TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Penelope Donado (vocals) with John Stowell (guitar) and Jeff Johnson (bass)
9pm – Harry Bacharach with Jacob Stickney
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MIX: Don Mock
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
Saturday, July 11 – Kim Rushing Quartet
Egan’s Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market Street
7:00pm, $10
Reservations: 206-789-1621
Kim Rushing grew up in Harrisburg PA, playing piano, clarinet, and participating in
chorus, choir and plays. Graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Moved to NYC and toured U.S., Canada, Europe and Brazil with Jon Hendricks (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross), including gigs at the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note in Manhattan. Cyrus Chestnut, Larry Gales and Michael Carvin were in the backing trio for the Hendricks and Co. vocal group. After NY, I’ve lived and sung in California, Hawaii and Atlanta. Including house vocalist gigs for the Ritz Carlton Hotels in Kona, Atlanta Downtown and Buckhead.
Drummer and spouse, Robert Rushing has played with Marian McPartland, Bill Anschell, Jessica Williams, Dave Kikoski and Art Matthews among others.
Darrin Clendenin (piano) and Jon Hamar (bass) round out the quartet.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam hosted by Greta Matassa
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Jim Knapp Orchestra
from All About Jazz.com:
When the first episode of Icons Among Us debuted on the Documentary Channel in April, most reviewers quickly contrasted it with the last major jazz documentary: Ken Burns’s Jazz. That film infamously slighted the music’s modern age, cramming the last forty years of jazz history into its final one-hour episode. (In contrast, Burns dedicated a full two hours to the five years from 1935 through 1939.) Icons Among Us came across as a corrective, a proudly contemporary chronicle that dedicated its entire running time to championing today’s musicians and today’s scene. It’s not that Icons ignores history, but it treats past as prologue, opting for Art Kane’s wide lens on the present.
Continue reading at All About Jazz.com.
JAZZ ALLEY: call venue
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
8pm – Jim Cutler Orchestra
SERAFINA:
6:30pm – Ann Reynolds / Tobi Stone Duo
MARTINS OFF MADISON: Tim Kennedy
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
Sunday Night Salsa: Orchestra Caribe
Lots of noise tonight but not much music. Be sure to call the venue if you’re heading out for jazz.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: closed for Independence Day
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: closed for Independence Day
SERAFINA: closed for Independence Day
JAZZ ALLEY: call venue
GRAZIE: call venue
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Pocket Change
LUCID: Pink Carpet
TEMPERO DO BRASIL: Ron Peters and Greg Glassman
University at Ravenna, 6:30 to 8:30pm
From The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR):
Although it’s based in Seattle, JazzWeek magazine’s “jazz label of the year” has Eugene’s fingerprints all over it.
Origin Records bested Concord Records, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Heads Up and HighNote Records to take the prize in late June. The winner was announced at the JazzWeek Conference held during the Rochester Jazz Festival.
The label’s founder, drummer John Bishop, accepted the award. Bishop, a 1978 South Eugene High School graduate, got most of his formal music education here, but moved to Seattle in 1981.
Reached by phone at home, he said he did not set out to start a record label. But now that he’s making a nice living at it, he said being recognized as one of the best in the country is a big honor for his business, which was nominated once before.
The origin of Origin Records goes back 12 years, when Bishop started the label to release his own album, “Now … Here …This.”
Today, Origin puts out 40 titles a year under its own name, as well as through its spinoff label, OA2 Records, and a sister imprint that focuses on classical music. A news release says the label has six Grammy nominations to its credit.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Thomas Marriott Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Acoustic Alchemy
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Dorothy Rodes with Bill Anschell and Jeff Johnson (bass)
9pm – Tony Grasso Saxophone? Quartet!
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio
SOUTHPORT CAFE: Brooks Giles Band
1083 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton, 7:00PM
MR. SPOT’S CHAI HOUSE: Speak
5463 Leary Ave NW, 7:30pm
LOCAL COLOR: Leif Totusek & 1, 2, 3 Jazz Trio
13 COINS: Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & Mike Slivka
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Trish Hadley Trio
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
Download a track from Chad McCullough’s new CD, Dark Wood, Dark Water, at All About Jazz.com.
