David Luning is a songwriter in the tradition of John Prine and Townes Van Zandt, creating works of Americana and folk at its finest: pure vocals, well crafted lyrics and guitar styling that honors its roots. You’ll recognize his work from the WB’s hit show “Lucifer,” where it has been prominently featured. People who have attended …
Nearly sixty years after moving to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, Grammy nominated-pianist Monty Alexander is an American music master. Among the jazz cognoscenti, he is considered one of the very best to ever practice the art form. In the book, The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time, he is cited as the 5th greatest pianist in …
Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in jazz. Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, his style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world. He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as well artists such …
The 10th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival presents a very special evening of comedy and music at Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Celebrating 10 years with 10 headliners, featuring host Chree Powell (Blue Lagoonie All Star) and live music by Treeswing. The 10 headliners are: Brandi Posey (Kennedy Center), Shawn Felipe (Food Network Star), Phil Griffiths (Punchline), …
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Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical, and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. The pianist's new project, sonicwonder, is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam …
Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical, and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. The pianist's new project, sonicwonder, is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam …
Swing pulses through New York-based jazz vocalist and pianist Champian Fulton’s veins. Since her arrival on the scene in 2003, Fulton has been lauded for her poise and allure. A live Champian Fulton performance ensures a radiant ambiance pronounced by the multi-talent’s clarion vocals and lush keys. Birdland Jazz Club was witness to this glory …
Sin Sisters Burlesque & Drag is the premier headliner review in Santa Cruz, CA. Produced by Cyanide Cyn, a local queer femme, Sin Sisters provides a safe space for its audiences, performers and crew. Sin Sisters is comitted to providing a stellar theatrical experience and providing an inclusive space. Sin Sisters has been providing safe …
An evening immersed in the muse, celebrating the highly anticipated album release of Marya Stark's "Weightless". This concert will feature Marya Stark's well-loved anthems, intimate ballads, and enchanting art-song demonstrating a unique fusion of cinematic world building woven throughout her most recent release. Marya will be joined on stage by Grammy Award-winning cellist Barry Phillips, …
säje is: Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlag, featuring: Gary Versace on piano, Amina Scott on bass, and Quincy David on drums. While it may come as a surprise to hear that the newly-formed vocal super-group, säje (rhymes with beige), received a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals” for their …
For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists …
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Pianist John Escreet, hailed by Time Out London as a “transatlantic jazz genius,” continues his artistic ascent with the bold, exploratory new album Seismic Shift. It is Escreet’s ninth album as a leader but his first at the helm of a trio. The UK native, former Brooklynite, and now Los Angeles transplant teams up with fellow Angelenos …
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The Coffis Brothers will be performing a specially curated evening of songs taken exclusively from the Tom Petty catalog. No band contributed more to rock and roll than Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The Coffis Brothers will pay tribute with a special evening of songs spanning their career. With their 2011 debut, The Coffis Brothers & the …
“It’s been quite a while since the release of the last album, and in that time an awful lot has happened.” is the opening line from Greg Carmichael’s notes for Acoustic Alchemy’s brand new album, 33 1/3, and never a truer word has been written. The last studio album from the band, Roseland, was released …
“It’s been quite a while since the release of the last album, and in that time an awful lot has happened.” is the opening line from Greg Carmichael’s notes for Acoustic Alchemy’s brand new album, 33 1/3, and never a truer word has been written. The last studio album from the band, Roseland, was released …
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book – a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Ndegeocelo returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad …
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book – a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Ndegeocelo returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad …
Bonny June & Bonfire, a trio since 2012, have been coined by fans as “Americana meets Vaudeville” due to their theatrical and dramedic style. You may have heard their tunes Ride, Courage, Ride, and Dontcha Tell the Preacher, and Devil in Bed on KPIG radio. Bonny’s original songs tell wild and beautiful stories, brought to …
Grammy-nominated composer Miho Hazama is one of the most promising and talented composers/arrangers of her generation. Lauded in Downbeat as one of “25 for the Future”, Hazama has developed her signature jazz chamber orchestra, dubbed m_unit. Now having three full-length releases on Universal Music Japan/Sunnyside Records, Hazama has written for and expertly showcased the abilities …
Pat Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of eight, Metheny switched to guitar at age twelve. By the age of fifteen, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually …
