TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Gail Pettis CD Release Party
JAZZ ALLEY: Ernie Watts and New Stories
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Nathan Hale High School Vocal Jazz and Jazz Combo
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Penelope Donado, with Beth Wulff (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Jim Wulff (drums)
BOXLEY’S: Craig Hoyer
SERAFINA: Sue Nixon & Friends
ERNIE WATTS AND NEW STORIES
JAZZ ALLEY
February 9-10, 2010
2033 6th Avenue, Seattle WA 98121
Reservations: 206.441.9729
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents two-time Grammy-Winning saxophonist Ernie Watts, touring in support of his latest release Four plus Four, for two nights. Band members joining Mr. Watts are Marc Seales (piano), Doug Miller (upright bass) and John Bishop (drums). Show times Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30pm. Doors Tuesday at 6pm & Wednesday at 5:30pm.
Ernie Watts returns to Seattle for his premier headline engagement in support of his latest release Four plus Four. This rare appearance will give Watts the opportunity to shine at his improvisational best as a leader, featuring his warm “Trane-soaked-in-wine” tone on material specially chosen for the occasion. Over the years, Watts has been heard at the club in various scenarios with groups led by Kurt Elling, Gene Harris and Lee Ritenour.
New York trumpeter is passing through town on his way to Vancouver and will be performing at Egan’s Ballard Jam House on Thursday, February 18 at 9:00pm. The the intimate space of Egan’s, this promises to be an amazing show.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE
1707 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
Tickets: $10 / All Ages
Reservations: 206-789-1621
featuring:
JIM ROTONDI – trumpet
JOHN HANSEN – piano
CHUCK DEARDORF – bass
MATT JORGENSEN – drums
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi has been a major figure in the world of jazz for over 20 years, both in New York and on the international scene. His sound, soul, and sense of swing have been in demand as leader and sideman all over the world.
Since relocating to New York, Jim has toured and recorded with a host of jazz luminaries, including the big bands of Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, Grammy-winner Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Mintzer, and the small groups of Charles Earland, Lou Donaldson, Curtis Fuller and Joe Chambers. Jim currently leads two of his own groups, a quintet featuring vibraphonist Joe Locke in the front line, as well as an electric group, Full House, which also features pianist David Hazeltine. He is also a founding member of the collective sextet One For All, which features a front line of saxophonist Eric Alexander and trombonist Steve Davis, as well as the aforementioned Hazeltine, drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist John Webber in the rhythm section.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: GTZB: Jason Goessl, Mark Taylor, Tom Zgonc and Ryan Burns
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
We are looking forward to seeing The Who perform during Halftime of the Superbowl … but can their performance possibly be better than the halftime entertainment of Superbowl 16?
JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding
Seattle Jazz Vespers: A Benefit Concert for Haiti
From Earshot Jazz: This special concert benefits relief efforts for last week’s Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. All donations are free-will and will be donated to Companis/ World Relief. Presented by the Seattle Jazz Vespers, this benefit event features the Stephanie Porter Quartet and special guest Lance Buller. Porter is a longtime figure of the Northwest jazz scene, performing for over 15 years. An outstanding jazz vocalist, Porter prompted one Downbeat critic to muse: “Porter is one of the most complex individuals and unpredictable singers I’ve ever met. Lord how this lady sings.” Her quartet of Bill Anschell (piano), Danny O’Brien (bass), and Steve Yusen (drums) will be augmented by trumpeter and vocalist Lance Buller. The Seattle Jazz Vespers presents 100 minutes of Pacific Northwest jazz the first Sunday of each month in the beautiful sanctuary of the Seattle First Baptist Church. Always a family friendly concert, the event also features light refreshments and an opportunity to meet with artists following the performance. The 2010 Vespers season is set to include such ensembles as Cocoa Martini, Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, Blue Street Singers, and the Zazou Sextet. Please spread the word about about this benefit concert! First Baptist Church, Sunday February 7 at 6pm.
