What’s Happening New Year’s Eve

Reservations recommended for all venues with New Year’s Packages!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: New Year’s Eve Party with Stephanie Porter
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 8:30pm, $35

JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
**New Year’s packages include music and food. Prices range from $52-$155/person
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 8:45 & 11:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Kelly Eisenhour Quartet
**New Year’s package includes champagne, dessert and party favors, $15/person
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm and 9pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Little Bill and the Bluenotes
**New Years package includes music, hors d’oeuvres, party favors, champagne
toast, $95/person
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, 425-391-3335, 8:00pm-midnight

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: New Year’s Eve Blowout with the Dusty 45’s
**New Year’s packages range from $70-$100/person
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Theoretics
216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333, 9:00pm, no cover

SERAFINA: John Sanders Quartet w/ Sue Nixon
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm

HIROSHI’S: Carolyn Graye Trio
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966, note earlier time: 7-9:00pm,

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Tony Mamon and Patricia Johnston
11425 Rainier Ave S, (206) 772-6891, 7pm

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606, 9pm

LE PICHET: Jim Knodle & The Distract Band
1933 1st Avenue Seattle, 9:30pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: PK and What Army
2202 N 45th St., 206-992-1120, 10pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE and LUCID:
Seattle Musicians Foundation Kick-Off Party
The evening starts with the 7pm dinner show at EGAN’S, followed by three more bands and complimentary champagne toast at midnight at LUCID. Great music at both venues throughout the evening w/complimentary champagne toast, drink specials. Come enjoy a taste of straight ahead, funk, blues, Caribbean, Afro Rhythm and more. No cover, but donations and memberships will be accepted. Consider becoming a member of the Seattle Musicians Foundation!

EGAN’S: Michael Hepburn Group,
1707 NW Market St, 789-1621, 7-10pm, no cover, all ages

LUCID: EnRoot / Ayron Jones & The Way / Davy Nefos, Tony Paustian, Dan Taylor
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 402-3042, 9pm, no cover

Thursday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bruce Staelens Quintet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

MONA’S: Chad McCullough Trio
6421 Latona Avenue NE, Seattle, (206) 526-1188, 9:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Chris Clark
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00pm: Return to Seattle; 9:00pm: Deseo Carmin
1707 NW Market St, 789-1621

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807

Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89

from The New York Times:

Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 89 and lived in the Riverdale area of the Bronx.

The cause was heart failure, said his daughter, Kim Taylor-Thompson.

Dr. Taylor, as he preferred to be called (he earned a doctorate in music education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1975), was a living refutation of the stereotype of jazz musicians as unschooled, unsophisticated and inarticulate, an image that was prevalent when he began his career in the 1940s, and that he did as much as any other musician to erase.

Dr. Taylor probably had a higher profile on television than any other jazz musician of his generation. He had a long stint as a cultural correspondent on the CBS News program “Sunday Morning” and was the musical director of David Frost’s syndicated nighttime talk show from 1969 to 1972.

Continue reading at The New York Times.

Wednesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jose Gonzales and Katrina Kope
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Dan Kramlich
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Jacob Zimmerman Quartet; 9pm: Back to the Best Coast with Gus Carns (piano), Evan Shay (sax), Carmen Rothwell (bass), Max Holmberg (drums) and Riley Mulherkar (trumpet)
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

KWJZ shuts downs

KWJZ 98.9fm, Seattle’s smooth jazz station for the past 17 years, abruptly changed format yesterday becoming Click 98.9, another station that plays Adult-Contemporary/Classic Alternative music (think Coldplay and Red Hot Chili Peppers).

In an email to listeners, Program Director Carol Handley said:

For 19 years 98.9 KWJZ has been presenting a mix of Smooth Jazz music for you, our very loyal music fans and radio listeners. It is with sadness that we inform you that this era for 98.9 FM has come to a close.

Technologies change and the new radio audience measurement is not favoring our once “ratings-strong” Smooth Jazz music format. I encourage you to continue to support the artists who make the music and the venues who bring them to the Northwest.

It is with huge gratitude on behalf of the entire KWJZ staff that we thank you for being here with us for these many years.

