July 23, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 22, 2012 Dizzy’s @ 98 Bottles Diane Moser, piano; Mark Dresser, bass This evening to celebrate their CD, “Duetto.” Our own brilliant bassist, Mark Dresser, continues to wow me with all the gorgeous sounds he creates on his bass. …
July 23, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 18, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
So, there's not as much good music here as in NYC but the weather is gorgeous - 72 - and a picnic at the La Jolla beach this evening was not so bad: fish tacos while the sun sets. Music …
July 14, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 13, 2012 Jazz Gallery CD Release concert: Hafez Moderqadek’s “Post-Chromodal Out!” Quite a line-up: Hafez, saxophone; Amir ElSaffar, trumpet; Royal Harrtigan, drums; Vijay Iyer, piano; Ken Filiano, bass. Vijay performed at Spruce Street Forum back when he was still …
July 14, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 12 Kitano Jazz Club David Lopato Quartet: Lopata, piano; Marty Ehrlich, soprano sax, B flat clarinet, flute; Ratzo Harris, bass (6-string); Richie Barshay, drums. I went to hear Marty and was pleased to hear the other good musicians as …
July 13, 2012 | Posted in Fresh Sound
James Chute has promoted the new Fresh Sound season in the new issue of the San Diego Union Tribune and we've updated our site with our info. And now you have this info. It’s all good for Bonnie Wright’s fall …
July 13, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 11, 2012 Barge Music: Here and Now Series Flux Quartet: Tom Chiu, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello John Cage “Centennial Celebration” Part 2 Barge Music always amazes me. It overlooks the Frank Gehry building …
July 11, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 10, 2012 Guggenheim Museum Composing with Patterns: Music at Mid-Century One wonderful night after another. This was put together by talented Christopher McIntyre and Luke DuBois with Luke presenting an informative pre-concert talk in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. …
July 11, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 8, 2012 MoMA Summergarden New Juilliard Ensemble New Music for Large Ensembles I went to this because Henrik Strindberg’s music was being performed. Henrik is from Stockholm and I met him in Iceland at the Nordic Days Music Festival …
July 11, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
July 7, 2012 River to River Festival Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts The Source of Uncertainty II with Morton Subotnick What a night. I was so pleased to hear both historical and new music by Subotnick as well as …