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 Robert N. Miner Auditorium, accompanied by the artist’s pick of recorded, and sometimes live, excerpts. The conversation closes with questions from the audience followed by a reception with complimentary drinks and bites.
This Listening Party features 2023-24 Resident Artistic Director Brandee Younger and bassist Rashaan Carter of her working trio discussing harp and jazz, her influences, and her week of residency, which includes music from her most recent Impulse! album Brand New Life and a tribute to the late harpist and jazz legend Alice Coltrane. Younger’s performances run March 7-10, 2024.
Up Next in Season 1
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Keyon Harrold
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...
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Gary Bartz
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...
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Vince Wilburn, Jr
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...
