EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:
The Triple Door: Johnny A
Tula’s Jazz Club: Four Across
The Chapel: Marilyn Chrispell; Paul Lytton & Nate Wooley
Other events tonight …
JAZZ ALLEY: Tierney Sutton
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – ThorNton Creek
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Katie King, with the Dan Sales Trio
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Fm Duo
From Hugo Kugiya’s review in The Seattle Times:
Uncoiling slowly and often in surprising ways, the Earshot Jazz Festival opened last weekend with the kind of musical menu it has become known for: a bit of the familiar, with a taste of the faraway.
The local festival with global reach has been criticized both for not being local enough and for being too reliant on locally bred artists. Presuming that all will never be fully pleased, most must have found something to be happy about on opening weekend.
The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band with guest trumpeter Sean Jones gave the first performance of the festival at the Triple Door, showing what sets apart this region in the jazz world — an exceptional concentration of young, accomplished musicians. Winner of this year’s Essentially Ellington high-school-band competition in New York, Roosevelt performed to a full house, with throngs of well-attired, proud parents rooting on their tuxedo-clad children on a world-class stage.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:
Langston Hughes Center: Priesters Cue/Hadley Caliman Quartet
104 17th Ave S (at Yestler), 8:00pm
Tula’s Jazz Club: Froy Aagre Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 8:30pm
All the other stuff …
JAZZ ALLEY: Tierney Sutton
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jump Ensemble
9pm – Stina Hultin (vocals), with Josh Rawlings (piano), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass) and Jeremy Jones (drums)
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL:
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Frøy Aagre Quartet
LO-FI: Paul Harding & Juju Detective Agency/Evan Flory-Barnes The Teaching
Other events tonight:
TOST: Michael Shrieves Spellbinder
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Leif Totusek Duo
JAZZ ALLEY: Melody Gardot
from Ev Stern:
The Fall Jazz Workshop got underway yesterday with an Open House Jam Session. Groups are forming now and start meeting tomorrow. There is still some room and flexibility in the schedule, so if you’re at all interested in jumping in, now is the time.
For more information call 206-782-2331 or visit evstern.com
McTuff, the group fronted by Joe Doria on organ and features Skerik on saxophone, Andy Coe on guitar and D’Vonne Lewis on drums, heads out on a west coast tour tomorrow morning but you can catch them tonight at Lo-Fi.
Oct 17, 10:00pm – MCTUFF TOUR KICKOFF @ Lo-Fi, Seattle, WA
Oct 18, 10:00pm – The Goodfoot, Portland, OR
Oct 21, 9:00pm – HopMonk, Sebastopol, CA
Oct 22, 9:00pm – Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 23, 10:00pm – The Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA
Oct 24, 10:00pm – The Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA
Oct 25, 9:00pm – The Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA
Oct 26, 9:30pm – Sam Bond’s, Eugene, OR
BAKE’S PLACE: Josh Rawlings Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
LO-FI: McTuff featuring Joe Doria
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dina Blade
9pm – Lisa Marshall and the Dirty Girls
11pm – Blues To Do jam session, with Lisa Marshall and the Dirty Girls
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas
SERAFINA: Kiko de Freitas
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Susan Pascal
ST. CLOUD’S: Jose Gonzales Trio
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Port Townsend Reunion Band
THE SEASONS (Yakima): Jerry Gonzalez & Fort Apache
From The Seattle Times:
The jazz festival story down in Portland has been full of drama: The large enterprise made an immediate, commercial impact on the city when it began in 2004 but suddenly went under last month, and the upcoming sixth-annual festival set for February 2009 was canceled. Then it was saved by a large, cash infusion from a deep-pocketed benefactor, Alaska Airlines, who PDX Jazz organizers announced had agreed to be the event’s title sponsor.
By contrast, Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle’s largest and most ambitious jazz series, operates on about half the budget (Earshot’s annual budget is about $250,000), and is funded largely not by corporate, commercial interests but endowments, public commissions and private philanthropy.
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
5:30pm: Tor Dietrichson/Julio Jauregui Latin Jazz Duo
9:00pm: Hardcoretet
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tumbao w/ Thomas Marriott
NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band with Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jason Parker Quartet
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Billy Brandt, with Paul Sawyer (guitar) and Joe Casalini (bass)
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Jackie Ryan
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
JAZZ ALLEY: Jackie Ryan
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – The Jazz Poets
9pm – Jeni Wren (vocals), with Victor Noriega (piano), Nate Omdal (bass) and Jeff Conlin (drums)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
The Bill Mays Trio w/Martin Wind & Matt Jorgensen
The Seasons Turns Three (Birthday Party!)
