Join us for Jazz in the heart of Pike Place Market. On March 27, Clif & Nelda are honored to feature two-time winner of Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award “Northwest Vocalist of the Year,” Gail Pettis. Gail was born in Kentucky and raised in Gary, Indiana. Pettis, played French horn in high school, and began nurturing a new passion for jazz vocals in her early forties. In 2006, Pettis began making music full-time. With two records to her name, Pettis won the Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Competition in 2006, served as an artist-in-residence at Amherst Jazz Festival the same year, and has performed with Gene Harris, New Manhattan Big Band, and Eddie Conard.

Gail will be joined by Jazz at the Tasting Room hosts Clif and Nelda Swiggett. This jazz duo, also a married couple, are each highly accomplished musicians who’ve made music together since the night they first met in 1987. Nelda is an award-winning composer, teacher, and OA2 recording artist who has headlined many of the Northwest’s top jazz venues. Clif started playing jazz trombone as a teenager in New York, toured with the Glen Miller Orchestra, shared the stage with jazz greats including Bill Watrous, Phil Woods, and Dizzy Gillespie. Since moving to Seattle in 1985, he has performed, recorded, and toured with dozens of northwest jazz, funk, and salsa bands.

Friday March 27, 7-9pm
Wines of Washington, 1924 Post Alley, Seattle WA 98101
No Cover Charge ($10-20 donations appreciated)

The Wines of Washington Tasting Room is a beautiful, inviting, sultry, cavernous, cool old world lounging space with a grand piano. Come and enjoy amazing wine, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres and listen to the Northwest's finest jazz artists.

Jazz at the Tasting Room is hosted by Clif & Nelda. This year we’re honored to feature these amazing artists:

Thu March 12 // Jeff Busch
Fri March 27 // Gail Pettis
Fri April 24 // Swiggett Brothers with Julian Weisman
Fri May 29 // Swiggett Brothers with Brandt Fisher
Fri June 26 // Brian Monroney

Convenient parking after 5pm in the Pike Place Market Garage, 1901 Western Ave, for $8. Take the elevator from the garage up to the market and walk a block to Post Alley.

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