Jeff Schwartz
@jeff-schwartz.bsky.social
musician, writer, activist, former librarian
Dig this - I'm now on Hoopla (your public library probably subscribes): www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/free-j...
July 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dig this - I'm now on Hoopla (your public library probably subscribes): www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/free-j...
Reposted by Jeff Schwartz
Our Jazz Styles Series, which began a couple of years ago, publishes brief, introductory volumes aimed at the general reader and college students who wishes to learn more about the basic jazz genres, from the turn of the 20th century to today. Browse our growing collection at tinyurl.com/5dpdnksp.
July 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our Jazz Styles Series, which began a couple of years ago, publishes brief, introductory volumes aimed at the general reader and college students who wishes to learn more about the basic jazz genres, from the turn of the 20th century to today. Browse our growing collection at tinyurl.com/5dpdnksp.
Two big shows Saturday!
2PM at @daredevilarts with Andrea Centazzo and Ellen Burr at the Electric Lodge/Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice. $15. Film with live original score, both by Andrea Centazzo. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/animae-mun...
2PM at @daredevilarts with Andrea Centazzo and Ellen Burr at the Electric Lodge/Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice. $15. Film with live original score, both by Andrea Centazzo. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/animae-mun...
Animae Mundi
Animae Mundi combines melodies, visuals, and narrative to foster a deep emotional connection and sense responsibility to the environment.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Two big shows Saturday!
2PM at @daredevilarts with Andrea Centazzo and Ellen Burr at the Electric Lodge/Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice. $15. Film with live original score, both by Andrea Centazzo. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/animae-mun...
2PM at @daredevilarts with Andrea Centazzo and Ellen Burr at the Electric Lodge/Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice. $15. Film with live original score, both by Andrea Centazzo. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/animae-mun...
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
June 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
Hey Culver City people:
Dig the new CC feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
and LMK if there are things we should add.
Thanks!
Dig the new CC feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
and LMK if there are things we should add.
Thanks!
May 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hey Culver City people:
Dig the new CC feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
and LMK if there are things we should add.
Thanks!
Dig the new CC feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
and LMK if there are things we should add.
Thanks!
Congratulations to Jonathon Grasse on winning Biography of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association!
jjajazzawards.org/2025-winners...
jjajazzawards.org/2025-winners...
May 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Congratulations to Jonathon Grasse on winning Biography of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association!
jjajazzawards.org/2025-winners...
jjajazzawards.org/2025-winners...
This month's shows.
May 10 Santa Monica Symphony 7PM - free - RSVP
www.smsymphony.org/events/seaso...
May 16 The Soapbox 6:30-10PM - free
May 17 Intangible (trio edition) 2PM
May 17 Anna Homler & David Javelosa 7PM - free - RSVP (sold out, standby list is open)
welcometolace.org/lace/perform...
May 10 Santa Monica Symphony 7PM - free - RSVP
www.smsymphony.org/events/seaso...
May 16 The Soapbox 6:30-10PM - free
May 17 Intangible (trio edition) 2PM
May 17 Anna Homler & David Javelosa 7PM - free - RSVP (sold out, standby list is open)
welcometolace.org/lace/perform...
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This month's shows.
May 10 Santa Monica Symphony 7PM - free - RSVP
www.smsymphony.org/events/seaso...
May 16 The Soapbox 6:30-10PM - free
May 17 Intangible (trio edition) 2PM
May 17 Anna Homler & David Javelosa 7PM - free - RSVP (sold out, standby list is open)
welcometolace.org/lace/perform...
May 10 Santa Monica Symphony 7PM - free - RSVP
www.smsymphony.org/events/seaso...
May 16 The Soapbox 6:30-10PM - free
May 17 Intangible (trio edition) 2PM
May 17 Anna Homler & David Javelosa 7PM - free - RSVP (sold out, standby list is open)
welcometolace.org/lace/perform...
Four shows this week! Two experimental/two classical.
Thursday at 10AM Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me) kicks off the "A Day for Us" fire recovery fundraiser in DTLA. $25 for 12 hours of music & performance. (events.immersiveartcollective.org/.../imm.../1...)
