Claudia Villela & Kenny Werner at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

1/2 price for students at the door

ForClaudia Villela, music is a journey into spontaneity and inspiration as her past recording projects with Toots Thielemanns and Michael Brecker can attest. Raised in Rio de Janeiro she absorbed the folkloric tradition of her native Brazil, as well as the influences of classical composers and American jazz. Her vocal improvisations and compositions encompass the full range of emotive sound, sometimes dramatic, sometimes humorous, but always fascinating. She has been dubbed by JazzTimes Magazine as a genius with a blistering voice and she will be joined on this concert date by sublime pianist Kenny Werner. ...

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1/2 price for students at the door

ForClaudia Villela, music is a journey into spontaneity and inspiration as her past recording projects with Toots Thielemanns and Michael Brecker can attest. Raised in Rio de Janeiro she absorbed the folkloric tradition of her native Brazil, as well as the influences of classical composers and American jazz. Her vocal improvisations and compositions encompass the full range of emotive sound, sometimes dramatic, sometimes humorous, but always fascinating. She has been dubbed by JazzTimes Magazine as a genius with a blistering voice and she will be joined on this concert date by sublime pianist Kenny Werner.

Show at 7:00 pm
Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 pm
Ticket price includes 5% city of Santa Cruz Admission Tax. Service charge additional.
All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.

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