Seattle Jazz Scene

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:
The Triple Door: Omar Sosa’s Afreecanos Quartet
Tula’s Jazz Club: Marc Seales Group

and the rest …

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox

SERAFINA: Rachel Curnutt

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dave Anderson Quartet, with Dave Anderson (saxes), John Hansen (piano), Chuck Kistler (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums)
9pm – Vocal Showcase, featuring singers Marti MacEwan, Oghale and Jose Gonzales – Hosted by Susan Robinson, with Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Ed Littlefield (drums)

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL
Tula’s Jazz Club: Chad McCullough’s Where The Sky Cries
Asian Art Museum: Trio M
Film at Asian Art Museum: Animated Jazz Experiments, by Sarah Jane Lapp, with live accompaniment by Mark Dresser

and the rest …

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: David George Quartet, with David George (trumpet/flugelhorn), Steve Yusen (drums), Joe Casalini (bass) and Al Lindbom (guitar)

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MIX: Don Mock

from the KBCS website:

Fall Membership Drive – October 8-18 – Goal $100,000
As of Sunday at 6pm we have raised $72,500.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL
Tula’s Jazz Club: McTuff Trio
Triple Door: Matt Wilson Quartet & Roosevelt High School Jazz Band
The Chapel: 3rd Man

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

from The Seattle Times:

The 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival convenes tonight for a three-week run that features more than 50 performances at various venues in Seattle and on the Eastside, at a rate of two or three shows per night.

In its 21st year, the festival has garnered a reputation for showcasing jazz beyond the typical boundaries of the idiom. Experimental, or art jazz, is a sizable part of this year’s festival: Kinetic and surprising, Trio M performs Tuesday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum (Volunteer Park, 1400 E. Prospect St., Seattle; $10-$20; www.cornish.edu/music_series_09). Led by pianist Myra Melford, a Cornish College of the Arts alum, the trio includes bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson, who also performs Sunday with his own quartet at the Seattle Art Museum ($10-$20; www.cornish.edu/music_series_09).

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Group

JAZZ ALLEY: Ramsey Lewis Trio

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Kim Rushing, with Steve Christofferson (piano), Jon Hamar (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – RaChiChi, with Roger Espinor (drums), Ron Camacho (bass) and Debby Espinor (piano)
11pm – John Stowell and Kelley Johnson Duo

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

SOUTHPORT CAFE: Quick Fire

BOXLEY’S: Bryant Urban & Pony Boy Brazilians

LOMBARDI’S: Carolyn Graye

CYPRESS LOUNGE (BELLEVUE): Gail Pettis Trio

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:
TRIPLE DOOR: Garfield High Jazz Band w/ Miguel Zenon

ANACORTES JAZZ FESTIVAL:
from Earshot Jazz: Now known as the Anacortes Jazz & Blues Festival, this years festival is stretched across three nights and features a handful of terrific visiting and regional jazz and blues acts. Mainstage events include the legendary Allen Toussaint and his quartet, the Dena DeRose Trio, the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Kim Field & the Mighty Titans of Tone, and Stephanie Porter, while those who participate in Friday and Saturday night’s jazz walk can browse downtown Anacortes venues and enjoy the sounds of Thomas Marriott, Trish Hatley, Curtis Hammond Band, Mark Taylor, and Mia Vermillion/ Orville Johnson. The Anacortes Jazz & Blues Festival takes place from October 16-18. Visit http://www.anacortes.org/jazzfestival.cfm for more details!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
7:30pm

Reservations: 206-443-4221

Saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith, who has been to Seattle a number of times recently with the wildly popular soul group Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, shares the bill at Tula’s Jazz Club with pianist David Hazeltine on Thursday, October 15. Joining the group will be Phil Sparks on bass and Matt Jorgensen on drums.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Ian Hendrickson-Smith and David Hazeltine

JAZZ ALLEY: Ramsey Lewis Trio

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Peter Spencer (guitar) and Mike Wittekind (bass)
9pm – Cornish Jazz Composers Ensemble, with Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitar), Ken Strong (bass), Jake Brady (drums), Steve O’Brien (trumpet) and Clark Gibson (saxophone)

BOXLEYS: Jay Thomas Trio

CHAPEL: Richard Craig

LUCID: The Teaching

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marriott Brothers and friends: Hard Bop Revisited

JAZZ ALLEY: Stefon Harris and Blackout

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Leah Stillwell, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by John LoPresti, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Sonics

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB presents: JAZZ EXTRAVAGANZA #5

Sherman Clay Piano Store
1000 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue WA 98004

Tickets: $17 ($15 students 18 and under) inclusive of refreshments are available from Cooksie Kramer (425 828 9104)

Bellevue WA: On Sunday October 25th 2009, the Eastside Jazz Club will present their Annual Jazz Extravaganza concert Number 5. This year it will be held in the recital room of Sherman Clay. The event will feature the fabulous internationally famous Jazz Vocalist Jackie Ryan. Her latest CD “Doozy” is the #1 Jazz CD in America for 6 solid weeks. “Jackie Ryan – A note perfect Jazz Singer with a naturally dramatic beguiling and swinging sense of style and groove.” In addition they will be featuring Sam Pannunzio and his trio. Appearing for the first time in Seattle since he left here 20 years ago Sam will delight you on the 9ft Steinway, playing a mixture of Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. He will be joined by Seattle’s premier Saxophone player Rich Cole.

Eastside Jazz Club founder Cooksie Kramer, says that this year the concert will have 2 shows and as these shows will no doubt sell out, early booking is advised.

The Concerts will be presented in the Sherman Clay Recital Room where the acoustics are impressive – comfortable seating, outstanding Steinway Pianos and free parking. The event will be funded in part by the City of Bellevue and Sherman Clay Pianos of Bellevue, so don’t miss this occasion.

from The Seattle Times:

The 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival, one of the nation’s most eclectic and protracted festivals of its kind, begins and ends its three-week run with reminders of what qualifies Seattle as a great jazz city.

Assiduously engineered by Earshot director John Gilbreath, the event, which is more of concentrated series than a festival, aims to challenge and educate as much as entertain. It brings in musicians American audiences (let alone Seattle audiences) seldom get to see — somewhat unfamiliar names who are doing much of the work of innovating and redefining of jazz.

Earshot features more than 50 concerts and also makes generous use of local talent. It opens Friday night at the Triple Door with the Garfield High School Jazz Band, which won this year’s prestigious Essentially Ellington competition in New York. Performing with the band will be Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zenon, a recent winner of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, better known as the “genius grant.”

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra

JAZZ ALLEY: Stefon Harris and Blackout

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

MIX: Don Mock

Jovino Santos Neto
Thur., Oct. 15, noon – 1 p.m.
City Hall

Master pianist, flutist and composer Jovino Santos Neto performs contemporary Brazilian music with his trio. Jovino is beloved for his musical playfulness and stunning dexterity.

Greg Williamson Large Ensemble
Thur., Oct. 29, noon – 1 p.m.
City Hall

This 15-member group re-imagines music of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (A-Y-P) Exhibition—Seattle’s first world’s fair which attracted 3.7 million people. The ensemble re-interprets popular music from 1909 and music commissioned for the A-Y-P using period instruments and large-screen projections of photos from the fair. Presented in partnership with Earshot Jazz Festival.

East West Double Trio
Thur., Nov. 5, noon – 1 p.m.
City Hall

Earshot Jazz Festival hails the return of this scalding-hot jazz sextet featuring players from Japan and Seattle. The group wowed the crowd three years ago when it made its Seattle debut at City Hall. Atsushi Ikeda, alto sax; Yasuhiro Kohama, tenor sax; Daisuke Kurata, drums; Jay Thomas, trumpet; John Hansen, piano; and Phil Sparks, bass.

The 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival starts this week. For a complete schedule visit
http://earshot.org/Festival/festival.html

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with Darin Clendenin Trio

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

The Hardcoretet will be performing tonight at Lucid before heading out on a tour that will take them down the west coast and then back to Seattle for a performance at the Earshot Jazz Festival.

more information: http://www.hardcoretetmusic.com/

Mon 10/19 – Sat 10/24 WEST COAST TOUR!

Bocci’s Cellar – Santa Cruz, CA
Juanita’s – Los Angeles, CA
Skinny’s Lounge – Los Angeles, CA
The Jazz Station – Eugene, OR

Wed, Oct 28 @ Tula’s
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL &
CD RELEASE
2214 2nd Ave
8:30pm – $10 All Ages
Call (206)443-4221 for reservations

Sat, Nov 21 @ Seamonster
2202 N 45th St – 10pm – Free!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman

JAZZ ALLEY: Richard Elliot

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Michael Gotz
9pm – Everyday Jones, with Alissa Jandt (vocals/dejembe) and Jason Green (vocals/acoustic guitar/pedals/live looping and sampling)

BAKE’S PLACE: Gail Pettis Quartet

BOXLEY’S: Bryant Urban & Pony Boy Brazilians

LOMBARDI’S: Jay Thomas Trio

SOUTHPORT CAFE: Dan Kramlich Trio

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LUCID: Hardcoretet w/ Operation ID

LOCAL COLOR: Sue Bell

JAZZ ALLEY: Richard Elliot

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Sonando

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Kay Bailey with Karin Kajita (piano) and Geoff Cooke (bass)
9pm – Formerly Acronym Quartet, with Max Holmberg (drums), Nolan Woodle (bass), Xavier del Castillo (sax) and Steve Nelson (guitar)

BOXLEY’S: Jay Thomas Trio

LOUJIN CAFE: The Andy Shaw Trio

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Hand w/ Teaching

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Art of Jazz: Greg Williamson Quartet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Roberta Gambarini

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dorothy Rodes with Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Jeff Johnson (bass)
9pm – Vocal Showcase, featuring singers Martine Bron, David Arteaga, and Robert Parks – Hosted by Julie Olsen, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Jannie and Friends Jazz Band

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

from the new issue of CityArts Magazine:

On August 24, KBCS-FM rolled out its new weekday program grid, replacing Drive Time Jazz with the syndicated public affairs show The Takeaway and eliminating its morning jazz programs (The Bud and Don Show, Bebop Spoken Here, Twentieth-Century Jazz and Vintage Jazz) in favor of airing Friday morning’s hybrid of jazz and world music, The Caravan, five days a week.

According to station manager Steve Ramsey, The Caravan was selected because of host John Gilbreath’s range of musical interests and ability to weave diverse musical threads through the show. “He can play music we air on Saturday nights and make it fit, then point people to the other spots on our schedule where they can hear these other styles of music in more depth,” Ramsey explains.

Gilbreath claims no involvement in strategies involving the show’s artistic direction. “I assume they have a clear vision of what they want to accomplish and it’s my pleasure to help them craft my part of what that looks like for the future,” he says.

It will not be so easy for Richard Gillmann, Iaan Hughes, and Sean Donovan, three of the five hosts of the cancelled Lunch with Folks, who have been retained for the replacement program, The Outskirts. “They will be working more collaboratively than before,” Ramsey says. “If a cool artist is heard on a Monday, you may well hear them again on a Wednesday or a Friday, because the hosts will be sharing playlists. We want the listener to get a similar audio experience no matter which day of the week they tune in. The music director will help sculpt a more consistent sound for that show with a view to being a bit more rootsy and contemporary, while continuing to keep it a folk-based program.”

These changes were implemented without soliciting input from the listeners. Eric Hardee, a volunteer host who has been with the station for eighteen years, says that when Ramsey was asked by the staff why listeners were not consulted, he answered that there was no need to ask them since he already knew what they were going to say.

Continue reading at CityArts Magazine: