DEAR JAZZ FANS, WE FEEL WE HAVE CURATED ONE OF OUR FINEST SPRING SERIES OF ARTISTS YET. ALL CONCERTS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED & ORCHESTRATED AROUND OUR THEME- THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, SUPPORTED BY THE ARTISTS WE SELECT. THE SERIES WILL OPEN ON MARCH 3, WITH THE LAST ONE ON MAY 19, AT BAYSIDE RESTAURANT IN NEWPORT BEACH. WITH OUR LIMITED SEATING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLACE YOUR RESERVATION SOONER, THAN LATER BY ONE OF TWO WAYS: CALLING JOE ROTHMAN AT (949) 759-5003 OR BY COMPLETING THE BELOW ORDER FORM AND EMAILING IT TO JOE AT: JOE.ROTHMAN@COX.NET WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON! JOE & JOHN CELEBRATING THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK & MORE! MARCH 3, 2026 GRAND OPENING NIGHT- AN AN EVENING CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF THE GREAT SINGERS, COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS with DAVE DAMIANI! Crooner Dave Damiani will join members of Steve Tyrell’s band, including Rickey Woodard (sax), Grant Geissman (guitar), Gary Matsumoto (piano), Kevin Winard (drums) plus bassist Ken Wild, for a wonderful evening of Great American Songbook classics. Some of the selections - On The Sunny Side of The Street, Our Love Is Here To Stay, What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Lets Fall In Love! MARCH 31, 2026 CAROL WELSMAN QUARTET   International jazz vocalist & pianist- Carol Welsman, will return to Sunset Jazz to feature an evening of Great American Songbook selections by well-known composers & Lyricists, such as Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen & Cole Porter, among others. Carol will also include some exciting Latin and Brazilian compositions with Jimmy Branly on drums, Rene Camacho on bass and Mitchell Long on guitar. APRIL 14, 2026 JOHN PROULX QUARTET   We are always delighted to arrange the return of John Proulx to our stage, this time to honor the brilliant songwriting team of Alan and Marilyn Bergman. To best serve that herculin task, John is bringing together some of his notable friends. On bass will be Michael Feinstin’s bassist- Alex Frank; on drums and vocals- Mr. “I Just Want to Get Paid” Dave Tull and playing flugelhorn & trumpet-Kye Palmer. With Alan’s most recent passing in July of last year and Marilyn’s in January of 2022, we thought a night honoring and celebrating their amazing body of work would be timely. May 5, 2026 ANNE WALSH & TOM ZINK – FROM BOSSA & BRAZIL ‘66 TO BACHARACH For all those Bossa Nova and Burt Bacharach fans out there, this is especially the evening for you! With several sold-out nights at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato and Spaghettini, Anne Walsh and her stellar band of Tom Zink on piano, Hussain Jifry on bass (tent) and drummer/percussionist Kevin Winard, will feature a wonderful evening of Bossa classics & Brazil 66 and songs from the Burt Bacharach catalogue. MAY 19, 2026 ADRYON DE LEON, JASON FABUS & RICKEY WOODARD- HEADLINE OUR CLOSING CONCERT… “Adryon de Leon’s voice sizzles with soul, and a fair amount of attitude, yet still clings to a sweeter timbre beneath all the vocal bravado. When she bares her soul for a song, you can be sure that the world of funk music is very much alive-and maybe even itching for a fight.” -Carl Pettit, Ozy Appearing with Adryon’s quartet will be vocalist & saxophonist Jason Fabus, Alex Frank on Bass, Ryan Shaw on Drums, along with the ever popular- Rickey Woodard!