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Member Match for Spring Campaign
Sometimes leaving a dollar in a tip jar encourages others to tip. Our Member Match funding is sort of like that. We ask our new and re-joining members to give now, ahead of the Spring Membership Campaign (3/20-27), to encourage others to do the same. We use this money to match other new and re-joining pledges. Thank you in advance.
Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour 3/18
If you need a Happy Hour this week, go to the Park Manor Suites Thursday, March 18 at 5pm. Follow the music of the B3-Four. They will entertain you at the Top of the Park. Mingle and consume responsibly until 7:30, then it's everybody downstairs for Janice Edwards and Tommy Gannon. Reservations aren't necessary, admission is free, but 21 years or older is how it is.
Jazz In North Park 4/7
Jazz 88.3 and Lyric Opera San Diego are proud to announce the Jazz In North Park Series at the Birch North Park Theatre. Wednesday, April 7. The series brings two piano greats- Kenny Werner & Mike Wofford for a terrific duo concert. Jazz In North Park will present a concert every First Wednesday until July. Another cool thing is that Jazz 88.3 members enjoy a $5 discount with their valid Membership card.
Ron Galon RIP
Jazz has lost a great advocate. Ron Galon passed away on February 26, 2010. While at KPBS, and later at KSDS, he taught us the subtlety of a ballad, the nuance of Rollins v Gordon, and the innovation of Duke. One night his voice boomed into the airbooth phone, not unlike Zeus, "What are you going to do now?" Rest in Peace, Ron Galon.
Donating Strategically
When it comes time to evaluate your taxes for 2009, remember that donating your used car, truck, boat, or RV may be tax deductible. Plus, your used vehicle donation benefits Public Jazz Radio. Call 1-888-JAZZ-CAR and find out how you can help Your Favorite Jazz Station.
Check FAQ about vehicular donatability.
The Afrobeat Diaries, Part 8 - Knitting Factory rolls out Fela Kuti reissue program (continued)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 Part 7 of The Afrobeat Diaries reviewed the first three discs in Knitting Factory’s launch batch of Fela Kuti reissues, the six-disc "Chop ’N’ Quench" batch. The first three discs span the years 1964-72, and follow Kuti’s music as it evolved from the highlife-jazz hybrid of the mid 1960s to the almost fully formed Afrobeat of the early 1970s...
Byard Lancaster -- Sounds of Liberation: New Horizons
Sounds of Liberation New Horizons Porter Records 2010 In the years following saxophonist John Coltrane’s death and the related dearth of opportunities to perform and record the New Music stateside, a significant body of musicians relocated to Europe, to ply their art in a more receptive atmosphere. Reedman Byard Lancaster was one of the second wave of American free jazz musicians to relocate to Paris in the late 1960s, recording and gigging as part of drummer Sunny Murray’s Acoustical Swing Unit and leading his own ensembles with musicians like pianist Francois Tusques, conguero Keino Speller and Congolese guitarist Francois Nyombo. But Lancaster always maintained a connection to his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as a staunch commitment to playing music that was both avant-garde and decidedly "for the people"--hence his oft-repeated tagline "From A Love Supreme to the Sex Machine...
