Tierney Sutton with the LMR Jazz Orchestra

After two years of pandemic lockdown in Denmark, jazz bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb is returning to the Northern California with a new project that departs from her traditional song well and dives deep into the exploration of pop tunes that burst with Korb’s trademark exuberance and inspired arrangements. Joining her for this concert is her LA-based partner in time Andy Langham (piano) and Bay Area legend Mary Fettig (woodwinds).

CJC’s resident artists, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, led by the much-in-demand trumpeter, CJC Associate Professor Erik Jekabson (who also heads the CJC Young Musicians Program), a 17-piece big band featuring some of the Bay Area’s top composers, arrangers and performers; appearing with internationally acclaimed vocalist Kalil Wilson, and CJC Resident Poet, Avotcja.

The program mixes musical selections, news bulletins, and historic multimedia on a month by month tour through the seismic events of 1938. These will include: Popular songs of the era: Sholom Secunda’s Bei mir bist du Schoen, Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine, and selections from Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday Subversive musical protests: Weissert’s Mensch ohne Pass (Person without a Passport), Spoliansky’s Lied vom Stacheldraht (Barbed Wire Song), Leopoldi’s Die Novaks aus Prag (The Novaks from Prague), and Kreisler’s Schlag sie…

The program mixes musical selections, news bulletins, and historic multimedia on a month by month tour through the seismic events of 1938. These will include: Popular songs of the era: Sholom Secunda’s Bei mir bist du Schoen, Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine, and selections from Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday Subversive musical protests: Weissert’s Mensch ohne Pass (Person without a Passport), Spoliansky’s Lied vom Stacheldraht (Barbed Wire Song), Leopoldi’s Die Novaks aus Prag (The Novaks from Prague), and Kreisler’s Schlag sie…

The program mixes musical selections, news bulletins, and historic multimedia on a month by month tour through the seismic events of 1938. These will include: Popular songs of the era: Sholom Secunda’s Bei mir bist du Schoen, Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine, and selections from Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday Subversive musical protests: Weissert’s Mensch ohne Pass (Person without a Passport), Spoliansky’s Lied vom Stacheldraht (Barbed Wire Song), Leopoldi’s Die Novaks aus Prag (The Novaks from Prague), and Kreisler’s Schlag sie…

Celebrating his 66th year as a recording artist in the music industry, legendary singer Johnny Mathis is The Voice of Romance. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music eclipses passing fads and trends, Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories — from music composed for stage and film to golden era jazz standards, contemporary pop hits, and holiday music…  all assuring his reputation as one of the most enduring vocalists in music history.