Free MP3 Download: Three Pillars
Artist/Band: Chad McCullough
Duration: 6:04
Album: Dark Wood, Dark Water
Record Label: Origin Records
And Chad McCullough’s CD Release Party for Dark Wood, Dark Water is taking place next Wednesday, July 8th at Tula’s Jazz Club.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 – TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave, 7:30pm, $10
Reservations: 206-443-4221
featuring:
Geof Bradfield, Mark Taylor, Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson and John Bishop
JAZZ ALLEY: Acoustic Alchemy
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Quintet with Jay Thomas
NEW ORLEANS: Bob Jackson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jennifer Hoyt with Darin Clendenin (piano), Geoff Cooke (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums)
9pm – Chip Parker with Darin Clendenin (piano) Geoff Cooke (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums)
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Tad Britton and Jeff Johnson
LO-FI: Gravity w/ Tim Kennedy, Ian Sheridan, & Claudio Rochat Felix
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: “The Hang” Jam w/ Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes, Jeremy Jones
from Earshot Jazz: “Hang first, create later,” The Hang represents a different kind of jam session. Hosted by Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes, and Jeremy Jones, this community event will take place every Thursday at Lucid Lounge, the University District’s new jazz club. Designed to better develop a local musician community, The Hang allows players to play, network, and build ideas together in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Every Thursday in July at Lucid Lounge, 9:30-12:30PM.
from Bloomberg News via The Seattle Times:
Microsoft, RealNetworks and Yahoo were sued by music labels that allege the companies made recordings available without getting permission.
The labels seek $150,000 for each copyright infringement and want the songs removed from the companies’ digital music stores, according to the 108-page complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tennessee.
Songs by Aretha Franklin, the Carpenters, Grand Funk Railroad and Emmylou Harris are among those listed in the complaint. The labels allege Yahoo Music Service, RealNetworks’ Rhapsody and Microsoft’s Zune Music Service didn’t get authorization to sell music through the stores.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith Staelens Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Acoustic Alchemy
NEW ORLEANS: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – New West Guitar Ensemble
9pm – Vocal Showcase hosted by Oghale, featuring Marti MacEwan, Billy Brandt and Cheryl McLin. Accompanied by Darin Clendenin (piano), Joe Casalini (bass) and Robert Rushing (drums)
CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE: Stacy Szymaszek & Don Mee Choi
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: Jacob Stickney Quartet
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Fm Duo
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Acoustic Alchemy
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Erica Sanford with Victor Noriega (piano), Burt Boice (bass) and Jeff Busch (drums)
9pm – Johnny Butler
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock
Scenes featuring John Stowell, Jeff Johnson and John Bishop
Sunday, July 12 at JAZZ ALLEY
2033 6th Avenue
Reservations: 206-441-9729
7:30pm
$10.00
Make a reservation for this show.
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents ‘2009 Jazz Label of the Year’ Origin Recording Artists “Scenes” celebrating their recent release Along the Way. Band members are John Stowell (guitar), Jeff Johnson (bass) and John Bishop (drums). Set times on Sunday at 7:30pm. Doors will open at 6:00pm.
“Guitarist John Stowell’s style is a delightful departure from the road well traveled. He transcends the label of jazz guitarist.” – Los Angeles Times
The Northwest trio of guitarist John Stowell, bassist Jeff Johnson, and drummer John Bishop were first heard together on the 2001 release Scenes along with tenor saxophonist Rick Mandyck. Now returning as a trio under the name “Scenes”, they continue their exploration of free flowing yet highly melodic ensemble playing as they perform an all original set of music on their latest release, Along the Way.
Drawing on Stowell’s longtime association with bassist David Friesen and Johnson & Bishop’s involvement in the very fertile Seattle creative music scene that has included Julian Priester, Jessica Williams, Gary Peacock, Larry Coryell & so many more, the trio sculpts an elegant, intelligent, uncompromising yet very accessible jazz sound.
