November, 2014

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That Jazzy Gift...

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:November 30, 2014

Spread the love. Spread the Jazz! You can give a membership to Jazz 88.3 to a friend or loved one this year, and they'll get a year's worth of great Jazz concerts! Not to mention the warm and fuzzy feeling that great Jazz is being broadcast in their name.  Give a gift membership!

35th San Diego Jazz Fest Swings Americas Finest City Thanksgiving Week 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

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Posted on:November 23, 2014

The 35th Annual San Diego Jazz Fest, presented by America's Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society (AFCDJS), will be swinging the Town and Country Convention Center Wednesday, November 26 through Sunday, November 30 with over 30 bands and guest artists, 8 venues, double dance floors, hours and hours of great trad, swing, boogie woogie, ragtime and more. Download the event flyer. 
  • LISTEN to Inside Art host Dave Drexler previewing the 35th Annual San Diego Jazz Fest. 

Read the entire article for more coverage of the festival

6 Reasons For San Diego Jazz Fans To Vote In The JazzTimes Readers Poll 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

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Posted on:November 19, 2014

While it’s good in any case to let your Jazz voice be heard in the JazzTimes Readers Poll 2014...and an entry for a package to the 2015 Portland Jazz Festival ain’t a bad one itself, San Diego Jazz fans have at least 6 more reasons to get their vote in before the polls close at 5 p.m. EST on Monday, November 24.

Here's the first one...Read The Entire Article to see the rest...or better yet...add a comment and give your suggestion for more San Diegan's to Write In!

1. Holly Hofmann - Best Flutist

Are You Seeing Kronomorfic at The Loft at UCSD TONIGHT? #SDJazz Hashtag Experiment

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Posted on:November 17, 2014


Post to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+ with the San Diego Jazz hashtag, #SDJazzand San Diego's Jazz 88.3 will retweet, share, like, and all number of things social with your Jazzy contribution to what should be an awesome evening exhibiting what's GREAT about our San Diego Jazz Scene! 


For instance...#SDJazz Twitter Search (may change to @Jazz88 Twitter Feed as we start retweeting and such)....



Read the entire article for #SDJazz embeds, and more about this great band and CD...which you can hear on San Diego's Jazz 88.3!

Embed #SDJazz Facebook Thread

Coleman Hawkins - Jazz 88 Artist of the Week November 17 2014

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Posted on:November 17, 2014

Jeffery Zeigler Comes To San Diego - Jazz 88 HAS TICKETS FOR YOU!

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Posted on:November 13, 2014

Cellist Jeffery Zeigler, deemed by the New York Times as a cellist who performs “with unforced simplicity and beauty of tone,”, is coming to San Diego in an ArtPower! at UC San Diego show on Thursday, November 20, 8pm. AND JAZZ 88 HAS TICKETS FOR YOU!
  1. Complete the entry form below to be entered in the random drawing for 5 pairs of tickets. 
  2. Get a 2nd (and 3rd) entry by Retweeting our Twitter announcements and Sharing our Facebook Announcement
  3. Check out some of the Jeffery's music and info from links below
Congratulations to Hillary! She picked up two tickets to see Jeffery Zeigler! Jazz 88 will have tickets to the upcoming Michael Dessen and Charlie Arbelaez show at The Loft at UCSD...stay tuned!

Read the entire article for your chance at additional entries in the ticket drawing and more on Jeffery Zeigler....

Pardon Our Dust (or whatever...)

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:November 11, 2014

As you can imagine there are innumerable details and surprises at every turn with our current move. Rest assured that we are taking all precautions to keep the music flowing through the device of your choosing; radio, computer, mobile, etc., but we are having intermittent outages in both the on-air signal and the stream. If you're in a bind for some KSDS content remember, The Speakeasy has a lot of cool stuff that you may not have heard recently. Thanks for your patience during this time...and now back to the business at hand.

Ticket Giveaway For Airto and Eyedentity at The Loft at UCSD Saturday November 15

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Posted on:November 11, 2014

Airto and Eyedentity are coming to The Loft at UCSD, Saturday, November 15, 8PM and Jazz 88 has TICKETS FOR YOU! Just enter your name, email, and phone below for a chance drawing for one of 5 pair of tickets to the event. We will contact you if you've won tickets. UPDATE 11/12/14 8:45 AM: Drawing closed :( but..

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Increase your chance of winning by ReTweeting our Twitter post and Share our Facebook post! You will get one additional entry in the drawing for each RT/Share!

WE HAVE WINNERS! Congratulations to Tomas, Tom, Steven, Oswald, and Andrew, who will be seeing Airto and Eyedentity!

RETWEET THIS to receive another entry in the drawing!

SHARE THIS to receive another entry in the drawing!


This Is The New #JazzThing Monday November 10 2014 - Dornob

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:November 10, 2014

LIVE Monday, November 10, 2014, 6-8 PM PT @Jazz88 San Diego's Jazz 88.3 FM, Jazz88.org, and Apple/Android Apps to The New Jazz Thing @Jazz88 with Vince Outlaw...Supported by Listener Contributors like YOU and...YOUR BUSINESS (learn more about underwriting The New Jazz Thing!). 

Read the entire article for links to the full list of New Music being featured on the show, Top 10 Countdown of the Jazzweek.com Jazz Album Chart, show links, and more!

2014.11.10 Adds To The Jazz88 Music Library

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Library Blog - New This Week

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Posted on:November 10, 2014

Now that the Grammy Submital season is past us (and all of our musician friends are fretting away about those nominations), the list of adds to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library is a tad short, but there are some great quality releases including new releases from Bill Frisell, Tony Monaco, and more!

YOU can check out their Jazz 88 DEBUT on The New Jazz Thing @Jazz88, Monday, November 10, 2014 between 6 and 8 PM PT (UPDATE: Hear the NEW DEBUT on Jazz 88 Speakeasy Archive of TNJT 11/10)!


  • BRIAN CHARETTE – “GOOD TIPPER”
  • JEFF COFFIN + THE MU’TET – “SIDE UP”
  • GABRIEL ESPINOSA / HENDRIK MEURKENS – “SAMBA LITTLE SAMBA”
  • BILL FRISELL – “SPACE AGE GUITAR”
  • WAYNE HORVITZ / THE ROYAL ROOM COLLECTIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE – “AT THE RECEPTION”
  • LIQUID LIGHT – “EQUILIBRIUM”
  • BRIAN MELVIN – “MODERN TIMES”
  • TONY MONACO – “FURRY SLIPPERS”
  • BILL WATROUS / GARY URWIN / CARL SAUNDERS / GARY URWIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA – “A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP”
Read the entire article for your additional annotations about this week's New, links to artist websites, and your chance to Comment on New Jazz with your FREE Jazz 88 Speakeasy Account!