Seattle Jazz Scene

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IMP FEST: Cuong Vu’s Vu Tet & Heatwarmer

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

JAZZ ALLEY: An Evening with Chick Corea and Gary Burton Duets

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Fathia Atallah, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Barbara Molloy, Valerie Farber and Kim Rushing – Hosted by Cara Francis, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Michel Navedo Quartet

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Diane Fast – Neale

from The Huffington Post:

Thirteen years ago, 68-year-old jazz guitarist Calvin Keys underwent a life-saving quadruple bypass surgery. Keys, a notable Bay Area musician who recorded and toured with Ray Charles in the ’70s, says he would not have been able to afford that surgery if he hadn’t been covered under his wife’s health insurance.

“I don’t know what would have happened if I wasn’t married,” said Keys, who never had health coverage until he married his wife of 35 years. “There are quite a few musicians out here who don’t have any health insurance. Most of us are from the ghetto, anyway. We don’t know nothing about health care, and that’s a big problem.”

Keys said that as soon as he recovered from his surgery, he was so grateful to the hospital and rehabilitation center that treated him that he decided to throw a benefit concert to show his appreciation and raise money for other musicians who couldn’t afford their health care.

“We raised about four or five thousand dollars, and donated it on the condition that 40 percent went to a musician that needed health care,” Keys said. “That was my way of giving something back to the community. We musicians need all the help we can get.”

Now Keys has joined forces with trumpeter Eddie Gale to throw the second annual San Francisco Jazz Fest, a health care fundraiser for musicians that will take place on Friday, April 23rd. Gale, who rose to fame in the 60’s and recorded on Blue Note Records, says he came up with the idea for the festival after losing a number of his musician friends to health issues that could have been treated or prevented.

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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM: Tom Collier & Dan Dean

from The Seattle Times:

Bring out your brass — and your marching drums.

The 2010 version of Honk! Fest West is here.

Honk! Fest West is, in its own words, “a street fair dedicated to bringing marching bands, samba lines, horn players, drum corps and every manner of rhythmic and melodic noisemaker we could find right to the Seattle streets.”

This year the festivities will be happening at the Fremont Neighborhood Block Party (“Listen for the horns and drums, and let them be your guides to the right spot”), Washington Hall (On the Boards’ old Central Area home, now being restored by Historic Seattle), Georgetown and West Seattle.
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Local bands include Orkestar Zirkonium, Titanium Sporkestra, the Anti-Fascist Marching Band and VamoLá. There also will be a local school/sports-team presence in the form of the Garfield High School Bulldog Drumline, Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline and Seattle Sounders FC Soundwave Band.

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TONIGHT, APRIL 9
TIERNEY SUTTON / HUBERT LAWS / LARRY KOONSE
The Seasons Yakima
101 North Naches Avenue, Yakima, WA
Tickets: 888-723-7660
theseasonsyakima.com

Tonight at The Seasons in Yakima three legends of jazz come together to present a one-of-a-kind evening of music.

Hubert Laws: The powerhouse flute player with a straight decade of “Best Flutist” awards from Downbeat magazine (as well as this year’s), bedazzled the jazz and classical world in the 1970’s and since by issuing a series of albums in both disciplines with one masterful performance after another. He continues to be regarded as the best flute player in the world, spanning both classical & jazz.

Larry Koonse: One of the best known guitarists on the West Coast is on everyone’s “must-play-with” list. A current recording artist and member of the LA Jazz Quartet, he boasts stints with many of the great jazz musicians and ensembles of the last two decades, and as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He one of the most sought-after studio musicians, building a discography in the 100’s while recording with everyone from Mel Tormé to Linda Ronstadt to Al Hirt.

Tierney Sutton is a legend in the making: perennial Grammy nominee (including her latest CD “Desire”), chart-topper, and, as Seasons-goers know, amazing jazz vocalist. She has appeared here several times in spell-binding performances. Here she is performing with her usual band. Though she will be performing with different musicians during her performance at The Seasons, you can get a feel for what a talented vocalist she is.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bill Anschell / Brent Jensen Quartet

NEW ORLEANS: Hadley Caliman Quartet (filling in for Thomas Marriott who is performing in New Zealand)

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Penelope Donado, with Ed Webber (piano), Robert Rushing (drums) and Clipper Anderson (bass)

BAKE’S PLACE: David Lanz & Liverpool Trio: Tribute to Beatles

JAZZ VOX: John Proulx w/ Chuck Kistler
visit www.jazzvox.com for more info.

THE CHAPEL: Gebhard Ullman Clarinet Trio & JA Deane

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Soul Kata

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Michael Owcharuk Quintet

NEW ORLEANS: Ray Skelbred/Bob Jackson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Tuckoo Trio, with Ronan Delisle (guitar), Mat Muntz (bass), Max Holmberg (drums) and special guest Xavier Del Castillo (tenor sax)
9pm – Tim Kennedy (piano), Tarik Abouzied (drums), Ian Sheridan (bass), David Marriott (trombone)

BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Hang w/ The Teaching

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Art of Jazz: Bill Anschell & Brent Jensen (5:30pm)

SORRENTO HOTEL: Karin Kajita

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton

Pianist Bill Anschell and saxophonist Brent Jensen perform in a duo setting at the Seattle Art Museum on Thursday, April 8, in support of their recent release on Origin Records entitled, We Couldn’t Agree More. Their stop at Earshot’s Art of Jazz Series is part of a larger tour which includes performances throughout the Northwest.

Thursday, April 8
Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, 5:30 pm, free

Friday, April 9
Tula’s, www.tulas.com, 7:30 – 11:30 pm, $15 cover
Brent Jensen/Bill Anschell Quartet, featuring Brent on sax, Doug Miller on bass, and Jose Martinez on drums.

Monday, April 12 – Tuesday, April 13
Residency at Eastern Washington Univerity, Cheney

Wednesday, April 21
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, 7:30 pm

Thursday, April 22
Downtown Idaho Falls, ID, evening

Friday, April 23 – Saturday, April 24
Gene Harris Festival, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 4:00 – 7:00 pm

Sunday, April 25
The Jazz Project, Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA, 6:00 pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Habib Koite and Bamada

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Cornish Jazz Composers Ensemble, with Ken Strong (bass), Jacob Brady (drums), Gregg Belisle Chi (guitar), Darian Asplund (saxophone) and Steve O’Brien (trumpet)

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Eileen Neff

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

THE MIX: Don Mock

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quartet with Gail Pettis

NEW ORLEANS: Stuart McDonald Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30: Kiko Freitas
9:00: Motel 5

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet (4th Anniversary Celebration)

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: First Circle

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Bassic Saxx Trio

SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio

Mike LeDonne Quartet at Tula’s
Mike LeDonne – Hammond B3 organ, Cory Weeds – saxophone, Dal Balmer – guitar, Matt Jorgensen – drums

photos by Robert Wade

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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Ben Thomas Group

JAZZ ALLEY: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

NEW ORLEANS: Ray Skelbred/Bob Jackson Quintet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton

THE CHAPEL: Wayne Horvitz and Briggan Krauss

BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio

LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching