JAZZ ALLEY: Deep Blue Organ Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
5:00pm: Earshot Jazz Community Forum
8:00pm: Roadside Attraction Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Kenny Mandell student groups Jazz Against the Machine and New Trixx (7pm)
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam Session
Tonight there are two events in Belltown that we highly recommend members of the Seattle jazz community attend.
Beginning at 5:00pm at Tula’s Jazz Club, the Earshot Jazz Board of Directors is holding a public forum. Everyone is invited and encouraged to bring their questions, ideas, and suggestions for the organization. There will be a sign-up sheet for public comment.
Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant, 2214 2nd Avenue (Belltown)
At 7:30pm, Origin Records and Jazz Alley welcome Chicago’s Deep Blue Organ Trio to Seattle for their performance at Jazz Alley. Featuring Bobby Broom (guitar), Chris Foreman (organ) and Greg Rockingham (drums) , their latest CD held the #2 position on the Jazz Week chart for four straight weeks and remained in the top five for two months.
Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, phone 206.441.9729
I’m very sorry to pass on the news from Paul West that Norm Bobrow passed last night. Paul said he owed whatever success he had in the music business to Norm, who first started promoting jazz concerts when he was a student at The UW in the late 30s. He was also a conga player, a fellow broadcaster, and a sweet man who had many friends and dearly loved jazz and everyone associated with it.
When I introduced him at his induction into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 1996, I told him “When I grow up, Norm, I want to be just like you!” He got a big kick out of that and recalled it again when I saw him at The New Orleans just a couple of months ago when we were both there listening to Jay Thomas’ Big Band.
I’m sure there will be many remembrances of Norm Bobrow in the next few days and information about a memorial. He was a major contributor to the Seattle Jazz Scene. There are numerous references to him in Paul DeBarros’ “Jackson Street After Hours”.
– Jim Wilke
Well … the first signs of Spring came and went. Here is a list of what’s happening tonight …
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio
THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
WASABI BISTRO: Brazilian Jazz
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin
DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO AT JAZZ ALLEY
April 15-16, 2008
KBCS 91.3 FM and the Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley present the classic B-3 Deep Blue Organ Trio with Bobby Broom (guitar), Chris Foreman (organ) and Greg Rockingham (drums) for two nights only! Set times Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30pm, doors open Tuesday at 6:00pm & Wednesday at 5:30pm.
Folk Music, the latest CD by The Deep Blue Organ Trio on Origin Records, won the award for “Best Jazz CD” at the 2008 Chicago Music Awards presentation last month. The CD held its #2 position on the Jazz Week chart for four straight weeks and remained in the top five for two months. Jazz fans across the nation are listening as the group continues to find ways to connect the continuum of the black music experience, blending jazz with soul, R&B, blues, gospel, and more. Celebrating the classic jazz combo configuration of the Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums, as well as the Black-American experience through music, Chris Foreman, Greg Rockingham and Bobby Broom bring a modern edge to a musical timepiece.
Call 206-441-9729 for reservations
http://jazzalley.com
Tuesday, April 15, 5-7pm
Earshot Jazz Open Board Meeting and Public Forum
Free and open to the public
Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant, 2214 2nd Avenue (Belltown), Seattle
Earshot Jazz Open Board Meeting and Community Forum gives the opportunity for the public to present questions, ideas, and suggestions to members of the Earshot Jazz Board of Directors. Everyone is invited and encourage to bring their questions, ideas, and suggestions for the organization. There will be a sign-up sheet for public comment. After the regular board meeting the Earshot Jazz board and staff will be available to answer questions and receive suggestions from the public.
JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur
THE TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Mango Son
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Franklin HS Alumni/Jazz Police Big Band
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
THE NEW ORLEANS: South Sound Youth Jazz featuring Bill Englehart
TUTTA BELLA WALLINGFORD: Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio
LA SPIGA: Mark Bullis
BENAROYA HALL: Les Brown Band of Renown
JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Kelley Johnson Quartet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm and 9pm – Overton Berry Trio, with Overton Berry (piano), Mike Eytcheson (bass) and Rick Spano (drums). Come celebrate Overton’s Birthday!
