Group 2012 August

Jazz Scene archive for August, 2012

Mutts of the Planet: Joni Mitchell Tribute @ 98 Bottles, Sept. 1

On Saturday, Sept. 1, vocalist Robin Adler and her guitarist husband Dave Blackburn will bring their all-star aggregation known as ...

Patton Group honors Jackson in The Back Room

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/29/30491/ Last night, the soul-stirring and acrobatic vocalist Leonard Patton took the stage before a sold-out audience in The Back ...

Brian Levy & Mikan Zlatkovich in The Back Room

Former San Diegan, (he lives in Germany, now), tenor saxophonist Brian Levy has been back in town for a week ...

Last Train Home from Tango Del Rey

The Peter Sprague Group Plays Pat Metheny scored a direct hit last night at Tango Del Rey in Pacific Beach, ...

Sprague Plays Metheny: Aug. 23 @ Tango Del Rey

San Diego jazz guitar icon Peter Sprague will be paying tribute to guitarist Pat Metheny Thursday night, August 23 at ...

Besos de Coco: 1st Gig is Standing Room Only

Women in jazz have been a source of interest for me ever since I bought Jean Luc Ponty's Aurora back ...

Brian Levy / Rick Hollander Group: Live in San Diego

Tenor saxophonist Brian Levy headlined a Chuck Perrin Dizzy's production at 98 Bottles last night, featuring an international quartet of ...

Joshua White/ Jeff Denson Project live at 98 Bottles

Virtuoso pianist Joshua White continued on his inexorable ascension into the improvising elite last night with a concert celebrating his ...

Tommy Holladay Quintet at 98 Bottles

98 Bottles hosted the Tommy Holladay Quintet last night, a fascinating blend of emerging and fully formed talent. Holladay is ...

BMG: Local Jazz Collaboration at 98 Bottles

Three of San Diego's finest musicians/composers combined their considerable skills for a collaborative effort Saturday night at 98 Bottles. Tenor ...

WorldBeat Center Concert: Turiya Mareya & Friends

Friday night, the World Beat Cultural Center hosted a double-bill concert featuring the sounds of the African diaspora as interpreted ...

Danny Green: "A Thousand Ways Home"

Pianist, composer Danny Green probably doesn't get enough credit in a town with Mike Wofford, Joshua White, Anthony Davis, Geoffrey ...

Castellanos, Zollar, Kuzma, Moore: Night of the Cookers

Gilbert Castellanos might just be the most exciting trumpet player working in the jazz mainstream today. He attacks the bebop ...

Anthology Summer Jazz Institute Concert

The Anthology Summer Jazz Institute held a concert featuring their second class of young musicians (ages 12-14) on Friday, Aug. ...

Turiya Mareya: Double Concert @ WorldBeat Center, August 10

Turiya Mareya is a musician equally qualified in two seemingly different aesthetics: her early work in San Diego featured her ...

Rose & the Nightingale: Spirit of the Garden, Aug. 11, in El Cajon

Next weekend, cellist/vocalist/composer Jody Redhage will be bringing her group, Rose & the Nightingale to San Diego from her home ...

Vlatkovich Tryyo: Pershing Woman

Trumpeter Jeff Kaiser's fiercely independent record label pfMENTUM has scored big once again with its latest release by trombone virtuoso ...