from The Daily News (Southwest Washington area):

In the ’70s, Caliman had a heyday in San Francisco, performing and recording with the Grateful Dead, Santana and pianist Earl Hines.

It was there he met his former wife, Jan Caliman of Cathlamet.

“He was my favorite tenor player in Freddie Hubbard’s band,” Jan Caliman said.

The Calimans settled in Cathlamet prior to the birth of their first son, Roger, in 1982.

“He wanted to raise his kids in the country,” Jan Caliman said. Hadley became an avid gardener, but his wife recalled “he would practice at least eight hours every day.”

Caliman played in Southwest Washington clubs, including at Peter’s in Kelso.

Continue reading at The Daily News.

BOXLEY’S
Jazz For North Bend, 7-10:00
Thursday, Sept 9, MORDY FERBER TRIO – Special guest NY guitarist with a cutting sound. If Hendrix played jazz…
Friday, Sept 10, French & Clark +1 – The trio behind Floyd Standifer’s Pampas recording.
Saturday, Sept 11, Vocalist Leah Stillwell with the Darin Clendenin Trio
Sunday, Sept 12, Danny Kolke Trio

JAZZ & SUSHI
Weekly Friday Series, 7:30
Friday, Sept 10, MORDY FERBER TRIO +1 – More Mordy, plus sax of Mike West

JAZZ PICNIC
Sunday, Sept 12
Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle
noon – 5:00pm; free
pack a lunch, or stop at one of our sponsors along Sandpoint Way

Holy cow look at this JAZZ PICNIC line-up:
MILT KLEEB SUPER FRIENDS BAND, Jay Thomas, Brad Allison, Dan Marcus, Bill Ramsay Travis Ranney, Jim Coile, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf, Danny Kolke Trio, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, Jon Hamar, John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, PETE PETERSEN, ZACHARY KELLOGG, DAVE ANDERSON QUARTET, Adam Kessler, Bernie Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Andre Thomas, CHRISTOPHER WOITACH, LEAH STILLWELL, DARIN CLENDENI, TODD HYMAS, KATY BOURNE, RANDY HALBERSTADT, Steve Korn, Kobe Jazz Queen: Geila Zilkha, CAROLYN GRAYE, MORDY FERBER, Chris Symer, Mike West, VICTOR NORIEGA, TROMBONASAURUS REX (all trombones welcome, anyone with a trombone, get out your trombones) Dan Marcus, Greg Schroeder, Phil Henderson, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, Chris Amemiya, Gary Shutes (via long distance antiphonality), Reuel Lubag, Ken French, Craig Hoyer, USUAL SUSPECTS / ALL-STAR BIG BAND featuring arrangements of Vern Sielert, Andy Omdahl, Dennis Haldane, Kevin Seeley, Al Keith, Bud Parker, Tracy Knoop, Vanessa Sielert, Jon Goforth, Rich Cole, JIM CUTLER, Nathaniel Schliemer, Nate Parker, Susan Pascal, Dante’s Hot Dogs…

SEATTLE-KOBE SISTER-CITY JAZZ QUEEN
Geila Zilkha @ JAZZ ALLEY
Monday, Sept 13, 7:30pm

KJAZZ, 88.1fm in Long Beach/Los Angles, has been playing a steady stream of Hadley Caliman all day:

09/09/10, 4:28 PM, Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb, Little Dex (Reunion)
09/09/10, 3:28 PM, Hadley Caliman, Joe Joe Dancer Bossa Nova (Gratitude)
09/09/10, 2:24 PM, Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb, Up Jumped Spring (Reunion)
09/09/10, 1:28 PM, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Hadley Caliman)
09/09/10, 12:25 PM, Hadley Caliman, Rapture (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 11:26 AM, Hadley Caliman, Kickin’ On The Inside (Gratitude)
09/09/10, 10:25 AM, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, Comencia (Reunion)
09/09/10, 8:30 AM, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 7:29 AM, Hadley Caliman, Rapture (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 6:28 AM, Hadley Caliman, Back For More (Gratitude)

Let’s all encourage KPLU to do the same, call KPLU: 253-535-7758

UPDATE: We talked to the Program Director at KJAZZ in Los Angeles. They are playing cuts from Hadley Caliman every hour on the :30. You can listen online by clicking here. (They just played the original version of ‘Cigar Eddie’)

9:07am, Hadley Caliman, Linda (Graditude)
9:08am, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, Gala (Reunion)
9:24am, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, I Thought About You (Reunion)
11:55am, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Straight Ahead)

Photographer Daniel Sheehan has posted a great collection of his photos of Hadley Caliman at his blog, Eye Shot Jazz.

