Seattle Jazz Scene

Chemical Clock – Undercurrent (Dec 2010) from Table & Chairs on Vimeo.

from The Seattle Times:

A new Seattle label, Table and Chairs, launches Saturday with a concert at the Q Café, in Interbay. The label features experimental jazz, but not exclusively. It is associated with students of University of Washington music professor Cuong Vu. The same circle of musicians are involved with the Improvised Music Project (IMP), which presents monthly concerts and a festival, and Café Racer, which features Sunday night shows in the University District. “I think of IMP as the little brother to Racer, which then feeds into TnC,” said Vu, in an e-mail. “It’s one fluid path that starts at the UW, then to Racer where then more of the non-UW public is now joining.” The launch concert features Friendly Creature, guitarist Kristian Garrard, Small Face, Chemical Clock and saxophonist Neil Welch.

The show is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Q Café, 3223 15th Ave. W., Seattle; $10 (206-352-2525 or http://www.qcafe.org).

Congrats to Esperanza Spalding and her win for Best New Artist last night at The Grammys. Anytime Joe Lovano and other jazz artists are thanked on national television it is a good thing. Spalding’s star will certainly continue to rise … next stop, the Portland Jazz Festival which starts this weekend.

Here is a video of her backstage at The Grammys after her win:

Chad McCullough and John Bishop are in Europe in support of their new release, Imaginary Sketches, with Belgium pianist Bram Weijters and bassist Piet Verbist. A video has been posted from their performance at The Appeltuin Jazz Festival in Leuven, Belgium.

On this show Lionel Beuvens was filling in for John Bishop on drums, who missed the show due to illness.

A video from The Seattle Times: Kenny Boas, who worked as a crossing guard at Kimball Elementary for 11 years, was a fixture of the 1940s Seattle jazz scene.

from The Seattle Channel’s Front Row program:

Musicians Matt Jorgensen and Thomas Marriott and Denver art critic Michael Paglia talk about the making of Tattooed by Passion: music inspired by the paintings of Dale Chisman.

Matt Jorgensen’s group will perform at The Triple Door next Tuesday, October 26 at 7:30pm as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.

The group features Thomas Marriott (trumpet), Mark Taylor (saxophone), Corey Christiansen (guitar), Dave Captein (bass) and a string quartet. The paintings which inspired the music will be projected on stage during the performance.

Call the Triple Door at 206-838-4333 for reservations.

The Kora Band will kick off the Earshot Jazz Festival this Friday at Tula’s Jazz Club. Here is a video from their last performance at Tula’s in celebration of the release of Cascades on OA2 Records.

Kora Band from nattapong on Vimeo.

Excerpt from “The Armory” from Matt Jorgensen’s Tattooed by Passion: Music inspired by the paintings of Dale Chisman. The recording features: Thomas Marriott – trumpet, Mark Taylor – saxophone, Corey Christiansen – guitar, Dave Captein – bass and Matt Jorgensen – drums.

A preview for his up-coming show at Jazz Alley.

A true visionary … Austrian pianist, Hans Groiner, explores the music of Thelonious Monk.

from CBS News: An exhibit commemorating a little-known part of the New York Jazz scene will soon begin a nationwide tour. Randall Pinkston shows us the second home to some jazz legends.

(Watch the story that appeared on CBS News — there is a commercial before the story … but it is worth the wait)

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For more information about the Jazz Loft Project, visit their website here.

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Amazing story on CBS News about Lucid’s David Pierre-Louis returning to Haiti last week.

A CBS News story about 71-year-old Pt. Townsend resident Andy Mackie.

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Matt Jorgensen’s New Quintet performing at Conor Byrne Pub during the Ballard Jazz Walk featuring John McLean – guitar, Thomas Marriott – trumpet, Mark Taylor – saxophone, Devin Lowe – bass and Matt Jorgensen – drums. The song, Primal Script, is from Jorgensen’s new CD, Tattooed by Passion: Music Inspired By The Paintings of Dale Chisman, which will be released in April 2010