Saturday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Ain’t Misbehavin’
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
BAKE’S PLACE: Mark DuFresne
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm
LAKESIDE BISTRO: Mia Vermillion
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 206-772-6891
BOXLEY’S: Bernie Jacobs Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
9PM: Susan Carr Ensemble
1707 NW Market Street, 206-789-1621
SERAFINA: Tim Kennedy Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807
SCOTCH AND VINE: Brad Buck & Brian Kent
22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, 7:00pm
VITO’S: 6pm: Ruby Bishop
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 6:00pm
VINO AT THE LANDING: Troy Kline
800 N 10th Pl, Renton, 7:00pm
LUCID: Spyn Reset
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm
CMA GALLERY: Ariel Pocock, Katie Jacobson, Elliot Gray
4501 Interlake Ave N, 7:00pm
SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE: Kevin Mccarthy & Andy Roben
621 Union St, 6:00pm
Paul Motian, a drummer, bandleader, and composer of grace and abstraction, and one of the most influential jazz musicians of the last 50 years, died early Tuesday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in NewYork. He was 80 and lived in Manhattan. 
The fund-raising effort to aid composer, arranger, trumpeter and bandleader Jim Knapp is progressing slowly. Knapp recently lost his right foot and part of his lower leg in an operation to combat diabetes. In a message, he writes, “My recovery is going well. I have a prosthesis now, so I am bipedal again.” His financial recuperation is less stable. Friends and fellow musicians headed by saxophonist Steve Griggs have set a goal of $30,000 to defray Knapp’s medical expenses, which far exceed his insurance coverage. A performance of Knapp’s music earlier this month helped, but Griggs reports that the total is $4,485, more than $25,000 short of the target. He and his group have set up a 
Seattle bassist extraordinaire and Cornish jazz professor Chuck Deardorf, equally at home on acoustic and electric models, celebrates the release of his splendid, swinging and thoughtful album, “Transparence” (Origin), one of the top local releases of the year. Deardorf, who recently had a successful kidney transplant, is back in action, much to the relief of the Seattle jazz community. He is joined by Seattle saxophonist Mark Taylor and Los Angeles-based guitarist Bruce Forman.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Bad Luck is a sonic outlet to be reckoned with. Over half a decade after their first performance, drummer Chris Icasiano and saxophonist Neil Welch continue to develop a unique musical voice together. In the highly trodden medium of drums and saxophone, Bad Luck proves that there is much left to be said. Performing all original compositions, the pair use live loops and pedals to create an astounding range of sound, quickly shifting into fierce improvisations, sound art, and carefully constructed harmonic palettes.
