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 - January 22, 2016

It’s not your dad’s electronic organ. At 16 tons, Marshall and Ogletree’s International Touring Organ is (barely) portable, but it’s the expanded range of things it can do that is really interesting.

Jeff Kaliss - January 19, 2016

The Harris Guitar Collection at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music offers students a chance to work with different guitars from history.

Jeff Kaliss - December 12, 2015

Anyone can join this Oakland orchestra without an audition, and not surprisingly, a lot of adventurous musicians are taking advantage.

Jeff Kaliss - December 2, 2015

The composer talks about his latest opera, Usher House, which is receiving its U.S. premiere at the San Francisco Opera this month.

Jeff Kaliss - October 28, 2015

The composer talks about his education with Nadia Boulanger and his time teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Jeff Kaliss - October 22, 2015

The annual event, which celebrates the diversity of the Bay Area musical community, examines Asian-American jazz for this year’s “Field Report.”

Jeff Kaliss - October 7, 2015

The concert, presented by the Indian Classical Music and Arts foundation, covered centuries of Indian classical music, represented by diverse regions of the sub-continent.

Jeff Kaliss - October 6, 2015

The Kronos Quartet joined other artists in paying tribute to the legendary 1970s power pop band Big Star and their “lost” third album.

Jeff Kaliss - October 6, 2015

Lisa Mezzacappa’s ode to the legacy of women explorers was itself adventurous, showing little need for genre boundaries.

Jeff Kaliss - September 30, 2015

The San Francisco-based bassist, composer, music curator, and producer talks to SFCV about taking her latest composition on the road.