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Carolina Chocolate Drops at UCSB
Banjo and Fiddle Music Is Surprising and Delightful
The Carolina Chocolate Drops brought Piedmont-style banjo music into the 21st century on Friday night. Read story.
Sax and Drums and Blues Harmonica
Drummer Billy Mintz and Sax Player John Gross at Muddy Waters Tonight
Colter Frazier’s Santa Barbara New Music series brings veteran avant-drummer Billy Mintz to town. Read story.
Wagner’s Siegfried in Los Angeles
LA Opera Continues Its Ring Cycle with Siegfried
Achim Freyer’s Siegfried at the LA Opera is five hours of fairy fun. Read story.
The No-Jazz Blues
Joe Laments the Suspension of Jazz at the Lobero
Economic pressures have curtailed the Lobero Theatre’s outstanding music series, Jazz at the Lobero. Read story.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Arlington Theatre
Wynton Marsalis and Co. Join In on Thelonious Monk
The main set by Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO was all Monk in preparation for an upcoming radio broadcast. Read story.
Dave Brubeck at the Lobero
A Virile Visit by California's Composer Laureate
An enthusiastic crowd greeted the Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Lobero for their nearly annual S.B. appearance. Read story.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Plays the Arlington
Clarinetist Ted Nash Talks About Composing for and Playing with Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO
Ted Nash has written a suite for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, parts of which may be part of Sunday’s program, presented by UCSB’s Arts & Lectures. Read story.
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Pays Tribute to Hendrix, Brubeck, and More
The Monterery Jazz Festival remains at the top of the heap when it comes to American jazz festivals, and this 52nd edition was no exception. Read story.
Dave Brubeck Coming to the Lobero
California Jazz Icon Dave Brubeck Celebrates 50th Anniversary of LP Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet will be at the Lobero on Tuesday, and Joe has, as usual, heard a whole lot of great jazz lately. Read story.
Fall Arts Preview: Pop, Rock & Jazz
Fall Arts Preview
A look at this fall’s pop, rock, and jazz offerings. Read story.
Month of the Jazz Club
Woodard Talks Up Solvang Jazz Festival’s Stix Hooper
Joe Woodard talks up Solvang Jazz Festival’s Stix Hooper. Read story.
Club Mercy On the Rise
Club Mercy Blows Up the Indie Scene
A single promoter, Jeffrey Shuman of Club Mercy, is responsible for many of the most exciting indie rock shows in Santa Barbara. Read story.
Jazz Here Now?
Tyler Blanton, Vibraphone, at SOhO and from Ojai
Joe gives Tyler Blanton his jazz pick of the summer, and introduces the Fringe Beat Wish Index, Lobero edition. Read story.
All That Jazz
Noted Jazz Musician and UCSB Grad Nate Birkey Returns to SOhO
Nate Birkey, noted S.B. jazz musician with international fame, returns to SOhO this week. Read story.
Fiesta Meets Fringe
Fiesta, Mariachi, Opera, and Accordions
Fringe Beat embraces Fiesta, along with the Music Academy’s opera and those darn accordions. Read story.
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