Press
In the news…
Jazz Night in Pioneer Square returns with 14 bands in 14 venues
Seattle Times, July 24th, 2025
Eric Olsen tees up another preview of Jazz Night in Pioneer Square, presented by the Seattle Jazz Fellowship.
Art x NW: Pioneer Square’s new jazz walk gets into a groove
Cascade PBS, July 24th, 2025
Brangien Davis previews the second Jazz Night in Pioneer Square.
Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age in a New Space
All About Jazz.com, February 19th, 2025
Seattle-based writer Paul Rauch dives into the genesis of the Seattle Jazz Fellowship as well as the current state of things, including signs of a youthful resurgence in the audience.
Seattle Jazz Fellowship Presents Jazz Night in Pioneer Square
King 5 Seattle, February 18th, 2025
Thomas Marriott and friends perform on King 5’s New Day NW to promote the first Jazz Night in Pioneer Square.
Jazz Night in Pioneer Square features 13 bands in 13 venues
Seattle Times, February 12th, 2025
Seattle-based writer Eric Olsen previews the first Jazz Night in Pioneer Square.
Seattle Jazz Fellowship Has A Jazzy New Venue
Seattle Times, January 25th, 2024
In the past several years, Seattle’s jazz scene has been dealt a series of blows, as several venues that featured jazz closed.
The genre’s popularity was not what it once was. Decades have gone by since the era of Seattle clubs like Parnell’s, later known as Ernestine’s, in Pioneer Square, owned by jazz singer Ernestine Anderson. Ernestine’s hosted musicians like Bill Evans, Chet Baker and other legends. Nearby at the Black and Tan club in the Chinatown International District, Ray Charles was playing some of his first gigs during a musically formative two years in the city.
Seattle Jazz Fellowship Opening New Pop Up Jazz Room
Fox 13 / Studio 13 Live, January 24, 2024
The Seattle Jazz Fellowship has a brand new space and Mireya Garcia got to learn all about it.
Seattle’s Jazz Experiment Endures
New York Times, October 9, 2024
The Pacific Northwest might be synonymous with grunge rock, but Seattle’s music scene has historically maintained a rich undercurrent of jazz. Even in the 1990s, with plaid-clad darlings riding high on barre chords, the trumpeter Thomas Marriott recalls an ideal downtown scene for budding improvisers to “pay dues,” a sort of low-cost, low-pressure musician’s utopia where rent could be made in a single weekend’s worth of gigs, and “you could just take your horn, walk up and down the street and see people you knew.”
Jazz Has A Storied Past In Seattle. But what about its future?
KUOW Public Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle
Seattle has a rich jazz history -- and you can’t talk about it without mentioning legends like Ray Charles and Quincy Jones. Both artists knew each other, as they grew their music chops right here in Seattle. Of course, we can’t forget to mention Kenny G.