Trumpeter, Thomas Marriott, is one of the city’s finest ever jazz instrumentalists, the trumpeter is this year’s Earshot Festival Resident Artist. He opens his run with a hard-hitting quartet, showcasing lyrical power and post-bop brilliance. With Trevor Ford (bass), Tim Kennedy (piano), and Maria Marmarou (drums).

One of the city’s finest ever jazz instrumentalists, the trumpeter, composer, and producer Thomas Marriott is this year’s Earshot Festival Resident Artist. A go-to for contemporary standard-bearers with a history beside jazz elders, Marriott’s horn has been in-demand with bands such as the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Captain Black Big Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk, hip-hop pioneer Deltron 3030, and vocalists Kurt Elling, Ernestine Anderson, among others. His own albums, 14 in all, have reached number one on the jazz radio airplay charts and earned 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat. Marriott has been featured in the New York Times and NPR, has won 9 Golden Ear Awards, and is the youngest inductee into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. He has spent more than 20 seasons as a soloist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and is founder of Seattle Jazz Fellowship. In 2024, he was named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association of America.

Join us starting at 7pm. Full menu, featuring food by Chef Tay, and bar available until 11pm. View our menu at blackandtanhall.com/menu.