SFJAZZ Spring Season 2010: 40 Memorable Jazz Performances 1/25/10 10:06 PM

SFJAZZ Spring Season 2010: 40 Memorable Jazz

Performances
By Eliza Sarasohn
January 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Spring is around the corner. Here in
San Francisco, that means jazz is in
the air.

Tickets are already on sale for the

11th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season,
a five-month long star-studded series
of world-renowned jazz musicians
Search Articles and 40 unique performances — from
big band to hard bop, world to trio to
Search coming soon! post modern.

Ever wonder why Fog City is such a

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hot jazz town? It's because we're the
home base for SFJAZZ, the west's
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largest nonprofit presenter of jazz
music and a tireless cheerleader for Max Raabe & Palast Orchester. Photo provided by SFJAZZ.
jazz musicians and fans. San
Francisco can thank SFJazz for the
over 100 concerts that grace our nightclubs and concert halls each year such as The San
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Travel Deals. Highlights of this year's lineup include jazz giants like alto sax legend Lou Donaldson at the
Herbst (get directions) in May, vocalist Kurt Elling with the Count Basie Orchestra at Davies
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Symphony Hall (get directions) also in May, and bassist Marcus Miller paying tribute to his
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Check out great deals on flights On February 20th, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester (see inset photo), fresh off a sold-out run at
coast to coast. Carnegie Hall, hit Oakland's art deco Paramount Theatre (get directions) with songs resurrecting
Germany's glam Weimer era.

Look for ten-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin on April 10th at the Nob Hill Masonic
Center (get directions) for the US premier of VOCAbuLarieS, a choral project promoting a new
album of the same name, scheduled for release in March.

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Finally, don't miss Caetano Veloso, "Brazil's reigning artistic genius," at the Nob Hill Masonic
Center on April 17th. At 67, this Bossa Nova pioneer is still paving the way for generations of
Latin artists.

Brush up on the details on these shows and so many more by downloading the spring season's
full catalog.

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