TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tatum Greenblatt Quintet
JAZZ ALLEY: Ahmad Jamal
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jessica Stenson with Darin Clendenin (piano) and Clipper Anderson (bass)
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Marti MacEwan, with the Dan Sales Trio
North City Jazz Walk: Multiple venues in Shoreline’s North City neighborhood. Performers include: Greta Matassa with Critical Mass Big Band, Stephanie Porter with Brian Nova, Susan Pascal Quartet, Blazing Altos, Dan Sales Jazz Group and more!
For more information, visit http://northcityjazzwalk.org
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
JAZZ ALLEY: Bela Fleck and Toumani Diabate
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Steve Smith and Chris Sanders
9pm – Mark Zaleski Band, with special guest Isabella Du Graf – Mark Zaleski (alto/sop sax), Jon Bean (tenor sax), Glenn Zaleski (piano), Alex Brown (piano), Will Graefe (guitar), Will Slater (bass) and Tyson Stubelek (drums)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock
CHOP SUEY: Acknowledgement of a Celebration
9:00pm-9:50pm: Threat of Beauty
10:00pm-10:50pm: Industrial Revelation
11:00pm-11:45pm: New Seattle Percussion Ensemble
11:45am-12:30am: The Teaching
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chad McCullough & Banff Nocturnes
from Earshot Jazz: A veteran of the Seattle scene, trumpeter and composer Chad McCullough has been an integral voice in countless regional ensembles and projects. Having received his Masters of Music from the University of Washington in 2005, McCullough has more recently been a member of the Origin team, working alongside John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen. McCullough’s terrific debut Origin release, “Dark Wood, Dark Water” – which features Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop, Mark Taylor, and Geof Bradfield – has begun to introduce him to a larger audience, and it is high time he become appreciated on a level in accordance with his skills as an improviser and composer. McCullough will be performing with the Banff Nocturnes at Tula’s on August 10 at 7:30 PM.
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
JAZZ ALLEY Fleck and Toumani Diabate
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
From the SaveKBCS Blog:
The “Save KBCS” working group requested a meeting with Bellevue College President Jean Floten. The meeting was held on July 15th. Present at the meeting from “Save KBCS” were representatives Jean Geiger, Dave Long, and Al Barnes. Representing KBCS management was Mike Talbott, Dean of Information Services (General Manager Steve Ramsey’s immediate supervisor), and President Jean Floten. We presented President Floten with 350 printed emails that had been sent to [email protected] in the week prior to the meeting. Since then the number of emails we received is well above 500. We requested that President Floten:
1) Postpone the Phase 1 August 24th changes,
2) Appoint a mediator to facilitate the completion of the Strategic Plan. (This has been in the works for over 3 years),
3) Direct KBCS management to open a dialog with the volunteer and listener community for all future programming changes.
On Monday, July 27th, President Floten sent an email to SaveKBCS stating her support for Phase 1 changes to be implemented as planned and stated she believes a more inclusive process should be incorporated for Phase 2 and 3 changes.
Shortly after the July 15th meeting with President Floten, KBCS management held 3 meetings for all active volunteers for questions and the presentation of statistics to support their decision to drop 20 hours of distinct Jazz/Folk/World music and close to 20 non-paid DJ volunteers Monday-Friday. The replacement for this dropped programming will be syndicated, purchased public affairs and news programs and a paid DJ for a blended Jazz/World/Americana show in the 9am-12noon slot. Originally management wanted a paid DJ for the 12noon-3pm slot. Due to a lack of funds the afternoon paid DJ has been put on hold. However, the existing afternoon DJs are summarily dismissed and will be replaced by other volunteers of the Program Director’s choosing based on new applications.
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from The Seattle Times:
The business district along 15th Avenue Northeast in Shoreline, called North City, got its new sidewalks three years ago when the city spent millions to put utility lines underground, widen the walkways and install new light standards.
Inspired by the neighborhood facelift, three local businessmen, one of them a jazz musician, came up with the idea to host a one-day jazz festival in the style of the three-day festival in Port Townsend. The budget and lead time were small three years ago. But from that notion came the first North City Jazz Walk. The festival drew 400 people, who saw shows in four restaurants.
