TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Gail Pettis Quartet
NEW ORLEANS: Stuart MacDonald Quartet
BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa & Jay Mabin
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
LUCID: Cyndi Moring Trio
BOXLEY’S: Clark Gibson Trio
HIROSHI’S: Kelly Eisenhour Quartet
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Fred Hoadley Trio
SERAFINA: Pasquale Santos
Also, if you feel like getting out of town … Jazz Port Townsend and Jazz In the Valley (Ellensberg, WA) are both happening this weekend.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Josh Deutsch Quintet
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
INTERBAY GOLF CLUB: Roosevelt Jazz Combo
BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio
THE CHAPEL: Jazz in the Second Century: Trio Illogic and Helix
LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching
NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
from All About Jazz.com.
Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath is highly respected by his peers and by serious listeners, but he isn’t well known outside the jazz world in the way that Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane are. He played with those legends and many more. He formed The Heath Brothers in 1975 with his siblings, drummer Albert “Tootie Heath and bassist Percy Heath, and has penned numerous tunes that have become classics, including “CTA” and “Gingerbread Boy.” Like Gillespie before him, he reaches beyond jazz in his endless artistic search, having penned suites, compositions for string quartets and a symphonic work.
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, under the dual directorships of drummer Clarence Acox and multiple reedman Michael Brockman, enticed Heath into their fold for the timeless and marvelous Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search Suite. It is an orchestral offering that leaps out of the speakers with a rich fanfare of gorgeous harmony and tight rhythmic zest. Then Heath solos, and proves himself—for those unfamiliar—a giant of melodic invention and improvisational energy; in his eighth decade, and still kickin’ it. For comparison’s sake, Heath the soloist is probably closest to a fellow under-sung tenor man, George Coleman—another all-too-brief Davis cohort. Both saxophonists stay firmly within the mainstream, with extraordinary intelligence, invention and no-holds-barred verve.
Besides Heath’s efforts, there is no shortage of premier soloing happening in the Seattle Repertory Orchestra. On the suite itself, Brockman wields an alto axe that cranks up the intensity a notch, giving way to a bright and shining trumpet turn by Jay Thomas. All this in the eight-plus minute “Part I.” It stays just as stellar in “Part III: Where It Started.” Heath, pianist Randy Halberstadt, the inimitable tenorist Hadley Caliman, and an especially inspired David Marriott, Jr. on trombone, all take things to the highest level of jazz improvisation.
Continue reading at All About Jazz.com.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chelsea Crabtree Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Vocalize It w/ Cyndi Moring
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Kim Rushing, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Halloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Jenny Kienzle, Cara Francis and Fathia Atallah – hosted by Kim Rushing, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Halloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
Gail Pettis, “Here In The Moment”
by Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat, August 2010
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A former orthodontist, Pettis finds new vistas of emotion in the words and music of standards and surprises on her second album. Her wonderful version of “I Thought About You,” usually identified with Ella Fitzgerald, reflects the melancholy of a sad-faced train passenger with an intimacy that few singers in any genre have knowledge of. Another ballad, “How Did He Look?” a favorite of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer, is rendered poignantly with an easy elegance built of curiosity and lingering heartbreak over a lost love affair. This granddaughter of a Mississippi bluesman freshens Cole Porter’s “Night And Day” with exhilaration over sharing “sweet love” with her partner. Similarly, the directness of feeling she reveals about a blossoming romance does more than ample justice to Etta James’ old r&b hit “At Last.” All the other songs, too, whatever the tempo or mood, each graced by the surety of her delivery, have an unmistakable air of honesty about them. Minor compliant: Pettis’ two pianists and bassists are clearly talented by their solos don’t so much develop the songs as mark time between verses.
(excerpt of a two album review, Gail Pettis and Pamela Rose)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Musicworks Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Jump Ensemble
BOXLEY’S: Courtney Cutchins
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
THE MIX: Don Mock
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
from All About Jazz.com.
NewYork-based trumpeter/composer Nathan Eklund assembles a fiery, swinging quintet for Coin Flip, his fourth release as a leader and first for Seattle’s OA2 Records. The nine track disc is as much a showcase for Eklund’s convincing abilities as a composer and arranger as it is for his dynamic trumpet playing.
Eklund demonstrates an immense trumpet tone with technical agility, rooted in the post-bop tradition. Echoes of the late trumpet giants Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw can be heard on the meter-shifting opener “Rooicka’s Castle” and the groovy “Professor Dissendadt,” a tune reminiscent of a CTI Records date from the early 1970s.
Continue All About Jazz.com.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa: The Music of Ray Charles
NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
LATONA PUB: Hadley Caliman, Phil Sparks & Matt Jorgensen
(5:00-7:00pm, no cover)
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Hugh Sutton and Susan Harper
9pm – Honeypie, with Kristy Smith (vocals/guitar/ukelele), Dawn Clement (vocals/piano/nord-electro), Geoff Harper (bass) and Steve Smith (drums)
BOXLEY’S: Clark Gibson Trio
AMORE: Lonnie Williams
LAKESIDE BISTRO: Deems Tsutakawa
JAZZ VOX: Dena DeRose & Chuck Deardorf
THE CHAPEL: Andy Hayleck & Paul Neidhardt
LUCID: Mack Grout Group
SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Gail Pettis Trio
MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER FOR BRASS
w/Tom Varner, Thomas Marriott and Dave Marriott
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
7:30pm $15
from Tom Varner:
Tom Varner, Thomas Marriott, David Marriott: The Wayne’ing Brass (New Looks at the Music of Wayne Shorter, with a brass trio–trumpet, horn, trombone, with piano, bass, and drums). With Bill Anschell, piano, Phil Sparks, bass, and Matt Jorgensen, drums.
