Xavier Lecouturier Quintet at Seattle Jazz Fellowship

Drummer / composer Xavier Lecouturier has been busy composing new music and is presented with a weekend to realize that effort performing with a stellar quintet of close musical acquaintances. Bassist Ben Feldman and tenor saxophonist Santosh Sharma are Seattle natives now living in New York. They have a long history with Lecouturier here in the Emerald City, a bond unshaken by a worldwide pandemic and three thousand miles of distance. 

Pianist Matt Williams has quickly gained a reputation for being one of the city’s finest pianists and has added vibraphone to that skillset as well...

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Drummer / composer Xavier Lecouturier has been busy composing new music and is presented with a weekend to realize that effort performing with a stellar quintet of close musical acquaintances. Bassist Ben Feldman and tenor saxophonist Santosh Sharma are Seattle natives now living in New York. They have a long history with Lecouturier here in the Emerald City, a bond unshaken by a worldwide pandemic and three thousand miles of distance. 

Pianist Matt Williams has quickly gained a reputation for being one of the city’s finest pianists and has added vibraphone to that skillset as well. Whether performing acoustically or with electric keyboards, Williams has an orchestral sense and an experimental curiosity to his playing that is very intriguing. Guitarist Jack Radsliff is a Bay Area native currently based in Eugene. He has been showing up on the periphery of the Seattle scene after playing with many of the top players coming out of Portland. Together, this band represents the high end of the newest wave of impactful voices in jazz from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Each brings with them an original compositional slant as well, adding to the diversity of sound that should grace this weekend residency.

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