October 13
6:00PM Doors with Cake and champagne
7:00PM Concert
Celebrate our 3rd Birthday and honor those who have helped The Seasons grow!! We opened our doors exactly three years ago with The Bill Mays Trio. Now, join us for a special reunion concert to kick us off into our third year running! Bill Mays, whose prolific career as pianist, composer and arranger is simply beyond category. With deep roots in jazz, gospel, pop and classical his music is heard on hundreds of recordings, TV and movie sound tracks. Bill’s concert and studio credits include a who’s who of modern music, from Benny Golson to Gerry Mulligan to Sarah Vaughan. Bill will be joined by Matt Jorgensen on Drums and Martin Wind on Bass, sure to light up the stage with an unforgettable evening of impeccably played jazz.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin’s Version Of Cool 7
TOST: Michael Shrieves Spellbinder
From The Seattle Times:
There are many young singers out there tackling the Great American Songbook, but Jackie Ryan has something special to offer. It’s partly the smokey timbre of her alto voice. And it’s surely the warmth and emotional transparency she brings to romantic ballads like “The Very Thought of You” and “Never Let Me Go,” both on her 2007 debut album, “You and the Night and the Music” (OpenArt), which features saxophone great Red Holloway.
There are plenty of cool kitties in vocal jazz. Ryan wears her heart on her sleeve, with grand results. She performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $23.50 (206-441-9729
Head over to Yakima for their Fall Music Festival which starts tonight. Tickets to most shows are only $20 and you can buy a complete festival pass for only $75. Get away from the economic mess and pack the car for a trip to see some amazing music.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10: THE ERIC ALEXANDER QUARTET
featuring:
Eric Alexander – saxophone
David Hazeltine – piano
John Webber – bass
Matt Jorgensen – drums
THE SEASONS
101 N. Naches Ave. Yakima,WA
Tickets:
(509) 453-1888 or (888) 723-7660
UP-COMING PERFORMANCES:
Saturday, Oct. 11 – Yakima Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, Oct. 12 – Daron Hagen’s ‘Cradle Song, A Love Story’
Monday, Oct. 13 – Bill Mays Trio
Tuesday, Oct. 14 – The Inventions Trio
Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Ernestine Anderson
Thursday, Oct. 16 – Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Friday, Oct. 17 – Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band
Saturday, Oct. 18 – Tierney Sutton Band
Visit The Seasons website for more information.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman / Thomas Marriott Quintet
JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Leah Stillwell, with Michael Owcharuk (piano), Jim Carey (bass) and Jaiman Crunk (guitar)
9pm – Tim Lerch
11pm – Daniel Kamas
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
SERAFINA: The Djangomatics
GRAZIE: Dennis Hastings Quartet
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Schroeder & Friends
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Sue Nixon
NORTH CITY BISTRO: The ABQ Latin Jazz Trio
w/ Cynthia Mullis (saxophone), Ben Verdier (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass)
520 NE 177th St., Shoreline, 8-10pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
BAKE’S PLACE
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE
Issaquah, WA 98029
Reservations: 425-391-3335
THE INVENTIONS TRIO
Bill Mays – piano
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Alisa Horn – cello
The group grew out of Mays and Stamm’s long association and duo work together, followed by a commission of Mays’ three-movement Fantasy for Cello, Trumpet & Piano. Another inspiration was Mays’ duo work with flutist Bud Shank in 1980 that resulted in the Concord Records LP, Explorations, which featured Mays’ Suite for Flute and Piano and improvisations on classical themes. In the 1990s Mays mixed musical genres again by orchestrating The Nutcracker Suite for Jazz City Records. Written for four woodwinds and rhythm section, the CD featured movements from the Nutcracker and other well-known themes by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. In recent years, Mays teamed with members of the Finisterra and the Philadelphia Piano Quartets to play his jazz versions of Arensky, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Rodrigo, and Vivaldi. In Mays’ words: “whether playing Borodin or Bird, Bach or bop, the aim is to make the music come alive in a new way, find great melodies, be true to the composer’s underlying harmonic scheme, let the music swing, listen intently, play honestly, always honoring the rich traditions from which we’re drawing and building upon.”
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Jon Hamar Trio
performing music from ‘Here After’
1300 1st Ave, Seattle, 5:30pm, Free with museum admission
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Cliff Colon CD Release Party
JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jessica Stenson (vocals) with Darin Clendenin (piano)
9pm – Goat, with Greg Sinibaldi
THAIKU: Tad Britton, Jeff Johnson, Jon Alberts
LO-FI: The Teaching
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
Thursday, Oct 9 at 5:30pm
John Hamar Quartet
Seattle’s 2007 “Emerging Jazz Artist of the Year”
Seattle Art Museum Downtown
1300 First Avenue, Seattle
Jon Hamar is a versatile artist who’s ability to find a tasteful, unique voice in any musical situation has made him a staple in the Northwest music scene. Hamar’s friendly nature, sense of humor and work ethic has kept him busy as a freelance bassist in multiple genres, composer and educator.
In addition to his role as a leader, since moving to Seattle in 2001 Hamar has been active in the role of supporting bassist. Jon has been busy as a recording artist playing on multiple cds with singer/songwriting artists including Wendy Huckins, Brian Finnell, Hans York, Eric Goetz and Bobby Krier. Recently Hamar played on Brian Owens’ disc Unmei, released on the OA2 label from Origin Records and will be heard on Carl Tanner’s upcoming release “Hear the Angels Sing” on Sony Classical. Jon has recently been performing with Jay Thomas, Ernestine Anderson, the Greg Williamson Quartet and the Axiom Quartet.
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TRIPLE DOOR:
5:30pm: Leif Totusek
9:00pm Hardcoretet
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Vocal Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band with Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Mark Taylor and Ryan Burns
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Jennifer Derrick Adams
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
