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 [...]

It was a sizzling summer day and some equally sizzling jazz went down at our annual Jazz Society Summer Party this year. The terrific house band… pianist, Woody DiMarco, Hank Allen on bass, and drummer, Steve Stockmal were helped out with some more of our fine local musicians. Peter Clark showed up to add his [...]

The Phil Norman Tentet By Mark McDonald With a blast of brass, drums, guitar, bass, piano and percussion, The Phil Norman Tentet band blew the roof off SOhO at Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s monthly presentation Sunday afternoon. Norman and his eleven-member group shrieked into an Artistry of Rhythm, opening the show and demonstrating their affection [...]

On June 14 an overflowing crowd of jazz enthusiasts were treated to a funky, but groovy  afternoon of highly charged jazz music. Les McCann and company provided toe tappin’ rhythm all afternoon for those wanted to see and hear the legendary jazz singer and keyboardist. The soon to be 80 years old headed up a [...]

The first Santa Barbara Jazz Society Student Scholarship Competition was held on Sunday, May 17 at SOhO to a full house of Jazz Society members and families and friends of the young musicians who competed for prize money and the honor of being the chosen as the best in their category. The decision must have [...]

On Sunday, April 19th the Jon Mayer Quartet featuring Ricky Woodard on tenor sax, Chris Conner on bass, Roy McCurdy at the drums and Mayer leading from the piano, held forth at SOhO for the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s monthly concert. The first set started with Mayer’s “Round up the Usual Suspects,” followed by “Day [...]