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Jeff Kaliss

San Francisco
As seen in: San Francisco Classical Voice, The New York Public Library, Playbill, The San Francisco Examiner, All About Jazz, Mount Desert Islander, KBOO-FM, Songlines Magazine, Eichler Network, Strings Magazine, Razorcake and
Music & entertainment journalist; writer and reader of poetry and fiction; Dad to a law student and would be med student; Chief of Staff to Martina the Cat

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A State-of-the-Art Homage to the Wisdom of a Celebrated Spiritual Seeker

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By Jeff Kaliss
| Midbrow
Trust the Universe: The Philosophy of Alan Watts Chabot Space & Science Center 10000 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, California June 26th, 2026 Yes, more and more metaphorical movement, as my life goes longer. And more alliteration with the accounting of it. That’s the way of the writer, here charting a sinuous route up into the outskirts of Oakland in the final foggy hours of a Friday, a meandering mystery leading to a set of more mysteries, anticipated and unanticipated.
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Branford Marsalis Brings the Big Easy to Healdsburg Wine Country

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By Jeff Kaliss
| San Francisco Classical Voice Verified
The Branford Marsalis Quartet at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival | Credit: Bruce Ghent The 28th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival was a groovy hang, the kind of place where a reviewer could get the set list for the performance by Branford Marsalis by simply seeking out the green room afterwards, where Marsalis might verbalize it for him, with commentary. “We’ve never played out here before, but it’s beautiful,” the 65-year-old saxophonist said.
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Matthew Treviño Stretches the Modern Bass Voice

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By Jeff Kaliss
| San Francisco Classical Voice Verified
Matthew Treviño | Credit: teneight creative Call it a bass man’s holiday. In The Farther Shore, released on May 8 by Navona Records, Matthew Treviño traces his voyage across an edifying variety of modern compositions, displaying both their musical and lyrical attractions and how adeptly he adapts his craft to their differences. Treviño has been a go-to for bass roles in modern opera recordings — a couple of them are represented here.
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