TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hal Sherman and the BCC Jazz Orchestra
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jessica Stenson, with Darin Clendenin (piano)
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Marti MacEwan, with Darin Clendenin (piano) and Robert Rushing (drums)
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
JAZZ ALLEY: Mose Allison
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ben Fisher
9pm – Eric Elven and Dust Free High, with Eric Elven (vocals/guitar), Scott Becker (guitar), Doug Pierson (bass) and Thane Michell (drums)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
Dorothy Rodes with at Tula’s this Wednesday night.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Dorothy Rodes – vocals
Dave Peterson – guitar
Jeff Johnson – bass
Byron Vannoy– drums
Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-422
tulas.com
7:30 to 11:30 pm
$10 cover charge
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clark Gibson Quartet
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Eli Rosenblatt
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
from The Seattle Times:
Reborn for its sixth season as the Alaska Airline/Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival, the 10-day event opens Friday and runs through Feb. 22, presenting many of jazz’s most-celebrated artists within a square mile of downtown. The program, dubbed “Somethin’ Else” this year, celebrates the 70th birthday of Blue Note, the definitive modern jazz label.
Among the artists featured over the first weekend are New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard, presenting “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)”; Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba; tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano; vocalist Dianne Reeves; guitarist John Scofield; pianist McCoy Tyner; and clarinetist Don Byron. All those artists have recorded extensively for Blue Note. The festival also features numerous onstage artist interviews, panel discussions, jam sessions and gigs by resident stars such as vocalist Nancy King, pianist/songwriter Dave Frishberg and drummer Mel Brown.
A majority of the Grammy Awards will be given out this afternoon starting at 1:00pm during the pre-telecast. This includes all of the jazz and classical awards.
Excerpt from The Seattle Times preview …
The Northwest has always been a hotbed of jazz. This year, there are two jazz nominees from the area. Seattle guitarist Bill Frisell is up for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for “History, Mystery.” (In 2005, he won Best Contemporary Jazz Album for his album “Unspeakable.”) Also, Chris Walden — on Seattle-based jazz and classical label Origin Records — is nominated for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition for “Symphony No. 1: The Four Elements.”
Hadley Caliman at the Golden Ear Awards presented by Earshot Jazz. (Daniel Sheehan photo)
Jazz Northwest salutes the 20th annual Golden Ear Awards presented by Earshot Jazz at the Triple Door on February 2. This program airs on February 8 and includes music by award winners Hadley Caliman (pictured), Byron Vannoy, Thomas Marriott, Greta Matassa, Neil Welch, and Mark Taylor among others.
The annual jazz awards recognize outstanding achievement by Seattle area resident jazz musicians by a poll of jazz experts and the votes of a jazz loving community.
Jazz Northwest airs Sundays at 1 PM Pacific and is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU and is also streamed to the internet at www.kplu.org. The program is also available as a podcast the day after the airdate.
(audio preview below)
from The Seattle Times:
Everyone should experience Mardi Gras at least once, but if a trip to New Orleans isn’t in the cards, rest assured that the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is bringing a potent jolt of Crescent City soul to Seattle.
