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The South Burgundy Street Jazz Band, (SBSJB), was started by Mike Olson in 2006. He got the top performers he wanted in Southern California to play with him on the premise they are going to play mostly jazz festivals. They have achieved that goal and are playing many other venues well as they have become a festival favorite along with playing for different cities and different events in Southern California.
A very high energy band with very competent players that understand the music and the way it should be approached and performed with total flawless execution. The quality of their music is of the highest caliber and their arrangements are exciting and contagious. They get standing ovations and encores at every festival and venue they play. Three of the players, clarinet, drums and piano all play at Disneyland in Anaheim.
The South Burgundy Street Jazz Band is not simply a copy of that which once was and remained behind. Their musicians bring to the present a culture that will form part of us for ever. And it is brought with enthusiasm, sensitivity, the colouring in staves of paper which are really much more than this: these are the paths along which our deepest & most beautiful emotions can travel.
Festivals they have played in 2008 have been Blythe, Calif., Palm Springs, Calif. San Clemente, Calif., Sweet & Hot, Los Angeles, Calif., Pismo Beach, Calif., Chandler, Arizona, along with receiving standing ovations and encores with every performance.

This band should be heard and is a must see.

 

 
Seven men, tried and true, came to play, and boy, did they play. The first number, “Bogalus Stomp’ raised heads and got the audience attention. They were dynamic. The band played an hour of oldies, sometimes moldies, but always with a positive attitude. This band came to enjoy themselves, and to entertain while playing. 

What followed was a program of numbers from our misspent youth. “Love Nest” (George and Gracie Allen theme), and “Tuck Me to Sleep in ,Tucky”, with vocals by CJ Sams. A broken Banjo string neces-sitated a change of program, so Pat Aranda, accompanied by Ray Cadd and Jeff Fish, rendered a sensational ragtime version of “King Porter Stomp”

All this up-tempo syncopation was followed by a waltz version of “Girl of My Dreams”,--vocals by CJ.

A number penned by Sylvia Fine (wife of Danny Kaye) featured the vocals of CJ. The charts for this number were procured from the Columbia Pictures archives. Robert Butler came to the mic to sing a good natured rendition of “You Got to See Your Momma Every Night”, with guteral trombone solo. Irving Berlin’s “Marie”, with CJ of vocals followed, Final number in the program was “Big Bear Stomp”. The audience stood and cheered.

The show closed with a tribute to George Olson, the bassist for Night Blooming Jazzmen, who had passed away recently. CJ recounted the gentility and character of George, and his long career across the world. He will be missed.

Memories I carry are manifold.. This band, played as one with one sound, and impressions linger.

The melodic bass line of Ray Cadd, with Jeff Fish, backing the incredible Pat Aranda ragtime solo.

The clear, clean vocals of CJ Sams, who MC’d the performance, and gave us the pleasure of hearing his fine cornet.

And we can never forget the dynamics of the George Probert’s soaring saxaphone, which was present on every number. 

Look for this band at your upcoming jazz festival. They cannot be overlooked. This was a 5 star show.
                                                             

 

John Ryan

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