Seattle Jazz Scene

JAZZ ALLEY: An Evening with Branford Marsalis

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Sonando

NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Lionel Kramer & Friends, with Bud Schultz (piano/vibes/melodica), Bob Antolin (saxes/guitar), Makini (vocals), Cheetah (congas), Mark Bullis (bass) and Lionel Kramer (drums)
9pm – FLEX 4, with Dan Blunck (woodwinds/etc), David Haney (piano), Dan O’Brien (bass) and Ken Paine (drums)

LUCID: Shiri Zorn

SORRENTO HOTEL: Katy Bourne & Randy Halberstadt

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton

MOXIE: Dennis Moss

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 – GALLERY 1412
1412 18th Ave, Seattle
http://gallery1412.org/

Percussionist Paul Kikuchi will perform solo compositions and improvisations centered around the drum set, and his new series of original instruments entitled topographs, this Friday at Gallery 1412 in Seattle.

Paul Kikuchi is a percussionist, composer, and instrument maker from Indianola, WA. He is a member of the acclaimed Empty Cage Quartet, Balkan-influenced Orkestar Zirkonium, and the rock band Battery D. He has performed and recorded with musicians such as Daniel Carter, Marilyn Crispell, Wayne Horvitz, and the NOW Orchestra.

Paul’s playing can be heard on a number of different record labels including Clean Feed, Nine Winds, PfMentum, and Tomlab. Paul holds degrees in music from Bennington College and California Institute of the Arts, where he studied closely with Milford Graves and Wadada Leo Smith.

from The Seattle Times:

Branford Marsalis is one of the biggest names in jazz, a midcareer master who’s maintained an enviable level of visibility for nearly three decades.

But the sardonic tenor and soprano saxophonist isn’t much impressed by personal accolades. As a musician, he’s devoted to a group concept that puts a premium on free-flowing interaction, a powerfully kinetic sound marked by breakneck tempo shifts and odd meters. It’s the kind of approach that can only be developed through long hours on the bandstand — and his band has clearly put in the time.

Marsalis’ quartet opens a four-night run at Jazz Alley on Thursday.

“The American ethos praises the individual,” says Marsalis, 47, from his home in Durham, N.C. “In music it translates into an obsession with being a genius, inventing a style, all those things. I’ve always been blessed with the marvelous gift of not being too ambitious. The hard part is to get everyone to embrace the idea that the music’s not about them. We’re just a bunch of conduits.”

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

JAZZ ALLEY: Kenny Rankin

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Vocal Showcase

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jeni Wren (vocals), with Gregg Belisle (guitar), Mark Bullis (bass) and Lionel Kramer (drums)
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Katy Bourne, with Randy Halberstadt (piano)

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce

from the final article by Gene Stout, Seattle PI Music Critic:

My time on the music beat — from 1983 to the present — has been a wild ride, with hundreds of interviews with some pretty famous people and hundreds of concert reviews.

It has been an honor to write about music in a city that has helped launch the careers of Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, The Sonics, Ventures, Wailers, Heart, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie, among many others.

People often ask me to name a favorite concert, but there have been so many, from big arena shows to little piano-bar performances. I couldn’t pick just one.

Among my most recent favorites was a Patsy Cline tribute concert March 5 at the Columbia City Theater featuring local singers Rachael Flotard, Kim Virant, Star Anna, Kristen Ward and Victoria Wimer Contreras. Collectively, they captured the spirit of Cline and her music in a stirring, heartfelt concert.

My first concert review for the P-I actually came in October 1979, when I saw Lenny and Squiggy of “Happy Days” at a Burien nightclub. It was a silly show, but readers enjoyed my goofy little review, which led to a series of assignments before I was officially hired as a reporter and critic in 1983.

It marked a real commitment by the P-I to popular music coverage, which had been a part-time beat for many years in the very capable hands of my predecessor, the late George Arthur.

Continue reading at the Seattle PI.

JAZZ ALLEY: Kenny Rankin

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: PK & What Army?, with Paul Kemmish (bass), Brian Kent (sax), and Olli Klomp(drums), joined by guests Jim Knodle (trumpet) and Amy Denio (clarinet)

TRIPLE DOOR: Tribute to Little Blue and the Bluenotes

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MIX: Don Mock

March 19-22: An Evening with Branford Marsalis

ROOM IN ALL SHOWS!

Listen to KPLU 88.5 FM Thursday, March 19th at noon, for a live duet performance and interview!

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents three-time Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis for four nights touring in support of his new release Metamorphosen. Band members joining Mr. Marsalis are Joey Calderazzo (piano), Justin Faulkner (drums), Eric Revis (bass). Set times Thursday through Sunday are at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Doors open at 6pm on Thursday and 5:30pm Friday through Sunday. Friday and Saturday shows are pre-sale, which means payment is required at the time reservations are made and all purchases are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. *Sideman subject to change w/o notice.

