TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan Trio with Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
Closed for the holiday weekend

TRIPLE DOOR MAIN STAGE: Jessica Williams
216 Union Street, 9:00pm

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

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

LUCID: The Rumptones
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

ST. CLOUD’S: Jose Gonzales Trio
1131 34th Ave, 9:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan Trio with Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Mark Taylor Quartet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Cameron Vohr Quintet
9pm – The Farko Collective

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Tor Dietrichson
216 Union Street, 9:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: Ken French and Larry Halloway
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

THE CHAPEL: Seattle Composers’ Salon
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

LUCID: Brendan O’Donnell & Eric Verlinde
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz & Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Paul Richardson
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Stanley Jordan Trio with Phil Sparks and Matt Jorgensen
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

BARCA: Mark Taylor, Chuck Deardorf & John Bishop
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

THE CHAPEL: Wyndel Hunt benefit w/ Climax Golden Twins, Bill Horist, Vance Galloway
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 8:00pm

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

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

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Nelda Swiggett Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Manghis Khan Sextet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 9:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: Jon Hamar and Tony Foster
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Hear The Kora Band for free at Seattle’s City Hall Plaza on Fourth Avenue on Sept. 2.

From The Seattle Times:
Like a good cup of coffee, The Kora Band is a rich blend, combining traditional West African music with American jazz. Hear the quintet for free at noon Thursday at City Hall plaza, 600 Fourth Ave., Seattle. If it rains, the band will play in the lobby. The group’s Gambian namesake instrument, the kora, a harp guitar, is played by Seattleite Kane Mathis

Ask A Guy Who’s Not Doing The Gig For Less Than $200

Dear Guy Who’s Not Doing The Gig For Less Than $200,
I recently witnessed a car accident and was asked to give my account of what happened to police at the scene. Trying to be helpful, I also shared my contact information with the man whose car was hit—and now he’s asked me for a date! Would it be unethical to say yes? On the one hand, I may be called to testify in his case. On the other…he’s really cute.
– Crash-Crush in Toledo

Dear Crash-Crush,
The 11th? Yeah, I dunno if I can make that. It’d be tough to squeeze in, that’s for sure. Sitting in with a wedding band is tricky, ’cause that’s what—three, four hours of music? You’re talking about a lot of songs to learn, and it’s not much notice you’re giving me here. I don’t know when I’d even be able to rehearse between now and then. Plus, I already promised my brother he could use my van to pick up some lumber for the deck he’s building. So, yeah, it’d have to be at least 200 bucks. I mean, I’d usually charge twice that, but you’re a friend, so I’m giving you a break here.

Continue reading at theonion.com

Dulces Latin Bistro: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453, 6:30pm

Jazz Alley: Quincy Jones presents Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
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 & 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: Critical Mass Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

Egan’s Ballard Jam House: Ann Brittain and Nanami Morikawa
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 7:00pm

from The New York Times:

THE atmosphere at Cafe Racer, a coffeehouse and bar in the University District here, skews distinctly postgrunge, with its scuffed floor and mismatched furniture, its thrift-store paintings on boldly colored walls. One Sunday evening this spring the place was packed mainly with teenagers and 20-somethings in T-shirts and sneakers, all listening intently to a band. Everything seemed of a piece except the music: sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm.

“Split Stream” was the name of the composition, by Andy Clausen, an industrious young trombonist. Most of the players in his 10-piece band, crowding one end of the room, were his classmates at Roosevelt High School. A few others hailed from Garfield High School, which like Roosevelt is a reliable favorite in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition. The intelligent sheen of Mr. Clausen’s writing was as striking as the composure of his peers, notably the trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, then a Garfield senior. It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.

Seattle, a city synonymous with alternative rock, has long sustained a provincial jazz culture, without much fuss or a signature sound. To outside jazz partisans the city is known as an incubator for high school talent that usually flies the coop, heading East for conservatory training and professional careers. Mr. Clausen and Mr. Mulherkar are both arriving in New York this week to begin their first semester at the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, which highlights both the lofty promise and a lingering problem of their hometown.

Continue reading at The New York Times:

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Tim Huling’s Composer’s Showcase

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

BOXLEY’S: Bluegrass with Down the Road Band

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein

Sunday afternoons we sample some of the great jazz talent we have residing in our area, and tell you about where you can hear them live. This Sunday August 29, we have new CDs by Vancouver trumpeter Chris Davis, Seattle drummer and composer Matt Jorgensen, former Seattle singer Janis Mann’s new CD, plus Victoria singer Miranda Sage, and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays an original composition by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, commissioned by the SRJO. Join us Sunday at 1 for updates on the local scene on Jazz Northwest from 88.5fm KPLU.

