Seattle Jazz Scene

EARSHOT JAZZ:

Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Wycliffe Gordon & Garfield High School Jazz Band
The acclaimed trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Wycliffe Gordon performs his hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz with a high-school ensemble that rates among the nation’s very best.

Tula’s Restaurant, 8:30pm
Jonathan Pugh: Music of Don Lanphere
The cornetist presents a tribute to his longtime boss, the late Seattle saxophone legend Don Lanphere. This retrospective focuses on the work of Lanphere’s classic quintet of the 1970s and 1980s.

all the other stuff …

JAZZ ALLEY: Amel Larrieux

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: James Baumgart Trio (5:30pm); Motel 5 (9:00pm)

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Steve Wacker and Brad Warren
9pm – Menagerie of Extravagance, with Tamara Evans and David Brunn
11pm – The Nudie Suit Stardusters, Songs of Hank Williams & Patsy Cline

BAKE’S PLACE: Estrella Acosta with Jovino Santos Neto

SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio

GRAZIE: Poindexter Jazz Quartet

JAZZVOX: Patti Wicks & Greta Matassa

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Doug Reid Qaurtet

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Stephanie Porter

CAFE LUNA (Vashon Island): Thomas Marriott Quartet
9924 SW Bank Road, Vashon, WA 98070

Photos by Jim Levitt

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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:

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Judy Wexler

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Jay Thomas Big Band
8:00pm: Earshot Jazz Festival: Eric Vloemans Fungimundi

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
Sunday Night Salsa: Mango Son

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE:
Earshot Jazz Festival: Here and Now

SERAFINA:
11am – 1:30pm: Jazz Brunch with the Conlin Roser / Cynthia Mullis Duo
6:30 – 9:00pm: The Piper Olson Duo

La SPIGA: Gail Pettis Trio

WASABI BISTRO: Brazilian Jazz w/ Marco de Carvalho

LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:
Earshot Jazz Festival: Billy Bang Quartet and Paul Rucker Ensemble

Anything else? Send us a note and let us know!

BAKE’S PLACE: Butch Harrison

JAZZ ALLEY: Esperanza Spalding

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Earshot Jazz Festival: Jerry Granelli’s V16

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Earshot Jazz Festival:
7pm – Roosevelt HS Jazz Band w/ Sean Jones
9:30pm – Jerry Gonzales & Fort Apache

TRIPLE DOOR MUSIQUARIUM: Das Vibenbass

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Eva Tree
9pm – Marti MacEwan (vocals) and friends, w/ Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)

GRAZIE: Andre Thomas

SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo w/ Sue Nixon

PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet

THIRD PLACE BOOKS: The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra

CROSSROADS MARKETPLACE: Jonathan Pugh Quartet

THE SEASONS (Yakima): Tierney Sutton

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Jazz Police
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

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

SERAFINA:
11am – 1:30pm: Jazz Brunch with the Conlin Roser / Cynthia Mullis Duo
6:30 – 9:00pm: Ann Reynolds and Tobi Stone

La SPIGA: Sue Bell Duo

WASABI BISTRO: Brazilian Jazz

BAKE’S PLACES: Bill Mays Trio

Anything else? Send us a note and let us know!

JAZZ ALLEY: Ledisi

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: How Now Brown Cow

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ginny Snowe and John Miller
9pm – The Mike Show, with Mike Eytcheson
11pm – Tom Boros

BAKE’S PLACE: Gail Pettis Quartet

GRAZIE: Lee Pence

THIRD PLACE BOOKS: Jon Pugh Quartet

SERAFINA: Mercedes Nicole

PAMPAS CLUB: Brian Nova Quartet

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