Searching through some of the Seattle Jazz Scene archives, here are some links to previous posts with photos:

Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb

Hadley Caliman and Curtis Fuller

Hadley Caliman Quintet at Jazz Alley

Hadley Caliman at Nordic Heritage Museum

Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb at the Ballard Jazz Walk

2008 Golden Ear Award Winners

Review: Hadley Caliman at the 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival

Hadley Caliman at Tula’s with Joe Locke and Thomas Marriott

from National Public Radio:
Remembering Saxophonists Hadley Caliman And Noah Howard
Two powerful saxophonists whose talents merited wider recognition, but who spent much of their lives away from jazz’s major hubs, have died.

News came yesterday from the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra that tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman had died at age 78, after a struggle with liver cancer. Caliman was a tenor player in the post-bop tradition; he recorded with jazzmen like Bobby Hutcherson and Freddie Hubbard, but also with genre-crossing musicians like Carlos Santana. He taught at Seattle’s Cornish College for over 20 years, and was a beloved elder statesman in the Seattle community.
{Read the entire story}

from The Oregonian:
Seattle saxophonist Hadley Caliman, a pillar of the Northwest jazz scene, dies at 78
For cities only a few hours’ drive apart, the cross talk between the jazz scenes of Portland and Seattle always has seemed quieter than it should be. Over the past couple of decades, nothing served as a potent reminder of that more than the occasional – yet all too rare – Portland appearances by Hadley Caliman, a superb saxophonist and a revered pillar of the Northwest jazz community … Caliman’s Portland performances mostly were special occasions – the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in 2003 and 2004, the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in 1992 and ’93. He was favored especially by drummer/bandleaders Ron Steen, who got him to play events such as an Oregon Public Broadcasting taping for the mid-’90s show “Coffee Tea and OPB,” and Akbar DePriest, who featured him on the 1997 album “Live on the Willamette.”
{Read the entire story}

Earshot Jazz has posted a memorial on their website:
In 2008, Caliman received two Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards when his quartet and quintet won the Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year award, and his performance at the 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival won the Concert of the Year award.

In a 2004 interview with Earshot, Caliman’s wife Linda said it best: “He is the sweetest person…In all that he has been through in all of his life, he is untainted. It’s a spirit. The spirit has remained intact. He’s not been jaded or been cynical by all that he has seen.” At last year’s Earshot Jazz Festival, Caliman’s career was celebrated in a special concert at the Seattle Art Museum in which he also performed.
{Read the entire story}

SCULPTURE PARK: Art of Jazz: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave, 6:00pm, Free

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: The Kora Band (CD Release Party)
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr John & Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: 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

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Ask the Ages (7:00pm); Elnah Jordan (9:00pm)
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

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

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

UPDATE: We’ve opened up a second page for people to post memories and tributes to Hadley.

Tenor saxophonist and jazz legend Hadley Caliman passed away this morning after a two year struggle with liver cancer. He was 78 years old.

Caliman remained active on the jazz scene until late-August, performing regularly around the Northwest in support of his recent releases: Reunion with Pete Christilieb, which was released in August and is now #31 on the national jazz charts, and Straight Ahead, which is #9 for the year on the Airplay Charts and was in the Top 10 on American jazz radio for many months.

Always striving to further himself on the saxophone, Caliman continued to practice daily until a week ago when he was too weak to continue. His last public performances were in Poulsbo on August 20, Tula’s Jazz Club on August 13, and the release performance for Reunion with Pete Christlieb at The New Orleans Creole Restaurant on August 8.

Caliman’s long career included credits with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Carlos Santana, Dexter Gordon, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Pass, The Grateful Dead, Joe Henderson, Don Ellis, Flora Purim, Phoebe Snow, Bobby Hutcherson and many others.

More information about a memorial will be posted soon.

Note: We are opening up the Commenting on the website so if you’d like to post your memories of Hadley we will pass them along to his family. Click here to post a comment (at the bottom of the page)

Tula’s Jazz Club: Bert Gulhaugen / John Hansen Showcase
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

Jazz Alley: Dr. John and The Lower 911
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

Egan’s Ballard Jam House:
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621
7pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by Susan Robinson
9pm – Vocal Showcase, featuring Jose Gonzales, Oghale Agbro and Marti MacEwan – hosted by Susan Robinson

Boxley’s: Dan Kramlich
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453, 6:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr John & Lower 911
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

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

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

The presence of jazz at Bumbershoot has been a continuing trend and this year is no exception. The advantage this year is ticket prices have dropped if you don’t want to see the mainstage shows. So if you just want to head down for the jazz shows tickets are $22 (If you want to see the headlining concerts you’ll have to shell out $40/day).

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 – SEATTLE JAZZ SHOWCASE AT NW COURT STAGE

(previews from The Seattle Weekly)

1:15 – 2:15: Greta Matassa Quartet
It’s easy to take her for granted because she seems ever-present, but Matassa is a winsome singer of jazz standards, with a fantastic clarity of tone, who’s always worth another hearing. She kicks off a three-act Seattle Jazz Showcase (which constitutes the sum of B-shoot’s ever-scanter jazz booking).

3:00 – 4:00: McTuff Trio
Journeyman keyboardist Joe Doria is heard in lots of projects, but he does some of his best work in this ’60s-style organ unit. Even without McTuff’s invaluable fourth, Skerik, on sax, they keep the soul-jazz cooking, and it’s a tasty dish.

4:45 – 5:45: Matt Jorgensen Quintet
He’s a head honcho at the highly successful Origin Records and helps produce the Ballard Jazz Festival, so it’s perhaps no surprise that in his own bands Matt Jorgensen is the kind of drummer who makes things happen without putting himself out front. His newest quintet, with longtime partners Thomas Marriott and Mark Taylor, takes a more abstract, cinematic turn, which is not a coincidence: The quintet’s brand new Origin recording, Tattooed by Passion, offers music inspired by Jorgensen’s late father-in-law, Colorado painter Dale Chisman. If you only have ear space for one instrumental show at the ‘Shoot, this little-known band is the one to make room for.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan Trio with Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Mark Taylor Quartet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Cameron Vohr Quintet
9pm – The Farko Collective

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Tor Dietrichson
216 Union Street, 9:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: Ken French and Larry Halloway
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa and Katherine Stuber
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Seattle Composers’ Salon
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

LUCID: Brendan O’Donnell & Eric Verlinde
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz & Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Paul Richardson
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan Trio with Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Mark Taylor, Chuck Deardorf & John Bishop
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

THE CHAPEL: Wyndel Hunt benefit w/ Climax Golden Twins, Bill Horist, Vance Galloway
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 8:00pm

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

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

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Nelda Swiggett Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Manghis Khan Sextet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 9:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: Jon Hamar and Tony Foster
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Hear The Kora Band for free at Seattle’s City Hall Plaza on Fourth Avenue on Sept. 2.

From The Seattle Times:
Like a good cup of coffee, The Kora Band is a rich blend, combining traditional West African music with American jazz. Hear the quintet for free at noon Thursday at City Hall plaza, 600 Fourth Ave., Seattle. If it rains, the band will play in the lobby. The group’s Gambian namesake instrument, the kora, a harp guitar, is played by Seattleite Kane Mathis

Ask A Guy Who’s Not Doing The Gig For Less Than $200

Dear Guy Who’s Not Doing The Gig For Less Than $200,
I recently witnessed a car accident and was asked to give my account of what happened to police at the scene. Trying to be helpful, I also shared my contact information with the man whose car was hit—and now he’s asked me for a date! Would it be unethical to say yes? On the one hand, I may be called to testify in his case. On the other…he’s really cute.
– Crash-Crush in Toledo

Dear Crash-Crush,
The 11th? Yeah, I dunno if I can make that. It’d be tough to squeeze in, that’s for sure. Sitting in with a wedding band is tricky, ’cause that’s what—three, four hours of music? You’re talking about a lot of songs to learn, and it’s not much notice you’re giving me here. I don’t know when I’d even be able to rehearse between now and then. Plus, I already promised my brother he could use my van to pick up some lumber for the deck he’s building. So, yeah, it’d have to be at least 200 bucks. I mean, I’d usually charge twice that, but you’re a friend, so I’m giving you a break here.

Continue reading at theonion.com

Dulces Latin Bistro: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453, 6:30pm

Jazz Alley: Quincy Jones presents Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
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 & 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

Tula’s Jazz Club: Critical Mass Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

Egan’s Ballard Jam House: Ann Brittain and Nanami Morikawa
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 7:00pm

from The New York Times:

THE atmosphere at Cafe Racer, a coffeehouse and bar in the University District here, skews distinctly postgrunge, with its scuffed floor and mismatched furniture, its thrift-store paintings on boldly colored walls. One Sunday evening this spring the place was packed mainly with teenagers and 20-somethings in T-shirts and sneakers, all listening intently to a band. Everything seemed of a piece except the music: sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm.

“Split Stream” was the name of the composition, by Andy Clausen, an industrious young trombonist. Most of the players in his 10-piece band, crowding one end of the room, were his classmates at Roosevelt High School. A few others hailed from Garfield High School, which like Roosevelt is a reliable favorite in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition. The intelligent sheen of Mr. Clausen’s writing was as striking as the composure of his peers, notably the trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, then a Garfield senior. It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.

Seattle, a city synonymous with alternative rock, has long sustained a provincial jazz culture, without much fuss or a signature sound. To outside jazz partisans the city is known as an incubator for high school talent that usually flies the coop, heading East for conservatory training and professional careers. Mr. Clausen and Mr. Mulherkar are both arriving in New York this week to begin their first semester at the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, which highlights both the lofty promise and a lingering problem of their hometown.

Continue reading at The New York Times:

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tim Huling’s Composer’s Showcase

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

BOXLEY’S: Bluegrass with Down the Road Band

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein