Sunday, April 12, 2026, 1-4pm SOhO 1221 State St Santa Barbara On Sunday April 12, UCSB Jazz Ensemble presented a program of music tailored especially for the Santa Barbara Jazz Society, including music from the entire academic year and prominently featuring vocalists chosen as part of our 2nd ever Vocal Jazz Competition. Jon Nathan, currently [...]
In honor of Mardi Gras, the Jazz Society was pleased to bring you the Bayou Bump, a New Orleans Jazz, Second Line, and R&B band based out of Los Angeles. They bring the flavor of New Orleans to any event with a versatile style that covers the Brass Band sound to Zydeco and everything in [...]
On Sunday February 8th, the Jazz Society hosted Guitarist Adam Moezinia, who is a native of Los Angeles, where he studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) under the mentorship of Jason Goldman, Walter Smith III, and Kenny Dennis. Within his first year at LACHSA, Adam was selected as a [...]
SBJS presents Jazz vocalist Lee Hartley and Friends featuring Stuart Elster on Piano, Kevin Winard on Drums, and Rob Moreno on Bass with surprise special guest artists. Lee started singing at age three with her gospel family, developing a soulful style with a natural ability. Her musical career includes working for a decade with the [...]
The Santa Barbara Jazz Society welcomed the Colin Richardson Quartet to the SOhO stage on Sunday, November 9 from 1 to 4pm. The quartet features Colin Richardson on saxophone, vocals, guitar, Brian Mann on piano , Randy Tico on bass and Rex Harte on drums. Colin Richardson is a Santa Barbara native multi instrumentalist and [...]
The Rollins-Collins Quartet Sunday, October 12, 2025, 1-4pm SOhO 1221 State St Santa Barbara The Santa Barbara Jazz Society welcomed The Rollins-Collins Quartet to the SOhO stage on Sunday, October 14 from 1 to 4pm. The quartet featured Tom Collins on guitar, Kent Rollins on piano, Bob Wider on bass and Eddie Layman on drums. [...]
The Santa Barbara Jazz Society welcomed the Idiomatiques to the SOhO stage on Sunday, September 14 from 1 to 4pm. The Idiomatiques are a modern Gypsy Jazz quartet performing music in the spirit of Django Reinhardt with an emphasis on original compositions. The band was spawned in 2013 by guitarist/composer Craig Sharmat and have played [...]
For our popular jazz jams we invite the local community to join us for an afternoon of Jazz starring YOU! Jeff Elliott, renowned trumpeter and flugal hornist, was be joined by Brendan Statom and Richard Weller for the trio backing up local talent!
