2018 Young Jazz Scholarship Concert The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation is proud to showcase, in concert, the 2018 winners of our Young Jazz Scholarship Program. This program, started in 1983, awards scholarships to talented and deserving students from local schools in an effort to further their musical development and to keep the jazz tradition [...]
The SLO County Jazz Federation is excited to present two time Grammy-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts and his Quartet on Saturday night Jan. 27 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Rd./SLO). Ernie Watts has been featured on over 500 recordings with artists ranging from Cannonball Adderley, Marvin Gaye, Frank Zappa and Charlie Haden. In addition to [...]
Unity of SLO 1130 Orcutt Road, SLO Saturday, November 18, 2017 • 7:30 PM The highly acclaimed Canadian jazz saxophonist Allison Au and her Toronto-based quartet bring their United States tour to San Luis Obispo at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Rd.) on Saturday November 18 as a SLO County Jazz Federation presentation. The Quartet has [...]
Unity of SLO 1130 Orcutt Road, SLO Saturday, October 7, 2017 • 7:30 PM With Keith Saunders (piano), Eric Markowitz (bass), Jimmy Gallagher (drums) Please join us in celebrating the 100th birthday of Thelonious Monk, a true American jazz original. Monk was a jazz pianist and composer whose unique improvisational style and idiosyncratic performance habits made him [...]
Susan Krebs with Adam Levine Trio Coalesce Bookstore 845 Main St, Morro Bay August 25, 2017 • 7:00 PM "Krebs and her band sound like no one else in today´s jazz world." - John Sanders/Jazz Music Archives A native of Baltimore, now longtime citizen of Los Angeles, Susan has been an actor and theater improviser for [...]
2017 Young Jazz Concert presented by the San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation Steynberg Gallery 532 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo Sunday April 9, 2017 • 4:00 - 5:30 PM - Donations Accepted The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation is proud to showcase, in concert, the 2017 winners of our Young Jazz Scholarship Program. This program, started in [...]
Darrell Voss Quintet - September 6th The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation is proud to present in concert the Darrell Voss Quintet on Saturday, September 6th at 7:30pm, featuring their own arrangements of jazz standards from the American songbook. This is the Jazz Federation's inaugural concert at the NEW home of Unity Hall located at [...]
The 30th Piano Showacse Lineup! What a FAN-tastic night of music on Saturday! For those who missed it, the show was a sell-out with people standing in the aisles to hear every note! The night had everything: great music, a mystery guest, "the joke", "hot" and "cooler" moments (literally), and of course, CAKE! [...]
This years young jazz scholarship winners have been selected! Their award? I scholarship paying gig! We need music lovers and supporters of Jazz out in full force for this event! Please stop by, grab a cup of joe, and enjoy listening to the future of the art for a few hours! When: Sunday, March 10th, [...]
