Thursday Jazz
PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College, 8pm
Kneebody
A “resolutely un-pindownable band” (Nate Chinen, NYT) melds urban genres, from electro-pop to punk-rock to hip-hop, into its own signature sound: keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel, bassist Kaveh Rastegar, and drummer Nate Wood Free master class, Poncho Concert Hall, 12:30pm. $18 general/$16 members & seniors/$9 students
(Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS) [read more…]
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jaqueline Tabor Jazz Band
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Rachelle Ferrell
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm
BOXLEY’S: Chris Morton Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
VITO’S: 5:30pm: Casey MacGill; 9pm: Tim Kennedy Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695
THE ROYAL ROOM: The Royal Ramble
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: Jacob Zimmerman Quintet
1707 NW Market Street, 206-789-1621, 7:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Master Sessions
2202 N 45th St, Seattle, 206-992-1120, 10:00pm
LUCID: Davy Nefos Jam
Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, Seattle,206-402-3042
BLUE MOON: Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson
712 NE 45th St, 206-675-9116, 4:30pm
Wednesday Jazz
Triple Door, 7:30pm
Garfield High School Jazz Band
The region’s perennial powerhouse of high-school jazz, under the baton of its long-serving, multiaward-winning director, Clarence Acox, shows why it seems to carry the very spirit of Seattle’s remarkable jazz continuum. $16 general/$14 members & seniors/$8 students [read more…]
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Kirkland Performance Center, 7:30pm
Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet
The Cuban composer and pianist fuses jazz and global elements with Afro-Cuban spiritualism to create a captivating, urban Latin-jazz sound. He presents material from his new CD, Eggun, a tribute to Miles Davis’ seminal recording, Kind of Blue, with his multinational band: Marque Gilmore, drums; Childo Tomas, electric bass; Joo Kraus, trumpet/flugelhorn; Leandro Saint-Hill, alto sax/flute; and Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax. $38 (Presented by Kirkland Performance Center.)
(Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS) [read more…]
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JAZZ ALLEY: Steve Smith and Vital Information
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Smith/Staelens Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307
VITO’S: Harry and Ronnie Pierce
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 6:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Jaques Willis Presents
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm
AUGUSTUS: Michael Owcharuk & Nate Omdal
3601 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, 9:00pm
ROYAL ROOM: Greg Campbell, Don Berman, Dennis Rea and Wally Shoup
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
Origin Records Online Radio Episode 30
The episode features an interview with Chad McCullough about his recent recordings, his show at the Earshot Jazz Festival on Sunday, November 3rd with The Kora Band, and his up-coming performance in Russia with the Chad McCullough-Bram Weijters Group (also featuring John Bishop).
Click here to listen/watch on YouTube.
Click here to download on iTunes.
Monday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jet City Jazz Band
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Mt Si Vocal Jazz Clinic; 7:00pm: Christian Henriksen Project
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Birch Pereira / Jason Goessel / David Bush
216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333, 8:00pm
EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble
5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm
COASTAL KITCHEN: Josh Clifford Trio
426 15th Ave E, Seattle, 206-322-1145, 9:30pm
Sunday Jazz
ROYAL ROOM: Leni Stern African Trio
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 206-906-9920, 8:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Reggie Goings Jazz Offering
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221
JAZZ ALLEY: Gerald Albright
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: 4:00pm: Mt Si Rhythm Workshop; 6:00pm: Danny Kokle Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307
CAFE RACER: Christian Pincock & Gus Carns
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm
DARRELL’S TAVERN: Kevin Mccarthy & Friends Jam Session
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8:00pm
SERAFINA: 11am: Pasquale Santos; 6:30pm: Jerry Frank
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807
VITO’S LOUNGE: 6pm: Ruby Bishop; 9:30pm: Ron Weinstein Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle
Anthony Wilson’s Power of Nine on Jazz Northwest, Sunday, November 3
Guitarist Anthony Wilson leads his nonet on Jazz Northwest, Sunday, November 3 at 2 PM (PDT) on 88.5 KPLU. The concert was recorded at Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend last summer. Truly an all-star aggregation, the group includes Terell Stafford, trumpet, Jiggs Whigham, trombone, Jeff Clayton, alto sax & flute, Anat Cohen, tenor sax and clarinet, Gary Smulyan, baritone sax, Gerald Clayton, piano, Joe Sanders, bass and Matt Wilson, drums. All were on the faculty for the Jazz Port Townsend Jazz Workshop which took place the week leading up to the festival.
Music on the program includes a couple of classics, and two contemporary pieces, one an original by Anthony Wilson who has recorded four CDs with this instrumentation as well as three more an organ trio. He has also toured and recorded as a member of the Diana Krall group.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU. The program is also streamed live at kplu.org and is available as a podcast.
