Friday Jazz

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

Thursday Jazz

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

Bill Anschell and Brent Jensen on tour

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

Wednesday Jazz

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

Tuesday Jazz

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

Review: Ryan Burns, Birds

from All About Jazz.com

Keyboardist Ryan Burns possesses a distinctive artistry, one that is integral to the success of the sound of the Matt Jorgensen + 451 group on sets such as Hope (Origin Records, 2004) and Another Morning (Origin Records, 2008), and with trumpeter Thomas Marriott on the strange and stellar Crazy:The Music of Willie Nelson (Origin Records, 2008). Burns also works as a leader on the acoustic piano trio set Tree-O (Old Bird Records, 2007), and now on the plugged-in Birds. A fine pianist, Burns is virtuosic and always adventurous on the electric side of the keyboard spectrum.

Birds opens with the title tune that he introduced on the Hope CD. The sound glows into existence on luminescent electric keys at a measured pace. The dry, tart sound of Mark Taylor’s alto saxophone seeps in, counterpointing the Fender Rhodes gleam with Burns’ stick-in-the-mind melody. “June Bug” has an eerie, exploration-of-another-planet vibe, with bassist Geoff Cooke and drummer Joe Martinez supplying an altered gravity rhythm behind the leader’s otherworldly safari.

Continue reading at All About Jazz.com

Friday Jazz

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

Thursday Jazz

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

Leading Questions: Gregg Keplinger

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Wednesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Vocal Workshop

JAZZ ALLEY: Antonio Sanchez Quartet

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Vocal Jam hosted by Lisa Petion, with Kacey Evans (piano), Dan O’Brien (bass) and Ed Littlefield (drums)

BOXLEY’S: Carolyn Graye Duo

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Vocalize It w/ Katrina Kope

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

Collier and Dean kick off UW Week of Jazz


Collier and Dean, circa 1965

University of Washington Percussion Studies Professor Tom Collier and longtime friend and musical partner Dan Dean reunite for a 45th anniversary concert, performing original compositions and jazz standards from throughout their performance career. This event kicks off the UW’s Week of Jazz April 12-19, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UW Jazz Studies Program.

Monday, April 12, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Brechemin Auditorium

TICKETS: $10 cash or check at the door

206-543-4880
www.music.washington.edu/jazz20

Tuesday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band w/ vibraphonist Susan Pascal

JAZZ ALLEY: Antonio Sanchez Quartet

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

BOXLEY’S: Courtney Cutchins Quartet

MIX: Don Mock

Up-Coming Jazz Project Schedule

For our readers up in Bellingham, The Jazz Project has released their up-coming schedule.

Join The Jazz Project on the last Sunday of each month from 4:00-6:30, January through November for an afternoon of jazz, food, and friends, when the region’s finest jazz performers converge on the Amadeus Project in downtown Bellingham, 1209 Cornwall Avenue. This series is made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Arts and the Washington State Arts Commission. Sponsors for this series include Renegade Caterers, Boundary Bay Brewery, Ralf’s Bakery, Dorothy Sherwood, Sideman Productions, Village Books, and Boeing Matching Grants, ConocoPhillips, and Joyce & Terry Busch. This series is free to members and $15 at the door for non-members.

March 30: Jud Sherwood Trio with Blake Angelos & Chuck Kistler
April 6: Jennifer Scott Trio with Rene Worst & Jud Sherwood
April 13: Jeff Bongo Busch and the Peachpits
April 20: Victor Noriega Trio with Jud Sherwood drums, and Chuck Kistler bass
April 27: PDQ Jazz Ensemble
May 4: Jennifer Scott Trio with Rene Worst bass & Jud Sherwood drums
May 11: Gail Pettis Quartet with Gail on vocals, Randy Halberstadt piano, Jeff Johnson bass, and Jud Sherwood drums.

McTuff On Tour

McTuff, the group featuring Joe Doria on Hammond B3 organ, Skerik on saxophone, Andy Coe on guitar and D’Vonne Lewis on drums, is headed out on tour.

March 31 – THE EASTSIDE
410 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98501-1109

April 1st – THE TRACTOR TAVERN
5213 Ballard Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WA 98107-4809

April 2nd – THE WILD BUFFALO
208 W. Holly, Bellingham, WA 98225

April 3rd – THE GOODFOOT
2845 Southeast Stark Street, Portland, OR 97214

April 5th – The River City Saloon
207 Cascade Avenue, Hood River, OR 97031-2019

April 6th – CULTURE WORKS
310 Oak St, Ashland OR

April 7th – Ukiah Brewing Company
102 South State Street, Ukiah CA

April 9/10 – THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
( along with The Eric McFadden Trio )
1601 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115-3517

April 13 – Moe’s Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1701

April 14th – HOPMONK
230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472-4222

April 15th – THE BLUE LAMP
1400 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95816-6509

April 16th – RED FOX
415 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA 95501

April 17th – SAM BONDS
407 Blair Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97402-4510

April 25th – NEUMOS
for “Earth Day Benefit” (timeslot TBA)
925 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122-3816

Monday Jazz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kathleen Grace Trio with Darin Clendenin

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

White House ready to showcase classical music

from AP:

After showcasing jazz, country and Latin music, the White House is going classical next week.

The Nov. 4 lineup for an evening concert in the East Room includes Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell, Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Awadagin Pratt.

Earlier in the day, the White House will hold music workshops on violin, cello, piano and classical guitar for 120 students from middle schools and high schools across the country.

The White House lineup for the classical events appears designed to showcase a younger and diverse selection of accomplished musicians.

For example, Pratt, 43, became the first black pianist to win the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1992. Weilerstein, still in her 20s, is known as a premiere soloist and chamber musician of her generation. Bell is 41. Isbin, at 53, is the oldest of the four.

The day’s events also will include an afternoon workshop concert featuring the four artists. In addition, young musicians Sujari Britt and Jason Yoder will accompany Weilerstein in duets.

Jazz Northwest Spring Fund Drive Edition airs March 28, 2010

This special edition of Jazz Northwest features highlights from the past six months of programs, and some concert recordings not previously aired. Included are excerpts from two concerts
celebrating Seattle jazz legends Ernestine Anderson and Hadley Caliman, The Susan Pascal Quartet’s salute to the Modern Jazz Quartet, The Jim Knapp Orchestra in a festival performance and a preview of next week’s broadcast of the music of Monk and Mingus by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.

This program is part of the Spring Fund Drive at KPLU, and Northwest Jazz fans and musicians are encouraged to support the only radio program devoted exclusively to regional jazz performers and
presenters. Pledges may be made by calling 1 800 677 5758, or online at www.kplu.org .

Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke for 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org. The program is also available as a podcast from kplu.org after the airdate.

Friday Jazz

NEW ORLEANS: Hadley Caliman Quartet

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marc Seales Group

JAZZ ALLEY: Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30pm: Birch Pereira Trio
9:00pm: Motel 5

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dan Czaran with Karin Kajita (piano), Kevin McCarthy (bass) and Larry Bergman (drums), with guest vocalist Lori Woodbury.
9pm – Ian Lang and Thornton Bowman
11pm – Kathleen Grace with Darin Clendenin (piano)

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa and Nancy Kelly

BOXLEY’S: Milo Petersen Trio

LAUGHING LADIES: Better World w/ Marc Smason
17551 15th NE Shoreline, 7:30

SOUTHPORT CAFE: Andre Thomas & Quiet Fire

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Stephanie Porter & Friends

LOCAL COLOR: Stacy Israel

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Jim Knodle & Distract Band