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George Varga

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · George Varga

    This week’s four San Diego concerts that only a nattering nabob of negativism would miss (opens the original)

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    In 2024, England’s Shabaka Hutchings — one of the jazz-and-way-beyond world’s most acclaimed tenor saxophonists of his generation — decided to put aside his tenor sax and focus on playing the flute and the Japanese shakuhachi. This move came two years after he dropped Hutchings and began performing and recording as simply Shabaka. Turning away from saxophone was a bold and unexpected move from this visionary young artist, who had forged a distinctive creative path as the mastermind of Sons of Ke

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · George Varga

    Robert Plant and Saving Grace repeatedly soared at their sold-out San Diego concert at Humphreys (opens the original)

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    It may be a bit too early to be thinking about holiday presents, but here’s one dream gift idea for music fans here in search of a special aural treat: Can Robert Plant and his band, Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian, make their San Diego-area performances an annual affair? And can they please bring San Diego Music Hall of Famer Rosie Flores back with them? On Monday night at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, the former Led Zeppelin singer and his one-woman, four-man group delivered their second sh

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · George Varga

    San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival to celebrate third year with four concerts, three of them free (opens the original)

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    The San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival, which celebrates its third anniversary next week, is not the only jazz festival in the world to offer free admission to most of its events. Nor is it the only one to boast a talent-packed lineup of artists, including several multiple-Grammy Award winners, from nearly a dozen countries. Danilo Perez, a multi-Grammy-winner, will team with San Diego and Tijuana jazz musicians at border-leaping fest But this festival appears to be the first anywhere

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · George Varga

    Danilo Perez, a multi-Grammy-winner, will team with San Diego and Tijuana jazz musicians at border-leaping fest (opens the original)

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    Acclaimed pianist, composer, educator and bandleader Danilo Pérez is not the only performer at the 2026 San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival who is a multi-Grammy Award-winner. That’s a distinction he shares with drum drynamo Brian Blade, with whom he performed in the saxophone giant Wayne Shorter’s quartet for 23 years. And Pérez is not the only festival performer who hails from Panama, a distinction he shares with at least one member of the San Diego-based group Charlie Chávez y su Af

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune

    Winstons, a San Diego live music bastion for 39 years, to expand, rebrand with ownership shift (opens the original)

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    SAN DIEGO — Winstons, the live-music club that has been a San Diego landmark for nearly 40 years, is set to undergo major changes following a partial shift in ownership and a rebranding that will begin as soon as next week. A “Last Call” send-off party, open to the public and all past and current employees of Winstons, will be held Saturday. “The live-music world in general is just a struggle now, and that’s kind of the impetus behind the changes,” Winstons’ co-owner Scott Slaga to

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