Monday Jazz
TRACTOR TAVERN: Bill Frisell/Eyvind Kang/Rody Royston
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with the Darin Clendenin Trio
THE TRIPLE DOOR: Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Ensembles
LA SPIGA: Ray Baldwin
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
It’s Saturday!
And as of this morning it is still gray outside … imagine that. Better go hear some live music.
JAZZ ALLEY: Kurt Elling with Special Guest Ernie Watts
THIRD PLACE COMMONS: Marc Seales Group
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Susan Pascal Quartet
BAKE’S PLACE: Little Bill and the Bluenotes
HENDRIX LOUNGE: John Stowell and Jeff Johnson
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Das Vibenbass
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
3pm – Seattle Jazz Guitar Society guitar/vocal clinic, with John Stowell and Kelley Johnson. Open to all jazz guitarists and singers who want to refine their duo skills, from essentials to advanced techniques. ($25 clinic fee)
5:30pm – John Stowell, Michael Biller and Kelley Johnson post-clinic performance
7pm – Lee Pence Trio
9pm – The Hayburners & Friends CD Release Party, with special guests Val D’Alessio, Burgundy Pearl (Ron Dalton & Peggy Sullivan) and Brian Burgess.
JAZZ VOX CONCERT: Jenna Mammina
http://www.jazzvox.com
TOWN HALL: Robert Knatt Retirement Celebration
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, 7pm
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas Quiet Fire
KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER: Bobby McFerrin
Seattle Times: Return to Forever makes another comeback
Read the entire article at The Seattle Times
Return to Forever, one of the supergroups of ’70s jazz-rock fusion, has reunited for the first time since 1983. Though the revived quartet is not the critically favored 1972 incarnation that featured Airto Moreira, Flora Purim and the late reed man Joe Farrell — and produced the evergreens “Spain” and “Captain Marvel” — it includes founding members Chick Corea (piano) and Stanley Clarke (bass), as well as searing guitarist Al Di Meola (who played on the band’s past three albums) and drummer Lenny White.
An aggressive electric band that crosses jazz chops with rock rhythm and volume, Return to Forever — like Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra — introduced many young fans to jazz.
Return to Forever performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle; $39.50-$100 (206-628-0888 or www.theparamount.com).
Friday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Mark Taylor Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY: Kurt Elling with Special Guest Ernie Watts
THE TRIPLE DOOR:
5:00pm: James Baumgart Duo
9:00pm: Das Vibenbass
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Billy Brandt (vocals), with Darin Clendenin (piano), Geoff Cooke (bass) and Brad Boal (drums)
9pm – Moraine
CROSSROADS BELLEVUE: Marc Seales Group
15600 NE 8TH Street, Bellevue, WA 98008
GRAZIE: James Burnhard Blues Fusion
GALLERY 1412: Aphonia Recordings Performance Series no. 6
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
5:00 – 7:00pm, 65th and Latona
HIROSHI’S: Susan Pascal Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966
Marc Seales performing this weekend
Catch pianist Marc Seales with his group for free on Friday and Saturday nights.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
Crossroads Bellevue
15600 NE 8TH Street, Bellevue, WA 98008
Music from 7:30pm – 10:00pm
http://www.crossroadsbellevue.com
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
Third Place Commons (Upper Level)
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Music from 7:30pm – 9:45pm
http://thirdplacecommons.org/
Up-coming: Bill Frisell at The Tractor Tavern
Monday – Tuesday, June 9 – 10
BILL FRISELL TRIO feat.
EYVIND KANG
RUDY ROYSTON
Updated: Read the article in Friday’s Seattle Times …
“I had this thing in my mind, to try this with just Eyvind and him, without bass,” said Frisell earlier this week, adding one of his characteristically modest, self-deprecating caveats. “I don’t know how to explain why, but I think it might work.”
The Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
http://www.tractortavern.com
206.789.3599 – music info line
Advance tickets available at the Tractor, Mon-Fri, 12:00- 4:00pm
From Earshot Jazz:
Bill Frisell, the only guitarist of his kind, and one who is has by now reshaped the instrument’s contributions to jazz as much as any of his predecessors, appears for two nights at the always friendly Tractor Tavern. Flush from the release of his new album – a 2CD set entitled History Mystery – Frisell is joined by two longtime collaborators: Seattle’s own Eyvind Kang, who is always a purveyor of great mystery and fascination, on viola, and Rudy Royston, on drums. These promise to be evenings in the vein that Frisell has perfected in the last 10 to 15 years: a mystery tour of music merged from all around the American songbooks and stylebooks. Like a comforting and transporting trip on a comfy farm vehicle. Recommended.
Thursday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Kurt Elling with Special Guest Ernie Watts
THE TRIPLE DOOR: James Baumgart Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King CD Release Party
NEW ORLEANS: The Bob Jackson Band
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
EGAN’S BALLARD JAZZ FESTIVAL:
7pm – Sue Nixon and the Leo Raymundo Trio
9pm – Daniel Kamas
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
MAY: Hans Teuber Trio
1612 N 45th, Seattle, 10:30pm
13 COINS: HB Radke & Jet City Swingers
125 Boren Ave N, Seattle, 8pm
SMOKIN’ PETE’S: Rik Wright Trio
1918 NW 65th, Seattle, 6:30pm
LO-FI: The Teaching
Dawn Clement CD Review
by Andrew Hamlin, Seattle Sound Magazine
Seattle-based jazz pianist and singer Dawn Clement’s back with a new album, Break. I just hope she doesn’t wait another five years between albums. I reviewed Hush, her debut as a leader, back in 2003, remarking that she “eloquently shares space with her bandmates … but her solo excursions show her capable of emulating a whole band, condensing, expanding, and rippling lines on her right side and mining new rhythms on her left.” She’s still all that, but “that” now absorbs and emanates a thicker multiverse.
At the keys she so often, so confidently, sprints up a scale, drops down a few steps like playing hide and seek, and finally pirouettes around the top of the previous figure. She musters an expressive muddle in the middle of “Distant Oasis,” then strides rightly out like a kid through the mud. The opener, Jerome Kern’s “I’ve Told Every Star,” stops and goes through “I Got Rhythm” figures, leaving her pulling and pushing at the time.
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Lance Buller and Stephanie Porter
GALLERY 1412: More Zero featuring Chris Stover
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Rochelle House Quartet
THE NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – Cyrille Gosselin’s guitar student showcase
8pm – Vocal jazz jam session, with Carrie Wicks
TUTTA BELLA: Marco de Carvalho
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
MEANY THEATER: UW Studio Jazz Ensemble & Modern Jazz Contingent
University of Washington Campus
Hadley Caliman CD Review
From AllAboutJazz.com by John Barron
Legendary west coast saxophonist Hadley Caliman made his mark by touring and recording with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Santana. For Gratitude, his first recording as a leader in three decades, Caliman is joined by vibist Joe Locke, bassist Phil Sparks, drummer Joe LaBarbera and trumpeter Thomas Marriott, who also produced the recording.
The disc opens with Marriott’s “Back For More,” a 6/8 minor blues. The simplistic, captivating theme and energetic groove sets the stage for a session full of unrelenting energy. Well into his seventies, Caliman holds his own with his somewhat younger crew, playing with the confidence and inventiveness of someone half his age. The veteran weaves through the Kurt Weill obscurity “This Is New” with sophisticated playfulness and soars gracefully on his own Afro-Cuban-inspired burner “Comencio.”
“Linda,” Caliman’s meditative tribute to his wife, is reminiscent of John Coltrane’s “Naima” with its hauntingly sparse theme and bass pedal-tones. Locke’s out-of-time floating behind the melody is satisfyingly hypnotic.
Things really start to cook by the time Joe Henderson’s “If” is introduced. Supported by Sparks’ rock-solid walking pulse, Marriott, Caliman and Locke blow through the angular blues form with imaginative vigor, setting up raucous twelve-bar exchanges with LaBarbera. On “Joe Joe Dancer Bossa Nova,” another Caliman original, Marriott tips his hat to Hubbard with crackling lyricism.
Gratitude is an exceptional comeback for an unsung maverick of modern jazz. Hopefully the next one doesn’t take thirty years.
Tuesday
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jay Thomas Big Band
JAZZ ALLEY: Lance Buller and Stephanie Porter
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Chuck Ogmund Trio, with Hans Brehmer (piano) and Chris Symer (bass)
NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom
6006 12th Ave S, Seattle
HENDRIX LOUNGE: Marc Smason & Michael Gotz
Monday Jazz
SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL: Jim Knapp Orchestra with special guest, Andy Clausen Quintet opening
12510 15th Ave NE, Seattle, 8:00pm
THE TRIPLE DOOR: Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Band
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jazz Jam with Greta Matassa
THE NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Quintet
JEWEL BOX THEATER: Ev Stern’s Jazz Workshop Concert
2322 2nd Ave, Seattle, 6:30pm
Anything else happening tonight? Write a Comment and we’ll add it to the site.
