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Jazz Live Julie Kelly

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:June 9, 2015

Jazz Live doubles up in the summer months of June and July. On Tuesday, June 23rd vocalist Julie Kelly will perform at the Saville Theatre. The band is stellar- Tom Ranier- piano, Rob Thorsen- bass and Duncan Moore- drums. It's sure to be a treat as Julie will be performing songs off of her new album "Happy to Be" and other great jazz tunes. If you are a Jazz 88 member you can reserve your tickets. As always, please print the parking pass.
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Jazz Live Chuchito Valdes

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:June 8, 2015

Jazz 88.3 jumps to hyperdrive with 2 shows a month in June and July. First up is the great Cuban pianist Chuchito Valdés on Tuesday, June 9. We anticipate ticket sales will be brisk. Jazz 88.3 Members can reserve tickets now online or at 619-388-3037. All ages are welcome. There will be a parking permit. Better get some rest while you can.
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Read full article at: Jazz Live Chuchito Valdes

This Is The New Jazz Thing Monday June 8 2015

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:June 8, 2015

LIVE Monday, June 8, 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!).  GET SOCIAL @TNJT on Facebook and Twitter

LISTEN LIVE to The New Jazz Thing at 88.3 FM in San Diego and WORLDWIDE via the LISTEN LIVE button at Jazz88.org!

This Is The New Jazz Thing @Jazz88 Monday June 8 2015 6-8PM PT

Tonight on the show...We'll be debuting all of this week's new adds to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library, including the much anticipated...at least by me ;)...release of "The Thompson Fields" from the Maria Schneider Orchestra, 8 years after their last release "Sky Blue". 
We'll also be featuring music and bio of the Jazz 88.3 Artist of the Week, Kenny Barron, along with a preview of the coming week's Jazz Birthday's and Milestones (updated every day on the Jazz88.org Home Page), the Jazz 88.3 Jazz and Blues Calendar...including Tuesday's Jazz Live with Chuchito Valdes, Jazz News, and MORE! READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to everything we do on TNJT!

Grammy Winner Maria Schnieder's The Thompson Fields Among The New Releases At San Diego's Jazz 88.3 Monday June 8 2015

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Library Blog - New This Week

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Posted on:June 8, 2015

"The Thompson Fields" is Jazz composer, arranger, and band leader Maria Schneider's first release in 8 years with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, but in the mean time she won 3 Grammy Awards in 2014 in the classical music category for "Winter Morning Walks". Her new release is among 10 new Jazz albums being added to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library the week of June 8, 2015. Your Jazz 88.3 hosts will be introducing you to these new releases all week, so Listen Long, Often, and LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego and Worldwide at Jazz88.org!  You can check out the debut of all the new releases each week on The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw, Monday evenings 6-8pm PT.

New This Week in the San Diego Jazz 88.3 Music Library - 2015.6.8
  • BEAT FUNKTION – “OLYMPUS”
  • KEVIN BACHELDER / JASON LEE BRUNS – “CHERRY AVENUE”
  • KURT ELLING – “PASSION WORLD”
  • MELODY GARDOT – “CURRENCY OF MAN”
  • STEVE KALDESTAD – “NEW YORK AFTERNOON”
  • HALIE LOREN – “BUTTERFLY BLUE”
  • BRAD MYERS – “PRIME NUMBERS”
  • JEB PATTON – “SHADES AND TONES”
  • EMIE R. ROUSSEL TRIO – “QUANTUM”
  • MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA – “THE THOMPSON FIELDS”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

Young Jazz Lions Looking For A New Den

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

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Posted on:June 4, 2015

Word came to Jazz 88.3 via Facebook from San Diego Jazz trumpter, band leader, educator, and entrepreneur Gilbert Castellanos...

