Jeff Kaliss/Writer

06/04/2026

A challenge combining disparate interviewees, the latter two of who were new to me, as was their music:

Journalist Jeff Kaliss previews SFJAZZ's Summer Sessions, speaking with performers Daniel Villarreal and Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber leader Jared Michael Nickerson.

05/06/2026

Retirements are like obituaries, an opportunity to celebrate someone you like, but it's better in the former case because they're still here to share it: https://www.sfcv.org/articles/music-news/bill-lueth-longtime-classical-radio-chief-retires?utm_source=San+Francisco+Classical+Voice&utm_campaign=cce085d65d-SFCV+Bay+Area+Newsletter+Jan+21%2C+2026_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31d4385d32-cce085d65d-7665467 #

The president of Classical California San Francisco spent 30 years building a classical music radio brand and audience.

08/12/2025

I had to reassemble and recombine many elements of the long interview which produced this piece, but it was lovable labor:

With a week at SFJAZZ coming up, the bluesman reflects on his seven-decade career.

03/21/2025

Midline, the online publication for which I reviewed this, is supportive not only of creative expression but of its contributor's needs. Sarah Bass, my editor, even shot photos and video at this gig.

Delfeayo Marsalis's New Orleans-based brass ensemble celebrates the musical traditions of their city in an updated, eclectic musical gumbo.

10/22/2024

The assigned length had me shortening the supporting quotes, but I'm glad I have them:

After a five-year closure, Biscuits and Blues is in business again and hoping to bring audiences back with a community celebration.

10/06/2024

https://youtu.be/376c56dmHmY?si=pO7_cJ4_Py_pji92 Thanks to David of Cosmo Computer for letting my old desktop derive its data flow from the fountain of youth (with a new SATA SSD inner hard drive).

09/23/2024

Haven't spent this much time in the Golden Gate Park Botanical Gardens since it was the Strybing Arboretum, but Flower Piano was a wondrous reason to:

All manner of plants, people, and music-making contribute to the sublime experience of attending this outdoor festival.

09/04/2024

Y'all come tomorrow evening...https://www.facebook.com/events/399070759883068/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_aggregate%22%2C%22source%22%3A%2229%22%7D

09/01/2024

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Inspired by the poetry of Tobey Kaplan who reads her work, Happened Change weaves the brilliant improvisational music of Heikki Koskinen (e-trumpet, tenor recorder, small percussion) and Cindy Webster (musical saw, hurdy gurdy, ocean harp) with Nan Busse’s harlequinesque movement score takes viewe...

09/01/2024

For those who didn't find yourselves at my reading from my newly published 3rd updated edition of "I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone", still on sale at bookstores and beyond, why don't you plan on showing up for my poetry at the Luggage Store, this Wednesday, Sept 4th. Your support will be appreciated. Click on the posting herein:

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