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Chris Littlefield: A Road Warrior Heads Home

Chris Littlefield: A Road Warrior Heads Home

Chris Littlefield photo by Daniel Sheehan BY M.V. SMITH Trumpeter Chris Littlefield drapes himself across an armchair in the lobby of Georgetown’s Seattle Drum School, describing the elementary school band demonstration that eventually led to his life in music. “I was...
Robin Holcomb and the Poetry of Song

Robin Holcomb and the Poetry of Song

Robin Holcomb photo by Ernie Sapirio BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY In the John Berger poem “Kerchief,” he writes, “In the morning / Folded with its wild flowers / Washed and ironed / It takes up a little space in the drawer.” It continues, “Shaking it open / She ties it round...
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...
Alex Dugdale: Festival Artist in Residence

Alex Dugdale: Festival Artist in Residence

Alex Dugdale photo by Daniel Sheehan BY PAUL RAUCH “A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community” is the credo that greets Earshot Jazz members and the public at large with every monthly edition of Earshot Jazz that lands in mailboxes and populates racks and tables in...
Eléré

Eléré

(L-R): Erik Esvelt, Carlos Snaider, Gabriel Cerna, Kelsey Mines, Daniel Mendoza, Elijah Clark, Brandon Hunter. Photo by William Muñoz. BY M.V. SMITH Seattle nurtures a longstanding, widely-respected Afro-Latino music scene, anchored by SODO’s Club Sur and salsa nights...