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Dmitri Matheny Group | CASCADIA album release celebration
New Traditions Cafe & Fair Trade Gallery 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA, United StatesA jazz celebration of CASCADIA, the new album by Dmitri Matheny with “an all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States” (All About Jazz) performing fresh originals, timeless classics, and more. Join us!
Black Box Jazz: Jay Thomas Band
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesJay Thomas is among the leading jazz soloists in the northwest, appearing with his own group and as a member of groups far and wide. In 2020 Thomas was the winner of the Journalist Jazz Heroes award for being a mentor and inspiration for young jazz players. Thomas is a former Earshot Golden Ears winner ...
Black Box Jazz: Frank Kohl and John Stowell
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesJohn Stowell is an internationally recognized guitarist and clinician, traveling the world teaching and performing. John has performed or recorded with Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Larry Coryell and many many others. LA Times has said of John: “a delightful departure from the road well traveled. He transcends the label of jazz guitarist”. Frank Kohl is ...
Black Box Jazz: David Joyner and Jared Hall Quartet
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesDavid Lee Joyner is an in-demand pianist, composer, vocalist, and educator in the Pacific Northwest region. Trumpeter, composer and educator Jared Hall is the winner of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition – Jazz Division.
Postmodern Jukebox
Washington Center Main Stage 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WARemaking the pop hits of today into the classic sounds of the legends of yesterday, Postmodern Jukebox has become a pop culture mainstay in its own right. One part celebration of vintage music and culture, one part “Saturday Night Live for singers”, a Postmodern Jukebox show is an unforgettable trip back in time that makes ...
Sammy Miller and the Congregation
Washington Center Main Stage 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WASammy Miller and The Congregation are on a mission, crisscrossing the country like a vaudevillian revival show with evangelic fervor for music. The seven-piece band is pulling people out of their solitary lives and putting them in the moment with a bracing dose of joyful jazz performed with infectious theatricality. Led by Juilliard trained and ...
Black Box Jazz: D’Vonne Lewis Group
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesD’Vonne Lewis was named the 2013, 2018, and 2021 NW Instrumentalist of the Year and is the grandson of 1950s-60s Northwest organ legend Dave Lewis, the ‘Godfather’ of rock and roll/soul. Lewis composes for his own band, D’Vonne Lewis’ LIMITED EDITION and The D’Vonne Lewis 2 (duo). He is also the 2006 Earshot Golden Ear ...
Black Box Jazz: Alexey Nikolaev Quartet
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesAlexey Nikolaev has performed at jazz festivals all over the world. He has made Seattle his home since 2000 and regularly performs and records with other Seattle jazz artists. “The first time I heard Alexey Nikolaev perform I was knocked out by his big tenor sound and his willingness to take chances with the music” ...
Pink Martini featuring China Forbes
Washington Center Main Stage 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure… if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.” — Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader/pianist Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop – Thomas Lauderdale founded Pink Martini in 1994 to provide ...
Rhythms Coffee Presents Azadi Amaan & Pale Blue Dot
Rhythms Coffee 210 4th Ave W, Olympia, OR, United StatesJoin Azadi Amaan & Pale Blue Dot at Rhythms Coffee for an evening of intimate, original, acoustic music. Suggested $10 cover; NOTAFLOF
Black Box Jazz: Michael Powers Band
Michael was born in New York City in 1960, but grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. His musical career began as therapy, when at the age of 15 he took up strumming the guitar to strengthen his wrist after a skateboard accident. Following his graduation from Berkeley High School when he was 15½, ...
Black Box Jazz: D’Vonne Lewis Group
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesD’Vonne Lewis was named the 2013, 2018, and 2021 NW Instrumentalist of the Year and is the grandson of 1950s-60s Northwest organ legend Dave Lewis, the ‘Godfather’ of rock and roll/soul. Lewis composes for his own band, D’Vonne Lewis’ LIMITED EDITION and The D’Vonne Lewis 2 (duo). He is also the 2006 Earshot Golden Ear ...