November 2015
Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline & Jenny Scheinman
Powerhouse drummer Scott Amendola, a jewel of the San Francisco progressive scene (Nels Cline Singers, TJ Kirk) with a top-deck combo: guitar icon Nels Cline (Wilco), violinist Jenny Scheinman (Bill Frisell band), Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise), and versatile bassist John Shifflett.
Find out more »Chris Potter Trio
“One of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet” (DownBeat) and “one of the best musicians around” (Dave Liebman) is technically astonishing and artistically brilliant, whether in the bands of Dave Holland or other greats, or heading his own driving, burning trio with Drew Gress on bass and Adam Cruz on drums.
Find out more »Sara Gazarek & New West Guitar Group
Equally engaged with the jazz tradition and the music of her own generation, this Seattle-reared rising vocal star appears with the “sharp and refined” (Seattle Times) New West Guitar Trio: Perry Smith, John Storie, and Will Brahm.
Find out more »Hugh Masekela
The legendary South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, bandleader, composer, and singer has enjoyed world renown for almost 50 years after rising to prominence as a voice of opposition to apartheid rule in his homeland.
Find out more »Hugh Masekela
The legendary South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, bandleader, composer, and singer has enjoyed world renown for almost 50 years after rising to prominence as a voice of opposition to apartheid rule in his homeland.
Find out more »September 2016
Kinga
Kinga, a Canadian acclaimed jazz artist following the footsteps of Diana Krall, will be performing live at The Triple Door on Sunday, September 25, 2016. Kinga has long been a favorite in her local jazz scene and has, not surprisingly, attracted the best of Seattle to accompany her, including Earshot Magazine’s 2015 Northwest Instrumentalist of the Year, Randy Halberstadt on piano, Seattle’s finest Chuck Deardorf on bass and Steve Korn on drums. Doors open at 6pm with the all ages…
Find out more »October 2016
Freddy Cole Quartet
The elegant singer/pianist, the last of a musical dynasty, has led sparkling groups in swinging renditions of deeply felt and stylish vocal jazz “blessed with warmth, timbral beauty, and grace” (Entertainment Weekly). Bassist Elias Bailey and guitarist Randy Napoleon join him in tribute to his brother, the great Nat “King” Cole.
Find out more »November 2016
Rokia Traoré
With her unmistakable vocals, stunning stage presence, and deep West African well of music, the Malian singer provides a dazzling concert experience. A Seattle favorite, she returns with the testimonies to the soul and endurance of her homeland on her new Nonesuch Records release, Né So. (Presented by Triple Door.)
Find out more »October 2017
Danilo Pérez with Ben Street and Adam Cruz: Panamonk
Danilo Pérez photo by Daniel Sheehan. Buy Now $28 adult, $26 Earshot members and seniors, $14 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 90 minutes prior to showtime The Panamanian piano master—“practically peerless” (NPR) as a composer and bandleader—expands his 1996 Monk tribute album that DownBeat ranked among the most important jazz recordings, ever. With Ben Street (bass) and Adam…
Find out more »Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet / Happy Orchestra
Mark Guiliana Quartet photo by Shervin Lainez. Buy Now $22 adult, $20 Earshot member and seniors, $10 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 90 minutes prior to showtime Guiliana, a driving drummer “around whom a cult of admiration has formed” (NY Times), gained wide acclaim on David Bowie’s Blackstar. This responsive new quartet, with Jason Rigby (tenor saxophone), Fabian…
Find out more »T. S. Monk: Monk on Monk
T. S. Monk photo courtesy of Ed Keane Associates. 7:00 PM Show Buy Now Presented by Triple Door. $30 advanced, $35 day of show, $40 front row Extending the celebration of his father Thelonious Monk’s 100th birthday on 10/10, drummer T. S. and his hard-swinging band nurture the legacy. In a program that includes Monk compositions that T. S. rediscovered, the band tributes his father’s legendary Town Hall concert.
Find out more »T. S. Monk: Monk on Monk
T. S. Monk photo courtesy of Ed Keane Associates. 9:30 PM Show (21+) - Buy Now Presented by Triple Door. $30 advanced, $35 day of show, $40 front row Extending the celebration of his father Thelonious Monk’s 100th birthday on 10/10, drummer T. S. and his hard-swinging band nurture the legacy. In a program that includes Monk compositions that T. S. rediscovered, the band tributes his father’s legendary Town Hall concert.
