Paul Hanson and Ariane Cap: will perform Friday, 8 p.m., at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. Photo: SN Jacobson Paul Hanson has spent much of his life taking the bassoon into realms where the horn has never before traveled. From world jazz and klezmer to funk and rock, the Berkeley native refuses to be […]
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Smith Dobson V, Friends with Benefits, play Berkeley
Smith Dobson plays the California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the JazzSchool) on Friday, April 25. Photo: courtesy Smith Dobson Smith Dobson plays the California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the JazzSchool) on Friday, April 25. Photo: courtesy Smith Dobson Contrary to what it might seem, the Roman numeral in Smith Dobson V’s name doesn’t mean there are five […]
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Erik Jekabson Quintet in Berkeley: Let the good times roll
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson, a Berkeley High alum, plays with his quintet in Berkeley Saturday. Photo: Erik Jekabson Normally, lightning striking twice in the Berkeley Hills would be a cause for concern, but when trumpeter Erik Jekabson is the force responsible for the conflagration, it’s an invitation to let the good times roll. The Berkeley High […]
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Erik and Erika: Berkeley High returnees are home to play
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson plays the Freight & Salvage on Tuesday The Berkeley High jazz program is the gift that keeps on giving. Hardly a year goes by without at least a handful of excellent young musicians emerging from its ranks, and, while many head east to attend elite conservatories and music schools, Berkeley’s oversized gravitational […]
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In Berkeley: Trumpeter Erik Jekabson, singer “El Cigala”
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson, a Berkeley High alum Trumpeter Erik Jekabson isn’t among the Berkeley High Jazz Band’s best known alumni, but that says more about program’s glittering roster of graduates and Jekabson’s far-ranging musical interests than any deficit in talent or imagination. Since graduating in 1991, Jekabson has collected several degrees from conservatories (Oberlin and […]
