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Recent Listening: Bruno Råberg With Barth and Cruz
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Bruno Råberg Trio, Tailwind (Red Piano Records) Råberg’s bass—at once relaxed and penetrating—is at the heart of a collection of his compositions. The sole piece written by someone else is Jimmy Van Heusen’s “Here’s That Rainy Day,” a feature for the leader’s seductive bowing. Råberg follows the Van Heusen with his own “Rainy Day Farewell,” which he may have conceived with Jamaica and Harry Belafonte in mind. Adam Cruz’s drum pattern supports that notion. Throughout, Cruz and pianist Bruce Barth ...
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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio At Kuumbwa Jazz In Santa Cruz, Yoshi's San Francisco, April 11 & 13
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SF Media
The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform April 11 at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA and April 13 at Yoshi’s San Francisco. The trio, led by jazz pianist, composer and arranger Chihiro Yamanaka, a Universal Music/Blue Note Records artist, features bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr.. The concerts are part of a west coast tour that also includes April 9 at Dizzy’s in San Diego and April 10 at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. This is ...
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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio, March 28 At Kuumbwa Jazz Center In Santa Cruz, Ca
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SF Media
The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 28 at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA. The concert marks the Kuumbwa debut and first multi-city west coast tour by Chihiro, a Universal Music recording artist and influential jazz pianist and composer whose high-energy live performances have inspired comparisons to such modern greats as Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Kuumbwa Jazz Center is at 320-2 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz. The concert begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $18 at the ...
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Santa Cruz Blues: Doobies, Los Lobos, J. Osborne, Jonny Lang
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JamBase
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION KICKS OFF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND The San Cruz Blues Festival 20th anniversary celebration will kick off Memorial Day Weekend on May 26-27 at Aptos Village Park in Aptos, CA. To get the party started, Doobie Brothers and Los Lobos will headline on Saturday, while Jonny Lang and Los Lonely Boys will close out Sunday. See the rest of the lineup below. Tickets are now available for purchase online here, at Moe's Alley (Santa Cruz) and Streetlight Records ...
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Award Winning Jazz Artist Michelle Cruz to join "George Wein and Friends" event on August 3rd
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Michelle Cruz
A Newport Bridge Fest SPECIAL EVENT: Join founder of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, impresario George Wein, for a discussion with Newport Jazz Festival performer Anat Cohen and Newport Daily News' Jim Gillis at 5pm. Join us at 7pm on the 41 North dock for a post discussion reception with award winning jazz artist Michelle Cruz with Aaron Cote (drums), Matt Passeroni (bass) and Nick Sanfilppo (piano). This is a FREE EVENT! This event is proudly sponsored by the ...
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Da Cruz Releases "Sistema Subversia" on Six Degrees Records
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Chris M. Slawecki
The ensemble Da Cruz is a collaboration between vocalist Mariana Da Cruz (a Paulista with Bahian roots) and Swiss producer Ane H. Together with their band, they merge Brazilian music, Electro, Afro Beat, Breakbeats, Ethiopian Grooves, Kuduro and other forms of dance music.
Da Cruz stand for a “modern, curious and proud Brazil," says Mariana."There are so many boring clichés about my country. With my music I try to show that there is a Brazil far away from Carnaval, bikinis ...
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Award Winning Jazz artist Michelle Cruz to join "George Wein and Friends" Special Event on August 3rd
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Michelle Cruz
A Newport Bridge Fest SPECIAL EVENT: Join founder of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, impresario George Wein, for a discussion with Newport Jazz Festival performer Anat Cohen and Newport Daily News' Jim Gillis at 5pm. Join us at 7pm on the Top Deck of the SeaFair Mega Yacht for a post discussion reception with award winning jazz artist Michelle Cruz with Aaron Cote (drums), Matt Passeroni (bass) and Nick Sanfilppo (piano). This is a FREE EVENT! This event is ...
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Joe DeRose and Amici LIVE at Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz, CA) - Sunday, June 26th / 4:00pm
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Hristo Vitchev
Blend vibrant jazz fusion, ECM harmonies, and soulful melodies and you get Joe De Rose and Amici. Joe De Rose, a native of the Bay Area, has been playing drums professionally for 21 years in various styles ranging from Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Latin, Blues, Rock to Fusion. He is an alumni of the Alum Rock Jazz Band (88) and has also graduated from The Prestigious Berklee College of music. Joe has toured Europe, Japan, and the states with various artists ...
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Adam Cruz - Milestone (Sunnyside, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
After a two-decade career as an in-demand sideman as a drummer and percussionist, Adam Cruz, decided to make a record as a leader, recruiting a strong team including Miguel Zenon on alto saxophone, Steve Wilson on soprano saxophone, Chris Potter on tenor saxophone, Steve Cardenas on guitar, Edward Simon on acoustic and electric piano, and Ben Street on bass. This is a lengthy album that covers a variety of moods, beginning with “Secret Life" that opens with drums and piano, ...
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