A Mirror and Focus for the Community January 2011 Vol. 27, No. 1 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Michael Bisio Photo by Benjamin Stimler notes Earshot JazZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Cornish Announces Spring 2011 Perez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Brian Executive Director John Gilbreath Music Series Blade. After graduating from the Insti- Cornish College of the Arts an- tute, Kendrick was immediately hired Earshot Jazz Editor Danielle Bias nounced its spring 2011 Cornish Mu- by trumpeter Nicholas Payton and she Assistant Editor Peter Walton sic Series calendar featuring nearly a continues to tour with the Nicholas Contributing Writers Andrew Bartlett, Bill dozen concert performances as well as Payton SEXTET. She is also the fea- Barton, Nathan Bluford, Jessica Davis, John six masterclasses. Highlights include a tured vocalist with the Ellis Marsalis Ewing, Schraepfer Harvey, Peter Monaghan, March 3rd performance by jazz com- Greg Pincus, Kimberly M. Reason, Peter Quartet and the New Orleans Jazz Walton, Eliot Winder poser, arranger, and band leader John Orchestra. Hollenbeck and his nineteen-piece Seattle JazzED is proud to announce Calendar Editor Peter Walton Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic jazz ensemble. Jazz audiences can also the additon of a 4th Ensemble! look forward to concerts by jazz vocal- Photography Daniel Sheehan Layout Karen Caropepe ists Johnaye Kendrick (February 5th), Wayne Horvitz to Lead Student New Works Ensemble Mailing Lola Pedrini the always-inspiring Jovino Santos Managing Director Karen Caropepe Neto Quinteto (March 5th) and Kelly Composer, pianist and keyboard- Harland (April 16th). All Events are at ist Wayne Horvitz will be directing Send Calendar Information to: 3429 Fremont Place #309 Cornish College’s PONCHO Concert a music ensemble for experienced Seattle, WA 98103 Hall, 710 East Roy St., Seattle. Tick- middle school and high school musi- fax / (206) 547-6286 ets to all concerts are $18 advance, $20 cians who are seeking to stretch their email / [email protected] general at the door, and $10 students, abilities beyond the traditional big Board of Directors Paul Toliver (president), seniors & Cornish alumni. Most mas- band jazz repertoire, this ensemble Cuong Vu (vice-president), Lola Pedrini terclasses are free. For additional in- will expose students to contemporary (treasurer), Hideo Makihara (secretary), formation or to purchase tickets visit music concepts, improvisation, and Clarence Acox, George Heidorn, Kenneth W. www.cornish.edu/music/series or call composition. Auditions for this new Masters, Renee Staton 206.726.5030. Seattle JazzEd ensemble will be held Earshot Jazz is published monthly by ON THE HORIZON: Johnaye on Monday, January 24th from 4 PM Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is available online at www.earshot.org. Kendrick to 8 PM at the Rainier Valley Cul- February 5, 8 PM tural Center (3515 S. Alaska Street, Subscription (with membership): $35 PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Seattle in the Columbia City Neigh- 3429 Fremont Place #309 borhood). Repertoire will include Seattle, WA 98103 Roy St., Seattle. phone / (206) 547-6763 Rising jazz vocalist and Cornish As- works by Maria Schneider, Bill Frisell, fax / (206) 547-6286 sistant Professor of Jazz Voice Johnaye Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, Kendrick makes her PONCHO debut Marty Ehrlich, Steve Bernstein, Darcy Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 Printed by Pacific Publishing Company in a special concert with Sean Jones James Argue, Tom Varner, and Chris © 2011 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle on trumpet, Randy Halberstadt on Stover. Alternative approaches to im- piano, Chuck Deardorf on bass, and provisation will be explored, including M i ss i o n S t a t eme n t Mark Ivester on drums. A San Diego Butch Morris’ “Conduction” method native, Kendrick received a bachelor and John Zorn’s “Cobra”. Rehears- Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service of music degree from Western Michi- organization formed in 1986 to cultivate a support als will be held on Saturdays from 3 system for jazz in the community and to increase gan University in 2005. In the fall of to 5, beginning February 12 and end- awareness of jazz. Earshot Jazz pursues its 2007, she was accepted into the gradu- ing May 7 (approximately 10 sessions) mission through publishing a monthly newsletter, ate program of the prestigious Thelo- at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center. presenting creative music, providing educational nious Monk Institute of Jazz. During Tuition is $500, but scholarships are programs, identifying and filling career needs for her time at the Monk Institute, Ken- available. For more information, visit jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting drick worked with many jazz legends, and complementing existing services and www.seattlejazzed.org. programs, and networking with the national and including Terence Blanchard, Wayne international jazz community. Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Danilo Continued ON PAGE 22

2 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 In one ear

Viren Kimdar and David recent JazzVox artists. The schedule of with Mike Saskor and Russ Grabski Pierre-Louis Establish Seattle 2011 JazzVox also includes Swiss vo- on guitars, Lennox Holness on bass, Musicians Foundation calist and arranger Beat Kaestli; laud- and Charlie Workman on drums. The Seattle Musicians Foundation ed jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany; Then on January 9th, However Qui- (SMF) has been established with the and acclaimed bassist and songwriter et presents focused, “inside” music goal of creating a self-sustaining arts Jay Leonhart. Directions and specific from Torben Ulrich - voicings, Lori community that supports the creation, dates and times for these concerts is Goldston on cello, Angelina Baldoz performance and recording of original available on the JazzVox website, www. on trumpet, mutes, and flute and Ja- musical works. The non-profit orga- jazzvox.com. son Scott on percussion. On January 16th, Helix showcases four master nization will tackle the issue of musi- Sonarchy Radio Program cian’s pay for live performances while Announces JanuaryDecember improvisors in the classic saxophone and drum duo setting times two. Mu- keeping an eye towards presenting lineup accessible programs that provide the sicians include Eric Barber and Greg Sound wiz Doug Haire is the pro- greatest exposure for the musicians, Sinibaldi on tenor saxophones and ducer and mixer of Sonarchy, recorded the audience and proprietors. The Greg Campbell and Paul Kicuchi live in the studios at Jack Straw Pro- group’s advisory board includes mu- on drums. Next up on January 23rd, ductions in Seattle. This hour-long sicians Evan Flory Barnes, Rochelle Labyrinth and the Desert offer up broadcast features new music and House and Michael Owcharuk, as maximum sound pressure and over- sound art by Pacific Northwest artists. well as co-founder and managing di- tones from Andrew McInnis on juno Now into it’s 16th year of airing on rector Viren Kamdar and LUCID 106, casio MT-68, piano and harmo- KEXP 90.3 FM, Sonarchy is broadcast Jazz club owner and co-founder Da- nium. The performance also includes every Sunday evening at midnight. vid Pierre-Louis. SMF performances text by Martin Schilde. Finally on Sonarchy is supported by Jack Straw will be scheduled Wednesday through January 30th, David Marriott’s Pop Productions (http://www.jackstraw. Sunday at LUCID Live Jazz Lounge, Culture explores the themes of popu- org) and also in part by a grant from and Faire Gallery Cafe will be featur- lar culture through original composi- Foundation for Contemporary Arts. ing weekly SMF funded programs tions and arrangements. Group mem- This month of January, you can every Sunday for the first quarter of bers are Marriott on trombone, Marc hear live performances by these stel- 2011. To learn more, visit www.seat- Fendel on alto saxopohone, Geoff lar Northwest Artist. On January 2nd, tlemusiciansfoundation.org, Harper on bass, and Brad Gibson on listen to Rai, a jazz rockin’ jam band drums. Peter Eldridge Kicks Off 2011 JazzVox Concert Series Nich Anderson has presented the intimate JazzVox Concert Series since 2011 Is That Jazz? Festival www.isthatjazz.org January 2008, and the series returns Seattle’s Avant-Jazz Music Festival for a fourth season on January 28th January 21, 22, 28, 29 Featuring The Singers and 30th. The 2011 series will celebrate Empty Cage Quartet male jazz vocalists and will once again Amy Denio + Lucio Menegone Triptet take place in Anderson’s Auburn home The Sun Ra Tribute Band and the Camano Island home of Andy Operation ID Dana Reason and Patti Carr. Anderson kicks off the Douglas Detrick’s Anywhere Ensemble 2011 season in January with the out- with Wayne Horvitz standing vocalist and composer Peter @ Chapel Performance Space Eldridge of New York Voices fame. 4649 Sunnyside Ave N (in Wallingford) January 18th will also mark the release 8:00 PM || All Ages || $15/10 of the first-ever JazzVox CD (OA2),In Tickets and Festival Information: [email protected] Your Own Backyard, which showcases 206.234.5667 new studio recordings by many of the

January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 3 Golden Ear Awards Send in Nominations for 2010 Golden Ear Awards For 21 years, Earshot Jazz has organized an awards process to celebrate the positive accomplishments of Seattle jazz artists over the previous year. This year, we are asking all of you to help nominate artists to be included on the ballot. Your nominations, received by January 15th (please), will be tabulated and con- densed onto a ballot that will be published in the February issue and available on www.earshot.com after February 1st. The ballots will include the top four names in each category plus a blank space for write-in votes. Anyone can nominate and vote for anyone. The actual Awards will be bestowed at the Golden Ear Awards Party in March. Stay tuned for details, and thanks for your participation!

