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Andrew Gilbert

@jazzscribe

I write about jazz, roots & international music for the San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Berkeleyside.com, and others...

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How Berkeley became the unlikely home of one of the world's largest archives of traditional Shona music... berkeleyside.org/2025/08/12/eri… #mbira #zimbabwe

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New at #JazzTimes: We have the honor of sharing James Gavin's loving and thorough obituary for the great Sheila Jordan. Vocalist and Free-Spirited Jazz Icon Sheila Jordan: A Glorious Life in Music, 1928-2025. jazztimes.com/features/tribu…

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Next on South Park Ghislaine Maxwell: “President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me. And I just want to say that I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the President now. And I like him, and I’ve always liked him. And he doesn't have a small penis.”

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Ghislaine Maxwell: “President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me. And I just want to say that I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the President now. And I like him, and I’ve always liked him. And he doesn't have a small penis.”
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Delighted that my story - on a #Nicaraguan journalist who thought she'd found safety here from an authoritarian regime - aired nationally today on The World from @PRX and WGBH. The piece originally ran on KQED. theworld.org/segments/2025/…

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The two superstars came together at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre on a project highlighting the African roots of diverse music. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

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SFJazz launches a new season with bold expansion, global vision and fresh leadership, signaling the start of a transformative new chapter. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

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"Every new work by Alonzo King is an invitation to an adventure," writes Andrew Gilbert "Over the decades, the choreographer has created an expansive universe...specializing in collaborations w/musical artists similarly inclined to search for the sublime." missionlocal.org/2025/09/diving…

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My time at SFJAZZ with my Foursight Quartet has come nearly to a close… and what a time it has been! I look forward to tonight’s show. The Mercury News has written a feature on my return to SFJAZZ… You can give it a read via my Link in Bio up top. 📸: Rick Swig.

My time at <a href="/SFJAZZ/">SFJAZZ</a> with my Foursight Quartet has come nearly to a close… and what a time it has been! I look forward to tonight’s show.

<a href="/TheMercury_News/">The Mercury News</a> has written a feature on my return to SFJAZZ… You can give it a read via my Link in Bio up top. 

📸: Rick Swig.
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The Summer of Love utopian vision of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass owes its entire existence to the vision and fortune of one billionaire: the bluegrass-smitten, banjo-playing investor Warren Hellman. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/… via San Francisco Chronicle

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November 8, check out The Hang. SJZ's newest program is part sophisticated listening session, part vinyl night, part live jazz performance, part discussion and Q&A... and all hang. Info: sanjosejazz.org/events/hang-ho…

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wrote about Oscar Myers, a legendary San Francisco musician who needs our support an 81-year-old veteran who’s spent 50+ years enriching the cultural fabric of this city should not need a gofundme to pay his medical bills coyotemedia.org/local-musician…

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On Nov. 9, Asia Society NY hosted a concert of Iranian musicians Marjan and Mahsa Vahdat. Last year Andrew Gilbert wrote about their journey and how they harnessed melodies and rhythms to tell fresh stories. We hear a lot about Iran, but not from its artists sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…