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San Diego Jazz Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Educator, and Innovator Mark Dresser has been named as one of 20 recipients of the Doris Duke Impact Awards for 2015, receiving $80,000 to be used over 3 years as he wishes. Since April 2014, the foundation has awarded a total of $3.2 million in Impact Awards to 40 artists in the fields of jazz, dance and theatre. The Doris Duke Impact Award, in particular, has a unique nomination process, as explained by Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, "The Doris Duke Impact Awards are based on nominations submitted by artists, identifying others (often less widely known) that will have enormous impact on the jazz, dance or theatre fields in the future.

Dresser’s reaction to the award, as captured by Robert Bush, San Diego Jazz Writer, in an NBC San Diego Blog Post, "I felt gratified being recognized by this organization and it’s especially meaningful to know that I was chosen by a panel made up of distinguished but unknown colleagues in the field. I’m still trying to get a handle on the implications of such a significant financial prize attached and continuing to figure out what that could mean in realizing my music on a more dimensional level."
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for more coverage of the award, Dresser's music at Jazz 88.3, and more... |
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LIVE Monday, June 29, 2015, 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!).
On the show...Sue Palmer chats about her new "Bricktop" disc and July 2 CD release party, all new Jazz releases, Artist of the Week Ahmad Jamal and a preview of this week's Birthday's and On This Day updated daily at Jazz88.org.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for show and interview audio / video archive, playlist, links, and more... |
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Among the 10 new releases in the Jazz 88.3 Music Library the week of June 29, 2015, there are 4 fantastic new Latin discs led by 50-time Grammy Nominated trombonist and leader Wayne Wallace's latest "Intercambio". Read on for the full list of new Latin and other Jazz releases, along with links to artist websites and more!
- “JEFF DENSON TRIO + LEE KONITZ”
- CHRIS DINGMAN – “THE SUBLIMINAL AND THE SUBLIME”
- STOCKTON HELBING – “PATINA”
- JEFF MIGUEL – “PERSEVERANCE”
- JOSE NEGRONI – “NEGRONI PIANO + 9”
- MICHEL NIRENBERG – “RETRATO/PORTRAIT”
- JIM MARTINEZ – “GOOD GRIEF! IT’S STILL JIM MARTINEZ”
- STEVE SLAGLE / BILL O’CONNELL – “THE POWER OF TWO”
- WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET – “INTERCAMBIO”
- JOHANNES WALLMANN – “THE TOWN MUSICIANS”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff.... |
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Ahmad Jamal, who celebrates his 85th birthday this Thursday, July 2, is the San Diego's Jazz 88.3 Artist of the Week starting June 29, 2015! Your favorite Jazz 88.3 hosts will be playing his music and telling their personal stories of the impact of his music overall and on them personally.
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Jazz Live TONIGHT(!) at 8PM! We're bringing two great San Diego vocalists together on the Saville Theater stage right here at San Diego City College, Lizzi Trumbore featuring Leonard Patton. If you're a valid Jazz 88 member you can still reserve your 2 free tickets! Don't forget about that pesky parking pass, too. See you there! READ ON for Jazz Live Preview Audio, Artist Bios, Links, and more... |
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Jazz Live TONIGHT(!) will be special! San Diego's own Nathan Hubbard will be bringing his eclectic compositions to the Saville Theatre stage. Nathan's "Encinitas and Everything After" won Best Jazz Album at last year's San Diego Music Awards so it's a show you don't to miss. If you are a valid Jazz88 member you can reserve your 2 free tickets right away. Don't forget about that pesky parking pass. See you there! READ FULL ARTICLE for Jazz Live Preview Audio... |
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Jazz pianist Eldar, known as Eldar Djangirov during his high school years at Francis W. Parker here in San Diego, has released his new collection of live recordings "World Tour, Vol. 1" and it's one of 16 new releases to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library for the week of June 22, 2015. Here's the full list and later, links to the artist websites and more...
- ANTONIO ADOLFO – “TEMA”
- PERRY BEEKMAN – “S’WONDERFUL: PERRY BEEKMAN SINGS AND PLAYS GERSHWIN”
- HUGO CARVALHAIS - "GRAND VALIS"
- BRIAN CHARETTE – “ALPHABET CITY”
- CHARLIE DENNARD – “5 O’CLOCK CHARLIE”
- ELDAR – “WORLD TOUR, VOL.1”
- MACK GOLDSBURY / DUANE DURRETT – “SANDTOWN”
- THE KANDINSKY EFFECT - "SOMNAMBULIST"
- PAUL KEELING – “ANCIENT LIGHTS”
- SUSIE MEISSNER – “TEA FOR TWO”
- CRISTINA MORRISON – “BARONESSA”
- ABBEY RADER WEST COAST QUARTET - "FIRST GATHERING"
- JAMISON ROSS – “JAMISON”
- DIRIK SCHILGEN – “ON THE MOVE”
- TERELL STAFFORD – “BROTHERLEE LOVE”
- CHARENEE WADE – “OFFERING”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff.... |
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LIVE Monday, June 22, 2015, 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!).
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Tonight on the Show... - Preview of the week at Jazz 88.3, on the San Diego Jazz and Blues Calendar, Jazz News, and more!
Come back to the blog post for archive of the show, playlist, and more! |
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Bill Cunliffe, leader on over 20 albums and winner of both a 2009 Grammy Award and the 1989 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition is the Jazz 88.3 Artist of the Week starting June 22, 2015. You can hear this fantastic composer, arranger, and pianist's music all week played by your favorite hosts LIVE on San Diego's Jazz 88.3 and Worldwide at Jazz 88.3.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for 14 albums you can hear Bill play on and to learn more about our Artist of the Week... |
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 Every time you experience a live performance of Jazz, it’s an original. At Jazz 88.3, we like that originality. We are celebrating with a campaign to end our fiscal year on budget with some other San Diego originals. We’ve partnered with Rubio’s and Blind Lady Ale House, Tiger! Tiger! and Panama 66, for example, to thank donors who help us keep that fiscal needle in the black with some tasty original San Diego gastronomic experiences. And we’ve culled some original audio experiences, too, including a new CD from Sue Palmer that hasn’t even been released yet! Take a moment and go to our “Support Jazz 88.3 page, and consider which San Diego Original you’d like to add to your collection. |
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