“It even rained that night,” said Steve Cook, chairman of the neighborhood business association, and one of the event organizers. “The next year we got 700 people [at the height of the Beijing Olympic Games]. This year we’re expecting 1,400.”
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
EVENT DETAILS: North City Jazz Walk
7 p.m. Tuesday, in nine venues along 15th Avenue Northeast, Shoreline; $12 for all-inclusive tickets (in advance at www.northcityjazzwalk.org) or $10 in person (at Peking House restaurant, Laughing Ladies Café, North City Bistro & Wine Shop, the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce and the Shoreline-LFP Arts Council; more information, 206-364-4566 or www.northcityjazzwalk.org)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: David Frisen Trio w/ John Gross and David Goebel
JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Evans Soulgrass featuring Dennis Chambers with special guest Robben Ford
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Ambience
BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa
CD Release Party for I Wanna Be Loved
LOCAL COLOR: Marc Smason
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
SOUTHPORT CAFE: Brooks Giles Band
1083 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton, 7:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Momentum Jazz Quartet, with Mikel Rollins (sax/flute/percussion), Gregg Robinson (keyboards), Sylvia Rollins (electric bass) and Mark Jelsing (drums)
9pm – Shoemaker Brothers, with Samuel Shoemaker (violin/vocals), Nathanael Shoemaker (cello/vocals), Daniel Shoemaker (viola/vocals) and Gabriel Shoemaker (violin/vocals)
11pm – Paul Rucker and Hans Teuber
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Bassic Saxx
13 COINS: Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & Mike Slivka
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova
Northwest jazz artists from Portland to Vancouver continue to pour out new CDs, and this Sunday afternoon we’ll sample recent releases by McTuff, Tony Grasso’s Saxophone? Quartet!, Cory Weeds, Eric Verlinde, Chad McCullough and Darin Clendenin, and talk about live jazz around the region this coming week.
Jazz Northwest airs Sundays at 1 PM on 88-5, KPLU, Jim Wilke is host and producer.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Quartet with Randy Halberstadt
JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Evans Soulgrass featuring Dennis Chambers with special guest Robben Ford
NEW ORLEANS: Bob Jackson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Damon Zick and Friends, with Damon Zick (saxophone), Chris Stover (trombone), Chris Symer (bass), Dawn Clement (piano) and Eric Eagle (drums)
9pm – Crown Hill Invention, with Tom Watson (vocals/guitar), Mike Sievers (vocals/piano/guitar) and John Isenhart (bass)
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton
LO-FI: Gravity w/ Tim Kennedy, Ian Sheridan, & Claudio Rochat Felix
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Hang
Photo and interview by Steve Korn
Fear is an opportunity to be proud of your self later.
If I could do it all over again I would have practiced more.
Your audience is smarter than you think.
I’m happy whenever I’m listening to Otis Redding.
Less is more because that’s where beauty, interaction, playfulness and nuance live.
Music has taught me that endless pursuits are the best kind.
My parents were completely supportive of my every creative whim.
Practice makes me feel calm and prepared for the unexpected.
Some of my best ideas come to me while I am playing music with friends.
The thing that makes me nervous on stage is a drunk and aggressive person in the audience who really wants my attention.
When I look at where I’m at right now, I think I am ok. I probably should have practiced more, but I like the musical experiences I’ve had.
The future of jazz is in great shape. I love the people I’m playing with, the groups I hear in clubs, and the new music that is coming out.
When I’m performing well, it feels like my brain has been replaced with bees, my chest has been replaced with a bass drum, and my ears are being used by the other people on the bandstand.
Improvisation is the only time in my life when I can keep my brain clear and stop it from stewing about unimportant things.
Right now, I’m focusing on finding some nice tunes to play on clarinet.
If I could have made a career on another instrument, it would have been piano. After that, maybe guitar so I could get in on some country gigs.
Motivation is something I can’t control. Sometimes I don’t experience it for weeks and then suddenly, it’s there.
