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James Gordon Williams

At Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz

Dinner specials can be purchased in advance or at the counter, subject to availability.
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Navigating life through harmonic progressions, composer and pianist James Gordon Williams brings his musical meditation on resilience to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center stage for an evening performance.

Thursday, November 19, 7:00 PM

Advance Ticket: $40.79 · Student Ticket: $21

James Gordon Williams

James Gordon Williams

American avant-jazz pianist and composer, UC Santa Cruz faculty

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James Gordon Williams is an acclaimed composer and pianist whose performances span leading jazz clubs, concert halls, theaters, and international festivals in the United States and Europe. He has performed with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington and Anthony Davis and appeared at venues like Birdland and the Village Vanguard. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz and author of *Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space*.

Advance Ticket $40.79 · Advance Member $36.75 · Door $42.00 · Student $21.00

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  • Acclaimed composer and pianist
  • Musical meditation on resilience
  • Kuumbwa Jazz Center performance
  • Kuumbwa Jazz Center
  • Santa Cruz

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