Racer Session #586 | Jahnvi Madan

Only five sessions left, including tonight! We’ll be joined by Jahnvi Madan, who will be joined by Carlos Snaider, who will play each other’s music for the first time. Music starting at 7pm ✨

Named Northwest Emerging Artist of the Year by Earshot Jazz, Jahnvi Madan is an Indian American clarinetist, composer, and songwriter from Bellevue. As a bandleader, she has performed her original music at several well-known Jazz Festivals, including the Washington D.C. Women in Jazz Festival, the Westerlies Festival, and recently at Earshot Jazz Festival, as their youngest commissioned composer. Madan has established herself locally, playing her music with her quintet at venues around Seattle like the Royal Room and most recently at Seattle Jazz Fellowship. She is a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory, where she studied under renowned musicians such as Jason Moran, Melissa Aldana, Dominique Eade, and Frank Carlberg. Madan is currently based in Seattle, where she performs regularly, teaches privately as well as through the nonprofit Seattle JazzED, and records for other artists.