 Hello family & friends, I am sad to say that the month of June will be the last month for the Young Lions series at Croce's Park West. I want to thank the people who came out on Wednesday nights to support the young musicians. I am proud of the young talented musicians for the work they put into promoting their night, preparing and rehearsing music for their sets, and showing true professionalism on stage. This is really where my passion and heart and soul is, watching these young adults blossom into amazing musicians! I also want to thank Ingrid Croce and Jimmy Rock for giving us a home to perform for the last 16 months. I DO NOT want this to be the end of the young lion series! It's crucial that we keep this going for the future of jazz in San Diego! As of today, I am searching for a new home for the series! I would love to get the program back on it's feet by July! Please feel free to inbox me if you would like to share your thoughts/suggestions! 

Keep jazz alive!!!

With love and respect,

Gil

Gilbert estimates that there have been over 200 young musicians that have played for the series, with 80% of them still in high school. The evening usually draws a big crowd with standing room only being not uncommon. Gilbert's goal is to "find a venue that can guarantee the young musicians a fee" in order to keep the evening free and "really pack the joint!" According to Gilbert, the lions have been doing a "great job" promoting their nights on the bandstand. 

Jazz 88.3 is helping to get this search underway with this blog post, but this is an opportunity that will take the community of business leaders, art directors and presenters, music educators to move forward AND ESPECIALLY the support of Jazz, Music, Education, and Art Lovers and Supporters dedicating themselves to go and see and hear and exhort The Future of Jazz forward to do as Gilbert says, KEEP JAZZ ALIVE, at whatever home these Young Lions find next. 

If you have ideas for a venue to keep the Young Lions series alive, contact Gillbert Castellanos via email at Gilbertc1972@aol.com, his personal Facebook page or the Gilbert Castellanos Music Facebook Fan Page (and give it a "Like" too ;) 

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for stories, pictures, and videos about the Young Lions Series from around the Internet.

This Is The New Jazz Thing June 1 2015 - Sacha's Supper Club

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:June 1, 2015

LIVE Monday, June 1, 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!).  GET SOCIAL @TNJT on Facebook and Twitter

Tonight on the show...Sacha Boutros drops by in Hour 1 to fill us in on a new San Diego Jazz happening, Sacha's Supper Club! We debut the new releases at Jazz 88.3 for June 1, 2015, preview what you'll be hearing on the air on Jazz 88.3, including the Artist of the Week, Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Birthday's and Milestones for the week from the Jazz88.org Home Page, a look at the Jazz 88.3 Jazz and Blues Calendar, and more! LISTEN LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego or WORLDWIDE at Jazz88.org!

Worldwide Influences, Inspirations, and San Diego Connections Abound In The Adds To The Jazz 88.3 Music Library for June 1 2015

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Library Blog - New This Week

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Posted on:May 30, 2015

Jazz music is alive and well and showing it's worldwide inspirations and influences in the 20 new releases being added to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library the week of June 1, 2015. And there are several local connections with vocalist Gillian Margot ("Black Butterfly") having performed in San Diego back in April 2015 (and making an appearance on The New Jazz Thing back in November 2014) and Trifolia ("Le Refuge") performing this coming June 12 at the La Jolla AthenaeumYour Jazz 88.3 hosts will be introducing you to these new releases all week, so Listen Long, Often, and LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego and Worldwide at Jazz88.org!  You can check out the debut of all the new releases each week on The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw, Monday evenings 6-8pm PT.

New This Week at San Diego's Jazz 88.3 2015.6.1
  • AGUANKO – “INVISIBLE”
  • JD ALLEN – “GRAFFITI”
  • THE BAD PLUS / JOSHUA REDMAN – “THE BAD PLUS JOSHUA REDMAN”
  • KENNY CARR – “IDLE TALK”
  • JOAN CHAMORRO / ANDREA MOTIS – “FEELING GOOD”
  • STEVE DAVIS – “SAY WHEN”
  • AARON DIEHL – “SPACE TIME CONTINUUM”
  • JEFF HACKWORTH – “THE HEART OF THE MATTER”
  • SCOTT HAMILTON – “PLAYS JULE STYNE”
  • KU-UMBA FRANK LACY & MINGUS BIG BAND – “MINGUS SINGS”
  • GILLIAN MARGOT – “BLACK BUTTERFLY”
  • GARY McFARLAND TRIBUTE BAND – “CIRCULATION: THE MUSIC OF GARY McFARLAND”
  • PAQUITO D’RIVERA & QUINTETO CIMARRON – “AIRES TROPICALES” 
  • PEARL DJANGO – “TIME FLIES”
  • BRIANNA THOMAS – “YOU MUST BELIEVE IN LOVE”
  • THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC – “JAGGED ROCKS”
  • TIEMPO LIBRE – “PANAMERICANO”
  • TRIFOLIA – “LE REFUGE”
  • KAMASI WASHINGTON – “THE EPIC”
  • JEFF “TAIN” WATTS – “BLUE, VOL.1”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

