In over 23 successful years
as "Seattle's most important annual jazz event" (DownBeat) the Earshot Jazz Festivals have enriched the local
cultural scene and delighted audiences with hundreds
of the most distinctive concerts Seattle has seen. Whether
outrageous or sublime, household names or complete unknowns,
in our finest concert halls or in waterfront saloons,
some of most important and spirited artists the world
will know have shared their magic with our community
at Earshot Jazz Festival events.
The following is a list
of artists and ensembles that have performed in past Earshot Jazz Festivals.
2011 |
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette Trio
Brad Mehldau, solo piano
The Bad Plus Trio
BraamDeJoodeVatcher
Roosevelt Highschool Jazz Band
Moutlake Terrace High School Jazz Band
Endangered Blood
Human Spirit
Craig Taborn & Gust Burns
Emi Meyer's Japan Trio
Rich Halley Trio + 1
Matt Slocum Trio
Avram Fefer Trio featuring Chad Taylor & Michael Bisio
Beat Kaestli Group
Jay Thomas / Shunzo Ohno Group
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom
Robin Holcolmb & Talking Pictures
The Campbell Brothers: Sacred Steel
Johnaye Kendrick Quartet
Sonando
Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited
Nelda Swiggett's Stringtet
Wessell Anderson Quartet
Garfield High School Jazz Band w/ Wessell Anderson
Cory Weeds Group
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes
Julian Waterfall Pollack Trio
Hardcoretet
Scrape w/ Jay Clayton
Jay Clayton Group
Bill Anschell Trio |
We Four: Celebrating John Coltrane
Evan Flory-Barnes "Acknowledgement of a Celebration: Inheritance, Authenticity & Healing"
Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash
Travis Shook Trio
Jerry Granelli Trio
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra "An Evening with Ol' Blue Eyes: The Music of Frank Sinatra"
SWOJO Plays the Music of Robin Holcomb
Tribute to Jim Knapp
Malcolm Goldstein
Grace Kelly Quintet
Kate Olson/Gary Prince Duo
Chad McCullough/Bram Weijters Group
Burn List
Operation ID |
2010 |
Garfield High School Jazz Band with special guest Roxy Coss
The Kora Band
Robert Pinsky w/ Marc Seales & Paul Gabrielson
Vagabond Opera
Jay Thomas: Tribute to Milt Kleeb
Eugene Chadbourne
Mural
Chicago Underground Duo
Robert Glasper Trio
Roxy Coss Quartet
Meklit Hadero
Toshi Reagon
Lina Allemano Four
Richard Cole Quintet
DBR & Emeline Michel
David Haney / Julian Priester Duo
Nelda Swiggett Trio
James Carter, John Medeski, “Heaven on Earth” band
Retta Christie Trio
DJ Spooky w/ Joshua Roman
Paul Rucker
Wellstone Conspiracy |
Darius Jones Trio
Jean-Michel Pilc
Gretchen Parlato Group
Tia Fuller Quartet
Roosevelt High School Jazz Band
Matt Jorgensen: Tattooed by Passion
Scott Amendola Trio
Jay Clayton/Dawn Clement Quartet
The Teaching
Ben Black, Lincoln Briney, & Valerie Joyce: “Channeling Chet”
Mark Taylor Quartet
Charlie Musselwhite
Murl Allen Sanders Quartet w/ Warren Rand
Matana Roberts, solo and COIN COIN
Ordo Sakhna
Tessa Souter
Dave Peck
Steve Lehman Octet
Ryuichi Sakamoto
An Evening with Mavis Staples
|
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Goes to the Movies
Rufus Reid Trio
Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio
Cuong Vu/Andrew D’Angelo: Agogic
Natacha Atlas
Blue Cranes
Ballrogg
Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers Trio & guests
Gust Burns & Jack Wright Duo
Randy Halberstadt Quintet
Carmen Staaf Trio
Wayne Horvitz/Soren Kjaergaard: TONK
Michael Blake’s Lucky Thompson Project
The Fellowship Band w/ Brian Blade
University District Jazz Walk
Ziggurat Quartet
Thomas Marriott new chamber-jazz ensemble
Gail Pettis and Friends
Jack Wright / Gust Burns Large Ensemble |
2009 |
Garfield High School Jazz Band w/ Miguel Zenón
Miguel Zenón Quintet
Byron Vannoy's Meridian
Tarbaby
Allen Toussaint Quartet
Matt Wilson Quartet
Matt Wilson Quartet & Roosevelt High School Jazz Band
3rd Man
McTuff Trio
Trio M
Chad McCullough Quintet
Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet
Marc Seales Groups
Matthew Shipp & Joe Morris
Peggy Lee & Saadet Türköz
Myra Melford Be Bread
Hal Galper Trio w/ John Bishop & Jeff Johnson
Helen Sung Trio
Tom Varner Tentet
Hardcoretet
|
Thomas Marriott
Ikue Mori & Zeena Parkins Phantom Orchard
Khoomei Taiko
Anne Drummond Quartet
Eldar Trio
Meshell Ndegeocello
Washington Composers Orchestra (WACO)
Celebrate Hadley Caliman
Marco Benevento
Greg Williamson A-Y-P Large Ensemble
Andy Clausen & Sjenka
Jason Marsalis Quartet
Tish Oney’s Peggy Lee Project
Will Gobel Trio featuring Wessell"Warmdaddy" Anderson
Foday Musa Suso
Jim Knapp Orchestra
John Hollenbeck Claudia Quintet plus Gary Versace |
Steve Lehman
Marc Cary Trio
Jay Thomas East/West Double Trio
Kaufmann/Gratkowski/DeJoode
Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto w/ Harvey Wainapel
Don Byron Quartet
Wayne Horvitz: These Hills of Glory
Claudia Acuña Quintet
Joe Doria, Eric Barber, & Byron Vannoy
Kris Davis’s Stone Trio
Trio 3
John Abercrombie Quartet
Hans Koch
Paul Kikuchi’s Portable Sanctuary
Greta Matassa
SRJO w/ Dean Bowman: Tribute to Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz
Ralph Alessi’s This Against That
Evan Flory-Barnes: Acknowledgment of a Celebration (World Premiere) |
2008 |
Roosevelt HS w/ Sean Jones
Jerry Gonzalez & Fort Apache Band
Jerry Granelli's V16
Here & Now
Eric Vloeimans: Fugimundi
Billy Bang Quartet
Paul Rucker Ensemble
Frøy Aagre Quartet
Paul Harding & Juju Detective
Agency
Evan Flory-Barnes' The Teaching
Priester's Cue
Hadley Caliman Quartet
Johnny A
Four Across
Marilyn Crispell
Paul Lytton & Nate Wooley
Tom Varner
Aaron Parks Trio
|
Wycliffe Gordon & Garfield HSJonathan Pugh: Music of Don Lanphere
Amir ElSaffar: Two Rivers Ensemble
Andy Milne's Dapp Theory
Eldar Trio
Nancy King & Steve Christofferson
Cecil Taylor
Mark Taylor Quartet
Georg Graewe
Gust Burns & Greg Campbell Duo
Peter Apfelbaum & NY Hiero-glyphics fea. Abdoulaye Diabate
Hans Teuber Trio
Richard Bona Quartet
Ambrose Akinmusire
Floyd Standifer Tribute: Legacy Band
|
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Phil Markowitz Trio
Charlie Haden's LMO
SRJO w/ James Moody
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Larry Ochs Drum Core
Pigpen
Zony Mash w/ Horns
Horvitz/Miles/Previte Trio
Robin Holcomb: Larks, They Crazy
Wayne Horvitz: NY Composers Orchestra West & The President
Sam Gray's Frantic Menagerie Orch.
