Events for Tuesday, August 26 - Thursday, September 25

For twenty-five years, Soledad Prison had perhaps the most dynamic prison music program in the country. At its heart was a jazz improvisation workshop. Reggie Austin, a graduate of that […]

Gary Meek is a lifelong multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and recording artist with seven solo CDs to his name. Meek has appeared on over 200 records, including: Herb Alpert, Dave Weckl, […]

Singer and pianist Charles Brown was a blues legend. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven Top 10 hits on the Billboard R&B chart. He garnered accolades from audiences and […]

Recognized as a global phenomenon, GRAMMY Award-winning Latin big band Pacific Mambo Orchestra’s (PMO) original and ingenious repertoire is spiked with irresistible energy and superb musicianship. PMO effortlessly blends genre-bending […]

In How to Learn Tunes, guitarist Robert Papacica will discuss the importance of learning and connecting melodies, lyrics, and harmony together in order to have a deeper understanding of the […]

Robert Papacica is an award winning composer, educator, and musician originally from Toronto, Canada. Robert has appeared as a sideman and leader in jazz clubs in Miami, San Francisco, Los […]

Paul Cornish is a Los Angeles-based pianist and composer who has performed around the world with some of today's most prominent artists across various genres, such as Joshua Redman, KNOWER, […]

Chris Cain offers up a soulful stew of Memphis style electric blues. His powerfully deep vocals and jazz inspired, blues guitar riffs are unforgettable; uniquely his own, while reminiscent of […]

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds from the Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. The music, however, doesn’t lodge inside the tight confines of the jazz idiom, which is not surprising considering […]

Dayramir González started his professional career as a pianist and composer at the age of sixteen with former Irakere member Oscar Valdes Afro Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara. He received the […]