“These three master musicians come together to produce one of the most captivating albums of the year.” – Just Jazz Guitar
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Soul Kata
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
THE RENDEZVOUS: Tai Shan
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Fairly Honest Jazz Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Orchestra
SERAFINA:
11am – Jazz Brunch: Alex Guilbert Duo
6:30pm – Jerry Frank, solo piano
MARTINS OFF MADISON: Tim Kennedy
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM:
Sunday Night Salsa: Rumbeggae
ToST: Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb’s Washington Composers Orchestra
513 N 36th St, 8pm
ENOTRIA: Tai Shan
3515 NE 45th St, 7:30
JOULE: Dennis Moss Duo
1913 N 45th St, 2pm
DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 7pm
CONCERT: Susan Pascal Quartet
Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, Tacoma, 5pm, Free. All ages.
From Earshot Jazz: the new Marine View Church Jazz Series promises to bring some wonderful music to Tacoma. Held in the sanctuary, which features a terrific Puget Sound view, the Tacoma venue features jazz performances at 5pm the last Sunday of each month. In June, the Susan Pascal quartet strikes a fine balance between spontaneity and imaginative arrangements, original music and the great American songbook. Future months will feature HipBone, Jovino Santos Neto, and Gail Pettis, to name a few, so keep your eyes open.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Carolyn Graye Student Showcase
8pm – Jay Thomas Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Back Burner w/Karen Story
9pm – Jeff Busch Trio
11pm – Jim Knodle and the Distract Band
BAKE’S PLACE: Jeni Fleming Ensemble
LUCID: Threat of Beauty
LOCAL COLOR: Sue Bell
SERAFINA: Voodoo Trio
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL LAB: Geoff Harper’s Endeavor
12510 15th Ave NE, 8pm
CONCERT: Mambo Cadillac w/Thomas Marriott
Angle Lake Park , 19408 International Blvd, SeaTac, 3pm
13 COINS: Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & Mike Slivka
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jannie & Friends Jazz Band, with Katie Schwarz (piano), Bennett Kling (bass), Douglas Roach (drums), Jannie Spain (vocals)
9pm – Chris Stevens’ Surf Monkeys, with Mark Dalton (bass), Russ Kammerer (drums), Brian Kent (sax) and Chris Stevens (guitar/vocals)
BAKE’S PLACE: Butch Harrison Quartet
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Greg Williamson Quartet
HARLEQUIN CAFE: Emily McIntosh & Karin Kajita
LOCAL COLOR: Sheila Blackwell
NORTH CITY BISTRO: Doug Reid Group
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
SERAFINA: Fred Hoadley Trio
13 COINS: Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & Mike Slivka
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa presents: Chip Parker and Shiri Zorn
JAZZ ALLEY: Arturo Sandoval
NEW ORLEANS: Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jon Sheckler Group
9pm – Sky Blue Duo, with Nadine Sanders (vocals) and Julian Adamaitis (piano)
LUCID JAZZ LOUNGE: The Teaching
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, & Tad Britton
Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough has been working hard to garner a reputation in his hometown and beyond as a versatile, creative musician. McCullough has performed with a wide range of artists, including Jay Thomas, Claudio Roditi, Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Florence. He’s toured extensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the jazz trumpet chair, and also as the band’s pianist …
McCullough’s debut recording, Dark Wood, Dark Water (Origin Records, 2009), taken from the title of a poem by American poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), is a strong debut, emphasizing the 27-year-old trumpeter’s prowess as an improviser who demonstrates an understanding of the rich lineage of jazz trumpet.
The disc also showcases clearly defined compositions, arranged for sextet and custom-fit to the individual strengths of what McCullough calls his “Dream Team” of musicians: alto saxophonist Mark Taylor, tenor saxophonist Geof Bradfield, pianist Bill Anschell, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer Bishop.
All About Jazz: Each of the nine tracks on Dark Wood, Dark Water has a distinct character. There are no two pieces that sound alike.
Chad McCullough: I’ve been working on a lot of those tunes, in some form or another, for awhile. The material for the recording has developed over time. Also, I knew I was going to have Mark, Geof, Bill, Jeff and John on the record and I wanted to write specifically for them so I could highlight them individually and as an ensemble. It wasn’t really a conscious decision of having one tune in 7/4, one with a Latin feel, etc. It was more about wanting to have a tune that Jeff would sound really good on, or one that I could show to John and he would be able to instantly understand where I’m coming from.
