Tickets $12.50-55 +ticketing fees
In-person
Doors: 6:30PM
Four powerhouse trumpeters, each seasoned in varied nationally high-profile combos, ignite the stage with this year’s resident artist Thomas Marriott in a blazing celebration of the horn’s voice in jazz. Ingrid Jensen is a longtime member of the Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, known for her innovative solo work and role as Director of Jazz Arts at Manhattan School of Music; Sean Jones served under Wynton Marsalis as lead trumpeter for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Ray Vega is a two-time Grammy Award winner for his work with the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Edmond’s Woodway High School Jazz Band under the leadership of Jake Bergevin, will be opening this phenomenal concert.
- Ingrid Jensen photo by Mariana Meratz
- Sean Jones photo by Todd Rosenberg
- Ray Vega photo courtesy of the artist
One of the city’s finest ever jazz instrumentalists, the trumpeter, composer, and producer Thomas Marriott is this year’s Earshot Festival Resident Artist. A go-to for contemporary standard-bearers with a history beside jazz elders, Marriott’s horn has been in-demand with bands such as the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Captain Black Big Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk, hip-hop pioneer Deltron 3030, and vocalists Kurt Elling, Ernestine Anderson, among others. His own albums, 14 in all, have reached number one on the jazz radio airplay charts and earned 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat. Marriott has been featured in the New York Times and NPR, has won 9 Golden Ear Awards, and is the youngest inductee into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. He has spent more than 20 seasons as a soloist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and is founder of Seattle Jazz Fellowship. In 2024, he was named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association of America.