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SFJAZZ Opens Fifth Season: Can Great Guitarists Lead Jazz Back Into Popular Culture?

September 12, 2016August 21, 2019 Ken Vermes11931

It has been some time since jazz was at its height of popularity. There was Thelonious Monk on the cover of Time magazine. College campuses featured jazz performances that became hit records (Jazz Goes to College, Dave Brubeck). And then, suddenly, the Beatles landed, and it was over. At the September 8th opening of the […]

Atlantis Quartet Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With Digital Anthology, Shows at Vieux Carré September 15-16

September 12, 2016September 19, 2016 Andrea Canter11569

Few jazz bands can claim ten years of nonstop collaboration, but then the Atlantis Quartet is no ordinary jazz band. Together since 2006 with only one (early) personnel change, Atlantis has moved from its humble beginnings as a quartet of unknowns through four recordings, a McKnight Fellowship, and a decade of accolades from local media […]

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SFJAZZ Opens Fifth Season: Can Great Guitarists Lead Jazz Back Into Popular Culture?

Atlantis Quartet Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With Digital Anthology, Shows at Vieux Carré September 15-16