Industrial Revelation | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Last night at the Nectar Lounge was Seattle jazz favorites Industrial Revelation. The local quartet of D’Vonne Lewis, Ahamefule J. Oluo, Evan Flory-Barnes & Josh Rawlings has received several...
View ArticleJay Clayton in and out | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Last night at Cornish College, vocalist Jay Clayton returned to perform originals, standards, electronics, poetry, plus a tribute to Ornette Coleman, with fellow Cornish players Julian Priester and...
View ArticleJames McBride and The Good Lord Bird Band | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
James McBride was a professional saxophonist for decades before he took up writing. His most recent work of historical fiction, The Good Lord Bird, was the winner of the National Book Award for...
View ArticleAnat Cohen Quartet | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Last night at Cornish Earshot Jazz Festival presented once again Anat Cohen. Conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, and Argentine tango, the Israeli...
View ArticleWayne Horvitz @ 60 | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Thursday night was the the third of three events marking Wayne Horvitz’s 60th birthday and his considerable contributions to Seattle jazz culture. In a fascinating triple bill, the renowned...
View ArticleBrad Mehldau Trio | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Last night at Town Hall, Earshot Jazz presented Brad Mehldau, one of the greatest of modern jazz pianists, prodigiously inventive, equally riveting whether exploring formal structures or improvising...
View ArticleScott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline & Jenny Scheinman
On Saturaya night at the Triple Door, the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival presented the Scott Amendola Band.What a wonderful show and music. It was written long ago in the now-defunct San Francisco Bay...
View ArticleChris Potter Trio | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Saxophonist Chris Potter – on his way to becoming a living legend – lights up our closing week in a burning trio with Drew Gress (bass) and Adam Cruz (drums). Potter’s name has already been cemented...
View ArticleSara Gazarek & New West Guitar Group | 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
Seattle-born jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek has established herself as one of today’s great musical storytellers. Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz says, “Gazarek balances fancy free notions, effervescence,...
View ArticleHugh Masekela |2015 Earshot Jazz Festival
The best for last. The final concert to this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival was legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, an innovator in the world music and jazz scene who continues to tour the...
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