“Bang! Productions independent presentation captures the mood so well, with a bevy of compelling ensemble performances… It’s a well-told story, and a fine, intense evening of both music and drama.”
– Pat Launer, Center Stage, KSDS

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"This is such a powerful drama, such a moving portrait and remembrance, that it should be seen and savored."
– San Diego News Network

"SIDE MAN's a risk for a brand-new company as well. The memory play spans decades as fast as Brown scales octaves. Newly formed Bang! Productions, however, has made an impressive debut. Director Scott Striegel replicates jazz musicians’ total gone devotion — like a secular religion."
– Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader

"The essence of jazz is improvisation, where musicians riff on a core melody and take it wherever the muse strikes them... These twists keep "SIDE MAN" interesting in its mostly solid local premiere with Bang! Productions at Diversionary Theatre in University Heights."
– Pam Kragen, North County Times

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"Every adult child of alcoholics should see this. Every adult still dealing with an emotionally remote father should see this. Every jazz lover should see this. Every lover of excellence should see this fine, first effort by Bang! productions."
– Charlene Baldridge, Curtain Calls

"SIDE MAN is partly a memory play, partly a domestic drama, and partly a melancholy look back at an era in jazz history that is now long gone. It is at its best as a piece of theater when jazz is in the forefront, and Bang!'s production shares this strength."
– Bill Eadie, sandiego.com

JAZZ 88.3 Partners with Bang! Productions
Jazz 88.3 and Bang! are making it happen!

KSDS is a full-time mainstream/traditional Jazz radio station, licensed to the San Diego Community College District, broadcasting 24 hours a day from the campus of San Diego City College. Founded in 1951, the station began programming Jazz in 1973 and became San Diego’s only full-time Jazz station in 1985.

KSDS is free of commercial clutter, and mainly staffed by announcers who have a passion for the music and a deep knowledge that they share with the audience. Jazz is educational, energizing, multi-textured and mind-broadening. Jazz is a true Art form, and it's presented live and spontaneously on KSDS, a rarity in the current entertainment scene.

KSDS remains one of the few radio stations in America to offer full-time, undiluted Jazz programming, acknowledging the heritage of this wonderful music while helping it live on through today’s artists.

Bang! has provided tickets to Jazz 88.3 for their promotional give-aways and, if you are not a winner, Jazz 88.3 members get $4 off the regular ticket price. So tune in or logon to Jazz 88.3.

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