Oakland flutist Rebecca Kleinmann is hosting a livestream concert Saturday with singer Tiffany Austin and friends.
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A student with ‘big, old school sound,’ Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee is one of Oakland’s new generation of jazz players
The Oakland Technical High School graduate is playing gigs around the East Bay while on a COVID-driven return home from college.
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The Afro-Cuban soul of Bobi Céspedes
The Oakland-based singer’s latest work is being broadcast as part of SFJAZZ’s ‘Fridays at Five’ series.
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Jazz vocalist Valerie Troutt, ‘The Oakland Girl’
The local singer describes her new album, a collection of personal coming-of-age-stories, as her ‘big reveal.’
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Jamming for a cause at Lake Merritt with Ben Esposito, Camille Collins, and friends
The 19-year-old drummer from Alameda and 17-year-old Berkeley saxophonist are turning a small patch of Eastshore Park into a jazz stage.
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Linda Tillery’s freedom songs
The founder of Oakland’s Cultural Heritage Choir takes strength from hearing her music in the sounds of protest.
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The art and clave of John Santos
With his new album, Oakland musician John Santos has taken his message of resistance into the belly of the beast.
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The rhythms of Lima, mixed with Oakland
East Bay musicians Josh Jones and Patrick Morehead team with Afro-Peruvian drum master Juan “Cotito” Medrano on a new album.
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‘If bands can’t rehearse, you can’t record them’: Oakland’s studios adjust to the pandemic
Studios are inherently risky spaces for airborne viruses.