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News: Music Industry

The Man Behind The Sessions: Why Artists, Producers, And Studios Keep Calling Jose Luis Castro

The Man Behind The Sessions: Why Artists, Producers, And Studios Keep Calling Jose Luis Castro

In music, the most influential artists are not always the ones with their faces on a billboard. Oftentimes, they are the people who get the call before the call — the ones artists trust to compose music for their albums, the ones producers trust with deadlines, and the ones studios hand the keys to when they ...

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News: Music Industry

Jose Castro Is Creating Music For A World Without Borders

Jose Castro Is Creating Music For A World Without Borders

Jose Luis Castro, who also performs under the stage name “J. Jeaux," came up in a music business that no longer asks artists to stay in one lane. The old categories — recording artist, producer, composer, sound designer — still exist, but for many modern musicians, those lines have started to blur. Castro, who records under ...

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Article: Live Review

Gunhild Carling and her Jazz Band at Joe Henderson Lab

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Gunhild Carling and her Jazz Band Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, CA May 24, 2026 About 45 minutes before showtime, Gunhild Carling was her own roadie. Meticulously, she arranged her merchandise table at the Joe Henderson Lab--custom-designed ties in the center, posters, bags, and her paintings to the left, and albums and ...

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News: TV / Film

Paramax Films Announces Global Premiere Of Concert Film: John Beasley's 'Unlimited Miles: Live From Blue Note Tokyo,' May 26 Miles Davis's Centennial Birthday

Paramax Films Announces Global Premiere Of Concert Film: John Beasley's 'Unlimited Miles: Live From Blue Note Tokyo,' May 26 Miles Davis's Centennial Birthday

Landmark Concert Film Premieres May 26, 2026‚ Miles Davis's Centennial Birthday Available Worldwide on Mezzo TV and Medici.tv Streaming Platform Paramax Films today announced the global release of John Beasley's Unlimited Miles: Live from Blue Note Tokyo, a concert film capturing an electrifying performance at the iconic Blue Note Tokyo. The film premieres on May 26, ...

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Article: Live Review

John Beasley Sextet at Presidio Theatre

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John Beasley Sextet Presidio Theatre Miles Davis at 100 San Francisco, CA May 14, 2026 Spanning a 90-minute set from Birth of the Cool to Amandla, John Beasley's sextet anchors the centennial with Miles's most influential band--the 1965--68 quintet featuring Wayne Shorter. Last September at San Francisco's Presidio ...

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News: Recording

Now Available: 'Invisible Piano' Featuring Grammy Winning Artists John Beasley And SWR Big Band (O-Tone Music)

Now Available: 'Invisible Piano' Featuring Grammy Winning Artists John Beasley And SWR Big Band (O-Tone Music)

Invisible Piano (Release Date: 05.08.26) is a bold, behind-the-scenes journey into the creative mind of GRAMMY-winning pianist, composer, and arranger John Beasley. Commissioned by the SWR Big Band, Beasley was given a rare invitation: begin at the piano, improvise without boundaries, and transform those raw sparks into sweeping, orchestrated works. The first musical sketches emerged in ...

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Article: Live Review

Coltrane 100 at Freight and Salvage

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Coltrane 100 Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 Chatting with Joe Lovano after the evening's proceedings, I remarked, “How amazing it must be to have a group of all top notch New York bandleaders," to which he replied, “Combining bandleader personnel does not always produce what you might expect!"  ...

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Article: Live Review

Coltrane 100 at The Freight

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Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once The Freight Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 On September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina, a child was born. He would have--by the time of his untimely demise at the age of 40--an immense influence on the structure, performance of, and future of the music ...

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Article: Live Review

Dar Williams at The Freight

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Dar Williams The Freight Berkeley, CA April 9, 2026 Dar Williams  has been creating powerful, popular, poignant, and sometimes humorous tunes and performing, acoustic guitar in hand, for decades. A doyenne among singer-songwriters, Williams is blessed with a gorgeous voice as well as with a gift for poetic, ethereal lyrics. 

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears In Rain

Read "Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Like Tears In Rain" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore. Julianna is a composer, vocalist, and producer whose music is built almost entirely from layered, looped human voices. Mary is a harpist who has spent years pushing that instrument into a vast, exploratory realm. In January 2025, the two flew ...


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