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Date:
Thursday, June 4
Time:
7:00 PM
Door Ticket:
$36.75
Student Ticket:
$18.50
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Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

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

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:
Fish Stew with Rock Cod, Fennel, Tomatoes & Potatoes
House Salad & Baguette
*meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter

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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 – Emi Makabe on vocals/shamisen, Thomas Morgan on bass, Vitor Gonçalves on piano/accordion, and Kenny Wollesen on drums – the quartet creates a dynamic, emotionally resonant sound centered on Makabe’s unique adaptation of the shamisen (a traditional Japanese lute) to an international context.

Following the critical success of their 2025 album Echo, featuring Bill Frisell and Jason Moran, the group continues to offer their singular cross-cultural music to audiences in New York and abroad.

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

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