1983-2012
SFJAZZ Historical Archive
Live concerts, talks, world premieres & more!
1983-2012
SFJAZZ Historical Archive
Live concerts, talks, world premieres & more!
1983-2012
SFJAZZ Historical Archive
Live concerts, talks, world premieres & more!
1983-2012
SFJAZZ Historical Archive
Live concerts, talks, world premieres & more!
1983-2012
SFJAZZ Historical Archive
Live concerts, talks, world premieres & more!
SFJAZZ holds over 2,000 recordings of jazz, world, and folk artists, dating back to when the organization was called Jazz in the City (1983-1989), San Francisco Jazz Festival (1991-1999), and its first decade as SFJAZZ (2000-2012), before the construction of the free-standing SFJAZZ Center. The recordings include live concerts, panel discussions, interviews, and other unique one-time events that chronicle these earlier years of our organizational history.
This is the first time the audio-videotapes from the SFJAZZ Historical Archive can be accessed by the public. Through our ongoing digitization efforts, we hope that the myriad experiences of music with SFJAZZ will reach new audiences across generations and traditions.
The archive features talks and music by Joe Henderson, Don Cherry, Wayne Shorter, Anthony Braxton, Tony Williams, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Orrin Keepnews, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, David Murray, Elvin Jones, Charlie Haden, Dorothy Donegan, John Santos, Charles Lloyd, Max Roach, Angela Davis, Wadada Leo Smith, and many more.
Questions about SFJAZZ's Historical Archive? Please contact [email protected]
The Historical Archive project was made possible through the help of California Revealed (CA-R) and CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources). Through our partnership with CA-R and their digitization and preservation assistance program, we digitized the earliest recordings from the archive that are now discoverable on the Internet Archive and the CA-R Repository. In 2022, we were awarded a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation. Through this grant, we digitized significantly more audio-videotapes to add to the Internet Archive collection. As a result, the SFJAZZ Historical Archive Collection on the Internet Archive holds the most comprehensive collection of our recordings.
Browse Recordings Here:
SFJAZZ HISTORICAL ARCHIVE COLLECTION
Pharoah Sanders, William Henderson, “Moroccan Percussion Section”
Peace and Love Tribute to John Coltrane 1992-10-29 (excerpt)
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
Peace and Love Tribute to John Coltrane 1992-10-29 (excerpt)
New Art Jazz Quartet with James Blood Ulmer, Reggie Workman, John Hicks, Rashied Ali
The Deepest Groove 1999-10-21 (excerpt)
Pharoah Sanders, William Henderson, “Moroccan Percussion Section”
Peace and Love Tribute to John Coltrane 1992-10-29 (excerpt)
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
Peace and Love Tribute to John Coltrane 1992-10-29 (excerpt)
New Art Jazz Quartet with James Blood Ulmer, Reggie Workman, John Hicks, Rashied Ali
The Deepest Groove 1999-10-21 (excerpt)
Jay McShann, Dorothy Donegan, Houston Person and more
Boogie Woogie Piano Summit 1991-06-02 (excerpt)
Jay McShann, Dorothy Donegan, Houston Person with Charles Brown, Red Callender, Gaylord Birch, Danny Caron
Boogie Woogie Piano Summit 1991-06-02 (excerpt)
Cecil Taylor
Sacred Space: Solo Piano 1991-06-17 (excerpt)
Jay McShann, Dorothy Donegan, Houston Person and more
Boogie Woogie Piano Summit 1991-06-02 (excerpt)
Jay McShann, Dorothy Donegan, Houston Person with Charles Brown, Red Callender, Gaylord Birch, Danny Caron
Boogie Woogie Piano Summit 1991-06-02 (excerpt)
Cecil Taylor
Sacred Space: Solo Piano 1991-06-17 (excerpt)
EXPLORE SFJAZZ'S JAZZ MINUTE SERIES
The series takes a brief look at important figures, movements, and moments in jazz history and the present day, in both the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. Recent episodes such as "Sacred Space, Pt. 1" (narrated by Terence Blanchard) tell the rich history of jazz at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, and leverages select footage from the SFJAZZ Historical Archive.
WATCHEXPLORE SFJAZZ'S JAZZ MINUTE SERIES
The series takes a brief look at important figures, movements, and moments in jazz history and the present day, in both the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. Recent episodes such as "Sacred Space, Pt. 1" (narrated by Terence Blanchard) tell the rich history of jazz at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, and leverages select footage from the SFJAZZ Historical Archive.
WATCHThe SFJAZZ Historical Archive is an incredible resource that gives access to experience some of the creators of jazz music and to hear the evolution of 'jazz in the city' of San Francisco. The blessing to hear McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter and Ornette Coleman and the privilege to share the stage with some of my heroes was an immeasurable gift.
Brian Blade
The SFJAZZ Historical Archive is an incredible resource that gives access to experience some of the creators of jazz music and to hear the evolution of 'jazz in the city' of San Francisco. The blessing to hear McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter and Ornette Coleman and the privilege to share the stage with some of my heroes was an immeasurable gift.
Brian Blade
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