Dawn Clement photo by Daniel Sheehan. By Mayumi Tsutakawa The designation of “resident artist” for the annual Earshot Jazz Festival is meant to highlight an artist who has made outstanding contributions to the overall jazz ecology here in the Puget Sound area. This...
Ranky Tanky photo by Reese Moore. 2017 Earshot Jazz Festival Schedule Sunday, October 8, KEXP Gathering Space, 4pm Festival Kick Off: All-School Jazz Jam / Jazz Soliloquies / Industrial Revelation Monday, October 9, Jazz Alley, 7:30pm Tribute to Overton Berry Tuesday,...
Kaslo Jazz Fest Dancer photo by Louis Bockner. Lakeside stages, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & BadBadNotGood, impromptu collaborations, youngsters, and a full moon in the Kootenay Rockies The Road That Leads to Kaslo The preferable route from Seattle to the...
Global Rhythms photo by Adrien Tillman. Saturday, September 23, 7:30pm Plymouth Church Seattle 1217 6th Ave $15–20 On what would have been John Coltrane’s 91st birthday, Town Hall Seattle and Earshot Jazz welcome the globally recognized artists’ collective Brooklyn...
Snakeoil Quartet photo by Lynne Harty/ECM Records. Thursday, September 21, 8pm The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S $10–20 Composer and saxophonist Tim Berne’s music trades on the tradition of bandleaders such as James Brown, Sam Rivers, and Henry Threadgill, though...
