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 [...]

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 [...]