For Immediate Release
September 11, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: John Gilbreath, Earshot Jazz, (206) 547-6763 or jazz@earshot.org
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The 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival runs from October 9 through November 18
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival swings into its 27th edition on October 9, engaging this fast-growing creative community with more than 50 distinctive events in clubs and concert halls all around the city.
Respected for artistic integrity and depth of programming, the festival brings jazz greats from around the world into creative collaboration with area audiences and artists. As always, Earshot celebrates Seattle’s jazz legacy with mainstage concerts by a wealth of resident artists and award-winning student ensembles.
“The dynamics of jazz are a perfect parallel for these exciting times in Seattle,” says John Gilbreath, executive director. “Jazz honors its history without being bound by it. Jazz thrives on change, and is quick to apply its creative resources to response and innovation. Jazz is right at home in this city!”
The full schedule of concerts follows:
Friday, October 9, The Vera Project, 7pm
Old School / New School – All-School Jazz Jam
In this festival kick-off party at the famed Seattle Center all-ages club, Vera Project, saxophonist Jacob Zimmerman and Seattle’s youngest crop of jazz educators – Steve Treseler (saxophone), Michael Van Bebber (trumpet), Dawn Clement (piano), Carmen Rothwell (bass), and Julian MacDonough (drums) – hand over the keys to Seattle’s newest blast of top school-aged players.
Tickets $10 general, $8 members & seniors, $5 students & veterans/military
Friday, October 9 & Saturday, October 10, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Thomas Marriott with McTuff
Tough, sinewy funk-rock-soul-jazz: Hammond organist Joe Doria, guitarist Andy Coe, and drummer Tarik Abouzied in a special edition super-boasted by trumpeter Thomas Marriott, whose mastery has earned seven Earshot Golden Ear Awards.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 10, Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
Somi
This “utterly captivating” (Billboard) singer of Rwandan and Ugandan immigrant parentage has been mentored by Hugh Masekela to become a “modern-day Miriam Makeba” who has “the earthy gutsiness of Nina Simone blended with the vocal beauty of Dianne Reeves” (JazzTimes). With Liberty Ellman (guitar), Ben Williams (bass), and Toru Dodo (piano).
Tickets $24 general, $22 members & seniors, $12 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 10, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Sunday, October 11, White Center Fieldhouse, 6pm
Wayne Horvitz: Some Places Are Forever Afternoon
In this first of three events marking Wayne Horvitz’s 60th birthday and his considerable contributions to Seattle jazz culture, he presents 11 pieces inspired by poems by a Northwest legend, Richard Hugo. Horvitz is on piano with members of his Gravitas Quartet and Sweeter Than The Day groups: Ron Miles, Peggy Lee, Sara Schoenbeck, Timothy Young, Keith Lowe, and Eric Eagle. Co-presented with Cornish Presents with support from Chamber Music America and 4Culture.
Tickets $28 general, $26 members & seniors, $14 students & veterans/military. White Center performance is free.
Sunday, October 11, Benaroya Hall, 8pm
Wayne Shorter Quartet
One of the most influential saxophonists and composers in the pantheon of modern music, Wayne Shorter remains an intriguing creative force who continues to make history with this brilliant quartet of pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade. Presented by Earshot Jazz and 88.5 KPLU.
Tickets $25-65, available through Benaroya Hall
Tuesday, October 13, Edmonds-Woodway High School Little Theater, 7:30pm
Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Band w/ Kathy Kosins
One of the swingingest jazz vocalists visits the perennially strong high school jazz program, a four-time finalist in the Essentially Ellington Competition at the Lincoln Center in New York, under director Jake Bergevin. Presented by Edmonds-Woodway Music Boosters.
Tickets $12
Tuesday, October 13, The Royal Room, 8pm
Ornette Coleman Tribute: Action Figure / Focus on Sanity
Two exciting Seattle ensembles salute the late, great provocateur. Bassist Birch Pereira’s Action Figure, with Seth Alexander and Dave Abramson, performs the music of the early Ornette small groups, while electric bassist Ryan Berg looks to the Prime Time years with his Focus on Sanity: John Seman, Matt McCluskey, James DeJoie, Jim Knodle, Dennis Rea, Ken Masters, Don Berman, and Stephen Cavit.
