Review of the Robert Hart Project by Natalie Wilson photos by Mark McDonald Although I wouldn’t call it straight ahead jazz, we, at the Jazz Society, were treated to an afternoon of fun, entertaining music the end of October. The members of The Robert Hart Project featured excellent musicians who obviously like playing music together. [...]

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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, [...]