Jim Knapp (1939-2021), director of the Jim Knapp Orchestra, trumpet player, composer, and teacher, was born in Chicago, and received BA and MA degrees in Music Composition from the University of Illinois. From 1977 to 1986, Jim directed and performed with the Composers and Improvisors Orchestra, a jazz chamber orchestra that presented new work by […]
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The Black Cat Orchestra (horn player Don Crevie, cellist Lori Goldston, saxophonist Scott Granlund, accordion player Kyle Hanson, vocalist Jessika Kenney, drummer Emily Marsh, and double bassist Jeff Teitelbaum) was formed in Seattle in 1991. Their repertoire spans a wide range of styles, including music from Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia as well as […]
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Originally from New England, Fred Hoadley studied music at Hampshire College and Berklee College of Music, where his teachers included Jaki Byard, Vishnu Wood, and Charlie Banacos. He founded the Seattle salsa band Bochinche in 1983, produced the band’s first album, and founded the Seattle based Afro-Cuban Jazz band, Sonando, whose 1994, 1998, & 2006 […]
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Laura Kaminsky is an award-winning American composer, producer of musical and multidisciplinary cultural events, and educator. From 1999 to 2004, she served as chair of the music department at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She has received national recognition for her innovative cultural programming and has held posts at several prestigious institutions, […]
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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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Bob Edgerton (1935-2020) was a scientist, teacher, and musician. He loved singing and played many instruments including the Sousaphone, banjo, recorders, clarinet, and tenor sax. He took up the cello at age 52 and his passion for classical music fueled many friendships in the Seattle chamber music scene. Artist Support Program 2000
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Guitarist Steve Ball has toured, recorded, and performed all over world, most visibly as a member of Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists and various League spin-off groups. He is an active and founding member of the Seattle Guitar Circle, and formerly a member of Prometheus, as well as acclaimed Discipline Global Mobile […]
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Jon Tulchin is a sound artist/improvisor and archeologist who has collaborated live or on recordings with artists such as Michael Northam, Francisco Lopez, Jeph Jerman, Mike Shannon, Steve Barsotti, Jacob Koller, Lori Ohtani, and Dale Lloyd. Jon works with contact mics, found objects, field recordings, invented acoustic & electric instruments, and turntables. Jon is interested […]
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Sasa Mlakar is a singer, composer, poet and movement artist whose work seeks to explore the relationship between those disciplines. Artist Support Program 2001
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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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