Over the decades, Jazz Alley has brought legendary headliners like Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Betty Carter, Bill Evans, Taj Mahal, Diane Schur, and Chick Corea to Seattle, and Rob Perry has been there for so many of those performances. Rob Perry is a member of the management team of Seattle’s esteemed jazz nightclub, Jazz Alley. Perry has been a part of the Jazz Alley family for over 30 years, investing most of his life in jazz music, and solidifying Jazz Alley’s reputation as “One of the Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the world” (Downbeat Magazine, 2016). 

Born, raised and educated in Seattle, Perry is passionate about jazz and joins BIMA to talk about the thrills and chills of operating one of the most prestigious Jazz Clubs in the world.