November 14th, 2021 was a memorable day for all of us here at the Santa Barbara Jazz Society. Not only did our event feature the tremendous vocal talent, James Arnold, along with pianist Woody DeMarco, bassist Hank Allen, and drummer Darrell Voss, but also presented moving tributes to Al Reese and Peter Clark who [...]

Our Santa Barbara Jazz Society just turned 25! And what a great way to celebrate our birthday! We were so pleased to present John Proulx and his amazing trio and they definitely came to celebrate with us! They had never performed all together before, but are such terrific musicians that it was certainly not [...]

Well, it’s obvious that jazz is alive and well in Santa Barbara… Case in point, our 2019 SBJS Holiday Party/Jam Session in December. It’s always a fun event and was kicked off by this year’s SBJS Jazz Scholarship Award winner, the marvelous San Marcos High School Jazz Band. Under the direction of Michael Kiyoi, a [...]

Well, we did it again! The Santa Barbara Jazz Society brought another super band to SOhO in November. We are so fortunate to be able to bring the very best jazz to our fans. Pianist Jon Mayer and his veteran musicians, super tenor player Doug Webb and legendary drummer, Roy Mc Curdy showed us [...]

What could be better than some terrific straight ahead jazz on a lovely fall afternoon? Nothing comes to my mind! What a blast to have the likes of super professional jazz master, George Young & Company, aka The Hollywood jazz Quartet, in Santa Barbara. Playing a mixture of standards and great originals, it was [...]

What a treat to be entertained by SBCC’s 19 piece big band! Each of these fine musicians is a seasoned performer and they all get together each week on Mondays just to get their musical kicks. Under the fine direction on Andrew Martinez, the band showed us what they were made of in [...]