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Welcome to the Carolina Jazz Society – playing Traditional Jazz in Columbia since 1958. Our mission is to foster interest and enthusiasm in traditional jazz music in the community. Join us for the happy upbeat sounds of Traditional Jazz from September through May.

The Cat’s Meow newsletter May, 2025 (PDF)

  • Les Flat Out Strangers will be our May Guests
    Sunday’s concert will feature the return of Les Flat Out Strangers, a Gipsy Jazz ensemble. Django Reinhardt, a musician who was raised in a gipsy family, learned to play as a child and developed a style of music popular today. Like Dixieland, Gipsy Jazz is energetic and exciting. Les Flat out Strangers play around the… Read more: Les Flat Out Strangers will be our May Guests
  • Pete Neighbour Joins Us 10/6/24
    Pete is always a welcome addition to our group and he’ll be joining us for our next concert October 6, 2024 at 2:30pm. You won’t want to miss it. Here’s a link to some info about Pete: https://peteneighbour.com
  • Aletha Jacobs will lead March, 2024 concert
    Aletha teaches full time at Columbia College, where her classes include music theory, piano, choir, and jazz ensemble. She also teaches parttime at USC, directing the vocal jazz group, Carolina Alive. Also a graduate of both CC (bachelor’s) and USC (master’s), she has traveled the world playing/singing in many different kinds of venues, fromentertaining our… Read more: Aletha Jacobs will lead March, 2024 concert
  • Ron Hockett Leads Next Concert 3/5/2023
    Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, Ron Hockett began playing professionally with George Brunies, Bobby Gordon and the Salty Dogs while still in high school. A member of the popular youth group, The Windjammers, Hockett took part in rehearsals that turned into jam sessions with visiting greats Bobby Hackett, Bud Freeman and Jimmy McPartland. While a… Read more: Ron Hockett Leads Next Concert 3/5/2023
  • Doug Graham will lead this Sunday
    Our season got off to a great start in September with a nice crowd despite several other music and theater events scheduled at the same time! Thanks to several renewing members and one new member. Those who made it were treated to quite a show with three stellar clarinets. Hope to see more of our… Read more: Doug Graham will lead this Sunday