Seattle Jazz Scene

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

VITOS: Synthesis
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Showcase hosted by Julie Olson featuring Meg Roberts, Leah Stillwell and Ron Stilwell
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Julie Olson
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, (206) 789-1621

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

BLACK ZIA CANTINA: Ryan Burns
15212 6th Ave SW, Burien, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz/Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425.454.2776, 6:00pm

Pianist Dave Peck will celebrate his birthday with a  weekend at Tula’s, August 22-23, and this year it will feature free cupcakes! Joining Peck will be  Jeff Johnson (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums).

Peck, who is known for his deeply introspective and passionate style, has been lauded by the jazz press for his award winning CDs. AllAboutJazz.com noted, “Peck values economy and does amazing things harmonically. It’s the circle of the complete ensemble, pianist, accompaniment, and new composition very close to each other.”

FRIDAY – SATURDAY, AUGUST 22-23
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 Second Avenue, Seattle

Music starts at 7:30pm
Cover charge: $15.00
All Ages until 10:00pm

Reservations: (206) 443-4221

The Steve Griggs Ensemble will perform 10 free events at branches of the Seattle Public Library beginning on Sunday, August 3. This residency is supported by the library and Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Program. Titled Songs of Unsung Seattle, the original narration and music programs will include Panama Hotel Jazz about Japanese American endurance of injustice during WWII and Cup of Joe Brazil about jazz saxophonist Joe Brazil’s community development through music in the face of civil rights injustice during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The residency will explore connections between Seattle history, original music, and the library’s collection.

Go to www.spl.org/jazz for complete schedule information.

The ensemble includes saxophonist Griggs, trumpeter Jay Thomas, vibraphonist Susan Pascal, guitarist Milo Petersen, and bassist Phil Sparks.

Panama Hotel Jazz was created through a 4Culture Historic Site Specific Grant and won an Adventurous Programming Award from ASCAP and Chamber Music America. Cup of Joe Brazil is based on biographical research into Brazil’s life supported by a 4Culture Individual Artist Project and the Jack Straw Foundation Artist Support Program.

UP-COMING PERFORMANCES:

Aug 17 @ 2:00pm: International District Branch (713 Eighth Ave. S.)
Aug 24 @ 2:00pm: Queen Anne Branch (400 W. Garfield St.)
Sep 7 @ 2:00pm: University Branch (5009 Roosevelt Way N.E.)
Sep 14 @ 2:00pm: Greenlake Branch (7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.)
Sep 21 @ 2:00pm: West Seattle Branch (2306 42nd Ave. S.W.)
Sep 28 @ 2:00pm: Columbia Branch (4721 Rainier Ave. S.)
Oct 19 @ 2:00pm: Douglass-Truth Branch (2300 E. Yesler Way)
Dec 8 @ 6:00pm: Ballard Branch (5614 22nd Ave. N.W)

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band w/ special guest Danny Quintero
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Boxley’s Jazz Camp Faculty Jam
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz / Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004, 425.454.2776, 7:00pm

OUTWEST BAR: Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman
5401 California Ave SW, West Seattle, 206-937-1540, 8:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: David Marriott Big Band
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Pearl Django
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 206-906-9920

BOXLEY’S: 5:30pm: MSHS Vocal Clinic; 7:30pm: Emily Braden
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BLUE MOON: Andy Coe Band
712 NE 45th St, Seattle, 206-675-9116, 10:00pm

NECTAR: Mo’ Jam Mondays w/ Morgan Gilkeson
412 N. 36th St., Seattle, 206.632.2020, 9:00pm

CAPITOL CIDER: Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco
818 E Pike St, 9:00pm

Tom Harrell, “Colors of a Dream”
with Jaleel Shaw, Jonathan Blake, Ugonna Okegwo, and Wayne Escoffery

Tuesday – Wednesday, August 19-20
JAZZ ALLEY
2033 6th Avenue
Reservations: (206) 441-9729

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitiriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes Tom Harrell Colors of A Dream with special guests Jaleel Shaw (sax), Jonathan Blake (drums), Ugonna Okegwo (bass) and Wayne Escoffery (sax).
artist info

Praised by Newsweek for his pure melodic genius, Tom Harrell is widely recognized as one of the most creative and dynamic jazz instrumentalists and composers of our time. While Harrell is a master of the jazz idiom, he constantly seeks new challenges and influences. Even with a discography of over 260 recordings and a career that spans more than four decades, Harrell has managed to stay fresh and current as he continues to actively record and tour around the world. He is a frequent winner in Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines’ Critics and Readers Polls and a Grammy nominee. His warm, burnished sound on the trumpet and the flugelhorn, and the unparalleled harmonic and rhythmic sophistication in his playing and writing, have earned Harrell his place as a jazz icon to aspiring musicians and devoted fans alike. His music is at once intelligent, soulful, fresh and accessible.

In the last two years, Harrell has begun to develop new projects- In June of 2011, he premiered his own arrangements of works by Debussy and Ravel with the nine-piece Tom Harrell Chamber Ensemble. Since then the ensemble was featured on PBS’ Soundtracks and toured in the US. The TRIP quartet is a piano-less group that was formed last year after Harrell was commissioned to write new music by Dave Douglas for the Festival of New Trumpet Music. COLORS OF A DREAM, Harrell’s latest creation, released this Fall and touring currently, takes the piano-less ensemble concept one step further with a sextet featuring alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, and quintet members Wayne Escoffery, Ugonna Okegwo and Jonathan Blake.

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: 7:30pm: Envoy Sextet; 8:30pm: Smith/Staelens Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

VITOS: Michael Owcharuk Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: Jessica Lurie & the Megaphone Heart Band
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Adrian Xavier All Star Dub Jam
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BLACK ZIA CANTINA: Thomas Marriott’s Willie Nelson Project
15212 6th Ave SW, Burien, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz/Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425.454.2776, 6:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

VITOS: Jerry Zimmerman
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Kareem Kandi Trio
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BLACK ZIA CANTINA: Ryan Burns Trio
15212 6th Ave SW, Burien, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz/Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425.454.2776, 6:00pm

From The Seattle Times:

Saxophonists Pharaoh Sanders, Joe Lovano and Miguel Zenon, trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Jacky Terrasson are some of the headliners announced this week by Seattle jazz non-profit Earshot Jazz for its annual festival, which runs Oct. 10 through Nov. 11 at various venues around the city.

Other shows feature bassist Linda Oh, vocalist Carmen Lundy and blues men Alvin Youngblood Hart and Corey Harris.

The festival opens with a tribute to Thelonious Monk, on his birthday, with “Monk 10/10,” featuring Seattle keyboardists and a 10-piece ensemble conducted by piano man Wayne Horvitz, performing transcriptions of Monk’s famous 1959 Town Hall concert.

Earshot will post the full festival schedule Aug. 15 on its website.

JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band w/ special guest Danny Quintero
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Bob Baumann and Friends
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz / Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004, 425.454.2776, 7:00pm

OUTWEST BAR: Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman
5401 California Ave SW, West Seattle, 206-937-1540, 8:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Monty Alexander and the Harlem-Kingston Express 70th Birthday Celebration!
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jiggs Whigham & LaJJazzO
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Kevin Mccarthy & Friends Jam Session
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8:00pm

SERAFINA: 11am: Alex Guilbert Duo; 6:30pm: Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807

VITO’S LOUNGE: 6pm: Ruby Bishop; 9:30pm: Ron Weinstein Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle

BOXLEY’S: Randy Halberstadt Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 6:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Deems Tsutakawa
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-454-2776, 7:00pm

JAZZ PORT TOWNSEND: Jensen Sisters / Wycliffe Gordon & Friends
McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA 7:30

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Brian Nova Trio
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Monty Alexander and the Harlem-Kingston Express 70th Birthday Celebration!
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Geoff Harper’s Birthday Bash! With Kyle Scherrer (guitar), TJ Kottsick (sax), Geoff Harper (bass) and Ryan Shaw (drums)
9pm – FADE Quartet with Max Holmberg, Alex Dugdale, Keegan Harshman and Grant Neubauer
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, (206) 789-1621

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

BOXLEY’S: Chris Clark, Bob Hammer & Ray Price
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

SERAFINA: Alex Guibert Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9:00pm

NORTH CITY BISTRO: George Bullock Trio
1520 NE 177th St, Shoreline, 206-365-4447, 7:00pm

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Andy Coe, Evan Flory-Barnes, Tarik Abouzied
Union Street bet. 2nd and 3rd Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

DUOS LOUNGE: Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet
2940 SW Avalon Way, 206-452-2452, 7:30pm

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

VITO’S: Lushy
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: 6:00pm: Gotz/Lowe Duo; 9:00pm: Rod Cook and Toast
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-454-2776, 6:00pm

Pianist Bill Anschell is a Seattle native, though he’s lived and toured around the US and internationally. Returning to Seattle to live, he quickly established himself as one of the key players through his own trio, accompanying singers and his regular appearance with Floyd Standifer at The New Orleans during the trumpet player’s last years.

On this show, Bill Anschell fronts his “Standards Trio” with Jeff Johnson on bass and D’Vonne Lewis at the drums. The trio plays fresh, free interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook. This performance was recorded on july 19 at Tula’s in Seattle where Bill Anschell often plays as sideman and with his own groups.

Bill Anschell is also a humorist. His monthly “Mr.P.C.’s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum” offers tongue-in-cheek advice to jazz musicians and audiences can be found on Facebook.

Next week’s Jazz Northwest will feature the first in a series of concerts by internationally renown artists recorded at this Summer’s Jazz Port Townsend.

Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU. The program is also available as a podcast following the broadcast.

For more info:
billanschell.com
tulas.com
jazznw.org

JAZZ ALLEY: Albert Lee 70th Birthday Celebration!
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hilary Gardner with Bill Anschell, Anton Schwartz & Mark Ivester
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

VITOS: Lamar Lofton
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

ROYAL ROOM: STEBMO: Super Drum
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Rippin’ Chicken
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz/Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425.454.2776, 6:00pm

WESTLAKE MALL: Dina Blade & Swingin’ in the Rain
Pike St. between 4th & 5th, 7:00pm

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Albert Lee 70th Birthday Celebration!
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Mach One Jazz Orchestra
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Erectet / McTuff
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz / Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004, 425.454.2776, 7:00pm

OUTWEST BAR: Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman
5401 California Ave SW, West Seattle, 206-937-1540, 8:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

VITOS: Ben von Wildenhaus
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

ROYAL ROOM: Piano Starts Here: Stride: The Before and After James P. Johnson and Thelonious Monk
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Eric Hullander Jazz Band / The Unsinkable Heavies
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz/Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425.454.2776, 6:00pm

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB: Dmitri Matheny Group
Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, Bellevue, 425-828-9104

ROYAL ROOM: Chris Stover’s Book of Sand
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

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

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Hello Dollface / McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Gotz / Lowe Duo
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004, 425.454.2776, 7:00pm

OUTWEST BAR: Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman
5401 California Ave SW, West Seattle, 206-937-1540, 8:00pm

THE CHAPEL: Bad Luck / Sequoia Ensemble
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 8:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Josephine Howell Quartet
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

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

ROYAL ROOM: Global Heat/ Reji Lefluer
5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: Thomas Marriott Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

VITO’S: 5:30pm: Casey MacGill; 9:00pm: Brazil Novo
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695

BLUE MOON: Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson
712 NE 45th St, 206-675-9116, 4:30pm

PINK DOOR: Greg Ruby Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 206-443-3241, 8:00pm

from The Seattle Times:

Sara Gazarek, an emotive, crisply swinging vocalist who graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2000, is in town next week for her first full-length engagement at Jazz Alley. She is thrilled about playing Seattle’s most prestigious jazz house, but a performance in May at the Blue Note, in New York, had an even deeper resonance.

“We were performing the same weekend Roosevelt was at Essentially Ellington,” said the Los Angeles-based singer, referring to the jazz competition that her alma mater has regularly dominated. “It was really meaningful to realize that 14 years ago, I was at that festival, performing at Avery Fisher Hall with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. It’s because of the educational opportunities at that festival that I realized I wanted to be a jazz singer.”

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.