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Liz C. ’24 leans into a lush solo on Maria Schneider’s “Prairie Dance.” The show in Columbia City was the Lakeside jazz band’s first off-campus performance in more than two years.
at the Royal Room
N M A R C H 2 — two years to the day after its last
the moment. You can’t replicate that in a classroom. It’s
public appearance at Benaroya Hall had been
a completely different energy that is so important for the
canceled amidst the emerging pandemic — the Lakeside
development of musicians — and for appreciating what art
School Jazz Band performed again in front of a live audi-
means in our community.” Alto sax player Liz C. ’24, one
ence. Playing to a full house at the Royal Room in Co-
of the evening’s soloists, said, “There’s a quote I like that
lumbia City, one of Seattle’s iconic jazz venues, the band
says, ‘You don’t rise to the occasion; you fall to the level of
performed a set of new tunes and old favorites, featuring
your preparation.’ We were a little nervous, but Mr. Patter-
compositions by Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider,
son prepared us really well. We were ready for the Royal
and Charles Mingus.
Room.”
“Performance is the centerpiece of what we’re trying
Watch a six-minute video featuring the jazz band perfor-
to do,” said jazz band teacher Eric Patterson. “We want to
mance and reflections on the value and joy of live music:
create a beautiful experience for people in the room, in
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Photo: Zorn B. Taylor
