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Articles by Robert Bush

Gonzo Report: Sickness can’t stop drive to hear Mark Dresser

My nephew arrived at my North Park shack around 6:15 on a clear Monday evening for our trip to The Loft at UC San Diego. I’ve been feeling like hammered shit due to an ailment …

11-year-old upright bassist Ned Hobson is making connections

The upright bass is in some ways the most essential instrument in a jazz ensemble. The trouble is that there just aren’t enough bass players to go around, and the really good ones end up …

May 25, 2023
Gonzo Report: Tio Leo’s transforms into a proper jazz joint

I’ll start out with a confession: I hate crowds. I get pretty stressed out at a sold-out concert, which is why I’ll do just about anything to arrive early enough at a general admission show …

Young Lions’ drummer Rhydian Marshall’s rock & role model high school

There are plenty of stories about drummers who got their start while still in their teens or even earlier. But not many involve someone with the talent and potential of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory phenom …

Trained on Coltrane: the significant growth of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory’s Nick Caldwell

“I’ve been playing sax for seven and half years,” says Nick Caldwell, a 17-year-old high school senior who attends the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in Paradise Hills, and who is also …

San Diego Reader 2023 Music & Arts issue

On May 11, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services will end the Covid public health emergency. But the bureaucratic behemoth is a slow-footed beast; John Q. Public knows the pandemic ended some time …

Gonzo Report: Shaking it with King Britt — collaborator with Digable Planets, De La Soul, and others

There are so many musical venues on the gargantuan campus of UC San Diego, it’s hard to pick a favorite for catching a memorable show. My first concert at UCSD was an astonishing performance by …

March 23, 2023
Gonzo Report: Dodging the storms at La Jolla Community Center

As much as I was looking forward to the 2023 debut of the Fourth Friday Jazz Series at the La Jolla Community Center, I have to admit that, due to the relentless deluge of doomsday …

March 16, 2023
The beginning of Justin Joyce, The Composer

San Diego drummer Justin Joyce released his debut album as a bandleader, Story Tales, last year, although he actually cut it back in 2019 — in one day (May 6) up at LMP Studios in …

March 9, 2023
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