First Fridays at the Sol Featuring Sabine

First Fridays at the Sol is where grown folks come to listen to live jazz, dance and have a great time in an incredible venue.
About this Event

First Fridays at the Sol is where grown folks come to listen to live jazz, dance and have a great time. Our featured artist for August is "Sabine". Sabine Pothier, who likes to go by just “Sabine”, is a Russian-American Pianist and composer. Having an early start at age 6 on piano she was quickly identified as a prodigy and was raised with the finest classical piano training available. Achieving her Bachelors in music at the Gnesnin school in Moscow she also completed her graduate certificate at the Boston conservatory and USC Thornton School of Music.

Sabine’s first jazz inspirations came from a record collection she inherited. In the collection she found a Louis Armstrong and an Ella Fitzgerald album. The sound captured her imagination, from that day forward she knew her path had changed.

She spent time in the mid-west and D.C. where she was playing with Blue Note Bassist Butch Warren (Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan) and Fred Foss (Sax). Playing by ear she used her excellent memorization ability to master hundreds of jazz standards. Sabine moved to Los Angeles and was on the scene playing with the “A” list of cats like, Henry “The Skipper” Franklin”, John B. Williams, Zane Mussa, Scotty Barnhart (Director of Count Basie Orchestra), Clayton Cameron, Jacques Lesure, John B. Williams and others. Also with the diva’s like Barbara Morrison, Sweet Baby Jai, and Michelle Coltrane.

Sabine's concert appearances include Vladivostok Jazz Festival, Florida Jazz&Blues Festival (she was featured performer with Wycliff Gordon Quartet), Idyllwild Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, LACMA Jazz series, Merle Kreibich Jazz Series, The Blue Whale, The Lighthouse, Baked Potato, Seabird Jazz Lounge, Vibrato, World Stage, Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, and many others.

DJ Sidney Thompson will spin the dance music.

The Sol Lounge offers great sound & lighting, great ambience, drinks and food. We also have an outdoor patio area for cigar aficionados.

No t-shirts, tennis shoes, beanies, baseball caps, sweatsuits or short pants.

Doors open at 6:30. Arrive early for best seating.

All Reserve Seating is Held Until 7:30 pm

No Refunds