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Friday night at  Poncho Hall, Cornish College, the  Earshot Jazz Festival presented Nicole Mitchell and her Ice Crystal Quartet.
Nicole Mitchell, “the most important jazz flutist of her generation” (All About Jazz), plays in the spirit of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians: she draws gospel, African percussion, and other elements into a thrilling extension of jazz. Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), Joshua Abrams (bass) and Frank Rosaly (drums) join her at the PONCHO Concert Hall.

Founder of the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble and Black Earth Strings, Mitchell is a composer whose works reach across sound worlds to create a fascinating synthesis of postmodern jazz. She has performed with creative luminaries such as George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Lori Freedman and James Newton, and has also worked on projects with Anthony Braxton, Ed Wilkerson, David Boykin and Rob Mazurek.
Here is a link to the Earshot Jazz Festival website  schedule for the rest of the Festival.

Here is a link to the Earshot Jazz Festival website  schedule for the rest of the Festival.

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws performed at the the 5th annual Bellevue Jazz Festival at the Meydenbauer Center  on Saturday June 2nd. Internationally-renowned flutist Hubert Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres – moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. Winner of the prestigious 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award, Laws has appeared as a soloist with orchestras around the world.

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Laws was selected as the Number 1 flutist in Down Beat’s readers’ polls ten years in a row and was the critic’s choice for seven consecutive years. As a classical performer, he has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, with the orchestras of Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, Amsterdam, Japan, Detroit, and with the Stanford String Quartet. He has given annual performances at Carnegie Hall, and has performed sold out performances in the Hollywood Bowl with fellow flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal.

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan

Hubert Laws Quintet at the Bellevue Jazz Festival Jazz Photography by Daniel Sheehan