by The Editors on July 20, 2012
Carlsbadistan’s Jazz in The Park has finally made the jump from the Eastern Front and back into Carlsbadistan as Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums (featuring Carmen Getit) boogie woogie up Poinsettia Park with a sound so swinging it may be dangerous for some audience members.
Their witty battle of the sexes, waged on his boogie boogie piano and her swinging’ guitar, is backed by some crazy sax action. Consummate musicians who love to entertain, this group brings back the days of saddle shoes and porkpie hats, so brush up on your jitterbug!
Bring a chair, a drink, and your dancing shoes. Poinsettia Park is located at the corner of Hidden Valley Road and Turnstone Road in Carlsbad. Jump, jive, and then you swing. . .
by The Editors on August 19, 2011
Tonight, August 19, 2011, Carlsbadistan’s Jazz In The Park is finished. The end. If you’ve been wanting to go all summer, and you’ve let the gray, overcast skies keep you away, this is your last chance. Tonight, San Diego-based Monette Marino-Keita will be drumming up a storm with her own brand of Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and traditional Korean rhythms.
Her music blends African and Latin rhythms and melodies inside funk and rock grooves and her all-star band includes Grammy and Emmy award-winners Larry Mitchell on guitar, Allan Phillips on keyboards and Mike Holguin on drums.
Get to Calavera Hills Park early and get a spot near the stage. There’s nothing like seeing hands on a drum up close.
[Link: Jazz In The Park]
by The Editors on August 11, 2011
Tomorrow night (Friday, August 12, 2011), under a likely layer of fog and high clouds (if the last week has been any indication) Bluesman John Nemeth will take the Carlsbadistan Jazz In The Park Calavera Hills Park stage and blow the summer blues away with his buttery smooth voice and red hot harp.
John Nemeth is a singer steeped in the tradition of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Junior Parker, and a harmonica player of riveting intensity and virtuosity who evokes comparison to Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. In 10 short years, he’s moved up to opening for Robert Cray, Keb Mo’, and Earl Thomas.
Nemeth will be headlining Friday night, so get to Calavera Hills Park early and bring something to share with your friends and neighbors.
[Link: Jazz In The Park]
by The Editors on August 1, 2011
Things are about to heat up at Carlsbadistan’s Jazz In The Park as Big Sam’s Funky Nation blasts open the Calavera Hills Park leg of the TGIF tour on Friday, August 5, 2011. Lead by trombonist “Big Sam” Willams, the Funky Nation reportedly mixes in the sounds of Hendrix, old Steely Dan and even a little Dave Brubeck “Take Five.”
Calavera Hills Park, is located at 2997 Glasgow Dr. at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive. Free shuttle service will operate between 4:30 and 9 p.m. from Hope Elementary School, 3010 Tamarack Dr. and from Calavera Hills School, 4100 Tamarack Dr. at College Avenue. Bring your picnic baskets.
[Link: Jazz In The Park]
by The Editors on July 11, 2011
Carlsbadistan’s Jazz In The Park gets spicy as it moves West to Poinsettia Park with the big band salsa sounds of Johnny Polanco y Su Conjunto Amistad.
As the fearless leader of the ultimate West Coast Latin party band, Polanco, who hails from the Caribbean by way of New York, serves as multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger for his band, Conjunto Amistad. Over the years the group has solidified its reputation for a sound described by Latin music chronicler Lina Lecaro as “the kind of infectious, rhythmic, multilayered Latin music that makes even the most timid wallflower abandon all restraint and give it a whirl on the dance floor.”
Sounds like exactly what we need as a finish for the week.
[Link: Jazz in the Park]
by The Editors on July 5, 2011
Every summer we say the same thing at least once during Jazz in the Park and that is this: if you’re only going to go to one of Carlsbadistan’s Jazz in the Park make it this week as San Diego’s OG latino, hip-hop, jazz, jarrocho, reggae, ska band the B-Side Players rock the Stage Coach Park. It is unlikely that any band will ever more perfectly communicate San Diego’s diverse cultural music mix than the B-Side Players. For the past 19 years they’ve San Diego’s house band.
With fierce political lyrics and an overwhelming positive vibration of love, culture and unity, this legendary San Diego-based band incorporates the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil into their funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms.
Don’t miss it.
[Link: Jazz in the Park]
by The Editors on June 27, 2011
Things about to get funky this week in Carlsbadistan’s Stage Coach Park as the funkidelic sounds of Ashville, North Carolina’s Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band bounce Jazz in the Park to it’s feet with some of the best dance music of the summer.
Purveyors of original funk since 2002,” Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band zoomed onto festival stages nationwide, fueled by a heady mix of powerful original compositions, triumphant horns, laid-back grooves, and heavy backbeats. . . Today they are ready to shake the world, one cheek at a time.”
Get it? Ass cheek. Booty? Follow the jump for more info.
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by The Editors on June 20, 2011
This Friday (June 24, 2011) it’s time to pack up the picnic basket with crackers, cheese, and alcohol and head east to Carlsbadistan’s Stage Coach Park (click the link for directions) as road-worn blues diva Janiva Magness belts out her songs with “earthy, raw honesty.” As USA Today has reportedly said, “Magness is a blues star.”
Janiva Magness is among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world today. Charismatic, gutsy and known for her electrifying live shows, she won the Blues Music Awards’ B.B. King Entertainer of The Year in 2009 – only the second woman ever to win the coveted award.
The truth is it doesn’t matter who is on stage. We all know the main reason most people go to Jazz in the Park is to drink with friends, kick back, and there’s not much that can ruin that, right? So play your Friday night right and blues out with Javina. For more info, click the link.
[Link: Jazz In The Park]
by The Editors on August 16, 2010
Hard to believe it’s over, but what better way to shut down the 25th anniversary season of Carlsbadistan’s TGIF Jazz in the Park than with the Blu-ro-so-funk of Earl Thomas playing Calavera Park.
His 1991 major label debut Blue . . . Not Blues blended the sensuality of Stax soul with the grittiness of modern electric blues, but the real indication of his talent is the power of his voice and his knack for crafting memorable contemporary blues and this is what made Earl Thomas one of the most highly respected blues artists in the world.
And he’s playing Carlsbadistan. Earl Thomas is your last chance this summer. He is likely the best vocalist to Carlsbadistan in years. Don’t put TGIF Jazz in the Park off any longer. Just go. Show starts at 6 PM.
[Link: TGIF Jazz in the Park]
by The Editors on August 9, 2010
As musical partner of blues diva Candye Kane, Sue Palmer has seen the world from both sides of the keyboard. This Friday night (August 14, 2010), however, she will see our backsides shaking to the boogie woogie blues of her Motel Swing Orchestra and they cast a spell on Carlsbadistan’s Calavera Park.
San Diego’s Queen of Boogie Woogie, Sue Palmer, has amazed audiences all over the world with her unique style and phenomenal left hand. She delights in creating an atmosphere reminiscent of the small clubs and cafes of 1932 Paris, Harlem, West Texas and Hawaii.
Prepare to be amazed. Show starts at 6 PM. You know the drill.
[Link: TGIF Jazz in the Park]
Carlsbadistan’s Jazz in The Park has finally made the jump from the Eastern Front and back into Carlsbadistan as Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums (featuring Carmen Getit) boogie woogie up Poinsettia Park with a sound so swinging it may be dangerous for some audience members.
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