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Ron Jones

For over 37 years, Ron Jones has dedicated himself to the art of craft of composing. Most of his creative work has involved scoring music for TV and Film projects, produced by both major Hollywood studios and independent productions companies. After getting his degree in music composition and music theory, Ron moved directly to Los Angeles, in order to study at the famous Dick Grove School of Music. What attracted Ron’s attention was that all the teachers were successful professional musicians, arrangers and composers who where actively involved in creating music for recording artist, TV and film and other real world music areas

Eugenie Jones

Born: February 3

Eugenie Jones is an acclaimed American jazz singer-songwriter and producer known for a magnetic stage presence and a voice that Paris Move magazine hails as "one of the most beautiful in the United States." Credited with a talent that "elevates everything she touches," Jones has carved a unique path in the industry, beginning her professional vocal career only after earning an MBA and working in nonprofit marketing. 

While Seeking solace following the 2008 death of her mother, Jones entered the Seattle jazz scene to carry on a part of her mother. Since then, she has released six celebrated albums, including her latest, EUGENIE, which charted on the Jazz Week Top 50 for 25 weeks and peaked at #4. A two-time winner of the Earshot Jazz Vocalist of the Year award, she made history when Black Lace Blue Tears became the first vocal release to win Earshot’s Recording of the Year. 

Beyond the stage, Jones is a Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame inductee and a recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association’s Jazz Hero award recipient. She is the founder of the nonprofit Music for a Cause and as served as executive producer of the annual Jackson St Jazz Walk since 2017. With songwriting skills favorably compared to those of Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone and with over 30 original compositions to her credit, she has recorded with legends such as Reggie Workman, Julian Priester, Bobby Sanabria, Bernard Purdie, and Lonnie Plaxico, consistently delivering what critics call "beautifully grown up and real" jazz.

Previous performances have included Dazzle Jazz Club/Denver, the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival, the Jazz Forum/NY, Earshot Jazz Festival/Seattle, Scat Jazz Lounge/Ft. Worth, Pangea Supper Club/ NY, The Blue Llama/Ann Arbor, The Velvet Note/ATL, Minton’s Playhouse/NY, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Mr. Tipple’s/San Francisco, and many others.

Eric Verlinde

Born: May 24, 1976

Pianist Eric Verlinde has excited audiences worldwide with his energetic and passionate performances. He is in high demand and is constantly performing, refining the sound and creating new music. His different groups create music that is creative, spontaneous, superbly structured and melodic. Currently, he works with Josephine Howell at El Gaucho, The EntreMundos Quarteto (a Brazilian samba ensemble) and a number of top Northwest musicians. He has played music with legends like: Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Lee Oskar Eric Alexander, Terell Stafford, Mark Murphy, Luis Conte, Thelma Huston, Floyd Standifer, Buddy Cattlet, Bryan Lynch, Hadley Caliman, Francine Reed, Bobby Medina, Thomas Marriott and Bill Waltrous. Eric has composed more than 200 pieces of music in many different genres, including jazz, gospel, funk, electronic, neoclassical, latin-jazz, rock and R&B, He has published 5 of his own recordings (Peace, What Child Is This?, I Remember You, Daily Grind and Firewalker) and performed on more than 25 other recordings

Douglas Barnett

Douglas Barnett is one of Seattle's finest and busiest musicians; A versatile freelance bassist who began playing in 1972. He is also quite accomplished on Guitar, Piano and is a versatile Vocalist. As a bassist Douglas Barnett has performed and recorded with national artists like Deniece Williams, Hank Crawford, Phillip Bailey, Jeff Kashiwa, Joyce Cooling and Glenn Yarbrough. Locally, you can often find him performing with acclaimed northwest artists Darren Motamedy and Michael Powers. Bassist Douglas Barnett's stellar musicianship, versatility and professionalism have placed him in great demand for both recording sessions and live performances

Scot Lee

Audiences have been thrilled with performances on the cruise ships Queen Of The West, Columbia Queen, and Cunard Line cruise ship Coronia. Records are being played on Spotify and other Internet radio. ...repertoire includes some favorite songs made famous by Count Basie, Harry Connick Jr. and Tony Bennett. As a songwriter Scotty will trick your memory with original songs that sound just like a Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch. Sit Back and enjoy the soft jazzy style of Scot Free, inspired by the great singers of the 30’s and 40’s. You’ll enjoy an evening of jazz reminiscent of smoky piano bars and saloon singers.

Johnaye Kendrick

Johnaye Kendrick was born and raised in San Diego, CA. She received a Bachelor of Music from Western Michigan University in 2005. During her time at Western Michigan, she received a DownBeat Student Music Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, and was featured in an honors recital with pianist Fred Hersch. In the fall of 2007, Ms. Kendrick was accepted to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. While attending the Thelonious Monk Institute, Johnaye worked with many outstanding jazz musicians, including Terence Blanchard, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Danilo Perez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Brian Blade

Cliff Colón

In a music community populated with remarkable tenor saxophonists, Cliff Colón’s raw expressiveness and ability to channel the purest of emotions into each note, sets him apart from the pack. His proficiency, and unabashed expression, has aided him in becoming a definite leader, innovative soloist, and an in demand sideman and instructor. Colón has merely scratched the surface of the long and promising musical career that lies ahead. Colón grew up in the Tacoma, Washington area and immediately took an interest in studying jazz. During his early musical development, Colón began performing in various church groups, which ended up being a heavy influence in the gospel and soul aspects of his playing

Samantha Boshnack

Born: May 30, 1981

Whether creating sonic explorations with her 14-piece B’shnorkestra or fronting her own Quintet, composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack walks her own path. As the leader of these ensembles and an active member/contributing composer to various others, she is never far from inspiration. Boshnack’s talents have brought her into the company of such diverse artists as Butch Morris, Eyvind Kang, Oliver Lake, Los Campesinos, Bobby Previte, Terry Riley, Stuart Dempster, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, Jherek Bischoff, Tom Varner, Jessica Lurie, Amy Denio, Dead Science, Joshua Kohl, Paul Kikuchi, Evan Flory Barnes, Paul Rucker, and Orkestar Zirkonium. Boshnack grew up surrounded by many genres, but in her household jazz was king

Hans Teuber

Hans Teuber has been a mainstay on the Northwest jazz scene for over 25 years, working with Wayne Horvitz, Jeff Johnson, Clay Giberson, and others who lean toward progressive jazz. On his first album as a soloist, Teuber relied on his compositions as the framework for his work on alto and tenor saxophone, flute, and clarinet. His orchestrations are engaging pieces of work without becoming raucous or loud. They naturally tend to frame his considerable fluency and facility with the horns, especially the alto which he seems to favor, such as on "More Illusions" where his alto lays down the playing line while members of the rhythm section dart around like bees buzzing around a nest

Bob Strickland

Born: December 12, 1944

Bob Strickland grew up in Dallas, Texas, and his earliest memories of jazz music are from age three, when he first heard his mother’s 78 RPM records of Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Harry James, and Gene Krupa. He has since become a player, as well as a jazz and big band historian, familiar with hundreds of different musicians, arrangers, and styles. Although the great trumpeter, Ziggy Elman, instilled a burning desire in Bob to play trumpet, Bob did not begin playing trumpet until age 22, completely missing musical training in a college setting. However, after graduating, he joined various university jazz bands where he was living at the time