Samantha Boshnack Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER from the DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community March 2014 Vol. 30, No. 03 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Samantha Boshnack Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath The face of Seattle jazz … Managing Director Karen Caropepe

Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey

In reading the nomina- Contributing Writers Bruce Greeley, Steve tions and preparing the Griggs, Peter Monaghan ballot for this year’s Gold- en Ear and Seattle Jazz Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey Hall of Fame Awards, it Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic has become refreshingly Photography Daniel Sheehan apparent that the face and Layout Karen Caropepe sound of the Seattle jazz Distribution Karen Caropepe, Dan Wight and scene is evolving beauti- volunteers fully. Send Calendar Information to: You may have had a sim- 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 ilar thought as you stud- Seattle, WA 98103 ied your Golden Ear bal- JOHN GILBREATH PHOTO BY BILL UZNAY fax / (206) 547-6286 lot and made your votes. email / [email protected] have predicted. I guess that’s the na- This year’s ballot contains some Board of Directors Bill Broesamle, familiar names, to be sure, but it ture of jazz. Using the annual Golden Ear (president), Femi Lakeru (vice-president), seems that at least half of the nomi- Sally Nichols (secretary), George Heidorn, nees are names you would not have Awards event as a marker, it’s pos- sible to witness a tangible thread ex- Ruby Smith Love, Hideo Makihara, Kenneth seen even five years ago. I find this W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Richard Thurston to be super affirming of the fluid pressing itself in this rich and var- and dynamic nature of the art form, ied community over the years. It’s Earshot Jazz is published monthly by and an encouraging sign for future almost like a unified “personality” Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is jazz artists, educators, and audienc- of an otherwise disparate group of available online at www.earshot.org. individuals. I am delighted that the es in Seattle and way beyond. Subscription (with membership): $35 Earshot organization can document It was my pleasure to attend the 3429 Fremont Place #309 this natural progression while giv- very first Golden Ear Awards Party Seattle, WA 98103 ing new praise and recognition to in 1990, and I have been a grateful phone / (206) 547-6763 Seattle’s great artists each year. participant in every one since. As fax / (206) 547-6286 long-time jazz fan and fresh trans- We look forward to seeing you plant to Seattle back then, I was at the Royal Room on March 10. Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 struck by the richness of history At 7pm, we’ll rock the music with Printed by Pacific Publishing Company © 2014 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and the colorful characters gath- Industrial Revelation, itself a collective manifestation of the lineage of ered upstairs at the old Lofurno’s, MISSION STATEMENT th Seattle jazz history, and we’ll dig- on 15 Ave, just south of the Bal- Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service lard Bridge. From then on, I have nify the awards presentation, which organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a been amazed by the incredible tal- begins at 8pm, with the familiar support system for jazz in the community ent honored each year in this event. countenance of Jim Wilke. More and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot Industrial Revolution will follow. Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a Jazz tradition, locally and nation- monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, ally, is deep and unchangeable. On hand will be lots of old and providing educational programs, identifying and But it is fascinating to see how the new friends. Fun will be had. Join filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing US!!! listenership, augmenting and complementing present day connects with that past existing services and programs, and networking tradition in ways that we could not John Gilbreath, Executive Director with the national and international jazz community.

