Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, is a published poet, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

Articles By This Author

Jeff Kaliss - February 12, 2013

Recorder players and a bansuri flute virtuoso get their place in the sun at Other Minds. Here’s how the surprising, eclectic 18th Festival came together.

Jeff Kaliss - January 29, 2013

A well-known physician who treats addiction faces his own: buying music in classical record stores.

Jeff Kaliss - January 22, 2013

The artistic chief of SFJAZZ chats with SFCV about the vision of the larger role of its new center.

Jeff Kaliss - January 9, 2013

Naumburg winner and conservatory graduate violinist Tessa Lark dreams of showcasing both her classical virtuosity and her love of bluegrass music in her native Kentucky.

Jeff Kaliss - January 3, 2013

Lisa Vroman weighs in on her family’s musical roots and her abiding love for opera.

Jeff Kaliss - December 17, 2012

Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi warm up for their San Francisco recital by talking about the risks and rewards of four-hand piano works.

Jeff Kaliss - December 13, 2012

Ravi Shankar, loved and admired in the West and around the world as a vessel of Indian music and spirituality, passed away on Dec. 11 near his home in San Diego County at the age of 92.

Jeff Kaliss - December 6, 2012

After more than six decades of generously sharing his unique performing and compositional talent, and a bright and ingenuous spirit, Dave Brubeck passed away on Dec. 5, a day shy of his 92nd birthday.

Jeff Kaliss - December 4, 2012

Composers/conductors/teachers Dylan Mattingly and Matthew Cmiel riff on working with friends, despite being on opposite coasts.

Jeff Kaliss - November 15, 2012

Crossover feels like a national birthright to Douglas Lora, half of the Brasil Guitar Duo (the other half is João Luiz), which showcases both classical and popular music from their native Brazil and elsewhere.