Redwood Jazz Alliance

Spring 2008 Season
Fall featured a luminous evening at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka with Plays Monk, featuring drummer Scott Amendola, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, and bassist Devin Hoff playing...well, Monk. Then, Kenny Werner returned to Fulkerson Recital Hall for a sublime evening of duets with vocalist Claudia Villela. The new year brought a jazz summit with Myra Melford, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Dresser, and Matt Wilson; then, in early March, the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra blew the roof off of Van Duzer Theatre. Just recently, the Miguel Zenón Quartet dropped jaws in the Kate Buchanan Room, and the David Berkman Trio wowed the crowd at the Morris Graves.

Next Up: Our Final Show of the Season!
Ben Allison & Man Size Safe
Thursday, May 15, 2008 (8 p.m.) | Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU

Melodic, jagged, sophisticated, bassist Allison’s compositions are the very definition of what's hip in contemporary jazz. His new quintet "Man Size Safe" delivers the news in a crisp, tight, playful package. Allison is a perennial Downbeat readers' & critics' poll winner (he is "leading a movement to create generationally relevant jazz," says Dan Oullette in the April 2008 issue) and was recently featured on NPR's All Things Considered.

Look here for the full season lineup.


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Redwood Jazz Alliance is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charity dedicated to jazz performance and education by visiting artists in Humboldt County, California.

Halfway between Portland and San Francisco, tucked between the redwoods and the ocean on California's north coast, our area offers spectacular scenery, small-town community, outstanding local microbreweries and, most important, a group of students, faculty, and local citizens excited about good music.

For bookings and/or more information, please e-mail rja@redwoodjazzalliance.org.

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