Is That Jazz? Tom Baker Qt. + Cuong Vu Trio

IS THAT JAZZ? Festival is dedicated to daring and exploratory artists who are redrawing the boundaries of jazz. Presented by Seattle Composers’ Salon, Present Sounds Recordings, Seattle Percussion Collective, and Nonsequitur, with support from 4Culture. Seattle Times preview.

Seattle guitarist and composer Tom Baker, with clarinetist Jesse Canterbury, bassist Brian Cobb, and drummer Greg Campbell. The brilliantly creative Cuong Vu brings his trio mates (Stomu Takeishi and Ted Poor) from New York to headline and close out the festival.