Welcome to the official Blue Street Jazz Band website. Blue Street plays festivals all over the US from the entire northwest, California, Midwest, New England & Florida--even Canada, Mexico and Europe! It also plays for special events such as parties, conventions, church services, and other gatherings in the Central California area. The band plays various styles from Dixieland to Swing, Mardi Gras, "hot 20's," Gospel, and originals!
In 2008 the band celebrated its 25th anniversary.Check out Blue Street's latest CD, T'aint What You Do. This fabulous new recording contains such great cuts as Wolverine Blues, Panama Rag, South Rampart Street Parade, Down in Honky Tonk Town, Nevertheless, Mood Indigo, I'll See You In My Dreams, Baby Brown, Petite Fleur, I Can't Get Started, and more. This is a solid CD that no faithful Blue Street Jazz Band maniac should be without.
Dave Ruffner, Rick Canfield, and Sam Rocha have a new CD available. This CD is called Le Hot Club de Rue Bleu. It contains songs featuring harmonica, guitars, and bass played in the spirit of Django Reinhardt. To purchase a copy go to daveruffner.com or CDBaby. Blue Street also has a book.
The book, a 25 year history of the Blue Street Jazz Band, called Our Turn to Dance is also still available. The 224 page book tells the story of the Blue Street Jazz Band and has some great pictures of the band plus biographies about each of the current members of the band. Additionally, the book comes with a DVD featuring some Blue Street performances that were televised.If you want to order a Blue Street product please download the order form and send it to us or call 559 259-9703.