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Strong debut for SD Vocal Quartet
The pure joy of singing was celebrated last night at 98 Bottles when the San Diego Vocal Quartet made their concert debut. Organized by the soulful giant Leonard Patton the quartet also featured soprano Nina Flowers, alto Janet Hammer and …
Grant Clarkson Has 3 New Full-Lengths for 2012
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/09/25946/ “I do ridiculously long instrumental cuts,” says jazzy multi-instrumentalist Grant Clarkson, “usually starting with improvising on drums and bass, and then I attempt to be a ‘composer’ by rounding it out from there.” Clarkson has three new full-length releases …
John Reynolds Quintet plays Marsalis
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/08/25903/ John Reynolds Quintet by TOM HARTEN Last night, an assemblage of some of San Diego's lesser-known jazz musicians gathered, under the aegis of trumpeter John Reynolds for a concert showcasing the music of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Thankfully, Reynolds and …
Shed No Tear
The Crocodiles Take Manhattan It seemed inevitable: the Crocodiles have finally left Southern California. In a past conversation with the Reader, Crocs co-founder Brandon Welchez expressed his dismay at having grown up in a brown stucco strip mall-ish northeastern San …
Picture Jeff Cancer Free: Antioch Arrow Guitarist Treatment Fund
Guitarist Jeff Winterberg of seminal San Diego post-hardcore group Antioch Arrow was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in late 2011. According to information on the fundraising site organized by Kelly Maron Horvath, medulloblastoma typically manifests in children …
Castellanos celebrates Lee Morgan June 9, @ 98 Bottles
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/07/25813/ "If I had my way, I'd do a Lee Morgan Tribute concert every day for a week," says SD trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos over the phone. "I listened to him every day in high school and my first few years …
There Has Never Been a Better Time: Red Fox Tails
Ron Bocian (it rhymes with ocean) is the only person I know who is actually from Treme, a place I once thought existed only in a television writer's imagination. My own ignorance: Treme is in fact a real place, a …
No Summer Doldrums Yet
As we head into summer, classical music concerts become thin on the ground but there are some nice ones this weekend. La Jolla Symphony concludes their celebration of Stravinsky with The Russian Composer. They will be performing Samuel Barber’s Piano …
Tho Undergoing Chemo, Mighty Joe Longa Appearing at 6-10 Cancer Fundraiser
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/18/24650/ It's been nearly a year since Joey Harris and the Mentals keyboard player Mighty Joe Longa went under the knife to remove extensive cancer in his abdomen. Scheduled to complete chemotherapy this month, Joe's recovery has been a long …
June Gloom - Bastard Noise, Author & Punisher, Zsa Zsa Gabor, ANA/, and Tabloid
Noise musician Sam Lopez (aka Zsa Zsa Gabor) has done a lot to cultivate San Diego's special brand of weird. Following his time with the renowned (currently on hiatus) experimental/spontaneous music collective Trummerflora, he’s curated the San Diego Experimental Guitar …
Gary Heffern Recovering From Emergency Surgery, but...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/05/25694/ "I have been in the hospital for over a week, and with no work that is able to be done," says Penetrators singer/guitarist Gary Heffern, recovering from his recent emergency surgery. "There was a hole in my appendix and …
Solo Percussion by David Shively
To many people, perhaps, the idea of a solo percussion concert might seem a bit daunting. For the full house of folks who showed up at Space4Art last night for David Shively's performance--it was as natural as breathing. Shively began …
Cinderella: Like a New Yorker in San Diego
While looking over The Proms schedule I noticed that Gergiev is conducting Prokofiev’s Cinderella. Romeo and Juliet is Prokofiev’s most famous ballet but Cinderella is well worth a listen. In many ways I prefer it to Romeo and Juliet. The …
Prom Date
Who should I ask to prom? I’ve never been to prom and I want to go, bad. I want it to be perfect so I’ve put it off year after year. How can it be perfect if I ask just …
More than the sum of its parts: TrioKinesis @ The Studio
Last night, the cooperative sounding venture known as TrioKinesis delivered two solid sets of post-Coltrane jazz to a small, but captivated audience at Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio. TrioKinesis proved to be the ultimate equilateral triangle of improvising dynamics. Although …
Stab Siri in the Neck
A recent commercial has planted "Un bel di vedremo" into my head but I’m enjoying it. I’m not sure what this iconic aria has to do with a conversation between a smart phone and John Malkovich. Of course, “un bel …
David Shively: Solo Percussion at Space4Art, June 4
Monday, June 4, experimental music promoter Bonnie Wright continues her cutting-edge concert series, Fresh Sound with a solo-percussion performance by NYC based musician David Shively at Space4Arts in the East Village. Wright, who studied music at UCSD--has always been interested …