Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Seattle, WA

Grammy-winning, Cuban American jazz trumpeter Sandoval is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time and has been seen by millions at the Oscars, Grammy Awards, and the Billboard Awards.

Considered the preeminent jazz vocalist in Scandinavia, Sinne Eeg’s distinctive vocals have earned her a loyal and rapidly growing fan base in her native country of Denmark and around the world. Influenced by Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, and Sarah Vaughan, she keeps a personal touch of soft darkness and Scandinavian melancholy settled in her music.

Five-time Grammy winning jazz trumpeter and composer. Experimental, eclectic and exotic. "Blanchard, whether he's doing his jazz albums, film scores or working with The E-Collective, has always been an innovator and someone who not only raises important questions through his work, but makes attempts to offer healing along the way. He's one of our most important artists." - Cultural Attache

Three-Time Grammy Nominated jazz pianist touring in support of his latest release Eclipse… “On his way to becoming of the greatest jazz artists of our time.” – Lester Holt, The Today Show

Old school Hammond B3 funk, a unique 60's & 70's vintage soul sound mixed with tasty guitar lines and pocket drumming.

A tenorist who can remind you of Joe Henderson at his craftiest, he employs his considerable technique in the service of the music rather than spectacle.” – The New Yorker

Some albums are a testimony, some confessions, and some are escape. “Ventriloquism," her recent release, is a place, like its process, to take refuge from one storm too many. “The world needs more musicians like her: creatively restless and ambitious,” - NPR Music

For over three decades, this unique vocal/guitar jazz duo has cast its passionate musical spell worldwide, capturing the hearts of lovers, the respect of jazz buffs, and the jaw-dropping awe of guitarists.

Catherine Russell, touring in support of her new release Alone Together, is that rarest of entities – a genuine jazz and blues singer – who can sing virtually anything. Her voice is full-blown femininity incarnate; a dusky, stalwart and soulful instrument that radiates interpretive power yet remains touchingly vulnerable.

Five-time Grammy-winning jazz drummer and composer, most recently noted for his composition of the original film score for Birdman, earning him a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Original Score.” He’s one of the most sought-after drummers in the international jazz scene and his playing is featured on over a hundred albums, including his three Grammy-winning records with Pat Metheny.

Five-time Grammy-winning bassist and founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones… Wooten picked up where Jaco Pastorius left off. Wooten has a funkier style than Pastorius, but both were masters of intricate jazz melodies as well as complex R&B arrangements.

Praised by the New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone and an amiably regal presence on stage”, Alicia Olatuja has been astounding audiences with her exquisite vocals, artistic versatility and captivating demeanor. She first came into the national spotlight in 2013, whilst performing as the featured soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration. Shortly thereafter, she assembled her own jazz based ensemble and recorded her first solo album, Timeless (2014).

"Shemekia Copeland is one of the great blues voices of our time. No one comes close to the sheer repower that Copeland conjures at will." –Chicago Tribune

CD release celebration | Two iconic artists and living legends - master organist Joey DeFrancesco and mystic saxophonist Pharoah Sanders | In The Key of The Universe (3/1/2019 - Mack Avenue Records)

" Delfeayo is, in many ways, the most fun of the Marsalises. He's the family trombonist. And record producer. And he seems to be the family wise guy too." — Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News

Two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B/Soul Singer of new tunes and classic hits touring in support of his 2018 release "Stand For Love." "If Ever You're In My Arms Again," "Can You Stop The Rain,”" "Love Like Yours And Mine," and more...

Bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger. “ I have known Benny as one of the most complete musicians of the past twenty-five years. He is a composer with an unusually brilliant melodic sense.” – John S. Wilson, The New York Times

Legendary horn driven urban soul music - 50 Year Anniversary Tour!

Seattle's own Grammy-winning saxman returns for four nights and eight shows!

Sophisticated up-tempo classic R&B with precision choreography! The Spinners have sold over 60 million records, topped both the Pop and R&B charts (“I’ll Be Around,” “Then Came You”), received 6 Grammy nominations, and have 18 Solid Gold Top 40 hits!

The original Delfonics are well known for their smooth harmony and legendary choreography that has brought them worldwide fame. Greg Hill along with current members Tommy Moore and Benny “Primetime” Daniels continues to take the legendary “Sounds of Philly Soul: to a new level in sight and sound!

33 Blues Music Awards, 11 Grammy nominations including a 2014 Grammy win for best blues album with Ben Harper: "GET UP." "Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs." - AllAboutJazz.com

“Irrepressible pre-war rhythms from the snappily dressed New York combo and the feline vocalist Elizabeth Bougerol.” - The Sunday Times (London)

Five #1 Albums and Four #1 singles on the Billboard Charts, Multi-platinum & Grammy-nominated saxophonist/flautist NAJEE is back with his new album, “Poetry In Motion.”

“The impeccable vocal harmony of Take 6 is a magic fairy dust that renews every song it touches.” ~ Keyboard

Drummer Ralph Peterson Jr. assembles an all-star group for a tribute to The Jazz Messengers, the prolific big band collective led by his mentor, the late Art Blakey. Marking the 100th year of Blakey’s birth with selections from a new recording, the band will include Peterson on percussion, saxophonists Bobby Watson and Bill Pierce, bassist Essiet Essiet, pianist Geoffrey Keezer, and trumpeter Brian Lynch. “Music washes away the dust of everyday life.” – Art Blakey

An organic gumbo of progressive rock, psychedelic soul, and African, Middle Eastern, Caribbean rhythms with classical influences. In performance, they re-invent songs by Led Zeppelin, Amy Grant, Little Willie John, and The Rolling Stones as well as Lisa’s originals. After decades bringing raw soul to the stage for The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tina Turner and Nine Inch Nails, Lisa is emerging as the most inventive and heartfelt interpreter of classic rock songs working today.

Over the last 40+ years Platinum and Gold Album artists, 5-piece band Spyro Gyra, have been delivering their top-shelf blend of jazz, fusion, R&B, and funk.

#1 Billboard charting pop/jazz performer touring in support of his new release Angel! “His melodies are infectious…his arrangements are dazzling and, most of all, his delivery is heartfelt and, often, heartbreaking. He is not only a superb pianist, but a brilliant arranger, who consistently celebrates the partnership between his voice and the piano. “ – SF Chronicle

Returning by popular demand, Brian Culbertson brings his distinct award-winning brand of genre-crossing urban contemporary jazz, R&B and funk for four nights and six shows!

Guitarist Bill Frisell is widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, despite possessing an always instantly recognizable warm, bell-like tone on his instrument, no matter what he happens to be playing.

Touring in support of their new release and first in seven years, 33 1/3, Acoustic Alchemy have spent thirty years making music and in that time they have not only received critical acclaim for their albums (including three Grammy nominations), but have built a reputation for being one of the most exciting live bands in the business.

East Bay music pioneers celebrating their 50 year anniversary since debuting at the Filmore!

“Combining revered Gullah kinship with a jazz sensibility, Ranky Tanky accentuates the spirituality connected to the ring, shouts and praise houses, proposing a modern rendition of their ancestral music.” – All About Jazz