The Sun Is Out
This post has nothing to jazz … but it sure is nice out today!
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Monday Jazz
It’s a holiday so one last chance to catch some live music before heading back to work …
JAZZ ALLEY: Open World Russian Jazz All Stars
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Greta Matassa
THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin & Sam Chambliss
SERAFINA: The Piper Olson Duo
Matt Jorgensen +451 Live In Portland
Download the first set of Matt Jorgensen +451 performing at the Portland Jazz Festival on Friday, February 15.
Their new CD, Another Morning, will come out in March and they will be performing at The Triple Door on Thursday, March 27. Call 206-838-4333 to make reservations.
Click the link below to play the mp3 file.
Sunday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Mindi Abair
TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: SEATTLE SYMPHONY AT THE TRIPLE DOOR: THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF THE 4 CELLOS feat. JOSHUA ROMAN & WALTER GRAY
MUSICQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Rhythm Syndicate
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
4:00pm: Jay Thomas Big Band
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
GRAZIE: Reuel Lubag Trio Jam Session
SERAFINA: Jazz Brunch with the Conlin Roser Duo (11am – 1:30pm); Jerry Frank, solo jazz piano (6:30 – 9:00pm)
LA SPIGA: Marco de Carvalho
DOCKSIDE BISTRO (Olympia): Gail Pettis Trio
501 Columbia St. NW, Olympia
Saturday Jazz
Our recommendations for the Portland Jazz Festival:
HOTEL DE LUXE: Ben Darwish
EMBASSY SUITES: Brent Jensen with Bill Anschell and John Bishop
NEWMARK THEATER: Classical Jazz Quartet
WINNINGSTAD: Tim Berne
for more information:
http://pdxjazz.com/festival/sch.php?#schedule
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SEATTLE …
BAKE’S PLACE: Rebecca Parris
JAZZ ALLEY: Mindi Abair
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet
LA SPIGA: Greta Matassa
HENDRIX LOUNGE: Big Neighborhood
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Pocket Change
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Michael Cosgrove – CD Release Party!
9pm – John Young solo show
11pm – Jessica Lurie Ensemble – ISHKABIBBLE, with Jim Knodle (trumpet), Jessica Lurie (saxophone), PK (Paul Kemmish) (bass), John Ewing (drums), Chris Stover (trombone) plus special guests!
SERAFINA: Sue Nixon, jazz trio
GRAZIE: Quiet Fire
SORRENTO HOTEL: Gail Pettis
Friday Jazz
A big weekend of jazz … what are your plans?
PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL: A ton of music beginning tonight including a concert by Ornette Coleman, Myra Melford and the SF Jazz Collective … but there are a bunch of great NW jazz groups to check out.
EMBASSY SUITES: Matt Jorgensen +451 with special guests Upper Left Trio
SALTY’S: Mel Brown
WILF’S: Andre St. James
ART BAR: John Stowell & Dan Gaynor
HOTEL DE LUXE: Drew Shoals
for a complete schedule:
http://pdxjazz.com/festival/sch.php?#schedule
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JAZZ ALLEY: Mindi Abair
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: James Baumgart Duo (5:30 – 7:30pm)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quintet w/ Rob Scheps
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Karin Blaine – Love and Other Considerations post-Valentine show
9pm – Muse Pagoda – funkalicious grooves
11pm – Tena DuBerry – jazz/R&B/funk sensation, with Eugene Bien (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass) and Ronnie Bishop (drums)
BAKE’S PLACE: Rebecca Parris
SERAFINA: Kiko de Freitas, Brazilian duo
LA SPIGA: Greta Matassa
BERKSHIRE GRILL: Fred Hoadley Trio
GRAZIE: Haley Blackwell-Olsby
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Pete Petersen & Travis Ranney
Seattle artists at PDX Jazz
The Portland Jazz Festival kicks off this weekend and will feature a couple of bands from Seattle.
Origin Records Presents:
FRIDAY, FEB 15, 9:00pm
MATT JORGENSEN +451
with special guests Upper Left Trio
SATURDAY, FEB 16, 9:00pm
BRENT JENSEN with Bill Anschell, Dennis Caiazza and John Bishop
THE EMBASSY SUITES
319 SW Pine Street
Portland, OR 97204
This is a free show presented by Origin Records … see you at the show!
Seattle Times: Roberta Gambarini at Jazz Alley
from Paul de Barros’ Friday column:
At the Umbria Jazz Festival two summers ago, in Italy, the great pianist Hank Jones strolled into the lobby of the illustrious Brufani Hotel one afternoon.
“You know,” said the piano master, now 89. “I’ve worked with a lot of singers over the years. But Roberta Gambarini is the best since Ella Fitzgerald.”
