Dr. Bobby Rodriguez

Jazz for Kids: Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2008

Jazz luminaries Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez, fronting an ensemble of professional instrumentalists, opened the ears and minds of Santa Ynez Valley students Sept. 25 at Solvang School. More than 800 kids from local schools filled the bleachers and floor of the school’s gym as Rodriguez, Hooper and the band took them through the various forms of jazz. The students represented 11 area schools, grades three through twelve. The jazz professionals were in Solvang for the second annual Jazz Festival, ...
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