Seattle Jazz Scene

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Seattle Central Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Lynne Arriale
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

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

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Vocal Showcase featuring Alison Pollowitz, Sherry Mathers and Tammy Burdette; 9pm: Vocal Jam hosted by Chip Parker
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

LUCID: Michelle Searle, Evan Flory-Barnes & Friends
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 206-402-3042, 8:30pm

FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Chad McCullough and Wayne Horvitz
Brent Jensen / Krispen Hartung / Bill Anschell

The Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
8:00 PM; $5 – $15 sliding scale at the door (cash/checks only).

Chad McCullough is one of the busiest trumpet players on the NW scene. He’s released three albums in the last two years under his own name, is a member of the Kora Band, and has toured several of his projects throughout Europe, Canada and the US. Tonight McCullough presents his new project, performing on effected trumpet in a trio with pianist Wayne Horvitz and a special guest.

Saxophonist Brent Jensen and guitarist Krispen Hartung have collaborated together for years, and this concert will bring pianist Bill Anschell into the group, expanding the dynamic interplay between the musicians. Jensen, a frequent face in the NW jazz scene, has released a duo record with Anschell (We Couldn’t Agree More, Origin 2009). Hartung has been actively involved in the Boise music scene for over 20 years, and is founder and artistic director of the Boise Creative and Improvised Music Festival. Bill Anschell has played and/or recorded with a host of jazz greats including Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Benny Golsen and Russell Malone.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Vocal Jam with Darin Clendenin Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Seventh Annual Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Audition
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

AMORE: John Terpin Trio
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

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

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Paul Green
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

Recording of the Year: The Kora Band

Acoustic Group: Thomas Marriott

Alternative Jazz Group: Speak

Instrumentalist of the year: Bill Anschell

Vocalist of the year: Gail Pettis

Emerging Artist: Paul Kikuchi

Concert of the year: Speak CD Release Concert

Hall of Fame:
Chuck Deardorf
Wayne Horvitz

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jay Thomas Big Band
8pm – Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221

JAZZ ALLEY:
Jim Hall: 80 Years Young ft. Greg Osby, Steve Laspina & Joey Baron
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

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

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfasts w/guitarist Michael Gotz
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Jam w/ Kevin McCarthy
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Jim Hall: 80 Years Young ft. Greg Osby, Steve Laspina & Joey Baron
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

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

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Theoretics
216 Union St, 206-838-4333

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Rachael Gavaletz w/ Bill Charney
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 206-772-6891

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Mercedes Nicole and Dee Brown
9pm – Tribute to Bruce Cockburn
1707 NW Market Street, 206-789-1621

BAKE’S PLACE: Clockwork
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

from The Seattle Times:

It’s that time of year again — the Golden Ear Awards, annual praise night for the Seattle jazz community. The balloting is over, but you can still enjoy crowning the winners while listening at Tula’s to the estimable bassist Chuck Deardorf, who’s bringing sizzling Portland alto saxophonist Warren Rand up for the occasion. The rest of the quintet features Dawn Clement (piano), Dave Peterson (guitar) and Gary Hobbs (drums).

There were some strong candidates this year. Deardorf is up for a well-deserved Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame award and, for best album, the nominees span nearly a century, from the crisp young lions of Seattle’s Speak to 84-year-old veteran saxophonist Jimmy Heath, with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Note: The Earshot Golden Ear Awards will be held Sunday, March 20 at 7:00pm

Tula’s Jazz Club, 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle. 206-443-4221

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Jim Hall with Greg Osby, Steve Laspina & Joey Baron
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

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

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: DOA Trio
216 Union St, 206-838-4333, 9:00pm

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BAKE’S PLACE: Gail Pettis
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

BOXLEY’S: Bryan Urban’s Blue Oasis
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Greg Schroeder Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Greta Matassa w/ Darin Clendenin
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, (206) 772-6891

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7PM: Ambience with Leah Natale; 9pm: Le Chat Blanc Cabaret
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Mike Eggerling & Randy Mcmillan
1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, (206) 365-4447, 8:00pm

GRAZIE: Jose Gonzales Trio
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clockwork with Mark Ivester, Clipper Anderson and Bill Anschell
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jim Hall with Greg Osby, Steve Laspina & Joey Baron
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Jerry Zimmerman
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

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

THAIKU: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

LUCID: The Hang
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Cherlyn Johnson & Heart Dance
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Mouce Manouche
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

DISTRICT LOUNGE: Cassia DeMayo Quintet
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 206-547-4134

NORTH CITY BISTRO: Ashley Webster Duo
1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, 206-365-4447, 7:00pm

from All About Jazz:

Matt Jorgensen is a very busy man. A drummer and composer, he plays and records with a wide variety of musicians, including his own long-running quartet 451 and popular trumpeter and label-mate Thomas Marriott. Jorgensen also co-manages the Origin Records label, a thriving concern that has released over 300 discs since 1997, and that now encompasses two associated labels, OA2 and Origin Classical.

