Events for Friday, May 3 - Tuesday, May 21

Independently Produced Event

Old Blind Dogs

Friday, May 3 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $28
Door Ticket Price: $30

The musical evolution of Old Blind Dogs began in Aberdeen in 1992 with roots that grew from the eclectic music scene that flourished in the Granite City during the early 90’s. Four musicians from very different musical backgrounds came together to create a full-time professional touring band with the aim of showcasing the rich tradition […]

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Graduate Recital: Sal Alamillo & James Conelly

Sunday, May 5 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: Free, with registration

Celebrate the graduation of Sal Alamillo (drums) and James Conelly (bass) from the Jazz Studies program at San Jose State University. This dynamic drummer and bassist duo has collaborated since the beginning of their Graduate studies and now present their graduate recital. On Cinco de Mayo at 7pm, immerse yourself in a diverse musical experience […]

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Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

Jeff Hamilton Organ Trio feat. Akiko Tsuruga & Steve Kovalcheck

Monday, May 6 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $36.75
Door Ticket Price: $42.00
Student Ticket Price: $21.00

‘Originality’ is what versatile drummer Jeff Hamilton brings to the groups he performs with and is one of the reasons why he is constantly in demand, whether he is recording or performing with his trio, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, the Clayton Brothers or co-leading the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Hamilton is equally at home in smaller […]

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Alex Cuba

Thursday, May 9 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $31.50
Door Ticket Price: $36.75
Student Ticket Price: $18.50

Alex Cuba’s sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks, and powerful guitar riffs relinquish a conventional stereotype that exemplifies much of the Latin music landscape. Cuba is a Grammy/Latin Grammy and Juno winning singer-songwriter/producer and musician, born Alexis Puentes in Artemisa, Cuba. He was immersed in music at a very young age, joining his father’s (guitarist and teacher […]

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Chris Cain Band

Monday, May 13 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $31.50
Door Ticket Price: $36.75
Student Ticket Price: $18.50

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 the legendary BB King and Albert King. As a child, Cain attended concerts with his dad to hear many of the great blues artists of […]

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QWANQWA

Thursday, May 16 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $31.50
Door Ticket Price: $36.75
Student Ticket Price: $18.50

Beaming in from the sizzling Addis Ababa nightlife scene, QWANQWA shines an experimentalism based in the virtuosity of rooted traditions. With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar grooves, the heavy riffs of goat skin kebero beats, and powerful mellismatic lead African diva vocals, QWANQWA keeps audiences rapt in celebratory attention. QWANQWA's debut US […]

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Independently Produced Event

(((folkYEAH!))) Presents: Little Wings with Shannon Lay

Friday, May 17 @ 7:30 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $31.50
Door Ticket Price: $36.75

Little Wings is Kyle Field's band since 1998... Exploring themes of loneliness and togetherness with oneself and others, the music tries to capture through poetry the feelings of being a human being and match words with their appropriate tone and color. To be alive. (((folkYEAH!))) Website More info:  info@folkyeah.com

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Pierre Bensusan

Sunday, May 19 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $25
Door Ticket Price: $30

French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan, surnamed “Mister DADGAD”, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album Encore, voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival […]

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Kuumbwa Jazz Presents

Emmet Cohen Trio

Monday, May 20 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $38.85
Door Ticket Price: $44.00
Student Ticket Price: $22.00

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen has emerged as one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. Downbeat observed that his "nimble touch, measured […]

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Vijay Iyer Trio

Tuesday, May 21 @ 7:00 PM
Advance Ticket Price: $42.00
Door Ticket Price: $47.25
Student Ticket Price: $23.50

Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, shape-shifting presence in 21st-century music. His deeply interactive, powerfully expressive musical language is indebted to the composer-pianist lineage from Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk to Alice Coltrane and Geri Allen, the creative music movement of the 60s and 70s, and rhythmic traditions of […]

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