EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:

Town Hall Seattle, 8pm
Celebrating Coltrane & Mingus: We Four
(Javon Jackson, Mulgrew Miller,
Nat Reeves, Jimmy Cobb)
Sonando

Among tributes to John Coltrane, We Four ranks as the most soulful and masterful: joining the tenor-sax hard bopper, Jackson, are piano master Miller, peerless bassist Reeves, and – here’s the clincher – NEA Jazz Master and Kind of Blue drum vet Jimmy Cobb. Opening: Fred Hoadley’s expanded Sonando nonet with guests Thomas Marriott (trumpet) and Mark Taylor (sax), bring a Latin slant to the restless genius of Charles Mingus. $22 general, $20 members/seniors, $10 students (Co-presented with the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas) (Welcomed by KPLU 88.5FM NPR)

Kirkland Performance Center, 8pm
Evan Flory-Barnes Acknowledgement of a Celebration:
Inheritance, Authenticity, & Healing

A reprise of the 2009 Earshot Golden Ear performance of the year. The bassist brings back his Earshot- and Meet the Composer-commissioned work for large-ensemble fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and classical music with dancers and break-dancers. $22-$25 (Commissioned as part of a national series of works from Meet the Composer’s Commissioning Music/USA program)
(Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS)

Saturday, october 22 & sunday, October 23 Tula’s, 8pm
Jay Thomas / Shunzo Ohno Group

Seattle’s multihorn great collaborates with searing, stylish, New York-based Japanese trumpet bebopper Shunzo Ohno, a veteran of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, with a fine Seattle lineup. $15 general, $13 members/seniors, $7 students Call 206-443-4221 for reservations.

and the rest …

JAZZ ALLEY: The Jazz Crusaders featuring Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Coreena Brown
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 206-772-6891

BOXLEY’S: Katy Bourne Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807

SCOTCH AND VINE: Milo Peterson Trio
22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, 7:00pm

VITO’S: 6pm: Ruby Bishop; 9:30pm: Wheedles Groove
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 6:00pm

LUCID: Unsinkable Heavies
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

Category:
Seattle Jazz