By Paul de Barros Scott Brown with the Roosevelt High Jazz Band photo by Daniel Sheehan. When Scott Brown’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band competed in New York at the finals of the Essentially Ellington competition this past May, few expected the band to win. Though...
JazzED Girls Ellington Project photo by Michael Craft. By Tara Peters Nestled in the back corner of the MLK FAME Community Center sits the Seattle JazzED classroom, abuzz with the chatter of voices and instruments. It’s 5pm in the middle of spring break and the Girls...
Samantha Boshnack photo by Daniel Sheehan. By Paul Rauch Samantha Boshnack is an artist who is difficult to define. While the entertainment industry and its fans continually relegate artists to rigidly defined categories, Boshnack remains an outsider to the very...
Alex Dugdale photo by Daniel Sheehan. By Paul Rauch The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) performs the Sacred Music of Duke Ellington each year during the holiday season, in the historic confines of Town Hall, or most recently, in St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral...
Kate Olson by Daniel Sheehan By Paul Rauch The city of Laramie, Wyoming, is known for its natural beauty, bucolic lifestyle, high elevation and colorful history. It is the site of the state’s only university, and has developed a reputation as a preferred place to...
