Join in the fun as Blue Jay Jazz Foundation presents Jazz Comes Home on Sunday, May 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline.
Spotlighting professional local artists and featuring Rim High alumni, this show will showcase The Groovin’ Greg Solman Group, led by Crestline resident Gregory Solman. Solman’s group features two amazing Rim alumni, who are also music educators. Don’t miss this engaging day of hard bop recreating the bluesy and soulful roots of jazz in the 50s and 60s and interpretations of jazz pioneers Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. The legacy of hard bop jazz is not only preserved but also continuously evolving ensuring its relevance and influence in today’s music scene.
Opening the show will be the amazing sounds of the Rim High Jazz Band after which the temperature will rise when he Ara Tokatlian Quintet takes the stage. Rim alumni and Blue Jay Jazz Foundation 2023 Future Generation Scholar, Ara Tokatlian is no stranger to our jazz community, having played in the Blue Jay Jazz Festival in 2024 and 2025. Refreshments for all ages will be on hand while you cool down at intermission and learn more about the Foundation’s 2026 Future Generation Scholars. Then it’s all over when The Groovin’ Greg Solman Group takes over and burns the house down!
Admission is $20 at the door; students 18 and under are free. There is plenty of seating and parking at the San Moritz Lodge, located at 24640 San Moritz Drive, Crestline.
Be there or be square!
For more information on the Blue Jay Jazz Foundation, visit www.bluejayjazz.org.