Kurt Ribak: Jazz & Country

“Joyous,” “grooving,” “bluesy,” “sophisticated,” and “masterful” could all be accurately use to describe bassist and composer Kurt Ribak’s music, but perhaps an assessment is best left to the man himself, who calls his rollicking mix of bebop sophistication and body-moving grooves “Charles Mingus meets The Meters.” Ribak performs a cross-section of his favorite jazz and country tunes, and music that bridges the two. A Berkeley native, Ribak parl...