While readers of Seattle Jazz Scene might not have turned to KWJZ as their primary radio choice, the station, led by jazz radio veteran Carol Handley, has been very supportive in promoting jazz events such as the Bellevue Jazz Festival, Ballard Jazz Festival and Earshot. It will be a loss for the Seattle jazz community.

Tuesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Isabella Du Graf Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Here and Now Quintet, 7:30pm
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Pocket Change, 9pm
216 Union St, 206-838-4333

JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Down The Road Band
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00pm: Sam Shrieve and Merrily James; 9:00pm: M.S. Neuw
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107, 206-789-1621

Monday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Boyd Phelps & Sax Attack
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Chris Stevens
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

RICKY’S BAR AND GRILL: Paul Miranda Trio Jam Session
632 Nw Richmond Beach Rd, Shoreline, 7:30pm

Tonight – Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert

The holiday concert of “Sacred Music by Duke Ellington,” will be presented at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 26th, 2010 at Town Hall Seattle (1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle). This very special event, now celebrating its 22nd anniversary, features the all-star Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra with guest vocalists Everett Greene and Nichol Venee Eskridge, the 30-voice Northwest Chamber Chorus, and tap dancer Alex Dugdale.

The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra is directed by Ellington scholar Michael Brockman, professor of saxophone at the University of Washington, and Clarence Acox, drummer and award-winning band director at Seattle’s Garfield high school. Many of Seattle’s favorite jazz artists are to be featured, including trumpeters Jay Thomas and Thomas Marriott, pianist Randy Halberstadt, bassist Phil Sparks and many more. The SRJO’s double-album “Sacred Music of Duke Ellington” continues to be widely praised by the national media, including recognition as one of the “Best Recordings of 2006” by audiophileaudition.com.

For the second time, vocalist Everett Greene, a renowned Emmy Award winning vocalist currently recording and touring with the Count Basie Orchestra, joins the cast. Returning for this year’s concert is vocalist Nichol Venee Eskridge (who is also featured on the SRJO’s Sacred Music of Duke Ellington CD), tap-dancer Alex Dugdale a graduate of Roosevelt High School, and the Northwest Chamber Chorus under the direction of Mark Kloepper.

The Sacred Concerts are a long-standing holiday tradition presented by Earshot Jazz, Seattle’s nonprofit jazz organization.

Tickets for the concert are $26 general admission. Discounts available for Earshot members, senior citizens and students.

Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling 800-838-3006.

More information available at www.earshot.org.

Sunday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Fairly Honest Jazz Band
8pm – Randy Burgeson Quintet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: The Bobs After Christmas Holiday Show, 7:30pm
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Thione Diop (Senegal), 9pm
216 Union St, 206-838-4333

CONCERT: SRJO Sacred Music Concert
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, 7:30pm, more info:srjo.org

JAZZ ALLEY: enjoy your holiday!
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

BAKE’S PLACE: enjoy your holiday!
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: enjoy your holiday!
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 206-523-5282, 8pm

Merry Christmas from Jazz Northwest!

The Christmas season continues right on through Sunday this year, and we’ll be celebrating on Jazz Northwest with some seasonal music, we’ll mark this first Winter weekend of Winter, and preview the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra’s Ellington Sacred Music concert which takes place Sunday evening. New Year’s Eve is just around the corner so we’ll also fill you in on some of the best jazz spots to welcome to the New Year.

We’ll have music by Jim Knapp, Dawn Clement, Thomas Marriott, The SRJO, Bobby Medina, Nancy King, Bill Smith, Clipper Anderson and Hans Teuber & Dave Peterson.

Jazz Northwest airs every Sunday afternoon at 1pm PDT on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.

