The SLO County Jazz Federation was excited to present two time Grammy-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts in a rare duo outing with the extraordinary pianist Bill Cunliffe on Saturday February 18 at 7:30 pm at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in San Luis Obispo.  Ernie Watts has been featured on over 500 recordings with artists ranging from [...]

May 28, 2022 • 7:30pm • Mount Carmel Lutheran Church • 1701 Fredericks St, SLO The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation wass proud to present their 37th Annual Jazz Piano Showcase.  The concert will featured Marshall Otwell, Mark Bocchicchio, Bob Harway, Jim Barnett, Mark Pietri and Craig Updegrove accompanied by Dylan Johnson on bass [...]

by https://www.mcglaviano.com/ February 9, 2020 It was a crisp, clear winter afternoon.  Inside the Mount Carmel Lutheran Church, a near capacity crowd settled in for this year’s Saxophone Summit.  The church’s acoustics, together with the sizable audience and sound engineer Marshall Pihl’s hands on the controls, provided a  pleasing sound, with just a hint [...]

Presented by the San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation (http://slojazz.org) Unity Concert Hall January 18, 2020 Review by Jazz Fed Member Michael Glaviano We bundled up and got in line more than an hour before the concert. It was, after all, going to be a full house. The Ernie Watts Quartet was coming off a tour, and [...]

The SLO County Jazz Federation was pleased to present the Natalie Cressman-Ian Faquini Duo in a special concert of straight ahead and Brazilian jazz on Thursday night December 5 at the Unity Concert Hall.. The duo recently received rave reviews at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival before embarking on a European tour. The San Diego [...]

The fantastic New York based drummer and arranger Rob Garcia brought his quartet to the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road in SLO) on Saturday night Nov. 2, 2019 .  This concert was a proud presentation by the SLO County Jazz Federation. The NYC Jazz Record has describes Garcia as a drummer who “makes you [...]

We were SO fortunate to have such amazing musicians in our community! Thanks to Dave Becker for assembling Bob Bennett, Kevin Hicks, Marshall Otwell, Dylan Johnson and Darrell Voss to pay tribute to Art Blakey on his 100th Birthday. Presentation by the SLO County Jazz Federation, your source for the best in jazz since [...]

The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation is pleased to present the Arthur White Jazz Quartet in a “Welcome-to-San Luis Obispo" concert on Saturday night September 21 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road; SLO). The show starts at 7:30 pm with doors opening at 7:00. Saxophonist Arthur White is assuming the reins of the Cal [...]

Unity Concert Hall,  1130 Orcutt Rd,  San Luis Obispo , CA Saturday, May 11, 2019 • 7:30 PM • Doors open at 7:00 pm The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation was pleased to present the New York City based Tyler Blanton Quartet on Saturday, May 11 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road/ [...]