Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, is a published poet, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

Articles By This Author

Jeff Kaliss - November 4, 2024

The composer and bassist is at SFJAZZ this week playing music off her first album and more.

Jeff Kaliss - October 28, 2024

In his new book, Missing Music, record producer Ian Brennan relates the journeys he’s taken around the world.

Jeff Kaliss - October 22, 2024

After a five-year closure, Biscuits and Blues is in business again and hoping to bring audiences back with a community celebration.

Jeff Kaliss - October 14, 2024

Four independent venues — Mr. Tipple’s, Black Cat, the Dawn Club, and Keys Jazz Bistro — are partnering up.

Jeff Kaliss - September 23, 2024

All manner of plants, people, and music-making contribute to the sublime experience of attending this outdoor festival.

Jeff Kaliss - July 29, 2024

The festival premieres excerpts from Karim Al-Zand’s opera in progress, inspired by the true history of these tales.

Jeff Kaliss - July 23, 2024

A lieder recital by soprano Lisa Delan is followed by a concert featuring the up-and-coming Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows.

Jeff Kaliss - July 22, 2024

Conductor Alexander Mickelthwate previews the orchestra concerts at this year’s Bear Valley Music Festival.

Jeff Kaliss - June 25, 2024

Amid a flurry of world premieres, the Quartet bids farewell to violist Hank Dutt and violinist John Sherba with these performances.

Jeff Kaliss - June 18, 2024

The violist and violinist, longtime members of the ensemble who are both retiring this month, reflect on 40-plus years of championing new music.