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 [...]

The Lolly Allen Quintet By Natalie Wilson In an age in which some consider the music of today’s youth to be at an all-time low, what a delight to see and hear three fabulous musicians, all of whom appear to be in their mid-twenties playing the best JAZZ around. That’s what went down at SOhO [...]

Special Meeting of the SBJS General Membership Announcement A Special Meeting of the SBJS General Membership will be held at SOhO at Noon, Sunday, October 18, 2015.  The purpose of the special meeting is to ratify the Board of Directors’ proposed amended bylaws.  Doors will open at 11:30 am to current SBJS members only.  Upon [...]

Aubrey Logan Review Jazz Trombonist and vocalist Aubrey Logan proved herself to have the instrumental and vocal chops to immediately capture the crowd at SOhO on Sunday. The afternoon began with the trio: Ian Bernard on piano, Richard Simon on bass and Paul Kreibich at the drums, playing Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise and [...]