Tuesday 8 KSDS presents Jazz Live at the Saville Theatre on the campus of San Diego City College (14th & C Street) featuring the Joshua Breakstone Trio with Chris Connor on bass and Roy McCurdy …
November 6, 2016
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Joshua Breakstone Trio does Jazz Live
Stephanie Richards plays the Loft
Tuesday 1 The Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell on bass and Julien Cantelm on drums play 3rd Space (4610 Park Boulevard) at 8 p.m. They play a set and then open it up for …
October 30, 2016
Steph Johnson Band proves Music Is Art
Soul-jazz vocalist Steph Johnson threw a party for her Music Is Art record-release event on October 21 at Bread & Salt, drawing a standing-room-only crowd of dedicated supporters primed to cheer on her long-time trio …
October 28, 2016
Peter Sprague Trio in La Jolla
Monday 24 Musical brothers Alan and Mark Ferber headline a double-bill concert at The Loft (911 Lyman Lane) leading a group with Jon Gordon, Joshua White, and Matt Pavolka, with the Kyle Motl Trio featuring …
October 23, 2016
Mark Dresser keeps on steppin'
“So I’m glad there is a buzz and it’s not accidental” says bassist Mark Dresser, on a Skype call from his office at UC San Diego. We’re discussing the pre-album promotion for his disc due …
October 19, 2016
Joel Harrison returns to San Diego
Monday 17 NYC-based guitarist Joel Harrison returns to San Diego with an all-star group featuring former Pat Metheny sideman Cuong Vu on trumpet, Paul Hanson on bassoon, Jeff Denson on bass, and current Wayne Shorter …
October 16, 2016
Vinny Golia and Nathan Hubbard play Bread & Salt
Monday 10 Allison Adams Tucker fronts a trio with Ed Kornhauser on piano and Mackenzie Leighton on bass for a show at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall Street) from 12 to 1 …
October 9, 2016
School of Creative and Performing Arts jazz band to open for Wynton Marsalis
“I think they were all kind of stunned,” explained Dr. John Reynolds, who is the music department chair at the School of Creative and Performing Arts, a small Title 1 program in Paradise Hills, after …
October 3, 2016
San Francisco Jazz Collective plays La Jolla
Monday 3 Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker leads a trio with Danny Green on piano and Julien Cantelm on drums for a midday concert at the Lyceum Theatre (79 Horton Plaza) from noon to 1 p.m. …
October 2, 2016
Steph circus
“It’s a record I would listen to,” says musician Steph Johnson, speaking of her new album, Music is Art, adding, “Sometimes you make an album and you’re, like, ‘Okay, cool,’ but you don’t want to …
September 28, 2016
Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey make Fresh Sound
Tuesday 27 The Steph Johnson Trio with Rob Thorsen on bass and Fernando Gomez on drums play Café 21 (802 Fifth Avenue) from 7 to 10 p.m. Free… The Natural Sounds Trio with Jake Najor, …
September 25, 2016
Everything but the kitchen sink from Stanley Clarke
Jazz-fusion bass man Stanley Clarke, fronting a well-oiled band that included a second bassist (Cameroonian Armand Sabal-Lecco), Ruslan Sirota and Lincoln Cleary on keyboards, and 21-year-old drum prodigy Mike Mitchell, delivered an incendiary set to …
September 23, 2016
Geoffrey Keezer plays hometown gig
Monday 19 The Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm play the Lyceum Theater (79 Horton Plaza) from Noon to 1 p.m. No cover charge… The Bob Boss Quartet with Gilbert Castellanos, Dean …
September 18, 2016
Pat Metheny returns to San Diego
Tuesday 13 KSDS presents Jazz Live featuring the Gordon Goodwin Little Phat Band at the Saville Theatre (14th & C Streets) at 8 p.m. The concert is sold out. Wednesday 14 Gilbert Castellanos has two …
September 11, 2016
Gilbert C and the Hammond B-3
Tuesday 6 The Jonathan Karrant Quartet with Joshua White on piano, Ben Wanicur on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums play 3rd Space (4610 Park Boulevard) at 8 p.m. for a $10 cover. Wednesday 7 …
September 4, 2016
Ten clubs in one night for one price
Tuesday 30 KSDS introduces the first annual Jazz Club Caravan, which tours to ten jazz spots from 6 to 10 p.m. Buses run every 10 minutes and the cover price is included in one ticket, …
August 28, 2016
Bread and Salt and bricks and bass
“I’m excited and I feel good about it,” says bassist Rob Thorsen, referring to the upcoming CD-release party for his new record, Bass Is the Space, that he has planned for Sunday, August 28, at …
August 26, 2016
Rob Thorsen's bass is the space
Monday 22 Brass quartets are a bit unusual, but the Westerlies will blow into town with Riley Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler on trumpets and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch on trombones for a show …
August 21, 2016
When Bird calls...
