Notes
A sneak peak at some of the Earshot Jazz Festival 2024 concerts; Jazz on J Street Series Returns, and Ballard Locks Concert Series is also highlighted.
Get on Board!
In Letter from the Director, John Gilbreath discusses two jazz educators Kelly Clingan and Beth Fortune. Following that John elaborates on the breadth and benefits of jazz education.
Jessica Williams, Orgonomic Music
Earshot Jazz reviews the album Orgonomic Music by Jessica Williams, featuring solos by Williams, Eddie Henderson, Jim Grantham, Dave Tucker, Henry Robinett, Richard Saunders, and Kim Stone.
“FATHER TIME”
In this Community Corner segment, Stephen Reed Griggs shares from his memoir ‘A Love Extreme: Passions of a Part-Time Musician’. In this passage, he recalls a recording session with Elvin Jones.
Jazz is the Lens: A Sit-down with Paul de Barros & Alexa Peters
This profile features Paul de Barros and Alexa Peters, who are working together to research and write After the Bottle Clubs Closed: Seattle Jazz in the Modern Era – the sequel to de Barros’ Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle.
Volume 40, No. 6
In this Letter from the Director, John Gilbreath discusses the Earshot Jazz magazine through its 40 years of publication, beginning in 1984. He also discusses Paul de Barros’ book Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle and gives a shout out to the young artists of the Garfield, Roosevelt, and Bothell high school jazz programs who represented Seattle jazz at the Essentially Ellington festival.
