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Blues at the Saville with Doug MacLeod
KSDS Jazz 88's Jazz Live concludes its 2011 concert series with the traditional December blues show, in honor of their long-time announcer "T". Dec. 13, the Saville Theater will present veteran troubadour, storyteller, and country blues specialist Doug MacLeod at …
New Little Italy Venue 98 Bottles Hosting Joshua White Dec. 15
98 Bottles is a new lounge and entertainment venue in northern Little Italy that features craft beer, sake, wine, "farm to table food," and entertainment. Owned and operated by long-time San Diego residents, and husband and wife, Steve Anthony Mesaros …
Age Is Just a Number
For 89 year old guitarist Mundell Lowe, age is not a deterrent, a ravage or a disqualifier. At last night's concert with Bob Boss, it truly seemed that playing music might be Lowe's fountain-of-youth. His technical facility was actually more …
I Once Shared a Urinal with Dougie MacLean
Dan Chusid is showing up more and more in publications and online in the small print around the margins of concert images of rock stars. A music photographer, the bulk of Chusid’s assignment work is done for Sound Diego (NBC.com) …
Trio M : The Guest House
Trio M is composed of bassist extraordinaire Mark Dresser, Bay Area pianist Myra Melford and the New York based drummer, Matt Wilson. The Guest House is their brand new CD, recorded for the longstanding German label Enja. This is not …
Mundell Lowe & Bob Boss: Dec. 9, North Park
The San Diego Center for the Arts is featuring a rare two guitar duo of Mundell Lowe and Bob Boss, Dec.9, at the Architecture venue, 3956 30th St., in North Park. Lowe is a legendary figure in jazz history. He …
RIP John Lennon 12-8-1980: We asked local & nat'l celebs “Where were you?”
Along with many vidiots my age, television was the teat that nurtured us all, and I was less weaned than most. I recall "discovering" the Beatles on a Smothers Brothers show from October 1968 (which I recently re-watched, spotting a …
New Late Night Jam Session: Friday @ 3rd Space
There are not a lot of places in San Diego for jazz musicians to play. Recently "re-localized" bassist Benjamin Wanicur is working hard to mitigate that situation. He's already established a Monday night jam session at the Turquoise Cafe in …
Kevin Martin Band Equipment Stolen in Vista
When Kevin Martin and his band returned from a gig in LA in the morning earlier this week, they decided that they were too tired to unload the gear from his van parked in his driveway in a nice neighborhood …
Beethoven 9th: Bigger than Christmas
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is going off at Symphony Hall this weekend. If Christmas is about peace on Earth and good will to all then Beethoven's setting of Schiller's poem fits well. "Embrace each other now, you millions! This kiss is …
Daniel Rosenboom : Fallen Angeles
After the monstrous Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet concert on Nov. 19, I was chatting with trumpet virtuoso Daniel Rosenboom, telling hime how much I enjoyed his work on some of Vinny Golia's latest recordings, when he alerted me to his own …
Funeral March
Here is a bit of classical trivia to add some balance to the festive season. If you don't already know who wrote The Funeral March, you'll never guess. Beethoven? No. Brahms? No. Liszt? No Mahler, Schumann, Mendelssohn? No. Andrew Lloyd …
Messiah Breakup
On Sunday I caught two Christmas concerts. The first was, you guessed it, The Messiah at Point Loma Nazarene University and the second was two Bach pieces at First United Methodist in Mission Valley. The Point Loma Messiah was largely …
Sold Out Crowd Takes in "Dr. Einstein's Spin"
Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio was sold out for the Peter Sprague String Consort gig on Dec. 2. In the audience were other local musical heavyweights like pianist Joshua White and saxophonist Ian Tordella, along with U-T music critic George …