Paul de Barros is the former Seattle Times pop music coordinator.
Gordon's warm, subjective portrait of her late musician husband trains an astute lens on the social and political circumstances that helped shape his career. It's...
Sara Gazarek, who snagged a vocal jazz award as a Roosevelt High School senior at New York’s Essentially Ellington competition in 2000 and who has...
Over a career that spanned five decades, Ms. Waterfall released 13 albums, was in the bands Entropy Service and Skyboys, wrote choral works and taught...
Two weeks into the monthlong Earshot Jazz Festival, the program is shaping up as one of the best ever, living up to the fest's reputation...
More than 50 percent of the Monterey festival program this year boasted women leaders or side players.
The 2018 Jazz Port Townsend festival celebrated longtime "family member" David Marriott, who died in April; it also provided a showcase for everyone from Grammy...
While Paul Simon may be considered a top-flight artist, his personal life isn’t quite as circumspect.
Only a handful of jazz musicians can draw thousands of fans, but Corea is one of them. The 76-year-old pianist’s trio plays eight sets Feb....
Earshot Jazz Festival, spread over five weeks at 25 locations and concluding Sunday, did well in connecting fans, showcasing local talent, and accenting musical and...