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Sounds of the Season-2024!

Happy Holidays! As always, KSDS will be airing its annual 'Sounds of the Season' programming which begins at Noon on Christmas Eve day. You can be a part of the programming. For any online pledge of $100 (or more) you can create a customized greeting that will air on KSDS. Just go to the DONATE PAGE and write your greeting in the comment section.This 36-hour block of holiday music is brought to you by KSDS and our good friends at California Coast Credit Union,  California Center for the Arts, Escondido and Exalt Clinical Research. Special thanks to Ken Borgers and David Grudt.

Join Sam Wisman and Special Guest Chuck Haddix for Previously Unheard Bird

 

Previously unheard Bird’s the word this Wednesday evening on Jazz Across America: Kansas City with Sam Wisman.

Tune in Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. PT for a special edition of “Jazz Across America: Kansas City.” Host Sam Wisman will be dedicating his weekly Kansas City-based program to one of the most historically significant archival jazz finds and reclamation projects in recent memory. 

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Jazz at Tio Leo's

Holly Hofmann's jazz series continues this month at Tio Leo's Restaurant and Lounge at 5302 Napa St. at Morena Blvd. Jazz at Tio Leo's is happening every Sunday evening from 5-7pm and features Southern California's finest jazz musicians in a quiet, spacious setting with full bar and Mexican cuisine. There is also plenty of free parking. See this month's schedule below:

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BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

*Pictured above: Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar. Photo by Zenith Richards.

By Matt Silver

As we approach Thanksgiving, I feel compelled to share my abundant gratitude for all the great new music that’s come out this past year, and especially this past six months since I began hosting Breaking Jazz (Sundays, 6:30 to 8 p.m. PT). In keeping with year-end traditions, this gratitude will take the form of a “best of” list. But this particular list is exciting because it will be starting a new tradition. Behold! The inaugural Breaking Jazz Best Albums of the Year!

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Today's Birthdays

Born on this day, December 13th

  • Frank Sinatra (Vocals-Lead) was born in Hoboken, NJ, 1915–1998.
  • Joe Williams (Vocals-Lead) was born in Cordele, GA, 1918–1999.
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi (Piano) was born in Manchuria, 1929–1929.
  • Tony Williams (Drums and Percussion) was born in Chicago, IL, 1945–1997.
  • Dodo Marmarosa (Piano) was born in Pittsburgh, PA, 1925–2002.
  • Bob Dorough (Vocals-Lead, Piano) was born in Cherry Hill, AK in 1923.
  • Grover Washington Jr. (Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone) was born in Buffalo, NY, 1943–1999.
  • Michael Carvin (Drums and Percussion) was born in Houston , TX in 1944.
  • Alex Acuna (Percussion-Various, Drums and Percussion) was born in Pativika,Peru in 1944.
  • Eddie Barefield (Saxophone) was born in Scandia, IA, 1909–1991.
  • Juhani Aaltonen (Flute, Saxophone) was born in Kouvola, Finland in 1935.
  • Don Stovall (Alto Saxophone) was born in St. Louis, MO, 1913–1970.
  • John Hicks (Piano) was born in Atlanta, GA, 1941–2006.
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On This Day

December 13th in Jazz History…

  • Stan Getz cuts his first Verve session, "Stan Getz Plays" in 1952.
  • Bill Evans records "Alone" for Verve records in 1969.
  • Stan Kenton lays down the "Waltz of the Prophets" in Hollywood 1961.
  • On a sad note, clarinetist Kenny Davern died of cardiac arrest on this date in 2006. He was 71.
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