Ben Folds on Keeping Art Alive and SFJAZZ holiday shows
In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby interviews Ben Folds, the pianist, songwriter, and arts advocate who has spent three decades balancing sharp, story-driven pop songs with orchest...
18 Nov 202530min
Three Visitors Trio Debuts New Album
Show Description: In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby interviews pianist and composer Edward Simon to discuss the trio Three Visitors, a deeply collaborative project with bassist Sc...
9 Nov 202529min
Sarah Wilson Brings Incandescence to Berkeley
Episode DescriptionIn this episode, Steven Roby talks with Bay Area trumpeter and composer Sarah Wilson about her luminous new album Incandescence and the creative path that led her from political pup...
6 Nov 202526min
RJAM: New Visions at the Lab
Episode SummaryExecutive Director and co‑founder of SFCM’s Roots, Jazz & American Music (RJAM) program, Jason Hainsworth, joins Steve to talk about how the Side‑By‑Side model turns the Joe Henderson L...
31 Okt 202534min
SFJAZZ Collective: Native Dancer Preview
Episode summaryMusic Director and saxophonist Chris Potter joins Backstage Bay Area to preview the SFJAZZ Collective’s tribute to Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer. We talk about why this album matters, h...
30 Okt 202520min
Gerald Albright: Groove, Melody, Momentum Ahead
Episode logline:Saxophonist—and bassist—Gerald Albright talks origin stories, the punch and polish behind “Living My Best Life,” why the title cut “Full Throttle” opens up onstage, and what listeners ...
29 Okt 202520min
Caity Gyorgy Brings Strings to Swing
Canadian vocalist-composer Caity Gyorgy joins Steve for a conversation about craft, collaboration, and why swing still feels newly minted when the writing is sharp and the band listens hard. Known for...
29 Okt 202520min
Las Cafeteras’ Night of Living Memory
Episode SummaryHector Flores of Las Cafeteras joins Steve to talk about Hasta La Muerte, the group’s Day of the Dead production arriving at SFJAZZ. He traces the band’s East L.A. activist roots, how s...
27 Okt 202518min