My Nominations for a 2010 Golden Ear are...

2010 NW Recording of the Year: ______

2010 NW Acoustic Jazz Group: ______

2010 NW Alternative Jazz Group: ______

2010 NW Jazz Concert of the Year: ______

2010 NW Instrumentalist of the Year: ______

2010 NW Vocalist of the Year: ______

2010 NW Emerging Artist or Group: ______

2010 Jazz Hall of Fame: ______(see below for a list of people already inducted)

Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame: 2000 Bud Shank, Chuck Stentz 1990 Ernestine Anderson, Al Hood, 2001 John Dimitriou, Chuck Metcalf, Floyd Standifer 2002 Paul deBarros, Ken Wiley 1991 Buddy Catlett, Don Lanphere 2003 Ronnie Pierce, Jay Thomas 1992 Jabo Ward, Jim Wilke 2004 Gaye Anderson, Hadley Caliman, 1993 Fred Greenwell, Melody Jones Robert Knatt 1994 Clarence Acox, Bud Young 2005 Gary Steele, Mack Waldron, 1995 Jerome Gray Woody Woodhouse 1996 Norm Bobrow, William O. (Bill) Smith 2006 Jim Knapp, KPLU 1997 Lola Pedrini, Bill Ramsay 2007 John Bishop, Dean Hodges 1998 Jan Stentz, Leon Vaughn 2008 KBCS 91.3, Phil Sparks 1999 Vonne Griffin, Red Kelly 2009 Marc Seales, Stuart Dempster

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January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 5 Catching up With 

By Peter Monaghan College’s well-regarded jazz program. There, drummer When Michael Bisio headed Milford Graves has taught back to his native New York since 1969, and the program state five years ago, he left a also boasts some fine in- gaping hole in Seattle impro- structors and composers. vised music. During his two Winning an appointment decades here, he had staked a there, thanks to a recom- claim to being the most con- mendation from a depart- sistently innovative of bass- ing bass instructor, pleases ists in a city that could boast Bisio a great deal. He says: many great exponents. “Bennington College was When luminaries like multi- the first place I ever played hornman Joe McPhee and the chamber music, and when erratic but brilliant Charles I moved back here, I really Gayle came to town, it was had a desire to be there. I Bisio they called on. And really love the school. I love no wonder – his formidable the concept, there.” technique and protean style, That is just one of many informed by a thorough train- opportunities for Bisio. He ing in both jazz and classical has played the prestigious modes, made him rhythmi- Vision Festival in New York cally disciplined, aesthetically City four of the five years he organic, and always daring. has been back East, with his There was always a suspi- own quartet, and others. He cion, then, that Bisio’s talents had earlier played the festi- required a larger stage, and val with Joe McPhee and so- in New York he has found it. prano saxophonist Joe Giar- Not only has whe appeared on dullo. “People have been an extraordinary number of Photo by Benjamin Stimler very generous with me,” recordings – some 19 during he says. “They seem to like 2009 and 2010, alone – but what I do, I guess.” he also will head to the United King- could hope to “replace” so much as to Bisio is not bragging, it’s just a fact, dom and Germany in February to tour succeed, tremulously. when he says: “I’m not alone here. I’m with the quartet of titan piano innova- Bisio has taken to the task with great not a question mark. tor . Bisio’s place in the gusto. And with that, he has demon- “I feel like, in Seattle, people liked Shipp lineup is now solid after a few strated just how ready he was to step me more than I knew. But I felt un- years of occasional appearances. up to the demands of playing in New der a microscope, like anything I did That last accomplishment, alone, is York. He travels to the city often from wrong was wronger than somebody worth pondering. Shipp has for years his home base, and hometown, Troy, else who was doing it wrong. enjoyed the company of bass giant for appearances with an ever-expand- “There are lots of good cats, there, William Parker, not someone anyone ing cast of collaborators. He also plays locally, and now teaches bass across the and there’s a lot of people who I really state border in Vermont at Bennington love, but here it’s just the depth of field

6 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 is so great. You can pick and choose, Shipp has a 2-CD album coming in Just as eagerly as he is anticipating and be picked. And if you’re willing to February called , his tour with the Shipp quartet, Bisio work at it, there’s just a different sense. with two live sets, one solo, one for trio awaits the release of his next album It’s almost not a talent thing; it’s some- of Shipp, drummer , and under his own name, a recording of thing other than that. There’s a certain Bisio. “That was really cool,” say Bi- solo pieces. Titled Travel Music, he drive here and a willingness to be in it. People aren’t suspicious of you until you give them a huge reason.” “I feel like, in Seattle, people liked me more than I His association with Shipp goes back knew. But I felt under a microscope, like anything I did to their sharing the same label at the beginnings of their recording careers, wrong was wronger than somebody else who was doing Silkheart. “So, we were aware of each it wrong.” other very early on,” says Bisio. “But we didn’t meet until the 90s. That was at the old Knitting Factory. It just felt sio. “I’ll just say it’s the best piano trio will issue it from his own web site, great to meet, and then when I moved playing in creative music right now. www.michaelbisio.com. to New York first he asked me to do Everybody’s a gem.” Meanwhile, Bisio has plenty to keep a string piece of his, and then shortly What does he like about it? “It’s an him occupied, as his slew of recent after that we recorded the Postmod- improvising band that understands recordings would suggest. They bring ern Jazz Quartet with the tradition,” he says. “That to me has to more than 50 his total number of and Michael T. A. Thompson.” That always been important. And this band albums. Beginning with In Seattle, recording appeared on Thirsty Ear in has it in aces. Everybody understands 1988, on Silkheart, which Village Voice November. First, though, they gave it where we’re coming from and it gives hailed as one of the best jazz records to Scanner, a UK electronic musician us a firm foundation to go someplace of the 1980s, he has been a leader now who manipulated it and played along else. It’s not like we’re playing tunes, on 11 albums, and co-leader on 7 duo with it. “I really like it,” says Bisio. “It’s although we reference different tunes recordings. a really cool record.” from time to time. It’s really cool. Key to his success, he acknowledges, Then a year ago, Shipp asked Bisio Matthew has a certain trajectory that has been the early training he received to come along to a festival in Sardinia he likes to set. And it all fits. Just to from two Seattle-based master musi- as part of his trio. “At the end of that hear what people are playing! I’ve cians, clarinetist and composer Wil- he told his European agent, this is my played with a lot of great drummers, liam O. (Bill) Smith and trombonist trio,” says Bisio. “That was really a but still I listen to Whit and I say, ‘I’ve and expansive musical mind Stuart thrill.” never heard that before.’” Dempster. He also profited from early

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January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 7 stints with trumpeter Barbara Donald Bisio is also a member of cellist To- and saxophonist Carter Jefferson. mas Ulrich’s well-considered Cargo Since that start he has performed and Cult, a three-string-player band which recorded with many leading improvis- also had three releases in 2009-2010 ers and progressive jazz musicians, and on CIMP and Cadence. The other Watch for These that has been his recent history, too, as member is electric and acoustic guitar- Phenomenal Performers his torrent or recordings in 2009 and ist Rolf Sturm, a 20-year Ulrich col- At the 2010 shows. laborator. Edmonds Center for the Arts He released AM on CIMP in 2009 Cargo Cult covers more ground than with his own quartet. That’s his outfit any other band he has played with, Artistic Director with two other former Seattleites, sax- says Bisio. “We do free improv, we do John Pizzarelli Quartet ophonists Stephen Gauci and Avram classical music, we do Neil Young mu- Thurs/Fri/Sat Fefer. On drums is . The sic. It just covers an enormous range.” March 3, 4, 5, 2011 quartet also released At Vision Fest. XII He adds: “I get my string jones there. (Not Two) in 2009. Both albums drew Tomas and I have this thing where we glowing reviews. can just be doing the wildest improv Gauci was also with the trio that stuff and then hit a unison line that’s Bisio led with pianist Kris Davis, on completely in tune.” Three(SKM), in 2010. You can read about Bisio’s full out- Bisio led a trio date, Collar City Cre- put on his website, michaelbisio.com ateology (MJB, 2009) – a trio featur- – about, for example, the gigs and re- ing George Muscatello, a guitarist who cordings he performs with poet and like Bisio hails from Troy, of which he performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte, says: “As soon as I sat in with him at a from France, now in New York. jam session we just had this marvelous In particular, don’t miss Bisio’s 2-CD Freddy Cole Quartet thing.” album with Joe McPhee and the World Friday March 4, 2011 In addition, the bassist co-led two Bass Quartet, Angels, Devils and Haints other recording dates during 2009 (CJR, 2009). McPhee conceived the and 2010. One was Session at 475 Kent project as a tribute to Albert Ayler, al- (Mutable Music), with cutting-edge though it has no Ayler tunes. McPhee pianist Connie Brothers – a “superla- plays tenor sax, alto sax, and pocket tive recording,” at times “rapturous,” trumpet, accompanied by four bassists said Jason Bivens in Cadence Maga- – Bisio, , Paul Rogers zine. and Claude Tchamitian. The first disc The other was Live at the Yippie (No was recorded at the Europa Jazz Festival Business Records) with young New in Le Mans in May 2000, the second York tenor player Lorenzo Sanguedol- 17 days later in a French studio. Re- ce, a vinyl-only release. markably, the album achieves its dedi- Karrin Allyson As a bandmember, Bisio’s 2009-2010 catory purpose with its rare instrumen- Sat, March 5, 2011 releases have been legion. In addition tation. Kurt Gottschalk wrote for All to the Shipp recording with Scanner, About Jazz that McPhee focused in on he had three albums with the pianist Ayler’s distinctive soulful cry: “There is David Arner, a longtime friend of Bi- only the wail, the mysteriously power- sio’s and fellow upstate resident. Their ful yet precarious scream of Ayler’s sax, free, expansive “Porgy and Bess” treat- isolated and then projected across the ments are captured on Porgy/Bess Act whole of the quintet, like the dedica- 1 (2009) and Porgy/Bess Act 2 (2010), tee’s soul put under a microscope.” both on CIMP. (Arner, by the way, It was the ninth album Bisio had also has a duo with former Seattle made with McPhee, who long ago re- For More Information drummer Matt Crane; it’s “off the alized just how much the bassist has (425) 949-6722 freaking charts,” exclaims Bisio.) to offer. www.friendsoffrankjazzfest.org

