Wednesday Jazz

JAZZ ALLEY: Bobby Broom Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kelley Johnson Showcase

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Vocal Jam hosted by Fathia Atallah (9:00pm)

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

Photos: Matt Jorgensen in the studio

Matt Jorgensen spent Monday in the studio working on a new CD of original music. Joining him was Thomas Marriott -trumpet; Mark Taylor – saxophone; Corey Christiansen – guitar and Dave Captein – bass.

UPDATE: We forgot to credit photographer Tim Tyler for these photos. And they were taken at Two Sticks Audio in Seattle.


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Tuesday Jazz

JAZZ ALLEY: Bobby Broom Trio
This is a free show from Jazz Alley but you must make reservations by calling 206-441-9729. Broom’s latest CD on Origin Records, “Plays for Monk,” spent several weeks at #2 on the JazzWeek National Airplay Chart

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MIX: Don Mock

Monday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chad McCullough Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: 10th Sister City Jazz Day with Whoopin – Kobe’s 2009 Vocal Queen

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Chuck Loeb

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

Saturday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marc Seales Trio with Jeff Johnson and Gary Hobbs

JAZZ ALLEY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

BAKE’S PLACE: Stephanie Porter Quartet

TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: Brian Bromberg
MUSICQUARIUM: McTuff

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Andrew Oliver Kora band, with Andrew Oliver (piano/keyboard), Kane Mathis (kora/guitar), Chad McCullough (trumpet), Brady Millard-Kish (bass) and Mark DiFlorio (drums/percussion

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio

LOCAL COLOR: Leah Natale

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Reuel Lubag Trio

SORRENTO HOTEL: Sue Bell Quartet

Pony Boy Jazz Picnic this Sunday

Pony Boy Records Sixth Annual JAZZ PICNIC
Sunday, September 13, noon to 5:00
Sandpoint Magnuson Park Garden Amphitheatre

7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle, WA
Enter at Sandpoint Way & 74th.
FREE, donations accepted at the the tip jar

Summer is making a reprise in Seattle, so pack a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of live jazz in the park.
Over 60 musicians… PONY BOY ALL-STAR BIG BAND, JAY THOMAS/BILL RAMSAY ANTISEPTIC SEPTET, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, VOCAL ROUND-UP, KAREN SHIVERS, VERN SIELERT DEKTET, CAROLYN GRAYE, VICTOR NORIEGA, TERRIFYING TRUMPTACULAR, T-shirts, CDs, prizes, hot dogs and MORE…

Info, maps, sponsors. photo galleries, weather @
http://www.ponyboyrecords.com/files/festival/jazz_picnic.html

McCoy Tyner has come a long way since his Coltrane days

from The Seattle Times:

For all the years that have passed and all the music McCoy Tyner has made since he went out on his own, his membership in one of jazz history’s greatest groups remains a calling card.

Now 70, Tyner will always be the pianist in the original John Coltrane Quartet, which he was a part of from 1960 to 1965, when the group recorded “My Favorite Things,” “A Love Supreme” and “Live at the Village Vanguard.”

Fresh off a trip performing in Japan, Tyner and his trio will perform seven sets at Jazz Alley over four nights, starting Thursday. He will be accompanied by bassist Charnett Moffett and drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt.

In the four decades since parting ways with Coltrane, Tyner has recorded more than 60 albums, won four Grammy Awards and earned his own record label, McCoy Tyner Music, a subsidiary of Blue Note. A player of orchestral ability, with an explosive left hand and a deeply embedded feel for the blues, Tyner has developed a highly identifiable sound over the years.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Friday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
5:00 – 7:00: Palouse Jazz Project
8:00pm: Greta Matassa Quartet with Alexey Nikolaev

JAZZ ALLEY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

TRIPLE DOOR:
MUSICQUARIUM: PGM Trio / Tor Dietrichson
MAINSTAGE: Brian Bromberg

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Grupo Amoroso
9pm – Elizabeth Carpenter Trio, with Richard Amster (guitar) and Devin Lowe (bass)
11pm – Deconstructing Americana, with Chad McCullough (trumpet/flugelhorn), Mike Frederick (guitar), David Marriott (trombone), Andrew Oliver (piano) and Chris Icasioano (drums)

