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Levi Gillis

Levi Gillis is a Seattle based saxophonist and improviser, and a graduate of UW Jazz Studies program. Since moving to Seattle in 2009, Levi has studied and performed with Michael Brockman, Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne and Wayne Horvitz among others. An active member in the Seattle improvised music community, Levi leads the groups Sequoia Ensemble and Sum Trio, co-leads the drum and sax duo JUDO, and for the last three years has been an active organizer and performer in the Improvised Music Project. As a freelance saxophonist and leader, Levi has performed in a variety of styles, from jazz to electro-pop to avant-garde to soul, in many festivals and venues such as Sasquatch Music Festival, the Improvised Music Project Festival, the Earshot Jazz Festival and MusicFest NW

Getting to Know You

By Hunter Gather

Label: Table & Chairs
Released: 2017
Track listing: I Want to Be an American; Sing; Getting to Know You; The Expatriot; Pay No Mind; Coal Creek; Believe You Me; Let Me Roll My Eyes.

Carmen Rothwell: The Art of Intuition

by Paul Rauch
August 25, 2017

Seattle, a city synonymous with alternative rock, has long sustained a provincial jazz culture, without a signature sound, but with an openness to innovative, progressive invention. To outside jazz partisans, the city is known for phenomenal high school talent that usually flies the coop, heading east for conservatory training and to pursue professional ambitions.