Thursday at 10AM Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me) kicks off the "A Day for Us" fire recovery fundraiser in DTLA. $25 for 12 hours of music & performance. (events.immersiveartcollective.org/.../imm.../1...)
April 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Four shows this week! Two experimental/two classical.
Thursday at 10AM Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me) kicks off the "A Day for Us" fire recovery fundraiser in DTLA. $25 for 12 hours of music & performance. (events.immersiveartcollective.org/.../imm.../1...)
Thursday at 10AM Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me) kicks off the "A Day for Us" fire recovery fundraiser in DTLA. $25 for 12 hours of music & performance. (events.immersiveartcollective.org/.../imm.../1...)
Two shows this week!
Andrea Centazzo's music Wed. night with Andrea & Ellen Burr, then jazz etc. Friday. No cover either place, so stop by if you're free!
Andrea Centazzo's music Wed. night with Andrea & Ellen Burr, then jazz etc. Friday. No cover either place, so stop by if you're free!
April 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Two shows this week!
Andrea Centazzo's music Wed. night with Andrea & Ellen Burr, then jazz etc. Friday. No cover either place, so stop by if you're free!
Andrea Centazzo's music Wed. night with Andrea & Ellen Burr, then jazz etc. Friday. No cover either place, so stop by if you're free!
If you missed this live score performance last week in Long Beach, we're doing it again Friday night!
ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/495...
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles!
ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/495...
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles!
April 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you missed this live score performance last week in Long Beach, we're doing it again Friday night!
ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/495...
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles!
ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/495...
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles!
Performance video by my band Intangible now online as part of the Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival Virtual Edition:
youtu.be/nz6TIrm5LaI?...
youtu.be/nz6TIrm5LaI?...
Wonder Valley Experimental 17 Virtual Edition Day #1 HD
YouTube video by phogmasheeen
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April 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Performance video by my band Intangible now online as part of the Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival Virtual Edition:
youtu.be/nz6TIrm5LaI?...
youtu.be/nz6TIrm5LaI?...
Tomorrow night (4/1) tune in at 8PM PST for a video stream including a performance by Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINa...
March 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tomorrow night (4/1) tune in at 8PM PST for a video stream including a performance by Intangible (gamin, Robert Reigle, Tim Feeney, and me).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINa...
This show is tonight. If you are near Pasadena I hope you come by!
March 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This show is tonight. If you are near Pasadena I hope you come by!
This was the last set in a two-night festival of ad hoc improvisation groupings in January. I think it was pretty good. With Marc Perez (trombone etc) and Matt Crane (drums).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpv...
2025 West Coast Some Things From Nothing Ad Hoc Festival Night 2 Set 5
YouTube video by Sudden Somethings
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This was the last set in a two-night festival of ad hoc improvisation groupings in January. I think it was pretty good. With Marc Perez (trombone etc) and Matt Crane (drums).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpv...
Coming in May - one film has a solo bass score by me, but I'm sure the rest are great...
kinolorberedu.com/film/wonder-...
kinolorberedu.com/film/wonder-...
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Coming in May - one film has a solo bass score by me, but I'm sure the rest are great...
kinolorberedu.com/film/wonder-...
kinolorberedu.com/film/wonder-...
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Two shows this weekend! Come through if you're in LA.
February 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Two shows this weekend! Come through if you're in LA.
Improvised music this Saturday afternoon in Pasadena.
Set 1: Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jason Levis (drums), Vinny Golia (winds)
Set 2: Miller Wrenn, Lisa, and me (bass x 3)
Set 3: assorted combinations of the above, plus Charles Sharp (winds) and Wilfrido Terrazas (flutes)
Hope to see you there!
Set 1: Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jason Levis (drums), Vinny Golia (winds)
Set 2: Miller Wrenn, Lisa, and me (bass x 3)
Set 3: assorted combinations of the above, plus Charles Sharp (winds) and Wilfrido Terrazas (flutes)
Hope to see you there!
