Third Story Elevates Packed House at 98 Bottles
Third Story with special guest, trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos practically tore the roof off of The Back Room at 98 Bottles last night with an exciting performance that bodes well for the future of jazz music, not just in the San …
Dave Scott New Slide Quartet at Liberty Theatre March 18
Jeffery Smith, the Managing Artistic Director for the Liberty Theatre At Paradise Village will be presenting trombonist Dave Scott & The New Slide Quartet on March 18, as a part of their ongoing Sunday jazz concert series. Scott is the …
"Tragic Comedy" : Ian Tordella and his band.
Saxophonist Ian Tordella's new CD is officially out today, and after last Friday's release-party, it seems that a dedicated review of the source material is warranted. Tragic Comedy represents a new direction in jazz--it's not quite the "electric-space-jazz," that Tordella …
Ian Tordella Group, Mattson 2, Dusty Brough & Julien Cantelm
Saxophonist Ian Tordella hosted a multifaceted CR-Release party last night, held in the very cool artist-workspace-warehouse Glashaus building in the industrial district of Barrio Logan. The event featured three acts in all, two of them guitar/drum duos as well as …
Rosenwinkel Standards Trio Live at Athenaeum Jazz
Last night, the Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio concert series struck gold with the debut San Diego performance by the highly acclaimed guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and his Standards Trio, featuring veteran bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and young drum phenomenon Justin Faulkner. …
Third Story CD-Release Party March 2 @ 98 Bottles
Former San Diegans bassist Danny Weller and guitarist Jeff Miles return home from Brooklyn, NY, to reunite with LA drummer Jens Kuross and San Diego piano monster Joshua White for a CD-Release party celebrating their recording, Third Story, on Friday, …
Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio Feb. 24
Athenaeum Jazz at The Studio will continue its concert series with a special one: guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's Standards Trio on Friday, Feb. 24. Joining Rosenwinkel will be double bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Justin Faulkner. Rosenwinkel emerged into the greater …
Ben Goldberg/ Jeff Parker/ Ches Smith open Fresh Sound series.
Cutting edge music curator Bonnie Wright is back in San Diego, fresh from a six-month sojourn in New York City, where she attended more than 150 concerts as part of her ongoing effort to stay on top of the new …
Joshua White Quintet at 98 Bottles
Piano virtuoso Joshua White assembled a quintet of like-minded Southern California improvisers for an explosive and expansive evening of works by jazz icons Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman to a packed and enthusiastic audience in The Back Room at 98 …
Peter Sprague Is in a New York State of Mind
Leucadia jazz guitarist Peter Sprague was in New York last month for a week, at a composers conference, as a perk of his $ 22,000 grant from Chamber Music America, the organization that funded his sprawling three movement composition, "Dr. …
Joshua White Quintet at 98 Bottles Feb. 18
Feb. 18, a very special Joshua White Quintet will be performing in The Back Room at 98 Bottles in Little Italy. The concert will focus on the music of innovators Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman. The Quintet is comprised of …
Allison Adams Tucker Quartet: Jazz Live
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker played a special, Valentine concert for her KSDS Jazz Live appearance last night at the Saville Theatre. Because her gig fell on Feb. 14, Ms. Tucker tailored her program to feature the many sides of love …
Middle East meets West at the Museum of Making Music
Last night, the Museum of Making Music concert featuring A.J. Racy and David Borgo, titled "Tales Of The Reeds," was a smashing success, drawing a full house of enthusiastic listeners. Racy, who is a professor of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and …
Allison Adams Tucker: Jazz Live Valentine Concert
The February edition of the KSDS Jazz Live concert series is going to be a Valentine Day special, with local vocalist Allison Adams Tucker as the featured performer. Tucker will be joined by bassist Evona Wascinski, pianist Danny Green, and …
Nobu Stowe: "Confusion Bleue"
In the moments leading up to the Improviser's Summit concert last month at the Neurosciences Institute, adventurous music promoter Bonnie Wright of the Fresh Sounds concert series introduced me to Nobu Stowe, a recent transplant from Baltimore. Stowe laid his …
David Borgo, A.J. Racy explore the "Roots Of Reeds" in Carlsbad
Saxophonist / educator / ethnomusicologist / UCSD professor Dr. David Borgo will be appearing in tandem with double bassist Rob Thorsen on Feb. 11, at the Museum Of Making Music in Carlsbad, in a program titled "Roots Of Reeds: Tales …
Grading Spotify on Jazz Terms
Spotify the Swedish based music streaming service associated since Sept. 2011, with Facebook, has a pitch that sounds too good to be true. The company boasts that its service eliminates the temptation for music lovers to illegally download their favorite …
Michael Vlatkovich Ensemblio: an autobiography of a pronoun
Trombonist Michael Vlatkovich has been a stalwart presence in the West Coast improvising community for more than 30 years. His compositions and arrangements, which anchor this disc, defy the standard definitions and expectations of jazz, classical, and free-improvisation practices equally. …
Trio M Astonishes Packed House In La Jolla
Last night, the final concert in the Winter series for Jazz at the Athenaeum was an excellent reminder of the power of master improvisers to create, in the moment, something that will reward attentive listeners for years to come. Trio …
Paul Keeling: The Farthest Reach
Vancouver pianist Paul Keeling grew up in San Diego, where his musical upbringing was reflective of the Del Mar jazz scene, classical music and choral studies, and, an important exposure to the music of Pat Metheny in the '80s. He …