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 NOTES CUONG VU TRIO featuring Jazzed! Series on KCTS projects are considered for airing on Stomu Takeishi KCTS Television is looking for KCTS9.org and on-air programming. and Ted Poor youth-related jazz stories from the The workshop is free, but requires March 14, 8 pm Northwest to feature in its Jazzed! se- registration at http://kcts9.org/form/ ries. jazzed-workshops. MATT WILSON’S The segments have to date included For information, contact Vicki Fer- ARTS & CRAFTS one on a seven-year-old girl picking guson at [email protected]. featuring Ron Miles, up a trumpet for the first time, to a Write Earshot Jazz Larry Goldings, portrait of accomplished high-school and Martin Wind The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects jazzers competing in New York in a and shares the many ways that jazz March 15, 8 pm national competition. intersects with lives in the Northwest. The station is asking anyone with Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions Cornish Playhouse promising story ideas to get in touch from writers: Please email story pitch- 201 Mercer St. about taking part in a workshop, be- es, comments, news and announce- at Seattle Center ginning in March, on the fundamen- ments to [email protected]. tals of video production. Instructors from the 9 Media Lab will Help the Jazz Around the Sound offer guidance on story development, Calendar storytelling skills using video, and how Please email news and announce- to shoot, produce, and edit video. ments about jazz gigs, concerts and The workshop is geared to be ac- community events to jazzcalendar@ cessible to rank beginners. Finished earshot.org.

IN ONE EAR

Congratulations to Jessica Kenney Wilke hosts on Sunday afternoons at Vocalist and composer Jessica Ken- 2pm on KPLU 88.5FM, has a particu- ney, a key figure in new-music circles larly spectacular offering this month. of the Northwest, has received the On March 9, he’ll air excerpts from James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Duke Ellington’s Such Sweet Thunder Award, the largest financial grant that played by the Seattle Repertory Jazz the state of Washington makes to an Orchestra. Ellington’s musical por- individual artist. trayals of Shakespearean characters are The purpose of the Ray award is to paired with related readings by three advance the work of an extraordinary actors from the Seattle Shakespeare artist with an individualized program Company. of advisory support and access to op- But wait, there’s more. On March portunities offered through the Cre- 23 he’ll have highlights from the Jo- ative Career Center, which is a pro- vino Santos Neto Quinteto concert gram of Artist Trust, a not-for-profit from Earshot’s Art of Jazz series at the organization that supports artists in Seattle Art Museum – which, by the all disciplines. way, is now in its 17th year. The Art of THE SEATTLE JAZZ EXPERIENCE Jazz concerts take place at 5:30pm on a different kind of festival Jazz Northwest the second Thursday evening of each www.seattlejazzexperience.org Jazz Northwest, the always-out- for tickets and information standing radio program that Jim CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 U CALL FOR ARTISTS

Jazz: The Second Century Deadline June 3 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual artists and ensembles for the 2014 Jazz: The Second Century series. The series brings the progression of jazz into creative motion on the concert stage. Projects that question and expand the conven- SERIOUS tions the jazz form are welcome. CENTRUM Seattle-area individual artists or groups, in any instrument combination, are eligible. Sub- PLAY TIME missions must include a recorded sample of a project that can be performed in a concert setting. We encourage applicants to include a letter that speaks to their musical interpretation of the meaning of jazz and of the next stage of jazz music. Individual artists or ensembles CENTRUM’S are selected by a blind-jury process. Second Century artists and JAZZ ensembles perform during July PORT TOWNSEND 2014, and are paid a competitive WORKSHOP & MUSIC FESTIVAL John Clayton, Artistic Director fee for the performance. July 20-27, 2014 Please send submissions elec-

tronically to [email protected] Port Townsend or by mail to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Deadline to apply is Seattle June 3. You can direct questions and comments to Earshot Jazz Register Early. Space Limited. at (206) 547-6763 or jazz@earshot.org. A list of past Jazz: The Second Century artists and ensembles can be viewed at www. earshot.org/Events/2nd_Cen- tury.html.

