TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: More Zero
JAZZ ALLEY: Choklate
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: The Tina Richerson Trio with Tina Richerson (sax), Chris Symer (bass) and Jose Martinez (drums)
DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 322-5453, 6:30pm
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
1628 Dexter Ave N, 283-7786
Drummer and composer Brad Gibson will present an afternoon of original works for his Senior Recital inspired by Bebop, Classical, and R & B. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 2nd at 2:00pm.
Joining Brad will be Chris Symer (bass), Ty Bailie (Hammond Organ), and fellow Cornish students, Clark Gibson (reeds), Eli Clark (trombone), and Mack Grout (piano).
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 – PONCHO CONCERT HALL
Cornish College of the Arts
710 E. Roy, Seattle
2:00pm
Free Admission, open to all.
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Here is what’s happening tonight:
JAZZ ALLEY: Duke Ellington Orchestra
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: James Baumgart Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tumbao featuring Thomas Marriott
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
THAIKU: The Black Hills Trio featuring Marc Seales, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Gail Pettis
9pm – Jazzbestos
SERAFINA: Graham Banfield, solo guitar
EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: The Four Freshman
410 Fourth Ave N, Edmonds, 7:30
22 DOORS: Jason Parker Duo
405 15th Ave E, 8:00pm
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
TRACTOR TAVERN: “Varmit” CD Release Party
from Earshot Jazz: VARMINT, featuring Robin Holcomb on vocals, Wayne Horvitz on Hammond B3, Tim Young on guitar and vocals, Jon Hyde on pedal steel and vocals, Keith Lowe on acoustic bass, and Andy Roth on drums, is celebrating the release of their first, self-titled CD with a guest filled extravaganza at the Tractor Tavern. An all-covers band that does not rehearse, VARMINT specializes in Americana and roots music. Their live performances are typically exciting, spontaneous, and full of surprises. For this event, they are joined by back-up vocalists Arni Adler and Nova Devonie. Music starts at 8 pm; admission $15.
JAZZ ALLEY: Cañizares (Legendary Flamenco Guitarist)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band
THE NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Penelope Donado (vocals) with Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Chuck Kistler (bass)
SERAFINA: Josh Hickman, solo guitar
The Black Hills Trio featuring Marc Seales on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass and Tad Britton on drums will gather at Thaiku this Thursday night to perform music from their recent Origin Records release.
Music at Thaiku is always free and the food is amazing … so take a trip to Ballard this Thursday.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Fu Kun Wu Lounge (located inside Thaiku)
5410 Ballard Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98107
206-706-7807
Music starts at 8:30pm
From Paul de Barros’ Friday column in the Seattle Times:
The first half of 2008 has not yet been named Wayne Horvitz Season, but perhaps it should be.
Horvitz has four albums coming out between now and May, is embarking on a long-form collaboration with author Sherman Alexie based on the James Welch novel “The Heartsong of Charging Elk” and just got a remarkable review in The New York Times.
Writing about Manhattan’s Winter JazzFest at the Knitting Factory, New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff wrote, “Mr. Horvitz should have a room named after him at the club … his aesthetic and his music encoded the notion of ‘downtown jazz.’ “
Click here to read the entire article.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Gary Hobbs Trio w/ Marc Seales & Dave Captein
{click here to read our preview}
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval’s Mambo Mania Big Band
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICIQUARIUM: Tor Dietrichson Blues Machine
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – ThorNton Creek
9pm – Ecstasy in Numbers, with Mike Mattingly (guitar), Rick White (bass guitar), and Garey Williams (drums)
11pm – Reptet
SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio
BERKSHIRE GRILL: Milo Petersen
LA SPIGA: The Magic of Makini
GALLERY 1412: Attn: Diamond Shoppers (Vancouver, BC); Wilson/Phillips (Seattle)
GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
JAZZ ‘N SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet
at Hiroshi’s, 2501 Eastlake Avenue, Seattle
Here is what’s happening tonight:
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Sonando
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval’s Mambo Mania Big Band
THAIKU: Dave Peterson, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton
TRIPLE DOOR HAPPY HOUSE: Leif Totusek (5:30 – 7:30pm)
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Gayle Cloud, with Eric Verlinde (piano, synth), Dan Schmidt (bass), Jose Martinez (drums, percussion)
9pm – Andrew Boscardin Quintet, with Andrew Boscardin (guitar), Mack Grout (piano), Brad Gibson (drums), Clark Gibson (sax) and Rachael Contorer (bass)
SERAFINA: Graham Banfield, solo guitar
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
MONA’S BISTRO: Jason Parker and Ty Bailie
65th and Latona Ave
Tad Britton and The Fu Kun Wu Lounge present a very special one-time performance featuring guitarist/pianist, DAVE PETERSON. Dubbed, “THE DAVE PETERSON EXPERIENCE“, this trio also includes Tad Britton on drums and Jeff Johnson on bass.
