Our first thirteen seasons unfolded on our old website, now defunct. Those years saw the appearance of more than six dozen headliners, from Rez Abbasi to Miguel Zenón, leading or co-leading ensembles—some fronted by instrumentalists, some by vocalists—ranging from intimate duos to explosive big bands, performing in idioms ranging from straight-ahead to “out” and other styles adjacent and in-between. Below is a brief season-by-season rundown. (Rest In Power and Music: John Abercrombie, Claire Daly, Sheila Jordan, Frank Kimbrough, Lawrence Leathers, Misha Mengelberg, Ron Miles, John Shifflett.)
2006-07
September 25, 2006, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Kenny Werner Trio (with Johannes Weidenmuller and Ari Hoenig)
April 10, 2007, Kate Buchanan Room: ICP Orchestra (featuring Misha Mengelberg and Michael Moore)
2007-08
September 27, 2007, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Plays Monk (Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola)
October 19, 2007, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Claudia Villela and Kenny Werner
January 26, 2007, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Trio M (Myra Melford, Mark Dresser, and Matt Wilson) with Marty Ehrlich
March 2, 2008, Jambalaya: Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day (with Timothy Young, Keith Lowe, and Andy Roth)
March 7, 2008, Van Duzer Theater: Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra featuring Faye Carol and Kenny Washington
April 3, 2008, Kate Buchanan Room: Miguel Zenón Quartet (with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, and Henry Cole)
April 22, 2008, Morris Graves Museum of Art: David Berkman Trio (with Joe Martin and Ted Poor)
May 15, 2008, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Ben Allison’s Man Size Safe (with Michael Blake, Ron Horton, Steve Cardenas, and Michael Sarin)
2008-09
September 9, 2008, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Donny McCaslin Trio (with Hans Glawischnig and Ted Poor)
October 30, 2008, Kate Buchanan Room: Dafnis Prieto Quartet (with Peter Apfelbaum, Manuel Valera, and Armando Gola)
December 9, 2008, Kate Buchanan Room: Anat Cohen Quartet (with Gilad Hekselman, Joe Martin, and Daniel Freedman)
February 9, 2009, Kate Buchanan Room: Go Home (Ben Goldberg, Ron Miles, Charlie Hunter, Scott Amendola)
March 12, 2009, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Uri Caine Trio (with Drew Gress and Ben Perowsky)
April 26, 2009, Fulkerson Recital Hall: FLY (Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard)
2009-10
September 3d 2009, Arcata Theater: Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy (with Vincent Chancey, Luis Bonilla, Marcus Rojas, and Nasheet Waits)
October 20, 2009, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Holshouser, Bennink, & Moore (Will Holshouser, Han Bennink, and Michael Moore)
November 9, 2009, Kate Buchanan Room: Ralph Alessi & This Against That (with Tony Malaby, Andy Milne, Ben Street, and Mark Ferber)
January 29, 2010, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Myra Melford’s Be Bread (with Ben Goldberg, Cuong Vu, Brandon Ross, Stomu Takeishi, and Matt Wilson)
February 25, 2010, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Frank Kimbrough with Noah Preminger
April 1, 2010, Kate Buchanan Room: Antonio Sanchez & Migration (with David Binney, Donny McCaslin, and Scott Colley)
2010-11
September 24, 2009, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Chris Potter’s Underground (with Adam Rogers, Fima Ephron, and Nate Smith)
October 12, 2010, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Tom Harrell Quintet (with Wayne Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo, and Rudy Royston)
November 8, 2010, Kate Buchanan Room: Michael Blake’s Blake Tartare (with Soren Kjaergaard, Jonas Westergaard, and Ben Perowsky)
February 2, 2011, Arcata Playhouse: Nels Cline Singers (with Yuka Honda, Devin Hoff, and Scott Amendola)
February 6, 2011, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Vijay Iyer Trio (with Stephan Crump and Marcus Gilmore)
March 2, 2011, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Ron Miles-Gary Versace-Rudy Royston Trio
April, 26, 2011, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (with Walter Smith III, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, and Justin Brown)
June 5, 2011, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Michael Formanek Quartet (with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, and Gerald Cleaver)
2011-12
September 15, 2011, Kate Buchanan Room: Donny McCaslin Quartet (with Uri Caine, Fima Ephron, and Mark Guiliana)
October 6, 2011, Kate Buchanan Room: David Binney Quartet (with David Virelles, Eivind Opsvik, and Dan Weiss)
October 30, 2011, Kate Buchanan Room: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom (with Myra Melford, Jenny Scheinman, and Todd Sickafoose)
March 1, 2012, Arcata Playhouse: Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day (with Matt Bauder, Nate Wooley, Chris Dingman, and Garth Stevenson)
March 30, 2012, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Kitty Margolis (with Murray Low, John Shifflett, and Allison Miller)
April 25, 2012, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Rez Abbasi’s Invocation Quartet (with David Binney, Matt Mitchell, Johannes Weidenmuller, and Dan Weiss)
June 6, 2012, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Claire Daly Quartet (with Steve Hudson, Mary Ann McSweeney, and Peter Grant)
2012-13
September 20, 2012, Kate Buchanan Room: John Abercrombie Organ Trio (with Gary Versace and Adam Nussbaum)
October 30, 2012, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth (with Tony Malaby, Andrew Bishop, Matt Mitchell, and Ches Smith)
January 27, 2013, Van Duzer Theater (co-presentation with Center Arts): Joe Lovano Us Five (with James Weidman, Esperanza Spaulding, Otis Brown III, and Francisco Mela)