8 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 PROFILE Kenny Mandell Makes a Welcome Return

By Peter Monaghan And they have been playing often at strument building. “It’s all about lis- small venues like Smokin’ Pete’s Bar- tening and playing together,” he says. In mid-December, if you’d wandered becue in north Ballard and the Couth On that score, says Mandell, he has on the right evening into the Chapel Buzzard, which began to offer music applied for a small grant to make Performance Space, you might have when it relocated last year. Ronin recordings with very young thought you’d stepped into a different During a pause in a recent rehearsal players as guest artists. “The focus is time, one where it was not so strange session, Mandell says yes, he has been to get younger kids more interested in to be an audience member seated on a off the scene, in recent years, but he ,” he says. “The kids love it, stage surrounded by three separate mu- has hardly been sitting around with even fifth and sixth graders.” sical duos, performing in alternation. his musical heels up, either. Mandell, playing alto sax, tenor sax, That’s how Kenny Mandell and an He offers private instruction in saxo- and flute, made a mark more than 20 assortment of sympathetic colleagues phone and flute, and directs student years ago in Seattle with the bands set up, that night. Mandell, a veteran combos for middle-school, high- One Hand Clapping and Voices and reedman, dreamed up the idea – or ex- school and adult players. Some years then more recently with Pagan Babies. cavated from, say, the 1960s – along he has directed up to four bands with with drummer Don Berman. The two players ranging from fifth and sixth other duos they enlisted for the occa- graders to adults, including some of sion were drummer Gregg Keplinger the hundreds of graduates of area and guitarist Simon Henneman, and high-school jazz programs who don’t percussionist Paul Kikuchi with sound play for a living, but still love to take artist Steve Barsotti. the bandstand. The freshness of the arrangement – Mandell’s groups play not only jazz and the gamble – served as a kind of but also R&B, funk, and soul arrange- coming-back-out for Mandell, a well- ments, culminating at the end of 10- known figure in Seattle jazz, but one week cycles in occasional performanc- who has not been much on the scene es at venues like Egan’s Ballard Jam of late. House and Pete’s Barbecue. He was active on the scene several If he has a group of students who years ago. More than several. Sud- want to play jazz, only, he may work denly he is much in evidence, again. with them on, say, Horace Silver tunes. He and Berman have begun a series The ensembles, says Mandell, offer on the First Friday of each month at an outlet for “a lot of guys who could the Couth Buzzard Bookstore & Café play but maybe haven’t, in a while, and on Greenwood Avenue. Each month I coordinate them. I just direct them, they’ll invite a third musician to join and keep them on task.” them – people like another little-heard “It’s a cool thing,” Berman chips in. but outstanding player, bassist Dennis “He has them experiment with free Staskowski. jazz, too.” In addition, Mandell and Berman Mandell used to make marimbas for are planning another monthly series a living, a good while ago, and when for Gallery 1412 in the Central Dis- he teaches young musicians, he often trict, starting as early as this month. gets them involved in some simple in-

January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 9 The first disbanded as members went John Coltrane’s final years and from The drummer has daring and drive their way, among them the outstand- 1960s free jazz. to match Mandell’s. In Seattle since ing pianist Eric Ring. But the duo are happy with tuneful- 1979, he has played here with the like- The last, a trio with guitarist Dave ness, of certain varieties, too. Other minded bassist Michael Bisio, saxo- Nolet and drummer Stephen Flinn, influences – Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, phonist and guitarist Rick Mandyck, released an album in 1995 on Nine and Jimmy Giuffre, as well as cham- trumpeter Jim Knodle and his band Winds, then prominent among cut- ber-jazz experimentation of the 1960s Anansi, and their bandmate Lynette ting-edge West Coast jazz. to 1980s – are keys to that. Says Man- Westendorf’s quartet. After struggling for so long to make dell: “I played a lot of cathartic music Early in his Seattle years, the drum- bands happen, starting to play more back in the day and I still like that, mer says, “the thing that opened me with Berman, an old friend and kin- but it’s hard to connect with an audi- up was playing with [the late pianist] dred spirit, has cheered him greatly, ence with that. But somewhere there’s Al Hood. He was a real mentor to me. Mandell says. a place where you can use that same He opened me up and freed up my Berman echoes the sentiment. “Not sensibility and not be abrasive.” playing quite a bit.” everyone has the time or the commit- “Not so much primal scream,” offers ment to make it work,” he says. But he Berman. and Mandell rehearse often, and reli- Continued ON PAGE 22 giously. “Bands that rehearse sound more like a band,” he says . “We’ve been evolving a sound to- Kirkland gether,” Mandell says. “We do a lot Performance of free playing but a lot of it is fairly structured, too.” Center Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Mandell has been a fan of free jazz and avant-garde music since his early teens. He moved to Seattle in Jane Monheit the 1970s and performed in a variety of forms – performance art and world R music in addition to various kinds of Friday, April 22, 2011 jazz. His bands performed in many 7:30 pm Northwest venues and festivals, some of which Kenny created himself. Jane Monheit is one of the So, his reemergence as performer, world’s leading jazz vocalists. composer, arranger, and teacher will come as no surprise to long-time Se- Hear her honey-sweet voice as attle jazz fans. she tours for her latest album, In Ronin, he and Berman play origi- The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me. nal compositions as well as arrange- ments by figures who have inspired them, such as Charles Mingus, Thelo- nius Monk, and Albert Ayler. AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR : Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Mandell performs on saxes and Johnny Mercer performed by noted jazz singers Lee Lessack and Linda Purl. flutes, and also pitches in on percus- Saturday, April 2 • 8:00 pm sion – congas, plumbing parts, PVC piping… Ronin’s performances and recordings Amplify – one in 2000, the second in 2008 – your experience remind listeners that much remains to www.kpcenter.org · 425.893.9900 be mined from the experimentation of

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January 21, 22, 28, 29 Headlining the festival, from Los Sun Ra Tribute Band Chapel Performance Space, Good Angeles and New York, is the Nels An all-star dectet opens the festival Shepherd Center, 8PM Cline Singers, a searing outfit led by and pays tribute to the inspirational the extraordinary guitarist and so con- iconoclast Sun Ra by playing many of This annual gathering of the out-jazz trary that despite its name it has no vo- his compositions from the late 1950’s and jazz-beyond-jazz tribes is in its calist, although it is augmented, these and early 1960’s. Expect sparkly robes, third annual installment, and is going days, by Yuka C. Honda, variously a processions, group vocals, flying ob- strong. pianist, keyboardist, bassist, sampler, jects and planetary realignment. The It takes its inspiration from state- and guitarist, ex of Cibo Matto. cast of characters includes Seattle new- ments by two great musical innova- music godfathers Stuart Dempster and tors, Ornette Coleman – “Jazz is music Friday January 21 William O. Smith. in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each Empty Cage Quartet Saturday January 22 time.“ – and John Cage – “One may fly, if one is willing to give up walk- The Empty Cage Quartet has been Operation ID ing.” consistently praised by critics as one Seattle’s only minimalistic, avant- The results have been, to date, appro- of the most interesting and original garde, electro-pop, noise-cluster, synth- priately unhinged and transporting, new jazz groups to emerge from the rock, free-jazz, experimental, - and this year promises much, again. American West Coast. For over eight prog band is a five-piece band with a Organized by the Seattle Composers’ years the group has explored new ways propensity to combine enormous pop Salon, the third annual Is That Jazz, to integrate a diverse mix of musical energy with free improvisation. features four evenings with eight per- influences, utilizing a unique system Dana Reason formances at the listener-friendly Cha- that blurs the lines between composi- Able to seamlessly intertwine pure Bobby_Shew_Earshot-2.pdf 12/16/10 2:06:01 PM pel Performance Space. tion and improvisation. mastery of classical, jazz, American

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 / 7:30PM Edmonds-Woodway High School Little Theater 7600 212th Street SW, Edmonds, WA 98026, $10.00 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 / 7:30PM Tula’s Jazz Club w/ Bill Anschell, Phil Sparks And Matt Jorgensen 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121, All Ages, 206-443-4221, $15.00 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 / CLINIC AT 1:00PM Roy’s Place / Kennelly Keys 4918 196th Street SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036, $5.00

January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 11 music, and the avant-garde, Reason delights - her one-woman shows are Saturday January 29 is a Canadian-born pianist/composer replete with linguistic gymnastics, in- currently splitting her time between strumental improvisations, and more Triptet teaching at Oregon State University, mood elevators than a year’s worth of A meeting of minds and spontane- composing, and touring with the your favorite pharmaceutical.” Joined ous electrical impulses among Michael Dana Reason Trio (Dana Reason, by New York guitarist and composer Monhart (saxophones and percussion), Glen Moore, and Peter Valsamis). See Lucio Menegone. Tom Baker (fretless guitar and effects), www.wildroseartists.com. Douglas Detrick’s Anywhen and Greg Campbell (percussion, french horn and cheap electronics). Friday January 28 Ensemble With Guest Wayne Horvitz Amy Denio + Lucio Anywhen’s intimate music blends the Menegone spontaneity of improvised music with The East Bay Express describes Seattle the balance and form of chamber mu- artist Amy Denio: as “a peripatetic sic. Joined by Seattle-based new-music purveyor of multitudinous musical star keyboardist Wayne Horvitz.

Nels Cline, photo by Daniel Sheehan

Nels Cline Singers with Yuka C. Honda One of the most versatile, imagina- tive, and original guitarists active to- day combines breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelli- gence, lyricism, abstraction, and skull- crunching flights of fancy, inspiring Jazz Times to call him “The World’s Most Dangerous Guitarist.” Chapel Performance Space (4639 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle - SW corner of 50th and Sunnyside in Wallingford). $15 suggested donation. All ages welcome. Information: www. isthatjazz.org.

12 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 Year in REVIEW >> Year In Review

By Bill Barton Earshot Jazz used the phrase “Jazz in the Present Tense” to describe the 2010 Festival and that applies to Seat- tle year-round when you consider how many world-class musicians reside here. Listeners interested in the more experimental fringes of jazz have a rich array of events to choose from. Work- ing roughly in reverse chronological order, here are a few highlights from the year that has just ended. [Editor’s Note: While Barton’s reflections on 2010 make a great companion to the Golden Ear Award Ballot included in this pub- lication, it is not meant to influence reader’s votes in any way.]

The Kora Band, photo by Daniel Sheehan Thursday, October 28 brought AACM composer/conceptualist/alto Earshot Jazz Festival event co-present- native players: Tom Baker, guitar; An- saxophonist Matana Roberts to the ed with Nonsequitur. There was a set gelina Baldoz, trumpet; Brian Cobb, Chapel Performance Space for a pre- of solo saxophone with graphics and a bass; Marchette DuBois, accordion; sentation of her Coin Coin, an ambi- full set of Coin Coin with some of Se- Greg Campbell, drums/percussion; tious work based on her research into attle’s most accomplished and imagi- Beth Fleenor, clarinet; Lori Goldston, the history of her family. This was an real.community.radio. real. On KBCS hear the `B’ sides and genres found nowhere else on the dial, programmed by volunteers driven by their passion for the music. From jazz to reggae, folk to modern global, hip-hop to blues to electronica, you’ll hear it on KBCS. community. We air social justice-focused programs like Democracy Now!, along with locally produced public affairs shows Voices of Diversity and One World Report. KBCS covers issues, places, and people who don’t always make it to the front page of the mainstream media. It’s radio that’s handcrafted here at home, by hundreds of volunteers tuned into what’s local and what’s relevant.

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January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 13 cello; Tari Nelson-Zagar, violin; and form artistic framework more akin to term – that this was only the second Greg Powers, trombone. a symphony or an opera. time in over 35 years of attending mu- This was unlike anything I’ve ever It was beautiful and terrifying. In- sical and other arts events that I was experienced before. Yes, it was music, tense was the word that immediately literally brought to tears, several times. but it was more than that, much more. came to mind. Very intense. Too And throughout I was totally trans- In some ways it was performance art, intense for a few in the audience who fixed. No shucking and jiving here. utilizing spoken word, primal screams walked out part way through. Those No masks. No pretense. and graphics along with music. In of us who stayed were perhaps trans- On Saturday, October 16 The Chi- another even more primal and emo- formed and definitely affected. Affect- cago Underground Duo was at EMP tionally compelling way it seemed to ed very deeply and profoundly. This as part of the festival. It took awhile take the powerful imagery and heart- is what great art should do, and the before they warmed up, but when they wrenching emotions of “Strange Fruit” occasions when art really does reach did, wow. The dynamic range, vari- and the most gut-walloping aspects this level are all too rare: a balance of ety of textures, and moods ranging of Delta blues and African-American viscera and intellect. I mentioned to from contemplative to Fire Music were Gospel music and recast it in a long- a couple of people after the concert – potent. I’ve heard a lot of the great well, concert is a wholly inadequate drummers live in my time, and Chad Taylor ranks up there with the best of them. The way he combines trap-set 600 Queen Anne Ave N with vibes is unique, and his thumb Seattle, WA 98109 piano playing this night was brilliant. 206-282-7407 Rob Mazurek on cornet, wooden flute, 888-445-3076 voice and electronics is a walking re- www.marqueen.com pository of jazz brass history, a cease- lessly creative player. He did some ear-opening stuff with mutes and there was an amazing segment where he was playing his horn like a didgeridoo, not touching the valves, playing a cowbell MarQueen Hotel with a mallet simultaneously. Some of the music swung like crazy, some floated like an ephemeral cloud, some grooved with a hip-hoppish snap, some was abstract and pulse-less, some Seattle’s roared like a jet taking off, and it all fit together like an elaborate Chinese Lodging Secrets puzzle. Initially, the contrast with the pre- Two distinct hotels steps away from Seattle Center. ceding night’s sets by The Kora Band struck me. Friday was full of smiles and overt joy. At first this music seemed so serious to my ears and eyes. Inn at Queen Anne Every musician has a different way to reach “The Zone,” that’s for sure. And these guys were locked in together in a way that obviously took some intense concentration. Toward the end of the 505 First Ave N set a bit of lightness surfaced, and it Seattle, WA 98109 hovered around the new music that 206-282-7357 they’d apparently never played in per- 800-952-5043 formance before. www.innatqueenanne.com

14 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 The ancestors were amongst us, and of boundary-shattering music, once echoes of Louis and Baby Dodds, Diz again at the Chapel. and Max Roach, Max and Brownie, In addition to Ask the Ages, anoth- The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church Charles “Bobo” Shaw and Lester Bow- er interesting new group debuted in The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists ie, Lester and Kahil El’Zabar, Don 2010, drummer John Ewing’s String www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com Cherry and Edward Blackwell, Henry & Battery Pool, with Mark Oi, guitar; “Red” Allen and Krupa, Bill Dixon Julie Baldrich, violin; Rachael Beaver, and Lawrence Cook all made “ap- cello; Tim Carey, bass; and Stephen pearances.” It’s a continuum, cyclical Fandrich, piano. Their September gig Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, rather than linear. at Egan’s Ballard Jam House was de- Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Friday, October 15 the festival kicked lightful, with adaptations of childrens Lessons Lessons Lessons off by bringing The Kora Band to -Tu songs plus Ewing originals. Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location

la’s for three generous sets celebrating The year began auspiciously with the the release of their album Cascades. Is That Jazz? Series. January 30 at the (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. The Kora Band blends West African Chapel was a potent double-bill of the Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 traditions with jazz-based improvisa- Tom Baker Quartet and the Cuong Vu ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~

tion in a joyously celebrative fashion. Trio. The preceding week coupled the Seattle is blessed to have two Elders Bill Smith Trio (Brian Cobb & Greg of the trombone world as permanent Campbell) with Threat of Beauty Open to All - Free residents: Stuart Dempster and Julian (Evan Flory-Barnes’ large group.) The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church Priester. The long-awaited duo concert Obviously this recap is far from com- The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists by Priester and pianist at plete. Kahil El’Zabar solo at Sounds www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com the Chapel on October 21 was magi- Outside, Triptet at Café Racer, Wayne cal. Both men are masters of subtlety Horvitz/Briggan Krauss/Lê Quan and grace, proving that excitement and Ninh at the Chapel, Gallery 1412 hap-

power don’t have to rely on volume or penings... It was a very good year for Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, speed. Dempster appeared as a guest those of us always in search of “new” Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, with guitarist Brian Heaney’s notable sounds. Lessons Lessons Lessons new group, Ask the Ages, on several Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location

occasions, including a lovely set on July 2010 Top Ten CDs listed by artist – 15 at Egan’s Ballard Jam House. He title - label (206)784-6626Sunday, Jan 2, 6 pm (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 also took part in two superb presen- The Kora Band - Cascades - OA2 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. TheSeattle, RandyWA. 98103 Oxford Band Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 tations with percussionist/instrument Tom Varner - Heaven & Hell - Om- ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ Randy Oxford, trombone builder Paul Kikuchi. Earshot’s Jazz: niTone Jada Amy, lead vocals The Second Century series featured Paul Triptet - You Can See the Bottom - Rafeal Tranquilino, guitar & vocals Kikuchi’s Portable Sanctuary with Bill Present Sounds Jho Blenis, guitar & vocals Horist and Stuart Dempster on July Speak - Speak - Origin Richard Sabol, drums 22, a double-bill with the Owcharuk Dennis Rea - Views from Chicheng The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church The NFarkoorthwes Dosumov,t double bass sbasspecialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists 5. This was a beautifully programmed Precipice - Moonjune www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com concert that really brought home the Owcharuk 5 - Kobzar - Brokentime Sunday, Feb 6, 6 pm Jazz in the Present Tense concept. The Mary Halvorson Quintet - Saturn meditative adventurousness of Por- Sings - Firehouse 12 The Overton Berry Trio table Sanctuary contrasted nicely with Joseph Daley’s Earth Tones En- Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, the Owcharuk 5’s infectious blend of semble - The Seven Deadly Sins - Jaro Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Ukrainian traditions, edgy jazz and an Steve Coleman & Five Elements - Repairs, Restorations, 100 Minutes of professional jazz Lessons Lessons eclectic assortment of influences. And Harvesting Semblances and Affinities - Family friendly Lessons concert | Free parking Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location

