Seattle Jazz Scene

March 19-22: An Evening with Branford Marsalis

ROOM IN ALL SHOWS!

Listen to KPLU 88.5 FM Thursday, March 19th at noon, for a live duet performance and interview!

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents three-time Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis for four nights touring in support of his new release Metamorphosen. Band members joining Mr. Marsalis are Joey Calderazzo (piano), Justin Faulkner (drums), Eric Revis (bass). Set times Thursday through Sunday are at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Doors open at 6pm on Thursday and 5:30pm Friday through Sunday. Friday and Saturday shows are pre-sale, which means payment is required at the time reservations are made and all purchases are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. *Sideman subject to change w/o notice.

Time flies when you are making great music, as Branford Marsalis will be the first to attest. “I had no idea that two years had passed since we made our last album,” says the celebrated saxophonist, composer, producer and leader of the Brandford Marsalis Quartet. The realization prompted a trip to the studio and the result of a visit to Durham, North Carolina’s Hayti Heritage Center, Metamorphosen. Their latest release and another milestone from an ensemble that continues to set the pace regarding jazz creativity. Marsalis Music will release the latest statement by its founder in March 2009.

Over the weekend we hit the 1000 mark at Seattle Jazz Scene.

Thank you to all of our readers who check out the site daily!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the DARIN CLENDENIN Trio

NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

Anything else happening today? Send us an email at [email protected].

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Rumbeggae

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm: Jay Thomas Big Band
8pm: Jim Cutler Big Band

SERAFINA:
11am-1:30pm: Jazz Brunch: Conlin Roser Duo
6:30-9pm: Ryan Burns, solo piano

LUCID: Jam Session
5241 University Way, Seattle

DOCKSIDE BISTRO: Gail Pettis Quartet,
501 Columbia Street NW, Olympia, 6pm

Drop us a line and let us know what else is happening tonight!

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Marc Seales’ American Songs w/ Chuck Deardorf, Cuong Cu, Fred Hamilton, Gary Hobbs

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Peter Spencer (guitar/vocals) and Dave Bristow (piano)
9pm – Marti MacEwan, with Joe Casalini (bass), Charlie Hiestand (piano) and Adam Kessler (drums)
11pm – Gryphon

BAKE’S PLACE: Kelley Johnson Quartet

LOCAL COLOR: Rochelle Julie Olson, Pat Johnston & Lee Brown

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LUCID: Jason Parker Quartet

SORRENTO HOTEL: Katy Bourne Trio

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Steve Alboucq Quartet, with Steve Alboucq (trumpet), Matt Page (drums), Chris Morton (piano) and Nathan Parker (bass)
9pm – Lora Chiorah & Leif Totusek – “Mbira & Guitar” music of Zimbabwe
11pm – Matt Price and Scott Katz

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

BAKE’S PLACE: Jay Roberts & Don Mock Guitar Duo

LOCAL COLOR: Rochelle House

SERAFINA: The Djangomatics

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM: Marc Seales w/ Fred Hamilton, Gary Hobbs & Cuong Vu
University of Washington

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Arturo Rodriguez & Friends

LUCID: Lee Redfield Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis

NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet

THAIKU: Jon Alberts / Tad Britton / Jeff Johnson

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Stealth Session!
9pm – Ksenia Popova (soprano), with Brandon Peck (piano) and special guest Rachel Finley

LUCID: New Architects

LO-FI: The Teaching

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: Art Lande & Mark Miller

SORRENTO HOTEL: Miss Rose & Casey MacGill

JAZZ ALLEY: Barbara Morrison, Danny Caron and Ruth Davies in the Spirit of Charles Brown

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Victor Noriega solo piano
9pm – Nate Omdal Quintet, w/ Jim Knodle (trumpet), Art Brown (alto sax), Mike Dodge (tenor sax), Cody Rahn (drums) and Nate Omdal (bass) – Come celebrate Nate’s birthday!

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom

EAST SIDE JAZZ CLUB: Ben Thomas Quartet, w/Chuck Deardorf  (bass), John Bishop (drums), Alex Chadsey (piano). 7:30pm, 1000 Bellevue Wa, (425) 454-0633

Drummer Byron Vannoy will lead his group Meridian at Tula’s tonight, Monday, March 9, starting at 7:30pm.

Meridian won the 2008 Earshot Golden Ear Award for NW Recording of the Year this past February.

The show is all ages for the first set so bring the entire family.

MONDAY, MARCH 9
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle
206-443-4221
7:30 – 10:00pm

Byron Vannoy – drums/compositions
Eric Barber – saxophones
Kacey Evans – piano
Chris Spencer – guitar
Chris Symer – bass

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Byron Vannoy’s Meridian

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

JAZZ ALLEY: UNCF 3rd Annual Music for the Mind Gala

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer

CONCERT: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra w/ Toshiko Akiyoshi
Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland; 3 p.m.
More info at 206-523-6159 or www.srjo.org.

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Tor Dietrichson and Mambo Cadillac

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

SERAFINA:
11am-1:30pm: Jazz Brunch: Conlin Roser Duo
6:30-9pm: Jerry Frank, solo piano

LUCID: Jam Session
5241 University Way

BAKE’S PLACE: Jay Roberts and Don Mock, guitar duo

Drop us a line and let us know what else is happening tonight!

from The Seattle Times:

As a Japanese woman and bandleader, Toshiko Akiyoshi was obliged to be a pioneer of one kind or another. In her day, women in jazz were singers and little more, and they certainly were not Japanese.

From the culture she was born to and the one she adopted, she gathered proverbs that even today she finds useful to remember.

“The Japanese have a saying, ‘The nail that sticks out will be beaten down,’ ” said Akiyoshi, who is in Seattle this weekend for a series of concerts and a lecture. “And here they say, ‘If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.’ ”

What Akiyoshi, now 79, accomplished seems unlikely for a woman raised in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, who came to jazz during the American occupation of Japan. As she puts it, she has been “demographically challenged.” She was turned on to jazz by a Teddy Wilson record and got a job playing piano in a dance hall for American officers.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Nathan Eklund CD Release Party

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Elizabeth Carpenter Trio
9pm – Steve Wacker (vocals, guitar) with guest Bob Knetzger (pedal steel, dobro)
11pm – Leif Totusek solo show!

LOCAL COLOR: Hillary Harris

SERAFINA: Jazzukha

LUCID: Kevin McCarthy Quartet

JAZZVOX CONCERT SERIES: Stephanie Nakasian w/ Hod OBrien

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

LATONA PUB: Leif Totusek Trio

HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Schroeder Quartet

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Manhattan Transfer

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: AXIOM QUARTET featuring John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, Jon Hamar and Phil Parisot

NEW ORLEANS: The Bob Jackson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7:00 – TBA
9:00 – Nate Eklund Group CD Release, with Nathan Eklund (trumpet/flugelhorn), Mark Taylor (saxophones), Dawn Clement (piano), Chris Symer (bass), Byron Vannoy (drums)

LUCID: Hardcoretet Headhunters Tribute
5241 University Way, 9:00pm

STANFORDS: Gail Pettis Trio
17380 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, 7:00pm

MOXIE: Dennis Moss

SORRENTO HOTEL: Katy Bourne & Randy Halberstadt

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnon, Tad Britton

LO-FI: Jacob Stickney Quartet, The Teaching

Thursday, March 5 at Tula’s – Axiom Quartet

Alexey Nikolaev – tenor sax
John Hansen – piano
Jon Hamar – bass
Phil Parisot – drums

Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub
2214 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
(206)443-4221
7:30 pm
$8 cover

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Connie Evingson

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Seattle Community College Jazz Orchestra with Lonnie Mardis

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Darin Clendenin (piano) and Clipper Anderson (bass)
9pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by Billy Brandt, with Darin Clendenin (piano) and Clipper Anderson (bass)

WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce

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JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Connie Evingson

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ronin Trio, featuring Kenny Mandell (sax), Don Berman (drums) and Nate Omdal (bass)
9pm – Bob & Sheldon

DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom

JAZZ ALLEY: Karen Shivers Quartet

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: VOCAL JAM hosted by Greta Matassa

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Jim Knapp Orchestra
12510 15th Ave NE, Seattle, 8pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder