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 [...]
One of our members, Dana Schorr, passed away on August 5th. Dana was a gemstone dealer, activist, world traveler, jazz and music enthusiast and all-around good guy. He founded a nonprofit and was a member of other SB organizations, including a local dance club, where he could be seen dancing the night away with a [...]
The SBJS welcomes all of its new and renewing members. Of particular note, new members Don Goldberg and his wife, Maris, met with their longtime friends, Charles and Carol Blakeslee, also new members, for an afternoon of jazz on Sunday at SOhO. That may not be so newsworthy until you hear the rest of the [...]
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 [...]