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra West
Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits
Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder
Space in the Heart: a jazzopera
Toumani Diabate |
2007 |
Ahmad Jamal
Roosevelt HS w/ Frank Tiberi
Jimmy Greene Quartet
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner
Gino Robair: I, Norton
Dee Dee Bridgewater's Red Earth
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Codebook
The Tiptons
Luis Perdomo Trio
Dafnis Prieto Absolute Quintet
Trevor Watts & Jamie Harris
Radding & Rigler
Oliver Mtukudzi
Burns/Campbell/Radding/Shoup
Gust Burns Trio
Marc Cary Trio
Scott Amendola Band
|
Nels Cline Singers
David Sanchez Quartet
Roberta Piket / Billy Mintz Trio
Anat Cohen Quartet
Dawn Clement Trio
Bill Anschell Trio
Jacky Terrasson
Sachal Vasandani
John Hollenbeck's Refuge
Jean-Michel Pilc Trio fea. Ari Hoenig
Garfield HS w/ Houston Person
Musafir
Butch Thompson Trio
Cedar Walton Trio
Cuong Vu Trio
Willem Breuker Kollektief's Faust
Sunship
Gregg Keplinger & Rick Mandyck |
Michael Bates' Outside Sources
Fred Hersch Trio
Buell Neidlinger Stringlickers
Festival in the Desert: Tinariwen
Vieux Farka Touré
McTuff
Eric Person & Meta-Four
John Abercrombie Quartet
Michael Brockman Trio
Billy Childs Sextet
Iva Bittová
Aaron Goldberg Trio
Elspeth Savani & Orchestra Zarabanda
October Trio w/ Brad Turner
Jason Moran: Bandwagon
John Zorn's Moonchild |
2006 |
Jay Thomas & East/West Double Trio
Wayne Horvitz w/ Gravitas
Odeon String Quartet w/Bill Frisell
Wynton Marsalis Quartet
Matmos
Walter Kitundu
Garfield H.S. w/ David "Fathead" Newman
Manuel Valera Trio
Allen Toussaint
Matt Shipp
Gust Burns
Rashied Ali Quintet
Larry Coryell
Roberta Picket / Billy Mintz Trio
Michele Rosewoman's Quintessence
|
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Nguyen Le - Tiger's Tail Quartet
Brian Nova's Seattle Showcase
Bill Anschell
Mavis Staples
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet
Dawn Clement Trio
John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet
Monktail Creative Music Concern's
Raymond Scott Project
Lionel Loueke Trio
Ritual Trio w/ Billy Bang
Big Neighborhood
Dempster Diving
Andrew Hill Quartet
Andrew D'Angelo Trio
Bling
|
Industrial Revelation
Drew Gress
Rochelle House
Tom Varner New Seattle Quintet
Ted Nash Quintet
Roosevelt H.S. w/ Ted Nash
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio w/ Fred Wesley
Victor Noriega Trio
Kamikaze Ground Crew
Django Reinhardt Festival
George Colligan Trio
Annette Peacock
Eric Barber Chamber Quartet
Michael Schiefel
Ana Moura
Jimmy Heath w/ SRJO
Marc Seales Group
Jason Moran & Bandwagon |
|
2005
|
Pyeng
Threadgill
World Saxophone Quartet
Ivo Papasov
Marc Ribot
Jon Pugh
Omar Sosa Quartet
Daphnis Prieto Quintet
Dave Douglas Keystone
Kris Davis Quartet
Michael Bisio Trio
Robert Glasper Trio
Joey DeFrancesco Trio
Tobias Delius Quartet
Kamau Daaood
Wallace Roney Quintet |
Jason Moran
Joe Doria Trio
Ralph Alessi Quinte
Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa
Roscoe Mitchell
Olu Dara Group
Gutbucket
Wall Shoup & Nels Cline
Patricia Barber
Claire Daly
Paris Combo
Ravi Coltrane Group
Jeff "Tain" Watts Quartet
Cuong Vu
Ben Thomas Quintet
|
Bill Charlap
Trio
Gary Hobbs Quartet
Fucho Appariccio
Luciana Sousa & Romero Lubambo
Robin Holcomb
Wayne Horvitz
Cornish Jazz Composers
Konono #1
Reptet
Gangbe Brass Band
SRJO w/ Gerald Wilson
Virginia Rodrigues
Gregg Keplinger
Seattle Chamber Players |
|
2004
|
Bud Shank/Bill Mays
Randy Halberstadt Trio
Peter Brotzmann Trio
Yosuke Yamashita Pacific Crossing
Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa
Rokia Traore
Kelley Johnson with Ingrid Jensen
Brad Mehldau
Robert Glasper Trio
Nicholas Payton
Julian Priester
Dave Peck Trio
ICP Orchestra
Frieze of Life |
Randy Weston w/ obo
Addy
Sex Mob
Inner Mounting Flame Orchestra
TS Monk Quintet
Ben Roseth
Dean Hodges
Wayne Horvitz's Joe Hill
Don Byron
Greg Williamson
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio
Hermeto Pascoal e Groupo
D'Vone Lewis
Tinariwen |
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Paul Rucker LARGE Group
Jim Hall Trio
Gary Bartz w/ Ishmael Reed
SRJO w/ Benny Golson
Tribute to Buddy Catlett
Anne Drummond
Nancy King
Joe Locke
Larry Fuller Trio
Ernie Watts & New Stories
Dawn Clement Trio
Charles McPherson |
|
2003
|
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Dave Holland Quintet
Gratkowski/Smith/Bryerton Trio
Dino Saluzzi Trio
Mavis Staples
Marc Seales
Gerry Hemingway Four
Gust Burns / Adam Diller Duo
Brad Shepik Trio
Virginia Rodrigues
John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet
Wayne Horvitz / Briggan Krauss Duo
Rene Marie
Julian Priester Quartet |
Hamza El Din
Joshua Redman's Elastic Band
Matt Jorgensen +451
Marty Ehrlich Quartet
Garfield & Roosevelt HS Jazz Bands
Bill Mays Trio
Michael Henderson's Children of the Corner
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos
Conference Call
Wally Shoup Trio
Terence Blanchard Sextet
Marc Seales Quintet
Denzler/Koch |
Bill Frisell and the
Intercontinentals
SRJO w/ Slide Hampton
Monktail Creative Music Concern
Jessica Williams
Ghazal
Hiromi
The Bad Plus
Bill Smith / Stuart Dempster Quartet
Omar Sosa / John Santos Trio
Matthias Lupri
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack deJohnette
Fred Frith
David Murray Latin Big Band |
|
2002
|
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Ralp Alessi w/ Don Byron
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
John Surman & Jack DeJohnette
Bobby Previte's Bump
Tin Hat Trio
Raw Materials
Loren Stillman trio
Mark Helias' Open Loose
Bill Charlap Trio
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
Bert Wilson Group |
Jazz Composer's Collective
Oluyemi Thomas
Ingrid Jensen/Jon Wikan Project O
Saadet Turkoz
Matt Jorgensen +451
Ellis Marsalis & Bobby Hutcherson
Don Lanphere Quartet
Greg Osby Quartet
Djelimady Tounkara
Boubacar Traore
Bill Anschell |
Pete Malinverni
Queen Mab
Amy Denio
Ballard Jazz walk
Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fred Anderson
Tomasz Stanko
Art Lande
Kurt Elling
SRJO w/ James Moody
John Zorn's Electric Masada |
|
2001
|
Tribute to Don Lanphere
Wayne Krantz
Living Daylights