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 GOLDEN EAR AWARDS

2013 NW Recording of the Year Steve Treseler, Center Song Golden Ear Awards Eugenie Jones, Black Lace Blue Tears B’shnorkestra, Go to Orange Jim Knapp’s Scrape, Approaching Vyones Other ______Monday, March 10, 7 pm The quartet bears witness to the thriv- 2013 NW Acoustic Ensemble The Royal Room ing of Seattle jazz, and also to its con- Jacob Zimmerman Quintet Music at 7pm: Industrial Revelation tinuing prospects. Four of the finest of Royal Room Collective Music the generation earn their self-chosen Ensemble Awards Presentation at 8pm, emcee Jim Wilke B’shnorkestra motto of “garage-jazz” — drummer Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes More Industrial Revelation at 9pm D’Vonne Lewis, bassist Evan Flory- Other ______Admit it! Nothing warms the heart Barnes, trumpeter Ahamefule J. Oluo, 2013 NW Alternative Group quite like recognizing and honoring and pianist and Fender Rhodes ace McTuff members of one’s communities who Josh Rawlings. Industrial Revelation The Westerlies contribute hugely and deserve acclaim The awards ceremony, proper, emcee’d The Suffering F#ckheads and encouragement. And that’s what by the always affable jazz-radio host, Other ______happens every year at the Earshot Jazz field recorder, and area jazz luminary 2013 NW Instrumentalist of the Golden Ear Awards evening, this year Jim Wilke, softens the most rubbery Year celebrating its 25th installment. heart as it provides an opportunity to Evan Flory-Barnes D’Vonne Lewis If you’re reading this before March 3, take stock of just how enormously some Cuong Vu you can still submit your ballot (online figures on Seattle’s jazz landscape have Thomas Marriott at earshot.org) and let your favorite contributed to our scene. To be among Other ______contributors to Seattle’s thriving jazz nominees is itself an acknowledgement 2013 NW Emerging Artist or Group scene know just how appreciated they of a year of fine performance and re- Kate Olson are. cording in and around Seattle. Nomi- Jacques Willis Tim Kennedy The purpose of the awards is simple. nees are selected by a poll of readers of Jacob Zimmerman And the way they are decided is, too: this publication, fellow jazz perform- Other ______they are determined by a combination ers, audience members, journalists, and 2013 NW Vocalist of the Year of nominations and popular vote. The industry professionals. Johnaye Kendrick ballot has nominations in eight cat- The highest honor each year goes Eugenie Jones egories, and you can always write in to one, two, or possibly three induct- Stephanie Porter Rochelle House and vote for anyone you think merits ees to the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. ______being there. This year’s nominees are the late, great 2013 NW Concert of the Year At the Golden Ear awards evening, Olympia-based saxophonist Bert Wil- Nonaah by Roscoe Mitchell, proceedings begin at 7pm with a set of son, world-renowned guitar master Nordstrom Recital Hall, June 7 Dave Douglas Quintet / The Westerlies, fine local jazz, to warm the space. This Bill Frisell, vocalist of long and wide Earshot Jazz Festival, October 12 year that’ll be on Monday, March 10 renown Jay Clayton, and Bob Ham- Hardcoretet / Industrial Revelation / at the Royal Room in Columbia City, mer, a pianist, composer, and arranger Skerik Trio, The Comet, January 25 Evan Flory-Barnes, Moment Magnitude certainly one of the city’s best listening of international renown and vast expe- Series, Frye Museum, January 10 spaces, and a fun hang with fine food rience. Other ______and a full bar, too. Please vote by March 3, one ballot per 2013 Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Performing on the evening, both For a list of Seattle Jazz Hall of Famers, person, online at www.earshot.org, email go to earshot.org/events/awards/ from 7pm until the awards ceremony to [email protected], or mailing it to the halloffame.html at 8pm, and then after the awards are Earshot Jazz office at 3429 Fremont Bert Wilson presented, too, will be certainly one of Bill Frisell Place N, #309, Seattle WA, 98103. Ad- Bob Hammer the region’s finest, hottest jazz combos, mission $10; tickets available through Jay Clayton Industrial Revelation – hard working, The Royal Room. Other ______and certainly eye-and-ear opening.

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 PROFILE Samantha Boshnack: Louder Now

Composer and trumpeter Saman- tha Boshnack pre- mieres portions of a new suite, as well as pieces from her quintet’s brand-new debut release Exploding Syndrome, on a double-bill concert with Linda Oh’s Sun Pictures band, March 30, Seattle Art Museum. Performing Bosh- nack’s compositions – a collection of short ostinato bass figures, choice pianism, sweet and spicy bass clarinet, and layered rhythmic dynamism, on the Exploding Syn- SAMANTHA BOSHNACK PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN drome release – the quintet features Boshnack (trumpets), bringing to light namesake inspiration compositions, and a focus on craft. In Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voice), Dawn Bly (1864-1922), a reporter working in 2012, she attended the Jazz Compos- Clement (piano, keyboards), Isaac Cas- journalism during un-hospitable times ers Orchestra Institute, presented by tillo (bass) and Max Wood (drums). for women in the field. Columbia University’s Center for Jazz I caught up with Samantha Boshnack A fiery and persistent individual, Bly Studies, as well as the American Com- in February, just a few days before she covered factory workers and prison fa- posers Orchestra, at the UCLA Herb flew to Florida for a three-week Atlan- cilities, advancing strides in investiga- Alpert School of Music. In January, tic Center for the Arts artist-in-resi- tive journalism and for women in her she attended the ASCAP conferences dence program with pianist and New field. Apropos for Boshnack, the nar- in NYC, and she’s in Florida, this Feb- England Conservatory alum Marilyn rative of Bly’s personality and career ruary, with Marilyn Crispell. In 2015, Crispell. While there, Boshnack will parallels the composer’s view on mod- she’ll premiere a new piece for the NW work with other artists and Crispell on ern challenges and opportunities, as a Symphony Orchestra with conduc- the relationships of improvisation and performer and as a woman composer. tor Anthony Spain. Her 2013 Go to composition. Boshnack plans time at Since being voted the 2012 Emerging Orange, a large-ensemble Kickstarter the residency to work on music for the Artist of the Year by Seattle jazz fans, and grant-funded project featuring her forthcoming Nellie Bly: Explositions Boshnack keeps tremendous momen- compositions for strings, horns, and of a Lasting Legacy project, her suite tum rolling with exciting new projects, percussion, was received with critical

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March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 PROFILE Anton Schwartz: Toward Reward

By Steve Griggs “A beautiful musical moment is its own reward, and won’t be obviated or disproved the next day,” wrote saxophonist Anton Schwartz in his high school alumni magazine. “Musical performance, unlike scholarship, has an immediacy that I find hugely sat- isfying.” Schwartz was explaining his career transition from researcher of artifi- cial intelligence to full-time musician. Although Schwartz had studied and performed music from an early age, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a B.A. in mathematics and philosophy. He pursued doctoral research at Stanford. He was at the top of his academic game. Then chronic fatigue syndrome struck. Schwartz caught a cold that knocked him out for a year and a half. He barely had energy to climb a flight of stairs. His life ground to a halt. ANTON SCHWARTZ PHOTO BY GARY L. JAMERSON

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8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 As the weeks rolled by with no im- Eddie would say, ‘Did you hear that provement, he decided to get used to guy before you. Let me tell you why it. In this valley, his earlier love of mu- he’s better than you.’” sic found a quiet space to bloom. He During high school, Schwartz formed had never regretted time spent practic- a band with guitarist Peter Bernstein ing, so that’s what he did. Sometimes and keyboardist Larry Goldings who things fell into place. Other days he went on to music careers. In college, “couldn’t play a decent note if it fell on Schwartz took over the seat vacated me.” Slowly, gigs began to replace aca- by Don Braden in the Harvard Jazz demics. “My family freaked out until Band. In Schwartz’s second year, Josh- they realized I put into music what I ua Redman joined the saxophone sec- put into academia. In fact, I put more tion. In addition to learning from his in and get more out.” peers, Schwartz gleaned wisdom from Schwartz was born in New York guest artists that director Tom Everett City, started on clarinet and switched brought in — Benny Carter, Joe Hen- to saxophone at age 14. He liked the derson, Carla Bley, Lester Bowie, and sounds of Joe Henderson, Dexter Gor- Illinois Jacquet. don, John Coltrane, Stanley Turren- After school, after academic research, tine, and Wayne Shorter. Riding a bus after illness, after returning to music, down the West Side one day, he spot- Schwartz began recording his compo- ted a rider with a saxophone case. Curi- sitions on his own label. When Music ous, Schwartz struck up a conversation Calls came out in 1998, The Slow Lane W E E K D A Y S and learned that the saxophonist was in 2000, Holiday Time in 2004, Radi- returning from a lesson with Warne ant Blue in 2006 and this year, Flash Marsh. By coincidence, Schwartz had Mob. 9am CAR AVAN recently picked up an album at Bleek- For Flash Mob, Schwartz assembled global beats er Bob’s Golden Oldies for $1.00 that Grammy Award-nominated pianist featured saxophonists Warne Marsh Taylor Eigsti, Juilliard-graduate trum- and Pete Christlieb. “I couldn’t even peter Dominick Farinacci, Bay Area tell the difference between them.” drummer Lorca Hart, and longtime noon THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM Marsh, from Los Angeles, was a dis- collaborator bassist John Shifflett. progressive talk ciple of pianist Lenny Tristano. De- Like the title suggests, the music is spite appearing on more than 200 re- imbued with spontaneity, precision, cordings, Marsh’s audience was small, and fun. Schwartz’s thick tenor tone 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS along with his finances. Schwartz pairs warmly with Farinacci’s dark global beats/news features visited Marsh’s tiny studio apart- brass. Melodic clarity trumps techni- ment in the Bretton Hotel weekly to cal fireworks. Wide grooves set a jubi- learn tunes on saxophone and piano. lant vibe. “Warne’s whole existence was pure,” Seattle audiences get to join 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! he says. “He was so pensive and took Schwartz’s Flash Mob at Jazz Alley in progressive news his time answering questions. It was Seattle on March 11 and 12 during a magical when Warne picked up the West Coast CD release tour. horn or sat at the piano.” Anton Schwartz Quintet featuring 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO When Marsh moved back to Los Eric Reed (piano), Dominick Farinacci urban culture Angeles, Schwartz studied with Eddie (trumpet), John Shifflett (bass) and Lor- Daniels. “Eddie is a New Yorker. He’s ca Hart (drums), at Jazz Alley, March fast paced. He’s an incredible techni- 11 & 12. Performances at 7:30pm, doors cian and always took care of business. open 5:30pm. Admission: $22.50 at the I would show up before my lesson door, (206) 441-9729, or jazzalley.com. and could hear the student before me Listen online struggle. When I started my lesson, www.kbcs.fm

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 PREVIEW >> Pat Metheny and the Unity Band

Moore Theatre space to expand into his unparalleled Tuesday March 4, 7:30pm capabilities. There, he channels into transcen- Pat Metheny has myriad fans, and dent streams that become torrents of for every one of them there is likely breathtaking music. In Seattle, we’ve a Pat Metheny they cleave to. Many had our opportunities to witness him swear by his Pat Metheny Group that in this mode. And you can hear that has been one of the most popular and Pat Metheny on some small-group re- commercially successful jazz outfits cordings, too, including a monumen- of modern times. Others prefer the tal 1989 trio date, Question and An- small-group phenom who demon- swer, with drummer Roy Haynes and strates prodigious chops and imagina- bassist Dave Holland. tion whatever the style or mood. There is significance in Metheny’s It’s the latter whom we will have an long associations with musicians of opportunity to hear early this month, that caliber — in their Metheny-like when Metheny appears with his Unity merger of imagination and technical Band, a quintet whose members all capabilities. Holland, for example, has display the kind of huge technical and stated plainly that when he forms his artistic capability it pays to possess bands, he settles for nothing less than when on any stage with a Pat Metheny. extraordinary technical capabilities. Because the guitarist is, simply put, a That is what led Metheny to recruit monster musician. And, as fine as you saxophonist Chris Potter, a standout may consider the performance and in Holland’s own band circles. In the composition aspects of his famed larg- Unity Band, he has become the first er Pat Metheny Group, it’s in combos PAT METHENY PHOTO BY JIMMY KATZ like the Unity Band that he has the CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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www.cadencemagazine.com PREVIEW >> Inaugural Seattle Jazz Experience Draws 16 Ensembles

MATT WILSON PHOTO BY JIMMY KATZ RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN For many years the most prestigious Sixteen college and high-school en- jazz fans; organizers are setting aside youth jazz gatherings of the Northwest sembles are set to attend the event, 100 seats at each of the evening events and Southwest have been in Idaho, at the inaugural Seattle youth jazz festi- for public purchase. the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival with val that debuts this March 14 and 15, Another key feature of the first Seat- its enormous college and high-school 2014 at the Cornish Playhouse at Se- tle Jazz Experience is a series of clinics jazz component, and at a similar con- attle Center. taught by jazz instructors of renown. A fab in Reno, Nevada. The highlights of the event include coup for organizers is their succeeding Cornish College of the Arts and oth- mainstage performances at Cornish in bringing 80-something Jazz Master er western Washington organizations Playhouse by top-flight national acts: Bill Holman to the event. Although a want to change that by establishing a drummer and composer Matt Wil- big-band icon whose arrangements are Seattle event that will be just as attrac- son’s Arts & Crafts quartet; the Se- known to any director, he has main- tive to school and college bands. attle-based Cuong Vu Trio; Grammy tained a low personal profile. They inaugural staging of their en- Award-winning composer and Na- The 16 bands accepted to the event trant into those stakes, the Seattle tional Endowment for the Arts Jazz won their places by demonstrating Jazz Experience, takes place March 14 Master Bill Holman; acclaimed alto superior skill in performing Holman and 15 at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa; arrangements, as judged by guest Center. Grammy-nominated trombonist and curator Clay Jenkins, a professor of That’s the old Intiman Theater, now bandleader Alan Ferber; the noted jazz studies and contemporary me- managed by Cornish as a multi-per- Brazilian composer, pianist, and flut- dia at the University of Rochester’s forming arts venue. It’s a setting that ist Jovino Santos Neto; and composer renowned Eastman School of Music. would seem to stand a good chance of and pianist Ellen Rowe. He conferred with the festival’s direc- fulfilling the SJE’s plans. The mainstage concerts are intended tor, Kent Devereaux, a professor of for both festival participants and area composition and chair of the music

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 The name of the event is apt, because organizers believe youth jazz musicians will be eager to come to an event in a city where they can actually experience a vital jazz scene, whether as audience members or as participants in area shows and jams. The immedi- ate enthusiastic response of college and school jazz programs “only confirms our premonition that the time was right for Seattle to stake its claim as the center of jazz in the Pacific North- west,” said Devereaux. Cornish is producing the inaugural event in association with Seattle JazzED (seattlejazzed.org), whose programs serve over 200 students annu- THE CUONG VU TRIO: STOMU TAKEISHI, CUONG VU, AND TED POOR ally from 75 different schools with 40 department at Cornish, who issued The last of those invitees, JazzEd, is percent of students receiving financial invitations. Among those accepted a big-band program set up by three of aid. are, in the college-ensembles category the Seattle area’s all-time great influ- To augment the donations of some are Collin College (Texas), Cornish ences on emerging jazzers: Clarence corporate sponsors, organizers will College of the Arts, Pacific Lutheran Acox, who directed Garfield High to kick off a crowd-sourced funding cam- University, University of Oregon, and national prominence; Robert Knatt, a paign on March 1 with a goal of rais- University of the Pacific (California). fabled educator who made Washing- ing $6,000 in 14 days, which would High-school division participants ton Middle School a pipeline for aspir- be matched by ArtsFund/Power2Give. include Bothell High School, Chief ing young players headed for Garfield Tickets for the mainstage events, head- Sealth International High School (Se- and other high school programs and lined by Matt Wilson Arts & Crafts and attle), Coeur d’Alene Charter Acade- Wayne Horvitz, the dean of the Se- Cuong Vu Trio, are on sale. For festival my (Idaho), Edmonds-Woodway High attle out-jazz scene who since moving details, schedule, and background infor- School, Ferris High School, Garfield here two decades ago has more than mation on guest artists, see the festival High School, Glacier Peak High any other figure galvanized jazz exper- website, seattlejazzexperience.org. School, Lakeside School, Mead High imentalism in Seattle. School, and Seattle JazzED.

