Monday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Maceo Parker
THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Darliene & Ryan
Saturday Jazz
Summer Solstice Jazz Cruise aboard Steamer Virginia V: Clarence Acox Quintet
Read more about the Jazz Cruise by clicking here.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet
BAKE’S PLACE: Pearl Django
JAZZ ALLEY: Karrin Allyson
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Katie King CD Release Party
9pm – Tony Grasso Saxophone? Quartet!
HENDRIX LOUNGE: David White Trio
SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo Quartet with Sue Nixon
GALLERY 1412: Gust Burns / Greg Campbell Duo
GRAZIE: Dennis Hastings Quartet
This Sunday on Jazz Northwest: Ziggurat In Concert
Ziggurat, a new Seattle Quartet which takes its name from the ancient pyramids of Mesopotamia, is featured in an Art of Jazz Concert on the next Jazz Northwest on KPLU, 88.5. Eric Barber, Bill Anschell, Doug Miller and Byron Vannoy play a program of rhythmically fascinating music composed by members of the group. Excerpts from the concert will Sunday, June 22 at 1PM PDT on 88-5, KPLU, and stream live to the web at www.kplu.org . The program will also be available as a podcast after the airdate.
Jazz Northwest is produced exclusively for KPLU by Jim Wilke.
Listen to a preview below
Seattle Times: Lucky Vancouver, B.C., gets Herbie Hancock next at Jazz Festival
From Paul de Barros’ Friday Seattle Times Column:
The 10-day Vancouver Jazz Festival, which starts Friday, is too good to need much hype, but this year Seattleites had the luxury of previewing the celebration’s stellar festival opening show.
Riding the wave of his Grammy-winning Album of the Year, “River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock delivered a tight, energetic and surprisingly hard-edged concert Wednesday at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.
Though the 7:30 p.m. Seattle show started late (due to reported sound problems) and a few people walked out because of excessive volume, the venerable ex-Miles Davis keyboard man’s all-star band played past 9:30, and earned a well-deserved standing ovation.
Click here to read the entire story.
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clark Gibson Sextet
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Kelly Ash (vocals) and Eric Verlinde (piano)
8pm – Vocal jazz jam session with Carrie Wicks, Nelda Swigget (piano) and a surprise guest
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TUTTABELLA: Steve Mason
VERRAZANO’S: Katy Bourne
28835 Pacific Highway S, 7:00pm
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
Sounds Outside 2008
The Monktail Creative Music Concern is proud to lead a growing coalition of community sponsors and volunteers to bring you Sounds Outside 2008. The City of Seattle recently renovated Cal Anderson Park and we want to ensure the park is a place of positive use, where we continue to build Seattle’s community. This year’s festival will take place on July 19 and August 23. Seattle leads the nation in creative and jazz music development. Concert series such as Sounds Outside keep our vibrant music scene on the cutting edge, while celebrating our creative community at large.
JULY 19 SCHEDULE
1:00 Paul Harding & the Juju Detective Agency
2:30 The Owcharuk Sextet
4:00 Bill Horist
5:30 Cuong Vu featuring SPEAK
7:00 Blue Cranes
Cal Anderson Park
1635 11th Ave (bet. East Denny Way and East Pine St.)
http://www.soundsoutside.com/
Tuesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding
Click here to read a preview of this show.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band
THE TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Jose Gonzales Trio
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Jump Ensemble
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
6006 12th Ave S, Georgetown, 9pm
Monday Jazz
THE TRIPLE DOOR: Hiromi’s Sonicbloom
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Kelley Johnson
THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: David Keys Duo
Virginia V Cruise up-coming June 21
We’re cruisin’ on the steamship Virginia V again, a Summer Solstice evening cruise on Lake Union and Lake Washington at sunset with a full moon rising. Live jazz by the Clarence Acox Quintet, light hors d’oeuvres and deserts included, cash bar, Saturday night June 21, 8-11 pm, boarding at 7:30 pm
Co-presented by Earshot Jazz, Jazz After Hours and the Virginia V Foundation. Don’t miss this great night of jazz on the water aboard an historic 1922 steamship! For more information, see www.virigniav.org or call 206-624-9119. Reservations are required.
