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/ [...]
Unity Concert Hall, 1130 Orcutt Rd, San Luis Obispo , CA Saturday, April 13, 2019 • 7:30 PM The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation presented its 36th Annual Jazz Piano Showcase on Saturday night April 13 at the Unity Concert Hall, 1130 Orcutt Road in SLO. The concert spotlighted several of the finest [...]
The SLO County Jazz Federation was privileged to showcase the 2019 winners of the Young Jazz Scholarship Program in concert on Sunday March 10 at 4 p.m. at Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road, SLO). This program, started in 1983, awards scholarships to talented and deserving students from local schools in an effort to further [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation presented the New York City based Ben Rosenblum Trioin concert on Saturday night, January 19 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Rd./SLO). Ben, a graduate of the Columbia University-Julliard program, is a young and innovative pianist who possesses both immense technique and musicality in his playing. He [...]
