On KIRO 7
KIRO 7 reported on my role in John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle. Watch here.
Jim Knapp Celebration
On May 9, 2022, I hosted a celebration at the Chapel of Jim Knapp (July 28, 1939 – November 10, 2021) with Scrape and the Jim Knapp Orchestra playing his original music.
Tsutakawa Gates Restored at Arboretum
We performed excerpts from Panama Hotel Jazz at the September 14, 2022 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restoration of the Tsutakawa gates at the Seattle Arboretum.
Jazz Journalist Award
On September 11, 2022, I accepted the award for Historical Record of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association because of my role in finding the source tape for John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle.
Japantown Jingle
December 17 1:30-3:00pm at the Panama Hotel (605 S Main St) for Japantown Jingle, I will be performing with guitarist Milo Petersen and bassist Phil Sparks.
Jack Straw 2023 Writers Program
Author Priscilla Long has chosen me as one of the twelve authors for the Jack Straw 2023 Writers Program. I’m looking forward to sharing my work in readings and podcasts in the new year.
Music During COVID
Steve Korn recorded videos of several folks telling stories of their experience during the pandemic. Darin Faul used these stories in a patchwork virtual music performance by his students. Here’s my story.
Steve Griggs and John Scott at Nature’s Table
After trumpeter John Scott passed February 26, 2020, a tribute page was created that had a link to a recording made of us from the early 1980’s. You can hear it here.
Steve Griggs Ensemble wraps three years of Panama Hotel Jazz
Representing the Japanese American WWII experience, the Steve Griggs Ensemble presented a program of original music and stories at the historic Panama Hotel from 2013 to 2016. The Panama Hotel Tea Room is located on the corner of 6th Avenue South and Main Street, the
Fuji visits Seattle to talk about Coltrane
Yasuhiro Fujioka, founder of the Coltrane House of Osaka, author of John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography, Coltrane Chronicle, and co-author of The John Coltrane Reference, visited Seattle and was interviewed by Steve Griggs at the Royal Room. Afterwards, Griggs performed a set of