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 Our next Jazz Live happening TONIGHT, features the straightahead creativity of bassist Henry "Skipper" Franklin. He leads a quartet with Theo Saunders piano, Ramon Banda drums, and Chuck Manning sax. There's still time for Jazz 88.3 members to reserve their free tickets--just give us a call at (619) 388-3037. Comfy seating, good acoustics in the Saville Theatre at City College. 8pm. Please Print the Parking Permit. We'll see you tonight! |
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San Diego Jazz Legend Peter Sprague brings the vocal to Jazz Live San Diego in celebration of his latest CD, the all-vocal release "Ocean In Your Eyes", Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 8-10 PM PT. The 2 hour Jazz Live broadcast includes an interview with Peter and his vocal collaborators and a preview of our next Jazz Live (Henry "Skipper" Franklin, 7/8/14). There's a lot that goes on before, during, and after the show, and we'll do our best to capture it all right here on the Jazz Live San Diego Blog... scroll to the bottom of the post to see how you can be part of the show. - Jazz 88 Speakeasy (On-Demand, Click to Play): Peter Sprague "Ocean In Your Eyes" at Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 (1:33:54)
- Jazz 88 Speakeasy: Peter Sprague, Kevyn Lettau, Matt Falker, Lisa Hightower, Leonard Patton "Ocean In Your Eyes" Interview at Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 (18:46)
- Jazz 88 Speakeasy: Preview of Henry "Skipper" Franklin at Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, July 8, 2014 (7:08)
After the jump, more pictures from the show, video of the Jazz Live Interview with ALL THE VOCALISTS from the show, and your chance to comment on the show... |
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 You might notice the subtle realignment with the blogname. If not it's okay, but it will bring into sharper focus the team effort being invested into Progressive Nights, the new sound of jazz radio (not a trademark phrase but it ought to be). Monday through Thursday, 10pm to Midnight. Chad Fox, Tony McGee, and yours truly. Let me just go ahead and preempt the suggestion of an over-the-line team called "The Progressive Knights." First fail is no vulgarity in team name. Sorry.- Go listen to Horace Silver right now. Anything you can get to. No need to go overboard. Just listen awhile and savor the sweet bluesy jazz.
- I keep coming back to the Index of Possibilities. Much of my programming spins out of this concept. One key to the Index is don't get too tense.
- Go listen to Eric Dolphy. Maybe you think you aren't ready. Maybe you're fooling yourself. Start with his version of "Tenderly."
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| Horace Silver was a Jazz Musician of the highest calibre. Two of the most famous Jazz Tunes ever are his. "Song For My Father" and "Senor Blues." If you're familiar with Horace Silver then you're already in your personal ritual. If, somehow, you are unfamiliar with Horace Silver we urge you to research this very creative musician. Rest in peace, Horace Silver. |
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| Hometown favorite Peter Sprague will shine some of his musical genius on Jazz Live, TONIGHT. Bassist Gunnar Biggs and drummer Duncan Moore will be there, as well as vocalists Leonard Patton, Kevyn Lettau, Lisa Hightower, and Matt Falker. Sprague will galvanize this talented group into a wonderous recreation of his latest recording "Ocean In Your Eyes." Jazz 88.3 Members can reserve tickets at 619-388-3037. Please print the parking permit. City College Saville Theatre, 8pm. |
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Forgetting something, omitting something else, and maybe not enough to go around. These are the conditions which prevail.- Dawn of Midi tomorrow night at the Soda Bar.
- Eric Dolphy/Booker Little blazing through Status Seeking
- Christian Scott played "The Eraser" better than Thom Yorke wrote it.
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A funny thing happened on the way to Free Time. It started two hours early with Percussive Profiles!- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie to Elvin Jones "The Drum Thing." Then Peter Erskine for sixty minutes. E Ticket Ride right there. Some heavier lifting helps one appreciate a lighter load. I'm talking about duration.
- Larger groups in this evening's Creative Music section. 8 Bold Souls, Big Trouble, David Murray, and Keefe Jackson. Small groups allow for the space and structure but larger groups seem to swell and teeter and then all the directions that music starts flying in like a blizzard or levitation.
- The Dropper might land on your toe if you aren't ready so here's Uninvisible by Medeski Martin & Wood.
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Jazz Guitar Innovator, Stanley Jordan will be our next Jazz Live guest! It's all happening TONIGHT at 8PM at the Saville Theater on the City College campus. The show is officially SOLD OUT, so please plan accordingly. Also, please print the parking pass! We'll see you tonight!
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The Index of Possibilities is deployed transparently throughout any programming span, regardless of projection intent. It illuminates the phrase "more of a guideline than a rule" and The Index can also take the heat in a pinch, as in "that escalated quickly." - Mantra by Alice Coltrane to begin. Joe Henderson and Pharoah Sanders pretty much on edge from beginning to end. Not much more, not much less. Mantra.
- Song for Charles by the Art Ensemble of Chicago to start Free Time. No one has ever knitted the sounds created into such a solid aural fabric of fascination. Maybe it's just me. (paris, 1969)
- Make your own Index of Possibilities. Wrap your brain around it, see what it can do for you. Everybody's different!
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Tonight's program shamelessly pandering to the broadest demographic of Jazzheads if they are free wheeling modernists unconcerned by implications of structure and/or the suggestion of reconstructed textures vis-a-vis oblique voicings. It's a three day weekend where we should be more thankful than Thanksgiving. Game On!- I felt like the first hour should have been enjoyable if one is anywhere near the above rhetorical description.
- Sun Ra was born 100 years ago, hence the spotlight tonight. I just call it Sun Ra Day. It could be any day of the year. It will always be special. Besides, I don't want to get into it about the Saturn thing.
- So many angles to Jazz. Swangin'!
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