Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Earshot Jazz announces festival headliner Keith Jarrett

Paul de Barros, Seattle Times jazz critic

Seattle's nonprofit Earshot Jazz has announced the dates and preliminary headliners for its fall festival. The initial lineup is strong on pianists — Keith Jarrett (with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnnette), Brad Mehldau and the jazz/rock piano trio The Bad Plus.

The roster also includes an all-star group, We Four, playing the music of John Coltrane, with saxophonist Javon Jackson, pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Jimmy Cobb; alto saxophone tyro Grace Kelly; and an educational collaboration with Cornish College featuring pianist Myra Melford, drummer Allison Miller, pianist Julian Waterfall Pollack, composer Jim Knapp, vocalist Jay Clayton, drummer Jerry Granelli and the Mongolian jazz ensemble Arga Belig.

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