Tickets $16 general, $14 members & seniors, $8 students & veterans/military
Thursday, October 15, UW Meany Studio Theater, 7:30pm
Ted Poor Quartet | UW Scholarship Ensemble
UW artist-in-residence Ted Poor, on drums, is joined by New York-based musicians Bill McHenry, tenor saxophone, Josh Roseman, trombone, and the great Eric Revis on bass, in a concert devoted to Our Man in Jazz, the 1962 album by Sonny Rollins. An ensemble of top UW jazz students opens the program. Presented by UW School of Music.
Tickets $20, $10 students & seniors, through UW School of Music
Friday, October 16, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Kareem Kandi Trio
The Tacoma-based saxophonist’s funk- and blues-drenched style is showcased to fine effect in this trio with Hammond B3 favorite Delvon Lamarr and drummer Adam Kessler.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Friday, October 16, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Edmar Castañeda | Jovino Santos Neto
In a rare solo performance, the “hippest harpist” (Wall Street Journal), from Colombia, demonstrates the virtuosic command that produces symphonic, rapid-fire, melodic Latin American rhythms. Opening, also in distilled solo performance, is Seattle’s brilliant Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto. Co-presented with Cornish Presents.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 17, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement Group
Saxophonist Mark Taylor launches a new ensemble with the ebullient pianist and Cornish instructor, Dawn Clement. Noted NYC trumpeter, Russ Johnson, and top-shelf Seattleites Phil Sparks (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums) join them.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 17, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm
Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance
The multi-horn mystic returns, promising another riveting séance. His newest quartet calls on brilliant contemporaries Gerald Clayton (piano) and Kendrick Scott (drums) along with veteran bassist Reuben Rogers. Lloyd’s latest project, Wild Man Dance, is proving the venerable saxophonist to be ever more breathtaking and transcendent as he carries the jazz tradition deeper and deeper into the mystical.
Tickets $26 general, $24 members & seniors, $13 students & veterans/military
Sunday, October 18, Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret
The singular pianist formed this group in 2012 to perform pieces she wrote for its towering talents: Ron Miles (trumpet), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Stomu Takeishi (bass), and Tyshawn Sorey (drums).
Tickets $22 general, $20 members & seniors, $11 students & veterans/military
Monday, October 19, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Kris Davis Trio
The Vancouver-raised pianist, who has just won a prestigious Doris Duke Impact Award, appears with drummer Tom Rainey and bassist John Hébert, performing her darkly energetic, nuanced compositions. Co-presented with Cornish Presents.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Tuesday, October 20, The Royal Room, 7:30pm
The Big Band Music of George Stone
George Stone, one of the world’s premier jazz composers and arrangers, travels from California to direct a performance of his exciting big band music by 17 of Seattle’s finest jazz musicians, including Dennis Haldane and Doug Reid.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Wednesday, October 21, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Gary Stroutsos: Tribute to Paul Horn
In the pristine acoustics of The Chapel, the “world flute artist and cultural folklorist” pays homage to his mentor and idol, Paul Horn, in particular to his 1960s album Inside, inspired by the Taj Mahal.
Tickets $24 general, $22 members & seniors, $12 students & veterans/military
Thursday, October 22, Nectar Lounge, 8pm
Pedrito Martinez Group | Picoso
“The real thing,” Quincy Jones says of this stellar percussionist. “A genius,” says Wynton Marsalis. Martinez melds a mastery of traditional Cuban forms with hard-driving sensibilities of hip-hop and contemporary Latin music. Opening the evening is Picoso, an ensemble with one foot in the Son Montuno of Eastern Cuba, and one in Seattle’s fertile jazz-groove scene.
