Seattle Jazz Scene

Photos by Jim Levitt

Julian Priester

Thomas Marriott Quartet

Phil Sparks and Byron Vannoy

Dawn Clement

Galen Green with the band

Thomas Marriott

Galen Green

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

611 SUPREME: Carrie Wicks w/ Geoff Harper & Hans Teuber
611 E Pine St, 8:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Geri Allen featuring Oliver Lake, Don Byron, Dwayne Dolphin and Jeff Tain Watts
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

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

Going through the backlog of photos this week and posting some old show “photo reviews” as we like to call them.

Here are some photos of the Jason Parker Quartet plus guests performing the music of Nick Drake at Lucid Jazz Lounge.

Photos by Darrah Parker

JAZZ ALLEY: Sadao Watanabe
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

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

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

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

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

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

Words and photos by Daniel Sheehan (EyeShotJazz)

On Thursday Sept 9th. The Kora Band celebrated the release of their newest album “Cascades” which covers a variety of West African pieces, modern repertoire from Congo and Cameroon, as well as originals by Mathis and Oliver with some subtle influences of jazz. Tula’s was crowded for the first two sets and the music was a delightful mixture of African and Jazz sounds and rhythms. I look forward to hearing them again back at Tula’s as they play on the opening day of the Earshot Jazz Festival.

Hadley Caliman’s memorial service, “Celebration of Life,” will be held at Seattle First Baptist Church on Saturday, September 18 at 11:00am.

Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Avenue (at Seneca)
Seattle, WA 98122

A reception at Tula’s Jazz Club will follow at 2:00pm

Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

Photos by Jim Levitt

PUYALLUP FAIR: Chris Botti & Natalie Cole
110 9th Ave SW, Puyallup, 7:30pm

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Jeff Lorber with Eric Marienthal, Jimmy Haslip and Will Kennedy
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks, Galen Green and Matt Jorgensen
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

NEW ORLEANS: Mark Taylor Quartet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: Jose Gonzales Trio; 9pm: Sam Pannuzio Trio
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

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

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

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa with Kelley Johnson & Barney McClure
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

LUCID: Enroot
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

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

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Sandra Locklear
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

TRIPLE DOOR MUSICQUARIUM: Waterbabies
216 Union Street, 9:00pm

CYPRES LOUNGE: Manghis Khan
Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 8:00pm

We’ve received an amazing number of remembrances for Hadley Caliman. We’ve opened up another post for people to share their memories.

Click here to post your own memory of Hadley.

Click here to read other postings.

The memorial for Hadley will be Saturday, September 18 at 11:00am
Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Avenue (at Seneca)
Seattle, WA 98122

A reception at Tula’s Jazz Club will follow at 2:00pm
(2214 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98121)

Photos from the Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic
Photos by Jim Levitt

more to come!

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katy Bourne Quartet (CD Release Party)
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Eric Marienthal, Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

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

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 with The Teaching
5241 University Ave NE, 206-402-3042, 9:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Bill Anschell and Bill Ramsey
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Dear friends and family,

I have received so many wonderful cards and emails from you. Thank you so much. I have not been able to respond to most, given the needs of making arrangements, but please know I am so appreciative and will be in touch when things quiet down.

I have an update on the memorial and hope you can pass this on to others as well:

As you already know, it will be at Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue Seattle, 11:00am, Saturday, September 18th. The doors will open at 10:30.

There is a large parking lot next door ($2.00) and several sprinkled throughout the neighborhood.

There will be a gathering afterward, around 2:00pm at Tula’s, 2214 2nd Avenue Seattle. Music will be shared by all that loved Hadley.

I meant to mention before: In lieu of flowers, you may make contributions to the following:

The Hadley Caliman Merit Scholarship Fund at Cornish College of the Arts
1000 Lenora Street, 7th Floor
Seattle, WA 98121

or

The Jazz Foundation of America
“Saving jazz and blues, one musician at a time”
322 West 48th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10036
If you are not familiar, check out their website. It is a wonderful organization.