Find out more »November 2017
The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus photo by Josh Coleman. 7:00 pm show - Buy Now $30 adult, $28 Earshot members and seniors, $15 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 90 minutes prior to showtime The vaunted trio, powered by bassist Reid Anderson, drummer Dave King, and pianist Ethan Iverson (on his last tour with the band), plies outlaw jazz that grips…
Find out more »The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus photo by Josh Coleman. 9:30 pm show (21+) - Buy Now $30 adult, $28 Earshot members and seniors, $15 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 30 minutes prior to showtime The vaunted trio, powered by bassist Reid Anderson, drummer Dave King, and pianist Ethan Iverson (on his last tour with the band), plies outlaw jazz that…
Find out more »Ranky Tanky
Ranky Tanky photo by Reese Moore. 7:00 pm show - Buy Now $28 adults, $26 Earshot members and seniors, $14 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 90 minutes prior to showtime Cranking up hymns, party anthems, and children’s songs with jazz trumpet and an R&B rhythm section, this Charleston quintet brings big fun through old Gullah songs of the…
Find out more »Ranky Tanky
Ranky Tanky photo by Reese Moore. 9:30 pm show (21+) - Buy Now $28 adults, $26 Earshot members and seniors, $14 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 30 minutes prior to showtime Cranking up hymns, party anthems, and children’s songs with jazz trumpet and an R&B rhythm section, this Charleston quintet brings big fun through old Gullah songs of…
Find out more »The Baylor Project
The Baylor Project photo courtesy of artist. Buy Now $28 adult, $26 Earshot members and seniors, $14 students and military To receive the students or military discount you must call 206.838.4333 to purchase and ID required upon check-in Doors open and dinner service begins 90 minutes prior to showtime This inspirational festival wrap-up is “soulful to the bone.” Former Yellowjackets drummer Marcus Baylor and his vocalist wife Jean, both rooted deep in the church music of their childhoods, perform compositions…
Find out more »June 2018
Chano Dominguez Flamenco Sketches
Presented by Earshot Jazz Adults $22, Earshot Members/Seniors $20, Students/Military/Veteran $10 Buy Tickets Chano Domínguez is one of the most celebrated of jazz pianists and composers. His singular work is defined by his flamenco origins. Chano has achieved an unusual integration between the rhythms and languages of jazz and flamenco, creating a unique style that places him among the top musicians practicing this artform. Internationally acclaimed, he has influenced and changed the history of flamenco-jazz. Performing with Chano are vocalist, Blas Córdoba; flamenco…
Find out more »July 2018
Kassa Overall Trio ft. Theo Croker
Kassa Overall photo by Daniel Sheehan Earshot Jazz and The Triple Door present: Kassa Overall Trio featuring Theo Croker! http://bit.ly/KassaOverall Evan Flory Barnes - bass Tim Kennedy - keys Kassa Overall - drums, electronics, vocals Theo Croker - trumpet Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:30 PM $15 Acclaimed Seattle-born NYC-based drummer and vocalist KASSA OVERALL will be hitting the road with music from his forthcoming debut project, "The Blue Album", and to perform material from his much buzzed-about EP "Drake It Till…
Find out more »October 2018
Regina Carter (Early Show)
Regina Carter photo by Christopher Drukker Buy Tickets $26 advance // $23 Earshot members // $30 day of show // $35 front rows Tickets available through triple Door. Presented by Triple Door The brilliant violinist has been honored with a MacArthur award for her compelling concepts and style. Pianist Xavier Davis joins her longtime collaborators, Chris Lightcap (bass) and Alvester Garnett (drums). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVEuYk5qiw You might also like... Helen Sung – Learn More Marina Albero – Learn More Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner – Learn More Maria…
Find out more »Regina Carter (Late Show)
Regina Carter photo by Christopher Drukker Buy Tickets $26 advance // $23 Earshot members // $30 day of show // $35 front rows Tickets available through Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. The brilliant violinist has been honored with a MacArthur award for her compelling concepts and style. Pianist Xavier Davis joins her longtime collaborators, Chris Lightcap (bass) and Alvester Garnett (drums). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVEuYk5qiw You might also like... Helen Sung – Learn More Marina Albero – Learn More Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner – Learn More Maria…
Find out more »Keyon Harrold
Photo Keyon Harrold by Deneka Peniston. Buy Now $22 Tickets // $20 Earshot members & seniors // $10 student and military Tickets available through Triple Door. This virtuoso provided the trumpet parts for Don Cheadle’s film portrayal of Miles Davis. His own creations, mixing jazz, soul, and hip-hop, bring the news about America today: sweeping portrayals of communities in crisis, yet persisting in hope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCCGi1OL7AY Keyon Harrold - trumpet/vocals Burniss Travis - bass Shedrick Mitchell - keys Charles Haynes -…
Find out more »Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner / Johnaye Kendrick
Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson photo courtesy of the artists Buy Now Adults $26 Earshot members & seniors $24 Students & veterans/military $10 Tickets available through Triple Door. As on their new ECM disk, Temporary Kings, pianist Iverson, renowned from the Bad Plus, melds with equally respected tenor saxophonist Turner in chamber-like creations, informed by keen intellect and remarkable skill. Opening: Johnaye Kendrick; the stylish vocalist, as much at home on the NYC scene as here in Seattle as a…