SERAFINA:
11:00am: Alex Guilbert Duo
6:30pm: Ann Reynolds & Tobi Stone
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kelley Johnson Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding
BAKE’S PLACE: Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto
BOXLEY’S: Kelly Eisenhour Quartet
WAYWARD COFFEEHOUSE: Jazz in the Corner
8570 Greenwood Ave N, 8:00pm
LUCID: Solbird
SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo Trio
SORRENTO HOTEL: Sue Bell Quartet
Singer Gail Pettis will celebrate the release of her new CD, Here in the Moment, currently #5 on the JazzWeek chart, with a performance at Tula’s on Wednesday, February 10 at 7:30pm.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
7:30pm, $10
Reservations: 206-443-4221
With an exquisitely subtle three-and-a-half-octave approach to the Great American Songbook, Gail Pettis developed a loyal following as her debut recording “May I Come In?” received international play throughout 2007. Now she returns with “Here in the Moment,” a collection of 11 songs including a 5/4 arrangement of “Who Can I Turn To,” a rousing latin treatment of “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and a duo with bass on the Nashville hit “Snap Your Fingers.” With a recent award of “Northwest Vocalist of the Year” from Earshot Jazz, “Here In The Moment” reflects an exciting period in this singular vocalist’s musical career.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE
7pm – Larry Johnson and Gary Engbrecht
9pm – Dina Blade and Friends, with Greg Glassman (guitar), Chuck Kistler (bass) and Jim Knodle (trumpet)
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30pm – Peter Schmeeckle Sextet
9:00pm – Tor Dietrichson Blues Machine
BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa and Gary Scott
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio
LUCID JAZZ: Bebop w/ K.N.O.T.
LOCAL COLOR: Beth & Jim Wulff
BOXLEYS: Ocho Pies
HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
BOXLEY’S: Jay Thomas Trio
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Hang with The Teaching
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert
NEW ORLEANS: Bob Jackson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Susan Robinson with Darin Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums)
from The New York Times:
PAT METHENY, the jazz guitarist, has lately spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about robots. Actually, that’s putting it mildly: he has been downright obsessed with robots, and with getting them to do his bidding. “I haven’t slept more than four hours a night for six months now,” he said one day last fall at a makeshift rehearsal space in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, the former home of a Byzantine Catholic church.
Wearing a T-shirt and faded jeans, his tousled mane tucked under a baseball cap, Mr. Metheny stood before a 14-foot-high, 35-foot-wide wall festooned with musical instruments: an imposing, circuit-wired one-man band. The contraption itself seemed byzantine, all the more so when it sprang to life in a mechanical whirl: beaters tapping cymbals, levers gliding over strings, mallets cascading across a vibraphone.
Continue reading at The New York Times.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
from The New York Times:
… Never a grandstander, unconcerned with publicity, [Fred] Hersch has been a fiercely independent but unassuming presence on the New York jazz scene since he moved to the city at age 21 in 1977. He has made more than 45 albums as a solo performer, composer, bandleader or duo partner since 1991, when he released his first record of original material, a collection of unclassifiable songs composed for jazz rhythm section, tenor saxophone and cello, aptly titled, “Forward Motion.” His body of work is clearly recognizable as a manifesto of contemporary jazz. “Some people think I sound like Fred,” says Mehldau, who like Iverson is a former student of Hersch’s. “That’s because Fred was a major influence on me and on a lot of the players around today. Fred’s musical world is a world where a lot of the developments of jazz history and all of music history come together in a very contemporary way. His style has a lot to do with thinking as an individual, and it has a lot to do with beauty. I wouldn’t be doing what I do if I hadn’t learned from Fred, and I think that’s true of quite a few other people.”
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
9pm – Vocal Showcase hosted by Kathleen Donnelly, featuring Julie Olson, Pat Johnston and Dee Brown. Accompanied by Darin Clendenin (piano), Dan O’Brien (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
BOXLEY’S: Bob Hammer & Chris Clark
LUCID: Leif Totusek & Company
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Brian Bromberg Band
Seattle jazz artists Gail Pettis and Hadley Caliman both have CDs with strong showings on the JazzWeek National Airplay Chart.