BAKE’S PLACE: Butch Harrison Quartet

LATONA PUB: Hadley Caliman, Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet

This weekend on Jazz Northwest

The Seatle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays Part 2 of a Tribute to Stan Kenton on Jazz Northwest (88.5 KPLU) on Sunday, September 13 at 1 pm. Classic Kenton repertoire from the 40s to the 70s by the sometimes controversial band leader and arranger is featured in this concert recorded at the Kirkland Performance Center. The program includes a new arrangement by Michael Brockman of the Kenton theme, “Artistry in Rhythm”. All music in this concert is from the repertoire of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, 1943-1979.

Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU. It airs on Sundays at 1 PM on 88-5, KPLU and streams on kplu.org. It is also available as a podcast from kplu.org after the airdate.

Thursday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bert Gulhaugen/ John Hansen Vocal Showcase

JAZZ ALLEY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Eric Elven and Dust Free High, with Eric Elven (guitar/vocals), Aileen McCallum (piano), Scott Becker (guitar), Doug Pierson (bass) and Jeremy Jones (drums)
9pm – OWCHARUK 5, Jim Knodle (trumpet), Beth Fleenor (clarinet), Cody Rahn (drums), Nate Omdal (bass) and Mike Owcharuk (piano)

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Hang w/ Teaching

Wednesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Travis Shook Trio featuring Essiet Essiet and Matt Jorgensen

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. Lonnie Smith with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Trish Hatley, with Darin Clendenin (piano) and Larry Halloway (bass)
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Julie Cascioppo, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Robert Rushing (drums) and Larry Halloway (bass)

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Michael Gotz

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

Travis Shook meets jazz comeback head on at Tula’s

from The Seattle Times:

The jazz pianist Travis Shook, a curiosity to some who remember his name, a cautionary tale for others, lives in rural, upstate New York, far from the city and the place he first greeted fame. People don’t recognize him much these days, and for a long time he preferred it that way.

“I’m 40 and I feel a lot more comfortable with myself now,” said Shook, a fixture on the Seattle jazz scene in the early 1990s and once considered one of the greatest jazz musicians of his generation. “That’s all that matters to me. Musically, I’m a much better player than I was. But the main thing is that I’m comfortable with myself. That was my biggest hurdle.”

For most, that would seem a small accomplishment, but for Shook, who experienced meteoric success and sudden failure, who was addicted to alcohol and drugs, who was virtually unemployable for a number of years, this is not an insignificant step.

“Comeback,” is the word he settled on. Shook will perform next Wednesday night with his trio at Tula’s Restaurant & Nightclub in Belltown, his first performance in Seattle in about five years. He also will perform this Sunday night at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Pioneer Square with a quintet led by Thomas Marriott.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

The Travis Shook Trio featuring Essiet Essiet and Matt Jorgensen perform at Tula’s Jazz Club on Wednesday, September 9th.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, $15 Tula’s, 2214 Second Ave., Seattle, (206-443-4221 or www.tulas.com).

Tuesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. Lonnie Smith with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MIX: Don Mock

Sunday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

JAZZ ALLEY: Cleo Laine & John Dankworth

TRIPLE DOOR MUSIQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Orchestra Caribe

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT:
Silver’s Seranade – A Tribute to Horace Silver
w/ Thomas Marriott, Corey Weeds, Travis Shook, Matt Jorgensen, Phil Sparks
8 :00 and 9:30 p.m. New Orleans Creole Restaurant, 114 First Ave. S., Seattle; 206-622-2563.

BUMBERSHOOT:
Northwest Court Stage
2:30pm: Steve Griggs Quintet
4:00pm: Mark Taylor Quartet
5:30pm: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

SERAFINA:
11am – Conlin Roser
6:30pm – Ann Reynolds /Tobi Stone

Saturday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kelley Johnson Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Cleo Laine & John Dankworth

TRIPLE DOOR MUSIQUARIUM: Hard Coretet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dave Dolengewicz Trio, with Dave Dolengewicz (saxophones), Lauren Hendrix (upright and electric basses) and Ben Morrow (drums)
9pm – Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet, with Geoff Harper (bass), Andy Roth (drums), Zubin Hensler (trumpet), Steve Moore (trombone), Craig Flory (sax) and Wayne Horvitz (piano)
11pm – Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet

BAKE’S PLACE: Connie Evingson with Pearl Django

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Paradigm Quartet

SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo w/ Sue Nixon

Jazz trumpeter Thomas Marriott looks forward to the past with tribute to Horace Silver

Jazz preview: Silver’s Seranade: A Tribute to Horace Silver
8 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, New Orleans Creole Restaurant, 114 First Ave. S., Seattle; $10 (reservations: 206-622-2563).

from The Seattle Times:

In the compressed, sometimes circular history of jazz, the freshest ideas often come from the past.

Many young musicians, looking to push their music forward, are now mining the music of the late 1950s and ’60s, the birth of what we think of as modern jazz. A quintet led by trumpeter Thomas Marriott, 33, will attempt to re-create and reinterpret that sound Sunday in a show at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant billed as a tribute to hard-bop pianist and composer Horace Silver.

“It’s a tricky thing, the nostalgia effect,” said Marriott, who with tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds conceived the idea. “We’re trying to get butts in seats, but we don’t want to be putting this music on in a museum. It’s more about keeping it alive and well and putting our own spin on it, not doing exact covers per se, but having our own twist.

“Horace’s tunes are very definitive of a certain style of jazz music, influenced by Latin and African music, the blues and gospel. There’s a lot of stuff to tap into.”

Silver, who turned 81 Wednesday, was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the emblematic jazz group of its time. It employed many of the most talented young musicians of its day and is associated with having created the Blue Note sound, a brand of hard bop that defined the record label.

“The music we’re playing is testosterone music,” said drummer Matt Jorgensen, who joins pianist Travis Shook and bassist Phil Sparks to compose the quintet’s rhythm section. “It’s very muscular and very raw. That period of jazz is often mischaracterized. It was really like punk rock. You were going from big groups to small groups. It’s music that demands to be played with conviction.”

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Jazz at Bumbershoot

from The Seattle Times:

Bumbershoot is primarily a pop-music festival, and the jazz programming this weekend reflects those priorities with groups like the Olympic Sound Collective and The New Mastersounds — bands that incorporate jazz elements into danceable songs that contain bluesy riff and funky grooves.

Seattle saxophonists Mark Taylor and Steve Griggs and their groups are the only straight-ahead groups performing this year at Bumbershoot.

The jazz acts will be split between two venues, the Northwest Court Stage, where in past Bumbershoot festivals jazz was played all day, every day, and the Fisher Green Stage. Most of the music will be presented Sunday, with one act Saturday afternoon and one Monday afternoon.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Thursday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Byron Vannoy Trio

JAZZ ALLEY: Cleo Laine and John Dankworth

NEW ORLEANS: Bob Jackson Quintet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Tad Britton & Jeff Johnson

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Mike Eycheson and Tim Lerch
9pm – Shiri Zorn with Hans Brehmer (piano) and Chris Symer (bass)

LO-FI: Gravity w/ Tim Kennedy, Ian Sheridan, & Claudio Rochat Felix

LUCID: The Hang w/ Teaching

Labor Day Jazz this weekend

The big end-of-summer weekend is coming up and lots of live jazz happening for those who are staying in town.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
Friday: Richard Cole Quartet
Saturday: Kelley Johnson Quartet
Sunday: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

BUMBERSHOOT, SUNDAY, SEPT 6
Northwest Court Stage
2:30pm: Steve Griggs Quintet
4:00pm: Mark Taylor Quartet
5:30pm: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT:
Sunday: Silver’s Seranade: The Music of Horace Silver featuring Thomas Marriott
(For those in Vancouver, BC, the group will be performing at The Cellar on Friday and Saturday)

BAKE’S PLACE:
Friday & Saturday: Connie Evingson with Pearl Django

For a complete list of everything happening around town, visit the Earshot Jazz Calendar

Wednesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith / Staelens Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Bettye LaVette

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Das Vibenbass

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Chip Parker, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Ed Littlefield (drums)
9pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Lindsay Nichols, Fathia Atallah and Carol Potvin, hosted by Lisa Petion, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Ed Littlefield (drums)

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio