Seattle Jazz Scene

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katy Bourne Quartet (CD Release Party)
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Eric Marienthal, Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Bill Anschell and Bill Ramsey
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Dear friends and family,

I have received so many wonderful cards and emails from you. Thank you so much. I have not been able to respond to most, given the needs of making arrangements, but please know I am so appreciative and will be in touch when things quiet down.

I have an update on the memorial and hope you can pass this on to others as well:

As you already know, it will be at Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue Seattle, 11:00am, Saturday, September 18th. The doors will open at 10:30.

There is a large parking lot next door ($2.00) and several sprinkled throughout the neighborhood.

There will be a gathering afterward, around 2:00pm at Tula’s, 2214 2nd Avenue Seattle. Music will be shared by all that loved Hadley.

I meant to mention before: In lieu of flowers, you may make contributions to the following:

The Hadley Caliman Merit Scholarship Fund at Cornish College of the Arts
1000 Lenora Street, 7th Floor
Seattle, WA 98121

or

The Jazz Foundation of America
“Saving jazz and blues, one musician at a time”
322 West 48th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10036
If you are not familiar, check out their website. It is a wonderful organization.

Again, thank you for your outpouring of love and support.
Linda

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

SHERMAN CLAY BELLEVUE: Sam Pannunzio Trio w/ Rich Cole
1000 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 7:30pm

DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453, 6:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Kyle Eastwood
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the Darin Clendenin Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: 11th Sister City Jazz Day with Geila Zilkha
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TRIPLE DOOR: Ramana Vieira (Portuguese Fado)
216 Union St, 206-838-4333, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jazz Police Big Band
7:30pm – Ambrose Akinmusire
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. John and the Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfast with Michael Gotz
7pm – Malibu Manouche
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

CONCERT: Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic
noon – 5:00pm, Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle, free
For complete line up and schedule, visit: JAZZ PICNIC

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Ambrose Akinmusire
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. John and the Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Conrad Tova
9pm – Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet
11pm – Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

BOXLEY’S: Leah Stillwell w/ Darin Clendenin
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Pearl Django
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Affinity Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

LUCID: Night of Horns
w/ Jason Parker, Owuor Arunga, Scott Morning, Ahamefule Oluo
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Katy Bourne & Reuel Lubag
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

Sunday, Sept 12
Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle
noon – 5:00pm; free

Holy cow look at this JAZZ PICNIC line-up:
MILT KLEEB SUPER FRIENDS BAND, Jay Thomas, Brad Allison, Dan Marcus, Bill Ramsay Travis Ranney, Jim Coile, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf, Danny Kolke Trio, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, Jon Hamar, John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, PETE PETERSEN, ZACHARY KELLOGG, DAVE ANDERSON QUARTET, Adam Kessler, Bernie Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Andre Thomas, CHRISTOPHER WOITACH, LEAH STILLWELL, DARIN CLENDENI, TODD HYMAS, KATY BOURNE, RANDY HALBERSTADT, Steve Korn, Kobe Jazz Queen: Geila Zilkha, CAROLYN GRAYE, MORDY FERBER, Chris Symer, Mike West, VICTOR NORIEGA, TROMBONASAURUS REX (all trombones welcome, anyone with a trombone, get out your trombones) Dan Marcus, Greg Schroeder, Phil Henderson, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, Chris Amemiya, Gary Shutes (via long distance antiphonality), Reuel Lubag, Ken French, Craig Hoyer, USUAL SUSPECTS / ALL-STAR BIG BAND featuring arrangements of Vern Sielert, Andy Omdahl, Dennis Haldane, Kevin Seeley, Al Keith, Bud Parker, Tracy Knoop, Vanessa Sielert, Jon Goforth, Rich Cole, JIM CUTLER, Nathaniel Schliemer, Nate Parker, Susan Pascal, Dante’s Hot Dogs…

We got word from Lynn Darroch at KMHD (Portland, OR) that he will be playing three cuts from Hadley Caliman during his show today.

They will air at 1:18, 1:24 and 2:04pm today. You can listen online at http://www.kmhd.org or open iTunes, select “Radio / Jazz” and scroll down for KMHD.

If you haven¹t already heard, Hadley Caliman, 78, the great tenor saxophonist, colleague and friend of Dexter Gordon, died [Wednesday, September 8,] of liver cancer. He was one of the great jazz musicians, and a kind, gentle person, whom I deeply loved and respected. We were close friends since 1970, when I appeared on his first LP and he used two of my tunes. We reconnected over the years and toured together last year in the Pacific Northwest, the highlight being appearances at the Earshot Jazz Festival in his home area of Seattle and at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane. The great trombonist Curtis Fuller, and top Bay Area-based musicians Jeff Chambers and Eddie Marshall, also a longtime friend of Hadley¹s, were with us. Hadley¹s career had enjoyed well-deserved success in the last few years when the Seattle-based recording company Origin released three recordings for him, Gratitude, Reunion and Straight Ahead, the latter hit #2 on the national JazzWeek radio charts. It had been three decade since his last recording.