Pianist Joshua White’s year has been a whirlwind of opportunities, which began when he was drafted into a European tour with award-winning saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa last October and concluded last week when he finished his …
August 17, 2016
Cecile McLorin Salvant and the International Academy of Jazz at Embarcadero South
Wednesday 17 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) beginning at 6 p.m. when he hosts the Young Lions Series on the patio and continuing inside at 8:30 when he …
August 14, 2016
Aruan Ortiz: Fresh Sound at Bread & Salt
Wednesday 10 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) beginning at 6 p.m. when he hosts the Young Lions Series featuring trombonist/vocalist Lizzi Trumbore on the patio, then he heads …
August 7, 2016
Danny Green Trio plus strings at Jazz Live
Tuesday 2 Jazz Live San Diego, sponsored by KSDS Jazz 88, kicks off the month of August with a performance by the Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm plus a string quartet …
July 31, 2016
Curtis Taylor plays hometown gig
Wednesday 27 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs tonight at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) beginning at 6 p.m. when he hosts the Young Lions Series in the patio, and continuing inside at 8:30 when …
July 24, 2016
Dayna Stephens occupies Wall Street
Tuesday 19The week in jazz kicks off with Jazz Live from KSDS Jazz 88 and the Jeff Hamilton Trio with Christoph Luty on bass and Tamir Hendlemen on piano, at the San Diego City College …
July 17, 2016
Gilbert Castellanos celebrates the Mambo King
Wednesday 13 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs at Panama 66, (1450 El Prado) beginning when he hosts the Young Lions Series at 6 p.m. then continuing at 8:30 when he leads the jam session. …
July 10, 2016
Diane Moser returns to San Diego
Tuesday 5 Extend the holiday weekend feeling by attending Jazz Live, sponsored by KSDS Jazz 88, with a tenor saxophone extravaganza featuring L.A. hornmen Rickey Woodard, Justo Almario, and Charles Owens at the Saville Theatre …
July 3, 2016
Peter Kuhn Trio record-release party
Tuesday 28 There’s an All-Star Trumpet Summit at KSDS Jazz Live (14th & C streets) featuring Bobby Shew, Chuck Findley, Steve Huffsteter, and Ron Stout, with Mike Wofford, Dean Hulett, and Duncan Moore at 8 …
June 26, 2016
Fusion nostalgia with Al Di Meola
Jazz-rock guitarist Al Di Meola brought his Romantic Warrior Meets Elegant Gypsy Tour to the Music Box for a standing-room-only exercise in fusion nostalgia that leaned heavily on crowd favorites. Di Meola’s concept has always …
June 24, 2016
Claudia Quintet plays Wall Street
Wednesday 22 The Gabriel Sundy Jazz Trio with Harley Magsino and Matt Smith play Seven Grand (3054 University Avenue) at 9:30 p.m. 21+, no cover… Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 …
June 19, 2016
Al Di Meola's Elegant Gypsy comes to Music Box
Tuesday 14 Rob Thorsen performs an evening of solo double-bass and poetry at Café Cabaret (3739 Adams Avenue) at 7:30 p.m. No cover charge. Wednesday 15 Fusion guitar pioneer Al Di Meola presents the Romantic …
June 12, 2016
Fred Hersch and Anat Cohen play the Athenaeum
Wednesday 8 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos has two gigs at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) beginning when he hosts the Young Lions Series at 6 p.m. and continuing when he leads the jam session at 8:30 …
June 5, 2016
Lorraine Castellanos — an introverted extrovert
‘It’s so new that I don’t know where it’s going to go,” says musician Lorraine Castellanos over coffee at Lestat’s on Adams Avenue on a windswept afternoon. She is speaking of her latest project, a …
June 1, 2016
Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine plus Holly Hofmann
Wednesday 1 The UCSD Advanced Jazz Ensemble directed by Mark Dresser and featuring Niloufar Shiri, Hesam Abedini, Connor Hughes, Patrick Chung, Mark Olsher, and Michael Hayes play at the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater …
May 29, 2016
The Loft hosts improv jazz trio Jones Jones
Tuesday 24 The internationally recognized improvising trio Jones Jones, with Mark Dresser on bass, Vladimir Tarasov on drums, and Larry Ochs on reeds, plays the Loft (911 Lyman Lane, UCSD) at 8 p.m. with the …
