Meet the prodigy coming to Jazz Alley who's releasing his 6th album — at age 18
Joey Alexander, whose sixth album "Origin" comes out this month, plays Jazz Alley May 3-4. He taught himself to play piano by listening to his...
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This report is supported, in part, by the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.
3 Seattle-area high schools make finals of prestigious Essentially Ellington jazz band competition
This year, Washington state is sending 13 high school jazz ensembles to the prestigious competition in New York, which will take place May 5-7.
Trumpeter Jim Knapp, key architect of Seattle’s modern jazz scene, dies at 82
He was a band leader, composer, trumpet player and longtime faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts, but Jim Knapp, who died Nov. 13,...
Trumpeter Thomas Marriott helps start Seattle Jazz Fellowship where jazz veterans can mentor younger musicians
Trumpeter Thomas Marriott and a group of other jazz advocates started Seattle Jazz Fellowship, which has its first show Oct. 20. The fellowship also includes...
Earshot Jazz Festival has returned to Seattle. Here’s what to listen for WATCH
Earshot Jazz Festival returns this year with live concerts as well as streaming options for fans still shy of spending a crowded evening indoors. It’s...
How John Coltrane’s Seattle recording of ‘A Love Supreme’ was found, thanks to 2 local saxophonists WATCH
John Coltrane, at a Pioneer Square jazz club in 1965, played an extended version of his masterpiece, “A Love Supreme.” A recording of that performance...
A new Seattle jazz joint emerges, while two of the hottest jazz acts come to town
Seattle jazz has sprung back to life. This month, the Ravenna restaurant Calluna provides an elegant new showcase for local musicians, while Pat Metheny and...
1 remarkable guitarist powers 2 of Seattle’s hottest bands WATCH
Jimmy James fronts the sizzling instrumental octet True Loves, and also holds down the guitar chair in the soulful Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. You can...
Jerry Granelli, drummer behind ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ and former Cornish instructor, dies at 80
Drummer Jerry Granelli was best known for his unforgettable work on Vince Guaraldi's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' album. But in Seattle he'll be best remembered...
A giddy crowd welcomes the reopening of Jazz Alley
On Thursday evening, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomed its first live-music crowd for the first time in 15 months. Dimitriou's is not the first Seattle venue...