Seattle Jazz Scene

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL

Jones Playhouse Theater UW, 7:30pm
Bill Frisell w/ Cuong Vu & Robin Holcomb
This year’s Earshot Festival resident artist, a world-renowned guitar innovator, creates at the intersections of jazz, country, and pop music, all processed through his inimitable personal style. He presents five groups in four concerts, beginning with this collaboration with two other renowned musicians who make their homes in Seattle: stellar trumpeter, Cuong Vu, a veteran of Pat Metheny’s band who has lit up the local scene since moving here from New York, and Robin Holcomb, a captivating vocalist and pianist who like Frisell is equally conversant in a wide array of American musical realms. $20 general, $12 students/seniors (Presented by The University of Washington School of Music.)    [read more…]
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Tula’s, 7:30pm
Marc Seales Group
Seattle’s hippest and most elegant jazz mainstay celebrates a new CD. $16 general/$14 members & seniors/$8 students    [read more…]
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Royal Room, 8pm
Brian Haas & Scott Amendola / Chemical Clock
Keyboardist from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey joins up with the West Coast’s most inventive drummer. Seattle’s Chemical Clock opens. $16 general/$14 members & seniors/$8 student    [read more…]
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Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Manhattan Transfer
For 40 years, Manhattan Transfer has been at the forefront of harmony vocal quartets. With worldwide sales in the millions, Grammy Awards by the dozen, and numerous sold-out world tours, its members continue to prove their uncanny knack for being ahead of the times. 7pm: $40 advance, $45 day of show, $50 VIP / 9:30pm: $30 advance, $35 day of show, $40 VIP (Presented by The Triple Door.) (Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS)    [read more…]
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