Seattle Jazz Scene

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: 4:00pm: Nathan Hale High School; 7:30pm: Jay Thomas and the Cantaloups
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Leah Stillwell Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jane Monheit
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

SERAFINA: Jose Gonzales Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9:00pm

VITO’S: Johnny Astro
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:30pm

SCOTCH AND VINE: Brian Lee Trio
22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Clipper Anderson (bass/vocals) and Darin Clendenin (piano), with Robert Rushing (drums)
9pm – Carol LaMahr and David Arteaga, with Hans Brehmer (piano), Geoffe Cooke (bass) and Steve Korn (drums)
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Darelle Holden
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 7:00pm

GRAZIE: Edward Paul Trio
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

Tonight at 8pm at Benaroya Hall.
200 University Street, Seattle.
Tickets will be available at door.

from The Seattle Times:

Saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, 72, is a legend in the world of avant-garde jazz, having held down one of the two reed chairs in the Art Ensemble of Chicago for more than three decades. A rationally severe formalist with an unadorned sound on alto saxophone that plunges straight to the gut, Mitchell is also known for dizzyingly transcendent spins into interstellar space on soprano sax. His concert in Seattle celebrates his piece “Nonaah,” which began as a melodic line in a 1973 AEC album, was eventually headlined on Mitchell’s brilliant, groundbreaking 1977 album of the same name and has continued to undergo transformations.

This performance features Mitchell in a world premiere of a new arrangement of “Nonaah” for the group Lawson, part of the Seattle new music collective Table & Chairs. The group Bad Luck also presents a new work based on the melodic themes of “Nonaah.” Other arrangements of the piece will be presented, as well.

8 p.m. Friday at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $20-$30 (www.tableandchairsmusic.com). Preconcert talk and Q&A at 7:15 p.m.

BENAROYA HALL: Table and Chairs presents: Rosco Mitchell’s Nonaah
200 University St  Seattle, WA, 8:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jane Monheit
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Duo
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm

VITO’S: Jovino Santos Neto
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

GRAZIE: Edward Paul Trio
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

UNCLE THURMS: Friday night jazz
3709 South G Street, Tacoma, (253) 475-1881, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Piano Royale/ Limited Edition/ Cliff Hines
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Ham Carson Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jane Monheit
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Frank Kohl Quartet
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

COPPER GATE: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

VITO’S: 5:30pm: Casey MacGill; 9:00pm Brazil Novo
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695

BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: The Royal Ramble
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 206-906-9920, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Jacob Zimmerman Quintet
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Master Sessions
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Gail Pettis & Eric Verlinde
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Music for the Baroness
Featuring Dawn Clement, Ryan Burns, Josh Rawlings, Wayne Horvitz and Tim Kennedy.
The Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter was an iconoclast and created a one of a kind narrative in the history of jazz. Born into the Rothschild dynasty in 1913, the Baroness (known to the jazz world simply as Nica) left her husband (a high level French diplomat) and alienated much of her family along with their vast resources to move to New York City shortly after a life changing listening of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight”.  She became a great supporter of Jazz musicians and is remembered by many for taxiing musicians around in her Rolls Royce and hosting late night jam sessions (much to her neighbors chagrin). However, publically she is probably best known for the death of Charlie Parker in her 5th avenue apartment in 1955, made infamous by the NYC press.
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Vocal Showcase
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:00pm

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, 7:00pm

418 PUBLIC HOUSE: 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix
418 NW 65th St, 9:00pm

VITO’S: Michael Owcharuk Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Jacques Willis Presents
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

New-Music record label Table & Chairs is proud to present a performance dedicated to Roscoe Mitchell‘s renowned composition, “Nonaah” [noh-NAY-uh], at Benaroya Hall’s Nordstrom Recital Hall on June 7th at 8:00 PM.

The performance will feature Mitchell giving a rare, extended solo saxophone performance and the world premier of a new arrangement of “Nonaah” for the Table & Chairs group, Lawson. Bad Luck will also present a contemporary piece rooted in the melodic themes of “Nonaah.” The rest of the program will comprise of different arrangements of “Nonaah.”

Benaroya’s Nordstrom Recital Hall; Friday, June 7th; Pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm; Concert begins at 8:00 pm. $30 general; $20 students. For more info and tickets visit http://www.nonaah.com/

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Muisc Works Big Band; Lakeside MS Jazz Band
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Mountlake Terrace HS Big Band
2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Mt Si Vocal Jam; 7:00pm: CCK Workshop
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

BLUE MOON: Andy Coe Band
712 NE 45th St, Seattle, 206-675-9116, 10:00pm

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Free Funk Union
216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333, 8:00pm, No cover

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm

John Stowell, Bruce Phares and Dave Peterson at Ballard Jazz Walk. photo by Jim Wilke

Jazz Northwest visits two gigs this week. First is a two-guitar trio with John Stowell and Dave Peterson on guitars and Bruce Phares on bass playing at Skarbos during the Ballard Jazz Walk last April. The trio of long-time friends plays a set of standards in very comfortable surroundings with an attentive audience.

Former Seattle resident pianist Billy Wallace was back in town recently to help Clarence Acox and the Floyd Standifer Legacy Band celebrate 27 years of weekly performances at The New Orleans Creole Restaurant. Billy was a regular in the band for many years, but more recently has been active in Las Vegas and Denver. He joins Phil Sparks and Clarence Acox for a couple of tunes at the New Orleans in the final part of this week’s show.

Jazz Northwest airs Sundays at 2 PM Pacific on 88.5 KPLU and is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU. The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org following the broadcast.

more info:
ballardjazzfestival.com
neworleanscreolerestaurant.com
jazznw.org

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Bill Anschell Standards Trio with Jeff Johnson and D’Vonne Lewis
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spanish Harlem Orchestra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

SERAFINA: John Sanders & Sue Nixon
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm

VITO’S: Lushy!
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

GRAZIE: Andre Thomas and Quiet Fire
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

UNCLE THURMS: Friday night jazz
3709 South G Street, Tacoma, (253) 475-1881, 7:30pm

SORRENTO HOTEL: Rochelle House
900 Madison St, 206-622-6400, 8:00pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Piano Royale/ Curtis Hammond Band
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Milo Peterson Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie Davi Quartet
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spanish Harlem Orchestra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

COPPER GATE: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

VITO’S: Rik Wright
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: The Expanded Correo Aereo Air Ensemble
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 206-906-9920, 8:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Hardcoretet
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Kelly Eisenhour Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

THE TRIPLE DOOR:Mainstage: Sara Gazarek (7:00 & 9:30)
Musicquarium: Katy Bourne (5:00pm); Eric Hullander Group (8:30pm)
216 Union Street, Seattle, (206) 838-4333

JAZZ ALLEY: Anthony Wilson, Julian Lage, Chico Pinheiro and Larry Koonse – Seasons Guitar Quartet
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Greta Matassa Vocal Workshop
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:00pm

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, 7:00pm

418 PUBLIC HOUSE: 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix
418 NW 65th St, 9:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Scott Pemberton Band
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm

Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Cornish College of the Arts
Poncho Concert Hall (located in Kerry Hall)
710 East Roy Street
Seattle, WA 98102

There will be remembrances of Joshua’s life, and the effect he had on the lives of others. Please help us celebrate his life and also enjoy the music by some of Joshua’s dear friends. There has already been a wonderful memorial in New York City, and in late July in North Carolina, there will be the first edition (of what will become the annual) Joshua Wolff Memorial Jazz Festival. The purpose of that festival will be to raise money to help teach music to children in public schools – a very fitting tribute to Josh.

Click here to check out the complete schedule!

Click here to see our up-coming and previous coverage of the Bellevue Jazz Festival.