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January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 15 FOR THE RECORD

a compelling solo that can’t help but is both loose and intensely sensitive. seem clipped by the tracks four-min- As a whole, the album secures a thrill- ute runtime. ing balance between these rhythmi- Fine though the playing is on “Dia- cally-assured fireworks and a wider ab- gram,” the following “Up From Un- straction, as exemplified by Marriott’s der” is a richer illustration of the band’s “Waking Dream.” There Marriott’s vision, and is the first sign that some- muted solo is a thought-provoking thing truly special is taking place. “Up and complex meditation, quite un- From Under” is reportedly Marriott’s like anything else on the album. His personal favorite track of the album, arrangement, meanwhile, is sparse, Thomas Marriott and it is clear why. The band sustains leaving ample space for his fiercely Constraints & Liberations an incredible level of focus and inven- Origin 82577 tiveness throughout the ballad, build- Continued ON PAGE 22 ing off of Versace’s thematic improvisa- Released in November, Constraints tion. The presence of the extraordinary & Liberations is trumpeter and flugel- Versace, a veteran of John Hollenbeck hornist Thomas Marriott’s second re- and Maria Schneider’s ensembles, and lease of 2010, and it is his most satis- with whom Marriott played while liv- fying disc to date. Marriott leads his ing in New York, contributes much quintet of saxophonist Hans Teuber, to the quintet’s sound. His playing is bassist Jeff Johnson, percussionist at once deeply mysterious, sensitive, John Bishop, and pianist Gary Ver- and logical. Marriott patiently follows sace through seven original composi- Versace’s improvisation with long, tions, including Jeff Johnson’s “Clues.” warm notes, subtly bent or stressed in Hailed in Paul de Barros’ liner notes articulation, which variations fill the as Marriott’s breakthrough album, music with power. Marriott’s tone is Constraints & Liberations is certainly a gorgeous, and is a joy to listen to in cause for celebration – an intelligently the lower registers of the horn. Slow- conceived and beautifully executed ly Marriott builds to a climax, his project that will focus still more eyes skills as an architect here serving the on Marriott’s rising star. emotional force of the composition. The sonority and structure of Marri- Teuber follows, and he is more im- ott’s opening “Diagram” immediately mediately playful, introducing a short point toward one of the trumpeter’s bounce to the music. His unexpected main influences, Miles Davis – spe- phrasing is refreshingly funky and the cifically his Second Quintet. Mar- band clearly enjoys supporting him. riott’s quintet briskly dispatches with Less forcefully dramatic than Marriott the melody – a launching point for and Versace’s statements, Teuber bal- the improvisations – for the harmonic ances the arc of the tune perfectly, and freedom of Johnson’s free-bopping repeated listening has revealed him bass and Bishop’s skating accompa- to be a hero of the composition. The niment. Marriott and Teuber trade out-head features Versace, Bishop, and phrases, neither taking an extended Johnson building over the static har- solo, before the quintet re-states the mony for a weighty close. A stunner. melody to impose structure on the Things are not so uniformly dark, spontaneous arrangement (another in- as the exploding harmonic color of novation of Miles’ band). Versace, who “Constraints and Liberations” shows. sat out during the horns’ trading, takes Bishop and Johnson’s suspended time

16 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 New Music from Pony Boy Records bluesy - young - atmospheric - world - appearing live everywhere

Live at Boxley’s - Karen Shivers Quartet - PB50164 “warm, soulful; resonates with the joy of self expression.” Shivers and band had been lighting the Saturday crowd on fire all month... a swingin’ good time. “Sophisticated phrasing and color.”

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Clarity - Dave Anderson Quartet - PB50163 “Love the record. Great energy, fabulous melody and not too many solos. Bravo! My ears thank you and so do I.” - Jdog Radio Promotions “Great to hear someone really care for the soprano sax.” - Rufus Reid

Iapetus - Clark Gibson - PB50161 “Lush and rich without being cluttered or slick” - W Mag, Denver “ Evocative... congratulations." - KBCS “Exciting” - Jim Wilke, KPLU All original material arranged with an intriguing instrumentation - a be-bop rhythm with two saxes, two trombones + cello!

Tropical Footprint - Ocho Pies - PB50165 “Ocho Pies puts its own spin on the Cuban sounds – by playing them on modern North American instruments – the music’s infectious danceability remains.” - The Daily Olympian

A New Meaning - Danny Kolke, Jr - PB50162 “Muscular and bluesy... Influnces of Gene Harris, McCoy Tyner, the church and the blues” Widespread airplay on jazz radio KPLU FM 88.5. Now a successful club owner of Boxley’s, North Bend, WA.

Red Velvet - Zachary Kellogg - PB50166 “The future of flute playing is here.” Jim Walker, flute-world hero: “Simply spectacular. Remarkable talent fused with hard work, great training, phenomenal support, a great studio and band. Inspiring and frankly, unfathomable. I was truly blown away.” See the entire Pony Boy Records Catalog available thru Burnside Distribution www.bdcdistribution.com

January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound january 01

Saturday, January 1 Tuesday, January 4 Friday, January 7 BX John Hansen w/ Kelley Johnson, 7 JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 AM Lonnie Williams, 9 C* Jazz in the Corner, Wayward Coffee House (8570 MM Karin Kajita, 7:30 BP Greta Matassa Trio, 7:45 Greenwood Ave N), 8 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Charlie Nordstrom, 9 BX Milo Petersen Trio, 7 MM Rotating Cabaret, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez, 10 DL Who Da Bossa, 9 TD Das Schwa, Musicquarium, 9 SB McTuff Trio, 10 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 TD Noah Gundersen & Courage, 8 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30 JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 & 10 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & MM Joseph Rojo, 9 Mike Slivka, 9 Wednesday, January 5 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 BX Chris Morton, 7 SF Djangomatics, 9 Sunday, January 2 EB The Jon Sheckler Group, 7pm TD Elvis Alive w/ Vince Mira, 7 & 10 BA Here. Now., 7:30 JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & BP Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz, 10am MM Bonnie Birch, 7:30 Mike Slivka, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 7 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 TU Igor Abuladze & Red, midnight CR Racer Sessions, 8 SF Passarim, 8 TU Katie King Quartet, 7:30 GB Primo Kim, 6 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 WS Victor Janusz, 5 MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 TU Smith/ Staelens Big Band, 7 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 Saturday, January 8 SF Pasquale Santos, 11am Thursday, January 6 BX Carolyn Graye Quartet, 7 SY Victor Janusz, 10am BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9 C* Better World, Rockit Space (3315 Beacon S), 7 TU Jacob Zimmerman Quartet, 8 BX Bill Anschell & Brent Jensen, 7 C* Mejor Mundo, Agua Verde Caf� (1303 NE Boat TU Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, 3 C* Killerbees, Waid’s Haitian Cuisine (1212 E St), 12:30 TU Jacob Zimmerman Quartet, 8 Jefferson), 9 CH Sounds Outside Benefit w/ Scott Adams, JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 Samantha Boshnak, Mark Ostrowski, Stephen Monday, January 3 LJ Hang w/ Teaching, 9:30 Parris, 8 AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 MM Jerry Zimmerman, 7:30 JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 & 10 GB Primo Kim, 6 NO Bob Jackson Quintet, 7 MM Rotating Cabaret, 8 MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 TD Elvis Alive w/ Vince Mira, 7 SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 TK Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton, 8 SR Gail Pettis Trio , 7:30 TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 TU Siobhan Brugger Quartet, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Vocal jam w/ Greta Matassa, 7:30 TD Gypsy Rose Lee Centenial, 8

