This includes Langston’s cherished Seattle Black Film Festival (SBFF), going over 20 years strong now (which also makes it the longest-running festival of its kind in the region). This year, SBFF is showcasing films by Black filmmakers and celebrating stories from the African diaspora, and feature many film styles, local to international, with over 100 independent selections to choose from.
Alongside usual mainstays, this installment of Jazz For All Ages highlights local organizations whose doors are open to jazz enthusiasts of all generations.
Collier’s sound is characterized and inevitably compared to those by iconic masters John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, and rightfully so. His approach can one moment seem turbulent and the next meditative, demonstrating an innate sense of musical and social dynamics.
This is an unusual combination of instruments, but bringing together four Francophone grandmasters–Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Ségal, Vincent Peirani, and Émile Parisien–this new quartet creates a delight of sound and creativity that’s refreshingly different.
Besides acknowledging the cream of each year’s crop—outstanding recordings, ensembles, instrumentalists, vocalists and concerts—Golden Ear voters pay homage to the local legends who bind the scene together, inducting a new member of the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame, and honor future legends, naming an annual Emerging Artist of the Year.
Designed as an inclusive celebration of all things jazz, the Fest is an opportunity for Seattle’s jazz community to get together and share stories and music. In the spirit of that accessibility, The Royal Room has very generously agreed to waive their standard cover charge model for the night, making the event completely free to the public.
Patrons will have the opportunity to walk between these sites and take in a proud jazz tradition that began more than a century ago in the Pacific Northwest, and still rings true in modern times.
The lineup for this year’s annual Jackson Street Jazz Walk (JSJW) includes Elnah Jordan, Gail Pettis, The Daimonics and more. The executive producer of the JSJW, Eugenie Jones, emphasizes the main thematic pillars of the organization: music, community, and legacy
Several local Washington State and Oregon state summer festival are previewed. These include Jazz Port Townsend, Ellensburg Music Festival, Bellhaven Jazz Festival, Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival, and the Montavilla Jazz Festival.
Ganesh Rajagopalan and his upbringing in the Carnatic musical tradition and his musical journey. Written by Devon Léger.
Earshot Jazz honors jazz as a vital Black American art form through live performance presentations, artist advocacy, and community engagement.
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