11pm – Kenny Mandell Monk Group, with Kenny Mandell (sax), Ed Petry (guitar) and Don Berman (drums)
BAKE’S PLACE: Jackie Ryan Quartet
SORRENTO HOTEL: Gail Pettis
BERKSHIRE GRILL: Black Lab Trio
GALLERY 1412: Dusty York Trio
GRAZIE: Quite Fire
BENAROYA HALL: Les Brown Band of Renown
HENDRIX LOUNGE: Chris Fagen, Joe Doria, John Bishop
JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur
THE TRIPLE DOOR
MAINSTAGE: China Forbes (the voice of PINK MARTINI)
MUSICQUARIUM: James Baumgart Trio (5:30pm); Waterbabies (9:00pm)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quintet w/ Thomas Marriott
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – The Yoginis, with Yogi McCaw (keyoards), Bob Antolin (flute, sax), Eric Hullander (bass) and Ed Mays (drums)
9pm – Blue Cranes, with Reed Wallsmith (alto sax), Sly Pig (tenor sax), Keith Brush (bass), Rebecca Sanborn (keys) and Ji Tanzer (drums)
11pm – Deal’s Number, with Bill Monto (saxophones), John Seman (bass) and Mark Ostrowski (drums)
BAKE’S PLACE: Jackie Ryan Quartet
BERKSHIRE GRILL: Kevin McCarthy
LATONA PUB: Mark Taylor, Russ Johnson, Phil Sparks, Matt Jorgensen (4:30 – 6:30pm)
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet
from Paul de Barros’ Seattle Times column:
Jazz critics tend to be cynical about female singers — there are so many bad ones! — so when a CD like Jackie Ryan’s “Passion Flower” arrives, as it did five years ago, it’s an occasion for cheering out loud.
Ryan’s the real item. She doesn’t just sing beautifully and in tune, but with the kind of conviction that makes you feel her life depended on your understanding what she was saying.
Back in 2002, there were only a few of us cheering.
With her most recent disc, “You and the Night and the Music,” this outstanding San Francisco Bay Area artist has finally started to get some traction.
The disc perched atop the 2007 radio airplay charts for six months and catapulted her to appearances at Dizzy’s, the wonderful New York nightclub, and — better for us — finally, to Seattle.
By Bill Barton
Wednesday night’s Andrew D’Angelo Benefit Concert at Seattle’s Chapel Performance Space drew a full-house, standing room only crowd. That’s good news indeed for Andrew and his family and a credit to the Seattle jazz community. It is indeed a community in the true sense of the word.
After being introduced by Earshot Jazz Executive Director John Gilbreath, Andrew’s brother Tom shared some powerful and personal thanks and noted that “Jazz is Love” could serve as a motto for this concert. Indeed it did.
The event was organized by Cuong Vu along with Earshot and was an outpouring of love and support from the musicians and the audience.
Cuong Vu opened seated in front of his console of electronics, trumpet in right hand, joined by Greg Sinibaldi on electronic wind instrument and Chris Icasiano from the Speak Quartet on drums. Their segment was a beautifully textured, surging electronic smorgasbord of sounds, with Sinibaldi often laying down the bass lines, at other times functioning somewhat like a pianist or keyboardist might. Vu layered multiple trumpet parts via looping in his customarily creative fashion.
Robin Holcomb at the piano provided a distinct contrast in her solo song, managing to be both pensive and harmonically adventurous in the opening instrumental portion and singing in her distinctive voice as the piece progressed. Wayne Horvitz then joined her on stage and their duet with Horvitz at the piano was quite lovely. Horvitz departed and guitarist Bill Frisell accompanied her next. This was a heartbreakingly deep and profoundly moving, country-tinged collaboration. She reminded me of what Loretta Lynn and Sheila Jordan have in common: soul unrelated to genre pigeonholes.
There were many highlights in this first set, including Cuong Vu’s decidedly more “straight-ahead” (all acoustic) playing with the Speak Quartet, an immensely talented and obviously precocious group of his University of Washington students, with Icasiano on drums, Andrew Swanson on tenor saxophone, pianist Aaron Otheim and electric bass guitarist Luke Bergman.
