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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00: Jay Thomas & Stimulus Package Big Band
8:00: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

SERAFINA:
11:00am: Conlin Roser Duo
6:30pm: Ann Reynolds & Tobi Stone

BOXLEYS: Tracy Knoop Quartet

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Tim Kennedy

As we had previously mentioned, Ray Vega’s East/West Trumpet Summit, featuring Seattle musicians Thomas Marriott, Jeff Johnson and Matt Jorgensen, just returned from a week in Switzerland performing at Marians Jazzroom. Next week will see more concerts throughout Europe featuring Seattle jazz musicians.

Trumpeter Chad McCullough has four up-coming shows (three of which feature John Bishop on drums).

Chad McCullough and Michal Vanouck
Sun, Jan 17: De Kombinatie, The Hague, Netherlands

Chad McCullough & Bram Weijters Quartet, Featuring John Bishop
Tue, Jan 19: Hot Club de Gant, Ghent, Belgium
Wed, Jan 20: Buster, Antwerp, Belgium
Thur, Jan 21: El Negocito, Ghent, Belguim

Drummer Matt Jorgensen is heading back to Europe for two performances at the Heidelberg Jazzhaus in Germany and a recording with the group Chamber 3.

Wed, Jan 20: with organist Thomas Wind, Heidelberg Jazzhaus
Fri, Jan 22: with Chamber 3 featuring Christian Ecker and Steffen Weber, Heidelberg Jazzhaus

Ed Thigpen, Chicago-born drummer with the Oscar Peterson Trio during the famed jazz pianist’s popular early-’60s period, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the age of seventy-nine in Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen after being ill for a long period of time.

Besides appearing on dozens of albums with Oscar Peterson, Thigpen recorded and performed with many other jazz greats, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Drew, Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane, and Dinah Washington, as well as pop artists including Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, Peggy Lee, and K.D. Lang.

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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marc Seales Trio

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Tarik Abouzeid Organ Trio

SERAFINA: Kiko De Freitas

BOXLEY’S: Susan Pascal Trio

BAKE’S PLACE: Marilyn Keller & Greta Matassa

LATONA PUB: Clark Gibson Trio

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

HIROSHI’S: Marcus Brothers Quintet

LUCID: Bridgid Roney

LOMBARDI’S: Carolyn Graye

GALLERY 1412: Gust Burns and Tyler Wilcox; John Houx; Birds Fled From Me; Le Systeme Solaire; White Buffalo Black Madonna

UPDATE via Jason Parker: We sent David off this morning with about $2000 cash and about $700 in supplies, i.e. water tablets, first aid kits, etc. It was nice to see the outpouring of support.

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We got this too late last night to post, but David Pierre-Louis, owner of Lucid Jazz Lounge, has family in Haiti and is heading out this morning with cash and supplies raised at a fundraiser last night at Lucid.

There are plenty of ways to help:

American Red Cross: https://american.redcross.org/
Unicef: http://www.unicefusa.org/
Doctors Without Borders: http://doctorswithoutborders.org/

And musician Wyclef Jean and his Yele Haiti Foundation has been helping Haiti for years. With this disaster they are at the forefront of getting relief to the area.

From The Huffington Post:

The Yele Haiti Foundation, begun by Haiti native Wyclef Jean, is collecting donations to help those affected by the Haiti earthquake.

Jean said in a statement:

“I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now.”

Jean urged people on his Twitter account to help in the Haiti disaster relief effort by texting “Yele” to 501501. This donates $5 to the Yele Haiti Foundation, automatically charged to your cell phone bill.

People can also donate to the Yele Haiti Foundation online here.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Hadley Caliman Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jose Gonzales & Oghale

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – First Circle with Michael Cosgrove (guitar), Larry Messer (guitar), Jeff Fiorini (bass) and Lars Larson (drums)
9pm – Joe Jencks and Wes Weddell

BOXLEY’S: Marcus Brothers Quartet

LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching

SEAMONSTER: Hammond B3 Night

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton

Come out and have some fresh food and catch some live jazz. Lots of friends coming by tonight to sit in…

Pony Boy Records Presents JAZZ and SUSHI
Friday Nights – Hiroshi’s Restaurant
2501 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA
ph: (206)726-4966, no cover, 7:30 – 10:00

Sushi master Hiroshi and his gang prepare a full menu of Japanese cuisine that is fresh, tasty, and full of flavor – all matched with some very special sake and beverages (try the plumb wine) Favored by local Japanese and music lovers, Hiroshi’s has been featuring live jazz on Friday nights for over three years – presented by the Pony Boy Records stable of artists. Come by for some fine food, and see who will be sitting in with the band – Fridays have become a ‘happening’ on Eastlake! Cheers!

Friday, Jan 15 – Marcus Brothers Re-convergence
A musical family reunion form all over the globe!
Dan Marcus, trombone & low horns
Michael Marcus, bass”Papa” Marcus, clarinet
Bill Anschell, piano
Greg Williamson, drums

Friday, Jan 22 – Greg Williamson Quartet Happy Birthday Bash
Alexey Nikolaev, sax
John Hansen, piano
Jon Hamar, bass
Greg Williamson, drums

Friday, Jan 29 – Ocho Pies – Cuban & World Jazz
New CD coming soon!
Paul Hjelm, guitar
Steve Luceno, guitar
Michael Olson, percussion
Connie Bunyer, vocal & percussion

photos by Jim Levitt

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

SHERMAN CLAY PIANO STORE: Ariel Pocock Trio

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio

OWL & THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez

MIX: Don Mock

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita

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Ray Vega’s East/West Trumpet Summit, featuring Seattle musicians Thomas Marriott, Jeff Johnson and Matt Jorgensen as well as former-Olympian Travis Shook, just returned from a week at Marians Jazzroom in Bern, Switzerland, performing with the New York trumpeter.

The group recorded a new CD last month which will be released in the Summer on Origin Records.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Amber Tone Trio and the Jason Parker Quartet

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jazz Police Big Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Rumbeggae

BOXLEY’S: Tracy Knoop Quartet
101 W North Bend Way, North Bend

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django w/ Special Guest Larry Coryell

MARTINS OFF MADISON: Tim Kennedy

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Pascal: The Music of Cal Tjader

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django w/ Special Guest Larry Coryell

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Holly Hamilton Jones, w/Hans Brehmer (piano)
9pm – Cara Francis and Chip Parker, w/Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass), Robert Rushing (drums)

BAKE’S PLACE: Visiting Songbirds: Marilyn Keller

BOXLEY’S: Karen Shivers Quartet

CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE: Seattle Piano Collective

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LUCID: The Fabulous Party Boys

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: How Now Brown Cow

LOCAL COLOR: Katy Bourne

LOMBARDI’S: Jon Hamar Trio

GRAZIE: Ambience Quartet

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio

MARTINS OFF MADISON: Karin Kajita

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quintet with Kay Bailey

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Larry Coryell

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Isabella du Graf with Randy Halberstadt (piano)
9pm – Susan Harper Conspiracy with Special Guest Jean Mann

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa & Josh Nelson

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

BOXLEY’S: Susan Pascal Trio

CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE: Seattle Composers Salon

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LUCID: Bryan Smith Quartet

LOMBARDI’S: Jon Hamar Trio

SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio

TOST: Hardcoretet w/ Farko Collective

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tom Varner Quartet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts / Tad Britton Trio

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Larry Coryell

BOXLEY’S: Hans Brehmer

NEW ORLEANS: Ray Skelbred/Bob Jackson Quintet

LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Andrew Mulherkar Quartet, with Andrew Mulherkar (tenor sax), Gus Carns (piano), Luke Bergman (bass) and Zach Para (drums)

9pm – Logan Strosahl Quintet, with Logan Strosahl (sax), Charlie Fisher (trumpet), Birch Pereira (bass), Evan Woodle (drums) and Gus Carns (piano)

TRIPLE DOOR: Jessica Williams

Sundays: Tracy Knoop Quartet
Alto sax’s great quartet with John Hansen, piano; Larry Holloway, bass; Greg Williamson, drums. Settling in for some great live recording.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Tracy Knoop has played all over the world with such greats as Mel Torme, Ray Charles, and Buddy Rich just to name a few…as well as playing lead alto for 10 years with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Currently, Tracy continues to perform and teach in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area. www.tracyknoop.com
**Family Night – Kids Meals are $3

Sunday, January 10: Special Sax Summit with guests Bill Ramsay (grand-master sax with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and many more) and North Bend’s Matt Wenman (former student of Knoop, band director @ Twin Falls Middle School)

Wednesdays: The Danny Kolke Trio
Danny is North Bend’s own jazz pianist, featuring a blend of Gene Harris style blues and straight ahead jazz. His CD “A New Meaning” will be released on Pony Boy Records this month.

Thursdays: Pony Boy Stablemates & Friends
7th Hans Brehmer
14th Marcus Bros.+Pops
21st Clark Gibson
28th Monkstone Theocracy
**Date Night! Half-price bottles of wine (under $50)

Fridays: Susan Pascal Trio & Guests
Jazz vibraphonist Susan Pascal strikes a fine balance between spontaneity and imaginative arrangements, originals and great jazz and American songbook standards. Fun to watch, and fun to listen, with Dave Petersen, guitar; and Chuck Deardorf, bass.

Saturdays: Karen Shivers Quartet
A fabulous vocalist and a favorite at Boxley’s, you’ll enjoy her music time and time again. Our first in the series, “Karen Shivers Quartet Live @ Boxley’s” is in production and available to pre-order…

Special Vocal Summit Saturday Night… stay tuned for date and details. Many of our favorite vocalists joining Karen Shivers onstage.

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Larry Coryell

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Eileen Neff

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ambience with Leah Natale (vocals), George Stone, Chris Busa and Burt Boice (bass)
9pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Emily McVicker, Rondi Marsh and David Arteaga – Hosted by Penelope Donado, with Darin Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)