Beth Fortune & Kelly Clingan photo by Daniel Sheehan BY ERIC OLSON In the summer of 2020, well into pandemic lockdown with no end in sight, music educators Beth Fortune and Kelly Clingan shared a realization: “The kids were not okay.” Furthermore, “The teachers...
Robin Holcomb photo by Ernie Sapiro BY DEVON LÉGER Having just released the second volume of a retrospective of her work, One Way or Another, Seattle-based songwriter and improvisational pianist Robin Holcomb is poised to take the stage at the Tractor Tavern on July...
Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival photo courtesy of the festival BY NADYA BARGHOUTY JAZZ PORT TOWNSEND JULY 22-28 (PORT TOWNSEND, WA) Led by artistic director John Clayton, Jazz Port Townsend is a week-long workshop filled with master classes and performances....
BY HALYNN BLANCHARD Seattle knows Wax Thematique as the independent label of jazz improvisers Noel Brass Jr. and Afrocop, but the Pacific Northwest-founded label has amassed a global loyal troop of adventurist listeners over its decade run. Wax Thematique is the...