The second set began with a one-in-lifetime Seattle all-star band: Vu, Frisell, Eyvind Kang on violin and Horvitz at the piano in a lengthy free improv piece that was particularly notable for Horvitz’s inside-the-piano work and how it meshed with Kang’s pizzicato. Then Kang and Frisell played two marvelous duets. The first sounded a little like 2/5 of the Hot of Club of France time-warped 70 years into the future. It swung in a subtle but extremely infectious manner: gorgeous stuff! The second was a bit more abstract yet still had a potent pulse. These guys are world-class improvisers, that is abundantly obvious, and they exhibited uncanny communication and synchronicity. Then Frisell played two solo guitar pieces. The first one sounded like “Blue Monk,” although it was taken through a wide variety of twists and turns, and occasionally seemed to almost morph into other Monk tunes. And the second, which appeared to be one of Frisell’s own compositions although the title was not announced, showcased the liquid tone and thoughtful textures of his ECM days.
The concert closed with a romping segment from the Speak Quartet, just as “Andrew would have wanted it” as Vu pointed out. The future is now. Audience support for young musicians is critical to the continued vibrancy of the local scene. Vu mentioned that so many great young musicians come up in the Seattle area, but then they leave. We need to provide places to play and people to listen.
13 is your lucky number on Thursdays!
HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
Thursday Evenings
8:00pm – 12:00am
The 13 Coins Restaurant
“Seattle’s Only 24-hour Gourmet Restaurant”
125 Boren Ave N, Seattle
(just off Denny Way, three blocks from I-5)
ph: (206)682-2513
The newly renovated 13 Coins Restaurant & Lounge is an old-style cornerstone of metropolitan character serving up a hearty-fare 24 hours a day. The lounge is classic space for lounging. Cocktails, old photos, fireplace and ultra comfortable seating. This is the perfect spot for a dry martini and some classic rat-pack music.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Tom Varner Tentet
JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: The Jason Parker/Josh Rawlings Duo (5:30pm)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: John Hansen/Bert Gulhaugen Vocal Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Cocoa Martini, with Karen Shivers, Kimberly Reason and Mercedes Nicole ($15 cover)
9:30pm – Kevin McCarthy Quartet, with Al Lindbom (guitar), Paul Gillespie (sax/flute), Larry Bergman (drums) and Kevin McCarthy (bass)
VERTIGO LOUNGE: Gayle Cloud
989 112th SE, Bellevue
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
BENEFIT FOR ANDREW D’ANGELO
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N (Wallingford), Seattle, 7:30pm
Performances by: Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Eyvind Kang, Robin Holcomb, and Cuong Vu
JAZZ ALLEY: Sophie Milman
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Rochelle House Quartet
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Cheryl McLin (vocals) with Andy Shaw (piano)
8pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Carrie Wicks with Paul Sawyer (guitar) and Chuck Kistler (bass)
BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM: Jovino Santos Neto
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA, 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 pm
Benefit for Andrew D’Angelo
Performing: Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Eyvind Kang, Robin Holcomb, Cuong Vu and many others
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue (Wallingford), Seattle
Suggested Donation: $15-$25 per person
Reservations available through Earshot Jazz (206) 547-6763 and online
All proceeds benefit Andrew D’Angelo
Please note: If you are unable to attend the performance and would still like to make a donation, please visit Andrew’s website by clicking here.
JAZZ ALLEY: Sophie Milman
TRIPLE DOOR: The BCC Vocal Jazz Ensemble Celebration
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Nate Omdal Nonet
9pm – Free Jazz Jam, hosted by the Trio Concept, with Chris Icasiano (drums), Luke Bergman (bass), and Neil Welch (saxophones)
SHERMAN CLAY BELLEVUE: New Stories
1000 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, (425) 454-0633
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam Session
It is a rare and special occasion when New Stories performs in the Northwest. Made up of Marc Seales on piano, Doug Miller on bass and John Bishop on drums, the group will perform Tuesday night at the Eastside Jazz Series at the Bellevue Sherman Clay store.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8
NEW STORIES AT SHERMAN-CLAY
7:30 – 9:30pm
1000 Bellevue Way N.E.,
Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 454-0633
A big thank you to Cynthia Mullis who has been handling the duties of Seattle Jazz Scene this past week while I’ve been on tour.
And, of course, thank you to all of our readers!
– Matt Jorgensen
JAZZ ALLEY: Pinetop Perkins with the Willie Big Eyes Smith Band
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
NEW ORLEAN’S: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Dorothy Rodes (vocals) with Darin Clendenin (piano)
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam Session