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Improvised music this Saturday afternoon in Pasadena.
Set 1: Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jason Levis (drums), Vinny Golia (winds)
Set 2: Miller Wrenn, Lisa, and me (bass x 3)
Set 3: assorted combinations of the above, plus Charles Sharp (winds) and Wilfrido Terrazas (flutes)
Hope to see you there!
Set 1: Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jason Levis (drums), Vinny Golia (winds)
Set 2: Miller Wrenn, Lisa, and me (bass x 3)
Set 3: assorted combinations of the above, plus Charles Sharp (winds) and Wilfrido Terrazas (flutes)
Hope to see you there!
If you are in California and registered as a Democrat, use this link to sign up to vote in the state party delegate election: ademelections.com/register/mail
January 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you are in California and registered as a Democrat, use this link to sign up to vote in the state party delegate election: ademelections.com/register/mail
One show left in our Bay Area Tour:
Tonight at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco - Ken Ueno (voice), gamin (piri & saenghwang), Tim Feeney (percussion), and myself (bass) - plus two other fantastic acts. 7PM. No cover. Hope to see you there!
Tonight at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco - Ken Ueno (voice), gamin (piri & saenghwang), Tim Feeney (percussion), and myself (bass) - plus two other fantastic acts. 7PM. No cover. Hope to see you there!
January 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One show left in our Bay Area Tour:
Tonight at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco - Ken Ueno (voice), gamin (piri & saenghwang), Tim Feeney (percussion), and myself (bass) - plus two other fantastic acts. 7PM. No cover. Hope to see you there!
Tonight at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco - Ken Ueno (voice), gamin (piri & saenghwang), Tim Feeney (percussion), and myself (bass) - plus two other fantastic acts. 7PM. No cover. Hope to see you there!
If you'd like to watch something different today, you can stream this show, featuring Intangible (Robert Reigle, gamin, yours truly, and birthday boy Tim Feeney) live between 2-6PM PST. Performance + talk + some records.
kfjc.org/event/7184
kfjc.org/event/7184
Live in the KFJC Pit: Intangible - KFJC 89.7FM
KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills, California, is a volunteer-run radio station serving the Bay Area with live DJs playing a freeform mix of new music, audio art, and experimental sounds found nowhere e...
kfjc.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you'd like to watch something different today, you can stream this show, featuring Intangible (Robert Reigle, gamin, yours truly, and birthday boy Tim Feeney) live between 2-6PM PST. Performance + talk + some records.
kfjc.org/event/7184
kfjc.org/event/7184
Bay Area Tour:
- Intangible 1/19 7PM
(sfsound.org/series/#2025...)
- Intangible on KFJC Monday 1/20 2-6PM (stream: kfjc.org/event/7184)
- gamin, Tim Feeney, and yours truly play with Ken Ueno at the Makeout Room, SF, , Tuesday 1/21 7PM (www.facebook.com/events/89043...)
Hope to see you there!
- Intangible 1/19 7PM
(sfsound.org/series/#2025...)
- Intangible on KFJC Monday 1/20 2-6PM (stream: kfjc.org/event/7184)
- gamin, Tim Feeney, and yours truly play with Ken Ueno at the Makeout Room, SF, , Tuesday 1/21 7PM (www.facebook.com/events/89043...)
Hope to see you there!
January 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Bay Area Tour:
- Intangible 1/19 7PM
(sfsound.org/series/#2025...)
- Intangible on KFJC Monday 1/20 2-6PM (stream: kfjc.org/event/7184)
- gamin, Tim Feeney, and yours truly play with Ken Ueno at the Makeout Room, SF, , Tuesday 1/21 7PM (www.facebook.com/events/89043...)
Hope to see you there!
- Intangible 1/19 7PM
(sfsound.org/series/#2025...)
- Intangible on KFJC Monday 1/20 2-6PM (stream: kfjc.org/event/7184)
- gamin, Tim Feeney, and yours truly play with Ken Ueno at the Makeout Room, SF, , Tuesday 1/21 7PM (www.facebook.com/events/89043...)
Hope to see you there!