Thursday Jazz

March 17, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clockwork with Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson and Bill Anschell
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jim Hall with Greg Osby, Steve Laspina & Joey Baron
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Cherlyn Johnson & Heart Dance
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Mouce Manouche
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

DISTRICT LOUNGE: Cassia DeMayo Quintet
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 206-547-4134

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Ashley Webster Duo
1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, 206-365-4447, 7:00pm

Matt Jorgensen: Painting With Sound

March 16, 2011 / / No Comments

from All About Jazz:

Matt Jorgensen is a very busy man. A drummer and composer, he plays and records with a wide variety of musicians, including his own long-running quartet 451 and popular trumpeter and label-mate Thomas Marriott. Jorgensen also co-manages the Origin Records label, a thriving concern that has released over 300 discs since 1997, and that now encompasses two associated labels, OA2 and Origin Classical.

He is also a family man, and it’s a family connection that provided the spark for his impressive and well-received new Origin record, Tattooed By Passion: Music Inspired By The Paintings of Dale Chisman (2010). The well-known Denver artist Dale Chisman, who passed away in 2008, was Jorgensen’s father-in-law, and his paintings and views on art and the artist have been a strong inspiration to the composer.

Most of the original tunes on the new album, which reached the top 30 on the Jazz Week radio chart, are inspired by and titled after particular paintings of Chisman, which are reproduced on the cover and in the booklet of the CD. The music generated by Jorgensen and band mates Marriott, saxophonist Mark Taylor, guitarist Corey Christiansen and bassist Dave Captein, is, by turns, driving, groove-heavy, expressive,and, especially on the three tracks with string accompaniment, poignant with the sense of both loss and hope.

All About Jazz: To start with, let me say that I am enjoying Tattooed By Passion immensely. I think it’s one of the more impressive new records I’ve heard in a long time.

Matt Jorgensen: Thanks. I recently got back from Denver where we had the opening of the Dale Chisman In Retrospect show.

Continue reading at All About Jazz.

Wednesday Jazz

March 16, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chad McCullough / Pablo Masis Group
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Chris Thomas King
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Pearl Django
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: The Standard Jazz Quintet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 9:00pm

LUCID: Katrina Kope & Jose Gonzales Duets
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 206-402-3042, 8:30pm

Tuesday Jazz

March 15, 2011 / / No Comments

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Mark Ribot solo
216 Union Street, 206-838-4333, 7:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Chris Thomas King
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: The Offbeats Vocal Ensemble
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

Review: Impressive acts at launch of Seattle jazz label Table & Chairs

March 14, 2011 / / No Comments

Major Alert! The Seattle Times has actually printed a review of a jazz show by a Seattle artist(s)!

There was standing-room only Saturday at the Q Café for the launch party of the Seattle record label Table & Chairs (T & C).

The roomy Interbay coffeehouse, with lovely acoustics and comfortable couches, buzzed with excitement as several acts delivered a vibrant showcase ranging from ambient synthesizer washes to jagged improvisations.

Read the entire story at The Seattle Times.

Reminder: last day to vote for Golden Ear Awards

March 14, 2011 / / No Comments

Take a look at the 2010 Earshot Golden Ear Nominations and make sure and cast your vote!

Awards Ceremony
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant, 7pm

The Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s rich, vibrant jazz ecology.

This annual gathering features performances by the Chuck Deardorf Quintet. Warren Rand (alto sax), Dawn Clement (piano), Dave Peterson (guitar), Gary Hobbs (drums), and Deardorf (bass) comprise the quintet.

Deardorf is a regular performer in the Seattle area; a full-time professor of bass at the Cornish College of the Arts, where he’s also served as music faculty chair; and a member of Centrum’s 2011 Jazz Port Townsend faculty.

His quintet warms up the Tula’s stage at 7pm, ahead of the presentation of awards at 8pm, followed by more music at 9:30pm. The emcee for the event is the celebrated jazz radio programmer Jim Wilke, who assures a genial, informed, and well-paced evening.

Admission: $15 general, $13 Earshot members and senior citizens, $7 working musicians and students. Call Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant at (206) 443-4221 for reservations.

Photos: Eco Quintet at Egan’s

March 14, 2011 / / No Comments

We were going through a bunch of photos from Jim Levitt and found these which never got published.