Saturday Jazz
BAKE’S PLACE: Belinda Underwood and Benny Green
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hadley Caliman Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – ScotFree
9pm – Ecstasy In Numbers, with Mike Mattingly (guitar), Rick White (bass guitar), and Garey Williams (drums) – Hints of jazz, r&b, funk, reggae, latin, rock and world beat music
JAZZ ALLEY: Crescent Boogaloo with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, Peter Bernstein and Herlin Riley
HENDRIX LOUNGE: Phil Parisot / David White / Paul Gabrielson
SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio
LO-FI: Greg Sinibaldi and GOAT CD Release Party
429 Eastlake Ave E, 206-254-2824
SORRENTO HOTEL: Gail Pettis
900 Madison, 206-622-6400
This Sunday on Jazz Northwest
Pianist Joe Baque at a Celebration of Life for Jack Perciful in Olympia.
Selections from a tribute to the late Olympia pianist Jack Perciful played by BeBop Revisited, Joe Baque, Pete Christlieb & Bill Ramsay will be featured on this week’s Jazz Northwest, Sunday June 1 at 1 PM on 88.5 KPLU. Also, songs by Roberta Gambarini and Hank Jones not heard on the earlier broadcast of their performance at Jazz Alley will air on this week’s show.
Jazz Northwest is produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU 88.5. The program is also streamed to the internet and is available as a podcast after the airdate at kplu.org
Listen to the audio clip below.
Friday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Quintet w/ Milo Petersen
JAZZ ALLEY: Crescent Boogaloo with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, Peter Bernstein and Herlin Riley
BAKE’S PLACE: Jay Roberts & Don Mock Guitar Duo
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Pocket Change
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Grupo Amoroso – Classic bossa nova, Brazilian pop and jazz [Website] ($5 cover)
9pm – Elise Kloter Birthday Bash, with Karin Kajita (piano) Kevin McCarthy (bass), Joel Tipke (guitar), Ed Littlefield (drums) and guest vocalist Raisen Cathon
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks, Thomas Marriott, Matt Jorgensen (4:30 – 6:30pm)
HIROSHI’S JAZZ AND SUSHI: Bill Ramsay, Dan Marcus, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf and Greg Williamson
2501 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA (206)726-4966
SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo Quartet with Sue Nixon
GRAZIE: Reuel Lubag Trio
GALLERY 1412: Johan Tore Nystrom (Pittsburgh) and friends
A very special concert to benefit Eileen and Grant Dermody
From Pearl Django’s email blast:
Sunday June 1st – 4:00 – 11:00pm
THE TRACTOR TAVERN
5213 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
Eileen is undergoing treatment for cancer and they need an infusion of cash and goodwill. Some of Seattle’s best musicians will perform in two concerts.
From 4pm to 7pm there will be an acoustic concert featuring (but not necessarily in this order):
Jim Page
Reggie Garrett and Gary Westcott
John Miller and Ginnie Snowe
Marilyn HB Conant and Rich Hill
Odd Men Out – Scott Law, Michael Gray and Will Dowd
Kings Of Mongrel Folk- Orville Johnson and Mark Graham
Forrest Gibson, Scott Law and Grant Dermody
Johnson, Miller and Dermody- Orville Johnson, John Miller and Grant Dermody
and more guest artists may emerge in the next couple of weeks.
There will be a great deal of mixing and matching and groups and combinations of musicians we never imagined may result. It’s all going to be wonderful and in the spirit of great music and collaboration. Read More
Norm Bobrow Memorial Gathering
Sunday, June 8, 4 pm
Norm Bobrow Memorial Gathering
A memorial gathering will be held at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, 1427 South Main Street (between 14th and 16th Ave). Please share your personal memories of the illustrious, 60-year career of Seattle promoter, radio personality, journalist and all-around jazz advocate Norm Bobrow, who died April 13. Music and refreshments will be on hand.
RSVP requested: [email protected]
Thursday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dave Anderson Quartet w/John Hansen, Chuck Kistler, Adam Kessler
JAZZ ALLEY: Crescent Boogaloo with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, Peter Bernstein and Herlin Riley
THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
THE NEW ORLEANS: The Ham Carson Quintet
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Isabella DuGraf, with Logan Strosahl (sax) and Brian Kinsella (piano)
9pm – Wally Shoup Trio, with Wally Shoup (sax), Gust Burns (piano) and Bob Rees (drums)
ASTEROID CAFE: Tim Kennedy Jam Session
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Jason Parker/Jamie Baumgart Duo (5:30pm)
Photos from Thomas Marriott’s new recording
Photos from Thomas Marriott’s recording session last March which featured Joe Locke on vibes has been posted at the Origin Records website. Pop on over and take a look.
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Kenny Barron Trio
THE TRIPLE DOOR: James Baumgart Trio
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
6pm – University Prep Jazz Combos
8pm – Vocal jazz jam session, with guest host Ellen Marx, Steve Marx (bass) and Jon Eisen (piano)
NEW ORLEANS: The Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox
THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
VERRAZANOS: Katy Bourne
28835 Pacific Highway S, 7:00pm
WHISKEY BAR: Ronnie Pierce