This Is The New Jazz Thing Monday May 25 2015 - Jonathan Karrant

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:May 25, 2015

LIVE Monday, May 25, 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!).  GET SOCIAL @TNJT on Facebook and Twitter

Tonight on the show...Jonathan Karrant stops by to debut a new single and chat about an upcoming performance. We'll also update you on what's coming up this week in your ears, on Jazz88.org, and in Jazz, along with the debut of all the new Jazz music being released into the Jazz 88.3 music library the week of May 25, 2015. LISTEN LIVE!
Jazz 88 Playlist Archive Monday May 25 2015, 6 to 8 pm PT The New Jazz Thing

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for Jonathan Karrant Interview Audio, Video, Links to his website and details on "Songs From The Heart", and more more links from TNJT...

If Words Could Only Describe The New Adds To The Jazz 88.3 Music Library For May 25 2015

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Library Blog - New This Week

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Posted on:May 25, 2015

"Funky", "Minimalist", "Eclectic", "Edgy", "Original" are just some of the ways Jazz 88.3 is describing the new music being added to the Jazz 88 Music Library the week of May 25, 2015...which is also the last week of our Music Matters Instrument Collection Program (GET YOUR INSTRUMENTS IN!). However you describe them, your Jazz 88.3 hosts will be introducing you to these new releases all week, so Listen Long, Often, and LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego and Worldwide at Jazz88.org!  You can check out the debut of all the new releases each week on The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw, Monday evenings 6-8pm PT.

New This Week 2015.5.25 In The Jazz 88.3 Music Library
  • TERENCE BLANCHARD – “BREATHLESS”
  • VINICIUS CANTUARIA – “VINICIUS CANTA ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM”
  • CHRISTIAN FINGER – “ANANDA”
  • BEHN GILLECE – “MINDSET”
  • JAZZ IN THE NEW HARMONIC – “PRIMAL SCREAM”
  • MICHAEL LE VAN TRIO – “A DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUE”
  • DONNY McCASLIN – “FAST FUTURE”
  • JOHN MILLS – “INVISIBLE DESIGNS FEATURING CARMEN BRADFORD”
  • LUIS PERDOMO & CONTROLLING EAR UNIT – “TWENTY-TWO”
  • GEORGE ROBERT & KENNY BARRON – “COMING HOME”
  • JACOB SHULMAN – “UNTIL AUTUMN”
  • ENOCH SMITH, JR. – “MISFITS II POP”
  • STEVE TOROK – “EYE TO EYE”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites and social networks, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

Kronomorfic Gets All Polymetric on Jazz Live San Diego

Blog Name:Jazz Live

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Posted on:May 20, 2015

Kronomorfic, whose latest release "Entangled" is a favorite pick for Jazz 88.3's late weeknight Progressive Night's hosts, performed music from that collection, their 2010 release "Micro Temporal Infundibula", and other original compositions, before a sparse but enthusiastic and engaged audience at San Diego City College's Saville Theater and a much larger live broadcast audience on Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Co-founder's David Borgo, saxophone, and Paul Pellegrin, drums, also sat down with Jazz Live host Vince Outlaw for a recorded interview aired after the groups performance. 

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to Jazz 88 Speakeasy Audio of the concert and interview, video of the interview, pictures from the evening, odds and ends, and the Jazz 88 Speakeasy Audio preview of our NEXT JAZZ LIVE, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 8-10pm PT with Chuchito Valdes Jr.!