Aaron Parks Trio
Don Byron's Six Musicians
Odean Pope Trio
Kent Werner Trio
Richard Bona Group
Amazade
Reuben Radding & Daniel Carter
Continued in the Underground |
Myra Melford's Crush
Bill Frisell & Vinicius Cantuaria
Fred Anderson/William Parker/Hamid Drake
David Marriott
Bill Frisell & Jack DeJohnette
Von Freeman
Mike Bisio/Joe McPhee/Raymond Boni
Maybe Monday |
Stackpole
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette
Troben Waldorf
Steve Turre's Roland Kirk Tribute
Konk Pack
Frank Morgan & George Cables
Denny Zeitlin
Bill Frisell's Intercontinental Quartet
Dave Brubeck Quartet |
|
2000
|
Tribute to Floyd Standifer
Living Daylights
Davis/Taylor Group
Dave Peck Trio
Kevin Eubanks
Rumba Abierto
Asian American Orchestra
Joanne Brackeen
James Knapp Orchestra w/ Lee Konitz
Bill Frisell w/ Konitz, Bley &
Bennink |
Uri Caine
Jason Moran Trio
Trio 3
Paul Bley
Russell Malone
Cecil Taylor
Rachel Z
Trevor Watts
Dave Holland Quintet
SRJO w/ Clark Terry
Jane Bunnett's Spirits of Havana |
Ellery Eskelin/Andrea
Parkins/Jim Black
DJ Spooky & Wayne Horvitz
Magnets
Russell Gunn's Ethnomusicology
Eric Bibb
Bebop & Destruction
Coleman Barks
Hamza El Din
Charles Lloyd
Dave Peck Trio |
|
1999
|
Branford Marsalis
Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass
SRJO's "Ellington & Strayhorn"
Willem Breuker Kollektief
Blema Bii
Obo Addy/Julian Priester
John Hicks
George Lewis & NOW
James Blood Ulmer's New Art Quartet |
Dave Scott/Tony Malaby
Roscoe Mitchell
Equal Interest
Kenny Werner/Kenny Wheeler
David Murray's Fo Deuk Review
Benny Green
Jovino Santos Neto
Chick Corea & Origin
Greta Matassa w/ Spectrum Dance
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio |
Steve Lacy & Irene
Aebi
Wayne Horvitz 4+1
Ray Barretto
Ingrid Jensen
Dave Douglas Tiny Bell Trio
Briggan Krauss/Wayne Horvitz
Eric Alexander Quartet
Kenny Barron Trio
Steve Korn
William Cepeda's AfroRican Jazz |
|
1998
|
Broun Fellinis
Omar Sosa/John Santos
Barry Harris
HB Radke
In The Moment
Eric Reed
Lee Konitz
Fred Hersch
Charles McPherson
Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph
Combo Craig |
Hassan Hakmoun
Wadada Leo Smith
Thomas Marriott's Afinque
Ruben Gonzales y Groupo
Chucho Valdes
SRJO
Bobby Watson's Art Blakey Legacy
Joe McPhee/Michael Bisio
Jovino Santos Neto
Kamau Daa'ood's Army of Healers
Amiri Baraka |
Fred Ho
Sonando
Andy Statman
Dave Holland Quintet
Matthew Sperry/Gino Robair/Karla Kihlstedt
Patricia Barber
Dave Frishberg
John Zorn's Masada
Andrew Drury Group
Sphere |
|
1997
|
Karin Allyson
Anne Drummond
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Sam Rivers/Julian Priester
Andy Bey
Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins
Ballard Jazz Walk
Butch Thompson
Matthew Shipp/William Parker |
Paul Plimley
Dave Peck
Tom Harrell w/ New Stories Trio
Maktub
Sharpshooters
Davey Williams
Moving Pictures
Don Byron's Bug Music
Rebecca Coupe Franks |
Operation X Big Band
Roy Haynes Quartet
Local 493 Band
Greta Matassa
Greg Osby Group
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Dave Scott/Tony Malaby
Jaki Byard w/ Michael Marcus |
|
1996
|
Bill Frisell Quartet
