The Santa Barbara Jazz Society was excited to host Jazz Duende with Tony Ybarra! Joining Tony for this special performance: • Melody Collins – Flute/Voice • Theo Wheeler – Guitar • Guil Juliao – Bass • Al Velasquez – Drums & Percussion. Together we went from intimate acoustic textures to high-energy Flamenco Jazz explorations inspired [...]
Photos by Monika Petroczy
The Santa Barbara Jazz Society presented Dave Tull – Jazz & Laughter Sunday, May 10, 2026, 1-4pm SOhO 1221 State St Santa Barbara The Santa Barbara Jazz Society was very excited to announce our. Dave has long been known as one of the world’s finest jazz drummers…he’s Barbra Streisand’s drummer! Over the past decade [...]
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 [...]
