March 26 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘An Evening of West Coast Jazz at SBMA with Allison, Cardenas, & Nash’

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SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present “An Evening of West Coast Jazz at SBMA with Allison, Cardenas, & Nash” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

The work of acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Janna Ireland, currently on view at SBMA and MCASB, includes her photographic interpretation of the architecture of Paul R. Williams, the renowned 20th-century Black architect who designed many of Southern California’s iconic buildings. A gifted designer across genres, Williams transformed the face of Los Angeles, including chic celebrity spots like the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, the Ambassador Hotel’s Coconut Grove, and the cool jazz corridors of Central Avenue.

In a nod to those favored night spots and the music of the jazz greats, Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, and Ted Nash perform against a backdrop of images of Williams’ mid-century Los Angeles world and photographs from Ireland’s Regarding Paul R. Williams.