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Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet (Raaq) 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
Thu, February 12, 2015
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
$22/Adv $27/Door
½ Price Night for Students
Rez Abbasi, voted #1 Rising Star Guitarist in DownBeat's 2013 Critics Poll, has created an impressive body of work with his most recent recording, Intents & Purposes. Through his RAAQ project, Abbasi's artistic alchemy transforms prime selections of the jazz-rock canon from amplified thunder into subtle, acoustically rendered gems. Fusion classics by Weather Report, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, are given a whole new life with an “unplugged” treatment. RAAQ features Abassi on fretted and fretless acoustic guitars; Bill Ware on vibraphone; Stephan Crump on bass; and Eric McPherson on drums. ...