Poontet, Gravity and Byron Vannoy’s Thread Triple-Bill

The Rogue and Peasant is hosting a triple bill featuring some of Seattle’s grooviest jazz groups this Thursday, May 3rd, at 9:00pm.

Poontet, led by drummer Brad Gibson, features Bryan Smith (alto sax), Scott Morning (trumpet), Ari Joshua and Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitars) and Jason Gray (bass).

Gravity is a Seattle based keyboard trio and production team comprised of keyboardist Tim Kennedy, bassist Ian Sheridan, and drummer Claudio Rochat-Felix.

Wrapping up the bill is Byron Vannoy’s Thread with Vannoy (drums), Jacques Willis (vibes & keytar – yes, the “keytar”), Thione Diop (djembes & talking drum) and Dean Schmidt (bass).

The Rogue and Peasant is located in the Fremont location vacated by The Asteroid Cafe.

The Rogue and Peasant
3601 Fremont Ave #207
Seattle, WA 98103

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Listen to a clip from Poontet below …

Eckstein Middle School cleans up at Reno Jazz Festival

from The Seattle Times:

Seattle’s Eckstein Middle School cleaned up at the Reno Jazz Festival competition Saturday at the University of Nevada.

The school snagged two division wins and four soloist awards. The ensemble is directed by Moc Escobedo.

The Garfield High School combo, directed by Clarence Acox, won first place in the AAA division.

Eckstein’s choir and combo took first place in the middle school division. Also from Eckstein, tenor saxophonist Santos Sharma took the award for outstanding tenor saxophonist; Augusta Drumheller was the outstanding middle school vocalist; the outstanding middle school saxophone award went to Jesse Becket-Herbett; and Porter Jones took the top slot for middle school trombone.

The Eckstein jazz band ranked second place in the middle school jazz band division. Garfield’s jazz band took second place in the AAA division and Roosevelt High School’s Jazz Band III won second place in the Apprentice II division.

In the college division, the Bellevue College Vocal Ensemble “Celebration” took first place and six solo awards went to Bellevue students: Antonio Fernandez, Jhauvon Harrison, Kena McClure, Billy Buhl, Justin Rodjanapanyakul and Kati Couch. Rodjanapanyakul was named Outstanding College Vocalist.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.