Group 2011 November

Jazz Scene archive for November, 2011

Marco Benevento & KaiBorg @ The Loft, Dec. 1

If you dig experimental, wide ranging and exploratory jazz, UCSD's The Loft is where you need to be on Dec. ...

Peter Sprague Debuts "Dr. Einstein's Spin" Dec. 2

Having just returned from a week-long tour of Japan, with vocalist Dianne Reeves, guitarist Peter Sprague is set to perform ...

Hofmann and Wofford Make "Left Turn" in La Jolla

Athenaeum Jazz at the Neurosciences Institute created a hugely successful finale to the fall concert series last night with a ...

Vinny Golia says, "Take Your Time"

The astonishing multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia was in town last week for the Jeff Kaiser concert, and afterwards, he laid a ...

Beethoven at Dizzy's, via Bert Turetzky

Bert Turetzky, the legendary bassist, improviser and mentor to dozens of top flight instrumentalists, and Dizzy's owner Chuck Perrin have ...

Turetzky Brings Beethoven Downtown Nov. 22

The legendary contrabassist Bertram Turetzky is continuing the chamber-music series of classical works, Music Forgotten & Remembered tomorrow night at ...

Kaiser Conducts Ockodektet at UCSD

The multifaceted Jeff Kaiser celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday night by gathering more than 20 top-drawer musicians at UCSD ...

SD Mandolin Virtuoso Chris Acquavella's New CD

Warning: You could put what I know about classical music, especially pre-20th Century classical music in a very small box, ...

Bayou Brothers at Liberty Hall Theatre Nov. 20

What can concertgoers expect when arriving at the Liberty Hall Theatre at Paradise Village on Nov. 20, for the first ...

Special Castellanos Quartet Plays Herbie Hancock

San Diego trumpet master Gilbert Castellanos is assembling a special quartet to perform a Tribute To Herbie Hancock, at Dizzy's, ...

Nate Jarrell CD-Release Party in North Park

Add Nate Jarrell to the list of top-flight San Diego jazz guitarists. His CD-release party at Architecture last night for ...

Jeff Kaiser's Ockodektet Celebrate his big 5-0 Nov. 19

Turning 50 is a milestone in anyone's life, few of us have the wherewithal, though, to celebrate the occasion like ...

New pfMENTUM Release: Dick Wood- Not Far From Here

Free jazz trumpeter/composer/independent label impresario Jeff Kaiser's pfMENTUM has a new release by alto saxophonist Dick Wood out this week ...

Russell Bizzett Trio : "Dream Street" on CD-Baby!

North County drummer Russell Bizzett already has a long and storied career, having rose to prominence the mid 70s, when ...

Joni Mitchell Tribute=S.R.O. at Dizzy's

Last night's Joni Mitchell tribute concert by vocalist Robin Adler and her talent-rich ensemble, Mutts Of The Planet, performed, as ...

Four Queens of Boogie Woogie at the Saville

"I'm looking forward to a night of fun, soulful, rootsy music with loads of female charm, smiles and intertwined arms," ...

Overdue Ovation: Ellen Weller's Debut CD

A few years back, a friend of mine asked me to compile a "desert-island" list of 10 or so CDs ...

"Inspiraling" Bi-Coastal Concert @ UCSD

What happens when you take nine of the world's deepest improvisers, (four at UCSD--five at NYU), plus one forward leaning ...

Robin Adler, Mutts of the Planet Get "Blue" @ Dizzy's

San Diego vocalist Robin Adler and her husband, guitarist Dave Blackburn, together with a large, tight ensemble they call the ...