SLO County Jazz Federation Jam

01/12/2025

The Jazz Jam is back this Tuesday January 14th 7-9pm at The Mark. Come join us!

12/27/2024

A great 2024, a greater 2025.

A Year-end letter from your SLO Jazz Fed

The San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation has enjoyed celebrating our 40th Anniversary year with you in 2024. We presented 9 concerts including The Idiomatiques, The Andy Martin Septet (Blues & The Abstract Truth), Young Jazz, The Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project, The Sam Hirsh Quartet featuring Ralph Moore, The 39th Annual Jazz Piano Showcase, Jamaal Baptiste Meets the Jazz Professors, Adam Levine & Metro and The Kait Dunton Quartet. These concerts presented diverse styles of jazz with local and national jazz artists. It was heartwarming to hear on different occasions that “this concert may have been your best yet”. We invite you to explore our website at www.slojazz.org and our YouTube playlist containing over 180 videos going back to 1983 ( https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-rHkAo9dvqsqKW1EfowBYrbQ4L3e_c6U&si=ho1XgB8SFaJQNjAZ ).

We’ll start off 2025 in grand fashion with the highly acclaimed New York City based Bill Mays Trio performing on Saturday, January 11th (tickets now available at https://www.my805tix.com/e/bill-mays-jazz-trio ). We will follow that on February 15th with the return visit of the Ernie Watts - Bill Cunliffe Duo. These are two concerts you definitely do not want to miss. Later in the year, we’ll also present our 40th Annual Jazz Piano Showcase which promises to be a gala event.

Since 1984, the Jazz Federation has awarded scholarships to promising high school and college students on an annual basis. Many of these students have gone on to careers in jazz. The “Young Jazz Scholarship Concert” will take place in March.

We thank you for your support over the years by being members, attending our concerts and engaging in our mission to “support and encourage the performance and appreciation of jazz, both professionally and educationally”. We share a common concern to help jazz - America’s great original art form - to thrive in San Luis Obispo County. We do this by sponsoring live jazz performances and jam sessions and by giving scholarships to young and talented student musicians. Please consider making a donation to our efforts. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and your donation may result in current or future tax savings for you.

Since April, 2022, we have presented concerts at the beautiful and spacious Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church. They have been wonderful to work with and we greatly appreciate that partnership. We also co-sponsor regular jam sessions at The Mark in downtown SLO each 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month (7-9 pm). The interaction of young and old players is beautiful to see and the venue is comfortable for a growing audience of listeners and players.

On behalf of the Jazz Fed Board, we wish you a Cool Yule and a swinging 2025!

Craig Updegrove
President, San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation

The SLO County Jazz Federation is thrilled to present the Bill Mays Trio in concert on Saturday January 11th at 7:30 pm.  Bill Mays is a masterful pianist as well as a prolific composer and arranger.  He has worked extensively with numerous jazz legends including Sarah Vaughan, Phil Woods, Benny G...

12/18/2024

A great chance to hear a NYC based trio who have been together for several decades.

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12/09/2024

12/09/2024

THIS Tuesday is LAST JAZZ JAM of 2024. Hope to see you there for live jazz and tacos! Come to play or just to listen. 7-9 pm at The Mark

11/25/2024

Jazz Jam for tomorrow night has been cancelled. We'll be back on December 10 for the last jam of 2024. Hope to see you there at The Mark 7-9pm.

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11/22/2024

The Kait Dunton Quartet plays "Smoke Gets in your Eyes" in concert for the San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation on November 16, 2024. The quartet included...

11/12/2024

Jazz Jam Tonight! 7-9PM
The Mark DTSLO
Only 3 sessions left in 2024...

11/02/2024

Adam Levine and Metro perform in concert for the San Luis Obispo County Jazz Federation on October 25, 2024 at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church. Musicians includ...

10/22/2024

Hope to see you TONIGHT. Always a fun time - and Taco Tuesday (2 delicious tacos for $6).

10/14/2024

Outstanding musicianship by Carl Sonny Leyland-Chloe Feoranzo Duo today at Jazz Vespers Concert Series at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo.

10/08/2024

Jazz jam TONIGHT at The Mark from 7-9pm. All are welcome to listen or play. Free admission and Taco Tuesday (2 for $6).

09/30/2024

The SLO Jazz Fed brought this wonderful trio to SLO in 2023. Great to re-hear the Mimi Fox Jazz Guitar Trio with Brian Ho and Lorca Hart at Monterey Jazz Festival 2024! Terrific group.

09/25/2024

Last night at the SLO County Jazz Federation Jam at The Mark

09/24/2024

Hope to see you at The Mark tonight for live jazz.

09/23/2024