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Anthony Davis Ensemble Live at Dizzy's San Diego, February 20, 2011
by Robert Bush
Anthony Davis EnsembleDizzy's, San DiegoSan Diego, CAFebruary 20, 2011 Composer and pianist Anthony Davis is a modern day renaissance man. Not only is he a master of multiple jazz disciplines, he also has composed several critically acclaimed operas. His classical works have often dealt with controversial subjects, such as Tania, ...
Red Holloway Quartet: San Diego, February 8, 2011
by Robert Bush
Red Holloway Quartet with Plas JohnsonSaville Theater, San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, CAFebruary 8, 2011 Red Holloway has “been there and done that" when it comes to jazz standards and all forms of the blues. While normally his specialties are both playing the tenor saxophone and belting out blues vocals, ...
Mark Dresser, Matthias Ziegler and Denman Maroney: San Diego, February 4, 2011
by Robert Bush
Mark Dresser / Denman Maroney / Matthias ZieglerConrad Prebys Concert Hall, UCSDSan Diego, CAFebruary 4, 2011 Dresser, Maroney and Ziegler have a wealth of performing experience as a unit, although surprisingly, this was their first performance together since 2003. Held in the acoustically superb Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, this reunion ...
Bert Turetzky / George Lewis / Vinny Golia: Triangulation II
by Robert Bush
Bert Turetzky / George Lewis / Vinny GoliaTriangulation 11Kadima Collective2010 The trio at work here consists of three giants of improvised music. On trombone, George Lewis has few peers; multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has been a rock of the Los Angeles free-jazz scene for over 30 years; and contrabassist ...
Geoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague Band: Mill Creek Road
by Robert Bush
Geoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague BandMill Creek RoadSBE Records2011 Pianist Geoffrey Keezer and guitarist Peter Sprague have combined their considerable musical forces in forming this band, the first fruits of which are available now as Mill Creek Road on Sprague's own SBE Records. They are joined in this ...
Kristin Korb / Cosmologic with Anthony Davis at Conrad Prebys Recital Hall in San Diego
by Robert Bush
Kristin Korb / Cosmologic with special guest Anthony DavisConrad Prebys Recital Hall, UCSDSan Diego, CAJanuary 22, 2011 UCSD's internationally heralded music department hosted concerts by returning alumni and faculty in a weeklong celebration of the program's many successes. Saturday night's affair featured singer/double-bassist Kristin Korb playing solo and the wonderful, ...
Oliver Lake Solo: San Diego, December 17, 2010
by Robert Bush
Oliver Lake Sushi Performance and Visual Arts San Diego, CA December 17, 2010 Saxophonist, composer, poet and painter Oliver Lake stands at the top of his profession alongside such giants as his contemporaries, multi-instrumentalists Anthony Braxton, and Roscoe Mitchell. His solo concert at Sushi Performance and Visual Arts was the ...
Nnenna Freelon Live At The Saville Theater, San Diego
by Robert Bush
Nnenna Freelon Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego, CA November 9, 2010 Vocalist Nnenna Freelon has enjoyed her share of commercial success over the years (she's been nominated for six Grammy Awards), but not enough to damage her artistic integrity. She's got one hell of a voice, which ...
Mark Dresser Quintet Live at Dizzy's, San Diego
by Robert Bush
Mark Dresser QuintetDizzy'sSan Diego, CAOctober 10, 2010 Double bass virtuoso Mark Dresser is a player whose expertise in multiple genres defies categorization. His is the story of the student becoming the maestro. Growing up, he was inspired by rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and bassist/composer Charles Mingus, and he began his ...
Mark Dresser: Guts
by Robert Bush
Mark DresserGutsKadima Collective Recordings2010 He doesn't receive anywhere near the publicity given to his friend, and fellow bassist, William Parker, but make no mistake about it: Mark Dresser is a giant in the free jazz / new music continuum and has been so for years. Dresser has been ...
