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The Seasons Music Festival has announced the lineup for its fall series, which will run from Sept. 28-Oct. 6 in Yakima, Wash. The festival will take place at the Seasons Performance Hall and the Capitol Theater.
In keeping with its mission to encourage crossover projects, the series will feature artists, both new and veteran, who are blazing new directions in Latin jazz, classical music, free jazz, jazz vocals and traditional jazz.
Tickets are $20-60. To purchase tickets, call (509) 453-1888 or visit seasonsfestival.com.
Here is the full lineup:
Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. - Miguel Zenon Quartet
Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. - The Yakima Symphony Orchestra feat. Bill McGlaughlin and Karrin Allyson
Sept. 30, 6 p.m. - The Finisterra Piano Trio
Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. - Karrin Allyson
Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. - David Friesen, Uwe Kropinski
Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. - Bill Mays Inventions Trio with Marvin Stamm and Alicia Horn
Oct. 6, 7 p.m. - James Moody and Bill Mays Trio, with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson
“Watching people like Max Roach or Elvin Jones and seeing how they utilize the whole drum kit in a very rhythmic and melodic way and how they stretched time — that was a huge inspiration to me,” Hussain said in DownBeat.
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