Seattle Jazz Scene

from Ev Stern:

The Fall Jazz Workshop got underway yesterday with an Open House Jam Session. Groups are forming now and start meeting tomorrow. There is still some room and flexibility in the schedule, so if you’re at all interested in jumping in, now is the time.

For more information call 206-782-2331 or visit evstern.com

McTuff, the group fronted by Joe Doria on organ and features Skerik on saxophone, Andy Coe on guitar and D’Vonne Lewis on drums, heads out on a west coast tour tomorrow morning but you can catch them tonight at Lo-Fi.

Oct 17, 10:00pm – MCTUFF TOUR KICKOFF @ Lo-Fi, Seattle, WA
Oct 18, 10:00pm – The Goodfoot, Portland, OR
Oct 21, 9:00pm – HopMonk, Sebastopol, CA
Oct 22, 9:00pm – Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 23, 10:00pm – The Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA
Oct 24, 10:00pm – The Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA
Oct 25, 9:00pm – The Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA
Oct 26, 9:30pm – Sam Bond’s, Eugene, OR

BAKE’S PLACE: Josh Rawlings Trio

JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

LO-FI: McTuff featuring Joe Doria

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dina Blade
9pm – Lisa Marshall and the Dirty Girls
11pm – Blues To Do jam session, with Lisa Marshall and the Dirty Girls

GRAZIE: Andre Thomas

SERAFINA: Kiko de Freitas

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Susan Pascal

ST. CLOUD’S: Jose Gonzales Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Port Townsend Reunion Band

THE SEASONS (Yakima): Jerry Gonzalez & Fort Apache

From The Seattle Times:

The jazz festival story down in Portland has been full of drama: The large enterprise made an immediate, commercial impact on the city when it began in 2004 but suddenly went under last month, and the upcoming sixth-annual festival set for February 2009 was canceled. Then it was saved by a large, cash infusion from a deep-pocketed benefactor, Alaska Airlines, who PDX Jazz organizers announced had agreed to be the event’s title sponsor.

By contrast, Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle’s largest and most ambitious jazz series, operates on about half the budget (Earshot’s annual budget is about $250,000), and is funded largely not by corporate, commercial interests but endowments, public commissions and private philanthropy.

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30pm: Tor Dietrichson/Julio Jauregui Latin Jazz Duo
9:00pm: Hardcoretet

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tumbao w/ Thomas Marriott

NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band with Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jason Parker Quartet
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Billy Brandt, with Paul Sawyer (guitar) and Joe Casalini (bass)

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

JAZZ ALLEY: Jackie Ryan

WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra

JAZZ ALLEY: Jackie Ryan

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – The Jazz Poets
9pm – Jeni Wren (vocals), with Victor Noriega (piano), Nate Omdal (bass) and Jeff Conlin (drums)

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

The Bill Mays Trio w/Martin Wind & Matt Jorgensen
The Seasons Turns Three (Birthday Party!)
October 13
6:00PM Doors with Cake and champagne
7:00PM Concert

Celebrate our 3rd Birthday and honor those who have helped The Seasons grow!! We opened our doors exactly three years ago with The Bill Mays Trio. Now, join us for a special reunion concert to kick us off into our third year running! Bill Mays, whose prolific career as pianist, composer and arranger is simply beyond category. With deep roots in jazz, gospel, pop and classical his music is heard on hundreds of recordings, TV and movie sound tracks. Bill’s concert and studio credits include a who’s who of modern music, from Benny Golson to Gerry Mulligan to Sarah Vaughan. Bill will be joined by Matt Jorgensen on Drums and Martin Wind on Bass, sure to light up the stage with an unforgettable evening of impeccably played jazz.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio

NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet

LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin’s Version Of Cool 7

TOST: Michael Shrieves Spellbinder

From The Seattle Times:

There are many young singers out there tackling the Great American Songbook, but Jackie Ryan has something special to offer. It’s partly the smokey timbre of her alto voice. And it’s surely the warmth and emotional transparency she brings to romantic ballads like “The Very Thought of You” and “Never Let Me Go,” both on her 2007 debut album, “You and the Night and the Music” (OpenArt), which features saxophone great Red Holloway.

