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Bennett Roth Trio – Tribute to Thelonious Monk

Dinner Special: Steelhead Trout with Red Cabbage, Orange & Capers Rosemary Roasted Potatoes Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Bennett Roth is a jazz pianist, emcee, composer, and music educator. An accomplished bandleader and in-demand sideman and accompanist, he has performed on multiple occasions at […]

Emi Makabe Quartet feat. Vitor Gonçalves, Thomas Morgan & Kenny Wollesen

Dinner Special: Fish Stew with Rock Cod, Fennel, Tomatoes & Potatoes House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Making their West Coast debut, the Emi Makabe Quartet presents a visionary blend of Japanese folk, contemporary jazz, and global rhythms. Featuring an acclaimed lineup […]

Le Boeuf Brothers

Dinner Special (Sold Out): Hawayej Spiced Salmon with Salsa Verde & Blistered Cherry Tomatoes Arugula Salad with Croutons *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Originally from Santa Cruz, California, identical twin brothers Remy Le Boeuf & Pascal Le Boeuf—saxophone & piano respectively—moved to New York in […]

Nicole Zuraitis Quartet

Nicole Zuraitis is a two-time GRAMMY winning and four-time GRAMMY-nominated jazz singer/songwriter, pianist/arranger, New York-based bandleader, and winner of the prestigious 2021 American Traditions Vocal Competition gold medal. With a “heart as big as her remarkable voice” (Jazz Police) Zuraitis is a trailblazing artist who is redefining vocal jazz, earning her a place as one […]

Jason Marsalis Quartet

From a young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Marsalis is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford, and Delfeayo. Together, the four brothers and Ellis comprise New Orleans’s venerable first family of jazz, […]

Barbara Higbie & Teresa Trull – Reunion Tour

The reunion of singer-songwriter Teresa Trull, and multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Barbara Higbie, is a long-awaited musical event. Trull visits from her home in New Zealand to join Higbie as they kick off a national tour supporting the release of their new Greatest Hits release. Higbie and Trull have a devoted national following since they burst […]

Kuumbwa Jazz & Santa Cruz MAH Present: Santa Cruz Guitar Company – The First 50 Years feat. Keith Greeninger & Vicki Randle

Featuring performances from Keith Greeninger and Vicki Randle, and an appearance from founder Richard Hoover, this event is presented in conjunction with Santa Cruz MAH’s upcoming exhibit, highlighting fifty years of Santa Cruz Guitar Company's history and impact. Founded in 1976 by Richard Hoover, the Santa Cruz Guitar Company brought boutique guitar making to the […]

Pamela Rose – Wild Women of the 60s

Singer and bandleader Pamela Rose, along with her talented “all-gal band,” has a brand new show – shining a light on the women songwriters who gave us an unforgettable generational soundtrack. Weaving fascinating biographical detail into performance, audiences get to revisit (and sing along to) the 1960s through tunes like “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling,” […]

Kuumbwa Jazz Camp Concert

Kuumbwa’s Jazz Camp is an annual day camp for students 12-18 years old who are interested in learning to play jazz. Students receive both one-on-one and group instruction and the camp focuses on live performance, basic improvisation, theory, soloing concepts/phrasing, along with jazz history and appreciation. Daily classes are held in the VAPA complex at […]

Billy Childs Quartet

Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, successfully marrying the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.  Thus far in his career, Childs has garnered seventeen GRAMMY nominations and six GRAMMY awards […]

Luciana Souza & Marcel Camargo – New Moon

Luciana Souza was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and grew up in a family of bossa nova innovators – her father, a singer and songwriter; her mother, a poet and lyricist. Her work as a performer transcends traditional boundaries around musical styles, offering solid roots in jazz, sophisticated lineage in world music, and an enlightened […]