Tim Armacost Quintet- Matinee Performance at Seattle Jazz Fellowship

Saxophonist Tim Armacost arrives in town from New York and hits SJF with a Sunday matinee perfornance. Armacost may have the most impressive resume for a jazz musician you may know nothing about. His journey has taken him to three continents from his native Los Angeles, to its end point in New York City. The Grammy winning musician has produced seventeen albums as a leader and appears on sixty more as a sideman. His deep tenor sound has been heard around the world, but has as well forged him a place on the Gotham scene as a noted improviser. He has worked professionally with the likes of Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Reggie Workman and Billy Hart among others. His music leans towards the avant-garde, with a firm foundation in straight ahead modern jazz....

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Saxophonist Tim Armacost arrives in town from New York and hits SJF with a Sunday matinee perfornance. Armacost may have the most impressive resume for a jazz musician you may know nothing about. His journey has taken him to three continents from his native Los Angeles, to its end point in New York City. The Grammy winning musician has produced seventeen albums as a leader and appears on sixty more as a sideman. His deep tenor sound has been heard around the world, but has as well forged him a place on the Gotham scene as a noted improviser. He has worked professionally with the likes of Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Reggie Workman and Billy Hart among others. His music leans towards the avant-garde, with a firm foundation in straight ahead modern jazz.

For this performance, he leans into his connections with Seattle, leading a quintet that features long-time collaborator, saxophonist Chris Fagan. The rhythm section is a swingin' lot, perhaps the best indicator of what a listener can expect on this gig. First call bassist Michael Glynn, stalward pianist John Hansen and veteran drummer Greg Williamson answer the call for this one, which creates an interesting balance of musical interest in the band. https://seattlejazzfellowship.org/event

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