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Back in March, SFJAZZ hosted a community forum for Bay Area musicians, many of whom expressed frustration at the organization’s seeming lack of interest in showcasing original Read more
San Francisco Chronicle By Andrew Gilbert | March 5, 2018
Hovering around the door to Rendon Hall, the intimate 85-seat theater in the California Jazz Conservatory’s new Fiddler Annex, Susan Muscarella Read more
…Ashkenaz isn’t the only venue showcasing the Bay Area’s deep bench of groundbreaking women musicians. The California Jazz Conservatory celebrates the opening of its new Fiddler Annex (across the Read more
San Francisco Chronicle Sam Whiting | on February 26, 2018
Susana Pineda was studying vocal jazz at a university in Medellin, Colombia, when the American singer Madeline Eastman came to perform in 2013. After the show, Pineda tracked Eastman Read more
Susan Muscarella speaks softly and carries big ambitions. Meeting up with her at the California Jazz Conservatory campus on a recent sunny afternoon in downtown Berkeley, she walked Read more
INDUSTRY INNOVATOR ZON GUITARS
CREATES JD5 BASS EXPRESSLY FOR
CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY PROFESSOR JEFF DENSON
Jazz Industry Leader Crafts One-of-a-Kind
Instrument to Fit Denson’s Specifications
“I’m Completely in Love with This Bass,”
Notes Denson, Acclaimed “Master of Read more
The first ever MEET ME DOWNTOWN DAY is Sunday March 20, 12noon to 5pm. Six Downtown Berkeley cultural venues will feature a variety of free activities to give you a taste of their amazing facilities and programing. And Downtown Read more
Jeff Denson is a musician on a mission. With three jazz ensembles, a full professorship at the California Jazz Conservatory and leadership of a nonprofit organization devoted to the enhancement of jazz in the Bay Area, the double bass Read more
By Jesse Hamlin, SFGate.com Published 10:36 am, Wednesday, July 29, 2015
By Mark MacNamar, San Francisco Classical Voice – March 20, 2014
Here’s a new-new thing: The California Jazz Conservatory — formerly known as The Jazzschool or the Jazz School Institute, or more colloquially, ‘that jazz school over in Berkeley.’ Read more