More info:
Centrum.org/jazz
anthonywilsonmusic.com
jazznw.org
Saturday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jon Pugh Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Gerald Albright
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
BOXLEY’S: HB Radke Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
SERAFINA: Leo Raymundo Quartet with Sue Nixon
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9:00pm
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas and Quiet Fire
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm
VITO’S: Miss Rose and her Rhythm Percolators
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:30pm
SHIP CANAL GRILL: Jennifer Kienzle
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 8:00pm
Ladies and Gentlemen … Tom Collier
Fast forward to 2:00 for the good stuff!
Origin Online Radio: Episode 29
The Origin Records Online Radio podcast is back.
The newest episode features tracks by New York drummer Tim Horner, Seattle bassist Jon Hamar, The Dave Slonaker Big Band, German pianist Florian Hoefner, Chicago’s Deep Blue Organ Trio and the Hal Galper Trio (featuring Jeff Johnson and John Bishop.)
You can listen to the podcast in iTunes or you can listen and subscribe on YouTube.
Friday Jazz
Jones Playhouse Theater UW, 7:30pm
Bill Frisell w/ Cuong Vu & Robin Holcomb
This year’s Earshot Festival resident artist, a world-renowned guitar innovator, creates at the intersections of jazz, country, and pop music, all processed through his inimitable personal style. He presents five groups in four concerts, beginning with this collaboration with two other renowned musicians who make their homes in Seattle: stellar trumpeter, Cuong Vu, a veteran of Pat Metheny’s band who has lit up the local scene since moving here from New York, and Robin Holcomb, a captivating vocalist and pianist who like Frisell is equally conversant in a wide array of American musical realms. $20 general, $12 students/seniors (Presented by The University of Washington School of Music.) [read more…]
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Tula’s, 7:30pm
Marc Seales Group
Seattle’s hippest and most elegant jazz mainstay celebrates a new CD. $16 general/$14 members & seniors/$8 students [read more…]
RESERVATIONS AT 206-443-4221 or
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Royal Room, 8pm
Brian Haas & Scott Amendola / Chemical Clock
Keyboardist from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey joins up with the West Coast’s most inventive drummer. Seattle’s Chemical Clock opens. $16 general/$14 members & seniors/$8 student [read more…]
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Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Manhattan Transfer
For 40 years, Manhattan Transfer has been at the forefront of harmony vocal quartets. With worldwide sales in the millions, Grammy Awards by the dozen, and numerous sold-out world tours, its members continue to prove their uncanny knack for being ahead of the times. 7pm: $40 advance, $45 day of show, $50 VIP / 9:30pm: $30 advance, $35 day of show, $40 VIP (Presented by The Triple Door.) (Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS) [read more…]
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JAZZ ALLEY: Gerald Albright
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+
VITO’S: Casey MacGill
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm
BOXLEY’S: Chris Symer Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
LAKESIDE BISTRO: Thelxie Eaves w/ Michael Berman, Pavel Shepp
11425 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 206-772-6891, 7:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAZZ HOUSE:
7pm – Reuel Lubag & Friends
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, (206) 789-1621
GRAZIE: Andre Thomas and Quiet Fire
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm
GREEN LAKE METHODIST CHURH: David & Barbara Balatero
6415 1st Ave NE, Seattle, 7:00pm
ELLIOT BAY PIZZA: Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism
800 164th St SE, Mill Creek, 7:00pm
BALLARD STATION: Christian Smith Quartet w/ Bryan Smith, Dylan Savage, Kevin McCarthy
2236 NW Market Street, 6:00pm
Thursday Jazz
PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College, 8pm
Darcy James Argue & Cornish Contemporary Big Band
The Vancouver-raised, Brooklyn-based composer, pianist, and bandleader, part Radiohead, part Steve Reich, and fully his own man, directs the Cornish community’s best. $20 general/$15 members & seniors/$10 students (Presented by Cornish College of the Arts.) [read more…]
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jim Sisko and the Bellevue College Big Band
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Gerald Albright
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm
BOXLEY’S: Eric Verlinde’s Halloween Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Funky to Death Halloween
2202 N 45th St, Seattle, 206-992-1120, 10:00pm
LUCID: Davy Nefos Jam
Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, Seattle,206-402-3042
BLUE MOON: Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson
712 NE 45th St, 206-675-9116, 4:30pm
Photos: Steve Treseler Group at The Royal Room
by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
The Earshot Jazz Festival presented the Steve Treseler Group with Ingrid Jensen. Seattle tenor saxophonist Steve Treseler celebrates the release of Center Song, with renowned guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, pianist Dawn Clement, guitarist Chris Spencer, drummer Steve Korn. The group explores new material by Treseler, a piece by Jensen, a Lee Konitz tune, a Sunny Day Real Estate adaptation and some short improvisations.
For more photos of this event, and all Earshot events, visit EyeShotJazz.com
Wednesday Jazz
JAZZ ALLEY: Roy Hargrove Quintet
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clipper Anderson
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307
VITO’S: Wally Shoup Quartet
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 6:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Ari Zucker Presents
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm
AUGUSTUS: Michael Owcharuk & Nate Omdal
3601 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, 9:00pm
THE SWISS: Kareem Kandi Band
1904 Jefferson Ave, Tacoma, 7:00
Tuesday Jazz
UW Mallethead Series: Thomas Collier & Dan Dean w/Alex Acuña & Don Grusin
Meany Studio Theater, University of Washington, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Roy Hargrove
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Tuesday Jam
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
THE PINK DOOR: Casey MacGill Trio
1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 8:00pm
Kim Rushing Memorial set for November 24
Vocalist Kim Rushing’s memorial will take place on Sunday, November 24, at Tula’s Jazz Club from 4:00 – 7:00pm.
The event is planned as a “musical celebration of Kim’s life” and will feature music by Kelley Johnson and Andy Shaw with John Hansen, Phil Sparks, Robert Rushing. The will likely be many of Kim’s friends sitting in.
Suggested donations and notes will benefit the family; no cover.
Sunday, November 24 – 4:00 – 7:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 Second Ave
Seattle, WA
(206) 443-4221
Monday Jazz
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jim Knapp Orchestra
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Mt Si Vocal Jazz Clinic; 7:00pm: Christian Henriksen Project
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Synthesis
216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333, 8:00pm
EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: Ben Thomas & The Tangent Trio
5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm
COASTAL KITCHEN: Josh Clifford Trio
426 15th Ave E, Seattle, 206-322-1145, 9:30pm
Sunday Jazz
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVALPONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College, 8pm
Lucian Ban & Jorge Sylvester
Formerly Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri — Due to illness, Mat Maneri will not be performing. Saxophonist Jorge Sylvester will be appearing with Lucian Ban.
Classically trained in Romania, pianist Lucian Ban is increasingly recognized for his modernist jazz. He performs with Jorge Sylvester, an impressive composer and arranger originally from Panama, playing from Ban’s new ECM release, Transylvanian Concert. $18 general/$16 members & seniors/$9 students [read more…]
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TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3:00pm: Elnah Jordan
8:00pm: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221
JAZZ ALLEY: Roy Hargrove Quintet
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Seattle Jazz Singers
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 6:00pm
CAFE RACER: The Schimscheimer Family Trio
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm
TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Kareem Kandi
216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333, 8:00pm
DARRELL’S TAVERN: Kevin Mccarthy & Friends Jam Session
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8:00pm
SERAFINA: 11am: Pasquale Santos; 6:30pm: Jerry Frank
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807
VITO’S LOUNGE: 6pm: Ruby Bishop; 9:30pm: Ron Weinstein Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle
ROYAL ROOM: 6pm: Garfield Alumni Jazz Jam; 8pm: Doug Beaver’s Conjunto Rovira, featuring Carlos Cascante and Thomas Marriott
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 206-906-9920, 8:00pm
Sunday: Doug Beaver’s Conjunto Rovira at the Royal Room
Doug Beaver’s Conjunto Rovira, featuring Carlos Cascante and Thomas Marriott
THE ROYAL ROOM
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 206-906-9920,
Tickets, $12 adv/ $15 door, are available now from Stranger Tickets
Doug Beavers was catapulted to international musical significance when he was discovered by 9-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri and called on to transcribe and arrange the complete repertoire from his seminal La Perfecta group of the 1960s. Beavers went on to tour, record and perform for Eddie’s new La Perfecta II as lead trombonist and arranger, winning a Grammy with Palmieri for his work on his 2005 release Listen Here.
Beavers has since established his own solo career, becoming universally recognized as a cutting-edge trombonist and “an arranger of the first-class” (Harvey Siders, JazzTimes). He has performed and arranged for the likes of Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, Rosemary Clooney, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Don Omar, Sheila E., Pete Escovedo, Mingus Big Band, Ruben Blades, Paul Simon, and countless others. In addition to receiving several orchestral commissions for arranging and composition, he has released three solo projects, the most recent entitled Two Shades of Nude (Origin Records, 2010), which was scored for a jazz nonet. The album garnered wide critical acclaim from publications like Jazztimes and peaked at #33 on the national Jazzweek radio charts.
This week on Jazz Northwest
Jazz Northwest previews and samples upcoming events every Sunday afternoon at 2 on 88.5 KPLU. This Sunday (10/27) will include CDs by Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, the Jim Knapp Orchestra, Darcy James Argue and others appearing in Seattle concerts, as well as some new releases by resident Northwest musicians.
Jazz Northwest is produced and hosted by Jim Wilke, exclusively for 88.5 KPLU. The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org