This was the “Eco Quintet,” led by Julian Garvue on the piano. He’s nominally a junior at Garfield, but aside from music he’s full time at Bellevue College. Xavier Del Castillo from Roosevelt HS on sax; Evan Woodle (drums) and Carmen Rothwell (bass) are in the UW jazz program; Corey Dansereau on trumpet is a former Roosevelt kid now at Columbia University. They were joined for the last tune by Lucas Winter on guitar.

Monday Jazz

March 14, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hal Sherman and the BCC Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jackson High School Jazz Ensembles
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: John Terpin Trio
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Cascade Jazz Ensemble
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm

Jazz Drummer Joe Morello, Of ‘Take Five’ Fame, Dies At 82

March 13, 2011 / / No Comments

via NPR:

Drummer Joe Morello, the longtime drummer with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, has died.

Raised in Springfield, Mass. with impaired vision from birth, Morello eventually found his way to New York City, where he played with many leading jazz musicians. In the 1950s, he was a regular member of pianist and NPR host Marian McPartland’s band. In 1990, that band, known as the Hickory House Trio after the venue of their employment, reconvened to tape a special reunion episode of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz.

However, Morello is best known for his tenure with Brubeck, who employed him for over 12 years during the height of Brubeck’s fame. Famously, the smash hit “Take Five” was arranged as a solo feature for Morello.

Sunday Jazz

March 13, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jazz Police Big Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221

JAZZ ALLEY:
David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfasts w/guitarist Michael Gotz
6:45pm – Kevin Mahogany
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

CONCERT: Kevin Mahogany w/Bill Anschell
Jazz Vox Camano, 206-963-2430, 2pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Jam w/ Kevin McCarthy
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

New Seattle label Table and Chairs launch concert Saturday

March 11, 2011 / / No Comments

Chemical Clock – Undercurrent (Dec 2010) from Table & Chairs on Vimeo.

from The Seattle Times:

A new Seattle label, Table and Chairs, launches Saturday with a concert at the Q Café, in Interbay. The label features experimental jazz, but not exclusively. It is associated with students of University of Washington music professor Cuong Vu. The same circle of musicians are involved with the Improvised Music Project (IMP), which presents monthly concerts and a festival, and Café Racer, which features Sunday night shows in the University District. “I think of IMP as the little brother to Racer, which then feeds into TnC,” said Vu, in an e-mail. “It’s one fluid path that starts at the UW, then to Racer where then more of the non-UW public is now joining.” The launch concert features Friendly Creature, guitarist Kristian Garrard, Small Face, Chemical Clock and saxophonist Neil Welch.

The show is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Q Café, 3223 15th Ave. W., Seattle; $10 (206-352-2525 or http://www.qcafe.org).

Friday Jazz

March 11, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Waterbabies
216 Union St, 206-838-4333, 9:00pm

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa & special guest Robert Vaughan
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

BOXLEY’S: Reuel Lubag Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Greg Williamson Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Coreena Brown w/ Jimmy Holden
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, (206) 772-6891

THE CHAPEL: Chris deLaurenti
The Chapel Performance Space (4639 Sunnyside Avenue North), 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7PM: David Arteaga; 9pm: Lorrie Ruiz and McTuff

NORTH CITY BISTRO: David George Quartet
1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, (206) 365-4447, 8:00pm

Saturday Jazz

March 11, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Karen Shivers Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Tiger’s Wood
216 Union St, 206-838-4333

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Sam Chambliss
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 206-772-6891

CONCERT: Kevin Mahogany w/Bill Anschell
Jazz Vox Auburn, 206-963-2430, 7:30pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Paul Miranda Trio
9pm – Dan Czaran w/Ed Weber (piano), Kevin McCarthy (bass), Larry Bergman (drums)
1707 NW Market Street, 206-789-1621

CONCERT: Table and Chairs label launch
Q Cafe, 3223 15th Ave W, 8pm

BAKE’S PLACE: (show cancelled-closed)
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

Thursday Jazz

March 10, 2011 / / No Comments

TRACTOR TAVERN: Reptet CD Release Party
5213 Ballard NW, 206-789-3599, 9:00pm
Read the review of their new CD.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Orkestar Zirkonium
100 University St, 654-3100, 5:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Cornish Showcase
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang Hosted By Evan Flory-Barnes, Jason Holt, Mark Sampson
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: HB Radke and Craig Hoyer
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Martine with Keiko Freitas; 9pm: Bruce Phares and Overton Berry
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

DISTRICT LOUNGE: Cassia DeMayo Quintet
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 206-547-4134

Spokane jazz world to honor the late Arnie Carruthers

March 9, 2011 / / No Comments

from KREM:

SPOKANE — A giant in the Spokane jazz scene is dead. Arnie Carruthers died Monday at the age of 81 after a lengthy illness.

