Earshot

20th year for this jazz festival with an international line-up including Cecil Taylor, Marilyn Crispell, Billy Bang, Julien Priester, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra featuring Carla Bley, Maceo Parker, Satoko Fujii & Larry Ochs, Simone (daughter of Nina Simone), Ravi Coltrane and more, plus a 20 year retrospective of Wayne Horvitz. Seattle various venues, 17 October–8 November, times/prices vary