A New Orleans institution for more than 30 years, the Dirty Dozen revolutionized the brass-band tradition in the late 1970s by adding a bracing shot of bebop into an already savory musical gumbo. Born out of the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band (a program created by the great banjoist and rhythm guitarist Danny Barker when he returned to New Orleans after decades as a top player on the New York jazz scene), the Dirty Dozen soaked up brass-band history while rubbing shoulders with jazz legends. The band, which tours as an eight-piece combo, plays Neumo’s on Thursday.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Ramsey Lewis Trio
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dina Blade Trio, with Hans Brehmer (piano) and Jim Knodle (trumpet) – “Mood For Love”, pre-Valentine’s tribute to lyricist Dorothy Fields
9pm – Voodoo Trio, with Andrea Ramirez (vocals/light percussion), Park Olson (acoustic guitar/vocals), Mike Sievers (piano/vocals)
11pm – Modu, Anyu & Abdu, sounds of West Africa. Modu (vocals/guitar), Anyu (vocals/percussion) & Abdu (lead guitar)
BAKE’S PLACE: Rising Stars Concert & Benefit for Children’s Hospital
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas and Quietfire
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio
ROCKFISH GRILL (Anacortes): Gail Pettis Quartet
EL GAUCHO (Bellevue): Trish Hatley Trio
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Milo Petersen & Associates
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Ziggurat Quartet, with Bill Anschell (piano), Eric Barber (saxophones), Doug Miller (bass), Byron Vannoy (drums)
9pm – Jeni Wren, with Michael Owcharuk (keys), Kevin McCarthy (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums)
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Carr Ensemble
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
JAZZ ALLEY: Ramsey Lewis Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Marco Benevento Trio featuring Reed Mathis & Andrew Barr
LUCID: Bryan Smith Trio
5241 University Way NE, 9pm
LO-FI: The Teaching
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
JAZZ ALLEY: Strunz and Farah
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Vocal Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Silverhands, with Mike McDermott (guitar/vocals) and Julian Martlew (steel/dobro player)
9pm – Vocal Jam, hosted by Dina Blade and the Steve Marx Trio, with Eddie Creed (piano), Ned Smith (drums) and Steve Marx (bass)
TUTTA BELLA: Djangomatics
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
RONNIE PIERCE: Ronnie Pierce
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Strunz and Farah
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
Drummer Byron Vannoy (pictured with daughter Olivia and emcee Jim Wilke) and his group, Meridian, had the 2008 NW recording of the Year
Hadley Caliman won the award for Acoustic Jazz Ensemble and NW Concert of the Year
Saxophonist Mark Taylor was named 2008 NW Jazz Instrumentalist
Thomas Marriott and his Willie Nelson Project won the award for NW ‘Outside’ Jazz Group (apologies to Tom … I was onstage so I couldn’t take a picture – Matt J.)
Saxophonist Neil Welch was named Emerging Artist of 2008
Greta Matassa was again named NW Vocalist of the Year
Jazz Program Director Gordon Todd accepting the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame award for KBCS 91.3fm
Bassist Phil Sparks is accepted in the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame
Tula’s Jazz Club owner Mack Waldron received a special award for service to the jazz community.
Photo and Interview by Steve Korn
Someone once told me that band directors are born, not made.
When I was 14 I heard a recording of Count Basie & his Orchestra
playing “Easin’ It” and it changed my life.
The drums are the life-blood of all America music.
If I could do it all over again, I’d have gone in with Woody Woodhouse and bought an island in the San Juan’s 28 years ago.
Practice makes you confident to convey a musical idea and as a result allows you to connect with someone in the audience.
When I look at where I’m at right now, I thank my high school & college band directors, in addition to having the best parents ever. They never missed one of my school concerts.
The piece of music that starts with simple phrase and is developed, knocks my sox off. People underestimate the importance of development.
Some of my best ideas come to me at 3:00AM.
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THE EARSHOT JAZZ GOLDEN EAR AWARDS with HADLEY CALIMAN QUINTET, DAS VIBENBASS, and EMCEE JIM WILKE
THE TRIPLE DOOR
216 Union Street, Seattle
7PM
$15 general / $13 earshot members / $7 working musicians
phone: 206-838-4333
Join us for Seattle’s premier Jazz Awards featuring a performance by the Hadley Caliman Quintet with Jim Wilke, emcee, and a late set by Das Vibenbass.
The veteran tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman performs with his new quintet at 7pm, with announcer Jim Wilke hosting the awards ceremony at 8pm. At 9:30, Earshot Jazz and the Triple Door present a special send-off concert by Das Vibenbass as they prepare for a collective move to New York City.
from The Seattle Times today …
Polished though the surroundings might be, the sense and scale of the 2008 Golden Ear awards remain much the same. It is a chance to visit with old friends and to measure progress, a night of personal stocktaking and private celebration.
“The quality of the music, the quality of the camaraderie is palpable,” said John Gilbreath, Earshot’s executive director. “It’s important for this to be a community event and for everyone to feel connected to the other people there.
