NonSeq: Kate Olson

KO SOLO + Special GuestKO Quartet feat. Conner Eisenmenger, Tim Carey, Evan WoodleLive visuals by Brad Rouda and Steve Kennedy-Williams

Kate Olson is an award-winning improviser, composer, bandleader and saxophonist living in Seattle. She teaches jazz and improvisation at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound, and she can frequently be heard performing with her own projects, Wayne Horvitz’s RRCME and Electric Circus, psychedelic cumbia band Terror/Cactus, and local instrumental funk groups like the Oscillators and Battlestar Kalakala.

Tonight she’ll present two sets of music:

KO SOLO is Kate’s atmospheric live looping project. 100% improvised and meant to transport listeners to similar realities in alternate timelines, Kate incorporates multiple instruments and effects to create orchestral soundscapes that range from avant garde and minimalist to funky and predictable. This time, a very special guest is invited to join Kate on stage, making this a truly knockout duo performance.

KO Quartet is Kate’s original jazz-ish project: A chord-less quartet featuring soprano sax/trombone and tenor sax/trumpet blends mixed with electric bass and drum kit. They will be playing selections from Kate’s new album “So It Goes”, which was funded by a grant from 4Culture and will be released on Origin Records in January 2026.

Curated by Noel Brass Jr. for Nonsequitur’s NonSeq series.

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