Events for Friday, March 31 - Saturday, April 22

Independently Produced Event

A Tribute to Bob Dylan – Benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation

Saturday, April 1 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $27
Door Ticket Price: $32

The show features all-star line up of accomplished musicians providing high quality versions of Bob Dylan's classics as well as the obscure.  This is benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation, a group of musical archivists endeavoring to record, provide and protect some of this worlds greatest music. The evenings line up include Matt Hartle on guitar, …

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Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

Monday, April 3 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $42.00
Door Ticket Price: $47.25
Student Ticket Price: $23.50

Dinner Special: Braised Cod in a Spicy Coconut Broth with Sweet Potatoes and Greens House Salad & Baguette *meat & veggie chili will be available to order at the counter ––– The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and …

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Dan Wilson Organ Trio

Thursday, April 6 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $31.50
Door Ticket Price: $36.75
Student Ticket Price: $18.50

Dinner Special: Red Wine Braised Beef Stew House Salad & Baguette *meat & veggie chili will be available to order at the counter ––– Growing up in Akron, Ohio, Dan Wilson spent much of his youth within the church community, where his musical path began. Traces of his major guitar influences – including Wes Montgomery, …

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Painted Mandolin – A Benefit for the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Saturday, April 8 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $27 - $32

Painted Mandolin, a four piece musical adventure into the music of Jerry Garcia will be performing at Kuumbwa Jazz Center on April 8th as a benefit for the Santa Cruz Land Trust, a foundation dedicated to preserving the open spaces around Santa Cruz. The Wheel Company Website More info:  The Wheel Company Email

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We ARE: Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Eric Harland

Thursday, April 13 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $36.75
Door Ticket Price: $42.00
Student Ticket Price: $21.00

We ARE is the resurgence of the empathic collaboration between pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland. Three of the most distinctive voices of their generation, their 25 years of creative friendship will be highlighted on a new release in 2023. “For over 20 years, pianist Aaron Goldberg has set himself apart as one …

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Reunion! Trio: Bruce Forman, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton

Monday, April 17 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $42.00
Door Ticket Price: $47.25
Student Ticket Price: $23.50

Together, guitarist Bruce Forman, bassist John Clayton, and drummer Jeff Hamilton celebrate the music of The Poll Winners. Of the project, Forman writes: “Can a musical instrument possess someone's soul? Probably not. But it can tell stories, bind generations, and bring people together. So, then...maybe it can? I recently became caretaker of Barney Kessel’s guitar. …

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Mr. Sun feat. Darol Anger, Joe K. Walsh, Grant Gordy & Aidan O’Donnell

Thursday, April 20 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $36.75
Door Ticket Price: $42.00
Student Ticket Price: $21.00

If you haven’t heard of the cheerfully named supergroup Mr. Sun, you’ve certainly heard its proponents, four of the finest musicians on the American Roots scene: renowned fiddler Darol Anger, Professor Emeritus at Berklee College of Music, who has released many influential solo albums over a 45-year career in addition to his work with David …

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Larry & Joe

Friday, April 21 @ 7:30 PM
Regular General Admission: $27
Gold Circle: $42

Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South …

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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: SUBA Trio feat. Gustavo Ovalles – 7:00 PM

Saturday, April 22 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $47.25
Door Ticket Price: $52.50
Student Ticket Price: $26.25

SUBA Trio is the second recording and concert collaboration between 7-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist-composer-bandleader Omar Sosa and U.K.-based Senegalese kora master and singer Seckou Keita, featuring folkloric Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.  The recording made NPR Music’s ’20 Best Albums of 2021’, reached #1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart (December 2021), and received a 4-star review in Downbeat, to mention just a few of hundreds of accolades. …

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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: SUBA Trio feat. Gustavo Ovalles – 9:00 PM

Saturday, April 22 @ 9:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $36.75
Door Ticket Price: $42.00
Student Ticket Price: $21.00

SUBA Trio is the second recording and concert collaboration between 7-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist-composer-bandleader Omar Sosa and U.K.-based Senegalese kora master and singer Seckou Keita, featuring folkloric Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.  The recording made NPR Music’s ’20 Best Albums of 2021’, reached #1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart (December 2021), and received a 4-star review in Downbeat, to mention just a few of hundreds of accolades. …

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