Watermelon Music
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06/10/2026
Aiko Shimada is a Sacramento-based jazz vocalist known for a warm, ethereal tone and an honest, restrained approach to interpretation.
Once a singer-guitarist/songwriter who performed and toured widely for decades in Seattle, she now returns to jazz, blending beloved standards with originals and thoughtful covers.
Notable collaborators include the late world-renowned pianist Jessica Williams, and acclaimed jazz guitarist Bill Frisell appears on her album Blue Marble (John Zorn's Tzadik Label in New York).
Joined by Selena Delgadillo (piano), Mark Collins (upright bass), Stephen Esquivido (sax), and Aidan Smith (drums), Aiko offers an evening of elegance, intimacy, and sincerity shaped by influences from Billie Holiday and Shirley Horn to Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson, Egberto Gismonti, and Brazilian singer Mônica Salmaso.
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"Stunning live" — The Stranger, Seattle
"Beautiful, profound, and original… haunting, mature, unforgettable." — Steve Silberman, Wired
"Shimada is one of the most original and creative musicians on the Seattle scene." — Seattle Times
"Her music is a fluid and exquisitely ear-friendly blend of lower Manhattan jazz and textural forms..." — Sacramento News & Review
Instagram: .music
YouTube: Aiko Shimada Music & Beyond
This is a BOYB show! Watermelon Music serves non-alcoholic drinks and pre-packaged snacks.
$15 General Admission
$10 Students (available in-store or at the door only)
Kids under 12 are FREE!
The big guy from out West with larger than life energy (he’s also 6’5’, the great grandson of August Ringling of the Ringling Bros Circus and related to Ma Barker of the infamous Barker Gang), guitarist, singer, banjoist, songwriter, composer, entertainer, musical historian and teacher, Mitch Polzak wears his heart on his sleeve and his playing in his heart. Mitch was inducted into The Western Swing Hall Of Fame in 2024 and has been twice nominated for The Ameripolitan Music Awards.
Polzak performs Rockabilly, H***y Tonk, Surf, Bluegrass, Western Swing, and Cajun music stateside and abroad. Mitch performs with the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, and delivers a H***y Tonk ballad with the sincerity of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings. Polzak will bring a room to a fevered pitch of joyous energy on the dance floor and then tell you a story in a song like two old friends sitting at a kitchen table at midnight.
He has released 8 albums, 5 on his own label Polzak Productions and 3 on the Spanish based Sleazy Records.
Presented by Left of the Dial and KDRT.
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1970 Lake Boulevard
Davis, CA
95616
Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 12pm - 7pm |
| Wednesday | 12pm - 7pm |
| Thursday | 12pm - 7pm |
| Friday | 12pm - 7pm |
| Saturday | 12pm - 7pm |