Tickets $12 advance through Nectar Lounge, $16 day of show
Friday, October 23, The Royal Room, 8pm
Seales Brothers Band
A rare, festival-only opportunity to see Marc and Jesse Seales, brothers and leading figures of separate Seattle scenes. Jesse Seales, a blues- and rock-drenched jazzer, takes the stage with distinguished pianist Marc Seales, an inductee into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Friday, October 23, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Tomeka Reid, Nicole Mitchell & Mike Reed
Three key figures of the new generation of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians collective: versatile cello experimenter, Tomeka Reid, renowned for her playing in many genres; frequent jazz-flute poll winner Nicole Mitchell, whose explorations have taken her to a professorship at the UC Davis Integrated Composition Improvisation and Technology program; and drummer Mike Reed, “a center of gravity for music in Chicago (and beyond),” says Howard Reich. Presented by Nonsequitur.
Tickets $5-15 sliding scale
Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Frank Catalano Quartet
Back by popular demand, the multi-genre, repeat Grammy Award-winning saxophonist excels whether accompanying the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Destiny’s Child, or in straight jazz settings such as his riveting quartet.
Tickets $20 general, $18 members & seniors, $10 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 24, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Julian Priester 80th Birthday Celebration
The trombone legend’s many Seattle-area friends pay tribute to his long career, which has seen him in the company of Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and many more. His own quartet will be on hand, as will such friends as fellow trombonist Stuart Dempster, with a trombone choir! Co-presented with Cornish Presents.
Tickets $16 general, $14 members & seniors, $8 students & veterans/military
Saturday, October 24, The Royal Room, 8pm
Being John McLaughlin: Tribute to the Mahavishnu Orchestra
Six Seattle mavericks brilliantly reprise the timeless music of Mahavishnu Orchestra, the astounding 1970s project of the legendary English guitarist. Guitarist Tristan Gianola stokes the inner mounting flame with Eric Verlinde (keys), Alicia DeJoie (violin), Geoff Harper (bass), and John Bishop (drums), with special guest, saxophonist Mark Taylor.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Sunday, October 25, Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
The Westerlies | Skerik
New York barnstormers from Seattle — Riley Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler (trumpets) and Willem de Koch and Andy Clausen (trombones) — execute their captivating amalgam of chamber music, North American folk forms, and jazz, including pieces from their new CD. To start the evening, a solo set from the one-of-a-kind sax monster, Skerik, who has gone from Seattle renown to cult status, far and wide.
Tickets $22 general, $20 members & seniors, $11 students & veterans/military
Sunday, October 25, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
One of the greats of Seattle jazz over the last 20 years with Living Daylights and the Tiptons, the saxophonist Jessica Lurie returns from New York to present her propulsive compositions with a power-packed lineup that includes drummer Tarik Abouzied, guitarist Bill Horist, San Francisco bassist, Todd Sickafoose, and special guest, violinist Alex Guy.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Monday, October 26, The Royal Room, 7:30pm
Monktail Creative Music Concern 15th Anniversary
The Northwest collective has fostered the expansive projects of many of the region’s leading voices in adventurous and entertaining jazz, and at 15 years is going strong, as the Non Grata big band will show on this evening.
Tickets $14 general, $12 members & seniors, $7 students & military
Tuesday, October 27, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Nate Wooley & Paul Lytton
The improvising duo of Paul Lytton, a first-rank premier European percussionist, and Nate Wooley, an extended-technique trumpeter on the booming Brooklyn improv scene.
Tickets $16 general, $14 members & seniors, $8 students & veterans/military
Wednesday, October 28, Teatro ZinZanni, 7:30pm
Chano Domínguez Trio
Reared in Cadiz, and remarkably fluent in a number of styles, this fine pianist has become a favorite of European audiences for his earthy, flamenco and bolero-infused style. Now a Seattle-area resident, Domínguez debuts a new ensemble featuring percussionist Jose Martinez, bassist Jeff Johnson, and saxophonist Hans Teuber. Presented by Teatro ZinZani.
Tickets $11-27, with discounts available for members, seniors, students & veterans/military, available
Wednesday, October 28, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Mimi Fox
The guitarist demonstrates her heralded mastery and style in a solo performance of interpretations, ranging through swinging, sophisticated, lush and tender jazz favorites.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Thursday, October 29, Benaroya Hall
Sonic Evolution: Seattle Symphony Orchestra w/ Bill Frisell, Shaprece, & Derek Bermel w/ the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band
A not-to-miss collaboration: The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, with director Ludovic Morlot, premieres a new work by Wayne Horvitz with a stellar soloist: guitar icon Bill Frisell. Plus: Derek Bermel’s “riveting…wondrous” (NYT) 2006 composition inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s depictions of the Great Migration of African Americans from the South, performed by the SSO, the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, and Bermel on clarinet. And then a set of soulful jazz/R&B/electronica from nationally rising, Seattle-raised vocalist, Shaprece. Presented by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets $25-45, available through Benaroya Hall
Friday, October 30, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 8pm
Jacob Zimmerman Sextet
In a lineup that includes trumpeter Raymond Larsen, pianist Jake Svendsen, bassist Nate Parker, drummer Evan Woodle, and the vocalist Katie Jacobson, the startlingly talented saxophonist breathes exciting new life into spirited bebop repertoire.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Friday, October 30, PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Saturday, October 31, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 8pm
Joel M. Ross Quartet
To recast expectations of jazz vibes is no mean feat, and to do it while still a teenager is truly remarkable. In the spirit of Thelonious Monk, Chicago newcomer Joel M. Ross, a stand-out at the last two years’ Seattle Jazz Experiences, plays with an edgy, surprising, hugely likable style. He appears with similarly highly anticipated pianist James Francies as well as Jalon Archie (drums) and Ben Tiberio (bass).
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Sunday, November 1, Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
Andy Clausen’s Shutter Project
The new chamber ensemble from the outstanding Seattle-raised trombonist specializes in multi-media installations that combine his compositions – bright, quirky and amiable – with improvisation and photography. Along with two other Seattle-reared 20-something stars, Riley Mulherkar (trumpet) and Gregg Belisle- Chi (guitar), Clausen’s Shutter Project includes Mitch Lyon (cello) and Gregory Uhlmann (guitar).
Tickets $20 general, $18 members & seniors, $10 students & veterans/military
Monday, November 2, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Brad Linde’s straightHORN | Brockman & Halberstadt Duo: Strayhorn Favorites
A soprano saxophone quartet celebrates the centenary of Duke Ellington’s longtime collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. Two greats of edgy Seattle jazz, Kate Olson and Jessica Lurie (Tiptons), join DC’s Brad Linde and Traverse City’s Patrick Booth. Starting the evening are two of Seattle’s finest, alto saxophonist Michael Brockman and pianist Randy Halberstadt.
Tickets $14 general, $12 members & seniors, $7 students & veterans/military
Tuesday, November 3, Triple Door, 7:30pm
Garfield High School Jazz Band
One of the region’s finest school jazz programs has long shone at the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition in New York. With three wins and three second- or third-place finishes, it has raised the bar for the whole country. Its legacy is assured under the longtime leadership of Clarence Acox, who makes it a perennially swinging, polished big band.
Tickets $16 general, $14 members & seniors, $8 students & veterans/military, available through Triple Door
Wednesday, November 4, Triple Door, 8pm
Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra w/ Mimi Fox
SWOJO has been showcasing our region’s talented female jazz artists for 15 years. This year it welcomes outstanding guitarist Mimi Fox as well as the winners of the organization’s composing competition. Presented by SWOJO.
Tickets $20 general, $18 members & seniors, $10 students & veterans/military, available through Triple Door
Thursday, November 5, Panama Hotel, 6pm
Paul Kikuchi: Songs of Nihonmachi
The percussionist, composer, and instrument deviser, who was named 2010 Emerging Artist of the Year in Earshot’s Golden Ear Awards, premieres his reimagined versions of popular songs of Seattle’s vibrant Nihonmachi (pre-WW2) Japantown of the 1920s and 1930s. With Ivan Arteaga, reeds, and Jeff Johnson, double bass. Supported by funding from 4Culture.
