Event:
June 6th, 2009
(1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Lavinia Campbell Park
Los Olivos, CA

On Saturday, June 6th, the center of the arts-and-wine community of Los Olivos will again be filled with people eager to enjoy the annual Jazz and Olive Festival. Like last year’s event, which drew 660 enthusiasts, the Festival will offer great food, wine, and, of course, live jazz.

Long known for its beautiful surroundings, art galleries, and restaurants, for the last five years Los Olivos has also been the site of the annual Jazz and Olive Festival. The ticket for this event lets participants enjoy the culinary art of thirty “O’chefs”, taste the wonderful wines poured by twenty of the area’s wineries, watch cooking demonstrations by professional chefs, and hear live jazz performed by nationally and internationally
known musicians.

Performers:

(1) Stefan Karlsson is back again after last years fantastic performance on the piano.
Stefan is a member of the Eddie Gomez trio and quartet, along with the legendary Jimmy
Cobb. His discography includes 54 recordings with seven CD’s. Stefan is a professor of music at the University of North Texas. He has also been part of the Stanford Jazz workshop since 1992 working as a clinician and performer.

(2) Bob Sheppard: The Jazz and Olive Festival is honored to have the saxophonist Bob
Sheppard as part of this great group. Bob is best known as the sax player for Steely Dan. Currently he is a member of the Peter Erskine Trio. In addition to being an accomplished saxophonist, he is an impressive multi-instrumentalist playing flutes, clarinet, and bass clarinet. As an educator, Bob is affiliated with the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

(3) Larry Koonse: New to the Festival this year is guitarist Larry Koonse. Larry has been a
featured soloist with the L.A. Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston
Pops. Larry is also a member of the Los Angeles-based Weller Brothers Band, and is co-leader of the Los Angeles Jazz Quartet. Larry also finds time to teach guitar at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.

(4) Tom Warrington: Back again is the exciting and inventive bassist Tom Warrington.
Tom is one of the busiest acoustic and electric bass players in Los Angeles. He has performed at the renowned Playboy Jazz Festival with Randy Brecker at the Hollywood Bowl. Tom teaches jazz music at UNLV, and has published a variety of musical and instructional materials for the rhythm section.

(5) Mark Ferber- Mark also returns to The Jazz and Olive Festival as the drummer for this
exciting group. His playing credits include Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Don Byron, Norah Jones, Billy Childs, Bud Shank, and Larry Goldings. Mark can be heard on recent recordings with various artists on Soul Note, Fresh Sound/New Talent, Sunnyside, Omnitone and Steeplechase Records. Mark is a part-time instructor for the City College of New York, and the School of Improvisational Music.

Details:

- The Festival brought in 660 people last year and included guests from all over the U.S.
- Tickets are only $40
- maximum of 550 will be allowed in this year
- to order tickets, please visit www.losolivosrotary.com and faxing the form to (805)325-2375, or call (805)325-2345.

For additional questions, contact Peter Robbins at (805) 895-0476 or by email at peterobbins@verizon.net.

Location:
Lavinia Campbell Park
Los Olivos, CA
Map / Driving Directions

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