Last May, the Napa Valley Jazz Society was scheduled to feature him in a Dexter Gordon tribute that I helped organize, when he fell at the last minute and was unable to make the trip to Napa. Dexter Gordon¹s widow, Maxine Gordon, a jazz history scholar who is writing a book on Dexter, was interviewing Hadley about Dexter¹s early days. She had come to the Napa Valley tribute concert to be with Hadley and his most supportive and caring wife Linda Caliman, who accompanied him on many of his tours, particularly in the last two years of his illness.

A deeply fluent post-bop player, Caliman toured/recorded with such international jazz stars as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Pass, Joe Henderson, and Bobby Hutcherson. But his influence extended beyond jazz confines, both from his 1970s work with the likes of Carlos Santana, and his years teaching at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts.

My wife Sanna Craig and I already miss him and send our deepest sympathy to his wife Linda and his family and all the others whose lives he touched.

– Larry Vuckovich

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bill Anschell Trio with Jeff Johnson and D’Vonne Lewis
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. John and the Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks, Thomas Marriott and Matt Jorgensen
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: John Ewing’s String & Battery Pool; 9pm: Monktail Collective Night!
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BOXLEY’S: French & Clark +1
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa and Randy Halberstadt
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Scrape
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

LUCID: Janessa Held & Josh Rawling Trio
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Mordy Ferber Trio +1
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Ryan Shea Smith
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

CYPRES LOUNGE: Geoffrey Castle
Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 8:00pm

from The Daily News (Southwest Washington area):

In the ’70s, Caliman had a heyday in San Francisco, performing and recording with the Grateful Dead, Santana and pianist Earl Hines.

It was there he met his former wife, Jan Caliman of Cathlamet.

“He was my favorite tenor player in Freddie Hubbard’s band,” Jan Caliman said.

The Calimans settled in Cathlamet prior to the birth of their first son, Roger, in 1982.

“He wanted to raise his kids in the country,” Jan Caliman said. Hadley became an avid gardener, but his wife recalled “he would practice at least eight hours every day.”

Caliman played in Southwest Washington clubs, including at Peter’s in Kelso.

Continue reading at The Daily News.

BOXLEY’S
Jazz For North Bend, 7-10:00
Thursday, Sept 9, MORDY FERBER TRIO – Special guest NY guitarist with a cutting sound. If Hendrix played jazz…
Friday, Sept 10, French & Clark +1 – The trio behind Floyd Standifer’s Pampas recording.
Saturday, Sept 11, Vocalist Leah Stillwell with the Darin Clendenin Trio
Sunday, Sept 12, Danny Kolke Trio

JAZZ & SUSHI
Weekly Friday Series, 7:30
Friday, Sept 10, MORDY FERBER TRIO +1 – More Mordy, plus sax of Mike West

JAZZ PICNIC
Sunday, Sept 12
Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle
noon – 5:00pm; free
pack a lunch, or stop at one of our sponsors along Sandpoint Way

Holy cow look at this JAZZ PICNIC line-up:
MILT KLEEB SUPER FRIENDS BAND, Jay Thomas, Brad Allison, Dan Marcus, Bill Ramsay Travis Ranney, Jim Coile, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf, Danny Kolke Trio, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, Jon Hamar, John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, PETE PETERSEN, ZACHARY KELLOGG, DAVE ANDERSON QUARTET, Adam Kessler, Bernie Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Andre Thomas, CHRISTOPHER WOITACH, LEAH STILLWELL, DARIN CLENDENI, TODD HYMAS, KATY BOURNE, RANDY HALBERSTADT, Steve Korn, Kobe Jazz Queen: Geila Zilkha, CAROLYN GRAYE, MORDY FERBER, Chris Symer, Mike West, VICTOR NORIEGA, TROMBONASAURUS REX (all trombones welcome, anyone with a trombone, get out your trombones) Dan Marcus, Greg Schroeder, Phil Henderson, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, Chris Amemiya, Gary Shutes (via long distance antiphonality), Reuel Lubag, Ken French, Craig Hoyer, USUAL SUSPECTS / ALL-STAR BIG BAND featuring arrangements of Vern Sielert, Andy Omdahl, Dennis Haldane, Kevin Seeley, Al Keith, Bud Parker, Tracy Knoop, Vanessa Sielert, Jon Goforth, Rich Cole, JIM CUTLER, Nathaniel Schliemer, Nate Parker, Susan Pascal, Dante’s Hot Dogs…

SEATTLE-KOBE SISTER-CITY JAZZ QUEEN
Geila Zilkha @ JAZZ ALLEY
Monday, Sept 13, 7:30pm

KJAZZ, 88.1fm in Long Beach/Los Angles, has been playing a steady stream of Hadley Caliman all day:

