The Pickle Mafia's Santa Cruz-based jazz pianist talks about making music...and pickles kazu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kazu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This weekend offers an eclectic mix of events, from benefit concerts, new theater productions and a poetry showcase to a lumberjack festival, a craft supply sale, Michigan State University Science Festival activities and much more.
The Pickle Mafia jazz trio brings 'arena jazz fusion' home to Santa Cruz kazu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kazu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How can two people with no electric guitars make such explosive rock and roll? Royal Blood would be happy to demonstrate with their show at the Catalyst Club Saturday. Traveling from one beach town to another, Worthing, England's Royal Blood consists of Ben Thatcher on drums and Mike Kerr on vocals and bass, although his use of effects pedals and amps allow him to mimic the sound of a bass guitar.
"Pickle" and "mafia" are a pair of words one would not expect to go together, but The Pickle Mafia are all about bringing together seemingly disparate styles. Although rooted in jazz and playing at Kuumbwa Jazz on Nov. 12, the Rochester, New York-based trio do not categorize themselves as strictly jazz.