Saturday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Andrienne Wilson Vocal Showcase
8:30pm: Greta Matassa Quintet with Susan Pascal
JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan
BENAROYA HALL: The Seattle Repertory Orchestra
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: How Now Brown Cow
BAKE’S PLACE: Karin Plato Quartet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – RaChiChi CD release party
9pm – Kristin Woodbury (piano/vocals)
11pm – Trio Real, with Dave Anderson (saxophones/piano), Devin Lowe(bass), and Brad Boal (drums)
HENDRIX LOUNGE: Chris Fagan
SERAFINA: Jazzukha
GRAZIE: Scott Lindenmuth
VINO BELLA: Peter Jamero Project
99 Front St, Issaquah, 7:30pm
MONKEY PUB: Moraine
5303 Roosevelt Way NE, 9pm
Seattle Times: Esperanza Spalding is turning the jazz world on its ear
From Paul de Barros’ Friday column in The Seattle Times:
Spalding is clearly breaking barriers, not just for her own career, but for jazz. A perceptive young woman, she understands all too well the retro niche the music has dug for itself. She said in our January interview, “Jazz has been evolving, it’s just that most cats are looking in the wrong places for it.”
One obvious place you can look for Spalding right now is at Jazz Alley Tuesday and Wednesday. Spalding appears with the rhythm section on her album — Leo Genovese (piano) and Otis Brown (drums) — plus Richard Vogt (guitar). Don’t miss this opportunity. She may not be playing clubs long.
and some info about other shows to catch this week …
Spalding is not the only singer worth hearing in town. Karrin Allyson, whose excellent new album, “Imagina,” also takes her to Brazil, plays the Alley Thursday through Sunday. Kate McGarry, a moody, jazz-ish new singer-songwriter whose album “The Target” (Palmetto) made a huge critical impression last year, performs on the Visiting Songbirds series at 8 p.m. today at Bake’s Place, in Issaquah ($59.50 with dinner, 6-7:15 p.m., $27 show only; 425-391-3335 or www.bakesplace.org
This week on Jazz Northwest: Pianist Lynne Arriale
Pianist Lynne Arriale’s Trio is featured in performance on Jazz Northwest on 88.5 KPLU on Sunday June 15 at 1 PM PDT. The Trio was recorded at The Upstage during last July’s Jazz Port Townsend. The Lynne Arriale Trio has recorded ten CDs, the most recent of which (“Live”) won numerous awards and was among Top Ten lists for the year.
Also on this week’s Jazz Northwest is news of current live jazz around Seattle and upcoming festivals in Vancouver and Victoria in June and Port Townsend in July.
Jazz Northwest is produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU 88.5 and is streamed live to the internet and available as a podcast after the airdate.
Listen to a preview below …
Doug Miller CD Review
Doug Miller‘s new CD, Regeneration, was just reviewed on All About Jazz.com.
Miller’s bass playing is featured prominently throughout with arco and pizzicato soloing. It is his unaccompanied bass reading of “Bye Bye Blackbird,” however, that really sums up what his playing is all about: no-nonsense, punchy and swinging. The influence of heavy hitter’s like bassists Ray Brown and John Clayton is made obvious through nicely-phrased blues licks, double stops and chords.
This music is both interesting and fun. Miller and company come across as a strong, like-minded unit.
Click here to read the complete review.
