ETIENNE CHARLES & CREOLE SOUL
While jazz’s foundational Caribbean roots run primarily from Havana to New Orleans, the entire Caribbean basin has contributed to the music’s ever-evolving rhythmic continuum. Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles has distinguished himself with a celebratory sound drawing on his homeland’s music, a connection he expanded through research funded by a Guggenheim Fellowship. He’s gathered various musical styles that manifest during Trinidad’s huge Carnival celebrations on his recent project Carnival: The Sound of a People. He’s touring with an all-star band, including Haitian-American alto saxophonist Godwin Louis and pianist Sullivan Fortner. ANDREW GILBERT

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $31.50 adv/$36.75 door. 427-2227.