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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

USAF Dimensions in Blue performed Saturday afternoon, bringing a military style jazz to contest at the music festival.

The river is alive with the sound of Jazz

Jake Mireles, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2025

For the past 42 years, jazz lovers across the Alamo City have flocked to Hemisfair for Jazz’SAlive — San Antonio’s free jazz music festival hosted by the San Antonio Park Foundation. This year...

Jazz concert overtaken by Friday the 13th

Jazz concert overtaken by Friday the 13th

Elizabeth Hope, Staff Writer October 17, 2023

Gerry Gibbs is a Grammy-nominated artist and the son of the famous jazz musician Terry Gibbs. His band, Gerry Gibbs and Thrasher People, performed at the Japanese Tea Gardens on Friday, Oct. 13. To...

Jazz is live and alive at UTSA

Jazz is live and alive at UTSA

Jake Mireles, Opinion Editor April 18, 2023

The UTSA Jazz Ensemble held its first concert of the semester on Sunday, March 26, in the UTSA Recital Hall, located in the Arts Building. Performing a set list composed of traditional standards that reached...

Synth, sax and serenity

Synth, sax and serenity

Lauren Hernandez, Assistant Arts & Life Editor April 4, 2023

On Friday, March 31, the San Antonio Parks Foundation presented the first date of six nights of jazz music in the Japanese Tea Garden at Brackenridge Park. In partnership with Trinity University’s radio...

39th Annual ‘Jazz’SAlive’ Festival

39th Annual ‘Jazz’SAlive’ Festival

Kylar Royer, Contributing Writer September 27, 2022

[foogallery id="31221"] This past weekend, the 39th annual Jazz’SAlive festival was held at Travis Park in downtown San Antonio. The festival was a two-day-long event featuring over 20 jazz artists,...

Image courtesy of Chris Galaviz

The West Side Sound Oral History Project

Mason Hickok, Web Editor March 29, 2022

San Antonio is a melting pot rich in creativity, culture and pride. The city’s West Side is a tapestry of various musical movements. One of the movements that comes out of this community is the West...

Carmens de la Calle boasts a globally inspired menu alongside an impressive programming schedule ranging from jazz and flamenco to spoken word poetry. Courtesy of Carmens de la Calle

See you space cowboy

Justice Lovin August 30, 2017

Outwardly unassuming, Carmens de la Calle is a downtown jazz club that’s as cool and laid back as jazz has ever been. Inside, you’ll find an environment that is simultaneously eclectic and complete....

Rooftop Jazz from an aerial view. Photo courtesy of Artpace

Sunsets and jazz standards

Justice Lovin August 22, 2017

Once a month, on the rooftop of Artpace in downtown San Antonio a crowd gathers for the Rooftop Jazz concert series hosted by Artpace and Trinity’s KRTU–a members only event–which continues deep...

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