Monday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Bill Anschell Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
JAZZ ALLEY: Cris Williamson
LA SPIGA: Eli Rosenblatt
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
Friday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Tower of Power
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Quartet Impromptu, with Cyrille Gosselin (guitars), Chris Jaquin (percussion), Bob Merryhew (drums), Nate Omdal (bass) and Michael Owcharuk (piano/accordion)
9pm – Andrew Robison and Arthur Ross
11pm – Over the Edge, bass duo with Evan Flory-Barnes and Bren Plummer
BAKE’S PLACE: Clockwork – Special Holiday Show
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas and Quietfire
SERAFINA: The Djangomatics
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
CONCERT: “Best Jazz for the Holidays” w/ Garfield Jazz Band I
Seattle Center House Stage (305 Harrison St), 8:00pm
NORTH CITY BISTRO: The Fred Hoadley Trio
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet
Seattle Times: “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” is back at Jazz Alley
Smokey Joe just can’t stay away — and we love him for it.
“Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” a tour of the Tony-nominated Broadway revue, is returning to Jazz Alley after a well-reviewed stop there last year. The jukebox musical features 39 popular rock and R&B songs — many from the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Hits in the revue include “On Broadway,” “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand By Me,” “Spanish Harlem,” “Love Potion #9” and “I’m a Woman.” On Broadway from 1995 to 2000, “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” is the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history.
The cast includes Ron Lucas, Tony Perry, Safiya Fredricks, Dawn Driver, Christopher Brasfield, Famicia Ward and Jonathan Victorian, with Darrius Frowner (piano), Danny Hoefer (guitar), Chris Symer (bass), Larry Holloway (bass) and Milo Petersen (drums) comprising the band.
“Smokey Joe’s Cafe” opens Wednesday and plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Dec. 21 at Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $26.50-$28.50 (206-441-9729 or www.jazzalley.com).
Holiday Jazz on Jazz Northwest
Holiday Jazz sung and played by musicians from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver for a Northwest Jazz Christmas will be featured this Sunday afternoon on Jazz Northwest from KPLU. Thomas Marriott, Don Lanphere, the Roosevelt Jazz Band, David Friesen, Greta Matassa, The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and the B3 Kings are among the Northwest jazz artists who will be featured Sunday afternoon at 1 pm on Jazz Northwest from 88-5 KPLU and kplu.org. The program is produced and hosted by Jim Wilke for KPLU.
Thursday Jazz
SEATTLE ART MUSUEUM: Matt Jorgensen +451
1300 First Avenue, Seattle, 5:30 – 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Tower of Power
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: SCCC Jazz Orchestra with Lonnie Mardis
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE
7pm – Larry Murante and Alicia Healey
9pm – Tim Lerch Trio, with Tim Lerch (guitar), Patrick McDanell (bass) and Frank Heye (drums)
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
SEATTLE CITY HALL: Pearl Django
600 4th Ave, Seattle, 12 noon
CONCERT: Jazz Nutcracker: Roosevelt Jazz Band
Roosevelt High School Performing Arts Theatre, 1410 NE 66th St, 7:30
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
Art of Jazz: Matt Jorgensen +451
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
MATT JORGENSEN +451
Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue, Seattle
5:30 – 7:30pm
Free with museum admission
“Matt Jorgensen +451, one of the most impressive live jazz bands in this region, with the potential to impress far a?eld. Their live performances are at times stunning – supertight and driving.”
– Earshot Jazz
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Charlie Hunter Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hal Sherman and the BCC Jazz Orchestra
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Cyrille Gosselin Student Showcase
9pm – Vocal Jam with Fathia Atallah and the Bruce Barnard Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
Tuesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Charlie Hunter Trio
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Trio Concept
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Kenny Mandell Student Showcase – Jazz Against the Machine and the New Trix Band
9pm – KirandaShaune’ and 3Spot, with Reshard Radford (piano), Mike Catts (bass) and Todd Anders-Johnson (drums)
SEATTLE CITY HALL: Fred Hoadley Trio
600 4th Ave, Seattle, noon
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
Jeremy Jones download from allaboutjazz.com
All About Jazz is featuring a free downloadable track from drummer Jeremy Jones’ new CD, Awaking To Life.
Monday Jazz
CONCERT: Stan Kenton Big Band Christmas w/ Rich Wetzel’s Groovin Higher Orchestra
Tacoma CC Performing Arts, 7:30
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with Darin Clendenin
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin’s Version of Cool
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
Share your thoughts on the Ballard Jazz Walk
Did you attend the Ballard Jazz Walk this past November? If so, they would like to hear your opinion about the event by participating in a short online survey.
Click here to take the 5 minute survey and help to shape future Jazz Walks.
Seattle Times: Charlie Hunter Trio serves up rich stew of jazz
From The Seattle Times:
Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter is 41, a husband, father of two young children, with tattoos on both arms. He resembles the actor Matthew Fox, who plays the surgeon and tortured soul Jack Shephard, from TV’s “Lost.”
A serious and earnest musician (although he would probably resist that description) Hunter, too has had near-paralyzing bouts of torment in the form of artistic angst.
“If you asked me a few years ago,” said Hunter, who performs with his trio at Jazz Alley Tuesday and Wednesday, “I would have said I couldn’t stand anything I played. I was going to stop playing. I was done with it. I felt like I couldn’t come up with any more tricks. The next stage would have been lighting myself on fire.”
Hunter, who has a distinct way with words, did not quit playing or resort to onstage flambé but rather embarked on a new direction with his music — something simple, spare and naturally suited to him, and more importantly, to his instrument, which is a rhythm instrument at heart, not a melodic one. Despite that fact, jazz guitarists are often obliged to play like horn players, at least if they want to be considered true masters.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
Walt Weiskopf at Tula’s tonight!
New York saxophonist Walt Weiskopf will lead a group of Northwest all-stars tonight at Tula’s Jazz Club.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 8pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
http://tulas.com
featuring:
Walt Weiskopf – saxophone
Bill Anschell – piano
Jeff Johnson – bass
Steve Korn – drums
Saxophonist, composer and author Walt Weiskopf began his New York career performing with the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21. Since then, he has made an impressive mark as both a leader and sideman with 12 critically-acclaimed CDs and countless sideman credits, including performing and recording with Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen and Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy. A dynamic player with enormous technical prowess, Walt is equally well-regarded as a composer and his CDs contain predominantly original work. His five books on advanced topics in improvisation are among the most respected in the field. He lives in New Jersey and is an Associate Professor at the Eastman School of Music.
Friday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Walt Weiskopf Quartet with Steve Korn, Bill Anschell and Jeff Johnson
JAZZ ALLEY: Guitars and Saxes Christmas Featuring Richard Elliot, Paul Brown and Jessy J
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jannie & Friends Jazz Band, featuring American and Chinese jazz standards plus originals, with Steve Tanimoto (piano), Gary Barnes (bass), Craig Critchfield (guitar), Cal Dimas (sax), Jannie Spain (vocals)
9pm – Rochelle House, with D’Vonne Lewis (drums) and Evan Flory-Barnes (bass)
BAKE’S PLACE: Denise Donatelli Quartet
SERAFINA: Pete Leinonen’s Salon du Swing
GRAZIE: Dennis Hastings Quartet
CONCERT: Jazz Nutcracker: Roosevelt Jazz Band
Roosevelt High School Performing Arts Theatre
1410 NE 66th St, 7:30pm
from Earshot Jazz: The Roosevelt Jazz Band presents its ninth annual performance of Duke Ellington’s Jazz Nutcracker. Composed towards the end of Ellington’s career, the Jazz Nutcracker is more than a jazzy arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Christmas-time classic. Instead Ellington re-imagined Tchaikovsky’s original and brought a new collection of timbres and rhythms to the table. Along the way, Ellington renamed the movements to reflect the modern and hip sensibility of his composition. The “Dance of the Reed Pipes,” became, for example, “Toot Toot Tootie Toot” and “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” became “Sugar Rum Cherry.” Performing Arts Theatre, Roosevelt High School (1410 NE 66th St). Show starts at 7:30 pm on December 5 & 6, at 2:00 pm on December 7. Tickets $20 general/$15 seniors/$10 students & youth. Visit www.rooseveltjazz.org for tickets and more information.
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Karen Shivers & Susan Pascal
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet
Origin Classical receives two Grammy nominations
Origin Classical, which debuted this year as the classical wing of Seattle-based jazz label Origin Records, has received two nominations at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Los Angeles-based composer Chris Walden received nods for Best Classical Contemporary Composition and Best Orchestral Performance for his “Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements“.
Thursday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Brian Kirks SCCC Jazz Ensemble
NEW ORLEANS: The Bob Jackson Band
PLU: KPLU Christmas Jam w/ Sara Gazarek
Pacific Lutheran University, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Noon
SEATTLE CITY HALL: Michael Powers Trio
600 4th Ave, Seattle, Noon
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – The French Connection, with The Wonderland Trio and guests, performing French-inspired jazz (No cover – cash donations will be accepted for Food Lifeline.)
9pm – Justin Farren
JAZZ ALLEY: Guitars and Saxes Christmas featuring Richard Elliott, Paul Brown and Jesse J.
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
SEAMONSTER: Joe Doria, Michael Shrieve, Danny Godinez
This Sunday on Jazz Northwest
Cory Weeds and Joe Doria (photo by Jim Levitt)
Vancouver saxophonist Cory Weeds joined Seattle organist Joe Doria‘s Trio during the Ballard Jazz Walk on November 20th, and the evening was recorded for Jazz Northwest on KPLU. Chris Spencer on guitar and Byron Vannoy on drums were also on stage at The Lock and Keel for this performance. This was one of 11 venues with live jazz at this year’s event and this show will air at 1 pm on Sunday, December 7 on 88.5 KPLU.
The group plays original music from Cory Weeds’ recent CD “Big Weeds” on his Cellar Live label. Cory also owns and operates the Cellar Jazz club on Broadway West in Vancouver BC. The Joe Doria Trio plays regularly in Seattle and this was a rare opportunity for musicians from Vancouver and Seattle to work together. The Ballard Jazz Walk also presented musicians from Oregon and Idaho as well as Seattle groups. The Jazz Walk and the Ballard Jazz Festival are produced by John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen of Origin Records.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5, KPLU and airs on Sundays at 1PM PST and streams to the internet at kplu.org . The program is also available as a podcast the day after it airs.
Review: Reptet – Chicken or Beef?
from All About Jazz.com
A sextet based out of Seattle, Washington, Reptet present a sound and message that, in its own words, aptly describes both the group’s approach and its broader mission “to compose, interpret and improvise music that inspires growth through freedom and discipline.” Working within a good-natured, party band atmosphere, the unit manages to stretch its genre’s typical trappings on Chicken or Beef?, with both a broad array of stylistic capabilities as well as an adventurous, fun-loving attitude too often lacking in this setting.
The album opens with the funky “Danger Notes.” Starting off in New Orleans party band mode, percussionist John Ewing and bassist Tim Carey guide a path that ebbs from the scorching solo of saxophonist Chris Credit to the more contemplative, textural mood over which Samantha Boshnack’s trumpet can shine.
Things get even less predictable on “Reptet Score!” With a flurry of horns and percussion, the piece uses a Latin-tinged theme, building until the whole unit yells “hey!” before slinking into a steady, understated groove that meets somewhere between the dance floor and the lounge. The piece breaks apart soon enough, with horn squalls and guffaws abounding, sounding not unlike Spike Jones and his City Slickers if they were to cover Sun Ra.
… continue reading at All About Jazz.com
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Robert Glasper Trio
THE TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: Judith Owen and Harry Shearer’s Holiday Sing-A-Long
MUSICQUARIUM: BGD Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Vocal Showcase
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Liis Todd (vocals), with Darin Clendenin (piano), Geoff Cooke (bass) and Special Guest Dan Sales (guitar)
9pm – Vocal Jam with Katy Bourne and Randy Halberstadt
MEANEY THEATER: UW Studio Jazz Ensemble & Modern Jazz Contingent
University of Washington
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
Tuesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Robert Glasper Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
7:00pm: Edmonds Woodway HS Jazz
8:00pm: Jay Thomas Big Band
THE TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: Judith Owen and Harry Shearer’s Holiday Sing-A-Long
MUSICQUARIUM: Jose Gonzales
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Chuck Ogmund Trio
9pm – Helen Chance
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom