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Jim Knapp (1939-2021)

Jim Knapp (1939-2021)

Jim Knapp photo by Steve Korn. by STEVE GRIGGS James “Jim” Donald Knapp Jr. died at Cambridge Senior Care in Kirkland, Washington on November 13, 2021. He was born in Chicago on July 28, 1939 and given the same name as his father. His mother Mildred was from a musical...
Remembering Jim Knapp

Remembering Jim Knapp

Jim Knapp photo by Michael Craft. CHRIS STOVER What can I say about Jim Knapp? I met Jim when I was still in high school, when he taught music theory at a summer workshop Don Lanphere put together. Jim taught some really heavy modal theory concepts in a way that kind...
The Jim Knapp Orchestra CD Release

The Jim Knapp Orchestra CD Release

Album Cover art by John Bishop, Origin Records. Sunday, December 19, 7:30pmIn-person & LivestreamTown Hall Seattle, Forum1119 8th Avenue$10-20 Jim Knapp, the legendary Seattle educator, composer, and band leader’s latest CD, It’s Not Business, It’s Personal, was...
The 33rd Annual Concert of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music

The 33rd Annual Concert of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music

Saturday, December 26, 7:30pmIn-person & LivestreamTown Hall Seattle, Great Hall1119 8th Avenue$10-50 BY NINA DUBINSKY More than five decades after Duke Ellington presented his first concert of Sacred Music at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City,...
2021 Festival in Photographs

2021 Festival in Photographs

Marina Albero photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn. Lisa Hagen Glynn is one of Earshot’s most dedicated photographers that attended nearly the entirety of the festival to document the brilliance on and off stage. We are so grateful for her work and for sharing them with our...