Seattle Jazz Scene

On Saturday, April 19, thousands of independent record stores across the country have teamed up to celebrate Record Store Day … put down your iPod, log off of Amazon.com and head out to a real-life record store and browse through CDs, vinyl, posters and magazines and check out some music.

Silver Platters will be featuring live music in both their Queen Anne and Bellevue stores and included in the mix is some jazz.

QUEEN ANNE SILVER PLATTERS
2:00pm: Matt Jorgensen +451

701 5th Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109

CROSSROADS BELLEVUE SILVER PLATTERS (music will be on the Crossroads Stage)
1:00pm: Interlake High School Jazz Band
2:30pm: Tribaljazz
5:00pm: Hadley Caliman

Crossroads Shopping Center (next to QFC)
15600 NE 8th St
Bellevue, WA 98008

Oops. Well it was fun while it lasted.

From The Seattle Times:

The most important American jazz gathering of the year, scheduled to take place in Seattle in January, has been canceled because its presenter is declaring bankruptcy.

A letter from the group’s president, Chuck Owen, is scheduled to go out to members as early as today, announcing the bankruptcy — and essentially the dissolution — of the 40-year-old organization.

Click here to read the entire article.

From The Seattle Times:

Norm Bobrow, a well-known Seattle impresario and champion of Seattle jazz, died Sunday.

A disc jockey, Seattle Times columnist and singer/bandleader who presented Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, among others, Mr. Bobrow had a career in popular music and jazz that spanned seven decades.

Mr. Bobrow, 90, died of cancer, according to his brother, Mort.

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Always a champion of local talent, Mr. Bobrow actively promoted the career of then-17-year-old Seattle singer Ernestine Anderson as “the new Ella [Fitzgerald],” presenting her in 1946 at the Metropolitan Theatre. Other artists promoted by Bobrow included Paul Neves, Freddie Greenwell, Gerald Wiggins and Floyd Standifer.

In 1950, Mr. Bobrow started promoting bebop pianist Cecil Young, often at the 908 Club, on 12th Avenue. The quartet later went on to national tours and a popular recording. In 1952, Mr. Bobrow presented a historic concert at the Metropolitan Theatre that featured Parker, Dave Brubeck and Chet Baker.

Mr. Bobrow loved to tell the story about how Parker first had to be dragged from the bar at the Grosvenor Hotel to the show, and then wound up spending the night in Bobrow’s apartment, leaving a “goodbye” scrawled in lipstick the next morning, before Bobrow got up.

Mr. Bobrow also presented legendary saxophonist Stan Getz, after which Getz, in an infamous incident, was arrested for robbing a drugstore.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times website.

Just found out about this … everyone should check it out:

Robin Holcomb & Wayne Horvitz
(with special guest Tony Scherr)

followed by
Tony Scherr
(with Rob Jost & Anton Fier)

Wednesday April 16th @ 9pm
The Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard Avenue
(206) 784-4880

Viva La Musica Club presents
“Latin America: Encounter & Magic!”

Jovino Santos Neto – piano/flute
Alfredo Muro – guitar

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 at 7:30pm

Benaroya Hall
200 University St.
Seattle, WA 98101

Info Line: 425-562-0853

Join us in the encounter of two musicians from two different countries in South America, Brazil and Peru. With their music they will take us to the magical world of the Latin American cultures. Guitarist Alfredo Muro and pianist/flautist Jovino Santos Neto will be the featured performers.

JOVINO SANTOS NETO
Brazilian-born Jovino Santos Neto worked as a pianist, flutist and producer with the legendary Hermeto Pascoal from 1977 to 1992. He is a Professor of Music at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts. He has released several recordings as the leader of his own ensemble and also in collaboration with other musicians. He has received several jazz and chamber music commissions.

His 2 most recent CDs, “Canto do Rio” (2004) and “Roda Carioca” (2006) were both nominated for a Latin Grammy. His latest release is “Alma do Nordeste”, inspired by the music of Northeastern Brazil.

ALFREDO MURO
Born in Lima-Peru, Alfredo is a virtuoso guitarist, arranger and composer.
His style proved there are no frontiers between classical and popular music, gliding in a very elegant way. He had the honor to represent his native country of Peru in several International Guitar Festivals, and also performed in Special Audience at The Vatican for Pope John Paul II.

Recently, he was featured at The Kennedy Center in DC.

The Ev Stern Jazz Workshop has it’s last call for the Spring Jazz Workshop, April 19-June 14.

