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the Bad Plus at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on October 22, 2014

Where

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227

When

Fri, December 5, 2014
7:00 pm

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Musicians

The Bad Plus
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

$25/Adv $30/Door

No Comp Tix

Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 PM

Sponsored by Daphne and Stuart Wells and Barbara Beerstein and George Badger

The Bad Plus has a well-earned reputation for pushing the limits of what constitutes a jazz trio. Known for quirky originals and inspired takes on classic rock songs, their tenth album, Inevitable Western, continues the band’s commitment to what the New York Times referred to as “avant-garde populism.” The concept refers to the idea that serious music can be as engaging and accessible as it is provocative. Their new record features an emotional twang throughout and is accompanied by the Americana milieu of being dusty and weathered, yet free....

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