Legendary Seattle band’s new director smashes jazz’s glass ceiling
Hannah Mowry is the first woman to helm a band in the annual Hot Java Cool Jazz concert, which brings together five of the state's...
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3 Seattle-area high schools make finals of prestigious jazz band competition
Two of the Seattle-area bands have made numerous appearances in the finals of the prestigious competition. The third band is an up-and-comer.
Grammys’ best new artist comes to Seattle, and other jazz shows to catch
Samara Joy, who plays a sold-out Town Hall show March 17, is part of a dynamite spring series presented by Earshot Jazz.
Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84
Vivian Williams, a fiddle champion and co-founder of Seattle Folklore Society and Northwest Folklife Festival, died Jan. 6.
Jazz musicians to see in Seattle this year
Seattle jazz lovers are in for a treat in January, with shows from Chuchito Valdés, Chris Botti, Esperanza Spalding and Fred Hersch, and Sara Gazarek.
Singer-pianist Joni Metcalf, who delighted Seattle jazz audiences, dies at 91
Joni Metcalf also helped establish the vocal jazz program at Cornish College of the Arts. She died Nov. 15.
Janet Thurlow, who sang during Seattle’s Jackson Street jazz heyday, dies at 96
Janet Thurlow, a jazz singer who worked on Jackson Street during its post-World War II heyday, and who later toured with Lionel Hampton, died Oct....
Chuck Deardorf, a pillar of Northwest jazz, dies at 68
Elected to the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2010, Deardorf was the former head of Cornish College of the Arts' jazz department, led his...
Norah Jones kicks off Chateau Ste. Michelle summer concert series
After two years of COVID isolation, the singer-songwriter is back on the road, playing Chateau Ste Michelle June 15-16 and launching a two-month tour.
Scott Brown, Roosevelt High School’s longtime director of bands, to retire
Brown, director of bands at the Seattle high school for 38 years, will leave a stunning legacy when he retires at the end of this...