Brandee Younger Trio

Dinner Special:
Grilled Steelhead Trout
Herb Salsa Verde
Roasted Potatoes, House Salad & Baguette
*meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter

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Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the harp’s role in modern music. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists.  In 2022, she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and later, the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her latest album Brand New Life. Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Moses Sumney.

Her current album, Brand New Life, builds on her already rich oeuvre, and cements the harp’s place in popular culture.  As the title of the album suggests, Brand New Life is about forging new paths–artistic, personal, political, and spiritual. Younger’s music is imbued with a sense of purpose and respect of legacy, creating a larger platform for the harp to reach newer and wider audiences than ever before. In addition to performing and recording, Younger is on the faculty at New York University, Steinhardt School and The New School College of Performing Arts.

Brandee Younger Website
Sponsored by Jazz Divas
This concert is supported in-part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts via the Western Jazz Presenters Network.

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