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Dance instructor Tracy Kofford in grande plié second position during warm-ups with his beginning modern dance technique class on Oct. 27 at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. This warm-up is important for the dancers because it gets their body flowing and muscles stretched.

Tracy Kofford hopes to prepare students for a career in dance

Leah Dautoff, Staff Writer
October 28, 2022
The Monday Madness Jazz Band played at the SOhO Restaurant and Music Club in Santa Barbara, Calif on Sept. 26. The band has been around since 1988.

Monday Madness stuns audience with a captivating performance

Ella Todd, Staff Writer
September 30, 2022
Trombonist Kevin Roman lays down vocals at a jazz show on Monday, April 11 at SOhO Restaurant and Music Club in Santa Barbara, Calif. Roman sang for two songs during the evening as part of the New World Jazz Ensemble.

SBCC jazz combos produce lively ambiance at SOhO

Bianca Ascencio, Features Editor
April 18, 2022
Edward Smith, City College New World Jazz Ensemble Director, conducts the band through their final composition of the day on Oct. 9 on the terrace of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Each student wrote their own composition based on pieces from the museum.

SBCC’s New World enlivens State Street with Grammy-winning artist

Laura Luevanos, Staff Writer
October 11, 2021
Grammy Award-winning artist Ted Nash virtually attends a Lunch Break Big Band rehearsal on Oct. 1 in the Drama/Music building at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. The band members each play original compositions for Nash, then receive feedback on their work.

SBCC’s jazz bands to play with Grammy Award-winning artist

Bianca Ascencio, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 4, 2021
Composer and band leader Elliot Deutsch of the Pandemonium Big Band played alongside City College musicians on a YouTube livestream on Monday April, 12 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Deutsch was calling in from Los Angeles, with students participating from across the state.

Acclaimed composer joins Lunch Break band for latest virtual show

Rodrigo Hernandez, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 16, 2021
Screen Grab of Jazz Improvisation and Guitar Studies instructor Tony Ybarra describing the challenges in teaching music classes remotely during the “SBCC Jazz at the Cutting Edge” webinar hosted by SBCC Foundation president Geoff Green on Thursday, Sept. 4 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Jazz at The Cutting Edge spotlights new direction for music program

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
September 4, 2020
City College’s Lunchbreak Jazz Band performs on Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Soho Restaurant & Music Club in Santa Barbara, Calif. The band performed five pieces, “Blue Daniel”, “You Go To My Head”, “Mornin’ Reverend”, “La Fiesta”, and “Who Me?”.

SBCC Jazz bands have a strong semester after loss of director

Kai Zheng, Staff Writer
May 3, 2019
Students of SBCC’s Jazz Ensemble practice for their Big Band Blowout Concert happening Monday, April 22, 2019, in the Garvin Theater, on Thursday, April 18, 2019, in the Drama and Music Building Room 105 at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif.

SBCC Jazz to take the stage for Big Band Blowout in Garvin

Kai Zheng, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Douglas Swayne plays the trombone during The Ike Jenkins Legacy Concert by the SBCC Monday Madness Jazz Band on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the Soho Restaurant and Music Bar in Santa Barbara Calif. “We are playing really loud tonight, I hope it sounds good to the audience, my ears are definitely ringing.” Swayne said during a performance intermission.

City College jazz band honors late director at SOhO House

Kai Zheng, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
City College’s Lunchbreak Jazz Band performs on Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Soho Restaurant & Music Club in Santa Barbara, Calif. The band performed five pieces, “Blue Daniel”, “You Go To My Head”, “Mornin’ Reverend”, “La Fiesta”, and “Who Me?”.

City College’s Big Bands bring electric jazz to SOhO House

Neil Erickson, Associate Editor
March 19, 2019
Greg Ingersoll plays the trombone during Lunchbreak Big Bands performance on Monday Feb. 11, 2019, at the Soho Restaurant and Music Bar in Santa Barbara, Calif. The City College band will be playing again at Soho on March 18, at 7 p.m.

SBCC Lunch Break Jazz Band astounds audience at SOhO

Kai Zheng, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
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