TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Neil Welch and Narmada
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
THAIKU: Jon Alberts / Jeff Johnson / Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – GTZ
9pm – Natasha Castilloux (vocals) with Eric Verlinde (piano) and Chuck Kistler (bass)
LUCID: Hochiwichi
LO-FI: OWCHARUK 5 w/ The Teaching
GALLERY 1412: Sunship
EARSHOT JAZZ SPRING SERIES: The Thing
Poncho Concert Hall (710 E Roy St), 8:00pm
Hilario Duran and Friends, Featuring the Duran/Schloss/Mitri Trio and Charanga Danzon
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle
All ages welcome.
Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.
A rare opportunity to see Cuban virtuoso Hilario Duran in concert with the Duran/Schloss/Mitri Trio and Seattle s own Cuban music ensemble Charanga Danzon at Town Hall Seattle.
Once the pianist, composer and arranger with Arturo Sandoval s band in Cuba (1981-1990), Hilario Duran is now one of Canada s biggest jazz names, and was named SOCAN composer of the year and Latin jazz artist of the year (2008).
This concert includes the Duran/Schloss/Mitri Trio, with an adventurous musical journey into Afrocuban jazz with live electronics and interactive computer music. Also featured is Charanga Danzon, a fluid ensemble of superb Seattle-based musicians led by violinist Irene Mitri, with a repertoire of Cuban music including traditional charanga, son/danzon, cha-cha-cha, classical, and jazz. Members of the Trio and Charanga Danzon include Irene Mitri (violin), Andy Schloss (radiodrum, percussion), Michael Nicolella (guitar), Jim O Halloran (flutes), Fred Hoadley (piano, tres), Ben Verdier (bass), Pedro Vargas (percussion), and Francisco Medina, Jr. (percussion).
Photos by Chad McCullough
Matt Jorgensen
Thomas Marriott and Chris Spencer
Mark Ivester
Chuck Deardorf
Alan Jones
Tarik Abouzied
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Vocal Workshop
TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Darius Willrich
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Identity Crisis, with Jean Mishler (vocals), Charlie Hiestand (piano), Nate Parker (bass), Brian Kent (sax) and Jamael Nance (drums).
9pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by Cara Francis, with Eric Verlinde (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Ed Littlefield
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
EARSHOT SPRING SERIES: Peter Brotzmann w/ Nasheet Waits and Eric Revis
Poncho Concert Hall (710 E Roy St), 8:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: The Little Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Pinetop Perkins with Willie Big Eyes Smith
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
LUCID: Ryan Parrish Trio
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock
from the Sunday New York Times:
Mr. Fuller, a trim man with a shaved head whose stubby fingers fly deftly over the keyboard, smiled graciously. A needy ego is of no use to a sideman, who makes a living in another artist’s shadow and gets only parenthetical billing, usually with his instrument appended to his name (“Larry Fuller on piano”). But it is always nice to know that people are tuning in to him, Mr. Fuller said, as it reaffirms his core belief that “you can never underestimate what people hear even if you are just backing somebody up.”
The quiet history of jazz sidemen is long and storied, and Mr. Fuller, at 43, has already earned a place there. He started his career as a baby-faced accompanist for the veteran jazz singer Ernestine Anderson and reached a personal peak in the final trio of the great bassist Ray Brown. Like many a sideman with considerable talent, Mr. Fuller, who also composes and arranges, worries about maintaining his musical identity and aspires to lead his own trio someday. But for now, he said, especially after a difficult period in his personal life, it is enough to “serve the music” that he has revered since he was 13, when a colorful saxophonist named Candy Johnson took him under wing in Toledo, Ohio.
To make a steady living as a jazz musician is in itself no mean feat, and Mr. Fuller has done so his whole life. His experience offers some insight into the requirements for survival as a working artist, especially in a specialty like jazz where fame and fortune are not realistic goals. Talent most certainly helps, but single-mindedness, passion, humility and the ability to live modestly seem critical too. For Mr. Fuller his upbringing in a blue-collar neighborhood in Toledo, where his father supported five kids by toiling on the assembly line at a sweltering glass factory, provides the context to appreciate the musician’s life as a reward unto itself.
From The Seattle Times:
The Ballard Jazz Festival is in full swing, unleashing its full lineup of music tonight during the festival’s marquee event, the Ballard Jazz Walk.
One $25 ticket buys entrance to 12 different venues on or near Ballard Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street. Virtually all the musicians associated with the festival will be playing tonight in small-group settings, including guitarist Corey Christiansen, who co-headlines Saturday’s mainstage concert at the Nordic Heritage Museum with the Joe Locke Quintet.
Tonight, guitarist Christiansen will perform with saxophonist Hadley Caliman’s group at Conor Byrne Pub. Most of the festival musicians have recorded albums with Origin Records, whose founders John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen organized the Ballard Jazz Festival. Bishop and Jorgensen are also among the performers tonight.
Familiar local musicians such as Thomas Marriott, Mark Taylor, Bill Anschell, Kelly Johnson, Hans Teuber, and Bill Ramsay will lead or join groups on the Jazz Walk. One of the more unique groups performing tonight is Tumbao, a six-piece Latin ensemble with a late set at the Lock & Keel Tavern.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
By Katy Bourne
Patti Wicks is a highly regarded jazz pianist and vocalist and international recording artist. She spent over three decades playing in jazz clubs in New York City and also working the East Coast jazz circuit. She has several recordings in her discography and her CD “It’s a Good Day” received an Italian jazz award for the best jazz album in 2008.
Patti currently resides in Florida and will be appearing at Bake’s Place this weekend with Seattle’s much beloved vocalist Greta Matassa. Patti and I spoke over the phone the other day. Here are a few bits and pieces from that conversation.
You just got back from a trip to New York City. What did you do there?
I played five nights at the Metropolitan Room, on 22nd between 5th and 6th. The room has only been open 2 or 3 years. I have a wonderful bassist I work with when I’m there. Linc Milliman. Great player.
You’re heading up here to the Northwest to play at Bake’s Place with Greta Matassa. Tell me about working with Greta.
I love working with her. She’s a wonderful singer and a great human being. We first worked together last October. We were both aware of each other but never had a chance to work together. Last fall, Nich Anderson had the idea that we should work together. We did one of his house concerts on Camano Island on a Friday night. That was great fun. Then we did Bake’s on that Saturday and Sunday. We had so much fun, we decided to do it again. We just hit it off. She’s a nifty lady and a wonderful singer. We just had a ball. I love to accompany singers. Over the years, I’ve worked with Anita O’Day, Rebecca Parris, Sheila Jordon, Carol Sloane…. Read More
from The Seattle Times:
In hindsight, Mark Turner agrees that power saws and horn players should probably avoid close proximity.
He came by this insight the hard way. when a home-maintenance project suddenly turned into a potentially career-ending accident. One of jazz’s most eloquent and widely admired tenor and soprano saxophonists, Turner severed the tendons in his left-hand middle and index fingers last November.
“It’s never going to be the same,” says Turner, 42, who opens a two-day run on Tuesday with the collective trio Fly at Jazz Alley. “There are some issues with the left hand that I have to work around. There’s lack of sensation in the second digit. I’m getting used to it slowly.”
While he’s still working to recover some finger flexibility after surgery to reconnect nerves, arteries and tendons, Turner returned to the bandstand at the end of February, resuming a brilliant career marked by a series of near-telepathic collaborations.
From The Seattle Times:
Changes were coming to Ballard, Bishop and Jorgensen among them. Condominiums, gourmet dog biscuits, indoor-plant boutiques, panko breadcrumbs and all the trappings of yuppie-hood were making their way to old Ballard, the changes literally visible from Bishop’s and Jorgensen’s apartment windows.
The density of bars and restaurants, the foot traffic and the changing demographics of their neighborhood made it easy to decide to start the Ballard Jazz Festival in 2003.
Now in its sixth season, the five-day festival has grown, but not to enormous size. It starts Wednesday at the Sunset Tavern with the first of two themed nights of music, the Brotherhood of the Drum, at least three sets and three different groups led by drummers. The Guitar Summit commences at the Sunset on Thursday night, with three groups led by guitarists.
The festival’s Friday-night jazz walk — next Friday — features 19 groups performing in 12 venues on or around Ballard Avenue; guitarist Corey Christiansen’s trio and New York vibraphonist Joe Locke and his quintet play the big-stage concert April 25 at the Nordic Heritage Museum; the festival ends April 26 with a Swedish-pancake jazz brunch, also at the museum.
What sets the festival apart from others in the area is its organic, homegrown quality. Most of the musicians scheduled to perform (Hadley Caliman, Thomas Marriott, Bill Anschell, Kelley Johnson, Bill Ramsay, Jay Thomas, Hans Teuber, Mark Taylor, Jeff Johnson, among many others) are top-shelf, local musicians. The Ballard festival does not receive funding from arts organizations or corporate sponsors, like the festivals in Bellevue or Port Townsend, or the Earshot festival.
As such, the budget is in the modest range of $35,000. The money comes mostly from local businesses — meaning Ballard, not Seattle. Some of the budget is made in barter, bottles of wine or printing services.
“It’s 100 percent artist- produced and community-funded,” Jorgensen said. “And the money goes back into the neighborhood and to local musicians.
“[Sponsor] Ann Babb sold me my first house,” he continued. “At first we just went to people we knew and asked if they could contribute.”
The festival is a distillation of the jazz scene in Seattle, without the leverage of corporate dollars or national brand names and their built-in audiences — a tightly knit, relatively small circle of talented musicians who are neighbors, friends and, sometimes, even housemates.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet w/ Alexey Nikolaev
LATONA PUB: Victor Noriega Trio (5-7pm)
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Eric Miller Trio, with Eric Miller (guitar/vocals), Sabu (bass) and Mrs. Miller (vocals). Special guests include Mike & Anna Lisa Notter
9pm – Tim Lerch and John Stowell
11pm – Sam Friend with Cinnamon On It
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Karen Shivers
LOCAL COLOR: Shelly Rudolph
SERAFINA: Kiko de Freitas
LUCID: Evan Flory-Barnes: Mingus Tribute
JAZZ VOX CONCERT: John Proulx w/ Thomas Marriott & Chuck Kistler
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio
MONA’S: Michael Stegner, Byron Vannoy and Thione Diop
THE DISTRICT LOUNGE: Ron Weinstein Trio
GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
The 2nd Annual Seattle Occultural Music Festival is a three-weekend celebration of new & experimental music in the Pacific Northwest of psychic, ecological or otherwise deeply resonant importance. This diverse program incorporates performers & composers spanning the regions genres & generations, mixing established artists, new talent, and important work & influence not from the immediate Seattle area.
