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SFJAZZ Collective Highlights Jazz Masters: Bobby Hutcherson and John Handy

March 18, 2017August 25, 2019 Ken Vermes10471

© Ken Vermes SFJAZZ kicked off the second half of its fifth season in its dedicated building at San Francisco’s Civic Center with an ambitious and exciting series of shows celebrating the music and lives of Tony Williams (January 19), Joe Henderson (January 20), Bobby Hutcherson (January 21), and John Handy (January 22). These concerts […]

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Larry Coryell, 1943-2017: Jazz Warrior – An Appreciation

February 22, 2017May 18, 2017 Ken Vermes10790

© Ken Vermes Ed. note: One of the pioneers of fusion guitar as well as a much admired jazz musician, Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly on February 19 at age 73, following a gig at the Iridium in New York. Larry recalled a friend telling him, as an aspiring teen guitarist, that he would “never […]

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