Seattle Jazz Scene

from EyeShotJazz

from EyeShotJazz

JAZZ ALLEY: Fourplay
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Craig Hoyer
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00pm: Frank Fairfield; 9:00pm: Greater Seattle Bowling Team and Jazz Band
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

Free Dental Clinic – Seattle
Friday, November 19, 2010

MusiCares, in cooperation with Nikole O’Bryan, DDS, will be providing dental cleanings and exams for music professionals. Exams will be provided free of charge to pre-screened music professionals*, upon establishing eligibility. Appointments will be assigned from 10am to 3pm.

Space is limited! RSVP today!

For more information and to pre-qualify*

Contact MusiCares at 1-800-687-4227
or email: [email protected]

*Must document at least five (5) years career history in music industry, OR recording credits on at least six (6) original tracks

JAZZ ALLEY: Kelly Harland
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

from EyeShotJazz:

Note: Rufus Reid Trio is performing through Tuesday at Tula’s Jazz Club.
Call 206-443-4221 for reservations.

Rufus Reid at Tula’s with Steve Allee, piano and Duduka Da Fronseca on drums. What a great classic jazz sound. An accomplished sideman, a visionary educator, and a composer of note, bassist Rufus Reid possesses one of the richest and most generous tones in jazz today. Having been the bassist of choice for dozens of major artists, including Dexter Gordon, Thad Jones, and Nancy Wilson, Rufus Reid here leads his own trio. They will be at Tula’s through November 2nd.

Born in Atlanta, GA in 1944, Rufus Reid came of age in Sacramento, California where he played the trumpet in junior high and high school. Upon graduation Reid entered the United States Air Force as a trumpet player, where he first became seriously interested in the bass. After completing his term in the Air Force, Reid moved to Seattle to study bass with James Harnett of the Seattle Symphony, and he went on to study bass performance at Northwestern University.

from EyeShotJazz:

Dave Peck playing solo at the Chapel Performance Space Friday night as the Earshot Jazz Festival continues.The sound was luscious and sweet. ”Dave Peck’s rich, melancholic music is one of the great pleasures of Seattle jazz, and how welcome the pianist’s intensified recording and performing schedule is. Still in the afterglow of the June release of Peck’s lovely Modern Romance, Peck here performed in the intimate Chapel Performance Space in celebration of his new solo album, Songbook Volume 1. “

JAZZ ALLEY: Celebration of Life for Gary Bannister
2033 6th Avenue, 206-441-9729, 6:00-10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Irma Thomas
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Dina Blade with Hans Brehmer and Larry Holloway; 9pm: Cara Francis with Randy Halberstadt
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BOXLEY’S: Dave Anderson “Trio Real”
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

LUCID: Tolexsoul
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Greg Williamson Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807, 9pm

GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Deems Tsutakawa
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa Trio
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335

photos by Jim Levitt

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JAZZ ALLEY: Irma Thomas – The Soul Queen of New Orleans
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7PM: Dina Blade vocal student recital; 9PM: Fabian Zone Trio featuring Jason Marsalis
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 7:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Alexey Nikolaev & Chris Symer
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spencer Day
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Zachary Kellogg Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7:00pm: Vocal Jam hosted by Cara Francis; 9:00pm: Vocal Showcase featuring Kim Rushing
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

LUCID: Vocalize-It w/ Jennifer Hopkins, Jennifer Lovena
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 8:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spencer Day
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

from The Seattle Times:

The Triple Door, where the volcanic saxophonist James Carter performed with his Heaven on Earth quintet Friday, is a room with a unique gravity.

The subterranean music club is both airy and intimate and secures an emotional commitment from the audience — whether pushed to the walls, as it was during Carter’s two standing-room-only sets, or huddled at the front of the stage, as it was for singer Gretchen Parlato’s late set Sunday.

Both performed as part of the 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival, which is nearing its midpoint. The most comprehensive jazz festival in the Seattle area, Earshot continues through Nov. 7 with shows at various venues, from the Crocodile to Benaroya Hall, but the Triple Door is the festival’s primary stage.