May 22, 2016
Skeleton keyed up
“Writing for a large ensemble in San Diego is just ridiculous,” says drummer/composer Nathan Hubbard, the winner of the 2014 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Recording. Hubbard is back in the news with …
May 18, 2016
Nathan Hubbard's birthday bash
Monday 16 The Steph Johnson Trio with Rob Thorsen and Fernando Gomez play a noontime concert at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library at 1008 Wall Street. Free. Tuesday 17 Jazz 88 presents Jazz Live …
May 15, 2016
Burning Ghosts appear at the Merrow
Monday 9 The Joshua White Trio with Leonard Patton and Richard Sellers play the Lyceum Theatre (79 Horton Plaza) at 12 p.m. Free… The Gabriel Sundy Jazz Trio with Mack Leighton and Matthew Smith hit …
May 8, 2016
Gregory Porter returns to San Diego
Tuesday 3 The Bonny Wellington Trio with Matt Smith and Ben Wanicur host the monthly jam session at 3rd Space (4610 Park Boulevard) at 8 p.m. for a $5 cover. Wednesday 4 Gilbert Castellanos begins …
May 1, 2016
Kyle Motl solo bass recital at UCSD
Wednesday 27 Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos begins his busy night at Panama 66 (1450 El Prado) by hosting the Young Lions Series at 6:30 p.m. before switching over to lead the jam session from 8:30 to …
April 24, 2016
Kamau Kenyatta plays the Rep
Monday 18 Kamau Kenyatta leads a new quartet with Thalma de Freitas, Peter Jacobson, and David Castaneda at the North Coast Repertory Theatre (987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive) at 7:30 p.m. $22. Tuesday 19 Juice …
April 17, 2016
Joshua White Sextet at Dizzy's
Tuesday 12 Peter Sprague debuts the Sanctuary Suite at the Oceanside Museum of Art (704 Pier View Way) with Beth Ross Buckley, Fred Benedetti, Gunnar Biggs, and Duncan Moore. Tickets are $30 general admission, $25 …
April 10, 2016
Free jazz trio at Bread & Salt
Tuesday 5 Ben Wanicur leads the monthly jam session at 3rd Space (4610 Park Boulevard) with Lorraine Castellanos, Mariela Contreras, Ed Kornhauser, and Fernando Gomez from 8 to 11 p.m. $5 at the door. Wednesday …
April 3, 2016
Angles 3 makes San Diego debut
Wednesday 30 Angles 3, featuring Kjell Nordeson on drums, Ingerbrikt Haker Flaten on bass, and Martin K. on saxophone make a rare U.S. date at the Loft (9500 Gilman Drive) at 8 p.m. This concert …
March 27, 2016
Women in Jazz
Wednesday 23 The Jazz 88 Blues Jam goes down with guests Robin Henkel and Billy Watson hosted by J. Otis Williams and Mark Augustin at Proud Mary’s Southern Bar & Grill (5500 Kearny Mesa Road) …
March 20, 2016
Luciana Souza: Speaking in Tongues tour
Monday 14 The Danny Green Trio with Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm play the Lyceum Theatre (79 Horton Plaza) in a free concert at 12 p.m… the Ray Briz Trio with Rob Thorsen and Carlos …
March 13, 2016
Ashley Bathgate solo cello in the Barrio
Monday 7 Michael Blake’s Tiddy Boom Quartet with Frank Kimbrough, Ben Allison, and Rudy Royston play the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library (1008 Wall Street) at 7:30 p.m. $26 general admission, $21 members, $15 student …
March 6, 2016
It’s not like I’m there to make money
Dan Atkinson “I started at the Athenaeum in 1989, before there even was a jazz series,” recalls jazz program coordinator Dan Atkinson over lunch in La Jolla. “It hasn’t been a constant series of challenges; …
March 2, 2016
Roscoe Mitchell makes San Diego show
Monday 29 A bebop Leap Year is celebrated at Dizzy’s (4275 Mission Bay Drive) by Charlie Arbelaez, Matt Hall, Irving Flores, Mackenzie Leighton, and Duncan Moore at 8 p.m. $15 general admission, $10 students, cash …
February 28, 2016
Ralph Alessi brings group to La Jolla
Tuesday 23 The Steph Johnson/Rob Thorsen Duo play Café 21 (802 Fifth Avenue) from 7 to 10 p.m. No cover charge. Wednesday 24 The Joe Lovano/John Scofield Quartet come to the Price Center Ballroom East …
February 21, 2016
Aaron Goldberg Trio in La Jolla
Monday 15 Rob Thorsen and Jory Herman present Two Sides of the Double Bass at the Lyceum Theatre (79 Horton Plaza) at noon and it’s free! Wednesday 17 HM3 with Harley Magsino, Joshua White, Charles …
February 14, 2016