Yoshi Kato

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Yoshi Kato

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, left, and vocalist and pianist Michael Feinstein with the San Francisco Symphony on Tuesday, May 20, at Davies Symphony Hall. Stefan Cohen/San Francisco SymphonyThe Great American Songbook has a unique way of bridging gaps between musicians and listeners from all different backgrounds. Singer, pianist and standards ambassador Michael Feinstein and acclaimed classical soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet serve as a perfect example.

3 weeks ago | sfcv.org | Yoshi Kato

Jazz history will come to life in the Bay Area and Los Angeles when the black-and-white silent film Louis is paired with a live musical score by famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The 2010 feature by director Dan Pritzker imagines the early life of pioneering trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong and boasts such acting talent as Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Brave New World) and Jackie Earle Haley (2009’s Watchmen).

3 weeks ago | downbeat.com | Yoshi Kato

Interview, From the Magazine, Sasha Berliner By Yoshi Kato   I  May. 13, 2025 Part of the jazz vibraphone conversation since her late teens, Sasha Berliner has long come across as a fully formed artist. For the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, she was the youngest-ever to top the Rising Star Vibraphonist category when she was 21.

1 month ago | medium.com | Yoshi Kato

With works by Lindsay GibsonI often feel sorry for myself, though I tend to downplay my pain. Today, I’m an adult with many gifts, bestowed upon me by my mother and father. I grew up in a relatively privileged position: money wasn’t an issue, and I had a stay-at-home mother tending to my and my brother’s needs. I lived in a house, then an apartment, ate good food, and had expensive toys.

1 month ago | downbeat.com | Yoshi Kato

By Yoshi Kato   I  Apr. 16, 2025 From sisters Tia Fuller and Shamie Royston, Kneebody co-founders Shane Endsley and Kaveh Rastegar and the late Ron Miles to historic figures like Paul Whiteman and Jimmie Lunceford, Denver has been called home by a plethora of jazz talent. Now that home has its own festival. Scheduled to run April 3–6, the inaugural Denver Jazz Fest celebrates the storied past and vibrant present of the metro area’s jazz scene.