Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

ESP Quintet

RIYL

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Weather Report, the Brecker Brothers, Christian McBride Quartet

Inception

San Diego , 1992

Influences

Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Brecht, Subotnik, John Cage, Moog, Bird, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, J. Smith, Oscar Peterson, H. Silver, Bartok, Oberheim, Joe and Fletcher Henderson, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Bobby Timmons, Gil and Bill Evans, R. Garland, T. Flanagan, C. Walton, Herbie Hancock, Chic Corea, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Kirkland, Scott Henderson, Andrew Hill, Paul Bley, Wes Montgomery, James Brown, George Clinton, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, the Zombies, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Cannonball Adderly, ZAWINUL, Bebo and Chucho Valdez, Peruchin, Emiliano Salvador, Papo Lucca, Joe Cuba, Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Chris Potter, Alfredo Rodriguez, Ruben Blades, Tony Williams, Alan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Brad Mehldau, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Terrion Gulley, Danilo Perez, Sting, the Police, Joni Mitchell, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Kenny Werner, Dave Holland, Hermeto Pascal, Vijay Iyer, Ray Baretto, Tony Levin, Bill Charlap, Billy Childs, Scott Kinsey, Peter Gabriel, Egberto Gismonti, Larry Young Goldings, Joey DeFrancesco, Joey Calderazzo, Cecil Taylor, AACM, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Geoffrey Keezer, Steve Gadd, the Crusaders, Johnny Guitar Watson, the Gadd Gang
Sponsored

The roots of jazz fusion group ESP Quintet go back to when keyboardist Lynn Willard met drummer Will Parsons in 1967. “He was visiting Northwestern University’s New Experimental Music and Dance School,” says Willard, “and a croney of Steve Schick in the classical department, a musical mentor to me in two or three bands.”

In the early ‘90s, the band earned regular gigs at local venues like Elario’s. “We played there ‘til Martin Mosier sold the hotel,” says Willard. “After that run ended, we became a specialty act.” As of 2009, they’re often found playing at Dizzy’s. Though they’ve been together for around 17 years, the ESP Quintet has yet to release an album.

Sponsored

Upcoming Local Shows

No shows scheduled

Post a show View show history
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader