Events for Tuesday, December 2 - Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Dinner Special: Hawayej Spiced Steelhead Trout Salsa Verde Rice Pilaf House Salad & Baguette *meat or veggie chili will be available to order at the counter – – – Jacky Terrasson, one of the most widely travelled of all jazz pianists, is the “piano player of happiness” according to Telerama magazine in France. He is […]

Barbara Higbie, Vicki Randle, and Mia Pixley bring light to the holidays with their Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concert, performing traditional and original music celebrating the season. Higbie is a GRAMMY nominated and award winning pianist/fiddler/singer-songwriter, celebrating the release of her latest album, Solstice. Higbie is known as the first female instrumentalist signed to the […]

Jazz history is filled with stirring torch songs and ballads – brilliant expressions of suffering after love has gone awry. The jazz record shelf even contains some classic album-long explorations of melancholy. But it’s hard to find precedent in pianist Christian Sands’ new Embracing Dawn, his fifth full-length effort for Mack Avenue Records. Sands’ LP […]

The Klezmatics are world-renowned and Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world. They erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century with music that is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic musical influences […]

One of the great jazz guitarists of his generation, Mike Stern has the unique ability to play with the finesse and lyricism of Jim Hall, the driving swing of Wes Montgomery and the turbulent, overdriven attack of Jimi Hendrix. Growing up in the Washington, D.C. area, Stern revered all three of those guitar immortals, along […]

One of the great jazz guitarists of his generation, Mike Stern has the unique ability to play with the finesse and lyricism of Jim Hall, the driving swing of Wes Montgomery and the turbulent, overdriven attack of Jimi Hendrix. Growing up in the Washington, D.C. area, Stern revered all three of those guitar immortals, along […]

We are thrilled to be closing out our landmark year with a truly special Kuumbwa Jazz 50th Anniversary Celebration. This remarkable band, formed solely for this occasion, highlights trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianists Billy Childs and Gerald Clayton, drummer Gregory Hutchinson, flautist Elena Pinderhughes, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and bassist Reuben Rogers in an evening that embodies […]

We are thrilled to be closing out our landmark year with a truly special Kuumbwa Jazz 50th Anniversary Celebration. This remarkable band, formed solely for this occasion, highlights trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianists Billy Childs and Gerald Clayton, drummer Gregory Hutchinson, flautist Elena Pinderhughes, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and bassist Reuben Rogers in an evening that embodies […]

The Timeless Songs of Carole King performed by Lori Rivera, Lorne Dechtenberg on piano, Etienne Franc on bass, and Zack Olsen on drums. A benefit concert for Chadeish Yameinu – Jewish Renewal of Santa Cruz Contact for info: 831-295-8467 | rsvp@cysantacruz.com

First brought together by Brooklyn’s tight-knit old-time music community in 2017, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman share a rich musical partnership. Brown is a banjo player and has released three albums on Brooklyn based Jalopy Records. She has performed across the US, Europe, and Japan including on NPR's ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ and TED EDU. Coleman […]