Joe La Barbera Quintet with Bob Sheppard, Clay Jenkins, Bill Cunliffe & Jonathan Richards

Joe La Barbera (drums), Bob Sheppard (soprano & tenor saxophone), Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Jonathan Richards (bass)

With a career spanning six decades, Joe La Barbera’s resume reads like a Who’s Who of Jazz: Woody Herman, Gap and Chuck Mangione, Jim Hall, Clark Terry, Art Farmer, John Scofield, Mike and Randy Brecker, Brad Mehldau, Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods, Bud Shank, Toots Thielemans, Tony Bennet, John Abercrombie and Bill Evans. He can be heard on 275 recordings as well as numerous television and streaming broadcasts. He is the recipient of the 2019 Los Angeles Jazz Society Jazz Treasure Award, Faculty Emeritus at the California Institute of the Arts, and the co-author “Times Remembered” The Final Years of the Bill Evans Trio.

All shows at Sam First are 21+ (no one under the age of 21 will be permitted)

Show Times: 7:30pm & 9:30pm, and a separate ticket is required for each show.

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