Jay Thomas photo by Daniel Sheehan. By Paul de Barros It’s hard to name a musician who might more aptly fill the role of “artist in residence” at this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival than multi-instrumentalist Jay Thomas. One of the few remaining links between our city’s...
Roxy Coss Photo by Desmond White. By Paul Rauch Being a Seattle jazz musician, and spending some serious time in New York City has become a rite of passage in many ways. Those who venture east seem to gain an edge, not only in terms of experience, but in the...
Clarence Acox photo by Daniel Sheehan. By Paul de Barros “We had a good year,” says Clarence Acox, director of the Garfield High School Jazz Band, sitting in the piano lab at the school where he has built a jazz program admired across the nation. Sure, Garfield’s...
By Paul de Barros Scott Brown with the Roosevelt High Jazz Band photo by Daniel Sheehan. When Scott Brown’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band competed in New York at the finals of the Essentially Ellington competition this past May, few expected the band to win. Though...
JazzED Girls Ellington Project photo by Michael Craft. By Tara Peters Nestled in the back corner of the MLK FAME Community Center sits the Seattle JazzED classroom, abuzz with the chatter of voices and instruments. It’s 5pm in the middle of spring break and the Girls...
