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Instrument: Trumpet
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Gilbert Castellanos
Gilbert Castellanos, renowned musician, composer, curator, educator and arranger based in San Diego, is one of the hottest jazz trumpeters in the United States today. Adept in straight-ahead, as well as Latin and Afro Cuban jazz, Castellanos has become a leading figure of the vibrant, diverse and flourishing jazz scene in America’s Finest City. An established scene-maker on the West Coast, Castellanos is the Artistic Curator of both of the San Diego Symphony's highly successful jazz series - Jazz at The Jacobs and Bayside Summer Nights - which have featured some of today's brightest stars including Gregory Porter, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdes, Dianne Reeves, Cecile McLorin Salvant, John Faddis and more. Castellanos’ talents are also renowned in the dance community
Espérame en el Cielo
Label: Z Note Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bilad As Sudan; Home Is Africa; Espérame en el Cielo; Will You Still Be Mine; Totem Pole; New Delhi; La
Puerta; Big P; Espérame en el Cielo (Bonus).
Ken Laster's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2023
by Ken Laster
I always resist publishing Best Of" lists this time of year. In these days of independent publishing and unlimited streaming, there is so much new jazz music being released that it is virtually impossible to hear all of what is out there. Rather than presume to anoint the best-of's, this is a list of my top ...
San Diego's High School Ensemble Wins Coveted Jazz Award
San Diego's Young Lions Jazz Conservatory (YLJC) is proud to announce that New Soil Ensemble has won the prestigious Downbeat Student Music Awards for High School Honors Ensemble Outstanding Performance. The DownBeat awards are considered among the most coveted student honors in the music industry. This is the 46th annual Student Music Awards which were launched ...
Ben Wolfe, Trombone Shorty, Margie Hyams & Mike Dillon
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 788th Episode of Neon Jazz with vibraphonist and Kansas City native Mike Dillon and Punkadelic with music off their 2023 album Inflorescence. We follow that with Punkadelic member Brian Haas of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and their take on The Beatles Julia" from their last studio album Winterwood Revealed. From there, we ...
Gilbert Castellanos: Espérame en el Cielo
by Ken Laster
San Diego's Gilbert Castellanos has been an important and consequential force on the West Coast jazz scene for years. He has appeared on dozens of recordings and often shares the stage with Charles McPherson, Willie Jones III, Gerald Clayton and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. As an educator, Castellanos is the founder and artistic director of the ...
Live Art At The Wednesday Night Jazz Jam At Panama 66
by Brian Meyer
A collection of artwork painted live at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam at Panama 66 in San Diego from May 2022 to September 2022. This jam is led by Gilbert Castellanos, happening every Wednesday from 7-10:30 at the San Diego Museum of Art, inside their restaurant Panama 66. The first hour is led by students from ...
Christopher Hollyday: Dialogue
by Angelo Leonardi
Il ritorno discografico di Christopher Hollydaya un quarto di secolo dall'ultimo discoè proprio una sorpresa. Chi segue il jazz dei primi anni novanta ricorderà il formidabile debutto del sax contralto non ancora ventenne in un disco da leader per l'RCA/Novus, accompagnato da Wallace Roney, Cedar Walton, David Williams e Billy Higgins. Un talento naturale dalla tecnica ...
On April 7, Visionary Avant-Garde Composer Joe Garrison Returns With “the People Upstairs”
As a 25-year veteran of pushing the boundaries of modern composition, prolific musician Joe Garrison is getting set to introduce his most adventurous project yet. Releasing April 7, The People Upstairs is the follow-up to 2013’s Veranda, which the jny: San Diego Troubadour favorably compared to the ground-breaking work of Oliver Nelson while also landing in ...