Even as a child growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Obiedo recognized his own profoundly soulful musical connection to the Northern California region and its eclectic blend of exotic ...

Noted guitarist Ray Obiedo's There Goes That (Rhythmus Records) is his first album since 1999's Modern World (Domo Records). Over his 4 decades plus career, Obeido has worked with an impressive Who's ...

Sometimes it is difficult to banish the words of Ecclesiastes from your mind when listening to a recording: "There is no new thing under the Sun." While that may be true of music in particular—one ...

2 Photos: First Look at MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL 3 Photos: Get a First Look at EMPIRE: THE MUSICAL at New World Stages The world of contemporary jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo is an ...

The Ray Obiedo Group Featuring Ray Obiedo, Peter Horvath, David Belove & Colin Douglas The Ray Obiedo Group is made up of some of the finest jazz musicians the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer.

He’s 84, has 11 grand-kids, 13 great grand-kids and — other than the challenge of cleaning up a post-Christmas chaos at his Southern California home — life is sweet for Pete Escovedo. Retire? Not yet.

Sure, Ray Obiedo loves the work, performing Latin jazz, some funk, some fusion. And it’s unlikely the 68-year-old guitarist will stop soon. Not with a 23-year-old son at St. Mary’s College and a ...

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Pianist Sarah Cahill performs a free concert celebrating nature on Sept. 19 at Community School of Music and Arts. Courtesy Miranda Sanborn. ‘Sarah Cahill: ‘The Woods So Wild’ Pianist Sarah Cahill, ...

Jazz music is blossoming in Berkeley this summer. New nightspots and festivals such as Anna’s Jazz Island and the Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (August 18-21) are enriching a thriving straight-ahead ...