Staff Blog Entries

Kenny Barron's masterful solo recital

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/25/24995/ Athenaeum Jazz at the Neurosciences Institute concluded their spring concert series with another sold-out performance--this one by the understated, yet masterful pianist Kenny Barron. The evening was made doubly satisfying by the sonic purity ...

Peter Sprague / Leonard Patton @ 98 Bottles, May 25

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/24/24965/ Two of San Diego's finest musicians team up on Friday night, May 25, for a concert at 98 Bottles. Local guitar king Peter Sprague joins the soulful vocalist Leonard Patton for an intimate series ...

Castellanos brings Legends of Jazz to Tango Del Rey, May 27

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/22/24822/ This Sunday, May 27, local trumpet master Gilbert Castellanos will be assembling a special cadre of the area's most illustrious musicians--all of them bandleaders in their own right, for a concert at Tango Del ...

Mundell Lowe Organ Quartet at Jazz Live

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/21/24745/ Jazz guitar icon Mundell Lowe turned 90 last month, and has been celebrating with a slew of gigs. Last Tuesday night, it was Jazz Live at City College with a quartet comprised of guitarist ...

Valle's Equinox Sells Out 98 Bottles

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/18/24655/ I have occasionally described the attendance at 98 Bottles as "packed," or, "sold-out," and while those descriptions were true, they don't come close to illustrating the audience situation for last night's Jaime Valle concert ...

Nicole Mitchell Dazzles at UCSD

The groundbreaking and innovative flutist Nicole Mitchell offered up an evening of stellar music to a small, but enthusiastic audience at the acoustically superb Conrad Prebys Hall last night at UCSD. The program was divided ...

Mehldau Trio's Sold Out Show

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24506/ The Athenaeum Jazz at the Neurosciences Institute series continued last night with a bang: the long-awaited return of the Brad Mehldau Trio, a concert that had been sold-out virtually since its announcement a few ...

Flute Virtuoso Nicole Mitchell May 16, at UCSD

Although this is very short notice, I urge everyone interested in the state-of-the-art in jazz and improvised music to head out to UCSD tomorrow night, May 16, for the extremely rare opportunity to experience one ...

Sketchy Black Dog packs 98 Bottles

Chuck Perrin, in a Dizzy's production staged in The Back Room at 98 Bottles, elevated the excitement factor to a "dizzying" degree last night by bringing in the uber-creative jazz/classical/rock ensemble, Sketchy Black Dog to ...

Joshua White & Marshall Hawkins Connect at 98 Bottles

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/11/24244/ In a spellbinding performance worthy of a sell-out crowd, master musicians Joshua White on piano and Marshall Hawkins on double bass collectively made magic, told stories, and stimulated the senses last night at 98 ...

Jaime Valle & Equinox at 98 Bottles, May 17

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/09/24149/ Veteran San Diego jazz guitarist Jaime Valle brings his long-standing Latin-jazz ensemble Equinox to 98 Bottles on May 17, for a concert celebrating the connection between the Jewish and Latino cultures, sponsored by the ...

Mundell Lowe Quartet at Jazz Live, May 15

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/08/24092/ KSDS Jazz 88 kicks off the summer Jazz Live concert series with a show that invokes a history-in-the-making sense of gravitas. Legendary guitarist Mundell Lowe will be returning to the Saville Theatre on May ...

Joshua White with Marshall Hawkins, May 10 @ 98 Bottles

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/04/23910/ Pianist Joshua White teams up with the sublime bassist Marshall Hawkins for an intimate evening of duet music on May 10, in the Back Room at 98 Bottles on Kettner Blvd. I've seen White ...

Mark Dresser Concert Streams Live on the Internet, May 4

The protean contrabass magician Mark Dresser will be performing a Telematic concert tomorrow evening in NYC with Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone and Jim Black on drums with Sarah Weaver conducting. That's the U.S. part ...

BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell @ Space 4 Art, May 10

Fresh Sound concert curator Bonnie Wright's next installment in her monthly series will feature BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell, on Thursday, May 10 at Space 4 Art, 8 p.m. This continues the series focus ...

Nathan Hubbard's "Translation" succeeds at 98 Bottles

Jazz, and all of its myriad sub-genres, is the kind of music that is best experienced live. There is something about actually seeing the performers--and what it takes to produce the music that adds an ...

Vocalist Sharon DuBois at Liberty Hall Theatre, May 6

"It's a brand-new configuration of musicians for me so I'm expecting some pleasant surprises and magic to happen," says San Diego vocalist Sharon DuBois of her upcoming concert at Liberty Hall Theatre in National City, ...

Dan Clucas's Lost Iguana Ensemble: Do You Know The Ways

L.A. cornetist/flutist Dan Clucas' new release with his Lost Iguana Ensemble, Do You Know The Ways contains just four pieces, though two of them clock in at more than 20 minutes each. Those two were ...

Mundell Lowe marks milestone with concert at Tango Del Rey

Don't let the white hair or the huge, thick glasses fool you, even with 90 candles on the birthday cake, guitarist Mundell Lowe remains a vital force in the pantheon of jazz guitar. Last night's ...

Ogd_S(11) Translation Has Failed debuts This Middle Ground April 28 @ 98 Bottles

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/19/23204/ Former San Diegan, drummer, vibraphonist, composer Nathan Hubbard will be making the trip from his new home in Arizona to debut a new release from his highly original group Ogd_S(11) Translation Has Failed titled, ...

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