The workshops are open to musicians of all ages and levels. For more information, contact Ev Stern at 206-782-2331.

Tonight there are two events in Belltown that we highly recommend members of the Seattle jazz community attend.

Beginning at 5:00pm at Tula’s Jazz Club, the Earshot Jazz Board of Directors is holding a public forum. Everyone is invited and encouraged to bring their questions, ideas, and suggestions for the organization. There will be a sign-up sheet for public comment.

Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant, 2214 2nd Avenue (Belltown)

At 7:30pm, Origin Records and Jazz Alley welcome Chicago’s Deep Blue Organ Trio to Seattle for their performance at Jazz Alley. Featuring Bobby Broom (guitar), Chris Foreman (organ) and Greg Rockingham (drums) , their latest CD held the #2 position on the Jazz Week chart for four straight weeks and remained in the top five for two months.

Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, phone 206.441.9729

I’m very sorry to pass on the news from Paul West that Norm Bobrow passed last night. Paul said he owed whatever success he had in the music business to Norm, who first started promoting jazz concerts when he was a student at The UW in the late 30s. He was also a conga player, a fellow broadcaster, and a sweet man who had many friends and dearly loved jazz and everyone associated with it.

When I introduced him at his induction into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 1996, I told him “When I grow up, Norm, I want to be just like you!” He got a big kick out of that and recalled it again when I saw him at The New Orleans just a couple of months ago when we were both there listening to Jay Thomas’ Big Band.

I’m sure there will be many remembrances of Norm Bobrow in the next few days and information about a memorial. He was a major contributor to the Seattle Jazz Scene. There are numerous references to him in Paul DeBarros’ “Jackson Street After Hours”.

– Jim Wilke

Well … the first signs of Spring came and went. Here is a list of what’s happening tonight …

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio

THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet

WASABI BISTRO: Brazilian Jazz

LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin

JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur

THE TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Sunday Night Salsa: Mango Son

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Franklin HS Alumni/Jazz Police Big Band
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

THE NEW ORLEANS: South Sound Youth Jazz featuring Bill Englehart

TUTTA BELLA WALLINGFORD: Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio

LA SPIGA: Mark Bullis

BENAROYA HALL: Les Brown Band of Renown

13 is your lucky number on Thursdays!

HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
Thursday Evenings
8:00pm – 12:00am

The 13 Coins Restaurant
“Seattle’s Only 24-hour Gourmet Restaurant”
125 Boren Ave N, Seattle
(just off Denny Way, three blocks from I-5)
ph: (206)682-2513

The newly renovated 13 Coins Restaurant & Lounge is an old-style cornerstone of metropolitan character serving up a hearty-fare 24 hours a day. The lounge is classic space for lounging. Cocktails, old photos, fireplace and ultra comfortable seating. This is the perfect spot for a dry martini and some classic rat-pack music.

It is a rare and special occasion when New Stories performs in the Northwest. Made up of Marc Seales on piano, Doug Miller on bass and John Bishop on drums, the group will perform Tuesday night at the Eastside Jazz Series at the Bellevue Sherman Clay store.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8
NEW STORIES AT SHERMAN-CLAY
7:30 – 9:30pm

1000 Bellevue Way N.E.,
Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 454-0633

A big thank you to Cynthia Mullis who has been handling the duties of Seattle Jazz Scene this past week while I’ve been on tour.

And, of course, thank you to all of our readers!

– Matt Jorgensen

JAZZ ALLEY: Pinetop Perkins with the Willie Big Eyes Smith Band

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band

NEW ORLEAN’S: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Dorothy Rodes (vocals) with Darin Clendenin (piano)

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam Session

JAZZ ALLEY: Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Das Vibenbass

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Pascal Quartet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Karen Shivers (vocals), with Karin Kajita (piano), Phil Sparks (bass) and Brian Kirk (drums)
9pm – Scandalmonger, with Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), Michele Khazak (vocals) and Adam Kessler (drums)
11pm – Electric Blue Sun, with Bob Dickey (drums), Jeff Wittekind (guitar), and Buzz Rogowski (keyboards)

BAKE’S PLACE: Karin Plato Quartet

TUTTA BELLA: Michael Gotz Trio

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio

LA SPIGA: Fred Hoadley Trio

GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group

GALLERY 1412: Nathan Hubbard, with Bill Horist and Paul Kikuchi

SORRENTO HOTEL: Julie Cascioppo

WORLD CUP ESPRESSO: Rik Wright Trio
5200 Roosevelt NE, 7:30pm