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Date:
Thursday, January 29
Time:
7:00 PM
Advance Ticket:
$40.79
Advance Member Ticket:
$36.75
Door Ticket:
$42.00
Student Ticket:
$21.00
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Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

Aaron Parks Trio feat. Eric McPherson & Ben Street

6:00 PM
All Ages
Café Kuumbwa
Advance ticket and advanced Dinner Special sales for this show have ended. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:00 PM. Dinner Specials can be purchased at the counter (subject to availability). Meat or veggie chili will be available to purchase at the counter. Please click the 'Café Kuumbwa' button above for more information. Thank you!

Dinner Special:
Roast Chicken with Lemon & Olives
Rosemary-Parmesan Potatoes
House Salad & Baguette
*meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter

Pianist Aaron Parks (born Oct 7, 1983) released his Blue Note debut Invisible Cinema at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as “a new visionary.” The San Jose Mercury News named his Alive in Japan release as their ‘2013 Top Jazz Album of the year’. He has released two albums on ECM including a solo piano recording and a trio record featuring Billy Hart and Ben Street. Parks has performed and recorded with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dhafer Youssef, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ambrose Akinmusire, Gretchen Parlato, Kendrick Scott, and Marcus Miller among others. He is also a founding member of James Farm with Joshua Redman, Matt Penman and Eric Harland.

His latest project, Aaron Parks Little Big, hailed by PopMatters as “what jazz can be in the new century,” released their debut in late 2018. The follow-up, Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man was released in May 2020 to critical acclaim. Later that year, Parks was one of six composers selected to participate in Sundance Institute’s prestigious Film Music and Sound Design Lab.

Parks’ music seamlessly blends elements of modern jazz, indie rock, and Eastern modalities, creating a unique and personal sound. His playing is characterized by its lyrical beauty, rhythmic complexity, and harmonic sophistication. He is celebrated for his ability to evoke emotion and introspection through his music, making him one of the most influential and respected jazz pianists of his generation. The Aaron Parks Trio on this concert date will feature Eric McPherson on drums and Ben Street on bass.

Aaron Parks Website
(Ticket Includes 5% City of Santa Cruz Admission Tax)

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