After being featured as the festival's artist in residence, Alex Dugdale's

FADE Quintet has been nominated for NW Acoustic Ensemble of the Year, and the full big band concert at Town Hall has been nominated for concert of the year! Ballot can be found and more at earshot.org!

Alex Dugdale's FADE Quintet has released their debut album and it is now available for download on Bandcamp and limited physical CDs will be available at live shows.

Not only was Max featured with the house band alongside Alex Dugdale, John Hansen and Greg Feingold, but Jazztalk Seattle was awarded a special Community in Action award at the 2020 Earshot Golden Ear Awards! 

Video of the performance HERE

 

Ryan's (virtual) band was awarded the Alternative Ensemble of the Year award for 2020! All tracks were recorded remotely during the pandemic and Max is featured on several of them.

As Part of Ryan Burns' Postponed Parade project, he has enlisted the work of cartoonist Jason Chatfield!