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AM Amore Restaurant, 2301 5th Ave. 770-0606 MX MIX 6006 12th Ave South, 767-0280 BA BalMar, 5449 Ballard Ave NW, 297-0500 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, 365-4447 BC Barca, 1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563 BP Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, 425-292-9307 PT Poggie Tavern, 4717 California Ave SW, 206-973-2165 C* Concert and Special Events SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N SE Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 654-3100 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 DC Dulces Latin Bistro, 1430 34th Ave, 322-5453 SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison, 622-6400 DL District Lounge, 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 547-4134 SU Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 784-4480 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, 789-1621 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca at Harvard on First Hill, 325-6051 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734 TH 13 Coins Restaurant, 125 Boren Ave N, 382-1313 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966 TI Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 366-3333 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 TK Thaiku, 5410 Ballard Ave NW, 706-7807 LC Local Color, 1606 Pike Pl, 728-1717 TO ToST, 513 N 36th St, 547-0240 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE , 402-3042 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 LM Lombardi’s, 2200 NW Market St, 783-0055 WS Sixth Avenue Wine Seller, 600 Pine St # 300, 621-2669 MM Martin’s Off Madison, 1413 14th Ave, 325-7000

18 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & and Kelly Eisenhour with the Jeff Hamilton Trio, soon 206-937-1262 gretamatassa.com Mike Slivka, 9 to be released. She has performed with the Boston GRETA MATASSA TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 Pops, whose conductor Keith Lockheart has noted: “”Kelly’s such a great performer, it’s truly a pleasure “A marvel of virtuosity” —Los Angeles Times Sunday, January 9 to share a stage with her. Great sound, great approach Award-winning vocalist, recording BA Here. Now., 7:30 to the music, really versatile [..] She’s the real thing.” BP Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz, 10am And as another Eisenhour colleague has noted: “Kelly artist and teacher offering private BX Danny Kolke Trio, 7 Eisenhour is a wonderful vocalist who can really spin a instruction, workshops and clinics. CR Racer Sessions, 8 tale. [...] I was inspired and challenged by this music. Greta has GB Primo Kim, 6 I truly enjoyed playing on her recording and will look coached many JA Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, 7:30 foward to watching Kelly’s rise to the recognition level winners of the MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 she deserves.” Admission is free with museum tickets; Lionel Hampton SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30 performance at 5:30. Later in the 2011 Art of Jazz Jazz Festival SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am season, look for Orkestar Zirkonium, Barney McClure and Kobe SY Victor Janusz, 10am Trio, and the Joe Doria, Eric Barber, Byron Vannoy Sister City jazz TD Makana w/ Taimane Gardner, 7 Organ Trio. competitions TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 and helped start TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Friday, January 14 the careers of AM Lonnie Williams, 9 several of the Monday, January 10 BP Gail Pettis Trio , 7:45 area’s current AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 BX Reuel Lubag Trio, 7 jazz headliners. GB Primo Kim, 6 C* Dixie Kings, 3rd Place Books (17171 Bothell For teaching info, performances and cds: JA Sugar Blue, 7:30 Way NE, Lake Forest Park), 7 206-937-1262 GRETAMATASSA.COM MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 CH Amy Rubin, 8 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 DL Who Da Bossa, 9 TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 TU Hal Sherman’s Bellevue CC Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 MM Joseph Rojo, 9 Curtain Call Tuesday, January 11 NC Bassic Saxx Trio, 8 weekly reoccuring performances CH Gretta Harley, 8 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 SF Kiko de Freitas, 9 MM Karin Kajita, 7:30 TD Suzanne Westenhoeffer, 7:30 & 10:15 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Charlie Nordstrom, 9 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & MONDAY AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 NO Holotradband, 7 Mike Slivka, 9 GB Primo Kim, 6 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez, 10 TU No Tomorrow Boys & Creem City, midnight MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 SB McTuff Trio, 10 TU Jay Thomas Quartet, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 WS Victor Janusz, 5 PT Better World, 8 TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 Wednesday, January 12 Saturday, January 15 TUESDAY BX Randy Halberstadt presents Special Guest BP Geoffrey Castle, 7:45 MM Karin Kajita, 7:30 Vocalist Gail Pettis, 7 BX Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7 EarshotMX Jazz D. Mock, Magazine, S. Kim, C. Nordstrom, 1-unit 9vertical ad C* Marc Smason Trio, Capitol Music Center (1032 CH Seattle Percussion Collective, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 NE 65th), 6 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 height, 3OW in. Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez, 10 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 MM Rotating Cabaret, 8 width, 2-3/8SB McTuff in. Trio, 10 MM Bonnie Birch, 7:30 NC Greta Matassa & Darin Clendenin, 8 WEDNESDAY NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9 MM Bonnie Birch, 7:30 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox TU Q.E.D. CD release: Yet What is Any Ocean, 7:30 TD Left Hand Smoke, 7:30 & 10 Client: TKGreta Ron WeinsteinMatassa, Trio, 8 206-937-1262 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & THURSDAY Thursday, January 13 Mike Slivka, 9 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9 TU Marc Seales Group, 7:30 Designer:C* Killerbees, Susan Waid’’s Pascal, Haitian 206-932-5336Cuisine BX Katy Bourne Duo, 7 TU Carolyn Graye Showcase, 3 (1212 E Jefferson), 9 C* Killerbees, Waid’s Haitian Cuisine (1212 E LJ the Hang w/ Teaching Jefferson), 9 Sunday, January 16 MM Jerry Zimmerman, 7:30 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 BA Here. Now., 7:30 RevisedNO 4-10-0 Ham Carson8 Quintet, 7 LJ Hang w/ Teaching, 9:30 BP Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz, 10am TK J. Alberts, J. Johnson & T. Britton, 8 MM Jerry Zimmerman, 7:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 7 FRIDAY NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 C* Garfield Jazz Winter Concert, Quincy Jones AM Lonnie Williams, 9 SE Art of Jazz: Kelly Eisenhour, 5:30 Performance Center (400 23rd Ave), 7 DL Who Da Bossa, 8 TD Kris Orlowski, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 TK Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton, 8 GB Primo Kim, 6 MM Joseph Rojo, 9 TU Bert Gulhaugen/ John Hansen Showcase, 7:30 JA Ain’t Misbehavin’, 7:30 TH Lance Buller Quartet, 9 WS Victor Janusz, 5 MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 13 Art of Jazz: Kelly Eisenhour SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SATURDAY Prolific jazz vocalist Kelly Eisenhour commands the SF Pasquale Santos, 11am SY Victor Janusz, 10am Seattle Art Museum stage for January’s presentation SY Victor Janusz, 10am TH Lance Buller Quartet, 9 of the Art of Jazz concert series. Eisenhour is a skilled TD Vicci Martinez Band, 7:30 SUNDAY songwriter and arranger and received a Grammy for the TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 BA Here. Now., 7:30 2006 album Gladys Knight: One Voice, in which she TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 CR Racer Sessions serves as songwriter, soloist, co-arranger, and assistant GB Primo Kim, 6 choir director. Eisenhour has two more jazz recordings Monday, January 17 MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 under her own name, Kelly Eisenhour, Now You Know, AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am

January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 19 GB Primo Kim, 6 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 since the early 1970’s, Shew is a world-class soloist MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 TU Martine Bron & Jennifer Kienzle, 7:30 and veteran of the ensembles of Horace Silver, NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Art Pepper, Woody Herman, Oliver Nelson, Benny TD Aurelio w/ Garifuna Soul, 7:30 Thursday, January 20 Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to name a few. Shew TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9 is also known for his work on the Hollywood studio TU Vocal jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30 BX Special Guest: Mordy Ferber & Friends, 7 scene of the 1970’s and 80’s, having played on the C* Killerbees, Waid’s Haitian Cuisine (1212 E soundtracks to films such as “Rocky” and “Grease,” Tuesday, January 18 Jefferson), 9 as well as television scores from popular shows such JA Jacky Terrasson Trio, 7:30 C* Bobby Shew w/ Edmonds-Woodway High as “Taxi,” “Happy Days,” and “Hawaii 5-0.” Bobby MM Karin Kajita, 7:30 School, EWHS Great Hall (7600 212th St SW, Shew’s expertise in music spans more than 50 years MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Charlie Nordstrom, 9 Edmonds), 7:30 as a sideman and as a leader. Fans and listeners in the NO Holotradband, 7 JA Peter White, 7:30 & 10 Seattle area in for a real treat. During his three-day trip OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez, 10 LJ Hang w/ Teaching, 9:30 to the Northwest, Shew first performs a concert with SB McTuff Trio, 10 MM Jerry Zimmerman, 7:30 ensembles from Edmonds-Woodway High School on TU Roadside Attraction, 8 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 Thursday, January 20 at the school’s Great Hall (7600- TK Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton, 8 212th St SW, Edmonds). The show begins at 7:30pm Wednesday, January 19 TU Sonando, 8 and tickets are available at the door. On Friday, January BX John Hansen, 7 21 Shew will play Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub JA Jacky Terrasson Trio, 7:30 20-22 Bobby Shew (2214 2nd Ave) with a rhythm section comprised of MM Bonnie Birch, 7:30 Legendary jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew makes a series ace-Seattle musicians Phil Sparks (bass), Bill Anschell NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 of rare appearances in the Pacific Northwest this (piano) and Matt Jorgensen (drums). Music begins TD Dan Reed Band, 7:30 January. A seminal figure in jazz and jazz education at 7:30pm. A tireless and insightful educator, Shew uses his sensitivity and creativity to inspire the next generation of jazz players and teachers. Shew presents a clinic and lecture sponsored by Kennelly Keys Music at Roy’s Place, a performance space adjacent to the Lynwood Kennelly Keys Music Store (4918 196th St Southwest, Lynnwood, WA). The clinic begins at 1:00pm on Saturday, January 22. Tickets available at the door. Friday, January 21 AM Lonnie Williams, 9 BP Bake & Friends, 7:45 BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7 CH Is That Jazz? Festival: Sun Ra Tribute Band, Empty Cage Quartet, 8 DL Who Da Bossa, 9 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 JA Peter White, 7:30 & 10 MM Joseph Rojo, 9 NC David George Quartet, 8 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TD Mamak Khadem, 7:30 TD Daniel Rapport, Musicquarium, 5:30 TD Paul Benoit, Musicquarium, 9 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & Mike Slivka, 9 TU Bobby Shew Quartet w/ Bill Anschell, Phil Sparks, Matt Jorgensen, 7:30 WS Victor Janusz, 5 Saturday, January 22 BX Janette West, CD Release Party, 7 C* Mejor Mundo, Agua Verde Cafe (1303 NE Boat St), 12:30 C* Jazz It Up! Fundraiser With Special Guests Vern Sielert And Bill Anschell At Shorecrest Performing A, 7:30 p.m. C* Bobby Shew Clinic, Roy’s Place next to Kennelly Keys Music Store (4918 196th St SW, Lynnwood), 1 CH Is That Jazz? Festival: Operation ID, Dana Reason, 8 JA Peter White, 7:30 & 10 MM Rotating Cabaret, 8 SF Leo Raymundo Trio, 9 SR Gail Pettis Trio , 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TD Pasatempo Rebetika, 7:30

