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13 New Jazz Albums In the Jazz 88.3 Music Library October 26 2015

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Library Blog - New This Week

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Posted on:October 26, 2015

Jazz 88.3 is proud to play music from across the Jazz spectrum and part of this is adding new albums from artists that might not be as well known as the big names, but are deserving some space in your ears. We've got 13 brand new releases that we can assure you won't be hearing anywhere else! These new releases will be featured by all your favorite Jazz 88.3 hosts in the weeks to come!
New This Week in the Jazz 88.3 Music Library - October 26, 2015
  • GEOF BRADFIELD QUINTET – “OUR ROOTS”
  • DANIEL DICKINSON – “A GATHERING FORETOLD”
  • KEIGO HIRAKAWA – “AND THEN THERE WERE THREE”
  • JEFF JENKINS ORGANIZATION – “THE ARRIVAL” 
  • MICHAEL KOCOUR – “SPIFFY”
  • EMMA LARSSON – “SING TO THE SKY”
  • MATT MITCHELL – “VISTA ACCUMULATION”
  • KIM NAZARIAN – “SOME MORNING” 
  • OLA ONABULÉ – “IT’S THE PEACE THAT DEAFENS”
  • CHARLES RUGGIERO – “AS HEARD ON T.V.”
  • HERB SILVERSTEIN – “YOUNGER NEXT YEAR”
  • JACOB VARMUS SEPTET – “AEGEAN”
  • CARRIE WICKS – “MAYBE”
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!  

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour- The Legendary Les McCann!

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:October 23, 2015

Heads-up Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour goers -- our monthly happy hour will be one for the books because we're bringing the legendary, Les McCann to the historic Lafayette Hotel, TONIGHT at 5PM! Please note: There's a $10 cover charge (cash only!) and you MUST be 21+ to attend! There will also be hosted food and a full cash bar with happy hour prices! Oh, and if you're worried about parking, don't fret--there's an overflow parking lot (FREE!) on the corner of Howard and Texas Streets. We'll be downstairs in the Mississippi Ballroom and we really hope to see you there!

Jazz 88.3 2015 Fall Membership Drive!

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Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:October 21, 2015

Our membership campaign has concluded. We are so grateful for your support and so thankful to have you join or re-join our jazzy family. As of now, our un-official total is just north of $193,000, our largest ever membership campaign total. So, congratulations to you, our members! Also, congratulations to all of our sweepstakes winners! If you didn't win your trip to Cuba you can still go (see details), or call 206-842-9775. If you didn't get a chance to make a pledge you can still do so and get in on some of the pledge premiums like Cuba, Sinatra's house and so much more! CHECK OUT YOUR OPTIONS! Or, you can still give us a ring- CALL 619-388-3000 or here's a link to take care of that now.

Randy Brecker Goes RandyPOP! In The New Jazz Releases for October 19 2015

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Posted on:October 19, 2015

Randy Brecker celebrates his 70th Birthday with a new collection of Pop covers leading the new release to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library for October 20, 2015. These new releases will be featured by all your favorite Jazz 88.3 hosts in the weeks to come!
New Jazz Music in the Jazz 88.3 Music Library 2015.10.19
  • DOUG BEAVERS – “TITANES DEL TROMBÓN”
  • RANDY BRECKER – “RANDYPOP!”
  • AMINA FIGAROVA – “BLUE WHISPER”
  • “SINNE EEG / THOMAS FONNESBǢK”
  • JOSH EVANS – “HOPE AND DESPAIR”
  • GARDEN DISTRICT TRIO – “THEN AND NOW”
  • DALE HEAD – “SWING STRAIGHT UP”
  • WHITNEY MARCHELLE – “DIG DIS”
  • NEW YORK ELECTRIC PIANO – “BLACK HOLE IN ONE”
  • KIM NALLEY – “BLUES PEOPLE”
  • LOGAN STROSAHL TEAM – “UP WE GO”
  • PATRICK WILLIAMS – “HOME SUITE HOME”
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!  

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

A Tribute To Nina Simone!

