Seattle Jazz Scene

BELLEVUE JAZZ FESTIVAL:
3:30 PM: Red Shoes – Cool Jazz Sounds (Weather Permitting)
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]

5:00 PM: Bill Anschell Duo
Grand Cru Wine Bar at TEN20 [ FREE ]

5:00 PM: Murl Allen Sanders Duo
Lincoln Square First Floor [ FREE ]

6:00 PM: Josh Rawlings Trio
The Bravern (Inside Neiman Marcus) [ FREE ]

7:00 PM: The Bad Plus
Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ]
Forget categories and catch phrases the sound of The Bad Plus is distinctive, eclectic and formidable. The Bad Plus have exploded all notions of what a jazz piano trio should sound like whether at outdoor rock festivals, jazz clubs or symphony halls. … [ more ]

7:00 PM: June Tonkin
El Gaucho Bellevue [ FREE ]

7:30 PM: Mark Taylor Duo
Grand Cru Wine Bar at TEN20 [ FREE ]

8:30 PM: Thomas Marriott Trio
Cypress Lounge and Wine Bar at The Westin Bellevue [ FREE ]

9:00 PM: Origin Records Jam Session
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Bellevue [ FREE ]

and the rest:

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Cassandra Wilson

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Marti MacEwan and David Arteaga, with Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Larry Halloway (bass)
9pm – Black Math Quartet

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Trio

BOXLEY’S: Janette West

BAKE’S PLACE: Jennifer Scott & Rene Worst Trio

LUCID: Motel 5

NEW ORLEANS: Hadley Caliman Quartet

The Bellevue Jazz Festival kicks off today. Here is what’s happening:

5:00 PM – Gail Pettis Duo
Grand Cru Wine Bar at TEN20 [ FREE ]

5:00 PM – Overton Berry Duo
Lincoln Square First Floor [ FREE ]

6:00 PM – June Tonkin
El Gaucho Bellevue [ FREE ]

7:00 PM – Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plus The Festival’s Rising Stars
Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ]
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) is the Northwest’s premier big band jazz ensemble. Founded in 1995, the 17-piece big band is made up of the most prominent jazz soloists and band leaders in the greater Seattle area. … [ more ]

7:30 PM – Eric Verlinde Duo
Grand Cru Wine Bar at TEN20 [ FREE ]

9:00 PM – Joe Doria Trio
Wild Ginger at The Bravern [ FREE ]

and here is what else is happening …

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Cornish Jazz Faculty

JAZZ ALLEY: Cassandra Wilson

NEW ORLEANS: Ray Skelbred/Bob Jackson Quintet

TRIPLE DOOR: Jane Monheit

BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton

LUCID: The Teaching

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Pablo Menedez & Mezcla

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Geoffrey Castle

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Rachel Sedacca
9pm – Perry Robinson, with Marc Smason (trombone), Craig Hoyer (piano) and Dalton Davis (drums)

MEANY THEATER: UW Studio Jazz Ensemble

LUCID: Le Trio w/ Mike Dodge, Nate Omdal, Michael Owcharuk

SERAFINA: Passarim

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

The group Tunnel Six performed at Tula’s Jazz Club Monday night, a stop on their 14 city tour that started in Toronto two weeks ago. Next up, Vancouver and then down to Portland.

photos by Jim Levitt

Chad McCullough – trumpet
Ben Dietschi – tenor and soprano sax
Brian Seligman – guitar
Andrew Oliver – piano
Ron Hynes – acoustic bass
Tyson Stubelek – drums

via Jason Parker’s Facebook page:

Outstanding Vocalist: Flora McGill
Outstanding Lyricist: Darrius Willrich
Latin Jazz Album: Manghis Khan
Mixed Genre Album: Gravity – “Grimy”
Outstanding Stage Presence: Owuor Arunga
Outstanding Instrumentalist: Eric Verlinde
Free Jazz Band of the Year: Speak
Band of the Year: The Teaching
Straight Ahead Album of the Year: Hadley Caliman – “Straight Ahead”
Most Dynamic Concert: Evan Flory-Barnes’ “Acknowledgment of a Celebration”
Composition of the Year: Evan Flory-Barnes’ “Acknowledgment of a Celebration”
Contribution to the Community: Clarence Acox
Rising Star: Brendan O’Donnell

