Joan Penney Quintet :: 09/08/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmJoan Penney brings out the best in jazz audiences by selecting and playing charts that are diverse, generational, and so full of love and swing that you just have to dance! Featuring Paul Gabrielson on bass, Tor Dietrichson on percussion, Jamael Nance on drums, Jamie Findlay on guitar, and John Anderson on saxophone.
Matheny Plays Mancini :: 08/11/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmThe Dmitri Matheny Group honors Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday with new arrangements of his classic hits Charade, Days of Wine & Roses, Pink Panther, Peter Gunn, and more! Featuring Michael Brockman on saxophones, Bill Anschell on keyboard, Phil Sparks on bass, Mark Ivester on drums, and Dmitri Matheny on flugelhorn.
Jazz Stage at the Anacortes Arts Festival :: 08/02/24 - 08/04/24 – 12:00 pm - 6:00 pmVisit the Jazz Stage at the Anacortes Arts Festival August 2-4, 2024 to hear 11 great local bands play really great jazz music.
A’Town Big Band – Second Sunday Jazz :: 07/14/24 – 12:30 pm - 3:30 pmA’Town Big Band is a 17-piece jazz band that performs contemporary big band music by Count Basie, Sammy Nestico, Stan Kenton, Gordon Goodwin, Buddy Rich, Tom Kubis, Alan Baylock plus local composers . SPECIAL GUEST: The Barefoot Jazz Band, a local band playing traditional New Orleans style jazz.
Cyrus Nabipoor Quartet :: 06/09/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmTrumpeter & composer Cyrus Nabipoor has become a mainstay of the music scene. His earnest & distinctive voice on the horn soars over a unique brand of crossover-jazz. He has been a featured artist at the PDX Jazz Fest, Cathedral Park Fest, Montavilla Jazz Fest, and New Orleans French Quarter Fest. In addition to writing […]
Swing Dance at the Senior Center :: 05/25/24 – 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmJoin the Sea Notes Big Band and dance the night away at the Senior Activity Center in Anacortes on May 25.
Eugenie Jones: Great Women of Seattle Jazz :: 05/23/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmEugenie Jones, a well-loved singer and songwriter from the Pacific Northwest, will trace the history and development of great African American jazz players in the Jackson Street, Seattle music scene, featuring Ernestine Anderson and others.
Mark Lewis Quartet :: 05/12/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmSaxophonist and flutist Mark Lewis has enlivened jazz scenes from Seattle and San Francisco to Rotterdam and Paris, and has created a vast and intensely stimulating body of music over the past four decades, including more than 1,700 compositions. Mark is joined by Bill Anschell on piano, Clipper Anderson on bass, and Bob Merrihew on […]
The Art of Jazz Drumming :: 04/18/24 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmBellingham drummer Julian MacDonough is a first call drummer who plays with many great jazz players from Vancouver to Portland. He will play clips and demonstrate styles of the great players from jazz history, from the 1920’s to the present.
