Hot House
Tadd Dameron, a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader from the 1940s-1950s, is a cornerstone of Jeff’s deep jazz repertoire, a musical canon that’s truly a 20th century American phenomenon. Continue reading Hot House
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I'm a San Francisco-based ink-stained wretch rooted in the era of gumshoe reporting, manual typewriters and printing presses. Being a wordsmith and reporter is as indelible as the blue eyes I inherited from my mother. On Wordpress I'm putting together my musician husband's website, jefforchardjazz.com.
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San Francisco piano player Jeff Orchard’s jazz and blues music is in its own realm. No boilerplate music, ever. Jazz and blues are rooted in improvisation— a song is never played the same way twice. Continue reading Trending for your next event
Jeff’s Jazz Roots
In this video Jeff’s playing Bud Powell’s Tempus Fugit (Time Flies) behind a montage of photos of him performing in San Francisco, as well as in New York in the 1970s, along with pictures from his showbiz family. Jeff’s maternal grandparents were theater folk: Viva Reinard (stage name Viva Renaud) and John Reinhard II, besides his father, valve trombonist Frank Orchard, and mother, chanteuse Virginia … Continue reading Jeff’s Jazz Roots