Excuse me?
“Yes,” he said. “Absolutely.”
Click here to read the entire article.
Up-Coming: Jack Gold-Molina at Sureshot
The Jack Gold-Molina Group
Featuring Chris Pugh – guitar, Michael Monhart – saxophone, Paul Kemmish – bass, Jack Gold-Molina – drums
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 – SURESHOT
4505 University Way NE
(NE 45th Street and University Way NE in the University District)
2:00-4:00 PM
No Cover, All Ages
Come and join the Jack Gold-Molina Group for an afternoon of intense, hard hitting free jazz. If you want to see and hear real quality creative music, ground breaking free improvisation that burns, we will have it for you as part of Sureshot’s ongoing Sunday afternoon live music series. The music goes from 2:00-4:00 PM, it is all ages, and there is no cover charge. The recently released CD by Chris Pugh and Jack Gold-Molina, “Penumbra/Heqat”, has been receiving international acclaim, and there will be copies on sale for $10 at the venue.
Midge Lanphere
Word has come that Midge Lanphere, wife of the late saxophonist Don Lanphere, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, at her home in Wenatchee.
No details yet on a memorial service but we will post details as they come in.
Valentine’s Day Jazz
Lots of music to take that special someone to.
Boston vocalist Rebecca Parris will be beginning a three night run at Bake’s Place in Issaquah with Randy Halberstadt on piano, Gary Hobbs on bass and Jeff Johnson (having just returned from Texas) on bass.
Call 425-391-3335 for reservations.
EARSHOT ART OF JAZZ: “My Funny Valentine”
Vocalists Katy Bourne, Gail Pettis and Beth Winter with Randy Halberstadt on piano and Job Hamar on bass.
Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle, WA 98108, 206-654-3137, 5:30pm
Jazz Alley is hosting smooth jazz saxophonist Mindi Abair for a four-night run beginning on Valentine’s Day.
Call 206-441-9729 for more information.
The Triple Door is featuring Jim Kerl’s Swing Session performing the music from Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra “Live At The Sands”. Last Valentine’s Day this show sold out so if you are planning on attending get your reservations now.
Call 206-838-4333 for reservations.
Vocalist and jazz flutist Andrienne Wilson and her quartet will be performing at Tula’s Jazz Club. Look for Wilson to perform a number of her excellent original compositions and her backing group is always top notch.
Call 206-443-4221 for reservations.
Serafina on Eastlake will be featuring a performance by The Karyn Schwartz Trio.
Call 206-323-0807 for reservations.
If you are looking for a deal, check out the intimate Egan’s in Ballard with their 9:00 show, Eleanor Fye’s “Fool for Love.” Couples get in for only $10.
Email [email protected] for more information.
As always, The Ham Carson Quintet will be performing at The New Orleans.
Anything we’ve missed? Post a COMMENT and we’ll add it to the list.
Thomas Marriott CD Review
Trumpeter Thomas Marriott will celebrate the release of his new CD, Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson, on Wednesday, February 27th at the Triple Door.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7:30pm
THOMAS MARRIOTT, CRAZY: THE MUSIC OF WILLIE NELSON
THE TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE
216 Union Street
Seattle, WA
206-838-4333
Tickets: $15
This is an All Ages Show
featuring:
Thomas Marriott – trumpet
Mark Taylor – saxophones
Ryan Burns – keyboards
Geoff Harper – bass
Matt Jorgensen – drums
And the reviews keep coming in for the disc. Look for a review in the May issue of JazzTimes in addition to the one just published at All About Jazz.com:
The disc closes with “On the Road Again,” probably Nelson’s most familiar melody. Marriott and company change the original’s quiet country charm into an expansive, lush, electric wash of sound that seems as if it could have been issued from the underbelly of an alien spacecraft that has picked up an errant Willie broadcast out in space, and is now hovering in a starry sky, broadcasting its otherworldly renditions down to an awe-struck earthly crowd.
Click here to visit Thomas on the web.
Kelley Johnson on Tour
Kelley Johnson is currently on her Jazz Ambassador Tour through Central America. She has been posting some updates to her blog:
We are performing and teaching this time as part of Danilo Perez’ Panama Jazz Festival and that makes the first leg of our ambassadorship different than anything we’ve done before. This has to be the biggest, most organized grass roots jazz festival of all time. The last few days has been pure pleasure and ease and it’s been wonderful being involved.
You can follow the details of the tour by clicking here.
Wednesday: What’s happening tonight?
