One Story
In a Letter from the Director, Executive Director John Gilbreath discusses Jackson Street After Hours, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Festival Commission Recipients.
Cytrus, Concentrate
This powerhouse octet shares their juicy jams on their debut LP, Concentrate — amalgamation of funk, disco, hip-hop, hard rock, psychedelic and progressive music, all tied together under the bow of high-energy jazz.
Seattle Jazz Vespers Presents Its 21st Season
Seattle Jazz Vespers (SJV) offers the entire jazz-loving community in Seattle a gift. For twenty years, enthusiasts have been enjoying free—or by voluntary donation—musical offerings at Seattle First Baptist Church on the first Sunday of each month, October through June.
Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love
Earshot Jazz is excited to welcome back the dynamic duo of Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love to The Royal Room, for the first time since 2015. Vandermark and Nilssen-Love first began working together with the group School Days, which later became a trio called FME, along with Nate McBride on bass. From there, they continued their collaboration as a duo.
Converse with Ernestine Anderson at Dear Ernestine
Local jazz singer, composer, and lyricist Eugenie Jones will present her latest project—Dear Ernestine: A Music & Story Letter Tribute to Ernestine Anderson—a musical, educational, and philanthropic event organized in honor of the Seattle-based jazz and blues legend who passed away in 2016.
Chuck Deardorf
The Seattle jazz community suffered a huge loss on October 9, 2022, with the passing of musician and mentor Chuck Deardorf. As the city’s first call bassist, emeritus professor at Cornish College of the Arts, and mentor to three generations of aspiring Seattle jazz musicians, Mr. Deardorf’s impact was iconic and undeniable.
Earshot Jazz Festival Continues in November
The 2022 Earshot Jazz Festival enters its closing week. Previews for performances including Charles Lloyd, Alex Dugdale, Logan Richardson, SRJO, Battle Trance, Robin Holcomb, Kelsey Mines, Owen Broder, Habib Koité, and Kat Edmonson.
Broad Spectrum Body and Soul
As deep into this year’s jazz festival as we now are, it has become obvious that the music and the culture of jazz are as vibrantly inventive, deeply expressive, elegantly funky, communally personal, joyfully serious, expertly loose, and widely diverse as at any time in jazz history…
