Joseff Woodard

As jazz groups with history and internal legacies go, the San Diego, California-based band The Greyboy Allstars can’t be accused of excessive self-importance or cerebralism.

It was just another week in the organically genre-blurry life of singer Sachal Vasandani.

Stories of major shifts and rebirths among musicians during the past five years are common, from weathering the pandemic to dealing with various sea changes in the ways the music industry works — or doesn’t.