UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Emmet Cohen Quintet, Miles and Coltrane at 100, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at UCSB Campbell Hall.
An all-star quintet led by pianist Cohen celebrates the centennial of jazz geniuses Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
As a champion of the musical community, Cohen believes in jazz as a living, evolving conversation that unites people across time and place.
Guided by the spirit of the infinite, Cohen continues the journey set forth by the architects of jazz, seeking deeper truths through sound.
Joining Cohen are Phil Norris on bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums; Jeremy Pelt, trumpet; and Tivon Pennicott, saxophone.
Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, Cohen is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, an educator, the winner of the 2019 American Piano Awards, and a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition.
He headlines regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard and Birdland, and has appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival. His artistry has taken him to venues and festivals in over 30 countries.
As an entrepreneur, Cohen has developed “Live From Emmet’s Place,” a live-streamed “Harlem rent party” that unites a worldwide audience via tens of millions of internet views.
Besides leading the Emmet Cohen Trio and Emmet Cohen Quintet, Cohen has appeared regularly with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Kurt Elling, Billy Hart and Brian Lynch.
Tickets to see Cohen are $33-$53, general public; $15 for UCSB students with current student ID.
For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures, 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.