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: BCC Jazz Orchestra w/ Hal Sherman
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
THE NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Timothy Beauchamp
8pm – Vocal Jam with Carrie Wicks
SERAFINA: Jerry Frank, solo jazz piano
WHISKEY BAR: Eric Verlinde & Friends
VICTORY LOUNGE: Joe Doria Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Eliane Elias with Marc Johnson and Adam Nussbaum
Tuesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Eliane Elias with Marc Johnson and Adam Nussbaum
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: N.O.Net, Nate Omdal Nonet, with Brian Bermudez (alto sax), Mike Dodge (tenor sax), Andrew Morrill (bari sax), Corey Dansereau (trumpet), Jason Parker (flugelhorn), Andy Clausen (trombone), Mike Owcharuk (piano), Dave Bush (drums), Nate Omdal (arranger, bass)
SERAFINA: Josh Hickman, solo guitar
UGLY MUG COFFEEHOUSE: Norm Bellas & Bob Antolin
11425 Rainier Ave S, 772-3151
Eliane Elias at Jazz Alley with Marc Johnson and Adam Nussbaum
The Pacific Jazz Institute and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley present for two nights only, Brazilian vocalist /pianist Eliane Elias, touring in support of her latest release Something For You: Eliane Elias Sings and Plays Bill Evans. Band members include Marc Johnson (bass) and Adam Nussbaum (drums). Set times Tuesday and Wednesday are at 7:30PM. Doors open at 6pm on Tuesday and 5:30pm on Wednesday.
It takes a rare artist to make a statement through music that extends his or her legacy through the act of paying tribute to someone else. Eliane Elias is one of the few who can pull off this contradictory tour de force. Throughout Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings and Plays Bill Evans, her latest album and the first to mark her return to the Blue Note Records family, she does exactly that. While touching the essence of the late great Bill Evans, she also brings her own unique gifts to the surface, as a composer, interpreter, outstanding instrumentalist and beguiling vocalist as well.
Every moment of Something for You radiates the sound that Elias had begun developing back in her home country of Brazil as a child, based on her unique juxtapositions of elegant phrasing, adventurous harmony and breezy swing, each element complementing the others. In this sense, this album will be no surprise to those who have learned to expect excellence from Elias as a matter of course.
With many awards under her belt including a Grammy Nomination, Ms. Elias was featured in the Thelonious Monk Institute’s televised Second Annual “Celebration of America’s Music” at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the JVC Festival with Sting, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Caetano Veloso at Lincoln Center in New York, the televised Piano Grand , and a Gala celebration for the 300th Anniversary of the piano in Washington DC, just to name a few.
Monday Jazz
Here is what’s happening tonight:
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
SERAFINA: The Piper Olson Duo
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin & Sam Chambliss
Herbie Hancock wins top Grammy award
If you thought the New York Giants winning the Super Bowl was a major upset, imagine the shock when a jazz musician won the top Grammy award for Album Of The Year!
From the AP:
In a major shocker, Winehouse lost the final award of the night, album of the year, to Herbie Hancock’s “River: The Joni Letters.”
“You know it’s been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award,” Hancock said.
“I’d like to thank the Academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. In doing so, honoring the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane … unquestionably, deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.”
Ben Thomas and Tangabrazo at Bake’s Place
Bake’s Place regular Ben Thomas (vibes/bandoneon) brings a special new project for a night of tango music. Joining Ben will be Eric Rynes (violin), Jerrod Wendland (piano) and Jeff Norwood (bass). They have been playing milongas for dancers in dance halls throughout Washington, but will have a change of venue by playing at Bakes’ Place in Issaquah. Come join them and Craig and Laura Baker for a night of tangos, waltzes, milongas and great food.
Saturday February 9, 2008
Ben Thomas and Tangabrazo!
Bake’s Place at Providence Point
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE
Issaquah, WA 98029
phone: 425-391-3335
http://bakesplace.org
Details:
Dinner Time: 7:00 – 8:00pm
Performance Time: 8:00 – 10:30pm
Dinner and show price: $49.50 (3 course; includes dinner salad, entree and gourmet dessert)
Show Price: $22.00
Thursday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Chris Botti
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter / Dawn Clement Quartet
THE TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: Jessica Williams with special guest Aiko Shimada
MUSICQUARIUM: Concept Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Cuong Vu Trio
Sets at 7:00 and 9:00pm. Reserved seating is full for both these shows. Any additional seats are available on a first-come first-served basis.
SERAFINA: Graham Banfield, solo guitar
THAIKU: Tad Britton Trio
GALLERY 1412: Emperor Norton’s Cabal; McDowell – Norman
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Trio Jam Session
UW CONCERT: Mallet Head Series: Tom Coller, Marc Seales, Dan Dean
Brechemin Auditorium, UW Campus, 7:30