Matt Rollings Trio
Apr
27
8:00 PM20:00

Matt Rollings Trio

Grammy-winning pianist/composer/arranger/producer Matt Rollings has had a four-decade career in country, rock, pop, and jazz, playing on over 1500 recordings with the likes of Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Larry Carlton, Mavis Staples, Mark Knopfler, Alison Krauss and Bruce Springsteen, and serving as the longtime musical director for Lyle Lovett’s Large Band. Recently relocated to Humboldt County, he’s also returning to his jazz roots with a coolly vibey trio featuring bassist David Piltch and drummer Gary Novak. Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project
Apr
2
8:00 PM20:00

Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project

From Quebec by way of New York City, trumpeter Therrien draws on her experience living and studying in Havana (and playing in a multitude of “Latin” groups in New York and abroad) as the animating force behind her own project, which weaves Afro-Cuban influences together with other Latin American and Caribbean musical strands, in the tradition of such giants as Gillespie, Puente, Tjader, and O’Farrill. Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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Jamie Baum Quartet
Jan
22
8:00 PM20:00

Jamie Baum Quartet

Another new year, another old friend: flautist Jamie Baum returns—fronting not her flagship Septet+, but a new quartet featuring pianist Leo Genovese (Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding), bassist Matt Penman (SFJazz Collective, Joshua Redman) and drummer Rob Garcia (Noah Preminger, Ghost Train Orchestra). Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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Ryan Keberle & Catharsis
Nov
8
8:00 PM20:00

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Trombonist-composer-educator-humanist Keberle and his signature band Catharsis celebrate a dozen years together with a moving new album (Music Is Connection) that expands and deepens the group's sonic palette and marks the return of Chilean vocalist & guitarist Camila Meza. The touring lineup also features original member Mike Rodriguez on trumpet with bassist Ike Sturm filling in for Jorge Roeder and drummer Jimmy McBride subbing for Eric Doob. Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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Jenny Scheinman Presents All Species Parade (Night 2 of 2)
Oct
16
7:00 PM19:00

Jenny Scheinman Presents All Species Parade (Night 2 of 2)

The hometown hero returns with an epic homage to Humboldt: an expansive, inclusive procession of tunes that conjure the extraordinary diversity of life and land, past and present, of the Pacific Northwest in general and the Lost Coast in particular. Orchestrated with multiple chordal instruments that weave a multi-textured network of sound--complex and ever-evolving, like the understory of a forest. With Jenny Scheinman, violin; Carmen Staaf, piano; Adam Ratner, guitar; Tony Scherr, bass; and Mark Ferber, drums. Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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Jenny Scheinman Presents All Species Parade (Night 1 of 2)
Oct
15
7:00 PM19:00

Jenny Scheinman Presents All Species Parade (Night 1 of 2)

The hometown hero returns with an epic homage to Humboldt: an expansive, inclusive procession of tunes that conjure the extraordinary diversity of life and land, past and present, of the Pacific Northwest in general and the Lost Coast in particular. Orchestrated with multiple chordal instruments that weave a multi-textured network of sound--complex and ever-evolving, like the understory of a forest. With Jenny Scheinman, violin; Carmen Staaf, piano; Adam Ratner, guitar; Tony Scherr, bass; and Mark Ferber, drums. Click on the title of this event (above) for more details and a link to buy tickets.

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SticklerPhonics
May
5
7:00 PM19:00

SticklerPhonics

Veteran Bay Area bandleader and drummer Scott Amendola returns to explore the power of subtraction with young tenor saxophonist Raffi Garabedian and trombonist Danny Lubin-Laden in a stripped-down trio, that navigates an array of kinetic approaches with new sonorities and high-energy grooves.

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Past RJA Seasons (2006-07 through 2018-19)
Apr
18
8:00 PM20:00

Past RJA Seasons (2006-07 through 2018-19)

For information about performances prior to Fall 2019—headlined by Kenny Werner, ICP Orchestra, Marcus Shelby, Miguel Zenón, David Berkman, Ben Allison, Donny McCaslin, Dafnis Prieto, Anat Cohen, Uri Caine, FLY, Dave Douglas, Ralph Alessi, Frank Kimbrough, Antonio Sanchez, Chris Potter, Tom Harrell, Michael Blake, Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer, Ron Miles, Ambrose Akinmusire, Michael Formanek, David Binney, The Tiptons, Harris Eisenstadt, Kitty Margolis, Rez Abbasi, Claire Daly, John Abercrombie, Chris Lightcap, Matt Wilson, Joel Harrison, Rene Marie, Claudia Quintet, Fred Hersch, Omer Avital, Linda May Han Oh, Michael Moore, The Cookers, Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Sheila Jordan, Scott Amendola, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Helen Sung, Theo Bleckmann, Endangered Blood, Dayna Stephens featuring Billy Childs, John Ellis, Fabian Almazan, Bernstein-Goldings-Stewart, Charles McPherson, Shao Way Wu & Randy Porter, and others—please stay tuned as we slowly transfer archived pages from our old website.

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