Thursday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jon Sheckler Group
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

MONA’S: Chad McCullough Trio
6421 Latona Avenue NE, Seattle, (206) 526-1188, 9:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Lanz Winter Solstice Concert featuring The Liverpool Trio
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Clark Gibson and Phil Sparks
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00pm: Rochelle House; 9:00pm: Josh Deutsch Quartet
1707 NW Market St, 789-1621

January Schedule at Boxley’s

Boxley’s
101 West North Bend Way
North Bend, WA 98045

WEDNESDAYS – PIANO & MORE
5 CHRIS MORTON
12 RANDY HALBERSTADT presents Special Guest Vocalist GAIL PETTIS.
19 JOHN HANSEN
26 Special: EMERALD CITY LITTLE BIG BAND

THURSDAYS – STABLEMATES

6 BILL ANSCHELL & BRENT JENSEN
13 KATY BOURNE DUO
20 Special Guest: MORDY FERBER & FRIENDS
5-6:00pm Boxley’s Music Foundation: Student Clinic with Mordy Ferber
27 TRAVIS RANNEY DUO

FRIDAYS – JAZZ TRIOS
7 MILO PETERSEN TRIO
14 REUEL LUBAG TRIO
21, 28 BRYANT URBAN’S BLUE OASIS

SATURDAYS – VOCAL FAVORITES
1 NEW YEARS DAY – JOHN HANSEN w/KELLEY JOHNSON
8 CAROLYN GRAYE QUARTET
15 LEAH STILLWELL QUARTET
22 JANETTE WEST – CD RELEASE PARTY
29 TRACY KNOOP & BILL RAMSAY – CD RELEASE PARTY

SUNDAYS – PIANO TRIO

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 DANNY KOLKE TRIO

Wednesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Ryan Burns Trio White Elephant Exchange
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Lanz Winter Solstice Concert featuring The Liverpool Trio
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Tim Kennedy
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Vocal Jam hosted by Penelope Donado; 9pm: Vocal Showcase feat. Charles Key, David Arteaga and Lettie Haggard
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

LUCID: Bryan Smith Quartet
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 206-402-3042, 8:30pm

CAPITOL MUSIC CENTER: Smason Trio
1303 NE 65th, 7:00pm

Dec 28: Here and Now Quintet at The Triple Door

Tuesday, December 28
The Triple Door

216 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101

7:30 PM (All ages)
Tickets: 206-838-4333

Tatum Greenblatt – Trumpet
Ben Roseth – Saxophones
Drew Pierson – Piano
David Dawda – Bass
Sean Hutchinson – Drums

The Here and Now Quintet is quickly establishing themselves as an emerging force in the world of jazz. These five young men all grew up together in Seattle, Washington and have been playing and performing with each other for more than a decade. In the past few years, the members of The Here and Now have moved to the East Coast and have begun to make their marks individually, appearing with some of the most important people in jazz music; a short list of associations include Omer Avital, Alan Pasqua, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Maria Schneider, Danilo Perez, and Dave Holland. Read More

Tuesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

LUCID: Jason Parker, Five Leaves Left: A Jazz Tribute To Nick Drake
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: David Lanz Winter Solstice Concert featuring The Liverpool Trio
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Future Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00: Swinging In the Solstice; 9:00: Spencer and the Ex-Pats
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107, 206-789-1621

Monday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Greta Matassa
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Courtney Cutchins
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Review: Thomas Marriott, Constraints and Liberations

from AllAboutJazz.com

Trumpeter Thomas Marriott keeps growing as an artist. He has released CDs at a healthy pace since 2005: an introduction for many perhaps unwary jazz fans to some warped country western flavor on Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson (Origin Records, 2008); cranking an all-star quintet up in a modern mainstream mode on Flexicon (Origin Records, 2009); and letting it rip on a two-trumpet blow fest with fellow brass man Ray Vega on East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin Records, 2010). Constraints and Liberations ups his output to two releases in 2010.

Spontaneity has always been a big part of Marriott’s jazz game, but with Constraints and Liberations, it seems he has gone deeper into that mode. The set opens with his original “Diagram.” A bright splendor of two-horn harmony introduces the tune with a teaming of the leader’s open horn and Hans Teuber’s haunting tenor saxophone, leading to a shift into brass/reed conversation, with Teuber telepathically finishing Marriott’s opening statement.

Here, and throughout the set, the rhythm team—pianist Gary Versace; bassist Jeff Johnson, and drummer John Bishop—maintains a low key tumult that keeps things on edge.

Continue reading at AllAboutJazz.com

Sunday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jay Thomas Big Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Roy Hargrove Quintet
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Jam w/ Kevin McCarthy
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

LUCID: Jose & Kat sing Nancy & Nat
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 7:30pm

CONCERT: Michael Powers Christmas Jazz
Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, Tacoma, 5pm