Friday Jazz
EARSHOT PRESENTS: Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love Duo
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 1430 Prospect Ave, Seattle
BAKE’S PLACE: Kate McGarry Trio with guitarist Keith Ganz and world reknown drummer Clarence Penn
JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Milo Petersen and the Jazz Disciples
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dina Blade and Hans Brehmer, plus The Willikers with Jim Knodle (trumpet)
9pm – Jazz and Poetry, featuring Cynthia Mullis (saxophone) and the poetry of John Newman. With Chris Spencer (guitar), Dan O’Brien (bass) and Patty Padden (drums)
11pm – thepeguesproject, with Rodger Pegues (piano/vocals/instrumental programming), Brian Hartman (saxophone) and Matteo Bava (animations/visualizations)
HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio (5:00 – 7:00pm)
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash
GRAZIE: Poindexter Quartet
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Fred Hoadley Trio
1520 NE 177th St, Shoreline
VINO BELLA: Chris Stevens Jazz Quartet
99 Front St, Issaquah, 7:30pm
Earshot Presents: Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love Duo
FRIDAY, JUNE 13 – 8:00pm
Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love Duo
Ken Vandermark, reeds
Paal Nilssen-Love, drums
Vandermark stretches the tenor, baritone saxophone and clarinet in a continuous flow of tones and timbres, while the Stavanger-drummer Nilssen-Love proves his reputation of being the avant-garde jazz’ most powerful mallet and stick wizard. (more info)
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 1430 Prospect Ave, Seattle
$15 general ($13 for Earshot members, seniors, and students)
Tickets available through Earshot Jazz (206) 547-6763 and online
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Vocal Showcase
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Jason Parker/Josh Rawlings Duo
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Logan Strosahl Ensemble with Logan Strosahl (sax), Charlie Fisher (trumpet), Birch Pereira (bass), Gus Carns (piano) and Evan Woodle (drums)
8pm – Vocal Jam with Carrie Wicks
NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE: Jazz Bands II & III, Vocal Jazz Ensemble
1410 NE 66th St, Free Admission, 7:30pm
Tuesday Jazz
TRACTOR TAVERN: Bill Frisell/Eyvind Kang/Rody Royston
JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: The Kareem Kandi Band
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Combos with special guest Neil Welch (6pm)
BELLEVUE SHERMAN CLAY STORE: Jovino Santos Neto Quartet
1000 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 7:30pm
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
6006 12th Ave S, Seattle, 9pm
DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters
Washington, DC – The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the recipients of the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Award–the nation’s highest honor in this distinctly American music. The six recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award, and will be publicly honored in an awards ceremony and concert on Friday, October 17, 2008.
The six 2009 NEA Jazz Masters are: George Benson (vocalist and solo instrumentalist, guitar), Jimmy Cobb (rhythm instrumentalist, drums), Lee Konitz (solo instrumentalist, saxophone), Toots Thielemans (solo instrumentalist, harmonica and guitar), and Snooky Young (solo instrumentalist, trumpet). Recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder will receive the 2009 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy.
Click here to read the entire article at All About Jazz.com
Monday Jazz
TRACTOR TAVERN: Bill Frisell/Eyvind Kang/Rody Royston
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the Darin Clendenin Trio
THE TRIPLE DOOR: Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Ensembles
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
It’s Saturday!
And as of this morning it is still gray outside … imagine that. Better go hear some live music.
JAZZ ALLEY: Kurt Elling with Special Guest Ernie Watts
THIRD PLACE COMMONS: Marc Seales Group
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Pascal Quartet
BAKE’S PLACE: Little Bill and the Bluenotes
HENDRIX LOUNGE: John Stowell and Jeff Johnson
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Das Vibenbass
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
3pm – Seattle Jazz Guitar Society guitar/vocal clinic, with John Stowell and Kelley Johnson. Open to all jazz guitarists and singers who want to refine their duo skills, from essentials to advanced techniques. ($25 clinic fee)
5:30pm – John Stowell, Michael Biller and Kelley Johnson post-clinic performance
7pm – Lee Pence Trio
9pm – The Hayburners & Friends CD Release Party, with special guests Val D’Alessio, Burgundy Pearl (Ron Dalton & Peggy Sullivan) and Brian Burgess.
JAZZ VOX CONCERT: Jenna Mammina
http://www.jazzvox.com
TOWN HALL: Robert Knatt Retirement Celebration
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, 7pm
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas Quiet Fire
KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER: Bobby McFerrin