Below are some photos from recent Empty Cage Quartet sightings in the Pacific Northwest. After discussing our music for theory/composition students at the Art Institute of Seattle, we played a set at the Chapel Performance Space on the opening night of the 2011 Is That Jazz? Festival. This is an amazing multi-day event, now in it’s third year, that brings together a stellar lineup of creative musicians from the Northwest and beyond. We were certainly honored to take part. The following day consisted mainly of rehearsal in preparation for a recording session at Jack Straw Studio, where we made our first CD waaay back in 2003. We recorded all of the new music from the Montalvo/SoCal Tour last Fall – stay tuned for updates as this project progresses…

Concert photography by Daniel Sheehan.