Denney Goodhew
Renee Rosnes Trio
Rick Mandyck Quartet
Sonny Rollins
Human Flavor
David Sanchez Quintet
Jane Ira Bloom
Al Hood Players
|
Wayne Horvitz Group
Don Lanphere Quintet
Stinkhorn
Leon Parker Quartet
George Graewe/Frank Gratkowski
Dan Faehnle Quartet
Oliver Lake
Ted Joans
Dee Dee Bridgewater |
What We Live (Four)
Michael Ray & Kosmic Krewe
Lynette Westendorf
Tootie Heath and Friends
Tim Berne/Michael Formenek
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Marriott Jazz Quintet
Bebop & Destruction
Garfield Jazz Allstars |
|
1995
|
Roadside Attraction
Big Band
Human Feel
Lizard Brothers
Andy Milne Quartet
Joe Lovano Trio
Bert Wilson & Rebirth
Fred Hersch & Jay Clayton
Geri Allen |
Keith Jarrett/Gary
Peacock/Jack DeJohnette
Myra Melford
Combo Craig
Joe McPhee
Urban Medicine
Thingsome Q
Walter Norris |
Jacky Terrasson Trio
Dave Douglas String Group
Carla Bley/Steve Swallow with the James Knapp Orchestra
Don Lanphere
Dan Blunck
Living Daylights
Wayne Shorter Septet |
|
1994
|
Either/Orchestra
Melody Jones & Freddie Greenwell
Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Kilgore Trout
Jessica Williams
Koch/Studer/Schutz
Tribute to Sun Ra
Sumi Tanooka
Mojo Big Band
Jay Thomas Big Band |
Big Bang Band
New York Composers Orchestra (West)
Bheki Mseleku & Lee Pui Ming
Kitty Margolis
Don Pullen's African Brazilian Connection
Living Spirit Band
Jim Nolet/Bern Nix |
Jericho Trumpet Choir
Jessica Williams
Glen Horiuchi
Jimmy Smith
Jerry Granelli & UFB
Dave Frishberg
Stephanie Skura w/ James Knapp
Charlie Haden Quartet West
Ornette Coleman with Prime Time |
|
1993
|
Seattle Jazz Homecoming
Glenn Spearman Double Trio
Wayne Horvitz
David Murray Quartet
Hal Galper
Marty Ehrlich
Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice |
Malachi Thompson
Josh Redman Quartet w/ Pat Metheny
Living Spirit Band
Kei Akagi
Ned Rothenberg & Sainkho Namchylak |
Mili Bermejo
Obo Addy's Kukrudu
Sonando
Francois Houle
Don Byron plays Mickey Katz |
|
1992
|
Mulgrew
Miller Trio
Milton Nascimento
Sonando
Zakir Hussain & Shankar
Randy Weston w/ Obo Addy |
Ham Carson
Quartet
Shelly Hirsch & David Weinstein
Los Munequitos de Matanzas
James Newton
Global Village |
Jerry Gonzalez & Fort
Apache Band
Local 493 Reunion Band
Masakazu Yoshizawa & Hiromi Hashibe
Rebirth Brass Band |
|
1991
|
Hermeto Pascoal
Horace Tapscott Trio
Andrew Hill
Timebone
Don Cherry & Muntikulti
Bobby Previte's Empty Suits
|
Phil Sheeran
Glen Moore/Nancy King
Paul Plimley/Lisle Ellis
Struntz & Farah
Clarence Acox
Becca Duran |
Aster Aweke
John McLaughlin Trio
Courtney Pine Quartet
Jon Jang & Pan Asian Arkestra
Kulintang Arts |
|
1990
|
International Creative
Music Orchestra
Jimmy McGriff
Watershed |
Don Pullen Trio
Pacific Jazz Quintet
Super Rail Band of Mali
Freezer Burn |
Timebone
Jazz Passengers
Denney Goodhew & Ralph Towner
John Scofield Quartet |
|
1989
|
Bill Frisell Quartet
John Faddis with Roadside Attraction Big Band
The Jazz Passengers
|
Circular Cowboys
Carla Bley/Steve Swallow
Red Three
Steve Rice Trio |
Tony Williams Quintet
Bert Wilson & Rebirth
Jay McShann/Big Miller
Craig Harris & Tailgaters Tales |