JAZZ ALLEY: Anthony Wilson, Julian Lage, Chico Pinheiro and Larry Koonse – Seasons Guitar Quartet
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Central Washington Big Band / MusicWorks Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: Roscoe Mitchell’s Nonaah Sneak Preview/ Tarmac Adam
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

COPPER GATE: Suffering F#ckheads
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Aaron Tevis Project
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Michael Gotz Trio
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, (425) 454-2776, 8:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Miles Davis Birthday Celebration with Thomas Marriott, Cuong Vu, Mark Taylor, George Colligan, Evan Flory-Barnes and Matt Jorgensen
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Jacqueline Tabor Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spyro Gyra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

SERAFINA: Tim Kennedy Trio
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9:00pm

VITO’S: Casey MacGill Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:30pm

SCOTCH AND VINE: Jose ‘Juicy’ Gonzales Trio
22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, 7:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Eugenie Jones
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 7:00pm

GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

from The Seattle Times:

Kendrick Scott (pictured), one of the hottest young drummers in jazz, headlines the Bellevue Jazz Festival next week with his group Oracle, which features probing ex-Seattle pianist Aaron Parks. Scott, a man with a message who deals deftly with politics and spirituality — on his recent album, “Conviction,” he does Sufjan Stevens’ “Too Much” and Herbie Hancock’s “I Have a Dream” — is joined by saxophonist John Ellis, guitarist Matt Stevens and bassist Joe Sanders. Appropriately, Seattle bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, who also soaks his music in meaning, opens the show. The festival features pianist Cyrus Chestnut with vibraphonist Stefon Harris, as well as more than 40 acts at various venues in the Bellevue downtown core and runs from Wednesday through June 2. Oracle performs at 7:30 p.m. May 31 at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue; $12-$24 (425-453-1223 or www.bellevuejazz.com).

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Michael Brockman Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spyro Gyra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Duo
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm

VITO’S: Joe Doria Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

UNCLE THURMS: Friday night jazz
3709 South G Street, Tacoma, (253) 475-1881, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Piano Royale/ Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” with Neil Andersson/ Eric Apoe and They CD Release/ Sour Smash Hug Band
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

from The New York Times:

The keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz lived and worked in New York City for most of the ’80s, when combining jazz with other kinds of popular or experimental languages, American or otherwise seemed exciting and almost imperative. There was a lot of the shock-of-the-new going on back then, and a lot of deference and homage to the history of the early ’60s New York avant-garde.

But Mr. Horvitz stood apart. He had an evened-out, coherent composing voice that contained bebop and rock, gospel hymns and country, free jazz and funk and midcentury film music and Charles Ives. There was very little posturing or provocation or wackiness in it. It didn’t feel like a stretch.

He moved to Seattle in 1988 with his wife, the composer Robin Holcomb: our loss. But he’s done valuable work there, alone and collectively. About a year and a half ago Mr. Horvitz, now 57, became a partner in a music space and bar called the Royal Room, in Columbia City, in Seattle. He books it, more or less. (He was the first booker at the Knitting Factory in New York in 1986.) And he plays there with his own group, the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, twice a month.

The group plays his compositions and he reorders them, sometimes radically, using some of the hand signals developed to conduct improvisers by his old New York friend Butch Morris, who died this year. Mr. Morris called the process conduction. On Tuesday at the Stone, where Mr. Horvitz started a six-night run of his 13-piece band — its first New York performances — the music sounded like a formal acknowledgment of Mr. Morris’s method and a demonstration of Mr. Horvitz’s freedoms within it.

Continue reading at The New York Times.

SeattleJazzScene.com welcomes The Larry Goldings Trio featuring Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart to Seattle on Thursday, June 20th. The group will perform two sets at The Royal Room in Columbia City. Tickets are now on sale.

The group (featuring Larry Goldings on Hammond B3 organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar and Bill Stewart on drums) has performed together for over 20 years but has never performed in Seattle with the original lineup.

The intimate and casual environment of Columbia City’s Royal Room promises for a great evening of music.

Tickets are now on sale through Stranger Tickets.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20THE LARRY GOLDINGS TRIO

The Royal Room
5000 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA

Music starts at 8:00pm
Tickets: $15 advance / $18 day of show

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Sarah Slonim Trio
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Spyro Gyra
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm & 9:30pm

COPPER GATE: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

VITO’S: 5:30pm: Casey MacGill; 9:00pm: Julie Cascioppo
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 5:30pm

BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Suffering F*ckheads
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm