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Earshot Jazz was founded in 1984 by jazz writer Paul de Barros, concert producer Gary Bannister and pianist Allen Youngblood. The most prominent annual event is the Earshot Jazz Festival in October and November which started in 1989 and has grown to include over fifteen venues in the Seattle area. [2]
Frank D. Waldron (1890-1955) was an American jazz cornetist, alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and music teacher who lived in Seattle, Washington. [1] He was born in San Francisco, California in 1890 and eventually moved to the Pacific Northwest by the beginning of World War I. [2] When he initially moved to Washington, he began his performance career at Camp Lewis—known as ...
Washington State has had a jazz scene since the early 20th century, primarily centered in Seattle. In the early years, there was an African-American jazz scene on Seattle's Jackson Street, led by the Whangdoodle Entertainers, featuring, amongst others, Frank D. Waldron (trumpet/alto saxophone). Waldron later joined the Odean Jazz Orchestra, one ...
Marc Seales is an American jazz pianist associated with post-bop. [1] He was a student at Western Washington University , serving his senior year from 1977 to 1978. [ 2 ]
Seattle is the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington and has long played a major role in the state's musical culture, popularizing genres of alternative rock such as grunge and being the origin of major bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Foo Fighters, and Nirvana. [1]
The band's music is rhythm-based and rooted in the 1950's, 60's and 70's soul-jazz, funk and blues styles, reminiscent of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and The Meters. [1] [4] [11] Bandleader Lamarr described it as "soul music with a strong jazz influence". [3] He credits their 'sound' to the chemistry of the band members. [2]
From March 1988 until June 2010 KVTI was known as i-91fm and featured Top 40 music (with news in the morning and afternoon), Tuesday nights featured live acoustic music from 7-10PM and Talk and Public Affairs from 10PM to Midnight. In 2006 and 2007, KVTI was recognized as the Top 40 Radio Station of the year by the New Music Awards. [4]
Since 2003, Origin has hosted Seattle's annual Ballard Jazz Festival. The festival was named "Northwest Concert of the Year" by Earshot magazine in 2005 [ 3 ] and has featured Sonny Fortune , Chano Dominguez , Gary Bartz , Lee Konitz with the Hal Galper Trio, Matt Wilson , Mike Stern , Bobby Broom , Eric Alexander , the Brian Blade Fellowship ...