TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Randy Halberstadt Quintet with Mark Taylor & Thomas Marriott
JAZZ ALLEY: Les McCann Swiss Movement Revisited with Javon Jackson
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: James Baumgart Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – ThorNton Creek – Twisted two step – eclectic roots music for people with ears
9pm – Pascale Goodrich-Black, heading home from her West Coast tour, with guitarists Devon O’Donnell and Marc Floyd, and Cheryl Fischer (mandolin/guitar/backing vox)
GRAZIE: Greg Schroeder Quartet
JAZZ VOX: Roz Corral
CROSSROADS BELLEVUE: Ben Thomas Trio
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Frantic Menagerie Orchestra
From Earshot Jazz: Sam Gray, a senior at Garfield High School and member of the Garfield Jazz Ensemble is winning notices for his compositions and arrangements, and he will showcase his skills with the Frantic Menagerie Orchestra. Gray has long been a student of Wayne Horvitz, who speaks highly of his ward’s arranging chops: “He’s on fire,” says the bandleader, composer, keyboardist, and producer. (Two cuts on Horvitz’s album from last year, Mr. Man In The Moon, feature Gray’s horn arrangements and performance.) Gray has been composing since the age of 14, and his music was first performed last year by the Clarence Acox-led Garfield High School jazz band, which has performed Gray’s work a number of times, since. In this L.A.B. date, the Frantic Menagerie Orchestra, which includes some of the most accomplished high-school jazzers from around the city, highlight the eclectic nature of Gray’s work. Their set ranges includes, for example, Gray’s take on a They Might Be Giants number to original songs that Gray describes as “frenetic and claustrophobic.” At the L.A.B. (in the back of the Seattle Drum School), 12510 15th Ave NE, Seattle; admission $5.
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash