THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
TRIPLE DOOR:
5:30pm: Leif Totusek
9:00pm Hardcoretet
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Beth Winter Vocal Showcase
NEW ORLEANS: Legend Band with Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Mark Taylor and Ryan Burns
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Jennifer Derrick Adams
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
Sometime between the late night of Saturday, September 20 and the wee morning hours of Monday, September 22, miscreants broke into the music portable at my son’s elementary school. They stole several instruments: guitars, keyboards and ukuleles. They also made off with 2 projectors, a camera and an amplifier with speakers. As if stealing wasn’t enough, these nasty, little pinheads threw in some vandalism as well. They trashed the classroom computer and drew all over the walls and the piano with markers. It seems one crime-spree wasn’t sufficient for this particular band of reprobates, so they returned a few nights later to steal a couple more guitars. The entire school community is sickened by this abhorrent act, and the music teacher Mr. Nelson is understandably distraught. Mr. Nelson is a wonderful teacher. He’s mild-mannered, soft-spoken, enthusiastic and patient. My son adores him and looks forward to the days, when he has music class. I also have a special fondness for Mr. Nelson: He grew up in a household with two deaf parents and ended up becoming a music teacher. This fact has always struck me as poignant, and while nobody should have to endure such an ugly invasion of his or her workspace, it is particularly heartbreaking to me that it happened to Mr. Nelson. He’s an unassuming hero, who shows up every day and gently introduces young souls to new adventures in the great, big world of music.
I grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, a small town in the northern part of the state. While there was plenty weird about growing up in Oklahoma, the Okies did get a few things right. When I was in elementary school, I had music class every single day. I also had art, PE and science every day. This was all in addition to the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic. I can still remember my music teacher Miss Crawford. She was tall, skinny and had fierce red hair. She walked to school every day and decorated the class piano in seasonal themes. We would practice drawing treble clefs on staff paper, and some days, she would hand out percussion instruments for us to play as we sang whatever tune we happened to be working on. It was in her classroom, that I first heard Rhapsody in Blue. Of course, this was long ago and far away. Things are very different now. My son has music about once every three days. Music class is in a rotation with PE and computer lab. I’m not entirely sure why this is. I know that teachers are mandated to cover a certain curriculum and also that preparation for standardized tests such as the WASL, takes priority. I also figure that funding is limited. I don’t bemoan teachers in the least, but somewhere along the line, arts, music, and physical education came to be seen as secondary instead of basic and vital. Teachers like Mr. Nelson are forced to be magicians, getting as much done as they can with extremely limited resources of time and funding.
I think that things are hard enough already with Wall Street going haywire, hurricanes relentlessly banging away on the coasts, rampant unemployment and crazy politicians running around all over the place. Damn the snotty punks, who broke into the music portable. They essentially stole from children and made one guy’s hard-enough-already job even harder. The individuals, who committed this crime, have small minds and dark hearts. They are still out there, roaming the streets and undoubtedly, planning their next illegal act. The police may never catch up with them, but hopefully, karma will.
Jazz photographer Ron Hudson once said that the kids learning to play music today would ultimately be the ones to perpetuate the music in the future. I believe that to be true. The readers of SeattleJazzScene.com are a community of musicians, fans and friends who work every day to make sure that live music is a strong and vibrant presence in our culture. In the spirit of perpetuating the music, perhaps we can come together to help the budding, young musicians of Kimball Elementary recoup their losses and resume their musical journey.
The following is a list of what was stolen from the classroom:
5 Yamaha PSR 293 student keyboards
1 Casio student keyboard
1 Yamaha M088 keyboard (brand new)
5 guitars (1/2 size)
2 ukuleles
1 small mixer console
2 projectors
1 document camera
1 small amplifier with speakers
The total dollar amount of the loss is $6200.00. The school is not insured for theft, so money to replace the stolen items must come from outside sources. If you would like to make a contribution to the cause, please send it to:
Attention: PTSA Treasurer-Music School
Kimball Elementary School
3200 23rd Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144
Make your checks out to, “Kimball PTSA”. Please write “music room” on the memo line of the check. If you have a used instrument that you would like to donate, please email Jim Nelson at [email protected].
Many, many thanks!
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thoma Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Dorothy Rodes, with John Hansen (piano) and Phil Sparks (bass)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
from The Seattle Times:
Longtime arts and culture advocate Thatcher Bailey is no longer executive director of Centrum, the nonprofit arts organization based in Port Townsend at Fort Worden State Park, though he’s still a Centrum consultant and is listed under “Centrum Staff” on its Web site.
His intention is to advance Fort Worden State Park as a “something we can market as a destination learning center,” Bailey said last week when reached on his cellphone …
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: VOCAL JAM with Greta Matassa
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin’s Version Of Cool 7
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Jim Knapp Orchestra
12510 15th Ave, NE, 8:00pm
TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
From Doug Ramsey’s preview for The Yakima Herald
A weeklong festival of this quality would make a splash in any major city, including New York and Los Angeles. The Seasons has managed to put it together in a high-desert town of 85,000 people in the upper left corner of the nation.
Eric Alexander Quartet
Alexander is a tenor saxophonist with facility, a generous tone and a commitment to swinging. He grew up In Olympia, went to college in the Midwest and East, established himself in Chicago and has lived in New York since 1991. He travels the world and has recorded a couple of dozen CDs.
His work is informed by John Coltrane and Joe Henderson, and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the tradition that stems from Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and other innovators who changed jazz in the 40s and 50s. Alexander just turned 40, but he still qualifies as one of the leading young lions in jazz. His pianist and bassist are New Yorkers David Hazeltine and John Webber. Seattle’s Matt Jorgensen will substitute for Alexander’s regular drummer, Joe Farnsworth.
Friday, Oct. 10. Wine-Tasting Gala and Red Carpet at 6:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m.
Yakima Symphony Orchestra
At the Capitol Theatre, the YSO and the Finisterra Piano Trio will perform Daron Hagen’s Triple Concerto, “Orpheus and Eurydice.” I haven’t heard the piece, but Chicago Tribune critic John von Rhein has. From his review: Hagen’s “Triple Concerto is music that’s easy to apate at first hearing, but not because its tonal grammar talks down to the listener. Like his teacher Ned Rorem (to whose elegant craftsmanship Hagen’s music owes a clear debt), the latter reimagines traditional melodic and harmonic contexts in all sorts of fresh, charming and even surprising ways.” Mendelssohn, Bizet and two works by new young composers are also on the program.
Saturday, Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre.
Daron Hagen’s ‘Cradle Song, A Love Story’
The composer will be present for the world premiere of his chamber opera in one scene. Soprano Gilda Lyons and tenor Robert Frankenberry star. One of the highlights of last year’s festival was the world premiere of Hagen’s “Piano Trio No. 4, Angel Band,” by The Seasons’ resident chamber group, the Finisterra Trio. Finisterra’s members — violinist Kwan Bin Park, cellist Kevin Krentz and pianist Tanya Stambuck — are integral to this new Hagen work.
Sunday, Oct. 12, 4 p.m.
Bill Mays Trio
The Mays group gave The Seasons its inauert exactly three years ago this night. One of the most versatile and sought-after pianists in jazz, Mays is noted for his harmonic depth, hard swing, humor and engaging manner with an audience.
Martin Wind is a classically-trained German who has become a master of jazz bass. Admired among other bassists for his formidable bowing technique, Wind will be appearing at his third Fall Festival with this trio. Mays’ customary drummer, Matt Wilson, has another commitment. The versatile Matt Jorgenson will occupy the drum chair.
Monday, Oct. 13. Doors open and birthday cake at 6 p.m.; concert at 7 p.m.
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TRIPLE DOOR:
MAINSTAGE: Robert Cray
MUSICQUARIUM: Tor Dietrichson/Leif Totusek Duo; Tor Dietrichson Blues Machine
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Dave Peterson
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Just the Girls, with Mercedes Nicole (vocals), Sylvia Rollins (bass), Sandy Walker (drums) and Beth Wulff (piano)
9pm – Passarim
11pm – Daniel Lanetti
SERAFINA: Kelly Ash Trio
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: HB Radke Trio
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
PAMPAS ROOM: Brian Nova Quartet w/ Fred Radke
2008 Jazz Port Townsend Festival All Star Big Band directed by Kim Richmond (photo by Doug Young)
The late composer, arranger, pianist and band leader Bob Florence was honored at Jazz Port Townsend in July. He was a much-loved regular member of the Jazz Workshop faculty which precedes the Festival and was scheduled to lead the Festival All Star Big Band in concert again this year, but died two months prior to the festival. Kim Richmond, who played lead alto in Bob Florence concerts and twelve albums, took over the conducting role for this tribute concert. With solo quality musicians in every chair this is truly an All-star band, playing brilliant compositions and arrangements by Bob Florence.
The concert will air on Jazz Northwest this Sunday afternoon (10/5) at 1 PM PDT on 88-5, KPLU, Tacoma-Seattle.
The concert will also stream simultaneously via the internet to an international audience from kplu.org and a podcast will be available after the airdate from kplu.org. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU
Listen to the audio preview below.
From The Seattle Times:
Money was tight. Organizers had already canceled the Portland Jazz Festival, and now staffers were ready to cut off the office phone when “The Call” came.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines was on the phone. The company wanted to help save the festival at the eleventh hour.
“It was my all-time favorite cold call,” said Sarah Bailen Smith, co-founder of the jazz festival.
Bailen Smith announced Wednesday that the sixth-annual Portland Jazz Festival is back on for Feb. 13-22, after Alaska Airlines donated $100,000 over the next two years.
Continue reading at The Seattle Times.
THE NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Average White Band
TRIPLE DOOR:
MUSICQUARIUM: PGM Trio
MAINSTAGE: Robert Cray
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Sue Bell Quartet
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Helen Chance
9pm – Black Math Quartet
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
LO-FI: The Teaching
Alaska Airlines has agreed to a multi-year title sponsorship of the Portland Jazz Festival, providing the financial support necessary to revive the world-class festival, which had announced in early September that it was ceasing operations after five years. The corporate and organizational support ensures that the 6th Annual Alaska Airlines Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will take place, as scheduled, February 13-22, 2009. The festival will be dedicated to the 70 anniversary of Blue Note Records, as previously announced.
Interview and photo by Steve Korn
Someone once told me…hold your horn up when you play. Hmmmm I’m not sure if it matters unless you’re in a big band.
When I was 14 I decided I wanted to be a musician.
The trumpet is beautiful but unforgiving…if I pick it up to play it demands my full attention…if I don’t want to commit then it would be best to leave it alone.
If I could do it all over again, I would have to go back in time.
Practice makes me feel positive about life.
When I look at where I’m at right now, I’m not sure where I’m at or if I’m headed anywhere…
The piece of music that taught me a lot when I was young was Lover Man…Thorlackson used to play it for me on piano and we had fun playing…it’s an easy tune and fun to play.
Some of my best ideas come to me when I’m driving or falling asleep.
My parents were the best for ME!
Fear is OK also… sometimes…nobody goes around being afraid ALL the time.
Motivation is a result of a strong cup of coffee in the morning.
As I get older, I’ve realized that much of my life is about taking the path of least resistance….isn’t that Dharma?
The thing about jazz I like other than the music itself is the history as told in stories…there is everything for me…Freddie, Rams, Thorlackson…all great story tellers.
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Carr Ensemble
JAZZ ALLEY: Larry Coryell B-3 Hammond Organ Trio with Alphonse Mouzon and Joe Bagg
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Hardcoretet
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Axiom, with Alexey Nikolaev (tenor sax), John Hansen (piano), Jon Hamar (bass) and Phil Parisot (drums)
9pm – Egan’s Vocal Jam, hosted by Shiri Zorn
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce
JAZZ ALLEY: Larry Coryell B-3 Hammond Organ Trio with Joe Bagg and Alphonse Mouzon
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Leif Totusek and His 1-2-3 Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Magnolia Big Band
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jump Ensemble – “Originals and jazz standards with a twist”, with Gregg Robinson (piano), Mark Filler (drums) and Marty Hasegawa (bass)
9pm – New Bop Brigade, with Chris Stover (trombone), Travis Ranney (tenor sax), Matso Limtiaco (baritone sax), David Franklin (piano/composer), Steve Messick (bass/composer)
DEXTER AND HAYES: Tim Kennedy Trio
MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
From The Seattle Times:
… I’d had the wrong idea about Bake’s Place when I recently described it in print as a living room in a house. It used to be that five years ago, before it moved to its current locale, inside a building called Town Hall. Even post-move, people said it still felt like a living room; seeing it now, I think it’s more like a cozy restaurant dining room. A recent remodel knocked out the fireplace and shows off wraparound windows — outside there are up-close trees and faraway mountains — and the bar’s new. “Just put it in last week,” says Baker.
It’s all very tranquil and unforced. Baker’s right: I did have to come here to “get it.”
“It’s an awesome community,” says Baker of the Providence Pointers, though he could just as easily be talking about his family (his kids also work here) and everybody else who comes to Bake’s Place.
Different from Seattle jazz clubs by size (it only holds 85 people) and vibe, Bake’s Place is a sanctuary of love — of music, of people. And if you can’t respect that, see ya later.
continue reading at The Seattle Times.
JAZZ ALLEY: Chiwoniso
Zimbabwean Popular Music Star
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: JAZZ JAM with the Darin Clendenin Trio
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
TOST: Michael Shrieve Spellbinder
Friday night at Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago, trumpeter Thomas Marriott and his band (featuring Jeff Johnson and John Bishop) joined with Chicago guitarist John McLean for a great night of music as part of the Origin Records Chicago Jazz Summit. The concert was a great example of the ongoing relationship with Chicago and Seattle artists, fostered by the Origin Records connection, and the standing-room-only crowd loved it. Tonight Matt Jorgensen will perform with guitarist Corey Christiansen, to celebrate the release of their new record “Roll With It.” The concert will also feature Chicago-based organist Pete Benson, and tenor saxophonist Scott Burns.
Be sure to check the Origin Records website for event updates, including podcasts, photo galleries and videos.
The Seasons Fall Music Festival, a weeklong celebration of classical, jazz and latin music will debut with a concert by saxophonist Eric Alexander and his New York-based Quartet on Friday, October 10 at 7:30 PM. This will be the first of nine straight evening concerts that make up the third Seasons Fall Festival. Stars to be included include: The Finisterra Trio, Bill Mays, Ernestine Anderson, Jovino Santos Neto, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, and Tierney Sutton.
Pat Strosahl, President of the Seasons Music Festival (the non-profit organization that programs the festival), says, “This is by far the most important festival we’ve staged in our three years of operation. It has internationally recognized performers every single night, an astounding educational component, and the sense of collaboration and intermingling of musical ideas that characterize the best festivals worldwide.”
Strosahl says the each night will be an event in its own right which will include dinner/appetizers, winemaker-of-the-day, and often an “Afterglow” gathering for artists, donors and interested others.
Special events include a Red Carpet Opening Night Celebration, a Birthday Party with surprises (Monday, Oct 13 is the exact third anniversary of the first performance at The Seasons), and Latin Jazz night (Friday, Oct 17) to be opened by the YVCC Jazz Band!
The Festival includes two specially commissioned works:
“Cradle Song: A Love Story in One Scene” A Chamber Opera composed by international opera composer Daron Hagen to be debuted Sunday, October 12 at 4 PM and “Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite” arranged by Bill Mays for combined classical and jazz ensembles to be performed on Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00 PM.
The education component of the festival will reach middle and high school students from around the valley, tribal students, college students from YVCC and CWU, the general public, and a selected group of the best post graduate composition students from around the nation, who will seminar for an entire week with Composer-in-Residence Daron Hagen. The Yakima Symphony and The Finisterra Trio (Artists-in-Residence) will read and perform selected student works at various times during the festival.
The latest information can be found on their website at: www.seasonsmusicfestival.com
September 24th – 27th
In celebration of their relationship with almost two dozen Chicago jazz musicians and the clubs that support them, Origin Records will head to Chicago on Sept. 24th to present the Origin Records Chicago Jazz Summit. Over four days, Andy’s Jazz Club plays host to close to 40 Origin and OA2 musicians including established Chicago artists Geof Bradfield, Alison Ruble, John McLean, Kelly Brand, Scott Burns, Kyle Asche and Seattle musicians Thomas Marriott, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop, Matt Jorgensen, and Chad McCullough.
Included in the weeks events will be CD release events for Geof Bradfield’s Urban Nomad, and Corey Christiansen’s Roll With It.
For a complete line-up of artists, visit Origin Records events page.
Tell your friends!
Wednesday September 24th, 5-7pm at Sole Repair on Capitol Hill
You are invited to the new Film, Music and Digital Media Happy Hour sponsored by the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Film + Music, WashingtonFilmWorks, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy, and Washington Interactive Network.
Seattle has been a growing hub for film, music and digital media over the past several years, and it is vital for these three communities to interact for our city to continue to thrive. This Happy Hour offers just such an environment for people from these industries to socialize, network, and build a unified community.
These Happy Hour events are held on the last Wednesday of every month from 5 to 7pm, and are hosted at Sole Repair, located at 1001 East Pike Street on Capitol Hill (near the corner of 10th and Pike). Must be at least 21 or older to attend. We hope to see you there!