I cried when I got to sit next to Ray Charles and he started sing the first few lines to the verse of “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”.….it was a little more soul than I was expecting.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith Staelens Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Winard Harper
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Clave Gringa with Ann-ita Reynolds(piano/vocals), Daniel Barry (cornet/bone/etc), Dan O’Brien (bass), Pedro Vargas (drums), Edsson Otero (percussion)
9pm – Vocal Showcase hosted by Lindsay Nichols, featuring Lisa Petion, Mercedes Nicole and Shiri Zorn
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Afro Cop w/ Michel Navedo
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Winard Harper
TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Soul Kata
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Captain Swow with Brennan Carter (trumpet/effects), Elliot Gray (piano/keyboard/effects) and Ehssan Karimi (drums)
9pm – Round Two, with Tyler Kion (saxes), Raymond Larsen (trumpet), Richard Pellegrin (keys), Jessica Kion (bass), Dana Hench (trombone), Daniel O’Neil (drums/percussion)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock
from The Seattle Times:
As a young lion in the mid-1980s, drummer Winard Harper came of age in the midst of a jazz boom. Resurgent legends mentored budding players, providing them with invaluable experience and exposure. Record labels sought out young artists, and clubs rushed to book their bands.
Harper first gained attention as a supple timekeeper in 1982 with tenor sax titans Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin. But it was his four-year run with vocalist Betty Carter that catapulted the Baltimore native into prominence. He made his Seattle debut with Carter, a savvy talent scout who ran her band like a boot camp for improvisers, and he’s returned many times as the leader of his own combo.
He arrives in town on Tuesday for a two-night run at Jazz Alley looking at a jazz landscape transformed by technology and recession. After more than a decade leading a sextet constantly refreshed by a stream of top young talent, Harper is talking about downsizing. With sadness in his voice, he indicated that his longest-serving band member, Senegalese percussionist Alioune Faye, may not make the West Coast trip.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
Byron Vannoy’s Meridian performs today at the South Lake Union Summer Concert Series
(2200 Westlake Ave, upper plaza), 11:45am
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bill Anschell Trio with Doug Miller and Byron Vannoy
JAZZ ALLEY: Monty Alexander Trio
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio
HIROSHI’S: Jay Thomas & Gene Argel Quartet
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Fred Hoadley Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Molly Venter
9pm – The Starlings with special guest Sarah Burgess
11pm – FLEX 4 with Dan Blunck (woodwinds), David Haney (piano), Dan O’Brien (bass) and Ken Paine (drums) – Stretching the limits of composed and improvised music
Pony Boy Records Presents
JAZZ and SUSHI
Friday, July 31 – Jay Thomas & Gene Argel Quartet
Jay Thomas – sax & trumpet
Gene Argel – Hammond B-3
Chuck Kistler – bass
Greg Williamson – drums
Hiroshi’s Restaurant
2501 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA
ph: (206)726-4966
no cover
7:30 – 10:00
Jazz & Sushi web page with photos, schedules, map and more:
Gene Argel is a native of the Pacific Northwest, and was a much loved fixture and “monster player” on the Seattle Jazz scene until his move to Hawaii in 1980. He dazzles his audiences with his jazz, blues, and Latin rhythms. Jay Thomas, Seattle’s ever-present mutil-instrumentalist post-bopper, especially remembers his funky earthy B3 inflections. Gene has played with a number of talented artists such as Gabe Balthazar, Joe Henderson, Henry Allen, Emil Richards, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Bill Evans and George Benson. Add to the mix some new friends with “funky drummer” Greg Williamson and the bassal support of re-bopper Chuck Kistler. Might there be a recording in process?
Sushi master Hiroshi and his gang prepare a full menu of Japanese cuisine that is fresh, tasty, and full of flavor – all matched with some very special sake and beverages (try the plumb wine) Favored by local Japanese and music lovers, Hiroshi’s has been featuring live jazz on Friday nights for over three years – presented by the Pony Boy Records stable of artists. Come by for some fine food, and see who will be sitting in with the band – Fridays have become a ‘happening’ on Eastlake!
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Gus Carns Trio (Last gig before moving to Boston); Andy Clausen Group
1st Set – Gus Carns Trio
Gus Carns- Piano
Mark Hunter – Bass
Evan Woodle – Drums
2nd Set – Andy Clausen Group
Andy Clausen – Trombone
Corey Dansereau – Trumpet
Xavier Del Castillo – Tenor Sax
Gus Carns – Piano
Nolan Woodle – Bass
Evan Woodle – Drums
JAZZ ALLEY: Monty Alexander Trio
NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
LO-FI: Gravity w/ Tim Kennedy, Ian Sheridan, & Claudio Rochat Felix
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: “The Hang” Jam w/ Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes, Jeremy Jones
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, & Tad Britton
IT’S HOT … COOL OFF THIS EVENING!