February 22, 2013, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts (with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, and Martin Wind)
April 4, 2013, Arcata Playhouse: Joel Harrison’s Spirit House (with Paul Hanson, Cuong Vu, Kermit Driscoll, and Brian Blade)
April 25, 2013, Morris Graves Museum of Art: René Marie’s Experiment in Truth (with Kevin Bales, Elias Bailey, and Quentin Baxter)
2013-14
September 23, 2013, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Phronesis (Ivo Neame, Jasper Høiby, Ivo Neame)
October 8, 2013, Arcata Playhouse: Claudia Quintet (Chris Speed, Red Weirenga, Matt Moran, Chris Tordini, and John Hollenbeck)
November 4, 2013, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Fred Hersch Trio (with John Hébert and Eric McPherson)
February 25, 2014, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Omer Avital Quintet (with Eli Degibri, Joel Frahm, Yonathan Avishai, and Johnathan Blake)
March 28, 2014, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Linda May Han Oh Sun Pictures (with Ben Wendel, Matthew Stevens, and Justin Brown)
April 15, 2014, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Michael Moore Quartet (with Harmen Fraanje, Clemens van der Feen, and Michael Vatcher)
April 29, 2014, Van Duzer Theater (co-presentation with Center Arts): Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort (with Will Holshouser, Marvin Sewell, Jesse Murphy, and Alvester Garnett)
2014-15
September 16, 2014, Van Duzer Theater (co-presentation with Center Arts): Cécile McLorin Salvant (with Aaron Diehl, Paul Sikivie, and Lawrence Leathers)
September 30, 2014, Kate Buchanan Room: The Cookers (Donald Harrison, Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart)
October 19, 2014, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Greg Osby Quartet (with Simona Premazzi, Martin Nevin, and Adam Arruda)
November 12, 2014, Kate Buchanan Room: Miguel Zenón Quartet (with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, and Eric Doob)
February 3, 2015, Arcata Playhouse: Melissa Aldana Crash Trio (with Pablo Menares and Jochen Rueckert)
March 8, 2015, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown
April 13, 2015, Arcata Playhouse: Ryan Keberle & Catharsis (with Mike Rodriguez, Camila Meza, Jorge Roeder, and Eric Doob)
2015-16
October 14, 2015, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret (with Ron Miles, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, and Tyshawn Sorey)
November 11, 2015, Arcata Playhouse: The Scott Amendola Band (with Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, Jenny Scheinman, and John Shifflett)
December 1, 2015, Kate Buchanan Room: Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O (with Jeff Lederer and Paul Sikivie)
February 7, 2016, Arcata Playhouse: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet (with Bill Ware, Stephan Crump, and Eric McPherson)
March 10, 2016, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Michael Blake’s Tiddy Boom (with Frank Kimbrough, Ben Allison, and Rudy Royston)
April 10, 2016, Kate Buchanan Room: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom (with Ben Goldberg, Kirk Knuffke, Myra Melford, Jenny Scheinman, and Haggai Cohen Milo)
2016-17
September 9, 2016, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Tar Beach (Shao Way Wu and Randy Porter)
October 18, 2016, Kate Buchanan Room: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird Calls (with Adam O’Farrill, Joshua White, Thomson Kneeland, and Dan Weiss)
November 6, 2016, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Helen Sung Quartet (with John Ellis, Boris Kozlov, and Terreon Gully)
February 10, 2017, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Theo Bleckmann’s Elegy (with Ben Monder, Julian Shore, Jorge Roeder, and John Hollenbeck)
March 8, 2017, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Endangered Blood (Chris Speed, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, and Jim Black)
April 11, 2017, Fulkerson Recital Hall: David Berkman Quartet (with Dayna Stephens, Linda May Han Oh, and Rudy Royston)
2017-18
September 12, 2017, Kate Buchanan Room: Matt Wilson’s Honey & Salt (with Jeff Lederer, Ron Miles, Dawn Clement, and Martin Wind)
October 8, 2017, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Dayna Stephens Quartet featuring Billy Childs (with Dave Robaire and Christian Euman)
November 10, 2017, Arcata Playhouse: John Ellis Double-Wide (with Alan Ferber, Matt Perrine, Brian Coogan, and Jason Marsalis)
February 18, 2018, The Sanctuary: Ben Allison’s Think Free (with Kirk Knuffke, Steve Cardenas, and Allan Mednard)
March 6, 2018, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Fabian Almazan & Rhizome (with Camila Meza, Linda May Han Oh, and Henry Cole)
April 16, 2018, Arcata Playhouse: Ryan Keberle & Catharsis (with Scott Robinson, Jorge Roeder, Eric Doob, and Sarah Elizabeth Charles)
2018-19
September 20, 2018, Kate Buchanan Room: Jamie Baum Septet+ (with Sam Sadigursky, Jason Palmer, Chris Comer, Brad Shepik, Luis Perdomo, Zack Lober, and Jeff Hirschfield)
October 11, 2018, The Sanctuary: Noah Preminger Quartet (with Jason Palmer, Kim Cass, and Dan Weiss)
October 27, 2018, Arcata Playhouse: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom (with Ben Goldberg, Kirk Knuffke, Jenny Scheinman, Dawn Clement, and Tony Scherr)
January 22, 2019, Arcata Playhouse: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, and Bill Stewart
February 28, 2019, Fulkerson Recital Hall: Charles McPherson Quartet (with Jeb Patton, Jeff Littleton, and Billy Drummond)
April 18, 2019, Morris Graves Museum of Art: Salting (Shao Way Wu, Randy Porter, Gabe Porter)
For shows after Emilio Solla & Bien Sur! (September 20, 2019, Arcata Playhouse), please refer to the “Past & Upcoming Events” page—or click through using the navigation links below….