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Trumpet festival
San Diego’s version of the Festival of New Trumpet Music
“I’d heard about the Festival of New Trumpet Music [an annual multi-day New York City event co-curated by UCSD professor Stephanie Richards and founder Dave Douglas] around a dozen years ago, and I thought it ...
Bass & Word
More than 300 composers have written music specifically for Turetzky
Bassist Bertram Turetzky retired with the title professor emeritus from U.C. San Diego 15 years ago, but he’s not planning on slowing down anytime soon. Even though he’ll celebrate his 86th birthday in February, Turetzky ...
Trapped in Mexico
Caught up in the border-closure fiasco on November 24
“I’ve done lots of gigs in Mexico, and until now I’ve never had a problem,” says San Diego bassist Jacob Miranda, who was caught up in the border-closure fiasco on November 24. Miranda’s weekend began ...
To un-flute the flute
Wilfrido Terrazas joins UCSD's notable music faculty
“My attitude has changed over time,” explains flutist Wilfrido Terrazas, UCSD’s latest addition to its notable music faculty. “Years ago, I was trying to ‘un-flute the flute’ by exploring with an expanded sound pallet and ...
Bass therapy
Music gives bassist Marilyn Quinsaat a new lease on life
“I was having dinner and drinks with a friend when all of a sudden, I started to feel numb,” recalls bassist Marilyn Quinsaat (Sequin in the Sky, Sock Monkeys) of the night her life changed ...
Jazz Marine
Trombonist Matt Hall’s journey to San Diego
“It’s all because of music, really,” explains trombonist Matt Hall, contemplating the journey that brought him from East Tennessee to San Diego. Hall has been playing the trombone since he was 10-years old and it ...
Gigmaster Kornhauser
“Being a musician is always kind of feast or famine”
In jazz circles, a player who knows how to stay working on a consistent basis despite the relative lack of opportunities in a limited market stands out, and in San Diego, pianist Ed Kornhauser (who ...
After 53 years, bassist Bob Magnusson calls it quits
“Kind of Blue by Miles Davis totally blew my mind”
After 53 years of laying down the bottom end for everyone from Art Pepper to Madonna, bassist Bob Magnusson is calling it quits and withdrawing from performing in public. Magnusson came from a musical family. ...
The value of being a “working musician” for jazz drummer Nathan Hubbard
"I like the steady work, but I also love creating my own music and running my own bands.”
Drummer/composer Nathan Hubbard won the San Diego Music Award for “Best Jazz Album,” in 2014, for Encinitas and Everything, and again in 2017 for Furiously Dreaming, a project featuring his Skeleton Key Orchestra. Has the ...