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

TULAS JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Fairly Honest Jazz Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

BOXLEY’S: Danny Kolke Trio

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

BAKE’S PLACE: Sunday Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Kevin McCarthy & Friends Jam Session
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

Z’TEJAS: Jose Gonzales Trio
535 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, 11:30am

SERAFINA:
6:30pm – Alex Guilbert Duo

WOODLAND PARK ZOO: Zoo Tunes with Herbie Hancock’s Imagine Project
A giant of modern music, Herbie Hancock has transcended the limitations of genre while maintaining his unmistakable voice as a performer. Set for release in 2010, Herbie Hancock’s new album, The Imagine Project, is a major international recording and film project featuring collaborations between Hancock and musical stars from every region of the planet. The Woodland Park Zoo is located at 601 N 59th St. Tickets at select Metropolitan Market locations and through Brown Paper Tickets.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dave Peck Trio with Jeff Johnson and Eric Eagle

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

BAKE’S PLACE: Paul Green and Straight Shot

LUCID: Manghis Khan

BOXLEY’S: Karen Shivers Quartet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – MJ Bishop and Nancy K. Dillon
9pm – Zazou
11pm – Marcus Eaton

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Das Vibenbass

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Susan Pascal

SERAFINA: Tim Kennedy Trio

NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL: Sonic Revolutions featuring Thomas Marriott Quartet
Bach, Vivaldi, Dukas – and onward. Original compositions by composers Zeines & Trader and the music of the Thomas Marriott Quartet. Killin’ musicians playing great and new works. Experience the sound medium in beautiful Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall.  More info: Foundry Dynamic and tickets.

August 27th and 28th
DAVE PECK’S 2ND ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH AT TULA’S

Join Dave with
Jeff Johnson (bass) and Eric Eagle (drums)
For his 2nd annual birthday bash…
there will be cake!

Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 Second Avenue in Seattle
Shows begin at 7:30 PM
Reservations recommended
206.443.4221

The Seattle Times ran a piece in advance of a show Sunday led by Portland pianist Ben Darwish performing the music of Michael Jackson which also features Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough. We are reprinting the excerpt below but do take exception to the line, “from PDX’s mostly nonexistent jazz scene.”

from The Seattle Times:
Happy birthday to the King of Pop! Here’s a why?/why not? way to celebrate the life and death of Michael Jackson, who would have turned 52 on Sunday: the Tractor hosts “an Afrobeat Tribute to Michael Jackson” featuring a 10-piece Portland band, the Works (pictured), interpreting Jackson’s hits in hard-hitting, floor-filling style. It’s a brilliant idea — cover bands are cheesy, a DJ night is rote. Instead, pianist Ben Darwish, a young luminary from PDX’s mostly nonexistent jazz scene, will lead a small army of vocalists, horns and percussion through Jackson’s over-familiar, if beloved, hits and emerge on the other end in dance-mad new territory. Though it’s been only a year since Jackson’s death, his memory lives on in creative form. Michael would be proud. 8 p.m. Sunday, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave., Seattle; $8 (206-789-3599 or www.tractortavern.com).
– Jonathan Zwickel, Seattle Times staff writer

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dave Peck Trio with Jeff Johnson and Eric Eagle (recommended)

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

NEW ORLEANS: Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa with San Francisco trumpeter John Worley

LUCID: Jason Parker Quartet’s Nick Drake Tribute

BOXLEY’S: Jay Thomas Trio

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – The Stone Brothers, with George Stone (guitar), Don Stone (trombone) and Kevin McCarthy (bass)
9pm – Steve Wacker and JW McClure
11pm – Peter Daniel Quartet, with Peter Daniel (sax), Devin Lowe (bass), Brad Gibson (drums) and Chris Morton (piano)

AMORE: Lonnie Williams

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Butch Harrison

CYPRESS LOUNGE: Geoffrey Castle

THE CHAPEL: Ruth Serrão

SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dawn Clement/Ben Roseth Group

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Return to Seattle, with Devin Lowe (bass), Colin McLaurin (drums), Mack Grout (piano) and Marc Fendel (sax)

BOXLEY’S: Todd Hymas & Darin Clendenin

MONA’S: Alexis Maurer, Nathan Parker and Frank Clayton

BARCA: Chris Symer, Saul Cline and Dave Snodgrass

BAD MONKEY BISTRO: Katy Bourne Trio

LUCID: The Hang w/ The Teaching

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio

NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Marti MacEwan
9pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Dee Brown

LUCID: Vocalize It w/ Michelle Searle

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Little Big Band

JAZZ ALLEY: Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Cuong Vu Trio

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Bulldog Brass Band Revival
9pm – Jon Solo Album Release Party with Dawn Clement

MIX: Don Mock

SEAMONSTER: McTuff Trio

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

This Saturday Foundry Dynamic Productions presents an evening of new music at the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall. Featured will be original compositions by composers Zeines & Trader and the music of the Thomas Marriott Quartet.

More information can be found here.

JAZZ ALLEY: Sax Attack

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein

JAZZ ALLEY: Shemekia Copeland

TULAS JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Easy Street
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

BOXLEY’S: Marc Seales and Paul Gabrielson

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

BAKE’S PLACE: Sunday Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Kevin McCarthy & Friends Jam Session
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

Z’TEJAS: Jose Gonzales Trio
535 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, 11:30am

SERAFINA:
11am – Jazz Brunch w/ Alex Guilbert
6:30pm – Tobi Stone/ Ann reynolds Duo