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Joshua White/ Jeff Denson Project live at 98 Bottles
Virtuoso pianist Joshua White continued on his inexorable ascension into the improvising elite last night with a concert celebrating his 27th birthday at 98 Bottles. This time it was with the Joshua White/ Jeff Denson Project featuring the Bay Area …
Tommy Holladay Quintet at 98 Bottles
98 Bottles hosted the Tommy Holladay Quintet last night, a fascinating blend of emerging and fully formed talent. Holladay is a fine young guitarist working in the post- Abercrombie vein, and he shares the front-line with trombonist John Egizi. Together, …
Manuok Confronts Ghosts and Change on Traps
Band photo by Sheri Tennison Berg The theme of Manuok’s newest album is “ghosts, change, and traps,” says multi-instrumentalist and frontman Scott Mercado. So perhaps it’s no coincidence that Traps departs from the ethereal indie-folk mood that informed the band’s …
Fresh Sound on John Cage's 100th Birthday
The Fresh Sound series returns to Space 4 Art, Wednesday September 5th. As the series often highlights experimental approaches to music making it is quite fitting that this installment will take place on John Cage’s 100th birthday. To help commemorate …
Liquid Blue Battles Bikers at Sturgis, Playing Democratic Nat'l Convention
"Finally back after a wild ass tour," say Scott Stephens of Liquid Blue, who've just been hired to play the Democratic National Convention kickoff party on September 1 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before they leave town again, they'll appear at …
Zappa's Grandmothers of Invention Playing Anthology Friday, Aug. 17
The Grandmothers of Invention "Roxy and Elsewhere and More tour," featuring three former members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention (Don Preston, Napoleon Murphy Brock, and Tom Fowler) will be performing the music of Frank Zappa at Anthology on Friday, …
Did Beethoven Meet Schubert?
The all Beethoven and all Schubert concerts at the Summer Fest got me to thinking about the relationship between these two composers. The details are disputed but one thing is for sure, Schubert was one of Beethoven's torch bearers at …
Igudesman & Joo: Classical Comedians
The La Jolla Music Society's Summer Fest is in full swing. The four-week festival started on July 31st and closes on August 24th. This week there are concerts on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Tuesday's concert is an all …
BMG: Local Jazz Collaboration at 98 Bottles
Three of San Diego's finest musicians/composers combined their considerable skills for a collaborative effort Saturday night at 98 Bottles. Tenor saxophonist Brian Levy, pianist Mikan Zlatkovich, and trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, took the stage, supported by bassist Dave Marr and drummer …
Local Album Cover Artist Lands Gig in Movie About Homeless Vets
Artist Mike Clift has drawn gory, zombie-heavy record covers for bands like GutRot, Nocturnus, DiamondHead, and Skinlab. He’s probably best known for his sleeve artwork for reunited locals Psychotic Waltz, whose drummer Norm Leggio went on to run Blue Meannie …
WorldBeat Center Concert: Turiya Mareya & Friends
Friday night, the World Beat Cultural Center hosted a double-bill concert featuring the sounds of the African diaspora as interpreted through the mind of Turiya Mareya and musical friends. Opening were the Women's Spirit Music Ensemble, featuring Toni Pope, Ayanna …
Opera Neo: Faces of Love
I went to Opera Neo's Faces of Love Scenes concert on Saturday night at SDSU. I was impressed by the amount of music these young singers presented. Including a brief intermission, the concert was three hours long. The concert was …
Secret Show Today - Sleeping People, Devfits, Housewives
On the heels of a triumphant return from a three year long hiatus, Sleeping People will play the last of their slew of recent shows. Due to the Soda Bar show they played Friday night, today's show at The Victory …
Win a Pair of Tickets to See Braid and Owen at the Irenic
Simply click here for show details. Send your full name and contact information to [email protected] to enter. Tickets compliments of Soda Bar. Good luck!
Danny Green: "A Thousand Ways Home"
Pianist, composer Danny Green probably doesn't get enough credit in a town with Mike Wofford, Joshua White, Anthony Davis, Geoffrey Keezer and Mikan Zlatkovich all in various levels of activity — but one thing's for sure — this young cat …
Jet West's Back Roads Tour Wraps Sept. 7 Homecoming @Winstons
“Our music is like sex on a beach on a warm night with perfect head high waves and off shore winds," according to Jet West singer-guitarist Chris Warner. "You know, that sound that makes you just want to hang another …
Castellanos, Zollar, Kuzma, Moore: Night of the Cookers
Gilbert Castellanos might just be the most exciting trumpet player working in the jazz mainstream today. He attacks the bebop sound structure with enough passion and precision to consistently breathe life into forms more than 60 years old. Last night. …