20 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & JA WAR, 7:30 & 10 Sunday, January 30 Mike Slivka, 9 MM Joseph Rojo, 9 BA Here. Now., 7:30 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 NC Greg Schroeder Trio, 8 BP Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz, 10am NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 7 Sunday, January 23 SF John Sanders Quartet, 9 C* Peter Eldridge, see jazzvox.com for details, TBA BA Here. Now., 7:30 TD Wood Brothers, 8 CR Racer Sessions, 8 BP Breakfast w/ Michael Gotz, 10am TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & GB Primo Kim, 6 BP Motown Review, 7:45 Mike Slivka, 9 JA WAR, 7:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 7 TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 WS Victor Janusz, 5 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 GB Primo Kim, 6 SF Danny Ward, 11am JA Peter White, 7:30 Saturday, January 29 SY Victor Janusz, 10am MM Adam Creighton, 7:30 BX Tracy Knoop & Bill Ramsay, CD Release Party, 7 TD Halyards, 7:30 SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30 CH Is That Jazz? Festival: Triptet, Nels Cline Singers, TU Randy Burgeson Quintet, 8 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am 8 TU Chrissy Lewis Quintet, 3 SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA WAR, 7:30 & 10 TD Loudon Wainwright III, 7:30 MM Rotating Cabaret, 8 Monday, January 31 TU Easy Street Jazz Band, 4 SF Javier Anderson Trio, 9 AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am GB Primo Kim, 6 TD Asylum Street Spankers, 7:30 & 10 MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 Monday, January 24 TH Lance Buller w/ Phil Sparks, Chris Spencer, & NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 AM Ronnie Pierce Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 Mike Slivka, 9 TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 GB Primo Kim, 6 TU Johnaye Kendrick Quartet, 7:30 TU Boyd Phelps Sax Attack, 7:30 MM Howard Dixon, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 TO Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 9 TU Katie Bourne Quartet, 7:30 TU Katy Bourne Quartet, 7:30 Tuesday, January 25 JA Bill Charlap Trio, 7:30 Tula’s Jazz Calendar January 2011 MM Karin Kajita, 7:30 Tula’s2214 SecondRestaurant Ave, Seattle, and Nightclub WA 98121 Reservations: 206-443-4221 2214 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 januaryTULAS.COM 2011 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Charlie Nordstrom, 9 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 NO Holotradband, 7 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez, 10 1 SB McTuff Trio, 10 Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club CLOSED HAPPY NEW TU Music Works Big Band, 8:30 Featured in Downbeat Magazine’s Guide of 100 Great International Jazz Clubs. YEAR TU Newport High School Jazz Band, 7:30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reggie Goings JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ Katie Wednesday, January 26 Jazz Offering with Jay Siobhan King Greta BX Special: Emerald City Little Big Band, 7 3-7pm $8 Greta Smith/ Brugger Matassa JA Bill Charlap Trio, 7:30 Jacob Thomas Staelens Quartet Matassa Quartet 7:30 $15 Quartet MM Bonnie Birch, 7:30 Zimmerman 7:30pm $10 Big Band Big Band 7:30pm 7:30pm $15 7:30pm $5 AT MIDNIGHT: NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 Quartet 8pm 7pm $10 $12 gen/$7 stud Igor Abuladze TD Hawaiian Legends in Concert, 7:30 $10 gen/$5 stud & Red $5 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ Origin CD Release Bert Jay Carolyn Graye TU Lisa Fox Group, 7:30 Jazz Police “Yet What is Big Band Hal Sherman’s Emerald Any Ocean” Gulhaugen Thomas Showcase 3-6pm $10 Thursday, January 27 3-7 $5 Bellevue City Jazz w/ Q.E.D. John Quartet CC Jazz Ben Thomas Hansen 7:30 $15 Marc BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9 Jim Cutler Orchestra Chris Stover Orchestra 7:30pm $5 Showcase AT MIDNIGHT: Seales BX Travis Ranney Duo, 7 Jazz Orch. Alex Chadsey No Tomorrow 8pm $5 7:30pm $7 7:30pm $10 7:30pm $10 Boys & Creem City $5 Group C* Killerbees, Waid’s Haitian Cuisine (1212 E or $15 w/CD 7:30pm $15 Jefferson), 9 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 JA WAR, 7:30 & 10 Jay Thomas JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ Martine HOT LATIN JAZZ Bobby Shew with the Greta LJ Hang w/ Teaching, 9:30 Big Band Bron & Fred Hoadley’s Quartet MM Jerry Zimmerman, 7:30 4pm $5 Darin Roadside Jennifer w/ Bill Anschell Matassa NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 Jim Cutler Clendenin Kienzle Sonando Phil Sparks Quartet Attraction 8pm $10 Matt Jorgensen 7:30pm $15 TD Hawaiian Legends in Concert, 7:30 Jazz Orch. Trio 8pm $8 7:30pm $10 TK Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad Britton, 8 8pm $5 7:30pm $10 7:30pm $15 TU Bruce Staelens Quintet, 7:30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Easy Street Newport HS Lisa Bruce Susan Johnaye Friday, January 28 Jazz Band Katy Jazz Band 4pm $8 Bourne 7:30pm Fox Staelens Pascal Kendrick AM Lonnie Williams, 9 Jim Cutler Music Works Quartet BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7 Quartet Group Quintet Quartet Jazz Orch. 7:30pm $10 Big Band 7:30pm $10 7:30pm $10 w/Dave Peterson 7:30pm $15 C* Peter Eldridge, see jazzvox.com for details, TBA 8pm $5 8:30pm $5 7:30 $15 C* Savani World Jazz Quintet & Tangabrazo, 30 31 Columbia City Theater (4916 Rainier Ave S) Chrissy Boyd CALL 206-443-4221 FOR EARLY ARRIVAL DISCOUNTS CH Is That Jazz? Festival: Amy Denio & Lucio Lewis Quintet MONDAY thru THURSDAY: Make dinner reservations and Menegone, Douglas Detrick’s Anywhen w/ W 3pm $5 Phelps Randy arrive by 7pm to receive a 10% discount on all food items. 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January 2011 • Earshot Jazz • 21 Notes, from page 2 for a juried showcase at www.artsnw. forming artists or groups are selected org. The Juried Showcase component by a peer panel process to present a Apply for 2011 Arts NW Booking of the conference is renowned for its 12-minute excerpt of their work. An Conference Showcase commitment to quality and diversity, additional 25 or more artists will The 31st Annual Arts Northwest as well as its reputation as one of the be eligible for the much loved After Booking Conference, will be held most effective methods for artists to Hours Showcasing too! from October 17-20, 2011 in Eugene, make themselves known to presenters OR. Artists invited to apply online in the west. Twenty-six or more per-

Mandell, from page 10 pianist Michael Owcharuk that also ten experiment with a guest. In recent includes a previous third member of days, for example, they have played He says: “I’ve been getting into more- Ronin, bassist Nate Omdal. with improvising saxophonist Wally creative, free music the last 10 years.” “I’m getting in with the young boys, Shoup and idiosyncratic electric gui- He also accompanies singers – Greta too,” Berman quips. tarist Ed Petry. Matassa and others. And lately he has In the absence of Omdal, Ronin now Berman says he is pleased to have, in joined a new group led by innovative is a duo, but Mandell and Berman of- Mandell and Ronin, a setting that ac- commodates his range of interests. A Midwest native, he earned music and percussion degrees at Oberlin College and the University of Illinois. His uncle was a leading classical violinist, and his father a symphony violist who played with the New York Philharmonic, and other symphony study jazz at orchestras, and who taught for many years at the Oberlin Conservatory. cornish Of playing with Mandell, he says: “We’re having fun with music, is what seattle we’re doing.” Marriott, from page 16

redefine the tradition individual bandmates to discover the composition’s meaning. Each original Cornish College of the Arts offers composition yields a fresh approach by a Bachelor of Music in Composition, the quintet, while never straying below Instrumental or Vocal Performance. total conviction. The closing “Treadstone 71” pays homage to the Bourne Identity se- Merit Scholarship Auditions ries with an eerie, repeated horn fig- February 5–6 and March 5–6, 2011 ure. The track is largely a feature for www.cornish.edu/music Bishop, who controls the pacing and or call 800 // 726 // ARTS intensity of the performance and who is nothing short of magnificent. It is a beguiling and appropriate close to the album, raising still more questions as it punctuates the session. But if there is one thing now certain about the path Marriott will pursue next, it is that it will be his own. I would tune in to fol- low. -Peter Walton

22 • Earshot Jazz • January 2011 JAZZ INSTRUCTION To be included in this listing, send up to 20 words, to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Pl N #309, Seattle WA 98103; fax (206) 547-6286; [email protected].

