One of the finest bassists in the business performs solo, “as direct and powerful as it is elegant,” as the NY Times said of his solo album The Gleaners. Acclaimed as “deeply intuitive” for his “fluid sense of melody,” Grenadier has graced the bands of such leaders as Joe Henderson, Stan Gets, Pat Metheny, and Brad Mehldau.

Opening: EarthToneSkyTone, Kelsey Mines (bass) and Carlos Snaider (guitar, udu) explore “rhythmic possibilities in flow, cycle, and song” informed by deep listening and embodiment practices in nature and dream.

For tickets, visit: https://www.earshot.org/event/larry-grenadier-kelsey-mines-carlos-snaider/

Here to Play (Neil Welch, Gregg Keplinger and Kelsey Mines) presents both an inaugural album release and performance debut on Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 at the Royal Room in Seattle, WA as part of the annual Earshot Jazz Festival.

Recorded during a day long marathon recording session in an old bait shop, the self-titled debut release Here to Play documents the inventive spirit of a hard charging 3 member collective deep in the throws of creation.

For tickets, visit: https://www.earshot.org/event/here-to-play/

Naomi Moon Siegel - trombone
Marina Albero - piano
Kelsey Mines- bass
Chris Icasiano - drums


"Her uncommonly appealing writing has a subtle emotional depth that engages across genres and projects a rich, spacious sound." - All About Jazz

Clave Gringa quintet plays the Art of Jazz series in the Earshot Jazz Festival. Come to the lovely Seattle Art Museum lobby space to hear Ann Reynolds (piano and vocals), Daniel Barry (trumpet), Kelsey Mines (bass and vocals), Ricardo Guity (drumkit) and Steve Smith (congas and bongo).

Free!

Naomi Moon Siegel – “a trombonist and composer of great style and distinction” (Earshot Jazz) – presents her original music with Marina Albero on piano, Kelsey Mines on bass, and Chris Icasiano on drums.

A winner of an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award, her expressive trombone playing is changing the way the instrument is heard and viewed. Fusing folk melodies with fantastical soundscapes and circular grooves, she is a model of creative self-expression inspired by the jazz tradition. She is one half of the folk/punk/jazz duo Syrinx Effect, a member of Wayne Horvitz’s Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble and an active collaborator in the Seattle and Missoula music scenes, performing regionally and internationally.

Press from her latest release on Slow & Steady Records entitled Live At Earshot:

"This is music that’s rich with the deep melodic reveries and the warm harmonic embrace that made Siegel’s 2016 release Shoebox View so damn enjoyable." - The Best Jazz on Bandcamp - May 2019

"Trombonist/composer Naomi Moon Siegel has developed a consistently captivating body of instrumental music built on stately folk-like melodies, coiled grooves, and lapidary voicings." - San Francisco Classical Voice

"This live recording might change the way you think about jazz trombone." - Absolute Sound

Clave Gringa at the Earshot Jazz Festival on Oct. 21 7:30 PM at the Royal Room. Purchase tickets here.

2nd Wednesdays at Vermillion featuring Kelsey Mines on electric bass, joined by guitarist Carlos Snaider, jazz ensemble Fig, saxophonist Sidney Hauser, & writer Emily Nitz-Ritter in a one-time collaborative swirl of music and poetry.

Prepare to be Scrambled.

Vermillion 10/4 8 PM Suggestion Donation

Couth Buzzard Books located at 8310 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

Geo's Bar and Grill located at 10515 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133

for more info click here.

February (Kelsey Mines) 
Tiny Ghost (Ivan Arteaga)

waywardmusic.org 

Thursday, January 11th, 2018 8 PM
$5 - $15 donation at the door

Levi Gillis's Hannukah Band
Spooky Action
Honey Noble
Christian Pincock's Soundpainting the Nutcracker

$5-15 suggested donation will go 100% towards Mary's Place, an organization that helps out homeless women, children, and families. http://www.marysplaceseattle.org/

Woodland Theater, 608 NW 65th St, Seattle, WA 98117

@ NEUMOS 

21 and over, $15

Click the link to buy presale tickets. They are going fast! 

@ BARBOZA

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@ THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER - THE CHAPEL 8 PM

$10-$20

From Calcutta, Pandit Chatterjee is a distinguished sitarist, highly regarded for his command and systematic exploration of ragas. He performs with outstanding Seattle-based saxophonist Neil Welch, of Bad Luck.

@ BARBOZA

Jazz of “bustling, ostentatious impiety” from bassist Matthew “Moppa” Elliott, with drummer Kevin Shea and pianist Ron Stabinsky. Elliott says he pits his deep roots in jazz against conflicted feelings about some directions the music has taken to create “music that both blatantly mocks and reveres the jazz tradition.” Opening: The Bloodroot: Chris Icasiano, the innovative drummer from Bad Luck, performs with bassist Kelsey Mines, and Andria Nicodemu, an improvising vibes experimentalist from Cyprus via Boston.