Saxophonist John Ellis recently kicked off a 12-date West Coast tour in support of his new album, By A Thread, on HYENA records. For these dates Ellis will be joined by guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Alan Hampton and drummer Derrek Phillips.

Ellis will perform at Port Townsend, WAs The Upstage tonight, before traveling to Portland, Eugene, Ashland, OR, McKinleyville, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Fullerton, Los Angeles and San Diego, CA. For Ellis two Bay Area shows on October 18th and October 19th, the group will expand to include pianist Aaron Parks.