Jazz 88.3 is proud to support the San Diego Jazz Party, happening Friday through Sunday, February 24th-26th at the Hilton Hotel in Del Mar! The San Diego Jazz Party carries on a tradition of presenting classic, mainstream jazz to the public on an annual basis in a weekend-long festival featuring outstanding musicians from across the country in a relaxed, intimate setting. If you've never been, this is definitely the year to attend. Check out the spectacular line-up for this 3-day festival by clicking here!
Welcome to the Sunday, February 12, 2017 installment of The Jazz 88 Round Up on KSDS San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 and Jazz88.org. I’m Vince Outlaw and on the February 12, 2017 installment of the Round Up, KSDS Celebrates Recorded Jazz’s 100th Anniversary by taking your votes for YOUR TOP RECORDED JAZZ TUNES, plus ArtPower at UC San Diego Jazz Concert Series gets announced, kicked off, snow delayed...find out what’s next! We also look forward to what’s happening next week on the Live Music scene from the San Diego Jazz and Blues Calendar at Jazz88.org, plus what you will be hearing on your radio this week, and what’s up ahead for Jazz in San Diego, the world, and on your radio! So, let’s get to the Round Up!
San Diego's Jazz 88.3 celebrated 100 years of recorded jazz (2/26). Back, in 1917, The Original Dixieland Jass Band cut two sides for the Victor Recording Label. Since then we have been blessed with hundreds of quintessential jazz recordings. We aired our Top 100 Jazz Recordings (voted on by the KSDS listeners) to celebrate this historic date. Thank you for all the votes and support during this historic date. You can always become a member- just call 619-388-3301 or pledge here. HERE'S THE FULL LIST...
Jazz 88.3 is proud to support ArtPower's 3-part jazz concert series!The series concludes this Sunday, March 19th, with award-winning vocalist, Charenee Wade (rescheduled from 2/9/17). This is one series that's sure to be splendid--don't miss it! To purchase tickets, simply click here! SERIES ARTISTS AND MORE...
Welcome to the Sunday, January 29, 2017 installment of The Jazz 88 Round Up on KSDS San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 and Jazz88.org. on the January 29, 2017 installment of the Round Up: This past week heard Jazz Explorations with Ken Poston starting a multi-week series on that hot bed of West Coast Jazz, Contemporary Records, plus the Jazz 88 Studios on Curran Plaza at San Diego City College played host to several guests from the local Jazz community, so we’ll look back at that and other news from our social media channels. We also look forward to what’s happening next week on the Live Music scene from the San Diego Jazz and Blues Calendar at Jazz88.org including Jazz superstar Donald Harrison’s upcoming La Jolla Athenaeum Jazz Series appearance, plus what you will be hearing on your radio this week, including a preview of next week’s Inside Art interview with Branford Marsalis talking about vocalist and collaborator Kurt Elling , and what’s up ahead for Jazz in San Diego, the world, and on your radio! So, let’s get to the Round Up!
Welcome to the Sunday, January 22, 2017 installment of The Jazz 88 Round Up on KSDS San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 and Jazz88.org. On the January 15, 2017 installment of the Round Up, we look back at this week’s Jazz Live San Diego featuring the Mark Dresser Quintet, the 2017 kick-off of the Jazz at the Jacobs series by the San Diego Symphony spotlighting West Coast Jazz, along with what was trending on Jazz 88 Social Media. We take a look at what’s happening on the Live Music scene in San Diego from the Jazz88.org San Diego Jazz and Blues Calendar, what you will be hearing on your radio this week, and what’s up ahead for Jazz. So, lets get to the Round Up!Last Week's Show...will become this week's when the audio is loaded to the Speakeasy...
Saxophonist, Bandleader, and Author of "Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron", Paul Combs, dropped into the Jazz 88.3 studios to preview his February 21, 2017 quintet performance at Jazz Live San Diego celebrating the life of Jazz great Tadd Dameron [TICKETS / INFO] . Paul gives us a quick bio of Tadd Dameron, teases the special, little-heard music the quintet will be featuring on Jazz Live, and provides some background, along with a musical selection, of Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane.
Welcome to the Sunday, January 15, 2017 installment of The Jazz 88 Round Up on KSDS San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 and Jazz88.org. On the January 15, 2017 installment of the Round Up, we look back at this week’s Jazz Live San Diego featuring the Mark Dresser Quintet, the 2017 kick-off of the Jazz at the Jacobs series by the San Diego Symphony spotlighting West Coast Jazz, along with what was trending on Jazz 88 Social Media. We take a look at what’s happening on the Live Music scene in San Diego from the Jazz88.org San Diego Jazz and Blues Calendar, what you will be hearing on your radio this week, and what’s up ahead for Jazz. So, lets get to the Round Up!
February is Black History Month and Jazz Live will be celebrating one of the architects of modern jazz composition and orchestration, Tadd Dameron. The concert will be TONIGHTat 8pm and it will feature saxophonist and the world's foremost expert on Tadd Dameron, Paul Combs. His quintet along with special guest, pianist Bill Cunliffe will be playing Tadd's compositions all night long for this very special evening of music. If you are a valid Jazz 88 member you can reserve up to 2 free tickets in the Speakeasy. For the general public you can purchase tickets for $10 by calling 619-388-3301. The parking pass needs to be printed and displayed.MORE ON SHOW...
Welcome to the Sunday, January 8, 2017 installment of The Jazz 88 Round Up on KSDS San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 and Jazz88.org. On our first Round Up of 2017, we look back at how we rang out 2016 with New Years Eve Across America and our renewed partnership with the La Jolla Athenaeum for their 2017 Jazz Series at The Library and Art Center, along with what was hot on Jazz 88 social media. We take a look at the upcoming week of Live Jazz and Blues in San Diego which includes the highly-anticipated Mark Dresser Quintet at Jazz Live San Diego Tuesday, January 10, what’s planned for broadcast this week on your station, and a look at head at 2017