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David Luning is a songwriter in the tradition of John Prine and Townes Van Zandt, creating works of Americana and folk at its finest: pure vocals, well crafted lyrics and guitar styling that honors its roots. You’ll recognize his work from the WB’s hit show “Lucifer,” where it has been prominently featured. People who have attended …
Nearly sixty years after moving to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, Grammy nominated-pianist Monty Alexander is an American music master. Among the jazz cognoscenti, he is considered one of the very best to ever practice the art form. In the book, The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time, he is cited as the 5th greatest pianist in …
Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in jazz. Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, his style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world. He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as well artists such …
The 10th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival presents a very special evening of comedy and music at Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Celebrating 10 years with 10 headliners, featuring host Chree Powell (Blue Lagoonie All Star) and live music by Treeswing. The 10 headliners are: Brandi Posey (Kennedy Center), Shawn Felipe (Food Network Star), Phil Griffiths (Punchline), …
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Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical, and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. The pianist's new project, sonicwonder, is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam …
Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical, and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. The pianist's new project, sonicwonder, is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam …
Swing pulses through New York-based jazz vocalist and pianist Champian Fulton’s veins. Since her arrival on the scene in 2003, Fulton has been lauded for her poise and allure. A live Champian Fulton performance ensures a radiant ambiance pronounced by the multi-talent’s clarion vocals and lush keys. Birdland Jazz Club was witness to this glory …
Sin Sisters Burlesque & Drag is the premier headliner review in Santa Cruz, CA. Produced by Cyanide Cyn, a local queer femme, Sin Sisters provides a safe space for its audiences, performers and crew. Sin Sisters is comitted to providing a stellar theatrical experience and providing an inclusive space. Sin Sisters has been providing safe …
An evening immersed in the muse, celebrating the highly anticipated album release of Marya Stark's "Weightless". This concert will feature Marya Stark's well-loved anthems, intimate ballads, and enchanting art-song demonstrating a unique fusion of cinematic world building woven throughout her most recent release. Marya will be joined on stage by Grammy Award-winning cellist Barry Phillips, …
säje is: Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlag, featuring: Gary Versace on piano, Amina Scott on bass, and Quincy David on drums. While it may come as a surprise to hear that the newly-formed vocal super-group, säje (rhymes with beige), received a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals” for their …
For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists …
Master Class: Scott Amendola – Getting to the Music Read More »
Pianist John Escreet, hailed by Time Out London as a “transatlantic jazz genius,” continues his artistic ascent with the bold, exploratory new album Seismic Shift. It is Escreet’s ninth album as a leader but his first at the helm of a trio. The UK native, former Brooklynite, and now Los Angeles transplant teams up with fellow Angelenos …
John Escreet’s “Seismic Shift” feat. Eric Revis & Damion Reid Read More »
The Coffis Brothers will be performing a specially curated evening of songs taken exclusively from the Tom Petty catalog. No band contributed more to rock and roll than Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The Coffis Brothers will pay tribute with a special evening of songs spanning their career. With their 2011 debut, The Coffis Brothers & the …
“It’s been quite a while since the release of the last album, and in that time an awful lot has happened.” is the opening line from Greg Carmichael’s notes for Acoustic Alchemy’s brand new album, 33 1/3, and never a truer word has been written. The last studio album from the band, Roseland, was released …
“It’s been quite a while since the release of the last album, and in that time an awful lot has happened.” is the opening line from Greg Carmichael’s notes for Acoustic Alchemy’s brand new album, 33 1/3, and never a truer word has been written. The last studio album from the band, Roseland, was released …
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book – a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Ndegeocelo returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad …
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book – a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Ndegeocelo returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad …
Bonny June & Bonfire, a trio since 2012, have been coined by fans as “Americana meets Vaudeville” due to their theatrical and dramedic style. You may have heard their tunes Ride, Courage, Ride, and Dontcha Tell the Preacher, and Devil in Bed on KPIG radio. Bonny’s original songs tell wild and beautiful stories, brought to …
Grammy-nominated composer Miho Hazama is one of the most promising and talented composers/arrangers of her generation. Lauded in Downbeat as one of “25 for the Future”, Hazama has developed her signature jazz chamber orchestra, dubbed m_unit. Now having three full-length releases on Universal Music Japan/Sunnyside Records, Hazama has written for and expertly showcased the abilities …
Pat Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of eight, Metheny switched to guitar at age twelve. By the age of fifteen, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually …
Pat Metheny: Solo – Dream Box Tour at the Rio Theatre Read More »
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