09/09/10, 4:28 PM, Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb, Little Dex (Reunion)
09/09/10, 3:28 PM, Hadley Caliman, Joe Joe Dancer Bossa Nova (Gratitude)
09/09/10, 2:24 PM, Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb, Up Jumped Spring (Reunion)
09/09/10, 1:28 PM, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Hadley Caliman)
09/09/10, 12:25 PM, Hadley Caliman, Rapture (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 11:26 AM, Hadley Caliman, Kickin’ On The Inside (Gratitude)
09/09/10, 10:25 AM, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, Comencia (Reunion)
09/09/10, 8:30 AM, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 7:29 AM, Hadley Caliman, Rapture (Straight Ahead)
09/09/10, 6:28 AM, Hadley Caliman, Back For More (Gratitude)

Let’s all encourage KPLU to do the same, call KPLU: 253-535-7758

UPDATE: We talked to the Program Director at KJAZZ in Los Angeles. They are playing cuts from Hadley Caliman every hour on the :30. You can listen online by clicking here. (They just played the original version of ‘Cigar Eddie’)

9:07am, Hadley Caliman, Linda (Graditude)
9:08am, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, Gala (Reunion)
9:24am, Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb, I Thought About You (Reunion)
11:55am, Hadley Caliman, Cigar Eddie (Straight Ahead)

Photographer Daniel Sheehan has posted a great collection of his photos of Hadley Caliman at his blog, Eye Shot Jazz.

Searching through some of the Seattle Jazz Scene archives, here are some links to previous posts with photos:

Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb

Hadley Caliman and Curtis Fuller

Hadley Caliman Quintet at Jazz Alley

Hadley Caliman at Nordic Heritage Museum

Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb at the Ballard Jazz Walk

2008 Golden Ear Award Winners

Review: Hadley Caliman at the 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival

Hadley Caliman at Tula’s with Joe Locke and Thomas Marriott

from National Public Radio:
Remembering Saxophonists Hadley Caliman And Noah Howard
Two powerful saxophonists whose talents merited wider recognition, but who spent much of their lives away from jazz’s major hubs, have died.

News came yesterday from the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra that tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman had died at age 78, after a struggle with liver cancer. Caliman was a tenor player in the post-bop tradition; he recorded with jazzmen like Bobby Hutcherson and Freddie Hubbard, but also with genre-crossing musicians like Carlos Santana. He taught at Seattle’s Cornish College for over 20 years, and was a beloved elder statesman in the Seattle community.
{Read the entire story}

from The Oregonian:
Seattle saxophonist Hadley Caliman, a pillar of the Northwest jazz scene, dies at 78
For cities only a few hours’ drive apart, the cross talk between the jazz scenes of Portland and Seattle always has seemed quieter than it should be. Over the past couple of decades, nothing served as a potent reminder of that more than the occasional – yet all too rare – Portland appearances by Hadley Caliman, a superb saxophonist and a revered pillar of the Northwest jazz community … Caliman’s Portland performances mostly were special occasions – the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in 2003 and 2004, the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in 1992 and ’93. He was favored especially by drummer/bandleaders Ron Steen, who got him to play events such as an Oregon Public Broadcasting taping for the mid-’90s show “Coffee Tea and OPB,” and Akbar DePriest, who featured him on the 1997 album “Live on the Willamette.”
{Read the entire story}

Earshot Jazz has posted a memorial on their website:
In 2008, Caliman received two Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards when his quartet and quintet won the Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year award, and his performance at the 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival won the Concert of the Year award.

In a 2004 interview with Earshot, Caliman’s wife Linda said it best: “He is the sweetest person…In all that he has been through in all of his life, he is untainted. It’s a spirit. The spirit has remained intact. He’s not been jaded or been cynical by all that he has seen.” At last year’s Earshot Jazz Festival, Caliman’s career was celebrated in a special concert at the Seattle Art Museum in which he also performed.
{Read the entire story}

SCULPTURE PARK: Art of Jazz: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave, 6:00pm, Free

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: The Kora Band (CD Release Party)
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr John & Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Ask the Ages (7:00pm); Elnah Jordan (9:00pm)
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

LUCID: The Hang with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Mordy Ferber
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

UPDATE: We’ve opened up a second page for people to post memories and tributes to Hadley.

Tenor saxophonist and jazz legend Hadley Caliman passed away this morning after a two year struggle with liver cancer. He was 78 years old.

Caliman remained active on the jazz scene until late-August, performing regularly around the Northwest in support of his recent releases: Reunion with Pete Christilieb, which was released in August and is now #31 on the national jazz charts, and Straight Ahead, which is #9 for the year on the Airplay Charts and was in the Top 10 on American jazz radio for many months.

Always striving to further himself on the saxophone, Caliman continued to practice daily until a week ago when he was too weak to continue. His last public performances were in Poulsbo on August 20, Tula’s Jazz Club on August 13, and the release performance for Reunion with Pete Christlieb at The New Orleans Creole Restaurant on August 8.

Caliman’s long career included credits with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Carlos Santana, Dexter Gordon, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Pass, The Grateful Dead, Joe Henderson, Don Ellis, Flora Purim, Phoebe Snow, Bobby Hutcherson and many others.

More information about a memorial will be posted soon.

Note: We are opening up the Commenting on the website so if you’d like to post your memories of Hadley we will pass them along to his family. Click here to post a comment (at the bottom of the page)