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband (7:00pm) … plus Doug Miller Going Away Party (7:30pm)

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Pablo Menedez & Mezcla

TRIPLE DOOR: Mountlake Terrace Jazz Band

LUCID: Lee Redfield

MIX: Don Mock

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez

A Seattle Jazz Scene Preview
For more information, visit www.bellevuejazz.com.

Whether intentional or not, the organizers of the 2010 Bellevue Jazz Festival could not have picked a more appropriate headline act than trumpeter Terence Blanchard. His career represents all the aspirations of the three-year-old festival, to be commercially successful, critically respected, and to be involved and invested in its community’s culture and education.

Blanchard, who performs Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, is 48 years old, a composer, arranger, band leader, and teacher. A native of New Orleans, he grew up in the same circles as the Marsalis family. Wynton Marsalis was the one who recommend that Blanchard replace him as a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, considered then to be the ultimate finishing school for jazz music’s most promising talent.

He moved to New York and lived in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, considered then to be the African-American SoHo, with neighbors like the film director Spike Lee, who asked Blanchard to play trumpet for some of his films like “Mo’ Better Blues,” about a jazz trumpet player. That led to Blanchard writing the score for “Jungle Fever,” and his lucrative career composing music for films took off.

Of course, Blanchard continued to perform and record his own albums, riding a graceful line between hard bop and more traditional standards. He earned his reputation as a serious composer with his Grammy Award-winning album, “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina),” his musical reflections and interpretation of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Going a step further, as artistic director of the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz, he persuaded leadership to relocate the school from Los Angeles to his hometown of New Orleans, doing his part to restore the rich artistic tapestry of his city.
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chad McCullough & Tunnel Six
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BENAROYA HALL: The IO Jazz Awards
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NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

SUNDAY, MAY 30
THE NEW ORLEANS
114 First Avenue, Seattle
8:00pm, $10.00, All Ages
Reservations: (206) 622-2563

The New Orleans Creole Restaurant will play host to a living retrospective of the music of Art Blakey and his famed band The Jazz Messengers. The all-star band of local heavyweights features brothers Thomas & David Marriott on trumpet and trombone, Matt Jorgensen on drums, pianist Bill Anschell and bassist Phil Sparks. Beginning at 8:00 pm, the ensemble will play music from the Jazz Messengers’ 50-year history.

Drummer Art Blakey was at the forefront of the bebop movement of the 1940’s and ‘50’s in New York. The Jazz Messengers, first formed by Blakey in 1947, quickly became a proving ground for most of the major names in jazz in the last 50 years. Keith Jarrett, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Horace Silver, Kevin Eubanks (of the Tonight Show), Kenny Garrett, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and scores of other influential musicians were members of The Jazz Messengers at one time or another and gained from Blakey’s tutelage. Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after his conversion to Islam in the late 1940’s, recorded over 130 albums as a leader in his lengthy career as a bandleader and drummer.

This one-time event will take place on Sunday, May 30th at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Pioneer Square, an all ages venue featuring a full bar and authentic Creole cuisine. The music begins at 8:00 pm. Admission is $10.00 and reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited. There will be a second seating on a first-come-first-served basis at 9:30 pm. For reservations, call (206) 622-2563.

The New Orleans is located at 114 First Avenue South.

