Jazz

The latest work by Lisa Mezzacappa is being performed at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and imagines the frontiers of science in musical terms.

The bassist, composer, and educator talks about his projects, his work with kids, and using music to reflect a “positive and truthful” history.

Meet the local exponents of the Brazilian genre that captivated Heitor Villa-Lobos, among others.

The world is full of possibility for a musician who can play jazz, write symphonies, and give bang-up Harvard lectures.

When necessity drove these award-winning classical musicians to experiment with jazz, their music-making got even better.

The SF Conservatory joins forces with SF JAZZ for a new Roots, Jazz, and American Music degree program.

The composer and trumpeter reflects on his “jazz-in-opera,” as he prepares its S.F. premiere.

The annual event, which celebrates the diversity of the Bay Area musical community, examines Asian-American jazz for this year’s “Field Report.”

Acoustician Sam Berkow talks about what it takes to tune up the venue’s sound system.

The celebrated singer talks about singing with a full orchestra for the first time in her career.