Osama Afifi - Upright/electric bass instruction. Greta Matassa – Award winning, Earshot Best Greg Sinibaldi – Improvisation/composition using Worked with Kurt Elling, Nnenna Freelon, Tribal Jazz Vocalist. Private instruction and workshops. 12-tone technique, all instruments & levels, en- Jazz, Yanni, Vanessa Paradis. (253) 229-1058 (206) 937-1262 www.gretamatassa.com, greta- semble coaching, workshops. (206) 675-1942; www.myspace.com/osamaafifi [email protected] [email protected] Clipper Anderson – NW top bassist, studio musi- Scott Lindenmuth - Jazz Guitar Instruction. Marc Smason – Trombone, jazz vocal & dijeridu. cian, composer. PLU faculty. Private students, Improvisation, theory, technique. Beginning Professional trombonist/vocalist since 1971. Has clinics, all levels, acoustic/electric. $45/hr. through advanced. (425)776-6362, www.scot- taught in schools and privately. www.marcsma- (206) 933-0829 or [email protected] tlindenmuth.com, [email protected] son.com Jon Belcher – Jazz drum set instruction. Studied Pascal Louvel – www.SeattleGuitarTeacher.com Bill Smith – Accepting students in composition, with Alan Dawson. Author Drumset Workouts GIT grad, Studied with R. Ford and N. Brown, improvisation and clarinet. (206) 524-6929, books 1 & 2. Web site: www.drumsetworkouts. (206) 282-5990 [email protected]. com. (253) 631-7224, [email protected] Yogi McCaw – Piano/Improvisation/Composition/ Charlie Smith – Accepting students for jazz Dina Blade – Jazz singing instruction. Closet Home Recording. North Seattle. (206) 783-4507 composition and arranging, theory and piano. singers and beginners welcome. dinablade@mac. or [email protected] Leader and arranger for Charlie Smith Circle. com or (206) 524-8283 (206) 890-3893 [email protected] Wm Montgomery – Instruction in jazz piano, Samantha Boshnack – Experienced trumpet improv (all instruments), ear training, theory, David L. Smith - Double bass and electric bass. technique & improvisation instructor w/ music composition. Seattle (Magnolia Village). (206) Teaching all styles & levels. BM Eastman School degree. All ages, levels. Home studio in Ballard. 282-6688, [email protected]. of Music, MM Univ. of Miami. (206) 280-8328; (206) 789-1630 or [email protected] [email protected] Dennis Moss – Jazz and Brazilian guitar instruc- Mark Bullis – Bass & guitar. BA music. Harmony, tion. Experienced artist w/ BM from Cornish. Amy Stephens – Jazz piano, theory, improv, technique, & improvisation. Accepting students All ages/levels. In-home lessons also possible. composition, classical piano also. BM/BM, MM all levels and ages. (206) 232-7821 [email protected], www.dennismossmusic. Indiana Univ., 10+ yrs teaching experience. com (206) 240-7632, [email protected] Ryan Burns – piano, fender rhodes, guitar and bass instruction. University of Puget Sound and Cynthia Mullis – Saxophone instruction with a Ev Stern’s Jazz Workshop: 12 years of jazz en- Seattle Drum School. creative, organic approach to Jazz style, theory, sembles, classes, lessons. All ages, instruments, E-mail: [email protected] technique. BM, MA, NYC professional. 206- levels. evstern.com; (206) 782-2331; jazzwork- 675-8934. Email: [email protected] [email protected] Julie Cascioppo – World Class vocalist! Learn- ing to sing could save your life! Coaching, Nile Norton, DMA – Vocal Jazz coaching, all lev- Chris Stromquist – Afro-Cuban and Brazilian Resonance, Stage Presence www.juliesings.com els. Convenient Pioneer Square studio location. percussion including congas, timbales, bata, 206-286-2740 Recording and transcriptions. www.npnmusic. shekere, hand percussion and drumset. All lev- com, [email protected], (206) 919-0446. els. (206) 709-0286, [email protected] Darin Clendenin has openings for students in jazz piano. Beginning – advanced, ages 8 to 80, Ahamefule J. Oluo – Trumpet instruction all levels. Tobi Stone – Saxophone/Clarinet. All ages/levels. 31 years playing experience, 18 years teaching Studied at Cornish, member of Monktail Creative Attention to tone, technique, theory, improvisa- experience. (206) 297-0464 Music Concern. (206) 849-6082 or aham.oluo@ tion. BM, 10 years teaching/performing. Member attws.com Reptet & Tiptons. (206) 412-0145. Anna Doak – Double bass instructor (206) 784-6626, [email protected]. Professional Susan Palmer – Guitar instruction. Teacher at Ryan Taylor – Guitarist with extensive perfor- performing/recording bassist. Professor of double Seattle University and author of “The Guitar mance/teaching background. For information, bass at WWU Lesson Companion” book, CD and videos. Email: [email protected] or call (206) 898- [email protected] 3845 Becca Duran – Earshot Vocalist of 2001; MA. Learn to deliver a lyric; study tone production, Susan Pascal – Jazz vibraphone improvisation Andre Thomas – Intermediate to advanced tech- phrasing, improvisation, repertoire. All lan- and technique, beginning through advanced. niques for the modern drummer as applied to guages. 548-9439; www.beccaduran.com. 206-932-5336 [email protected], www. jazz and bebop. (206) 419-8259 susanpascal.com Hans Fahling – Jazz guitar instruction, as well Jay Thomas – accepting select students on as jazz ensembles for all instruments. Contact: Ronnie Pierce – Instruction in sax, clarinet, flute. trumpet, saxophone, flute. Special focus on (206) 364-8815, email: [email protected], (206) 467-9365 or (206) 374-8865 improvisation and technique. (206) 399-6800 web site: www.fahlingjazz.com Josh Rawlings – Piano & vocal instruction in Yakup Trana – Cornish graduate, professional Curtis Forbes – Guitarist, Berklee graduate, degree jazz/popular. Flexible rates/schedule. All ages guitarist. Guitar instructions for all levels; (425) in composition available for private lessons in welcome. (425) 941-1030 or joshrawlings@ 221-3812, [email protected] guitar, composition, arranging, theory. (206) 931- yahoo.com 2128 or [email protected] Byron Vannoy MFA – Jazz drum set instruction Bob Rees – Percussionist/vibraphonist. All ages. & rhythmic improvisational concept lessons for David George – Instruction in trumpet. Brass and Emphasis on listening, rhythm, theory, & improv. all instruments. All ages and levels accepted. jazz technique for all students. Home studio in Degrees in developmental music & perc. perfor- (206) 363-1742, [email protected] Shoreline. Cornish graduate. (206) 545-0402 or mance. 417-2953; [email protected] [email protected] Garey Williams – Jazz Drum Instruction. (206) Steve Rice – Jazz piano instruction, North Se- 714-8264 or [email protected] Steve Grandinetti, MSEd – Jazz drum set instruc- attle; [email protected], (206) 365-1654 tion. Studied with Justin Di CioCio. Centrum Greg Williamson – drums and rhythm section; Blues Festival faculty member. 360-385-0882, Gary Rollins - Guitar and bass guitar instruc- jazz and big band; private studio for lessons, [email protected] tion. 30+ years teaching. Student of Al Turay. clinics and recordings; (206) 522.2210, greg@ Mills Music, Burien, Shoreline. 206-669-7504. ponyboyrecords.com Tony Grasso – Trumpet technique, composition, garyleerollins.com improvisation. All levels. 15 years teaching Beth Winter – Vocal Jazz Teacher, technique and experience. (206) 940-3982; grassoossarg@ Murl Allen Sanders – jazz piano and accordion repertoire. Cornish Jazz Instructor has openings hotmail.com instructor interested in working with motivated for private voice. (206) 281-7248 intermediate level young people. (206) 781- Kelley Johnson – Earshot Best Jazz Vocalist, 8196. International Vocal Competition Winner. Lessons & workshops, voice, & improvisation. www.kel- leyjohnson.com (206) 323-6304

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