Santa Barbara Jazz Band

This trio creates an intoxicating mood for wedding receptions, and private parties. Jazz 2 infuses the timeless songs of the early Twentieth Century with passion and energy. From atmospheric, cool ballads to balmy Bossa Nova and sizzling, up-tempo swing, the classics come to life with the trio's distinctive sound. 

Jazz Vocals

Drawing inspiration from vocal greats like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday, this vocalist began singing jazz professionally at age 15. "My all-time favorite album? Sarah Vaughn and Her Trio Swingin Easy," she says. After touring the U.S. and overseas for 3 years with a nationally ranked jazz choir, she went to UCSB where she studied music. There, she narrowed her focus to singing as a soloist, and began performing around the California central coast with Jazz 2.

Jazz Pianist

At age six, this pianist was with his family in the audience for a pipe organ concert. "Before the music even started, I was watching the performer preparing the instrument," he says. "I could just sense that something really cool was about to happen." After the concert, he told his parents he wanted to learn to play a keyboard like that. They started him on private music lessons that same year. By high school, he was co-writing songs with a classmate and they formed a pop rock band that became regionally successful in Southwestern U.S. He eventually switched to Jazz and has excelled ever since.

Jazz Bass

Music has always played an important role in this bassist's life. During the family music sessions, his father played the mandolin, his older sister sang, and he played the accordion.  His father bought him a steel guitar and amplifier at age eight. Music lessons followed, and soon he could read and play music competently on accordion and guitar. He played the accordion on a radio commercial for a local music store at age ten. In high school, he began playing the Fender Stratocaster guitar in a rock band that played local parties. "Around that time, I began listening to Jazz," he explains. "I bought an album and I wore out the grooves on that record." In his twenties, Armand played the flute but he switched to bass and years later, he received an upright string bass as a birthday gift. "I got that wooden bass about 25 years ago, and I've been playing it ever since," he says.