Community Conversations

Community Panel—Face the Music: Confronting Racism with American Music. Photo courtesy of Rhapsody. Join us for a series of free panels hosted on Saturday afternoons at 2pm during the festival. 2021 offers a unique opportunity to examine the structures in place within...

We’ve Been Here: Dr. James Gore on Seattle Jazz and Black Lives Matter

Dr. James Gore photo by Daniel Sheehan Dr. James Gore wants us to know he’s been here. He’s here now. He’ll be here in the future. Gore wants us to know that jazz is here in Seattle. It’s been here. It will be here. Gore is Black and the CEO of Ariel Media, a...

Earshot Jazz: Invitation to a Conversation on Race, The Protest, and The Music

Billie Holiday photo by William Gottlieb. By Paul r. Harding A unique and globally renowned cultural non-profit agency promoting Jazz was born in Seattle in 1984. Paul de Barros, Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood were the three visionaries who birthed it. The first...