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New Earshot Jazz Season Pass; Local Jazz Wins at the Grammy Awards; Folklife Sessions Returns at Métier Brewing Company; The Royal Room Celebrates Women’s History Month
Music Unites.
This month we’re proud to spotlight and celebrate local artists and their unique presentation of music during our Golden Ear Awards showcase on March 15. And we’re in the throes of building our plan to identify the next Executive Director of Earshot Jazz.
Eugenie Jones, EUGENIE
Eugenie brims with a rather more endearing confidence. Jones is one hell of a singer, and she’s eager to let you know all about it — savoring every swooning syllable of “Nothing Better’s” ode to new love, or overdubbing her own soaring harmonies on “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” And, buoyed by the top-flight Seattle rhythm section
Seattle Jazz Fellowship Presents: “Jazz Night in Pioneer Square”
Patrons will have the opportunity to walk between these sites and take in a proud jazz tradition that began more than a century ago in the Pacific Northwest, and still rings true in modern times.
Celebrating Seattle Black Jazz History
Seattle has been blessed with a rich jazz history. Join us this Black History Month as we celebrate and remember a few of the Seattle resident artists who had an enduring impact on the music and this community
Keeping the Beat: Seattle JazzED’s Quest to Foster Community Through Jazz
“All of us on this team care so much about students having this experience,” says Program and Partnerships Director Michael Fowlkes, speaking to Earshot alongside Equipment Manager Walter Cano and new Executive Director Liz Riggs Meder. “We’re trying to make sure that anyone who wants to be able to play jazz has the space to be able to do it.”
2024 Golden Ear Awards Ballot
Each year, the Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers can take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s vibrant jazz ecology.
The Journey Continues
As we forge forward into a new era of Earshot, you can rest assured we will continue our legacy of artful performance curation, innovative and evolved programming, promoting, and supporting each other in community — all while we accelerate our outreach to new audiences.
Rich Pellegrin, Topography
Topography is a masterful celebration of connection—between musicians, environment, and audience. Pellegrin’s improvisational compositions and talent complement Welch’s earthy, textural approach, resulting in a soundscape that mirrors the spirit of the PNW and offers listeners a meditative escape within the rhythms and beauty of the natural world.
