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2023 Gold Card Festival Pass

A Gold Card pass is available for access to nearly all festival events. Becoming a Gold Card holder is a fantastic way to enjoy ease of access and show your support to Earshot Jazz and the artists we serve!

Alex Dugdale Funk Band

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Getting the 35th Earshot Jazz Festival off to a rollicking start. Not only is Dugdale a local favorite and last year's Festival Resident Festival Artist, he's a musician of endless energy and talent.

Johnaye Kendrick’s Heart Songs

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Breathtaking technical skills and her ability to pull the listener into her world creates intimacy that very few vocalists can achieve, a talent that has nothing to do with chops or genre and everything to do with humanity, positivity, and communication.

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder – SOLD OUT

Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Hiromi Uehara has electrified audiences and critics with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop parameters, taking improvisation and composition to new heights.

Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke

Triple Door 216 Union St, Seattle, WA, United States

Two "musical soulmates" celebrate and contemplate the events of their 20-year journey as friends and collaborators through the tenets of their message, their enchanting sound, and rhythmic complexity laced with wit and dexterity.

Sheridan Riley – SOLD OUT

Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North (4th Floor), Seattle, United States

Not one to be limited by boundaries, Riley at a young age was inspired by the likes of Karen Carpenter, Led Zeppelin, the Jackson Five, ABBA, the Beatles, Deerhoof, Miles Davis and Elvin Jones.

Thomas Marriott All-Star Quartet

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Trumpeter Thomas Marriott, presents his all-start quartet which includes drummer Roy McCurdy, bassist Eric Revis, and pianist George Colligan to celebrate Roy McCurdy, whose illustrious career has seen him reach legend status.

säje

Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

The GRAMMY® nominated vocal supergroup, säje, is rooted in the tradition of joy, curiosity, lush harmony, heart-felt expression, and profound sisterhood.

Tina Raymond Trio

The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, United States

An accomplished drummer, composer, and bandleader. Known as a unique voice in the contemporary music scene Raymond melds jazz with African polyrhythms, and classical percussion technique.

The Bad Plus & Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. They make their own rules and have done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent.

Stephan Crump, Ingrid Laubrock, Cory Smythe

Raisbeck Auditorium 2017 Boren Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

This trio consists of three highly innovative improvisers with great finesse and sensitivity in collective playing that creates adventurous jazz. Their instruments mesh in such a way that the sax and a bowed bass sound as one.

Sona Jobarteh

Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Preserving her musical past, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future. Her musical work stands on the mighty shoulders of The West African Griot Tradition; she is a living archive of the Gambian people.

Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)

Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah is a two-time Edison Award-winning, six-time Grammy Award-nominated, Doris Duke Award in the Arts Award-winner. He is a sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and more.

Jonah Parzen-Johnson / Here to Play

Raisbeck Auditorium 2017 Boren Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Jonah Parzen-Johnson's approach to music includes both improvisation and composition that is both formidable and unique. Seattle-based Here to Play opens with Kelsey Mines, Neil Welch, and Gregg Keplinger and brings forward-thinking to the festival.

Winter in America – An Homage to Gil Scott-Heron

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Gil Scott-Heron exploded on the scene with works of powerful social and political commentary reflecting the African American experience and struggle for justice delivered in a style that became a major influence on the development of rap.

Birch Pereira’s Delta Jump

Century Ballroom 915 E Pine St, Seattle, WA, United States

Birch Pereira, known for swing, Americana, trad jazz, jump blues, and early rock brings his music to the dancehall. Prior to the concert, dance instructors will lead off the night with some dance lessons and a bit of history about the form too.

Preston Singletary’s Khu.éex’/ Mo’s Jamily Band feat. Estro Fiesta

Nectar Lounge 412 N 36th St, Seattle, WA, United States

Khu.éex’ is an Indigenous band full of creative members, including storytellers, activists and artists, that bring this collective energy to the stage as one powerful unit. The name Khu.éex' expresses the notion of sharing culture, stories, and music.

Jun Iida

Clock-Out Lounge 4864 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Born in St. Louis and raised in Pittsburgh, the son of Japanese immigrants, trumpeter Jun Iida was exposed to a myriad of musical styles from a young age. Iida has been an active musician across America.

Todd Sickafoose’s Bear Proof

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Straddling the worlds of folk, indie rock, jazz and chamber music. Todd Sickafoose is a cross-genre performer who's toured widely around the US and the world and recorded his work on countless albums.

Earshot Jazz Listening Session with Noel Brass Jr.

Hotel Crocodile 2505 1st Avenue #Second Floor, Seattle, WA, United States

Maiden Voyage is honored to join Earshot Jazz Festival in presenting two special listening sessions. Earshot alum and keyboard wizard Noel Brass Jr. will be the special guest selector on October 21 and share some of his favorite records.

Elsa Nilsson: Band of Pulses / Jahnvi Madan

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Elsa Nilsson has attained the legal rights to use Maya Angelou's voice as part of their performances. Madan's piece specifically commissioned for the Earshot Jazz Festival focuses on family and what it means to navigate culture barriers.

Linda May Han Oh and Fabian Almazan

Town Hall - Forum 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Both renowned and accomplished musicians in their own right, these two have shared a musical journey for more than a decade and are considered one of today's most talented jazz couples.

John Escreet’s “Seismic Shift” w/ Eric Revis and Damion Reid

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Pianist/composer John Escreet, hailed by Time Out London as a “transatlantic jazz genius,” continues his artistic ascent. His limitless technique, harmonic imagination and refined grasp of the improviser’s art, ranks as one of the top pianist-auteurs of our time.

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

What started out nearly a decade years ago as a project to record and mentor young brilliant Cuban female musicians, has become one of the top groups on the North American jazz scene.

Celebrating Mary Lou Williams, An Evening of Live Performance and Film

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Seattle pianist Ann Reynolds along with producer and director Kay D. Ray present an evening of music and film devoted to the pioneering pianist. Archival film interview clips and rare performance footage of Mary Lou Williams will be used to tell the story.

Kassa Overall

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer Kassa Overall melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions.

Craig Taborn Solo

Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North (4th Floor), Seattle, United States

Craig Taborn has been performing piano and electronic music in the jazz, improvisational, and creative music scene for over twenty five years. His mastery of the form is legendary.

Kassa Overall DJ Set/ Phinehas Nyang’Oro

The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, United States

A rare solo DJ set from Kassa Overall with avant-garde experimentation, showing why Kassa’s deep Seattle jazz roots make him a go-to player in the hiphop world. Opening is Phinehas Nyang'Oro, a talented young vocalist and guitarist on the Seattle scene.

Harriet Tubman

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

A compelling genre-defying sound, Harriet Tubman embraces the pioneering spirit of jazz. Re-contextualizing musical technology is an important part of the African-American tradition, and the trio sees Harriet Tubman as its contribution to that tradition.

Georgia Anne Muldrow—WORKSHOP

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Saturday, October 28 2:00pm-4:00pm PDT Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute In-person* FREE All-ages Co-presented with Langston.  All are welcome to this special workshop by renowned artist Georgia Anne Muldrow. The workshop […]