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“I would argue that dogs barking are as loud or louder."
Mike Madriaga 10:30 a.m., Aug. 20
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Leonard Patton Quartet bags Guinness gig record
70 performances around town in 24 hours
“We actually broke the record with gig number 66 at Public Square Coffee House in La Mesa about 7:45 in the morning with two and a half hours to spare,” recalls vocalist Leonard Patton, whose ...
Bobby Cressey hustled to bring the organ to Petco Park
"They kind of stood back while I did a loose, impromptu presentation."
“I heard through a friend that the team was thinking about bringing back a live organist,” muses Bobby Cressey. “They hadn’t had one since they moved to Petco Park. I’ve always been a big baseball ...
UCSD jazz haters prompt Brian Ross to move on
"I felt the administration was really coming down on me."
After more than 13 years of bringing concerts to UC San Diego, program and events manager Brian Ross called it quits on June 23. Ross collaborated with students to bring many pop and hip-hop acts ...
Chase Morrin in pursuit
"In high school I was practicing eight hours a day...."
Pianist Chase Morrin is back in town, headlining a fundraising concert in Carlsbad on July 15 to benefit jazz education. Education is a topic he’s pretty familiar with: a graduate of Canyon Crest Academy in ...
Piano-tuner blues
Bud Fisher recounts the raccoon in the upright story and other tales
Bud Fisher has been tuning pianos on the professional level since 1984, when he made the transition from full-time musician to keyboard technician. “I still play, but not as well as when it was my ...
Gilbert Castellanos establishes Young Lions Jazz Conservatory
“My plan is to go all year long, and it’s going to be a little more intense."
“I’ve always had the idea to start my own school,” says trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, who recently resigned as the artistic director of the International Academy of Jazz in order to establish the Young Lions Jazz ...
55 gigs in 24 hours is a big enough wow
“We didn’t break the record on our first try, which was okay.”
The Guinness Book of World Records achievement for “Most Concerts in 24 Hours” (65 gigs set in Norway, 2012) is safe for now. Local vocalist Leonard Patton and his group with pianist Ed Kornhauser, bassist ...
Whitney Shay's "away" game
Brazilian Mississippi Delta Blues Festival was just the start
A chance encounter at the Doheny Blues Festival two years ago proved to be a pivotal moment for North Park blues woman Whitney Shay, who met a Brazilian guitarist/concert promoter named Igor Prado. “A couple ...
Is this the end of Harbor Music Hall?
“The street traffic is louder than our saxophone player."
San Diego jazz fans might be on the verge of losing another music venue now that Harbor Music Hall (1506 India Street) has been threatened with the potential loss of their beer-and-wine license due to ...