Time flies when you are making great music, as Branford Marsalis will be the first to attest. “I had no idea that two years had passed since we made our last album,” says the celebrated saxophonist, composer, producer and leader of the Brandford Marsalis Quartet. The realization prompted a trip to the studio and the result of a visit to Durham, North Carolina’s Hayti Heritage Center, Metamorphosen. Their latest release and another milestone from an ensemble that continues to set the pace regarding jazz creativity. Marsalis Music will release the latest statement by its founder in March 2009.

Over the weekend we hit the 1000 mark at Seattle Jazz Scene.

Thank you to all of our readers who check out the site daily!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the DARIN CLENDENIN Trio

NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

Anything else happening today? Send us an email at [email protected].

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Steve Alboucq Quartet, with Steve Alboucq (trumpet), Matt Page (drums), Chris Morton (piano) and Nathan Parker (bass)
9pm – Lora Chiorah & Leif Totusek – “Mbira & Guitar” music of Zimbabwe
11pm – Matt Price and Scott Katz

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

BAKE’S PLACE: Jay Roberts & Don Mock Guitar Duo

LOCAL COLOR: Rochelle House

SERAFINA: The Djangomatics

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM: Marc Seales w/ Fred Hamilton, Gary Hobbs & Cuong Vu
University of Washington

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Arturo Rodriguez & Friends

LUCID: Lee Redfield Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts / Tad Britton / Jeff Johnson

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Stealth Session!
9pm – Ksenia Popova (soprano), with Brandon Peck (piano) and special guest Rachel Finley

LUCID: New Architects

LO-FI: The Teaching

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Art Lande & Mark Miller

SORRENTO HOTEL: Miss Rose & Casey MacGill

Drummer Byron Vannoy will lead his group Meridian at Tula’s tonight, Monday, March 9, starting at 7:30pm.

Meridian won the 2008 Earshot Golden Ear Award for NW Recording of the Year this past February.

The show is all ages for the first set so bring the entire family.

MONDAY, MARCH 9
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
206-443-4221
7:30 – 10:00pm

Byron Vannoy – drums/compositions
Eric Barber – saxophones
Kacey Evans – piano
Chris Spencer – guitar
Chris Symer – bass

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Byron Vannoy’s Meridian

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

JAZZ ALLEY: UNCF 3rd Annual Music for the Mind Gala

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

from The Seattle Times:

As a Japanese woman and bandleader, Toshiko Akiyoshi was obliged to be a pioneer of one kind or another. In her day, women in jazz were singers and little more, and they certainly were not Japanese.

From the culture she was born to and the one she adopted, she gathered proverbs that even today she finds useful to remember.

“The Japanese have a saying, ‘The nail that sticks out will be beaten down,’ ” said Akiyoshi, who is in Seattle this weekend for a series of concerts and a lecture. “And here they say, ‘If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.’ ”

What Akiyoshi, now 79, accomplished seems unlikely for a woman raised in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, who came to jazz during the American occupation of Japan. As she puts it, she has been “demographically challenged.” She was turned on to jazz by a Teddy Wilson record and got a job playing piano in a dance hall for American officers.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Nathan Eklund CD Release Party

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Elizabeth Carpenter Trio
9pm – Steve Wacker (vocals, guitar) with guest Bob Knetzger (pedal steel, dobro)
11pm – Leif Totusek solo show!

LOCAL COLOR: Hillary Harris

SERAFINA: Jazzukha

LUCID: Kevin McCarthy Quartet

JAZZVOX CONCERT SERIES: Stephanie Nakasian w/ Hod OBrien

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LATONA PUB: Leif Totusek Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Schroeder Quartet

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: AXIOM QUARTET featuring John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, Jon Hamar and Phil Parisot

NEW ORLEANS: The Bob Jackson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7:00 – TBA
9:00 – Nate Eklund Group CD Release, with Nathan Eklund (trumpet/flugelhorn), Mark Taylor (saxophones), Dawn Clement (piano), Chris Symer (bass), Byron Vannoy (drums)

LUCID: Hardcoretet Headhunters Tribute
5241 University Way, 9:00pm

STANFORDS: Gail Pettis Trio
17380 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, 7:00pm

MOXIE: Dennis Moss

SORRENTO HOTEL: Katy Bourne & Randy Halberstadt

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnon, Tad Britton

LO-FI: Jacob Stickney Quartet, The Teaching

Thursday, March 5 at Tula’s – Axiom Quartet

Alexey Nikolaev – tenor sax
John Hansen – piano
Jon Hamar – bass
Phil Parisot – drums

Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub
2214 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
(206)443-4221
7:30 pm
$8 cover

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Connie Evingson

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Seattle Community College Jazz Orchestra with Lonnie Mardis

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Darin Clendenin (piano) and Clipper Anderson (bass)
9pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by Billy Brandt, with Darin Clendenin (piano) and Clipper Anderson (bass)

WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce

Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott with New Stories at Tula’s Jazz Club

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