Marina Albero photo by Daniel Sheehan. BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY It was right after the Spanish dictatorship ended that pianist Marina Albero was born. Her parents were musicians touring the Iberian countryside with their baby. “They were the most wonderful hippies,” she...
Heather Hammond photo courtesy of the family. BY PAUL DE BARROS AND PETE LEINONEN Seattle jazz musicians of a certain age cherish memories of the Llahngaelhyn, a coffeehouse with a certain magical vibe that in the late ‘60s filled the fairytale-towered building at the...
Dianne Reeves photo by Odasan Macovich. This year’s edition of our annual festival is tailored for the times. The satisfying line up of brilliant artists—both established and emerging, from Seattle and around the world—is brought to you in a setting that fits...
Darrell Grant photo by Intisar-Abioto Jazz Opera Sanctuaries Tells Stories of Black Erasure in Portland and Beyond SEPTEMBER 7-9, 8:30PMVETERAN’S MEMORIAL COLISEUM300 N. WINNING WAY, PORTLAND, OR$5-35 BY ALEXA PETERS In 1960, the Albina district on the northeast side...
Hot Club of San Fransisco photo by Lenny Gonzalez. SEPTEMBER 22-26, TIMES VARYWHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS565 CAMANO AVE$40-290 BY DENNIS MORAN To welcome the fall on an upbeat note, DjangoFest Northwest returns to live performances to celebrate the wide-ranging...
