Esoteric Collective plays straight-ahead jazz featuring music ranging from 1940s Bebop to the 1960s. Family-friendly venue Just 10 minutes up the coast from downtown Santa Cruz. Enjoy the music in a ...

Leo Parker may not be a name that instantly springs to mind in the world of late 1940s bebop. There was one point, in 1948, however, when serious people, like Barry Ulanov, regarded Parker as the best ...