Brood Awakening is a monthly student jazz jam session hosted at The Rabbit Box in Pike Place Market. The series provides a welcoming space for middle school, high school, and college musicians to gain real-world jam session experience with a student house rhythm section and special guest artists from the Seattle jazz community.

The June session features acclaimed Seattle saxophonist and educator Kate Olson. Olson is an improvising saxophonist whose projects include KO SOLO and KO QUARTET, with a new album releasing on OA2 Records in January 2026. She performs with numerous Seattle ensembles including the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble and Wayne Horvitz’s Electric Circus, and has appeared with artists ranging from Terry Riley and Patricia Barber to Elvis Costello and Brandi Carlile. She is on the jazz faculty at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound and was named 2025 Earshot Golden Ear Award winner for Best NW Instrumentalist.

Student musicians are invited to bring their instruments and sit in with the house band.

The student house rhythm section features Xavier Colón on piano, Donovon Lewis on drums, and Theo McGaughey on bass.

No cover. All ages welcome.

Presented by the Kareem Kandi World Orchestra, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting live jazz and music education.