There are plenty of cool kitties in vocal jazz. Ryan wears her heart on her sleeve, with grand results. She performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $23.50 (206-441-9729

Head over to Yakima for their Fall Music Festival which starts tonight. Tickets to most shows are only $20 and you can buy a complete festival pass for only $75. Get away from the economic mess and pack the car for a trip to see some amazing music.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10: THE ERIC ALEXANDER QUARTET

featuring:
Eric Alexander – saxophone
David Hazeltine – piano
John Webber – bass
Matt Jorgensen – drums

THE SEASONS
101 N. Naches Ave. Yakima,WA

Tickets:
(509) 453-1888 or (888) 723-7660

UP-COMING PERFORMANCES:

Saturday, Oct. 11 – Yakima Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, Oct. 12 – Daron Hagen’s ‘Cradle Song, A Love Story’
Monday, Oct. 13 – Bill Mays Trio
Tuesday, Oct. 14 – The Inventions Trio
Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Ernestine Anderson
Thursday, Oct. 16 – Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Friday, Oct. 17 – Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band
Saturday, Oct. 18 – Tierney Sutton Band

Visit The Seasons website for more information.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman / Thomas Marriott Quintet

JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Leah Stillwell, with Michael Owcharuk (piano), Jim Carey (bass) and Jaiman Crunk (guitar)
9pm – Tim Lerch
11pm – Daniel Kamas

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

SERAFINA: The Djangomatics

GRAZIE: Dennis Hastings Quartet

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Schroeder & Friends

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Sue Nixon

NORTH CITY BISTRO: The ABQ Latin Jazz Trio
w/ Cynthia Mullis (saxophone), Ben Verdier (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass)
520 NE 177th St., Shoreline, 8-10pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
BAKE’S PLACE
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE
Issaquah, WA 98029
Reservations: 425-391-3335

THE INVENTIONS TRIO

Bill Mays – piano
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Alisa Horn – cello

The group grew out of Mays and Stamm’s long association and duo work together, followed by a commission of Mays’ three-movement Fantasy for Cello, Trumpet & Piano. Another inspiration was Mays’ duo work with flutist Bud Shank in 1980 that resulted in the Concord Records LP, Explorations, which featured Mays’ Suite for Flute and Piano and improvisations on classical themes. In the 1990s Mays mixed musical genres again by orchestrating The Nutcracker Suite for Jazz City Records. Written for four woodwinds and rhythm section, the CD featured movements from the Nutcracker and other well-known themes by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. In recent years, Mays teamed with members of the Finisterra and the Philadelphia Piano Quartets to play his jazz versions of Arensky, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Rodrigo, and Vivaldi. In Mays’ words: “whether playing Borodin or Bird, Bach or bop, the aim is to make the music come alive in a new way, find great melodies, be true to the composer’s underlying harmonic scheme, let the music swing, listen intently, play honestly, always honoring the rich traditions from which we’re drawing and building upon.”

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Jon Hamar Trio
performing music from ‘Here After’
1300 1st Ave, Seattle, 5:30pm, Free with museum admission

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Cliff Colon CD Release Party

JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi

NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jessica Stenson (vocals) with Darin Clendenin (piano)
9pm – Goat, with Greg Sinibaldi

THAIKU: Tad Britton, Jeff Johnson, Jon Alberts

LO-FI: The Teaching

ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MAY: Hans Teuber Trio

Thursday, Oct 9 at 5:30pm
John Hamar Quartet
Seattle’s 2007 “Emerging Jazz Artist of the Year”

Seattle Art Museum Downtown
1300 First Avenue, Seattle

Jon Hamar is a versatile artist who’s ability to find a tasteful, unique voice in any musical situation has made him a staple in the Northwest music scene. Hamar’s friendly nature, sense of humor and work ethic has kept him busy as a freelance bassist in multiple genres, composer and educator.

In addition to his role as a leader, since moving to Seattle in 2001 Hamar has been active in the role of supporting bassist. Jon has been busy as a recording artist playing on multiple cds with singer/songwriting artists including Wendy Huckins, Brian Finnell, Hans York, Eric Goetz and Bobby Krier. Recently Hamar played on Brian Owens’ disc Unmei, released on the OA2 label from Origin Records and will be heard on Carl Tanner’s upcoming release “Hear the Angels Sing” on Sony Classical. Jon has recently been performing with Jay Thomas, Ernestine Anderson, the Greg Williamson Quartet and the Axiom Quartet.

