Date:
Wednesday, May 20
Time:
7:00 PM
Advance Ticket:
$58.28
Advance Member Ticket:
$52.50
Door Ticket:
$63.00
Student Ticket:
$31.50
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Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

Veronica Swift

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6:00 PM
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“She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd.” — Wall Street Journal

Veronica Swift has established herself as one of her generation’s iconic voices in jazz. She recorded her first album at age nine, and since then has had a career spanning two decades. Her 2021 album This Bitter Earth received a 5-star review and the cover of DownBeat magazine.

She continues to release jazz music, as is apparent with her 2026 album Home, which will be released in May. The album’s story takes us on Swift’s journey from growing up on a farm in Greater Appalachian Virginia, losing her childhood home in a house fire and her father to cancer, as she catapults her jazz career and moves to New York City, ultimately leading to her expansion of musical horizons out west where she ultimately finds love and peace as heals the wounds of her past. Its song selections touch on the wide spectrum of what ‘home’ means to people, whether it is where you come from, where you live, or where you see yourself in the future. Some are running from home, and some run back. The album’s epilogue, Simon and Garfunkel’s America, harkens to her message on This Bitter Earth, pondering her place in the country that is her home, and the complex challenges of this time as we question our roots.

Veronica Swift Website
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