Photos: Grace Kelly and the Seattle Womens Jazz Orchestra at The Triple Door
Photos by Jim Levitt
The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, featuring Grace Kelly, performed at The Triple Door as part of the Earshot Festival. The concert drew a standing room audience. Grace Kelly played saxophone, and sang. The concert featured two world-premiere performances, pieces written by the winners of the orchestra’s second annual competition for women jazz composers.
Photos: Kendra Shank and John Stowell in Bellingham
By Jim Levitt
Photos from the Bellingham show which concluded the Kendra Shank/John Stowell West Coast tour supporting the release of their “New York Conversations” recording on TCB.
This show, at the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, was part of the Jazz Project “Art of Jazz” series. Kendra (vocals and looper) and John (guitars) performed the first set as a duo. In the second set, they were joined by Jeff Johnson on bass, and Jud Sherwood on drums.
Kendra and John kicked off their East Coast tour with a show at Roulette, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, May 4th.
Photos: Anton Schwartz at Jazz Alley
Photos by Jim Levitt
The Anton Schwartz Quintet has been on tour, supporting the release of Anton’s new recording, “FlashMob.” The Seattle stop featured the band that made the album, with one change: Eric Reed on piano, in place of Taylor Eigsti. The group also featured trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, who flew in from Doha, Qatar, where he has been working with the Jazz at Lincoln Center outpost there.
Photos: Dawn Clement, Laura Welland, and Kelby MacNayr at Tula’s
by Jim Levitt
Dawn Clement on piano and vocals; Laura Welland on bass and vocals; and Kelby MacNayr, visiting from Victoria BC, on drums
George Colligan Organ Trio at Earshot Jazz Festival 2013
Photo by Daniel Sheehan
Saturday and Friday night at Tula’s I saw the George Colligan Trio, part of the Earshot Jazz festival.
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Photos: Chris Icasiano and Neil Welch Earshot Jazz Festival
Sunday night at Cornish, Earshot Jazz Festival presented The “hard-edged and audacious” (NY Jazz Record) duo of drummer Chris Icasiano and saxophonist Neil Welch opened, performing all original compositions, with live loops and pedals, opening for Chris Speed, Dave King & Chris Tordini Trio.
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Photos: Dave Douglass and The Westerlies at The Earshot Jazz Festival
Dave Douglas Quintet performed Saturday night at Poncho Hall in a fantastic set. At the end the Westerlies joined them for a couple of numbers.
Photos: Yosvany Terry Quintet – Earshot Jazz Festival
Photos by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
The 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival prsented the Yosvany Terry Quintet at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.
The Harlem-based Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry addresses both the ancient and the immediate, working in a sonic world of Afro-Cuban polyrhythms and sophisticated jazz structures – with Michael Rodriguez (trumpet), Osmany Paredes (piano), Matt Brewer (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums).
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Photos: Trumpet Madness at Tula’s
from Daniel Sheehan’s EyeShotJazz.com
Friday night at Tula’s saw a return of Jay Thomas this time with his Trumpet Madness. Jay Thomas brought Willie Thomas (trumpet), young Seattle trumpeters, John Hansen (piano), Chuck Kistler (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums) to Tula’s.
A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Thomas began to develop his lyrical and bluesy tone as a teen on scholarship to Berklee. He then worked and studied for several years in New York, then, the Bay Area. Later, in Seattle, Thomas became a frequent member of the house band at Parnell’s Jazz Club, working with artists George Cables, Charles McPherson, Bill Mays, Ralph Penland, Harold Land, Diane Schuur, Slim Gaillard and many jazz greats as they traveled through Seattle. Today, he is a member of one of Japan’s leading big bands, where he records and performs several times a year. Often, he shares those star players with audiences in the States.
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Photos: Bill Ramsay Tribute at Earshot Jazz Festival
Photos by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
Earshot Jazz Festival presented the Bill Ramsay Tribute and it was wonderful. Featuring his septet – with Jay Thomas (trumpet), Travis Ranney (sax), Dan Marcus (trombone), John Hansen (piano), Greg Williamson (drums), Chuck Deardorf (bass) – legendary Northwest saxophonist Bill Ramsay (baritone saxophone) is among Seattle’s best.
A former member of the Count Basie Orchestra, and a veteran of many of the nation’s outstanding big bands, including the bands of Thad Jones, Cab Calloway, Mel Lewis, Gene Harris, Quincy Jones and the Benny Goodman Octet, Ramsay recently toured the western United States with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (under the direction of Paul Ellington). He was inducted to the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997.
View more photos of this show, and all Earshot Jazz Festival events at EyeShotJazz.com
Photos: Industrial Revelation at Tula’s
From EyeShotJazz.com
The 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival kicked off with two shows, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette at BENAROYA HALL and Industrial Revelation at TULA’S. They were both formidable performances. Here are pictures from Industrial Revelation since Keith Jarrett is camera shy.
Widely regarded as the best drummer in Seattle, D’Vonne Lewis proppeled Seattle’s homegrown, hard-hitting post-genre quartet – with bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, Rhodes pianist Josh Rawlings and trumpeter Aham Oluo.
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Photos: Bull Horns Sextet at The Royal Room
photos by Jim Levitt
The Bull-Horns Sextet performs at the Royal Room. Noah Halpern, trumpet; John Otten, trumpet; Gus Carns, piano; Jory Tindal, alto sax; Will Langlie-Miletic, bass; Luke Woodle, drums
Photos: Thomas Marriott’s Urban Folklore at The Royal Room
Photos by Jim Levitt
Trumpeter Thomas Marriott premiered the evening-length work Urban Folklore at The Royal Room on Wednesday, October 18. He was joined by Orrin Evans (piano), Eric Revis (bass) and Donald Edwards (drums). The group is in the studio today recording.
Photos: Dawn Clement LP release show at Columbia City Theater
Photos by Jim Levitt
Dawn Clement marked the release of her Tempest/Cobalt LP with a show at the Columbia City Theater on Thursday, September 12th.
Dawn Clement – piano, Nord, vocals;
Johnaye Kendrick – keytar, voice;
Isacc Castillo – guitar and voice;
Ryan Burns – Moog, bass;
Jacques Willis – drums
Photos: Jazz at Bumbershoot
photos by Bill Brackin
Photos from the Origin Records 15th Anniversary Celebration on the Starbucks Stage at the Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts on Saturday, August 31, 2013.
Matt Jorgensen +451 and Human Spirit performed the first two sets. Two bands with the same members spanning over 10 years of recordings. (Ryan Burns, Phil Sparks, Mark Taylor, Thomas Marriott and Matt Jorgensen)
Thomas Marriott solos on trumpet
Marc Seales performing with Ernie Watts and New Stories
Doug Miller performing with Ernie Watts and New Stories
Ernie Watts (saxophone) and John Bishop (drums)
Photos: Christian Pincock CD Release Performance
Photos by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
Trombonist Christian Pincock performed music from his new album release Plentiful Excitement, as well as new works to be released in the future, with Aaron Otheim (piano), Jon Hansen (tuba) and Chris Icasiano (drums) last week at the Chapel Performance Space. Wonderful music.
Photos: Dave Marriott, Slushpumpers Union
Photos by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
David Marriott and his jazz trombone quartet Slushpumpers Union performed at the Chapel Performance Space opening for Christian Pincock’s Group.
