Pat Caffrey – Tenor/Baritone

Pat sang as a young child all over the house, echoing the Broadway lyrics his parents played on the record player from “On The Town”, “Guys and Dolls”, “The King and I” and lots of Oscar and Hammerstein.

As an adult, Pat’s wife, Lynn, liked his voice and they both joined the San Francisco and later the Oakland Anything Goes choruses.

After Lynn passed away, an opportunity to join JCS came up. Pat’s been with the group since July 2023 and is currently the sole baritone.

DeAnna DZamba – Alto/Tenor

DeAnna first sang harmony in her grade-school glee club, where a highlight was singing in an invitational
district-wide concert.

It wasn’t until after college that she got back into it
at Molly Holm’s vocal harmony jazz class. She had
forgotten just how much fun it is to sing with others — and from that time on was hooked again!

In addition to listening to numerous vocal harmony groups, soloists she enjoys include Karrin Allyson, Tierney Sutton, Jackie Ryan, Roberta Gamborini, Betty Carter, Frank Sinatra and Kurt Elling.

Linda Hoffman – Soprano

Linda’s musical journey started in rural Kansas with a piano teacher who loved polka music and by 6th grade, she was playing the organ in her church on the prairie.  In high school, Linda played the oboe in concerts, percussion in marching band and had fun singing in a ‘girls group’ where they won a blue ribbon.

Fast forward to California, where she sang soprano in her church choir until 2018.  Then Linda joined JCS and the pandemic hit.  When JCS started back up in 2023, she was thrilled to be singing once again!

Laura Steinman – Alto

Although Laura sang at Carnegie Hall once, when her university needed extra singers for a performance, she prefers singing alto in a small jazz-centered group by far!

Laura studies jazz piano and is looking for like-minded instrumentalists for some jamming.

Joyce Weisel – Soprano

Joyce knows that she missed her calling for the Broadway stage a long time ago. She also missed her calling for being
part of a Doo Wop girl group, so JCS is probably as close as she’s going to get.

Joyce has done community musical theater
(Lamplighters, Altarena), sung in choruses (Oakland Symphony) and has even been on stage at the San Francisco Opera as part of an expanded chorus for the last act of Wagner, after everyone had gone to sleep.

Bettina Winter – Soprano

Bettina has been singing in her car for decades. She has taken a bit of formal voice training over the years and sang for a few months with a large local chorus.

Bettina has spent years training to play jazz piano but finds singing with a group to be a special experience!

Jeff Neighbor – Arranger

Former JCS member and professional musician Jeff Neighbor
has written many wonderful original arrangements for us.
Audience favorites include “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “Pennies from
Heaven” – both of which feature original music and lyrics. Some of the many arrangements Jeff has written for JCS can be seen by scrolling down on the Join Us page of our site.

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Lee Bloom – Pianist

A San Francisco-based pianist, composer, arranger and producer, Lee has worked with a variety of creative artists in many
genres including Madeleine Peyroux, Pete Escovedo, Hal Stein, Mary Stallings, Diane Witherspoon, Jonathan Poretz, Chris O’Connell, Todd Phillips,Steve Heckman, Jamie Davies and Dan Hicks, among others.

In addition to leading his own trio and quintet, Lee
performs regularly as solo pianist and accompanies many instrumentalists and vocalists. He has toured with jazz groups in the United States and Europe, performing at several major jazz festivals. More information on Lee Bloom can be found at www.leebloom.com