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Melissa Aldana Crash Trio at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on December 3, 2014

Where

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

When

Wed, February 4, 2015
7:00 pm

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Musicians

Melissa Aldana
saxophone
Pablo Menares
bass, acoustic

About

$22/Advance $27/Door
“A big, fierce sound...” – National Public Radio (NPR)
Melissa Aldana, the daughter of famed Chilean saxophonist Marcos Aldana, learned well from her father. Heavily influenced by Sonny Rollins, Don Byas, and Mark Turner, Aldana has performed with a parade of top-notch jazz artists: George Coleman, Greg Osby, Christian McBride, and Jeff “Tain” Waits, among others. Melissa is the first South American, and first female, to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Aldana's Crash Trio features her critically acclaimed bandmates Pablo Menares on bass; and Francisco Mela on drums. Crash Trio (Concord Music Group) is her latest recording....

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