Jazz is Peace: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Arcata Playhouse / 7-9 p.m. / $15 / $30 sliding scale / $25 sliding scale / $20 sliding scale
The program will explore the music and personal and working relationship of Duke and “Strays”, featuring well known classics (Take The A Train, the Ellington Orchestra’s theme song, written by Billy Strayhorn) and beautiful and evocative lesser known works.
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WE WANT THE FUNK! – Film, Talk, Live Music
Arcata Playhouse / 7-10 p.m. / Free
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Anna Moss
Arcata Playhouse / 7 p.m. / $20
Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Anna Moss hails from the verdant forests and lush limestone of the Ozarks; yet her musical personality oozes New Orleans, the artist’s adopted hometown for many years.
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Homage to the Messengers: the music of Horace Silver
Arcata Playhouse / 7-9 p.m. / $15 / $30 sliding scale / $25 sliding scale / $20 sliding scale
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Pierre Bensusan
Arcata Playhouse / 7:30 p.m. / $20
If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical and pop music, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time.
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LIVE! ON STAGE: JONATHAN RICHMAN featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums!
Arcata Playhouse / 8 p.m. / $30
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