Our website was recently featured in the Seattle Times talking about the launch and the Seattle Jazz Showcase which starts on Monday:
Gig-abyte: New Web site leads to jazz showcase
By Raina Wagner
Seattle Times jazz criticMaybe we should just call October Jazz Month and be done with it.
The 2007 Earshot Jazz Festival is on the horizon (Oct. 19-Nov. 4), and as if that weren’t enough, a host of local jazz musicians have come together to present the Seattle Jazz Showcase, three weeks of concerts starting Monday and continuing through Nov. 1.
The concert series actually grew out of a new Web site, www.seattlejazzscene.com, said drummer Matt Jorgensen, one of the musicians behind the new endeavor.
“The jazz scene can get kind of fractured” in this city, said Jorgensen, who also co-produces the annual Ballard Jazz Walk. Through the new Web site, the local scene has a single venue that publicizes everything going on around town.
“And what better way to get the word out [about launch of the site] than to have a bunch of gigs around it?” Jorgensen asked.
Read the complete article at The Seattle Times