2025 Celebration

Sep 15- Oct 15, 2025: Free exhibit at Jack Straw Cultural Center New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

Sep 23, 2025: Happy 99th birthday to John Coltrane! Free public jam session playing music of John Coltrane, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Sep 24 – 26, 2025: Free rehearsals open to public, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Sep 27, 2025: Free public performance to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the start of Coltrane’s engagement in Seattle, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Sep 28, 2025: Free public panel discussion, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104
Panelists include:
  • Bob Antolin – World music artist and former student of Joe Brazil (confirmed)
  • Yasuhiro Fujioka – Coltrane scholar (confirmed)
  • Dr. Julian Priester – Mellon Jazz Legacy Fellow, recorded with Coltrane on Africa Brass
  • Dominic Thomas – Music educator and grandson of Joe Brazil
  • Dr. Sandra Walker – Member of Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (confirmed)
Sep 29, 2025: Free public performance, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Sep 30, 2025: Free public listening session to Live in Seattle recorded 9/30/65, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Oct 1, 2025: Free public listening session to Om recorded 10/1/65, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

Oct 2, 2025: Free public listening session to A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle recorded 10/2/65, New Skid Road Theater, 102 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104

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