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Doors: 7:30PM

Thomas Marriott, the ace trumpeter, who last year became the youngest inductee into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame, assembles the next generation of players — rising stars he has mentored as the convener of the Seattle Jazz Fellowship. This year’s under-21 talents include pianist Maddie Johnston, bassist Theodore McGaughey, and drummer Aviv Cisneros. 

Maddie Johnston, Theodore McGaughey, and Aviv Cisneros photo courtesy of Thomas Marriott

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.

Thomas Marriott photo courtesy of the artist.