Many considered Carruthers as the godfather of jazz who influenced many of the major players in the Spokane music scene.

A car accident left him immobile. A stroke took away the use of one of his hands. But that didn’t stop him. Many said Carruthers was a character and a musician’s musician who played off and on in the lobby of the Davenport Hotel in the 1970s and 1980s. He invented new chords and his talent gained some attention across the country.

“These artists would come in. Major artists off the road and they’d hear Arnie playing. They’d say this guy is great and they’d look and realize he was doing this with one hand. He’d figure out a way to re-do it,” said Spokane Falls Community College Music Director David Wakely.

A tribute to Arnie has been in the works for several years. It is scheduled for next weekend. Apparently Arnie knew about the tribute. He was excited about it and had even gone back to the piano to practice in hopes of being able to play. But he succumbed to his illness before that happened.

The show will go on March 19 at Spokane Falls Community College in building 15 at 7:00 p.m. Many alumni who have played with Arnie over the years will perform along with Arnie’s children.

Wednesday Jazz

March 9, 2011 / / No Comments

THE CHAPEL: Agogic & Andy Clausen
4639 Sunnyside Avenue North, 8:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Steve Smith and Vital Information
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Vocal Showcase
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: John Hansen
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Vocal Showcase and Vocal Jam
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 7:00pm

LUCID: Farko Collective
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 206-402-3042, 8:30pm

Bellevue Jazz Festival announces headliners

March 7, 2011 / / No Comments

from The Seattle Times:

The Bellevue Jazz Festival has announced headliners for its 2011 edition. Appearing at the 4-year-old fete’s anchor venue, the Theatre at the Meydenbauer Center, are violinist Regina Carter; saxophonist Charles Lloyd with tabla master Zakir Hussain; saxophonist Chris Potter’s Underground; bassist Michael Formanek; vocalist Tierney Sutton; pianist Luis Perdomo and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, with the Festival Rising Stars.

The Bellevue celebration also showcases more than 30 performances by Seattle-area artists at various venues in downtown Bellevue.

June 1-5, Theatre at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue; free-$78, all-access pass, $98 (www.bellevuejazz.com). Tickets go on sale later in March.

Monday Jazz

March 7, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam hosted by Greta Matassa
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

MEANY THEATER: UW Studio Jazz Ensemble
University of Washington Campus, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Chris Stevens
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm

Sunday Jazz

March 6, 2011 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Reggie Goings Jazz Offering
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221

JAZZ ALLEY:
McCoy Tyner Quintet ft. Bill Frisell, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci and Herlin Riley
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE:
Kenny Werner All-Star Quintet w/Randy Brecker, Antonio Sanchez,David Sanchez
Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

CONCERT: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra – Tribute To Benny Goodman
Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, 3pm

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfasts at Bake’s with guitarist Michael Gotz
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Jam w/ Kevin McCarthy
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

Saturday Jazz

March 5, 2011 / / No Comments

CONCERT: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, CD Pre-Release for “Current”
Cornish College of the Arts, PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Street

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marc Seales Group
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: McCoy Tyner Quintet ft. Bill Frisell, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci and Herlin Riley
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: closed for private event
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

BOXLEY’S: Katy Bourne Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

DEMIERO JAZZ FEST: Karrin Allyson
Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave North, Edmonds, 7:00pm, 425-275-9595

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Baby Bok Choy
216 Union St, 206-838-4333

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Phil Westbrook
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 206-772-6891

ST. CLOUD’S: Jose Gonzales Trio
1131 34th Ave., 206-726-1522

CONCERT: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra – Tribute To Benny Goodman
Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St, 7:30pm, srjo.org

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Chris Johansen Quartet, 9pm – Susan Carr’s Ensemble
1707 NW Market Street, 206-789-1621

LO-FI: PK & What Army?/ Farko Collective
429 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle