Jorma with special guest John Hurlbut

Jorma Kaukonen comes to City Winery NYC’s Main Stage for a date in a multi-show series, billed as Jorma with special guest John Hurlbut. The listing does not specify the evening’s instrumentation or whether the two performers will play together throughout, but it frames Kaukonen’s set around his longtime command of American roots music, blues and Americana. His live repertoire has included fresh songs alongside old blues material shaped in his own style.

Born and raised in the Washington, D.C., area, Kaukonen developed early loves of rock and roll, blues and bluegrass before studying the fingerstyle fretwork of Rev. Gary Davis. He became a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, helping create much of the group’s signature sound with longtime musical partner Jack Casady, then formed Hot Tuna with Casady. A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member and Grammy nominee, Kaukonen has recorded more than a dozen solo albums, including acoustic releases such as Stars in My Crown and River of Time, the latter produced by Larry Campbell and featuring Levon Helm. City Winery calls him one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music and “one of the finest singer-songwriters in music.”