Tickets $10 general, $8 members & seniors, $5 students & veterans/military
Thursday, November 5, Nectar Lounge, 8pm
Blades/Ciotti/Coe w/ DJ Logic | Industrial Revelation
Wil Blades, the San Francisco-based Hammond B3 organist, a Rising Star in DownBeat critics polls every year since 2006, performs here with Pete Ciotti, drums; Andy Coe, guitar; and DJ Logic, turntables. Opening: the genre-expanding Industrial Revelation: D’Vonne Lewis (drums), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), Josh Rawlings (keyboard), and Ahamefule J. Oluo (trumpet). Presented by Nectar Lounge.
Tickets $10 advance through Nectar Lounge, $15 day of show
Thursday, November 5 & Friday, November 6, The Royal Room, 8pm
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik
The ever-evolving, singular Tulsa/Santa Fe outfit has just released The Battle For Earth, a psychedelic musical comic book, and it’s as thrilling as everything else the trio has created. Brian Haas (keyboards), Chris Combs (guitars), and Josh Raymer (drums) perform here as a quartet with the one-of-a-kind sax shredder, Skerik.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military, available through the Royal Room
Friday, November 6, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Art Lande Quartet
It’s a major Seattle jazz event: a one-off reunion of the veteran, world-traveling, singular pianist with his great Seattle postbop band of the early 1980s, with Dean Johnson, bass; Dave Coleman, drums; and Dave Peterson, guitar. Co-presented with Cornish Presents.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Friday, November 6 & Saturday, November 7, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz Play Hartman & Coltrane
The DownBeat Editors Poll named this late-blooming vocalist a “rising star” in 2014 after his I’m a Shy Guy album debut at age 78. He salutes one of the great vocal jazz albums of all time — John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman — with saxophonist Anton Schwartz, acclaimed for his “warm, generous tone, impeccably developed solos, and infectious performance energy” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Saturday, November 7, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Torsten Mueller & Phil Minton
Two giants of the improvising scene, Vancouver-based German bassist Mueller and the inimitable English vocal shaman, as compellingly idiosyncratic as any musician you’re likely to hear. Presented by Nonsequitur and Polestar.
Tickets $5-15 sliding scale
Saturday, November 7, Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 8, Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm
Monday, November 9, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra:
Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday
Seattle’s top big band salutes Duke Ellington’s brilliant right-hand man, composer and pianist Billy Strayhorn, with performances of classics like “Lush Life,” “A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing,” and, of course, “Take the ‘A’ Train.” With readings by David Hajdu, author of the seminal 1996 Strayhorn biography, Lush Life. David Hajdu also presents his books and a panel discussion at Elliott Bay Book Company, Saturday, 2pm, free.
Tickets $10-48, available through SRJO
Sunday, November 8, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Jay Clayton in and out
Now a New York fixture, Clayton perennially topped vocals polls while teaching at Cornish. She returns to perform with friends Julian Priester and Dawn Clement: originals, standards, electronics, poetry… plus a tribute to Ornette Coleman. Co-presented with Cornish Presents. Free masterclass, November 9, noon, PONCHO.
Tickets $16 general, $14 members & seniors, $8 students & veterans/military
Monday, November 9, Town Hall Seattle, 7:30pm
James McBride: The Good Lord Bird Band
The celebrated author of The Color of Water has long been a professional saxophonist, and here presents music and song related to his National Book Award-winning novel set around abolitionist John Brown, Good Lord Bird. Joining him are Show Tyme Brooks, Keith Robinson, Trevor Exter, Adam Faulk. Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures and Seattle Times.
Tickets $10-70, available through Seattle Arts & Lectures
Tuesday, November 10, Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Anat Cohen Quartet
Conversant with jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, and Argentine tango, the Israeli clarinetist, a Seattle favorite most recently featured here with the SRJO, has established herself as a leading voice in the art form. Co-presented with Cornish Presents. Free masterclass, 1PM, PONCHO.
