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 - June 27, 2011

The celebrated composer/singer/producer keeps alive his legacy of hits, and talks about how Hurricane Katrina made him change course.

Jeff Kaliss - June 17, 2011

The peak of Bernal Heights Park provides a broad and beautiful perspective on S.F., the city which will be celebrated in a concert by the Bernal Hill Players at the Community Music Center (CMC) on June 18.

Jeff Kaliss - June 10, 2011

Music from the HBO series is hitting the road to showcase the vitality of New Orleans’ traditional jazz.

Jeff Kaliss - May 30, 2011

The gorgeous music of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane enchants an outdoor crowd at Yerba Buena Gardens.

Jeff Kaliss - May 26, 2011

Founder and violinist of the Kronos Quartet David Harrington talks with SFCV about ancient Chinese tunes and modern Chinese toys, and how a collaboration with pipa virtuoso Wu Man has helped the Kronos Quartet span cultures and time.

Jeff Kaliss - May 9, 2011

Edgar Meyer could be said to be playing all the “basses”: he’s collaborated and recorded in classical, jazz, bluegrass, and several other contexts. At Herbst Theatre this month, he’ll be taking on an unfamiliar role: playing bass solo, in public.

Jeff Kaliss - May 2, 2011

For the first time, visionary New York City vocalist Meredith Monk and the Oakland-based Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble will showcase four decades of Monk’s dramatic compositions.

Jeff Kaliss - April 19, 2011

High drama in the world of classical music radio, and not a little financial static, marks a transition for the Bay Area’s KDFC.

Jeff Kaliss - April 8, 2011

The musical and theatrical foods of love are both being well-served by the African-American Shakespeare Company’s resetting of Twelfth Night, continuing through this month.

Jeff Kaliss - April 4, 2011

After-hours at the Symphony, Joan Jeanrenaud and PC Munoz promise to stir up the joint with mashups for cello and percussion/beats.