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The 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival moves into its final week and some of the artists appearing will be sampled on today's episode of Jazz Northwest. Listen to saxophonist Mark Lewis, pianist Benny Green, pianist-composer Ann Reynolds, vocal artist Jay Clayton, and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.

The musical group Scenes on stage at Earshot Jazz Festival. From left to right, John Stowell on guitar, Jeff Johnson on bass, Rick Mandyck on tenor sax and John Bishop on drums.

New music from Scenes and more from Ahmad Jamal

New music from quartet Scenes, recorded live at the Earshot Jazz Festival. Other artists featured this week include The Ahmad Jamal Trio, Kelley Johnson, Jim Knapp Orchestra and more.

A woman plays a trombone and man to her right playing a saxophone.

Tall & Small's latest album "Five Friends" and music from Jovino Santos Neto and more

Also on this show, Jay Thomas Quartet at Seattle Art Museum, a harmonically rich composition by Ben Plummer, Portland singer Rebecca Kilgore and others.

An album cover featuring mountains in the distance and a beach in the foreground.

Pianist Gene Argel's 'Luminescent' plus music from Cory Weeds and Tom Collier

Stretching our focus on Pacific Northwest artists just a bit, we open this show with pianist Gene Argel, who began his career in Washington, but has been a resident of Hawaii since 1982. His album "Luminescent" features regional musicians Jay Thomas, Chuck Deardorf and Mark Ivester.

In their fifth decade, the Yellowjackets still sound fresh

Grooving through their fifth decade, the Yellowjackets quartet play a KNKX studio session.

An album cover, a woman sits in front of a grand piano.

Music from Vancouver, B.C to Portland with Jay Thomas, Jessica Willams and more

We crisscross the Pacific Northwest this week featuring local musicians and more music from Ahmad Jamal Trio at The Penthouse.

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