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 - October 19, 2020

The new-music godfather talks about his long career, the evolution of contemporary music, and why he’s not leaping on the livestream bandwagon.

Jeff Kaliss - July 31, 2020

The Florentine Opera gives the nonagenarian composer’s latest a serious makeover on a new recording.

Jeff Kaliss - July 23, 2020

The conductor is pursuing his new collaborative role with SFS in a fresh video/podcast series.

Jeff Kaliss - June 30, 2020

A musical lineage that decisively influenced 20th-century music looks to continue in its own key.

Jeff Kaliss - June 9, 2020

Thanks to an innovative grant, 57 artist/teachers have had projects funded during the lockdown.

Jeff Kaliss - May 5, 2020

A trio of Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Christine Popper write originals in a different key from what you expect.

Jeff Kaliss - April 25, 2020

The effervescent Israeli pianist shares insights into his long career in this intimate memoir.

Jeff Kaliss - March 24, 2020

The jazz singer’s lyrics on Secrets Are the Best Stories reveal his roots in divinity school.

Jeff Kaliss - March 23, 2020

Now postponed, “As the Nile Flows” seeks to illustrate the broad influence of the late Nubian musician.

Jeff Kaliss - February 15, 2020

The dean of Irish pipers talks about a lifetime in traditional music and his upcoming gigs in California with the esteemed Celtic ensemble.