Dina Blade Trio at The Rainier Beach Pool (8825 Rainier S), 5:30
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Vocal Showcase
JAZZ ALLEY: Spencer Day
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Romney Getty Duo with Romney Getty and Craig Smith
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Leah Stillwell, with the Dan Sales Trio
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Le Trio
CONOR BYRNE PUB: Underground Swing
DRUMMERS!!!!!
There is a lot going on at Donn Bennett Drum Studio in Bellevue in the next week. Original CHICAGO drummer Danny Seraphine, jazz great Winard Harper and swingster Donny Osborne will all be here. Space is limited for these events, some are already sold out. If you want to check these out it’s best SIGN UP NOW!!
Private lessons and master classes must be paid in advance. $2.00 service fee for phone transactions. For the Danny Seraphine Clinic payment can be made at the door, though advance reservations are recommended!
Reply or call Kris at 425-747-6145 for info and to reserve a spot. All details are below.
Thanx,
Donn Bennett
DANNY SERAPHINE just added 3 private lesson spots on Thursday 7/30 at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00. All Friday lessons are sold out.
There is still space available for his Thursday Clinic at 7:00 PM but it will definitely sell out. We are limited to 50 people. Arrive early if you want to guarantee a spot.
DONNY OSBORNE will be back for a day of private lessons on Saturday August 1st. Donny was the protégé of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. He was the drummer in Mel Torme’s band for 25 years. He is one of the worlds greatest resources in the field of swing drumming.
WINARD HARPER will teach a master class on Wednesday August 5th at 4:00PM. Winard is one of the hardest working drummers, composers, producers, and bandleaders in the jazz world today. Inspired by legends like Art Blakey, Max Roach and Billy Higgins, Winard has truly found his place amongst the greatest jazz drummers. For more about Winard CLICK HERE. Winard’s master class will be limited to 20 people.
Winard and his band will be at Jazz Alley 8/4+5. Mention Donn Bennett Drum Studio for 2 for 1 admission on 8/4.
DANNY SERAPHINE DRUM CLINIC
Thursday 7/30/08, 7:00-9:00PM (aprox) $10.00
Limited to 50 people, arrive early guarantee a spot.
DANNY SERAPHINE PRIVATE DRUM LESSONS
$100.00 per hour
Thursday, 7/30/09, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 PM, Now Available
DONNY OSBORNE PRIVATE DRUM LESSONS
$60.00 per hour
Saturday 8/01/09, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
WINARD HARPER MASTER CLASS
Wednesday August 5th, 4:00-5:30 PM (aprox) $25.00
Limited to 20 people
Anything sounds great when you add jazz!
from All About Jazz:
An entire disc of solo, improvised guitar music could easily run the risk of sounding like one continuous tune. Fortunately, Portand, Oregon-based guitarist John Stowell applies enough depth and open-minded searching to his nylon-string guitar to keep things interesting throughout Solitary Tales. The eleven-track disc was recorded live at the home of master guitar luthier Mike Doolin, who builds guitars for Stowell. Relying heavily on single-note lines, the guitarist seems to pull arching motifs out of thin air, eschewing clichés while maintaining a swinging essence.
Stowell gives contemplative readings to Cole Porter’s “Everything I Love” and Bill Evans’ “Funny Man.” Steve Swallow’s “Outfits” contains some of the disc’s most inventive lines, with breathtaking leaps across the fret board. Ornette Coleman’s “Blues Connotation,” a disc highlight, jumps out as a bluesy surprise, as Stowell digs in with spirited phrasing.
The bulk of the recording is comprised of Stowell’s original compositions, including the rhythmic “Fun With Fruit,” the harmonically lush “Behind the Scenes” and the swingingly unpredictable closer, “Wybleing.” Thick and juicy chord clusters bring out a thumping, unhurried pace on the hypnotic “Friendly Giant.”
The up-close-and-personal setting and superb audio of Solitary Tales allow an extraordinary glimpse into Stowell’s uncompromising artistry.
