10.25 Saturday (Jazz / Hip Hop) Earshot Jazz Festival & Hidden Hall present: KASSA OVERALL feat Kassa Overall (drums, vocals), Gerald Clayton (keys, rhodes), Logan Richardson (sax), Bendji Allonce (percussion), Jayla Chee (bass), and Anne Drummond (flute) plus ALUNE WADE 7pm doors 8pm show 21+ Hidden Hall 400 N 35th St hiddenhall.com Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated jazz visionary, drummer, emcee, singer and producer, redefining modern jazz with social commentary and sonic innovation. Overall presents his fourth LP CREAM, an homage to jazz drumming à la Elvin Jones and hip-hop in equal measure. Known for a sound uniquely his own, Overall is pushing the boundaries of genre while remaining deeply engaging, “one of modern jazz music’s most audacious futurists” (Pitchfork). Overall has released six critically acclaimed mixtapes and albums, including I Think I’m Good, Go Get Ice Cream, Listen to Jazz, and ANIMALS, which explores the complexities of his identity as an artist and a Black man in America and features an eclectic mix of musicians, from Danny Brown and Lil B to Nick Hakim and Vijay Iyer. He’s toured and recorded with artists including Geri Allen, Jon Batiste, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Gary Bartz. A Seattle native and child drum prodigy, Kassa Overall attended Washington MS and Garfield HS, later graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Opening: the Seattle debut of Senegalese bassist Alune Wade whose bass-driven Afro-jazz offers deep roots and worldly grooves. He blends jazz and Afrobeat, tracing the deep connections between West African rhythms, Lagos grooves, and the bold brass sounds of New Orleans. Wade was personally selected by Marcus Miller in 2015 to contribute to Miller's album "Afrodeezia" - a testament to his exceptional talent. However, Wade's path to success began earlier when he was discovered by Ismaël Lô at the age of 18. Since then, he has collaborated with an impressive array of contemporary music legends and performed alongside artists such as Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Bobby McFerrin, Joe Zawinul, Fatoumata Diawara, Paco Sery, Bela Fleck, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Deep Forest, and Gregory Porter. Apart from his distinctive and vibrant electric bass playing, it is his voice that, much like the West African griots, tells stories with deep emotion and touching falsetto/tonality.