Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: High Pulp

Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: High PulpWednesday, November 18:30 pm PDT21+ In-person*$12 students/military$25 Earshot members/seniors (60+)$30 publicSeattle/L.A-based collective, High Pulp draws on jazz, bebop, punk rock, shoegaze, hip-hop, and electronic music to create a sound that is both vintage and futuristic. The core ensemble includes Antoine Martel (keyboard, synthesizer), Andrew Morrill (saxophone), Bobby Granfelt (drums), Rob Homan (keys), Victory Nguyen (tenor saxophone), Trevor Eulau (guitar) and Kaelie Earle (bass). Born out of a loose, weekly jam session hosted at Seattles historic Royal Room, the band now tours nationally with upcoming dates taking them across the country as well as into Canada. Were a bunch of outsiders who refused to be kept out, says High Pulp drummer Bobby Granfelt. Weve never had an academic approach to jazzmost of us grew up playing in DIY bandsso it was the rawness and the energy and the absolute freedom of the music that called to us in the first place. Theyve released three albumsBad Juice (2020) and Pursuit of Ends (2022) which guest-stars such jazz luminaries as Theo Croker, Brandee Younger, and Jaleel Shaw.