Find out more »David Sanborn Jazz Quintet (Early Show)
David Sanborn photo by Lynn Goldsmith. Buy Now Tier one $55 Tier 2 $45 Tier 3 $30 Earshot members and seniors receive $2 discount. Tickets available through Triple Door. In a storied career that has defined new possibilities for jazz, Sanborn has 6 Grammy Awards, 9 gold or platinum albums, and an engaging TV program on the music. Here, with an alto saxophone style that is “forceful and tender, sensuous and subtle” (NY Times), he revisits his passion for straight-ahead…
Find out more »David Sanborn Jazz Quintet (Late Show)
David Sanborn photo by Lynn Goldsmith. Buy Now Please note this show is 21+ Tier one $55 Tier two $45 Tier three $30 Earshot members and seniors receive $2 discount. Tickets available through Triple Door. In a storied career that has defined new possibilities for jazz, Sanborn has 6 Grammy Awards, 9 gold or platinum albums, and an engaging TV program on the music. Here, with an alto saxophone style that is “forceful and tender, sensuous and subtle” (NY Times) he revisits his…
Find out more »November 2018
Raul Midón
Photo Raul Midón by Blair Allen. Buy Now Earshot members & seniors $25 // Advance tickets $27 // Day of $30 // Front Row $35 Tickets available through Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. The New Mexico singer-songwriter and guitarist with seven acclaimed albums, when not collaborating with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Jason Mraz, Queen Latifah, and Snoop Dogg, Midón is — as tonight — “a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus” (NY Times).…
Find out more »Vernon Reid Band of Gypsys Revisited (Early Show)
Vernon Reid Band of Gypsies Revisited photo courtesy of the artist. Buy Now Adults $24, Earshot members & seniors $22, Students & veterans/military $10. Welcomed by KEXP. Hendrix tributes don’t get heavier than this. Veterans of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra (“territory band, neo-tribal thang”) — guitarists Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and André “Dré Glo” Lasselle (Lady Miss Kier) and bassist Jared Michael Nickerson (Charlie Musselwhite) — join drummer James “Biscuit” Rouse (Lauryn Hill) to conjure up Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox,…
Find out more »Vernon Reid Band of Gypsys Revisited (Late Show)
Vernon Reid Band of Gypsies Revisited photo courtesy of the artist. Buy Now This event is 21+ Adults $24, Earshot members & seniors $22, Students & veterans/military $10. Welcomed by KEXP. Hendrix tributes don’t get heavier than this. Veterans of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra (“territory band, neo-tribal thang”) — guitarists Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and André “Dré Glo” Lasselle (Lady Miss Kier) and bassist Jared Michael Nickerson (Charlie Musselwhite) — join drummer James “Biscuit” Rouse (Lauryn Hill) to conjure up Jimi…
Find out more »Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Early Show)
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque courtesy of the artists. Buy Now Adults $24 Earshot members & seniors $22 Students & veterans/military $10 Tickets available through Triple Door. Supported by Government of Canada. Maqueque (“energy of a young girl’s spirit”) is a Cuban women’s ensemble whose project with soprano saxophonist Bunnett is legendary. Joining Bunnett are Yissy García (drums), Yusa (tres guitar, fretless bass), Danaé Olano (piano), Mary Paz (percussion, vocals), and Tailin Marrero (bass). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMVX3jgyblc You might also like... Clave Gringa…
Find out more »Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Late Show)
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque photo courtesy of the artists. Buy Now Adults $24 Earshot members & seniors Students & veterans/military $10 Tickets available through Triple Door. Supported by Government of Canada. Maqueque (“energy of a young girl’s spirit”) is a Cuban women’s ensemble whose project with soprano saxophonist Bunnett is legendary. Joining Bunnett are Yissy García (drums), Yusa (tres guitar, fretless bass), Danaé Olano (piano), Mary Paz (percussion, vocals), and Tailin Marrero (bass). You might also like... Clave Gringa - Learn…
Find out more »March 2019
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water
Omar Sosa by Tom Ehrlich and Seckou Keita by Andy Morgan. Presented by the Triple Door and KNKX. Get Tickets $30 Advance // $35 Day of // $38 Front Rows Omar Sosa: piano, fender Rhodes, motif, electronics, vocals, Seckou Keita: kora, vocals, Gustavo Ovalles: percussion, vocals “Transparent Water is where world music meets world jazz, where tradition meets improvisation and where the lines of spiritual and earthy meet. The result is stunningly evocative.” (World Music Central). Two celebrated and acclaimed…
Find out more »August 2019
Connie Han
Pianist and provocateur Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut CRIME ZONE. At 23, this young lioness is on a fast-climbing trajectory to jazz stardom with rave reviews from The New York Times, Jazziz Magazine, Downbeat Magazine, and more. According to Downbeat Magazine, Han has “already absorbed the post-bop piano masters” with “all the technical mastery she’ll ever need.” The New York Times describes her as “the rare…
Find out more »October 2019
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
Trey McLaughlin photo courtesy of the artist. Get Tickets TICKET PRICES: $46-55 Available through Triple Door Presented by Triple Door. Steeped in the gospel worship of the Black churches, “The Zamar Experience” also echoes with musical theater: expressive ballads, anthems, and originals. If you don’t holler to heaven yet, you will after this!