Tickets $30 general, $28 members & seniors, $15 students & veterans/military
Thursday, November 12, Seattle Art Museum (Forum), 5:30pm
Billy Strayhorn Project
Vocalist Tyrone Brown hails the music of William Thomas “Billy” Strayhorn, the composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who is celebrated for his almost-30-year collaboration with Duke Ellington. Brown, Nate Omdal (director/bass), Michael Owcharuk (piano), and Jacques Willis (drums) play arrangements of classics like “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and “Lush Life.” Co-presented with Seattle Art Museum and 88.5 KPLU.
Free.
Thursday, November 12, The Royal Room, 8pm
Wayne Horvitz @ 60
In a fascinating triple bill, the renowned keyboardist/composer plays in three settings: solo piano with electronics; his Snowghost trio, where drummer Eric Eagle and bassist Geoff Harper complement Horvitz’s processed piano and synthesizer; and his new Seattle sextet, in which he, Eagle, and Harper appear with trumpeter Ray Larsen, and saxophonists Ivan Arteaga and Greg Sinibaldi.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Friday, November 13, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm
Brad Mehldau Trio
One of the greatest of modern jazz pianists, prodigiously inventive, equally riveting whether exploring formal structures or improvising with abandon, has for more than two decades excelled in trio performance, since 2005 with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums. Presented by Earshot Jazz and 88.5 KPLU.
Tickets $26 general, $24 members & seniors, $13 students & veterans/military
Friday, November 13 & Saturday, November 14, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm
Larry Fuller Trio
The always-in-demand New York pianist who “swings like a beast” returns to Seattle, playing in the hard-driving traditions of mainstream jazz, as he demonstrated with Ernestine Anderson, the legendary bassist Ray Brown’s Trio, and the quartet of John Pizzarelli.
Tickets $18 general, $16 members & seniors, $9 students & veterans/military
Saturday, November 14, Triple Door, 7:30pm
Scott Amendola Band with Nels Cline & Jenny Scheinman
Powerhouse drummer Scott Amendola, a jewel of the San Francisco progressive scene (Nels Cline Singers, TJ Kirk), with a top-deck combo: guitar icon Nels Cline (Wilco), violinist Jenny Scheinman (Bill Frisell band), Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise), and versatile bassist John Shifflett.
Tickets $26 general, $24 members & seniors, $13 students & veterans/military, available through Triple Door
Sunday, November 15, Triple Door, 7:30pm
Chris Potter Trio
“One of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet” (DownBeat) and “one of the best musicians around” (Dave Liebman) is technically astonishing and artistically brilliant, whether in the bands of Dave Holland or other greats, or heading his own driving, burning trio with Scott Colley on bass and Eric Harland on drums.
Tickets $26 general, $24 members & seniors, $13 students & veterans/military, available through Triple Door
Monday, November 16, Triple Door, 7:30pm
Sara Gazarek & New West Guitar Group
Equally engaged with the jazz tradition and the music of her own generation, this Seattle-reared rising vocal star appears with the “sharp and refined”(Seattle Times) New West Guitar Group: Perry Smith, John Storie, and Will Brahm. Presented by Triple Door.
Tickets $20 advance, $25 door, $30 front row, available through Triple Door
Tuesday, November 17 & Wednesday, November 18, Triple Door, 7:30pm
Hugh Masekela
The legendary South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, bandleader, composer, and singer has enjoyed world renown for almost 50 years after rising to prominence as a voice of opposition to apartheid rule in his homeland. Presented by Triple Door.
Tickets $30 advance, $35 door, $40 front row, available through Triple Door
Tickets for the Earshot Jazz Festival are on sale now. In addition to concert performances, the festival includes educational programs and panels, a film series, and several other outreach events.
Evolving festival information is available at www.earshot.org and 206-547-6763.
Support for the 27th Annual Earshot Jazz Festival is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture of King County, Washington State Arts Commission, ArtsFund, Chamber Music America, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
About Earshot Jazz
Founded in 1984, Earshot Jazz is Seattle’s non-profit, jazz-support and presentation organization. In addition to concert presentation, which includes Seattle’s premiere annual jazz festival, Earshot provides jazz education programs and publishes the monthly Earshot Jazz magazine. More information is available at www.earshot.org or by calling (206) 547-6763.
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