Tickets $12-35
*In-person

Welcomed by KBCS. Co-presented with LANGSTON Seattle.

Day Soul Exquisite is a 6 piece band who has spent the last 3 years recording and performing original music throughout the Pacific Northwest. Formed during the pandemic, they explore sound as a means of collective healing.

French and Congolese singer/guitarist Francesca Eluhu started the project in 2021 by posting flyers around the Central District in Seattle. She found kindred spirits in Zora Seboulisa (bass), Josh Pehrson (drums), Lillian Minke Tahar (keys), Thomas Arndt (percussion) and Xiomara Mills-DuPree (sax).

Their debut record, Sanguine & Cardamom, was released in January 2024 and was on KEXP’s top 10 most played albums for 2 consecutive weeks. The EP explores self-actualization in the face of adversity and shares vulnerable introspection about moving through the world as a queer person of color.

As a group of multi-instrumentalists from diverse backgrounds, they embrace their multitudes. Day Soul Exquisite encompasses many marginalized identities–Black, Queer, Trans, Asian, Non-Binary and Disabled. Their mission is to amplify disenfranchised voices and create music that reflects their embodied values of equity, freedom and mutual aid. As Dave Segal notes “they’re something special. This queer/BIPOC-centric group proved that they could segue from liquid sunshiny funk/soul to militant free jazz with preternatural poise.” The Stranger

*Earshot Jazz COVID-19 Policy: Earshot recommends that all ticket holders be vaccinated. Policy subject to change. Full COVID policy here.

Day Soul Exquisite photo by Lily Wenbao. L-R Xiomara Mills,  Lillian Minke Tahar, Thomas Arndt, Francesca Eluhu, Josh Pehrson, and Zora Seboulisa.