Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the- scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Ro...

Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the-scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Rob...

Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation with SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the- scenes and hear about music from the arti...

Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Keyon Harrold sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. Harrold discusses his approach to writing melodies, as well as how the bebop influence passed down to him by Charles Tolliver has affected his work with artists such as Common and...

Saxophonist, composer and 2024 NEA Jazz Master honoree Gary Bartz sits down with Terence Blanchard to discuss the iconic jazz-funk sounds of his band, the NTU Troop, as well as his experiences with Max Roach and Lee Morgan. You can watch Bartz’s “NTU Troop Revisited” concert (filmed in June durin...

For this exclusive interview, SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline speaks to Miles Davis’ nephew, drummer Vincent Wilburn Jr., about the GRAMMY-nominated 2008 album Miles From India that brought together alumni from various Miles Davis bands and a number of Indian classica...

Showing a lifetime’s worth of warmth and humor, jazz icons Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter come together again via Zoom on the occasion of the fifth and final Fridays at Five Wayne Shorter Celebration concert, joined this time by Wayne’s quartet including pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patit...

“Evolving The Afrobeat Tradition” SFJAZZ Dialogues w/ Seun Kuti & Terence Blanchard

The saxophonist, composer and Egypt 80 bandleader sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard to discuss the process of finding his own sound within the tradition laid out by his father,...

Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. Benjamin shares some hilarious stories involving Prince and Ron Carter, along with discussing her dream rhythm section, her love of fashion and more.You can catch Lakecia Ben...

Vocalist, songwriter and SFJAZZ lifetime achievement award recipient Patti Austin sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. The conversation overflows with warm hearted stories spanning Austin’s career including making her debut at the apollo with the help of Dinah Wash...

“Playing for the people” SFJAZZ Dialogues w/ Howard Wiley

Saxophonist, composer and Resident Artistic Director Howard Wiley sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. They discuss Howard’s beginnings at the church and how his experiences there influenced him, the Tex...

Singer-Songwriter Ms. Lisa Fischer and Ranky Tank’s trumpeter, composer Charlton Singleton sit down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. They discuss the 30 year long relationship between the members of Ranky Tanky, their roots in Gullah music, as well as Ms. Lisa Fischers’ ...

Trumpeter, composer and former member of the SFJAZZ Collective Etienne Charles sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. They discuss the cultural connections between Trinidad and New Orleans, life after the SFJAZZ Collective, as well as Etienne’s upcoming “Earth Tones”...

Blues legend Taj Mahal in an illuminating conversation with SFJAZZ exectuite artistic director Terence Blanchard. They discuss Taj’s musical upbringing growing up in Massachusetts, his passion for world music, as well as the diversse range influnces that shaped his newest recording “Savoy”. Watch...

Legendary trumpeter and Jazz At Lincoln Center’s artistic director Wynton Marsalis catches up with his friend and executive artistic director at SFJAZZ Terrene Blanchard. They share fond childhood memories, discuss the intersection of philosophy and jazz, talk about their future plans for institu...

Drummer Cindy Blackman Santana in a spirited conversation with SFJAZZ founder Randall Kline as they discuss all things Tony Williams. From his “romantic” style and “loud” technique to the many phases of his musical career, Blackman offers her unique perspective on the legendary drummers' looming ...

“ART THAT TRANSFORMS PERCEPTIONS” SFJAZZ DIALOGUES w/ SOWETO KINCH

British saxophonist, rapper Soweto Kinch catches up with SFJAZZ founder Randall Kline. They discuss Soweto’s upcoming Resident Artistic Director week at SFJAZZ, working with legends such as Gary Bartz and Nicholas Payton, along ...

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and drummer Mark Guiliana in an illuminating conversation with SFJAZZ f Director of Education Rebeca Mauleón. They discuss a variety of topics such as Mark’s blend of electronic music and Jazz, finding a balance between improvisation and through composition, as well as ...

Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti talks about studying with Woody Shaw and George Coleman, playing in bands with Sting and Paul Simon, and his own practice routine and insights regarding trumpet technique. Watch Chris Botti on Fridays Live on January 6, 2023, part of SFJAZZ At Home.

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Founding member of the Buena Vista Social Club and Afro-Cuban All Stars bandleader Juan de Marcos speaks to SFJAZZ founder Randall Kline. They discuss Marcos’ experiences growing up in one of the most musically rich times in Cuba’s musical history, to now showcasing some of Cuba’s most prodigious...

Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the-scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Rob...