…
Winners will be chosen in eight categories: recording of the year, emerging artist, acoustic jazz ensemble, vocalist of the year, outside jazz group, concert of the year, jazz instrumentalist and the Hall of Fame category, which is open to nonmusicians. This year’s program will also include a special-recognition award.
“Even though it seems like the scene is shrinking, there are more people on it [the ballot] than ever,” said Marriott, winner of five past awards.
Although musicians agree a Golden Ear is very much an honor between peers, they also concede it is difficult to measure the tangible effect of winning.
“It’s like having a music degree,” said drummer and past winner John Bishop. “It’s nice to have, something you can put in your bio and carry with you for whatever it’s worth. As far as tangible things … I noticed when I got into the Hall of Fame last January, I looked at my calendar and for the first time since 1976, I had no gigs that week.”
THE TRIPLE DOOR: The Earshot Golden Ear Awards, 7:00pm
featuring performances by The Hadley Caliman Quintet, awards emceed by Jim Wilke and a late set by Das Vibenbass
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Greta Matassa
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
from The Seattle Times:
Vibraphone players are something of a rare breed in jazz music, sometimes a happy accident, Mark Sherman being one of them.
Serendipity is known to take its time, so perhaps it is no surprise that Sherman, 51, was well into middle age before he really hit his stride. Named the “Rising Star” among vibraphonists for the past two years in the Downbeat magazine critics poll, Sherman is quickly catching attention for his muscular and deeply melodic style.
Sherman’s quartet — he is playing with a local rhythm section — plays tonight and Saturday at Tula’s jazz club in Belltown. Joining Sherman is pianist John Hansen, bassist Paul Gabrielson and drummer Jose [Martinez]. Sherman, a member of the music faculty at New Jersey City University, will also teach an open clinic Saturday afternoon at Tula’s from 3 to 5 p.m. with drummer Greg Williamson and singer Karen Shivers.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Mark Sherman Quartet
LOCAL COLOR: Rochelle House
JAZZ ALLEY: Al Di Meola World Sinfonia 2009
BAKE’S PLACE: Butch Harrison Quartet featuring vocalist Josephine Howell
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Bill Ramsay & Tracy Knoop
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio (5-7pm)
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Blue Moon Daughter, with Elizabeth Dawson (vocals), Michael Cosgrove (guitar), Rod Backman (bass), Henry Seiler (keys) and Bob Chesler (drums)
9pm – Helen Chance [and Andrew Heringer
11pm – Elsa Nilsson – Brazilian/Swedish jazz quartet, with Michael Owcharuk (piano), Burt Boice (bass) and Cody Rahn (drums)
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle, 7:30pm
206-443-4221
Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than The Day kick off a west coast tour tonight at Tula’s Jazz Club.
Formed in 1999, Sweeter Than the Day began simply as the acoustic incarnation of Zony Mash, and Wayne Horvitz’s first piano-based ensemble in over 10 years. Despite the shared personnel, the ensemble is quite distinct from the electric Zony Mash and the repertoire is almost entirely different. The band has toured throughout the US, Canada and Europe, and will be headed down the west coast at the end of January.
Sweeter Than the Day recorded 2 CDs for the Songlines label: American Bandstand (now re-titled Forever) (2000) and Sweeter Than the Day (2002), in addition to a live double CD on the Kufala label, entitled Live at the Rendezvous (2004). Their latest record, A Walk in the Dark, was self-released spring 2008.
… a great showcase for Horvitz’s beautiful compositions, his really strange angular chord progressions.
– Ned Wharton, NPR’s Weekend Edition
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than The Day
JAZZ ALLEY: Al Di Meola World Sinfonia 2009
NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Fathia Atallah and Jazz Renouveau, with Charley Hiestand (piano), Bruce Barnard (guitar), Joe Casalini (bass), Hans Bremer (piano), Chris Jaquin (percussion) and Andy Roth (drums)
9pm – Nelda Swiggett Trio, with Nelda Swiggett (piano), Chris Symer (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums)
THAIKU: Jon Alberts / Jeff Johnson / Tad Britton
LO-FI: The Teaching
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
SORRENTO HOTEL: Katy Bourne w/ Nick Moore & Doug Miller