W herever jazz is happening in Spokane , it's not unreasonable to assume that Rachel Bade-McMurphy is nearby. Even if she's not performing outright, the saxophonist and jazz advocate is likely to be found among the audience or in some behind-the-scenes capacity like mentoring or organizing.

Much of that ubiquity stems from her role in Imagine Jazz, the nonprofit she founded in 2018 and named after her band at the time, the Imagine Collective. Over the past seven years, the organization has brought some of contemporary jazz's top talent and rising stars to Spokane — among them Jahari Stampley, Darryl Yokley, Jeremy Pelt and Willie Jones III to name only a tiny handful — to host workshops and jam.

Recently, Bade-McMurphy announced a new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra, which could almo

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