by promoting the arts worldwide, joining millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
MUSIC: Los Tangueros del Oeste – Premier Tango Album Fundraiser
MUSIC: Los Tangueros del Oeste - Premier Tango Album Fundraiser - Please support the creation of the premier album of Los Tangueros del Oeste, featuring musicians from around the world, creating modern Tango for dancing and listening.
MUSIC: Continental Drift by Larry Ochs / Aram Shelton Quartet – Album Release (2020)
MUSIC: Continental Drift by Larry Ochs / Aram Shelton Quartet - Album Release (2020) - Can musicians of different generations be like-minded companions? Yes they can, at least when their names are Larry Ochs and Aram Shelton, the two composers and bandleaders of this quartet.
MUSIC: Wayne Shorter Fund – SFJAZZ
ARTICLE | MUSIC: Wayne Shorter Fund - SFJAZZ presents a historic Fridays At Five: Wayne Shorter Celebration concert series with Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Terrace Martin, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, and more.
MUSIC: Western, Creed, Spybey – W ands (CSR285CD) – Album Release
MUSIC | Western, Creed, Spybey - 'W Ands' (CD Album Release) - An album of expansive drones and analogue electronics, created using vintage analogue synthesizers.
MUSIC: Eddie Gale, San Jose’s Ambassador of Jazz and Noted Jazz Educator, Succumbs to Cancer at Age 78
MUSIC | Eddie Gale, San Jose’s Ambassador of Jazz & Noted Jazz Educator, Succumbs to Cancer at 78. Eddie Gale, the pioneering Brooklyn-born jazz trumpeter.
MUSIC: Michael Bisio – Jazz Bass – Accepting Students Online
MUSIC | Michael Bisio, bassist-composer, has 85 recordings in his discography, 24 of these are split evenly between leader/co-leader, 10 of them document his extraordinary association with modern piano icon Matthew Shipp.
Down the Rabbit Hole: TikTok and New Vaudeville by Miranda Seaver
ARTICLE | I used to be smart. So welcome to TikTok, and the rebirth of Vaudeville. Does that make it smart? Probably not. ...and lunch is so real”.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Salad Fingers and the Evolution of Fear by Miranda Seaver
ARTICLE | I’ll warn you in advance, this one’s a doozy. Seriously, if you’re sensitive to graphic content, as abstract as it may be, I’d suggest skipping this week’s subject and sticking to something more pleasant.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Joe Pera and Radical Niceness in Review by Miranda Seaver
ARTICLE | Let’s face it: we could all use something nice. Quarantine’s been extended, people are continuing to lose their livelihoods, and it really does seem as if some otherworldly force has grabbed the planet and forced it into a sudden and ugly halt.