In the past SFJAZZ has honored musicians with its annual Beacon Award. But this November the recipient will be a little outside the norm: a jazz writer.
Philip Elwood (pictured), the respected jazz columnist and disc jockey highly regarded for the taste and intelligence he brings to Bay Area audiences, will be presented with the Beacon Award at the Herbst Theatre on Monday, November 3, during the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
The award, now in its fourth year of existence, honors a member of the Bay Area jazz community for his or her contributions to “preserving the traditions and encouraging the growth of jazz in the Bay Area.”
See’s Candies, the awards sponsor, will make a contribution of $5,000 to SFJAZZ education programs in Elwood’s name, which is fitting because he also teaches at the Berkeley High School. Last year’s recipient was pianist Ed Kelly.
As we reported here, 2004 will see the launch of the SF Modern JAZZ Collective, a bay-area supergroup of sorts led by esteemed tenor saxophonist and SFJAZZ artistic director Joshua Redman.
The San Francisco Jazz Festival will take place from October 23 through November 9, with performances all throughout the city from artists ranging from Cecil Taylor to McCoy Tyner to Bill Frisell to Etta James.
Below is a frighteningly long schedule so you can go. For more information go to www.sfjazz.org.
>Thursday October 23
Solo Piano I
McCoy Tyner, solo
Herbst Theater, 7:30 P.M.
$24 / $36 / $44 Gold Circle
Friday October 24
New Sensation
Peter Cincotti
Julian Lage
Herbst Theater, 8:00 P.M.
$22 / $32 / $42 Gold Circle
Friday October 24
A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson
Mavis Staples
Grace Cathedral, 8:00 P.M.
$25 GA / $40 Reserved
Friday October 24
Sun Rings
Kronos Quartet
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$28 / $46 Gold Circle
Saturday October 25
Best of Italy I
Gabriele Mirabassi/Luciano Biondini Duo
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia Duo
Florence Gould Theatre, 2:00 P.M.
$18 GA
Saturday October 25
Sun Rings
Kronos Quartet
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$28 / $46 Gold Circle
Saturday October 25
Latin Divas
Omara Portuondo; Virginia Rodrigues
Masonic Auditorium, 8:00 P.M.
$25 / $35 / $45 / $57 Gold Circle
Saturday October 25
From Broadway to the Bay
Ann Hampton Callaway
Herbst Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$18 / $28 / $32 Gold Circle
Sunday October 26
Miss Brown Comes to Town
Ruth Brown; Opening TBA
Herbst Theatre, 7:00 P.M.
$24 / $36 / $44 Gold Circle
Sunday October 26
Family Matinee
Dave Holland Quintet
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3:00 P.M.
$5 child / $10 adult w/child /$15 unaccompanied adult – GA
Sunday October 26
An Evening with…
Dave Holland Quintet
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7:00 P.M.
$28 / $42 Gold Circle
Thursday October 30
Solo Piano II
Cecil Taylor, solo
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7:30 P.M.
$24 / $38 Gold Circle
Friday October 31
Best of Italy II
Enrico Rava & Paolo Fresu “Play Miles Davis”; Doctor 3
Herbst Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$18 / $24 Gold Circle
Saturday November 1
Best of Italy III
Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani Duet
Danilo Rea/Roberto Gatto Duet
Florence Gould Theatre, 2:00 P.M.
$18 GA
Saturday November 1
Let’s Roll
Etta James & The Roots Band
Masonic Auditorium, 8:00 P.M.
$25 / $35 / $45 / $55 Gold Circle
Sunday November 2
Singing on Sunday I
René Marie
Florence Gould Theatre, 2:00 P.M.
$24 GA
Sunday November 2
Local Legends Sing All-time Favorite Classics
Maria Muldaur “Remembering Peggy Lee
Dan Hicks and Jazztet Noir
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7:00 P.M.
$18 / $28 Gold Circle
Monday November 3
SFJAZZ Beacon Award Concert: A Salute to Phil Elwood
Mel Martin’s Bebop & Beyond Quartet; Kim Nalley; Leon Oakley’s Friends of Jazz; Denise Perrier; Larry Vuckovich’s Young at Heart Band; Denny Zeitlin Trio with Mel Graves & George Marsh; & More to Come
Herbst Theatre, 7:30 P.M.
$12 / $18 / $22 Gold Circle
Wednesday November 5
Flamenco Jazz
Chano Dominguez
Plus Special Guest TBA
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 7:30 P.M.
$22 / $36 Gold Circle
Thursday November 6
B-3 Summit: The Rematch
The Jimmy Smith Group
Joey DeFrancesco Trio
Bimbo’s 365 Club, 7:30 P.M.
$24 GA / $36 Reserved
Thursday November 6
B-3 Summit: The Rematch
The Jimmy Smith Group
Joey DeFrancesco Trio
Bimbo’s 365 Club, 10:00 P.M.
$24 GA / $36 Reserved
Friday November 7
Intercontinental Guitar
Bill Frisell & the Intercontinentals
Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos
Calvin Simmons Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$19 / $29 / $39 Gold Circle
Friday November 7
Members Only Concert: Piano Jazz… Live!
Marian McPartland
Herbst Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
$24 / $36 / $44 Gold Circle
Saturday November 8
Simple Pleasures
Nancy Wilson & Ramsey Lewis
Masonic Auditorium, 8:00 P.M.
$25 / $35 / $45 / $55 Gold Circle
Sunday November 9
Swingin’ on the Bay
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Swing Fever featuring Denise Perrier
Signature Yacht Events’ “San Francisco Spirit”, 11:00 A.M.
$75 GA
Sunday November 9
Singing on Sunday II
Kitty Margolis
Florence Gould Theatre, 2:00 P.M.
$24 GA
Sunday November 9
The Trio at 20
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette
Masonic Auditorium, 7:00 P.M.
$25 / $40 / $55 / $65 Gold Circle
