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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.

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 22nd

  • Ronnie Ball (Piano) was born in Birmingham, England, 1927–1984.
  • Nick Ceroli (Drums and Percussion) was born in Warren, OH, 1939–1985.
  • Danny Polo (Clarinet) was born in Toluca, IL, 1901–1949.
  • Joe Wilson (Vocals-Lead) was born in Bristow, OK, 1935–2011.
  • John Patitucci (Bass) was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1959.
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On This Day

December 22nd in Jazz History…

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet makes its' first recording for Prestige in 1952.
  • Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers cut their first date with Blue Note records in 1947.
  • And Jimmy Lunceford records "Blues in the Night" for Decca in 1941.
  • "Interlude" was recorded in 1947, and in 1958 the Stan Kenton orchestra records "Theme for Sunday" in Hollywood.
  • Woody Herman and his orchestra recorded "River Red Blues" in New York City in 1938.
  • Chet Baker records "Pro Defunctus" in 1953 for Pacific Jazz.
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