He is also a family man, and it’s a family connection that provided the spark for his impressive and well-received new Origin record, Tattooed By Passion: Music Inspired By The Paintings of Dale Chisman (2010). The well-known Denver artist Dale Chisman, who passed away in 2008, was Jorgensen’s father-in-law, and his paintings and views on art and the artist have been a strong inspiration to the composer.

Most of the original tunes on the new album, which reached the top 30 on the Jazz Week radio chart, are inspired by and titled after particular paintings of Chisman, which are reproduced on the cover and in the booklet of the CD. The music generated by Jorgensen and band mates Marriott, saxophonist Mark Taylor, guitarist Corey Christiansen and bassist Dave Captein, is, by turns, driving, groove-heavy, expressive,and, especially on the three tracks with string accompaniment, poignant with the sense of both loss and hope.

All About Jazz: To start with, let me say that I am enjoying Tattooed By Passion immensely. I think it’s one of the more impressive new records I’ve heard in a long time.

Matt Jorgensen: Thanks. I recently got back from Denver where we had the opening of the Dale Chisman In Retrospect show.

Continue reading at All About Jazz.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chad McCullough / Pablo Masis Group
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Chris Thomas King
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Bonnie Birch
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

THAIKU: Ron Weinstein Trio
5410 Ballard Ave NW, 8:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Pearl Django
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: The Standard Jazz Quintet
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621, 9:00pm

LUCID: Katrina Kope & Jose Gonzales Duets
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, 206-402-3042, 8:30pm

TRIPLE DOOR MAINSTAGE: Mark Ribot solo
216 Union Street, 206-838-4333, 7:00pm

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Chris Thomas King
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Karin Kajita
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock & Steve Kim
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Holotradband
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

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

BOXLEY’S: The Offbeats Vocal Ensemble
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

Take a look at the 2010 Earshot Golden Ear Nominations and make sure and cast your vote!

Awards Ceremony
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant, 7pm

The Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s rich, vibrant jazz ecology.

This annual gathering features performances by the Chuck Deardorf Quintet. Warren Rand (alto sax), Dawn Clement (piano), Dave Peterson (guitar), Gary Hobbs (drums), and Deardorf (bass) comprise the quintet.

Deardorf is a regular performer in the Seattle area; a full-time professor of bass at the Cornish College of the Arts, where he’s also served as music faculty chair; and a member of Centrum’s 2011 Jazz Port Townsend faculty.

His quintet warms up the Tula’s stage at 7pm, ahead of the presentation of awards at 8pm, followed by more music at 9:30pm. The emcee for the event is the celebrated jazz radio programmer Jim Wilke, who assures a genial, informed, and well-paced evening.

Admission: $15 general, $13 Earshot members and senior citizens, $7 working musicians and students. Call Tula’s Nightclub and Restaurant at (206) 443-4221 for reservations.

We were going through a bunch of photos from Jim Levitt and found these which never got published.

This was the “Eco Quintet,” led by Julian Garvue on the piano. He’s nominally a junior at Garfield, but aside from music he’s full time at Bellevue College. Xavier Del Castillo from Roosevelt HS on sax; Evan Woodle (drums) and Carmen Rothwell (bass) are in the UW jazz program; Corey Dansereau on trumpet is a former Roosevelt kid now at Columbia University. They were joined for the last tune by Lucas Winter on guitar.

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hal Sherman and the BCC Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jackson High School Jazz Ensembles
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

AMORE: John Terpin Trio
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

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

MARTIN’S ON MADISON: Howard Dixon
1413 14th Ave, 206-325-7000, 7:30pm

BOXLEY’S: Cascade Jazz Ensemble
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

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

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB:
3pm – Jazz Police Big Band
8pm – Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221

JAZZ ALLEY:
David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729

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

BAKE’S PLACE:
10am – Sunday Breakfasts w/guitarist Michael Gotz
6:45pm – Kevin Mahogany
4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

CAFE RACER: Racer Sessions
5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 8pm

CONCERT: Kevin Mahogany w/Bill Anschell
Jazz Vox Camano, 206-963-2430, 2pm

DARRELL’S TAVERN: Jam w/ Kevin McCarthy
18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 8pm

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

JAZZ ALLEY: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

NEW ORLEANS: Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

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

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Waterbabies
216 Union St, 206-838-4333, 9:00pm

AMORE: Lonnie Williams
2301 5th Ave, (206) 770-0606

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa & special guest Robert Vaughan
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335

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

HIROSHI’S: Greg Williamson Quartet
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Coreena Brown w/ Jimmy Holden
11425 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, (206) 772-6891

THE CHAPEL: Chris deLaurenti
The Chapel Performance Space (4639 Sunnyside Avenue North), 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7PM: David Arteaga; 9pm: Lorrie Ruiz and McTuff

NORTH CITY BISTRO: David George Quartet
1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, (206) 365-4447, 8:00pm