For more information, visit www.somf.info
Friday, May 1 @ 8pm – All ages
The Art Church
2051 NW 61st St @ 22nd
Soriah [Portland]
Stuart Dempster
Vox Vespertinus
Seattle Harmonic Voices
Hanna Benn
Saturday, May 2 @ 8pm – All ages
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Ave
Robin Holcomb
Amy Denio
Sokai Stilhed
Christopher Greenchild
Thursday, May 7 @ 8pm – All ages
Good Shepherd Center Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside N
Seattle Phonographer’s Union
Jason Kopec
Graham Banfield
Friday, May 8 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre
2322 2nd Ave
Voodoo Israel [San Francisco]
Joy Von Spain
Matt Shoemaker
Midday Veil
Saturday, May 9 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre
2322 2nd Ave
Barn Owl [San Francisco]
Bill Horist
Dr. Jones
Riding the Slow Wave of Death
Thursday, May 14 @ 8pm – All ages
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Ave
Wayne Horvitz
Gust Burns & Tyler Wilcox
Michal Szostalo
Friday, May 15 @ 10pm – 21+ w/ID
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theartre
2322 2nd Ave
Holy Experiment [New York]
At the Head of the Woods [Portland]
(a) Story of Rats
Paintings for Animals
Advance tickets (at discount prices) are still available for all events at The Ballard Jazz Festival which starts next Wednesday, April 22. For more information, visit http://ballardjazzfestival.com
Wednesday, April 22 – Brotherhood of the Drum
performances by groups led by Matt Jorgensen, Alan Jones, Tarik Abouzied and Mark Ivester.
Thursday, April 23 – Guitar Summit
performances by Corey Christiansen, John Stowell, Dave Peterson, Don Mock and Jay Roberts
Friday, April 24 – Ballard Jazz Walk
19 groups in 12 venues for a single ticket … the best deal in jazz!
Saturday, April 25 – Nordic Heritage Museum Concert
Concert with the Joe Locke Group (featuring Darrell Grant and Thomas Marriott) and the Corey Christiansen Quartet
Sunday, April 26 – Swedish Pancake Jazz Brunch
Finish off the jazz festival with swedish pancakes and the Brent Jensen Quartet
Earshot Jazz will be having a Board Meeting and Open Community Forum tonight at Tula’s Jazz Club from 5:00 – 7:00pm
If you have something to say, or are just interested in an update from Earshot Jazz, come down to the meeting tonight.
5-7pm
Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 2nd Ave
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Tad Britton, Jeff Johnson
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Susan Robinson (vocals), with Darin Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums)
9pm – Daniel Adams and Dan Kamas
TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Squirrel Nut Zippers
LO-FI: The Teaching
The Mark Taylor Quartet at Seattle Art Museum – Gary Fukushima, Jeff Johnson, Mark Taylor and Byron Vannoy. ( photo by Robert Wade )
On the next Jazz Northwest from 88-5 KPLU, saxophonist and composer Mark Taylor leads his quartet in an Art of Jazz concert and CD release party at the Seattle Art Museum. Mark Taylor was recently named Northwest Instrumentalist of the Year at the annual Earshot Awards, and he’s been featured in numerous Seattle groups including the Jim Knapp Orchestra and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Thomas Marriott and Matt Jorgensen + 451.
The new CD “Spectre” (Origin Records) was officially released on April 21 and contains most of the selections in this concert. The SAM concert airs on Jazz Northwest this Sunday April 19 at 1 PM PDT on 88-5 KPLU and kplu.org . It will also be available as a podcast the following day.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU.
Audio promo below.
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Blue Street Voices
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Third Hemisphere, Cynthia Mullis (saxophones), Eric Verlinde (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass), and Steve Korn (drums) – Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and North American jazz in a unique exploration of music from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Katie King, with the Dan Sales Trio
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
JAZZ ALLEY: Oregon
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
TRIPLE DOOR: BCC Vocal Jazz Ensemble
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Tone Bent, with Bill Horvitz and Robin Eschner (both on guitars and vocals) – CD Release show
9pm – Datura Quintet, with Scott Macpherson (saxophones/effects), Brennan Carter (trumpet/effects), Elliot Gray (piano/keyboard/effects), Leah Pogwizd (bass) and Aaron Voros (drums/percussion)
SHERMAN CLAY PIANOS BELLEVUE: MOJO Big Band featuring Steve Reinke
LUCID: Todo Es
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Oregon
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
THE TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Mark Taylor CD Release Party
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jason Parker Quartet
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LUCID: Adam Hunter
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
