San Diego's High Society Jazz Band is booked into Fallbrook on Nov. 15, a six-piece stop on Fallbrook Music Society's 49th concert season.
The date was already on the society's eight-concert calendar when Village News previewed the season in August. On Nov. 12 the paper carried a society submission that put names, styles and ticket figures on the same booking.
Who Is on the Stand
Fallbrook Music Society describes High Society as a popular San Diego band led by Larry Okmin on clarinet and saxophone. Its event page runs the repertoire from New Orleans jazz through swing, big band, Latin and oldies rock 'n' roll.
The society's note to Village News fills in the other five chairs: Rick Evans on trumpet, Tim Hall on trombone, Jay Berman on piano, Joe Meza on bass and Don Kuhli on drums. That account also adds Chicago-style jazz to the book.
Connie Kleppe, in the same submission, said the society was delighted to bring the band to Fallbrook and North County San Diego. The paper identifies the item as material provided by the society.
A Band With a Paper Trail
San Diego Reader traces the group to 1980, when trumpeter and vocalist Larry Channave formed it. In 2011 the band picked up a Thursday-night residency at Tango Del Rey in Pacific Beach, a weekly room rather than a one-off festival set.
The same history lists appearances at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee and annual participation in the San Diego Dixieland Jazz Festival. Those credits sit beside the Fallbrook date as evidence of a long regional circuit, not as the personnel for Nov. 15.
In 2022, The Syncopated Times reported that a Wednesday at the San Diego Jazz Fest & Swing Extravaganza opened with alternating sets from High Society and Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra. That bill belongs to the festival, not to the Fallbrook concert.
What the Ticket Page Says
The society's event page lists adult admission at $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show, and says guests 18 and under are free. The Nov. 12 submission matches those adult prices and adds that the free entry for 18 and under is with a paid adult.
August's season story had quoted a higher blanket rate for every concert in the series: $25 in advance and $30 the day of the show. The figure tied to this date on the society's own event page is the lower pair.
High Society remains the Nov. 15 entry on that eight-concert 49th season. Advance tickets are listed on the society's event page.