Find out more »Gerald Clayton Quartet / The Westerlies
Gerald Clayton photo courtesy of the artist. Get Tickets TICKET PRICES: $10-37 Available through Triple Door In cooperation with Western Jazz Presenters Network & NEA. Welcomed by KBCS. Tomorrow’s all-stars deliver the goods today: Clayton, the deep-lineage pianist, a frequent Centrum star, plus three other monsters: Joe Sanders (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums), and a star of Earshot 2018, Logan Richardson (saxophone). Harmonically rich, intuitively explorative. Opening:The Westerlies brass quartet, beloved in New York’s jazz-classical crossover world, exemplify Seattle’s jazz pipeline:…
Find out more »Youn Sun Nah
Youn Sun Nah photo by Seung Yull Nah. Get Tickets TICKET PRICES: Adult $34, Senior (60+) $32, Earshot Member $32, Student $10, Military $10. Available through the Triple Door. Welcomed by KBCS. The much-decorated Korean, “one of the best singers in jazz today, and one of the most winning” (La Dépêche), has honed a rare craft to become an arresting multi-instrumentalist. Youn Sun Nah is joined by Tomek Miernowski (guitars, piano, synthesizer) and Brad Jones (bass).
Find out more »DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha photo by Vitaliy Vorobyov. Get Tickets TICKET PRICES: $45-55. Available through the Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. From Ukraine, the inimitable DakhaBrakha evolved from avant-garde theater accompaniment to their own brand of “ethnic chaos” music. Original, driving takes on Eastern European folk music, supercharged with instruments from the wide world.
Find out more »DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha photo by Matthew B. Thompson. Get Tickets ADVANCE TICKET PRICES: $45-55. Available through the Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. From Ukraine, the inimitable DakhaBrakha evolved from avant-garde theater accompaniment to their own brand of “ethnic chaos” music. Original, driving takes on Eastern European folk music, supercharged with instruments from the wide world.
Find out more »November 2019
Yemen Blues Plays Hallel
Ravid Kahalani photo courtesy of the artist. Get Tickets TICKETS: $32-40. Available through the Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. Yemenite Jewish and ancient Arabic sounds swirl with danceable Afro-funk in singer/composer Ravid Kahalani’s utterly distinctive band. An intense, multinational blend of Yemenite, West African, and jazz influences. Joining Kahalani (lead Vocal & gimbri) are Rony Iwryn (percussion), Shanir Blumenkranz (bass & oud), Nikki Glaspie (drums), Salit Lahav (flute & sax), Navid Kandelousi (violin & kamancheh), Yoed Nir (cello), Yonatan…
Find out more »Amendola vs. Blades w/ Skerik, Jeff Parker & Cyro Baptista
Scott Amendola photo by Lenny Gonzalez. Get Tickets TICKET PRICES: $25. Available through the Triple Door. Presented by Triple Door. Drummer/composer Scott Amendola and his longstanding Bay Area collaborator, Hammond B-3 organ star Wil Blades, lay down greasy grooves with head-spinning telepathy, joined by Seattle favorite saxophonist Skerik, the genre-surpassing guitarist Jeff Parker (of Tortoise), and Brazilian percussion genius Cyro Baptista.
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