Jazz Live featuring Nathan Hubbard

...and other jazz happenings around San Diego July 7–12

Nathan Hubbard (Gina Rae Duran)

Tuesday 7
Nathan Hubbard is the featured artist at KSDS Jazz Live (City College, 14th & C Street) with Molly Whitaker, Nina Deering, Shannon Perkins, Ed Kornhauser, Branson NeJame, Harley Magsino, and Jerome Salazar at 8 p.m. Free to Jazz 88 members, $10 general admission.

Wednesday 8
Gilbert Castellanos hosts the Latin Jazz Jam Session at Seven Grand (3054 University Avenue) at 9 p.m. 21+, no cover… Jazz 88 & Mark Augustin host the Blues Jam at Proud Mary’s (5500 Kearny Mesa Boulevard) at 6:30 p.m. Free, all ages.

Sponsored
Sponsored

Thursday 9
Athenaeum Jazz presents Spiros Exaras and Elio Villafranca at the Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall Street) at 7:30 p.m. $26 general admission, $21 members, $15 student rush… The Sizzling Singers Summer Series continues with Whitney Shay, Rob Whitlock, and Charles Weller at Northern Spirits Jazz Club (727 West San Marcos Boulevard) 7:30 p.m. No cover… The Steph Johnson Trio with Rob Thorsen and Fernando Gomez play Croce’s Park West 2760 Fifth Avenue from 7 p.m. $10 cover.

Friday 10
Guitarist Peter Sprague joins bassist Mackenzie Leighton and drummer Duncan Moore for the Happy Hour at the Handlery Hotel (950 Hotel Circle North) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. No cover, no minimum… Gilbert Castellanos teams up with guitarist Alex Ciavarelli and bassist Rob Thorsen to play the Westgate Hotel (1055 Second Avenue) at 8 p.m. No cover, but there is a $20 food/drink minimum.

Saturday 11
The Reka Parker Trio with Jeff Blanco, Nathan Hubbard, plus Derek Cannon play Northern Spirits Jazz Club at 7:30 p.m. No cover… Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet perform Joni Mitchell’s Blue & Beyond at Villa Jenkins House Concerts (14813 Old Creek Road), featuring Dave Blackburn, Rick Schmidt, and Ed Kornhauser at 8 p.m. $25 advance purchase… The Steph Johnson/Rob Thorsen Duo play Sophie’s Kensington Gallery (4186 Adams Avenue) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

Sunday 12
The Jazz 88 Blues Brunch goes down at Proud Mary’s from 11:30 with Mark Augustin & Friends… The Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio hosts the Sunday Jam Session at 98 Bottles (2400 Kettner Boulevard) from 2:30 to 5 p.m. No cover, 21+.

Related Stories