Ian Bernard - the Quintessential Jazz Musician Who Always Surprises Us -by Kathryn Stockbridge Santa Barbara Jazz Society audiences always look forward to an Ian Bernard event because he always surprises us with tunes he's written, new endearing stories and new talent. This time he introduced us to the wonderful Pinky Winters who the audience loved. [...]
July 1st was a great summertime afternoon and had the best sultry blues on the central coast! Lady Blue (Donna Greene) and her very "hot and prefessional"Roadhouse Daddies gave us a performance that will be an everlasting memory. The Roadhouse Daddies, Greg Loeb, on guitar, John Douglas, on piano, Randy Tico, on bass, and Kevin Winard, on drums, are exceptional [...]
A nice little Count Basie swinger, Take the A Train, featuring Jon on also sax, was the opener, and set the pace for a swinging, singing afternoon of song. Black Orpheus featured a mystical sounding flute, and a plaintive soprano sax which both worked well with the mood of the song, and was played so well by [...]
