Raina Wagner’s blog over at the SeattleTimes.com has a quick mention of jazz at Bumbershoot …
Wandering from the (loud, indie-rock) Broad Street Stage past the (loud, indie-rock) Fisher Green Stage, it was a like stumbling onto a Bumbershoot Oasis when I found myself in the midst of the Northwest Jazz Showcase, Sunday afternoon in the NW Court. Seattle jazzman Matt Jorgensen was drumming with his decade-old group, Matt Jorgensen + 451. Mind you, this was no easy listening. Jorgensen, one of the forces behind Origin Records, the Ballard Jazz Festival, and seattlejazzscene.com, is all about new sounds, atypcial rhythms and blends, and making his audience sit up and pay attention.
He accomplished all of the above in a set that ended with a guest appearance: terrific Seattle trumpeter Thomas Marriott joined Matt Jorgensen + 451 on stage. Marriott traded harmonic lines with sax player Mark Taylor as the band played a song that made me listen with two (or more) brains at once.
My brains took a break to snap a photo, above. It’s Marriott with Jorgensen on drums in the background.
Matt Jorgensen + 451 has a new album to plug. Read more about “Another Morning” on his website.