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Tab Benoit
Louisiana blues musician Tab Benoit has been a part of the roots music world for more than three decades, known for a soulful voice that’s drawn comparisons to Otis Redding and a distinctive guitar style, according to his website. He’s also the founder of the nonprofit Voice of the Wetlands, which uses music to spread awareness about Louisiana’s coastal erosion issues. His most recent album, “I Hear Thunder,” was released last year. Benoit will bring that bayou sound to Menlo Park this week, with an opening set by roots rocker Damon Fowler, who hails from Florida’s gulf coast and has been compared to the likes of Duane Allman and Jeff Beck.
July 30, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $58-$151; guildtheatre.com.
Taylor Eigsti Quartet
Menlo Park-raised jazz piano virtuoso Taylor Eigsti won Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2022 and 2025 for his records “Tree Falls” and “Plot Armor,” respectively. In addition to jazz, he blends diverse influences including classical, hip-hop, rock and electronica to create adventurous sounds. An alumnus of the Stanford Jazz Workshop (and Woodside Priory High School), he’s back in his old stomping grounds as a faculty member and for a quartet concert at the Stanford Jazz Festival. At that performance, Eigsti is joined by Ben Wendel on saxophone, Harish Raghavan on bass and Nate Wood on drums.
July 31, 8 p.m., Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford; $12-$62; stanfordjazz.org.
‘Terrain’
Bay Area artist Fred Aron is a third-generation photographer who’s been taking pictures of the natural and built environment since childhood. Aron studied fine art and design, architecture and structural engineering, and pivoted to photography full time in 2018 after a long career in bridge design and engineering. “Terrain,” the current exhibition at The Main Gallery, showcases Aron’s interest in capturing California’s diverse ecosystems and “explores the evolving dialogue between landscape and memory,” the gallery’s website states.
Through Sept. 7, The Main Gallery, 883 Santa Cruz Ave., Suite 1, open Tuesdays-Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment. Artist reception Aug. 2, 5-8 p.m.; themaingallery.org.