Again, thank you for your outpouring of love and support.
Linda

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

SHERMAN CLAY BELLEVUE: Sam Pannunzio Trio w/ Rich Cole
1000 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 7:30pm

DULCES LATIN BISTRO: Eric Verlinde
1430 34th Ave, 206-322-5453, 6:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Kyle Eastwood
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

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

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

JAZZ ALLEY: 11th Sister City Jazz Day with Geila Zilkha
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

TRIPLE DOOR: Ramana Vieira (Portuguese Fado)
216 Union St, 206-838-4333, 7:30pm

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

AMORE: Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble
2301 5th Ave, 206-770-0606, 7:30pm

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

TOST: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St, 206-547-0240, 9:00pm

POGGIE TAVERN: Better World w/ Marc Smason & Joanne Klein
4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165, 8:30pm

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

Sunday, Sept 12
Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle
noon – 5:00pm; free

Holy cow look at this JAZZ PICNIC line-up:
MILT KLEEB SUPER FRIENDS BAND, Jay Thomas, Brad Allison, Dan Marcus, Bill Ramsay Travis Ranney, Jim Coile, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf, Danny Kolke Trio, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, Jon Hamar, John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, PETE PETERSEN, ZACHARY KELLOGG, DAVE ANDERSON QUARTET, Adam Kessler, Bernie Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Andre Thomas, CHRISTOPHER WOITACH, LEAH STILLWELL, DARIN CLENDENI, TODD HYMAS, KATY BOURNE, RANDY HALBERSTADT, Steve Korn, Kobe Jazz Queen: Geila Zilkha, CAROLYN GRAYE, MORDY FERBER, Chris Symer, Mike West, VICTOR NORIEGA, TROMBONASAURUS REX (all trombones welcome, anyone with a trombone, get out your trombones) Dan Marcus, Greg Schroeder, Phil Henderson, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, Chris Amemiya, Gary Shutes (via long distance antiphonality), Reuel Lubag, Ken French, Craig Hoyer, USUAL SUSPECTS / ALL-STAR BIG BAND featuring arrangements of Vern Sielert, Andy Omdahl, Dennis Haldane, Kevin Seeley, Al Keith, Bud Parker, Tracy Knoop, Vanessa Sielert, Jon Goforth, Rich Cole, JIM CUTLER, Nathaniel Schliemer, Nate Parker, Susan Pascal, Dante’s Hot Dogs…

We got word from Lynn Darroch at KMHD (Portland, OR) that he will be playing three cuts from Hadley Caliman during his show today.

They will air at 1:18, 1:24 and 2:04pm today. You can listen online at http://www.kmhd.org or open iTunes, select “Radio / Jazz” and scroll down for KMHD.

If you haven¹t already heard, Hadley Caliman, 78, the great tenor saxophonist, colleague and friend of Dexter Gordon, died [Wednesday, September 8,] of liver cancer. He was one of the great jazz musicians, and a kind, gentle person, whom I deeply loved and respected. We were close friends since 1970, when I appeared on his first LP and he used two of my tunes. We reconnected over the years and toured together last year in the Pacific Northwest, the highlight being appearances at the Earshot Jazz Festival in his home area of Seattle and at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane. The great trombonist Curtis Fuller, and top Bay Area-based musicians Jeff Chambers and Eddie Marshall, also a longtime friend of Hadley¹s, were with us. Hadley¹s career had enjoyed well-deserved success in the last few years when the Seattle-based recording company Origin released three recordings for him, Gratitude, Reunion and Straight Ahead, the latter hit #2 on the national JazzWeek radio charts. It had been three decade since his last recording.

Last May, the Napa Valley Jazz Society was scheduled to feature him in a Dexter Gordon tribute that I helped organize, when he fell at the last minute and was unable to make the trip to Napa. Dexter Gordon¹s widow, Maxine Gordon, a jazz history scholar who is writing a book on Dexter, was interviewing Hadley about Dexter¹s early days. She had come to the Napa Valley tribute concert to be with Hadley and his most supportive and caring wife Linda Caliman, who accompanied him on many of his tours, particularly in the last two years of his illness.

A deeply fluent post-bop player, Caliman toured/recorded with such international jazz stars as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Pass, Joe Henderson, and Bobby Hutcherson. But his influence extended beyond jazz confines, both from his 1970s work with the likes of Carlos Santana, and his years teaching at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts.