I have always loved the soulful, intelligent, and searching music of Wayne Shorter, from his three-horn writing for Art Blakey to his more recent projects such as “Alegria.” I’m really excited that the David and Thomas Marriott will join me on an “all-brass Shorter celebration,” and I’m sure that the crack rhythm section of Anschell, Sparks, and Jorgensen will UP the party and keep us honest. A big thanks to David M. for providing the lion’s share of the charts. I haven’t played with a tpt/bone/horn sextet since moving to Seattle in ’05, and I LOVE this sound. Come on over and join us at Tula’s this Saturday, July 24!
Photos by Jim Levitt
INTERBAY GOLF CLUB: Leah Natale & Ambience
2501 15th Ave W, 5:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Showcase w/ students of Cornish College and Roosevelt High School
JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jessica Stenson with Darin Clendenin
9pm – Jennifer Hoyt with Darin Clendenin
BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio
THE CHAPEL: Owcharuk 5; Paul Kikuchi’s Portable Sanctuary
LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching
photos by Jim Levitt
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Leah Stillwell and Jose Gonzales Group
JAZZ ALLEY: Jacqui Naylor
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
LUCID: OTC
There was a packed house last night at Jazz Alley to hear Hadley Caliman’s Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott, Bill Anschell, Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen.
The audience was treated to a 90-minute set by the Seattle jazz legend who performed material from his two recent CDs, Straight Ahead and Gratitude. Vocalist Gail Pettis made a special appearance on two songs as well.
Photos by Carolyn Caster
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the Darin Clendenin Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Somi
TOST: Michael Shrieve’ Spellbinder
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
AMORE: New Orleans Quintet
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
from The Seattle Times:
Twice this summer, Monktail Creative Concern presents Sounds Outside, a free festival of modern jazz in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill. Now in its fifth year, Sounds Outside is a form of forced exposure — make your way through the park on Saturday or Aug. 14, and there’s no way to miss the music. The bills typically focus on the more adventurous, less traditional end of the jazz spectrum — playful, experimental, more appropriate for noisy rock clubs than formal jazz venues.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and vocalist Siobhan Brugger are the featured performers for “A Weekend of Rising Stars,” which takes place July 16 & 17 at Bake’s Place.
The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most outstanding high school jazz programs in the country and has long been the starting point for some of the brightest musicians and vocalists entering the national jazz scene today. In recognition of the wealth of emergent talent in our own backyard, Bake’s is dedicated to supporting these new artists and providing them an opportunity to perform. “We are excited about the talent of these up and coming young people,” says owner Craig Baker. This weekend marks the first of what will be a regular series at Bake’s.
Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar graduated in June from Garfield High School, where he was a member of the prestigious Garfield Jazz band. The band recently took top honors at the Essentially Ellington Competition in New York, and Mulherkar was named the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist. Over the past few years, Mulherkar has received numerous awards and accolades, including being recognized as an “outstanding soloist” in DownBeat magazine’s 30th Annual Student Musician Awards. Mulherkar will be attending the Julliard School of Music in the fall. Joining Riley on the bandstand will be Gus Carns on piano, Carmen Rothwell on bass, Zach Para on drums and Carl Majeau on tenor sax. Riley and his band will be performing on July 16.
Siobhan Brugger has been singing jazz standards since she was 12 years old and has appeared at jazz clubs in Edinburgh, Scotland and Kobe, Japan. She has received numerous accolades including:winner of the 2009 Downbeat Magazine Best High School Jazz Vocalist, two –time winner of the “Outstanding Alto Soloist” award at the Lionel Hampton jazz Festival, winner of the student division of the Seattle-Kobe Jazz Vocalist competition, selection for the 2008 All-State Jazz Choir and also a two-time finalist for the Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Festival. She is a longtime student of Greta Matassa and her performed at such great venues as Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley and Bake’s Place. Siobhan is presently a student at USC, where she is continuing her education in jazz studies. Siobhan’s band features Devon Yesberger on piano, Chris Copland on drums, Colleen Gilligan on bass and Daniel Hipke on guitar. Siobhan will be appearing on July 17.
For both of these performances, dinner service starts at 6pm and the show starts at 7:45pm. For reservations, please call 425-391-3335 or send an email to [email protected]. For more information, please visit www.bakesplace.org.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kelley Johnson Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Karrin Allyson
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30pm: Peter Schmeeckle Sextet
9:00pm: Das Vibenbass
NEW ORLEANS: Travis Ranney
BAKE’S PLACE: Riley Mulherkar
BOXLEY’S: Clark Gibson Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Band-And-A-Jam featuring Jammy Jam, with Josh Rawlings, Katrina Kope and Tai Shan
9pm – David Marriott’s Pop Culture featuring Marc Fendel
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
CYPRESS LOUNGE: Gail Pettis Trio
LAKESIDE BISTRO: Sam Chambliss
NORTHCITY BISTRO: David George Quartet
HIROSHI’S: Hans Brehmer Trio
THE CHAPEL: Christian Asplund