THURSDAY, FEB 21 – THAIKU
5410 Ballard Ave. N
NO COVER
8:30pm
Hadley Caliman has released his first recording in over 30 years on Origin Records entitled “Gratitude“.
The legendary tenor saxophonist teams up with vibist Joe Locke, drummer Joe LaBarbera, trumpeter Thomas Marriott and bassist Phil Sparks, re-establishing himself as one of the preeminent post-bop saxophonists alive. Caliman studied with Dexter Gordon, played with Gerald Wilson’s Big Band, the Bobby Bryant Band, & Mongo Santamaria in the ’50s, and later toured and recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Santana throughout the US and Europe through the ’70s.
Click here for more information.
PREVIEW THE CD BY CLICKING THE LINKS BELOW.
We’ve hit the mid-week point … if you need to get out and hear some music, tonight is the night to do it.
JAZZ ALLEY: Roberta Gambarini with Hank Jones
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Motel 5
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Cornish Vocal Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6:30pm – Daniel Kamas, Texas-born singer-songwriter
8pm – Vocal Jam with Carrie Wicks
TUTTA BELLA: Michael Gotz
OWL ‘N THISTLE: McTuff
NIJO SUSHI: Buckshot Jazz
83 Spring St, 340-8880
Download the Second Set from Matt Jorgensen +451 performing at the Portland Jazz Festival on Friday, February 15th.
The performance featured:
Mark Taylor – saxophone
Thomas Marriott – trumpet
Ryan Burns – keyboards
Phil Sparks – bass
Matt Jorgensen – drums
Click the link below to play the mp3 file.
The download of Set One was posted yesterday, click here to read that post.
Posted from Andrew’s blog about his recent seizure, brain surgery and tests:
Fuck this is not easy because it’s not good news folks. I have brain cancer. Oligodendroglioma. Is the form. They grade these aggressive tumors on a scale from 1 to 4, (4 being the most aggressive), mine is a 3. Poopshit. The better side of the news is, that for now, they feel they got enough in the retraction so there will be no immediate surgery. That’s a bit of a relief for my head. For sure. Down side is, I have to start figuring out how to attack this thing and shrink it. That is where you can help me…..
Click here to continue reading Andrew D’Angelo’s blog.
Click here to read our previous story about Andrew.
This post has nothing to jazz … but it sure is nice out today!
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The Portland Jazz Festival kicks off this weekend and will feature a couple of bands from Seattle.
Origin Records Presents:
FRIDAY, FEB 15, 9:00pm
MATT JORGENSEN +451
with special guests Upper Left Trio
SATURDAY, FEB 16, 9:00pm
BRENT JENSEN with Bill Anschell, Dennis Caiazza and John Bishop
THE EMBASSY SUITES
319 SW Pine Street
Portland, OR 97204
This is a free show presented by Origin Records … see you at the show!
The Jack Gold-Molina Group
Featuring Chris Pugh – guitar, Michael Monhart – saxophone, Paul Kemmish – bass, Jack Gold-Molina – drums
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 – SURESHOT
4505 University Way NE
(NE 45th Street and University Way NE in the University District)
2:00-4:00 PM
No Cover, All Ages
Come and join the Jack Gold-Molina Group for an afternoon of intense, hard hitting free jazz. If you want to see and hear real quality creative music, ground breaking free improvisation that burns, we will have it for you as part of Sureshot’s ongoing Sunday afternoon live music series. The music goes from 2:00-4:00 PM, it is all ages, and there is no cover charge. The recently released CD by Chris Pugh and Jack Gold-Molina, “Penumbra/Heqat”, has been receiving international acclaim, and there will be copies on sale for $10 at the venue.
Word has come that Midge Lanphere, wife of the late saxophonist Don Lanphere, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, at her home in Wenatchee.
No details yet on a memorial service but we will post details as they come in.
Kelley Johnson is currently on her Jazz Ambassador Tour through Central America. She has been posting some updates to her blog:
We are performing and teaching this time as part of Danilo Perez’ Panama Jazz Festival and that makes the first leg of our ambassadorship different than anything we’ve done before. This has to be the biggest, most organized grass roots jazz festival of all time. The last few days has been pure pleasure and ease and it’s been wonderful being involved.
You can follow the details of the tour by clicking here.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: BCC Jazz Orchestra w/ Hal Sherman
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
THE NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Timothy Beauchamp
8pm – Vocal Jam with Carrie Wicks
SERAFINA: Jerry Frank, solo jazz piano
WHISKEY BAR: Eric Verlinde & Friends
VICTORY LOUNGE: Joe Doria Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Eliane Elias with Marc Johnson and Adam Nussbaum