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

TRIPLE DOOR:
5:30pm: Leif Totusek
9:00pm Hardcoretet

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Vocal Showcase

NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band with Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Mark Taylor and Ryan Burns
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Jennifer Derrick Adams

WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce

Sometime between the late night of Saturday, September 20 and the wee morning hours of Monday, September 22, miscreants broke into the music portable at my son’s elementary school. They stole several instruments: guitars, keyboards and ukuleles. They also made off with 2 projectors, a camera and an amplifier with speakers. As if stealing wasn’t enough, these nasty, little pinheads threw in some vandalism as well. They trashed the classroom computer and drew all over the walls and the piano with markers. It seems one crime-spree wasn’t sufficient for this particular band of reprobates, so they returned a few nights later to steal a couple more guitars. The entire school community is sickened by this abhorrent act, and the music teacher Mr. Nelson is understandably distraught. Mr. Nelson is a wonderful teacher. He’s mild-mannered, soft-spoken, enthusiastic and patient. My son adores him and looks forward to the days, when he has music class. I also have a special fondness for Mr. Nelson: He grew up in a household with two deaf parents and ended up becoming a music teacher. This fact has always struck me as poignant, and while nobody should have to endure such an ugly invasion of his or her workspace, it is particularly heartbreaking to me that it happened to Mr. Nelson. He’s an unassuming hero, who shows up every day and gently introduces young souls to new adventures in the great, big world of music.

I grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, a small town in the northern part of the state. While there was plenty weird about growing up in Oklahoma, the Okies did get a few things right. When I was in elementary school, I had music class every single day. I also had art, PE and science every day. This was all in addition to the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic. I can still remember my music teacher Miss Crawford. She was tall, skinny and had fierce red hair. She walked to school every day and decorated the class piano in seasonal themes. We would practice drawing treble clefs on staff paper, and some days, she would hand out percussion instruments for us to play as we sang whatever tune we happened to be working on. It was in her classroom, that I first heard Rhapsody in Blue. Of course, this was long ago and far away. Things are very different now. My son has music about once every three days. Music class is in a rotation with PE and computer lab. I’m not entirely sure why this is. I know that teachers are mandated to cover a certain curriculum and also that preparation for standardized tests such as the WASL, takes priority. I also figure that funding is limited. I don’t bemoan teachers in the least, but somewhere along the line, arts, music, and physical education came to be seen as secondary instead of basic and vital. Teachers like Mr. Nelson are forced to be magicians, getting as much done as they can with extremely limited resources of time and funding.

I think that things are hard enough already with Wall Street going haywire, hurricanes relentlessly banging away on the coasts, rampant unemployment and crazy politicians running around all over the place. Damn the snotty punks, who broke into the music portable. They essentially stole from children and made one guy’s hard-enough-already job even harder. The individuals, who committed this crime, have small minds and dark hearts. They are still out there, roaming the streets and undoubtedly, planning their next illegal act. The police may never catch up with them, but hopefully, karma will.

Jazz photographer Ron Hudson once said that the kids learning to play music today would ultimately be the ones to perpetuate the music in the future. I believe that to be true. The readers of SeattleJazzScene.com are a community of musicians, fans and friends who work every day to make sure that live music is a strong and vibrant presence in our culture. In the spirit of perpetuating the music, perhaps we can come together to help the budding, young musicians of Kimball Elementary recoup their losses and resume their musical journey.

The following is a list of what was stolen from the classroom:

5 Yamaha PSR 293 student keyboards
1 Casio student keyboard
1 Yamaha M088 keyboard (brand new)
5 guitars (1/2 size)
2 ukuleles
1 small mixer console
2 projectors
1 document camera
1 small amplifier with speakers

The total dollar amount of the loss is $6200.00. The school is not insured for theft, so money to replace the stolen items must come from outside sources. If you would like to make a contribution to the cause, please send it to:

Attention: PTSA Treasurer-Music School
Kimball Elementary School
3200 23rd Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144

Make your checks out to, “Kimball PTSA”. Please write “music room” on the memo line of the check. If you have a used instrument that you would like to donate, please email Jim Nelson at [email protected].

Many, many thanks!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thoma Big Band

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Dorothy Rodes, with John Hansen (piano) and Phil Sparks (bass)

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

from The Seattle Times:

Longtime arts and culture advocate Thatcher Bailey is no longer executive director of Centrum, the nonprofit arts organization based in Port Townsend at Fort Worden State Park, though he’s still a Centrum consultant and is listed under “Centrum Staff” on its Web site.

His intention is to advance Fort Worden State Park as a “something we can market as a destination learning center,” Bailey said last week when reached on his cellphone …