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Ramsey Lewis, Monkees, The: The Monkees: The Monkees (Colpix COM/S-101); Ramsey Lewis: Wade in the Water (Cadet LP/S-774),Swingin' (Cadet LP/S-771)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 September 1966

Monkees Ape Their Betters ...

Sun Ra & the Myth-Science Solar Arkestra: Community Theater, Berkeley CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 12 December 1968

Lift Missing in Space Music ...

Ornette Coleman: Pauley Ballroom, University of California, Berkeley CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 29 May 1967

Coleman Gets a Poor Hearing ...

Oscar Brown Jr.: A Very Cheerful Man Is Oscar Cicero Brown

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 29 June 1963

OSCAR BROWN JR. is an extremely cheerful person. From his riotously checked shirt to his shoes with funny little thongs at the side, he exudes ...

Jimmy Witherspoon: All About Spoon — And How He Got Another Chance

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 27 June 1964

JIMMY WITHERSPOON is a gigantic man of 41 with great bristling eyebrows and moustaches and a large winning smile. Intimates and admirers call him Spoon. ...

Tony Bennett: Mr. D's, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 19 July 1969

Tony's Lasting Spell ...

Acker Bilk: You don't have to be poor to be good — says Acker Bilk

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 7 October 1961

CHRIS BARBER put 'Petite Fleur' into the hit parade three years ago and, in a sense, started the trad jazz boom. Mr. Barber still looks ...

Horace Silver: Jazz Workshop, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 30 March 1966

Silver Keeps His Memorable Style ...

Jimmy Smith, Betty Carter: Jimmy Smith: the Jazz Workshop; Betty Carter: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 25 October 1967

Jimmy Smith Draws Crowd At Workshop ...

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter: Miles Davis: Davis Has His Best Jazz Unit

Profile by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 18 April 1967

THE MILES Davis Quintet which enters its last week at the Both/And tonight is an exhilarating and important jazz ensemble. ...

Don Cherry: Complete Communion (Blue Note 4226)

Review by William Russo, Downbeat, 28 July 1966

Personnel: Cherry, cornet; Leandro (Gato) Barbieri, tenor saxophone; Henry Grimes, bass; Edward Blackwell, drums. ...

Freddie Hubbard Jazz Quintet: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 4 August 1968

Hubbard Jazz Quintet — The Best Anywhere ...

Sonny Rollins: Jazz Workshop, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 5 September 1969

Chance to Hear Great Jazz Sax ...

Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music (Reprise R 1016); My Kind Of Broadway (Reprise R 1015)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 15 January 1966

3 from Frank ...

Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Herbie Mann, Miroslav Vitous: Herbie Mann: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 13 December 1967

Exciting Quintet in Town ...

Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood (Saturn); The Magic City (Saturn); The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra II (ESP Disk)

Review by William Russo, Downbeat, 6 October 1966

Rating for all: ★★½ ...

Elvin Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson: Joe Henderson-Elvin Jones Quartet: Both/And, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 25 August 1966

Both/And: New Jazz Fireworks ...

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Jazz Workshop, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 12 August 1965

THE ADDERLEY Brothers, Nat and Cannonball, returned Tuesday night to the scene of their earliest triumphs, and it sounds like the Jazz Workshop has a ...

Miles Davis Quintet: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, Stanford CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 23 May 1966

The Best, by Miles Davis ...

Modern Jazz Quartet, The, Swingle Singers, Les: Modern Jazz Quartet: Sitting Tight On The Format

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 24 September 1966

JOHN LEWIS, amiable but reticent leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet, is that rare bird in jazz, a musician who doesn't like talking about himself. ...