Jazz Society members and guests celebrated summer in a big way with a jazz jam party in August at SOhO …and what a fun filled jazz celebration it turned out to be. There were some familiar faces as well as new ones with vocalists as well as musicians. The extremely talented pianist/singer and Jazz Society [...]

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Imagine hearing Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, and Mark Murphy on one stage and all in a single afternoon. That’s what Jazz Society members and guests were treated to recently in the person of vocalist, Mon David. Not only does Mr. David have a beautiful voice, but he also posses an amazing range and [...]

Scholarship Competition 2016 The Jazz Society and guests were treated to a scholarship competition composed of students from UCSB and SBCC. Dubbed, “The Jazz Stars of Tomorrow”, the contestants showed up ready to play….and play they did! Picking only two winners was a tough assignment for judges Peter Clark, Sandy Cummings, and Ian Bernard, all [...]

Review: Katie Thiroux by Stanley Naftaly Last Sunday afternoon the Santa Barbara Jazz Society held its monthly concert at SOhO and hit the jackpot. The Katie Thiroux quartet brought down the house with two sets of fine straight ahead jazz. Thiroux is a terrific bass player and a real jazz vocalist. Her voice is warm, [...]

In February Jazz Society members and guests were treated to a delightful afternoon of beautiful voices and great jazz players. Ginger Berglund and Scott Whitfield were wonderful together as they sang duets of mostly Johnny Mandel standards with a few surprises thrown in. Their clear voices blended so well whether singing in unison or harmonizing [...]