As part of the 2012 Earshot Jazz Festival, two of Seattle’s most acclaimed high-school jazz bands take the stage for one night of amazing music—and energy.
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Earshot Jazz: Roosevelt & Ballard High School Jazz Bands
Friday, November 2, 2012, 7:00 – 9:30pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $14/$12/$7.
Earshot Jazz: Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music
Saturday, December 22, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $15-$34.
“Every man prays in his own language,” said jazz legend Duke Ellington, whose Sacred Music is heavenly indeed. Both serious and swinging, it is a reverent and hip body of jazz composition, written late in his career, for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental soloists, gospel choir, and tap dancers. This is Earshot Jazz’s 24rd annual Sacred Music concert.
Earshot Jazz: Kočani Orkestar: The Finest Gypsy Brass Band in the World
Thursday, May 2, 2013, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $12-$22.
Earshot Jazz presents the mighty Kočani Orkestar, called the premier exponent of that region’s brass-band tradition. Seattle’s Orkestar Zirkonium opens the show.