Town Hall – Great Hall

Saturday, October 8 7:30 pm PDT Town Hall, Great Hall In-person* and livestream $5-35 Remembering Overton Berry feat. Diane Schuur Opening: Garfield High School Jazz Band Thanks to the Raynier Institute and Foundation for its support of this presentation. In a tribute to Seattle's beloved pianist Overton Berry, vocalist/pianist Diane Schuur, and bassist Bruce Phares, come together along with an ensemble of local musicians, to celebrate the magic that was Overton Berry. Berry’s career began during the waning years of…

Friday, October 14 7:30 pm PDT Town Hall, Great Hall In-person* & livestream $10-65 Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart Opening: Roosevelt High School Jazz Band The Count Basie Orchestra, bears the distinction of being the only jazz orchestra still successfully performing 30 years after its founder's passing. Begun by the legendary pianist and bandleader William James “Count” Basie, the orchestra continues to be an American institution that personifies the grandeur and excellence of jazz. Directed today by Scotty…

Friday, October 21 7:30pm PDT Town Hall, Great Hall In-person* $15-20 Tickets on sale soon through Town Hall Seattle directly. Presented by Town Hall Global Rhythms and Earshot Jazz An evening of swirling, jangling musical transport to the North African forebears and modern-day kinfolk of jazz! Qwangwa (“language” in Amharic) boasts four of the finest instrumentalists on the Addis Ababa scene, all also veterans of decidedly untraditional performance in the West with the likes of Paal Nilssen-Love, Fred Frith, and…

Saturday, October 22 8:00 pm PDT Town Hall, Great Hall In-person* only $5-35 Louis Cole is a Los Angeles based singer songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Celebrated as one of the world’s most future-sonic-funk drummers and co-founder of KNOWER, his mission is “to create deep feelings through music.” Cole has proudly been DIY to date, amassing millions of views with his viral videos like ‘Bank Account,’ and arrives with his third album Time, out now on Brainfeeder. Time is a casual but…

Saturday, October 29 7:30 pm PDT Town Hall, Great Hall In-person* & livestream $10-45 Ever charismatic, prolific and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. As JazzTimes notes, “With the clarinet she becomes a singer, a dancer, a poet, a mad scientist, laughing’“musically’“with the sheer delight of reaching that new place, that new feeling, with each chorus." Known for her enthralling music which draws inspiration from…