Waterfront Events

Jul 2010

11 Jul 2010

Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Band

Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band

Enjoying live jazz music on the shores of Suisun Marina with the cool breezes from the Suisun Marsh is a fantastic way to spend a lazy summer Sunday afternoon.  Bring your family, friends or church group to the Waterfront District for an afternoon of great music and picnicking!

The concerts run weekly from 3-5 p.m. on Harbor Plaza at Main Street and Solano Street.

Inspired by the music of Lu Watters, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton and others, Ted Shafer started the Jelly Roll Jazz Band in Los Angeles in the late 1950s.  The band was playing professionally all around the LA area and recorded two albums by the mid-1960s.

In the mid-sixties, Ted Shafer had the opportunity to move closer to the music scene that he loved, the Bay Area, and he took it. Soon, he had a Jelly Roll Jazz Band again performing in two flavors: an eight or nine-piece two cornet, two banjo group similar to Joe "King" Olivers' Creole Jazz Band and a five or six-piece single trumpet, single banjo unit patterned after a New Orleans style 4/4 ensemble.

Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band has been a perennial favorite of the Waterfront Jazz Series since the 1990s.

For more about Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band, visit www.jazzdance.org/JellyRoll

Come back next Sunday for another great day of jazz:

• Jul. 18      Dalt Williams Quintet
• Jul. 25      Alive Music Orchestra
• Aug. 1      Uncorked Blues Band
• Aug. 8      Dream Door
• Aug. 15    Reality Check
• Aug. 22    Second Planet
• Aug. 29    Lao Tizer Duo

Fully enjoy your visit to Suisun City's Waterfront District by

• Dining at one of our 12 unique independent local restaurants
• Visiting the Lawler House Gallery (718 Main Street) Open 11 a.m-5 p.m. Friday & Saturday; 11 am-2 p.m. Sunday
• Bring the family to the Suisun Wildlife Center Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Daily
• Book a room today at Hampton Inn & Suites Suisun City Waterfront
• Add an excursion to Suisun Valley wine country

Visit SuisunWaterfront.com to enhance your local stay.