In this Issue
What’s so cool about jazz? Everything.
It’s pride for presentation that keeps us here at Earshot working hard to bring you the very best this genre has to offer. Often presenting norm-challenging and innovative artists with their unique sound, that, when performed in the same musical space as more traditional jazz stylings, keeps the genre alive and fresh – inviting and intriguing new audiences along the way.
Notes
Save the Date! 37th Annual Earshot Jazz Festival; HONK! Fest West – May 30 to June 1; 2025 Seattle Jazz Hero Award; SAMA: Music + Art Announces New Executive Director; Fellowship Futures – Open Auditions for 21 & Under; Jack Straw Office Space Available; LANGSTON Offers Space in the Place
Andy Coe: Steady Truckin’
Twelve years into Coe’s Blue Moon gig, he’s playing better than ever, and the event has turned into a rare Seattle commodity, a dependable community celebration. Rarer yet – on a Monday. “If you do something that’s good enough on a regular basis,” says Coe, “people eventually figure it out.”
Music Discovery Center Re-Ignites Jazz Education in Puget Sound
Now dubbed the Quincy Square Jazz Festival, the recent event brought nine jazz ensembles, including groups from Bainbridge Island and Kingston, to Olympic College for a brand new tournament.
In Motion Quartet, The Grind
These staggered rhythms are a microcosm of the entire album, for The Grind is nothing if not a study in contrast. With only four instruments, the quartet veers expertly between silence and cacophony, a sonic effect amplified by Treseler’s and Wood’s mirrored playing. Their album press release calls this, “interactive collective improvisation,” or “improvised counterpoint.”
i///u, Play For Someone You Love
What i///u has done is translate the in-group language of their friend group—including complex, occasionally abstract chord changes—into something accessible and energizing for those of us in the audience. We’ll have to see what’s next from this Seattle-born crew.