Drummer Matt Jorgensen’s quintet, backed by a string quartet, performs there Tuesday, playing music inspired by Jorgensen’s late father-in-law, the Denver painter Dale Chisman; New York vocalist Lincoln Briney; and local singers Ben Black and Valerie Joyce team up for a tribute to Chet Baker on Wednesday; and Memphis/Chicago blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite plays the room Thursday.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times:

Pianist Dave Peck will be presenting a free improvisation clinic at The Seattle Drum School this Wednesday, October 27 at 7:30pm.

The clinic will include discussions of the use of musical vocabulary in jazz improvisation, visualization as a learning technique for acquiring vocabulary and muscle memory, and theme and development in improvisation.

Players of all melodic instruments are welcome.

Peck will also be performing solo on Friday at The Chapel Performance Space.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL L.A.B., 7:30pm
Improvisation Clinic with Dave Peck
Seattle Drum School L.A.B., 12510 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Free and open to the public

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE, 8PM
Dave Peck, solo
$12 general, $10 members/seniors, $6 students

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Steve Griggs Ensemble
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Christopher Heeman
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

From The Seattle Times:

Gary Bannister, a dynamic catalyst on the Seattle jazz and world music scene for more than 30 years, has died.

Co-founder of the nonprofit organization Earshot Jazz and talent booker for Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley for 20 years, Mr. Bannister was a central figure in Seattle’s two major jazz institutions.

“He was a person who knew as much about the music as anyone I ever met,” said John Dimitriou, owner of Jazz Alley. “He will be missed by everyone.”

Mr. Bannister died Monday of myelodysplasia, a bone-marrow disorder. He was 61.

During his 36 years in Seattle, Mr. Bannister produced concerts, hosted a radio show, founded a record label, taught jazz history, promoted bands, wrote reviews and ran a jazz loft. But he was known first and foremost as a passionate advocate of avant-garde and world music and of local musicians.

An obsessive autodidact and collector, he owned 5,000 LPs and as many CDs, many rare and obscure. His entire basement was filled with carefully cataloged wine. He also wrote about race cars, was a gourmet cook and collected Mexican folk art, particularly from his favorite Mexican city, Oaxaca.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times:

from The Oregonian:

Michael York, one of the Portland jazz scene’s most accomplished saxophonists who spent a decade as a featured member in the Mel Brown Sextet, died Monday morning, less than two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.

Dusty York, the musician’s son and a prominent Portland saxophonist himself, said that his father had been feeling ill and thought he might have a gallstone, but doctors instead found cancer that had originated in his lungs and spread to his liver. “He didn’t know until a week and a half ago, and it was beyond the point where even a liver transplant would have helped. They immediately put him on hospice care. We thought he had a few weeks, but it happened very quickly.”

York had just turned 55, his son said.

A spirited player, the older York was part of Portland’s Mel Brown Sextet when it won the national Hennessey Jazz Search competition in 1989, earning a spot on the bill at the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles. He played with the group from about 1986-91, then again the mid-1990s. He worked occasionally as a leader and in recent years performed and recorded alongside his son.

Continue reading at The Oregonian:

Jazz Now! Seattle has posted their fourth episode.

Episode 4 continues Jazz Now Seattle’s preview of the Earshot Jazz Festival with 8 great tunes from Seattle artists who are appearing this week. Just like the festival itself, this episode is quite diverse, offering everything from bop to vocals to big band to freer stuff, and even a string quartet! We hope you’ll get out to see some of these great musicians live this week.

Click here to listen to Episode 4.

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 9pm: Don Berman Quartet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BOXLEY’S: Dave Anderson “Trio Real”
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

LUCID: Tom Collier Trio
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jay Thomas Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807, 9pm

GRAZIE: Dennis Hastings Quartet
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Ryan Shea Smith
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

ROCKFISH GRILL: Gail Pettis Quartet
320 Commercial Ave, Anacortes, 9:00pm