Gail Pettis’ new CD, Here In The Moment, is currently #5 and Hadley Caliman’s Straight Ahead jumped from #54 to #12 this week.
Bellingham-based composer Phil Kelly‘s new CD, Ballet Of The Bouncing Beagles, featuring a number of Seattle musicians, is currently #26.
Congratulations to both Hadley, Gail and Phil for giving Seattle such a strong presence on national radio.
RELATED LINKS:
Buy Gail Pettis’ Here In The Moment
Buy Hadley Caliman’s Straight Ahead
Buy Phil Kelly’s Ballet Of The Bouncing Beagles
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Dancin’ 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group
Five Peace Band – Live
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]
Best Latin Jazz Album
Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL: Jazz Festival with Pearl Django, Susan Pascal and Dawn Clement
JAZZ ALLEY: Brian Bromberg Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
BOXLEY’S: Courtney Cutchins Quartet
MIX: Don Mock
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
Tomorrow, Shorecrest student Alexa Peters is producing a jazz festival at her high school to raise funds to buy a new piano for the music program.
The show starts at 7:00pm and features performances by Pearl Django, Dawn Clement and Susan Pascal.
Shorecrest High School
15343 25th Ave NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Tickets available at the door.
The Greatest Gig of His Life
On Tuesday Feb 2, local jazz guitarist Ron Peters will be performing with locally known gypsy jazz band Pearl Django at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, Shorecrest High School in Seattle, as part of a Jazz Festival. Other acts include vibraphonist Susan Pascal and pianist Dawn Clement as well as the students of the Shorecrest High School Jazz Ensemble.
Although this may seem like just another event in the world of a gigging musician, it’s actually part of a larger event being played out every day since December 12, 1991. That’s the day Ron’s daughter Alexa was born.
For you see, this isn’t just any ordinary jazz festival; it’s Alexa’s jazz festival. She conceived of it, created it, hired the musicians, rented the hall, created a flyer, did all the things you need to do to create a successful event. And she’s doing it for her school, Shorecrest High School. She is a senior, and in the state of Washington, one of the graduation requirements is what is known as a Culminating Project, or a Senior Project. Whatever you call it, this is hers. I have seen hundreds of culminating projects, and this is by far one of the very best. She has gone above and beyond the basic requirements, and the evening of February 2 promises to be absolutely stunning.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Greta Matassa
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Jim Knapp Orchestra
from All Music Guide:
Hadley Caliman, Straight Ahead
by Ken Dryden
Hadley Caliman has had a long, distinguished career as a sideman, appearing on albums by Gerald Wilson, Bobby Hutcherson, Hampton Hawes, and Joe Henderson, among others, though he has had relatively sporadic opportunities to record as a leader. His second CD for Origin indicates he may have found a regular outlet for his music, backed by the young trumpeter Thomas Marriott (who also records as a leader for the label and appeared on Caliman’s first Origin CD), pianist Eric Verlinde, bassist Phil Sparks, and drummer Matt Jorgenson. Rather than choose typical approaches, such as heavy doses of originals or covers of familiar standards and jazz works, Caliman mixes it up with a few of each, plus less frequently played gems. Harold Land’s “Rapture” has yet to enter the jazz canon, but the blend between the leader and Marriott in this soothing, easygoing piece suggests a relaxing walk along a sunny beach. Lee Morgan’s “Totem Pole” is overshadowed by his better-known compositions, though the quintet makes the most of this long-forgotten hard bop vehicle. The originals also stand out. Marriott’s vibrant “Cathlamet” has a bit of an urban swagger, while Caliman’s upbeat “Cigar Eddie” blends soul-jazz with a Latin undercurrent that turns Afro-Cuban at its conclusion. Caliman’s potent solo in “Lush Life” and playfulness in a brisk finale of “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” also breathe new life into these familiar pieces.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bellevue CC Jazz Orchestra w/ Hal Sherman
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet