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Blues Jazz Live

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:December 2, 2014

Jazz Live gets the Blues. Tuesday, December 9th a 8pm. The Saville Theater will get that blues feeling courtesy of Earl Thomas and Rhumboogie. Listen to a preview of the concert. If you are a valid Jazz 88.3 member you and guest get to go for free, just make your reservation by calling 619-388-3037. Tickets will be available at the door after 7:30pm the night of the show. Please remember that parking pass.

That Jazzy Gift...

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:November 30, 2014

Spread the love. Spread the Jazz! You can give a membership to Jazz 88.3 to a friend or loved one this year, and they'll get a year's worth of great Jazz concerts! Not to mention the warm and fuzzy feeling that great Jazz is being broadcast in their name.  Give a gift membership!

35th San Diego Jazz Fest Swings Americas Finest City Thanksgiving Week 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 23, 2014

The 35th Annual San Diego Jazz Fest, presented by America's Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society (AFCDJS), will be swinging the Town and Country Convention Center Wednesday, November 26 through Sunday, November 30 with over 30 bands and guest artists, 8 venues, double dance floors, hours and hours of great trad, swing, boogie woogie, ragtime and more. Download the event flyer. 
  • LISTEN to Inside Art host Dave Drexler previewing the 35th Annual San Diego Jazz Fest. 

Read the entire article for more coverage of the festival

6 Reasons For San Diego Jazz Fans To Vote In The JazzTimes Readers Poll 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 19, 2014

While it’s good in any case to let your Jazz voice be heard in the JazzTimes Readers Poll 2014...and an entry for a package to the 2015 Portland Jazz Festival ain’t a bad one itself, San Diego Jazz fans have at least 6 more reasons to get their vote in before the polls close at 5 p.m. EST on Monday, November 24.

Here's the first one...Read The Entire Article to see the rest...or better yet...add a comment and give your suggestion for more San Diegan's to Write In!

1. Holly Hofmann - Best Flutist

Are You Seeing Kronomorfic at The Loft at UCSD TONIGHT? #SDJazz Hashtag Experiment

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 17, 2014


Post to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+ with the San Diego Jazz hashtag, #SDJazzand San Diego's Jazz 88.3 will retweet, share, like, and all number of things social with your Jazzy contribution to what should be an awesome evening exhibiting what's GREAT about our San Diego Jazz Scene! 


For instance...#SDJazz Twitter Search (may change to @Jazz88 Twitter Feed as we start retweeting and such)....



Read the entire article for #SDJazz embeds, and more about this great band and CD...which you can hear on San Diego's Jazz 88.3!

Embed #SDJazz Facebook Thread

Coleman Hawkins - Jazz 88 Artist of the Week November 17 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 17, 2014

Jeffery Zeigler Comes To San Diego - Jazz 88 HAS TICKETS FOR YOU!

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 13, 2014

Cellist Jeffery Zeigler, deemed by the New York Times as a cellist who performs “with unforced simplicity and beauty of tone,”, is coming to San Diego in an ArtPower! at UC San Diego show on Thursday, November 20, 8pm. AND JAZZ 88 HAS TICKETS FOR YOU!
  1. Complete the entry form below to be entered in the random drawing for 5 pairs of tickets. 
  2. Get a 2nd (and 3rd) entry by Retweeting our Twitter announcements and Sharing our Facebook Announcement
  3. Check out some of the Jeffery's music and info from links below
Congratulations to Hillary! She picked up two tickets to see Jeffery Zeigler! Jazz 88 will have tickets to the upcoming Michael Dessen and Charlie Arbelaez show at The Loft at UCSD...stay tuned!

Read the entire article for your chance at additional entries in the ticket drawing and more on Jeffery Zeigler....

Pardon Our Dust (or whatever...)

Blog Name:Home Page News

Blog Author:San Diego's Jazz 88.3

Posted on:November 11, 2014

As you can imagine there are innumerable details and surprises at every turn with our current move. Rest assured that we are taking all precautions to keep the music flowing through the device of your choosing; radio, computer, mobile, etc., but we are having intermittent outages in both the on-air signal and the stream. If you're in a bind for some KSDS content remember, The Speakeasy has a lot of cool stuff that you may not have heard recently. Thanks for your patience during this time...and now back to the business at hand.

Ticket Giveaway For Airto and Eyedentity at The Loft at UCSD Saturday November 15

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 11, 2014

Airto and Eyedentity are coming to The Loft at UCSD, Saturday, November 15, 8PM and Jazz 88 has TICKETS FOR YOU! Just enter your name, email, and phone below for a chance drawing for one of 5 pair of tickets to the event. We will contact you if you've won tickets. UPDATE 11/12/14 8:45 AM: Drawing closed :( but..

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Increase your chance of winning by ReTweeting our Twitter post and Share our Facebook post! You will get one additional entry in the drawing for each RT/Share!

WE HAVE WINNERS! Congratulations to Tomas, Tom, Steven, Oswald, and Andrew, who will be seeing Airto and Eyedentity!

RETWEET THIS to receive another entry in the drawing!

SHARE THIS to receive another entry in the drawing!


Houston Person - Jazz 88 Artist of the Week November 10 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:November 10, 2014

Houston Person, who AllMusic.com calls "A rock-solid, full-toned tenor saxophonist who played ballads and blues with flair, expressive ardor, and power." is the Jazz 88 Artist of the Week for November 10, 2014. LISTEN for his music all week on San Diego's Jazz 88.3. 

Check out a preview of Houston from our Portrait In Jazz archive...



Read the entire article for links to more information about this great Jazz artist!