Rochelle House sings her style of “Cold Jazz” on Jazz Northwest at 1 PM PDT on Sunday, May 30 on 88.5, KPLU. She leads an unusual ensemble including African percussionist Thion Diop, with Andy Cole, guitar, Geoff Harper, bass and Teo Shantz on drumset in a wide ranging program from standards to Coltrane, Cat Stevens and her own songs. She has recorded two CDs, “Dreams of Love” and “Water”. For more about Rochelle House, see http://www.rochellehouse.net/site/

The concert was recorded at The Seattle Art Museum on May 13, 2010 as part of the Art Of Jazz series presented by Earshot on the second Thursday of each month, with the support of The Weekly and 88.5 KPLU. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU and kplu.org. The program is also available as a podcast after the airdate.

Folklife Festival is this weekend. In addition there is a lot of great jazz music which will hopefully keep the rain away.

Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio featuring Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller is at Jazz Alley all weekend.

Thomas Marriott will be in residency at The New Orleans performing tonight with his quartet and on Sunday night with a Tribute to Art Blakey (this show is filling up fast so call 206-622-2563 to make a reservation).

This weekend at Tula’s features the Katie King Quartet (tonight) and Susan Pascal’s Quartet (Saturday).

This Sunday is also the monthly performance of WACO at Tost (513 N. 36th St in Fremont). The show begins at 8:00pm and is only $5.00.

Monday, May 31, features two big shows. Lucid’s I/O Jazz Awards take over Benaroya Hall and the group Tunnel Six is performing at Tula’s Jazz Club.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Quartet

JAZZ ALLEY: Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio Featuring Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ryan Burns (piano)/Saul Cline (sax/clarinet) Duo
9pm – Round Mountain

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa with special guest Overton Berry

AMORE: Lonnie Williams

CYPRUS LOUNGE: Manghis Khan

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Butch Harrison

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hatley Trio

HIROSHI’S: Jazz & Sushi

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Emily McIntosh w/ Karin Kajita

SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio

via Bill Anschell:

As most of you probably know, Doug Miller is moving to California in a couple of weeks. I thought it would be nice for him to have a chance to say goodbye to all the musicians he’s befriended over the years, so we’re having a very informal get-together at the New Orleans next Tuesday, June 1st. We’ll be in the bar section so we can make noise. Drop by if you can, have a drink, eat some cake, and bid Doug a fond farewell.

Please let me know if you think you’ll be able to make it. Gaye would like a rough idea of how many people to expect.

Thanks — hope to see you there.

–Bill

To rsvp: email Bill Anschell

Catching up on some recent stories … remember, sign up for our Email List to receive updates from Seattle Jazz Scene.

Bellevue Jazz Festival less than two weeks away

Ron Carter Clinic – May 28

Art Blakey Tribute at The New Orleans – Sunday, May 30

Hadley Caliman, Origin Records and KEWU pick up JazzWeek Nominations

Riley Mulherkar joins Andy Clausen in heading to Julliard next year

Good One KPLU …

And don’t miss our new series, Catching Up With …
– Greta Matassa
– Chad McCullough
(more to come …)

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: VOCAL SHOWCASE: Liis Todd & Cara Francis

JAZZ ALLEY: Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio Featuring Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Nelda Swiggett Trio, with Nelda Swiggett (piano, vocals), Chris Symer (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums)
9pm – Boyd Phelps Sax Attack!, with Boyd Phelps (alto sax), Dan Weckham (alto sax), Ken Kassover (piano), Pete Harris (drums) and Nate Parker (bass)

WIND GINGER BELLEVUE: Matt Jorgensen Trio

BARCA: Clark Gibson Trio

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton

LUCID: The Teaching

SERAFINA: Karin Kajita

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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop

JAZZ ALLEY: Regina Carter’s Reverse Thread

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Penelope Donado. Backed by Steve Rice (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – Vocal Showcase hosted by Penelope Donado. Singers are Deborah Shelton, Ann Brittain and Emily MacFadden. Backed by Steve Rice (piano), Larry Holloway (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)

LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Vocalize-It w/ Emily McIntosh-Feliz

The Bellevue Jazz Festival starts on June 3rd … make sure and check out their website and plan for a great weekend of music.

We will have complete coverage in the coming week and during the festival so stay tuned!