The Black Dogs Jazz Band presents a stellar evening of jazz music on Saturday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.

The Black Dogs Jazz Band presents a stellar evening of jazz music on Saturday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., in the South Florida Community College University Center Auditorium. This is the third performance of the Jazz Series, which is held in the intimate 245-seat auditorium.

The Black Dogs were formed in Orlando, Fla. in 1989, composed of staff musicians from Walt Disney World. Always in pursuit of introducing new energy into vintage American popular music, the band has made it a point to carry the finest in New Orleans rhythm and blues and classic jump swing to the rest of the traditional jazz world. They currently play all kinds of different styles of music based in a Dixieland style, including Zydeco, gospel, swing, New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, and Second Line.
In multiple tours to Europe and the Orient over the last 20 years, the Black Dogs have shared their music with fans of many nations as well as headlining Traditional Jazz festivals all across the United States.
The veteran musicians in this stellar seven-piece band are led by vocalist and pianist Tom Hook, along with Davy Jones (cornet), Pat Gullotta (trombone), Jim Buchmann (clarinet), Bob Leary (guitar), David Gannett (tuba), and Ed Metz Jr. (drums).
The SFCC Jazz Series Season Sponsors are Tom and Nancy Mitchell, John and Evelyn Mills, an anonymous donor, Lake Placid Journal and Agri-Leader by Highlands Today. The performance sponsor is Patricia McShane.
Ticket prices are $22 and $24 and may be purchased online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at http://performances.southflorida.edu. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the SFCC Box Office at 863-784-7178 or by visiting the SFCC Box Office Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., located in the front of the SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts, 600 West College Drive, Avon Park.