Singer/pianist/composer Carolyn Graye has performed in West Coast clubs, concerts and theatres since 1976. Locally, she has appeared at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Bumbershoot, the Bellevue Jazz Festival, the West Seattle Jazz Festival, Earshot’s New City Series and A Contemporary Theatre (ACT.) She lived in Prague (1997-1998) and performed at festivals and clubs throughout the Czech […]
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Pianist/Vocalist/Composer Dawn Clement has established herself as one of the most sought-after musicians working today. With her joyful presence, consummate technique, and distinctive sound, Clement has gained the attention and respect of musicians, critics, and fans through the US and abroad. “In all this world of jazz, there are very few individual voices, no matter […]
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Ed Petry (1955-2021) was a guitarist for whom the term ‘singular’ was no mere hyperbole, an under-the-radar virtuoso whose probing musical mind reconnoitered remote harmonic and melodic territory. Artist Support Program 2002: Record new music with a group of improvising musicians.
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Mark Polishook directed the music composition and theory programs at Central Washington University. He’s been a professor of jazz piano at the University of Maine at Augusta and a Senior Fulbright Lecturer at the Crakow Academy of Music in Poland. Dr. Polishook has been a resident artist in the Aarhus Computer Science Department, at STEIM […]
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Bob Rees graduated from Eastern Washington University with degrees in Music Education and Percussion Performance and a Master’s degree in Music and Music Education from Anderson University. Originally from Spokane, Bob relocated to Seattle, where he’s been an integral part of the area’s music community for more than twenty years. Bob is a Yamaha national […]
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Joshua Nucci is a 22 year old African American, Blackfoot Indian, Brazilian, Italian, and Portuguese visual artist, musician, and community organizer from Seattle, WA. “Making music is a passion of mine. Playing especially with others brings me so much joy because it allows me to free my consciousness and connect with others in both spoken […]
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Mario Layne Fabrizio is a composer, drummer, percussionist,visual artist, filmmaker and writer. Around the world, his work has been presented at places like the The Whitney Museum (NYC), Salzburg Jazz Festival (Austria), Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC & Shanghai, China), Panama Jazz Festival, Birdland (NYC), Kunming’s International Drum Festival (China) and The Kennedy Center (DC). […]
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Grammy® nominated vocalist, composer, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist, Johnaye Kendrick received a Master of Music from Loyola University and an Artist Diploma from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute. Johnaye performs original compositions as well as fresh interpretations of beloved jazz and contemporary works. A dedicated educator, Johnaye serves as Professor of Music at Cornish College of […]
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Johanna Kunin is an improvisational vocalist, jazz singer, pianist, and composer turned experimental singer/songwriter. A 2002 graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, she performs with various ensembles including Charlie Smith Circle and as a part of the Monktail Creative Music Concern, Non Grata, and Zipperupus. Artist Support Program 2004: Record a series of original […]
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Adam Diller divides his time between performing and composing. A participant in a variety of open music in Seattle, his projects include doublends vert, BNSF, humph, pique, burns/diller, Xiao Gu Fang, the Constant Trio, the Degenerate Art Ensemble, and solo performances. Adam’s compositions reflect his interest in live performance. His compositions deal with different methods […]
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