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:October 14, 2015

The Westgate Hotel will pay homage to singer, pianist, composer and activist, Nina Simone, TONIGHT at 7PM in the stunning Versailles Ballroom. While savoring an exquisite three-course menu (including two glasses of wine) created by executive chef, Fabrice Hardel, you'll also enjoy four decades worth of timeless music, adapted by the Lorraine Castellanos Quintet featuring renowned trumpeter, Gilbert Castellanos. This will be one enchanted evening you certainly won't want to miss! Retro-glamour attire is strongly encouraged! For more information, or to make a reservation for this highly anticipated event, click here!
Read full article at: A Tribute To Nina Simone!

This Is The New Jazz Thing October 12 2015

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:October 12, 2015

Debuts of the new jazz music getting added this week, preview of our Artist of the Week, Birthday and On This Day Upcoming Highlights, Jazz and Blues Calendar Preview, and more New Jazz Things! LIVE Monday, September 28, 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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Fischer, Garner Previously Unreleased Tracks New in the Jazz 88.3 Music Library

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Posted on:October 12, 2015

Previously unreleased recordings by Clare Fischer and Errol Garner headline the New Jazz Music being added to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library the week of October 12, 2015. These new releases will be featured by all your favorite Jazz 88.3 hosts in the weeks to come!
New This Week in the Jazz 88.3 Music Library October 12, 2015
  • WHITE OUT w/ NELS CLINE – “ACCIDENTAL SKIES” ~ Northern Spy Records
  • DAVE CHAMBERLAIN’S BAND of BONES – “STOMP!” ~ Self-Produced
  • CLARE FISCHER – “OUT OF THE BLUE” ~ Clavo Records
  • ERROLL GARNER – “THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA” *EXTENDED REISSUE ~ Columbia
  • SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON – “LIVE IN BERN” ~ Capri
  • FRANK KOHL QUARTET – “INVISIBLE MAN” ~ Pony Boy Records
  • KIRK MACDONALD – “VISTA OBSCURA” ~ Addo Records
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!  

READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....

Previous Jazz and Blues Music Winners and Honorees of the San Diego Music Awards

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Posted on:October 5, 2015

We've scoured the lists of San Diego Music Awards Winners and Lifetime Achievement Honorees to bring you the Jazz and Blues artists that have won and been honored at all previous shows, starting in 1991. You curious folks will be able to wow your friends with answer to such questions as "How Many Jazz and Blues Artists have Lifetime Achievement Awards?" or "Who Was The First (and Only) Jazz Artist to Win Artist of the Year?" or "What two Jazz 88 Hosts have received a Lifetime Achievement Award?" or you can make up your own "San Diego Music Awards Jazz and Blues Trivial Pursuit" game and play it with your friends!  READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE for the complete list by year...

Previous Jazz and Blues Music Winners and Honorees of the San Diego Music Awards

Phil Woods, alto sax, 1931-2015

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Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:September 29, 2015

The iconic alto saxophonist Phil Woods has passed away. As a teen he studied with Lennie Tristano, got inspired by Charlie Parker, and toured the world with Dizzy Gillespie. Later, Buddy Rich, Quincy Jones, and Benny Goodman benefited from his creativity. Pop Culture reference: Phil Woods was the sax solo on Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are." There is, of course, so much more to his legacy. Keep listening...

This Is The New Jazz Thing September 28 2015 - Matt Smith Gabriel Sundy SDJazz

Blog Name:The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw

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Posted on:September 28, 2015

On the show this week...San Diego Jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader Matt Smith drops by to give us a preview of the Thursday, October 1, 2015, 5-7:30 Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour at The Lafayette Hotel with The Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio and brings along San Diego saxophonist and leader of the Applebrown Jazz Ensemble, Gabriel Sundy, to chat about several other gigs the boys are featured in during October. We debut music from 7 new Jazz releases to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library for the week of September 28, 2015, along with tunes from Jazz 88.3 Artist of the Week Dave Holland, this week's Jazz 88.3 Blues Jam Guest Janice Edwards, and tunes from San Diego Jazz artists Jenn Renee Cruz and Steve Torok who have upcoming CD Release Parties and special performances that Jazz 88.3 is proud to support. 

READ THE FULL ARTICLE to Stream the Full Show and Interview Segments, See the Playlist, Check Out Video and Pictures, Surf Links, and MORE!