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08/13/2025

Sometimes it’s easy to forget how social this music can be. Eric Reed Poppa Reed reminded us last night with a Hampton Hawes-inspired performance that was charming in a way that feels much less common today than maybe it once was. His facility as a soloist is dazzling (check out his prologue to “Autumn Leaves” sometime), but he’s also a generous accompanist who visibly enjoys putting his sidemen -- Mike Gurrola on bass and Marcello Carelli on drums were wonderful, btw -- in a position to show their best. It’s all in the service of evoking feeling, sharing a bit of his own soul with the audience, and filtering the essence of the music's source material through an undeniably modern aesthetic. It hits with the same feeling; it's just...elevated, evolved. Some guys love what they can do with the tunes; other guys just love the tunes and take it from there. Eric loves the tunes, and his treatments tell you all you need to know about his reverence for the material. If you want a beautiful artist who with a true professional’s ability to connect with an audience, you’ve got to check him out. Thank you, Eric Reed Poppa Reed. That was beautiful.

08/12/2025

Today at Noon(PT), with the permission of in Knoxville, we will be airing a program devoted to the life and music of Hampton Hawes, hosted by ! Listen on Jazz 88.3 KSDS FM San Diego, jazz88.org, or the KSDS mobile app.

And then TONIGHT we'll welcome and his trio to the to play the Hampton Hawes songbook. For tix: Jazz88.org/tickets

It's a double shot of Hampton Hawes AND a double shot of Eric Reed! Let's goooooooo!

08/11/2025

Tonight at 7 p.m. (PT), with the permission of in Knoxville, we will be airing a program devoted to the life and music of Hampton Hawes, hosted by ! Listen on Jazz 88.3 KSDS FM San Diego, jazz88.org, or the KSDS mobile app.

And then tomorrow night, we'll welcome and his trio to the to play the Hampton Hawes songbook. For tix: Jazz88.org/tickets

It's a double shot of Hampton Hawes AND a double shot of Eric Reed! Let's goooooooo!

08/11/2025

Tmrw night. Eric Reed Poppa Reed and his trio. The music of the Hampton Hawes songbook. Handlery Hotel San Diego. 7 p.m. downbeat. 6 p.m. pre-show discussion on Hampton Hawes's life and work for luxury box ticket holders -- led by the Maestro, Mr. Eric Scott Reed himself.

If you don't have tickets yet or would like to upgrade to the VIP luxury box, call 619-388-3000 visit

Eric ReedAugust 12, 2025 7:00 PMdoors open at 6:30 PMat Handlery Hotel in The Terrace GardenCelebrating The Music of Hampton HawesGet Tickets

08/08/2025

Thank you to John Carroll and his colleagues at KPBS for their coverage of how we've been affected by and are dealing with the federal funding cuts.

When you think of public radio in San Diego, KPBS-FM probably comes to mind. But another public radio station in the city — KSDS Jazz 88.3 — is also facing t...

08/07/2025

Carl Sagan and the NASA team behind the Voyager program (which sent probes into deep space to map the universe for the next 50,000 years or so) thought enough of jazz's communicative powers to include it on the famed Voyager Golden Records, which is pretty darn cool.

But, also... this music has already proven that it can help us non rocket scientist Earth-bound folk communicate better with one another...

By Matt Silver For legions of people of all worldviews, sensibilities, and persuasions, the world feels like a chaotic mess. Despite this – or, more likely, because of it – people seem hungrier than ever for meaning, connection, community. One of the ways this manifests is giving. Giving is vi...

08/06/2025

We can't wait, Eric Reed Poppa Reed!

08/03/2025

Meet the artist: Rufus Chalmers, bringing jazz to life on canvas — where every brushstroke swings like a sax solo. His vibrant works capture the rhythm, soul, and improvisation of the genre we love.

https://www.facebook.com/Rufuschalmersart

https://rufuschalmersfineart.com/

08/01/2025

Class. Thank you Matt Hall, Doug Webb Jazz Electriclouieland, Tyler Kreutel, Christopher Hollyday, Jeanne Geiger, and the rest of the Matt Hall Jazz Orchestra. Bravura performance. Our crowd absolutely LOVED it!

KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM San Diego Presents The Music of Duke Ellington's Harlem: Nights at the Cotton Club. July 31, 2025 | Saville Theatre | San Diego City Colleg...

07/31/2025

It has stung a little that with all the news coverage of public media outlets losing funding, the fact that we're in the same boat (except with fewer supplementary resources) seems to have been mostly overlooked. But, then, we thought about it for a second, and realized that we're not unseen all. Our listeners see (and hear us). Our members see (and hear) us. Why go looking for love in all the wrong places when our champions have had our back all along? That's why we're OK fighting this thing like the brilliant songwriting team of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz would: Alone Together.

We've shared a lot of memorable moments together recently. Plenty more to make. Our community life is so much better -- so much richer -- when it's filled with music. Take a read, and if you're so moved, help us in this time of need. Credit to the legendary Jimmy Heath for this particularly applicable turn of phrase. 619-388-3000 | jazz88.org/help

https://www.jazz88.org/articles/Without%5FYou%2C%5FNo%5FUs/

By Matt Silver If we weren’t part of your life, there’d be no sense in asking. But we know that we are; we see you, we hear you, we know you. And you know us. That’s rare these days, in the era of Amazon and digitally delivered entertainments. If we’re old fashioned, it’s not in the manner...

07/30/2025

We've shared a lot of memorable moments together recently. Plenty more to make. Our community life is so much better -- so much richer -- when it's filled with music. Take a read, and if you're so moved, help us in this time of need. Credit to the legendary Jimmy Heath for this particularly applicable turn of phrase. 619-388-3000 | jazz88.org/help

https://www.jazz88.org/articles/Without%5FYou%2C%5FNo%5FUs/

By Matt Silver If we weren’t part of your life, there’d be no sense in asking. But we know that we are; we see you, we hear you, we know you. And you know us. That’s rare these days, in the era of Amazon and digitally delivered entertainments. If we’re old fashioned, it’s not in the manner...