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Jim Knapp Orchestra at Earshot Jazz Festival

Courtesy of Steve Griggs | Posted on October 31, 2011

When

Wed, November 2, 2011
7:30 am

At Door

$24-$12

Musicians

Jim Knapp Orchestra
composer / conductor
Jim Knapp
composer / conductor
Jay Thomas
multi-instrumentalist
Tom Varner
french horn
Steve Treseler
saxophone
Jim Dejoie
woodwinds
Jon Hamar
bass, acoustic
Paul Taub
flute

About

Jim Knapp makes music, mentors musicians and likes laughter. For the past forty years, Knapp fed the Seattle jazz scene with his compositions, improvisations, ensembles and students. And he shows no signs of slowing down. This concert is an opportunity for the community to give back for all of Knapp’s selfless gifts to the Seattle music environment.

All of Knapp’s music expresses his dry wit, experimental outlook, and meticulous craft. As a composition student, one of his early works for the University of Illinois jazz band was titled Summertime. After quoting the first three notes of the Gershwin opera tune, the melody is abandoned for a lush exploration of harmonies and textures hinted at from just that fragment....

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