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Saxophonist Jackson Cotugno Becoming Pearl

Saxophonist Jackson Cotugno Becoming Pearl

Jackson Cotugno photo by Daniel Sheehan BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY The kid’s young. But what’s age? “Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” David Bowie said that. He’ll be ageless for ages. Saxophonist Jackson Cotugno is...
Earshot Jazz Festival Photos

Earshot Jazz Festival Photos

Walter Cano, Alex Dugdale and Freddy Gonzalez photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn Lisa Hagen Glynn is one of Earshot’s most dedicated photographers that attended nearly the entirety of the festival to document the brilliance on and off stage. We are so grateful for her work and...
Tari Nelson-Zagar

Tari Nelson-Zagar

Tari Nelson-Zagar photo by Cat Jobes BY PETER MONAGHAN Tari Nelson-Zagar, a highly-valued member of the Seattle improvising and new-music scenes, died in late October from breast cancer. Nelson-Zagar began to play a violin she inherited from her grandmother while...
Catching Up With Clark Gayton

Catching Up With Clark Gayton

Clark Gayton photo by Cornstalker BY PAUL RAUCH Trombonist Clark Gayton was recently in town to attend the 100th anniversary of his alma mater, Garfield High School. The late August celebration brought together Bulldogs from every era of the Central District school’s...
The Goodbye Look: Conversations with Peter Graham

The Goodbye Look: Conversations with Peter Graham

Button Masher photo courtesy of Peter Graham BY LILY RODRIGUEZ It was Friday night of Halloweekend as 100 Seattleites squeezed into the venue space in lower Queen Anne’s Bad Bar. At first glance, the lineup of Jacob Richard’s “Battery” and Jake Silverman’s “Button...