Tuesday 7
Sue Palmer & the Motel Swing Quintet play Tio Leo’s (5302 Napa Street ) at 7:30 p.m. No cover charge.
Wednesday 8
The Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm perform at the Rancho Bernardo Library (17110 Bernardo Center Drive) at 6:15 p.m. in a free concert… Gilbert Castellanos begins the first of two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) at 6 p.m. when he hosts the Young Lions Series this week featuring his students from the International Academy of Jazz including Brenda Greggio, Joaquin Ethan Sharon, Wesley Biasi, Melanie Johnson, Grace Dessert, and Alexis Harnage. At 8:30 p.m., everyone heads inside to the Copley Auditorium where he leads the jazz jam session with Joshua White and Rob Thorsen. All ages, no cover, no minimum, musicians bring your instruments!
Thursday 9
Trumpeter Gary Rich leads a trio with Rob Thorsen and Jason Shattil at Harbor Music Hall (1506 India Street) from 7 to 10 p.m. for a $10 cover charge… Bill Caballero runs the Latin Jazz Jam Session at Border X Brewing (2181 Logan Avenue) from 7 p.m. No cover.
Friday 10
Saxophonist Mark Lessman performs in duo with guitarist Peter Hix at Ki’s Restaurant (2591 South Coast Highway 101) from 7:30 to 9:30. Free with dinner, otherwise, $10 cover… Tripp Sprague leads a quartet at Northern Spirits (727 West San Marcos) at 7:30 p.m. No cover charge… The Gilbert Castellanos Trio performs at the Westgate Hotel Plaza Bar at 8 p.m. No cover, but there is a $20 food/drink minimum…Saxophonist Nathan Collins fronts a sextet at Dizzy’s (1717 Morena Boulevard) at 8 p.m. $15 cash at the door.
Saturday 11
Lower Left with Mikan Zlatkovich, Will Lyle and Barry Farrar perform at Andiamo Ristorante Bar (5950 Santo Road) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover charge… Human Kind with Louis Valenzuela, Nina Leilani and Matthew Elton Smith play Café 21 (802 Fifth Avenue) from 7 to 10 p.m. No cover charge… Allison Adams Tucker leads a trio with Danny Green and Julien Cantelm at the Westgate Plaza Bar at 8 p.m. No cover, but there is a $20 food/drink minimum… The Reka Parker Trio plus Derek Cannon with Bob Daniels and Jeff Blanco play Northern Spirits at 7:30. No cover… Claudia Villela and Vitor Goncalves perform at the Athenaeum Art Center at Bread & Salt. Tickets are sold out, but there may be a few available at the door $25 general admission, $20 member, $10 student… Saxophonist Robert Dove leads a trio at Harbor Music Hall at 7:30 p.m. $10 cover gets you in… Vocalist Sinne Eeg joins the Peter Sprague Trio with Gunnar Biggs and Duncan Moore at Dizzy’s at 8 p.m. $20 cash at the door.
Sunday 12
The Steph Johnson Trio (Rob Thorsen and Richard Sellers) plus the Voices of Our City Choir perform at Cocina Enoteca “Festival Bella Donna” (2730 Via de la Valle) from 4 to 7 p.m. $68 includes food prepared from 12 top chefs… Bassist Justin Grinnell pays tribute to Sonny Rollins’s Way Out West album with Robert Dove, Melonie Grinnell, and Ryan Shaw at Grossmont College Music Department (8800 Grossmont College Drive) at 6:30 p.m. $10 general admission, $5 students… The DownBeat Big Band perform at Queen Bees (925 Ohio Street) from 3 to 6 p.m. $10 per person. All ages.
Tuesday 7
Sue Palmer & the Motel Swing Quintet play Tio Leo’s (5302 Napa Street ) at 7:30 p.m. No cover charge.
Wednesday 8
The Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm perform at the Rancho Bernardo Library (17110 Bernardo Center Drive) at 6:15 p.m. in a free concert… Gilbert Castellanos begins the first of two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) at 6 p.m. when he hosts the Young Lions Series this week featuring his students from the International Academy of Jazz including Brenda Greggio, Joaquin Ethan Sharon, Wesley Biasi, Melanie Johnson, Grace Dessert, and Alexis Harnage. At 8:30 p.m., everyone heads inside to the Copley Auditorium where he leads the jazz jam session with Joshua White and Rob Thorsen. All ages, no cover, no minimum, musicians bring your instruments!
Thursday 9
Trumpeter Gary Rich leads a trio with Rob Thorsen and Jason Shattil at Harbor Music Hall (1506 India Street) from 7 to 10 p.m. for a $10 cover charge… Bill Caballero runs the Latin Jazz Jam Session at Border X Brewing (2181 Logan Avenue) from 7 p.m. No cover.
Friday 10
Saxophonist Mark Lessman performs in duo with guitarist Peter Hix at Ki’s Restaurant (2591 South Coast Highway 101) from 7:30 to 9:30. Free with dinner, otherwise, $10 cover… Tripp Sprague leads a quartet at Northern Spirits (727 West San Marcos) at 7:30 p.m. No cover charge… The Gilbert Castellanos Trio performs at the Westgate Hotel Plaza Bar at 8 p.m. No cover, but there is a $20 food/drink minimum…Saxophonist Nathan Collins fronts a sextet at Dizzy’s (1717 Morena Boulevard) at 8 p.m. $15 cash at the door.
Saturday 11
Lower Left with Mikan Zlatkovich, Will Lyle and Barry Farrar perform at Andiamo Ristorante Bar (5950 Santo Road) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover charge… Human Kind with Louis Valenzuela, Nina Leilani and Matthew Elton Smith play Café 21 (802 Fifth Avenue) from 7 to 10 p.m. No cover charge… Allison Adams Tucker leads a trio with Danny Green and Julien Cantelm at the Westgate Plaza Bar at 8 p.m. No cover, but there is a $20 food/drink minimum… The Reka Parker Trio plus Derek Cannon with Bob Daniels and Jeff Blanco play Northern Spirits at 7:30. No cover… Claudia Villela and Vitor Goncalves perform at the Athenaeum Art Center at Bread & Salt. Tickets are sold out, but there may be a few available at the door $25 general admission, $20 member, $10 student… Saxophonist Robert Dove leads a trio at Harbor Music Hall at 7:30 p.m. $10 cover gets you in… Vocalist Sinne Eeg joins the Peter Sprague Trio with Gunnar Biggs and Duncan Moore at Dizzy’s at 8 p.m. $20 cash at the door.
Sunday 12
The Steph Johnson Trio (Rob Thorsen and Richard Sellers) plus the Voices of Our City Choir perform at Cocina Enoteca “Festival Bella Donna” (2730 Via de la Valle) from 4 to 7 p.m. $68 includes food prepared from 12 top chefs… Bassist Justin Grinnell pays tribute to Sonny Rollins’s Way Out West album with Robert Dove, Melonie Grinnell, and Ryan Shaw at Grossmont College Music Department (8800 Grossmont College Drive) at 6:30 p.m. $10 general admission, $5 students… The DownBeat Big Band perform at Queen Bees (925 Ohio Street) from 3 to 6 p.m. $10 per person. All ages.