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Jazz at the White House
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is honored to participate with First Lady Michelle Obama in the launching of the White House Music Series. The program will shine a national spotlight on music education, highlighting the important role music plays in the creativity and innovation that make this country great. Talented music students from six cities ...
Bill Anschell: The Hardest-Working Piano Man in Seattle
Simple or elaborate, this is what Anschell does best. In any given year, his arrangements or compositions might be on any one of a dozen albums, most not his own. His music even made its way to the television shows “The West Wing” and “The Wire.” But for his latest album, “We Couldn’t Agree More,” released ...
Seattle Times: Bucky Pizzarelli is a Jazz Guitarist for the Ages
In the post-bop world of jazz, the guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli is a novel concept. He is a jazz musician who remembers when his job description was to play dance music; he prefers to be a sideman and would sooner strum than pick; you would not call his style minimalist, but he understands getting more out of ...
Don Rickles at Snoqualmie Casino
Don Rickles Show Thursday, June 4, 8:00pm Snoqualmie Casino 37500 S.E. Northbend Way Snoqualmie, Washington 98065 featuring: Andy Omdahl, Jay Thomas, Jim Sisko: Trumpet & Flugel Gary Shutes: Trombone Dan Marcus: Bass Trombone Tracy Knoop & Travis Ranney: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Flute, ...
Earshot Announces Early Lineup for 2009 Festival
Now in its 21st year, the Earshot Jazz Festival presents the full spectrum of jazz--from high profile concerts in Seattle's fine halls, to cutting-edge creations that move the art form ever forward. The event is respected for honoring the deep heritage of jazz while celebrating the leading edges of the art form. This year’s festival will ...
Seattle Times: At Bellevue Jazz Fest, Fine Music Overcomes Settings
Audiences obliged the second Bellevue Jazz Festival, showing up in respectable and consistent numbers over Memorial Day weekend in venues large and small — making an encouraging case for the state of jazz patronage on the Eastside and in Greater Seattle. Designed to be a big, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the three-day ...
Dianne Reeves Pitch Perfect in Opening Night at Bellevue Jazz Fest
Designed to be a large-scale, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the Bellevue Jazz Festival opened Friday night with a headline show that equaled its intentions when vocalist Dianne Reeves delivered what should turn out to be the most memorable performance of the festival. A widely celebrated singer with the celebrity heft and the ...
Bellevue Jazz Festival Starts Friday
The 2009 Bellevue Jazz Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union celebrates community and the creative power of music. You are invited to explore and share your passion for live jazz at the Eastside's premier showcase for top national and regional artists. NEW Prices for Festival Ticket Packages ALL ACCESS Package – $149 – Premium seating ...
Seattle Times: Seattle Schools Continue Decade of Dominance at Essentially Ellington
Another year at Essentially Ellington, another triumph for Seattle bands. Garfield High School won here and Roosevelt placed second in the 2009 festival, the top high-school jazz-band contest in the country, which wrapped up here last Sunday. “We kind of chuckle that people are going to get tired of seeing Garfield and Roosevelt all the time,” ...
Bellevue Jazz Festival Returns May 22 - 24
Dianne Reeves headlines the 2009 Bellevue Jazz Festival The new, old Bellevue Jazz Festival reconvenes for the second year in a row in its current incarnation, a full-blown, three-tiered, weekend-long, diverse offering of artists, both well-known and novices, all within walking distance (a vigorous one perhaps, but a walk nonetheless) in a maturing, downtown Bellevue. Originally ...
