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Elliott “Mack” Waldron

Elliott “Mack” Waldron

Elliot “Mack” Waldron photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn BY PAUL RAUCH The Seattle jazz community lost a dear friend and iconic supporter in the passing of Elliott “Mack” Waldron on January 24, 2024, of complications from lung cancer at age 82. The long-time...
Jazz Vocal Master Jay Clayton Passes at 82

Jazz Vocal Master Jay Clayton Passes at 82

Jay Clayton photo courtesy of the artist BY PAUL RAUCH Internationally acclaimed jazz vocal master, educator, and longtime Seattle resident Jay Clayton passed on December 31, 2023, at age 82. Born Judith Colantone in Youngstown, Ohio, on October 28, 1941, Clayton...
Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Larry Jones photo courtesy of Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation BY MIKE BLOME It is with profound sadness that we announce that longtime Seattle drummer and educator Larry Jones passed on October 3 after a long bout with cancer. He was 71. Larry Jones’...
Dave Holden (1937-2023)

Dave Holden (1937-2023)

Dave Holden photo courtesy of the family BY PAUL DE BARROS Dave Holden, a Seattle jazz and rock keyboard player known for his distinctive sound on the Organo electric keyboard, died March 19, 2023, from side effects of vascular dementia. Holden was 85. “Music was his...
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...