My wife Sanna Craig and I already miss him and send our deepest sympathy to his wife Linda and his family and all the others whose lives he touched.

– Larry Vuckovich

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

JAZZ ALLEY: Dr. John and the Lower 911
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks, Thomas Marriott and Matt Jorgensen
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

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

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE: 7pm: John Ewing’s String & Battery Pool; 9pm: Monktail Collective Night!
1707 NW Market St, 206-789-1621

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

BOXLEY’S: French & Clark +1
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Greta Matassa and Randy Halberstadt
4135 Providence Point Dr. SE Issaquah, (425) 391-3335, 7:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Scrape
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N

LUCID: Janessa Held & Josh Rawling Trio
5241 University Ave NE, Seattle, (206) 402-3042, 9:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Mordy Ferber Trio +1
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Ryan Shea Smith
11425 Rainier Ave S, 7:00pm

CYPRES LOUNGE: Geoffrey Castle
Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 8:00pm

from The Daily News (Southwest Washington area):

In the ’70s, Caliman had a heyday in San Francisco, performing and recording with the Grateful Dead, Santana and pianist Earl Hines.

It was there he met his former wife, Jan Caliman of Cathlamet.

“He was my favorite tenor player in Freddie Hubbard’s band,” Jan Caliman said.

The Calimans settled in Cathlamet prior to the birth of their first son, Roger, in 1982.

“He wanted to raise his kids in the country,” Jan Caliman said. Hadley became an avid gardener, but his wife recalled “he would practice at least eight hours every day.”

Caliman played in Southwest Washington clubs, including at Peter’s in Kelso.

Continue reading at The Daily News.

BOXLEY’S
Jazz For North Bend, 7-10:00
Thursday, Sept 9, MORDY FERBER TRIO – Special guest NY guitarist with a cutting sound. If Hendrix played jazz…
Friday, Sept 10, French & Clark +1 – The trio behind Floyd Standifer’s Pampas recording.
Saturday, Sept 11, Vocalist Leah Stillwell with the Darin Clendenin Trio
Sunday, Sept 12, Danny Kolke Trio

JAZZ & SUSHI
Weekly Friday Series, 7:30
Friday, Sept 10, MORDY FERBER TRIO +1 – More Mordy, plus sax of Mike West

JAZZ PICNIC
Sunday, Sept 12
Sandpoint Magnuson Park, Seattle
noon – 5:00pm; free
pack a lunch, or stop at one of our sponsors along Sandpoint Way

Holy cow look at this JAZZ PICNIC line-up:
MILT KLEEB SUPER FRIENDS BAND, Jay Thomas, Brad Allison, Dan Marcus, Bill Ramsay Travis Ranney, Jim Coile, John Hansen, Chuck Deardorf, Danny Kolke Trio, GREG WILLIAMSON QUARTET, Jon Hamar, John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, PETE PETERSEN, ZACHARY KELLOGG, DAVE ANDERSON QUARTET, Adam Kessler, Bernie Jacobs, Michael Marcus, Andre Thomas, CHRISTOPHER WOITACH, LEAH STILLWELL, DARIN CLENDENI, TODD HYMAS, KATY BOURNE, RANDY HALBERSTADT, Steve Korn, Kobe Jazz Queen: Geila Zilkha, CAROLYN GRAYE, MORDY FERBER, Chris Symer, Mike West, VICTOR NORIEGA, TROMBONASAURUS REX (all trombones welcome, anyone with a trombone, get out your trombones) Dan Marcus, Greg Schroeder, Phil Henderson, David Marriott, Nelson Bell, Chris Amemiya, Gary Shutes (via long distance antiphonality), Reuel Lubag, Ken French, Craig Hoyer, USUAL SUSPECTS / ALL-STAR BIG BAND featuring arrangements of Vern Sielert, Andy Omdahl, Dennis Haldane, Kevin Seeley, Al Keith, Bud Parker, Tracy Knoop, Vanessa Sielert, Jon Goforth, Rich Cole, JIM CUTLER, Nathaniel Schliemer, Nate Parker, Susan Pascal, Dante’s Hot Dogs…

SEATTLE-KOBE SISTER-CITY JAZZ QUEEN
Geila Zilkha @ JAZZ ALLEY
Monday, Sept 13, 7:30pm