Group 2013 March

Jazz Scene archive for March, 2013

Joshua White, Tripp Sprague & Gunnar Biggs @ Westgate Hotel

Three masters explore, deconstruct, and reinvent standards in the moment.

Piano virtuoso Joshua White cemented another step in his quest for self-fulfillment on March 29, with a smoking performance at ...

Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet: April 6

The next best thing to seeing Joni Mitchell herself is catching Mutts of the Planet.

"We're looking forward to presenting a newly learned suite of Joni music on April 6, and have been spending the ...

Four new local jazz releases

Road Work Ahead, Rob Thorsen, Steph Johnson and the Peter Sprague String Consort all have brand-new discs available.

Four local jazz recordings hit the open market this month, including efforts by Road Work Ahead, the Steph Johnson Trio, ...

Shrinking the carbon footprint with a "virtual" tour

Using technology only available at certain universities, jazz musicians are performing together from different geographic locations.

UCSD's contrabass virtuoso Mark Dresser strikes boldly into the world of technology in a series of concerts coordinated from the ...

Rez Abbasi Trio: March 31

Expect sparks to fly when the guitarist performs with fellow New Yorker, SatoshiTakeishi and SD bass great Mark Dresser.

Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art concludes this month with a bang by virtue of a performance from ...

Dependent Origination live at the Taoist Sanctuary

Multi-reed man Peter Kuhn led a stellar ensemble of improvisers for a scintillating set on March 16.

The Taoist Sanctuary on Park Blvd. played host to an all-star free jazz concert by some of the music's heaviest ...

re: Trio live at the New Dizzy's

This was the final gig this week for Ben Schachter's East Coast group, visiting from NYC and Philadelphia.

Tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter has been in San Diego for less than a year, if I'm not mistaken, but the ...

Carl Stone live in the East Village

Electronic music pioneer blended a myriad of sounds for a journey into places unknown.

Electronic music composer Carl Stone was the featured performer at Bonnie Wright's March 14 installment of her Fresh Sound @ ...

Ellen Weller & Joshua White at Palomar College

There is both serious and joyful chemistry between these two masters.

Woodwind multi-instrumental virtuoso Ellen Weller surfaced with a rare public performance on March 14, in a sublime duo with pianist ...

Ben Schachter Quartet at Jazz Live

Schachter is an exciting saxophonist and he blew the roof off the Saville Theatre

Saxophonist Ben Schachter, in a quartet featuring iconic pianist Mike Wofford, NYC bassist Leon Boykins and Philadelphia drummer Matt Scarano ...

Steph Johnson: Nature Girl release party, March 16, @ Sunset Temple

The soulful vocalist is celebrating her new CD with bassist Rob Thorsen and drummer Fernando Gomez, plus special guests.

Guitar-slinging vocalist Steph Johnson is hosting the official CD Release party for her brand-new album Nature Girl on March 16, ...

Solo electronic music concert: Carl Stone, March 14 @ Space 4 Art

"The king of sampling" drops in for a performance in the East Village.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/12/41687/ Live computer music pioneer Carl Stone comes to Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art series on March ...

Helzer, Grinnell & Hubbard: The ARC Trio

Shifting from intricate notation into free improvisation while keeping it all swinging is serious fun.

The ARC Trio featuring pianist Rick Helzer bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Nathan Hubbard played a reunion gig on March ...

Joe Garrison & Night People live at 98 Bottles

The underground composer surfaced with a red-hot nonet to interpret some very original music.

Composer and pianist Joe Garrison brought the rich 9 piece ensemble he calls Night People into 98 Bottles on March ...

ARC Trio: March 9, at Villa Musica

Creative music returns to Villa Musica with Helzer, Grinnell and Hubbard.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/06/41253/ On Saturday, March 9, the San Diego Center for the Arts presents the ARC Trio, featuring pianist Rick Helzer, ...

Mahanthappa's Gamak: Jazz at the Studio

Blending Indian music with funk, rock and other elements, Mahanthappa, Fiucynski, Moutin and Weiss threw down on March 3.

Alto saxophone master Rudresh Mahanthappa delivered two blazing sets of hard to categorize music on March 3, fronting a magnificent ...

Jason Robinson: Tiresian Rapture @ Dizzy's

The saxophonist scorched the Pacific Beach venue with Rob Thorsen, Duncan Moore, Ian Tordella and Joey Carano.

The March 1 performance by former San Diegan Jason Robinson at the New Dizzy's represented everything I love about jazz, ...