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 [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation is excited to present Svetlana and the Delancy Five in a special Holiday Concert on Saturday night Dec. 9 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road/SLO). The concert starts at 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00). Svetlana and the Delancy Five is a collaboration of New [...]
The SLO County Jazz Federation is pleased to present in concert two time Grammy Award-winning jazz violinist Mads Tolling in a duo with the stellar guitarist Jacob Fischer on Saturday night October 20 at the Unity Concert Hall. The Danish born Mads was an integral part of the Turtle Island String Quartet and the Stanley [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation proudly presents the Dave Becker All Star Quintet with vocalist Inga Swearingen in concert at the Unity Concert Hall (on Saturday September 8. The show starts at 7:30pm with doors opening at 7:00pm. This stellar quintet features multi-reed player Dave Becker, Bob Bennett on trumpet and flugelhorn, [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation proudly presents the Adam Levine Quartet in concert on Friday August 3 at 7:00pm in the chapel of the Coalesce Book Store (845 Main St., Morro Bay). The Quartet includes Adam on guitar, multi-reed player Dave Becker, bassist Dylan Johnson and drummer Daryl Vandruff. Tickets are $25 for general admission [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation presents master jazz guitarist Bruce Forman, in a solo and a trio setting, on Saturday May 12 at 7:30 pm at Unity Concert Hall in SLO. Forman is widely considered to be one of the foremost jazz guitarists in the world today. He will present his highly acclaimed [...]
The concert spotlights several of the finest local pianist in a trio setting. Featured this year are Mark Bocchicchio, George Garcia, Bob Harway, Marshall Otwell and Paul Rinzler. Darrell Voss, drums, and bassist Dylan Johnson form the stellar rhythm section. In a special tribute to the 1984 series' founding concert, four of the musicians who played in the original showcase will [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation presents the Dave Becker Sextet, featuring acclaimed LA trombonist Kevin Hicks, on Saturday night, July 8th, at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Rd./SLO). The Sextet, with the three-man front line (Becker, saxes, Bob Bennett, trumpet and Hicks on trombone), will play straight-ahead jazz reminiscent of Art Blakey's [...]
The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation proudly presents its 34th Annual Jazz Piano Showcase on Saturday April 22 at the Unity Concert Hall (1130 Orcutt Road/SLO). The concert starts at 7:30 with the doors opening at 7:00. The Showcase allows six of the finest local pianists to "show their stuff”. This year's players are [...]
