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Anthony Brown performing with the Asian American Orchestra in San Francisco, CA Anthony Brown is an American jazz percussionist, composer, bandleader, ethnomusicologist , and educator. He is known for leading, performing, and recording with the Grammy-nominated Asian American Orchestra since its founding in 1998. [ 1 ]
This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or were closely associated with the region for a significant part of the group's active existence. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they were primarily solo artists.
The San Francisco bands' music was everything that AM-radio pop music wasn't. Their performances contrasted with the "standard three-minute track" that had become a cliché of the pop-music industry, due to the requirements of AM radio, to the sound capacity of the 45 RPM record, and to the limited potentials of many pop songs and song treatments.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni (44 P) Pages in category "Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodghead as the Ada Clement Piano School. [citation needed] In 1923, the name was changed to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 1956 the Conservatory moved from Sacramento Street to 1201 Ortega Street, the home of a former infant shelter.
Cory was born August 3, 1920, in Syracuse, NY [5] but grew up in the San Francisco area and attended Old Mill School in Mill Valley. [6] He attended Tamalpais High, class of 1937. [7] He studied music at UC Berkeley, then enlisted in the army on September 14, 1942. [8] While in the army, he met Douglass Cross who was also in the service at the ...
In the 1970s, Nitro began to connect with Bay Area musicians. He played with the Dynatones, a San Francisco-based rhythm and blues band, [11] where many local musicians began their careers. [7] He also played at Big John & Harris’ Town Pump, a former "hillbilly bar" that attracted locals, sailors, and sex workers [12] in the Mission district. [7]
The SFJAZZ Collective convenes in San Francisco each spring for a three-week residency. Throughout this rehearsal period the octet workshops the season's new repertoire and interacts with the Bay Area community through SFJAZZ's education programs for youth and adults.