Meet the 2024 NonSeq Curators
An introduction of the Curators for the NonSeq Community Curators Series 2024 – Beth Fleenor, Connie Fu, Kole Galbraith, and Naeim Rahmani. Written by Nathan Bluford.
A New Spring
In this Letter from the Director, John Gilbreath discusses Alexa Peters and her work with Paul de Barros on the sequel for Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle, Women in Jazz – specifically the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo, and the late Mack Waldron. He also looks forward to the upcoming Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards Party where recipients of the Golden Ear and Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame awards will be announced and celebrated.
Beth Fleenor
This excerpt from ‘After Jackson Street: Seattle Jazz in the Modern Era’ focuses on Beth Fleenor and how she came to Seattle and Cornish College of the Arts.
2013 Golden Ear Awards Recipients
The 2013 Golden Ear Awards Recipients include Eugenie Jones, the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, The Westerlies, “Nonaah” by Roscoe Mitchell, D’Vonne Lewis, Jacob Zimmerman, and Stephanie Porter. Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame awardees are Bert Wilson, Bill Frisell, and a special award goes to Daniel Sheehan.
Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble New Works Concert
On Friday, December 6th, the Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble performs at the Chapel performance space. SJCE is a flexible project for composers, musicians, and artists with a wide range of sonic exploration. They have commissioned new pieces from more than 20 composers as they continue to seek more community support, grant funding, and collaborative projects for Seattle artists.
Earshot 25, The New Jazz Age
Earshot Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary hosts 60 distinct concerts including Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette 30th anniversary Concert, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, and Philip Glass.
In One Ear
News about Seattle area jazz artists including JJA Journalism Awards for June 19th, Educator Awards, Langston Hughes Awards, 4Culture Arts Projects Recipients, and Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Youth Arts Funding Recipients.
Seattle Women in Jazz Festival
Writer Steve Griggs Teases the Seattle Women In Jazz Festival By Sharing organizer Jessica Davis’s inspiration for the festival, as well as her work leading up to its inception. The festival programing includes performances by Carly Calbero, the Holy Names Academy Jazz Band, and Samantha Boshnack’s ensemble.
Evan Flory-Barnes: Thrown Together with Love
In this Earshot Jazz Festival preview, learn about one of two new projects by Evan Flory-Barnes is presenting during his festival residency. For this even, see Thrown Together with Love.