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12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 PREVIEW >> Linda Oh’s Sun Pictures

Sunday, March 30, 7:30pm Plestcheeff Auditorium, Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Avenue (Downtown) Free Linda Oh workshop, Monday, March 31, noon, Cornish College of the Arts, Poncho Concert Hall, 710 E. Roy One of the rising stars in jazz, bassist Linda Oh dazzled Earshot Jazz Festival audiences last year in the new quintet of trumpeter Dave Douglas, on whose Greenleaf record label she records. Her Sun Pictures (2013) quartet in- cludes James Muller on guitar, along with two other festival standouts, Ben Wendel (of Kneebody) on saxophone and Ted Poor (a collaborator and UW jazz-program colleague of Cuong Vu) LINDA OH PHOTO BY VINCENT SOYEZ on drums. electric bass in Aussie rock bands. She With Boshnack are Beth Fleenor (clar- The band’s material, as heard on Sun graduated with honors from the WA inets, voice), Dawn Clement (piano), Pictures, her third album, comprises Academy of Performing Arts, and was Isaac Castillo (bass), and Max Wood musical postcards from her travels a James Morrison Scholarship Finalist (drums). Boshnack is quickly gaining across the country and around the in 2003 and an IAJE Sister in Jazz in acclaim as a composer for her “open world. In the two years after the re- 2004. She received the ASCAP Young voicings, jaunty tempos, and buoyant lease of her 2011 disc, Initial Here, Oh Jazz Composer’s award in 2008. She timbral mixes have a friendly monster performed extensively whether lead- also received an honorary mention feel that achieves a bittersweet and ele- ing her own groups or working in re- at the 2009 Thelonious Monk Bass giac mood of orchestral grandeur,” as nowned trumpeter Dave Douglas’ new Competition. Oh completed her mas- DownBeat put it. The band, which is quintet and the Sound Prints quintet ter’s degree at the Manhattan School this month releasing its debut album, the Douglas and tenor saxophonist Joe of Music in 2008, studying with Jay Exploding Syndrome, weaves evocative Lovano led. Anderson, John Riley, Phil Markow- lines and deep grooves punctuated by With her 2009 debut, Entry, Oh as- itz, Dave Liebman, and Rodney Jones. explosive improvisations. Her inten- serted herself as a fresh voice in modern She now teaches the pre-college divi- tion in the music, Boshnack says, is to jazz. Initial Here in 2012 drew deeply sion there and conducts jazz video charge charge chamber precision with on her rich cultural heritage and broad conference master-classes for high- the syncopated rhythm of her blend range of inspirations to further define schools around the US. of jazz, rock, contemporary chamber, her musical autobiography. Opening the show is the Samantha world, and experimental music. Born in Malaysia to Chinese par- Boshnack Quintet performing the pre- ents and raised in Western Australia, Admission: $18 adult, $16 seniors and mier of the trumpeter’s Nellie Bly Proj- Oh arrived in New York with a love Earshot Jazz members, $9 students at ect, inspired by an intrepid late-19th cen- of jazz, early training in classical bas- www.brownpapertickets.com and 800- tury journalist, and other new works. soon, and an adolescence spent playing 838-3006.

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 sion from New York’s Jazz Gallery and Just announced: grants from the Rockefeller Founda- Earshot Jazz presents a huge dollop of tion’s MAP Fund and Chamber Music jazz that’s good for your soul in three America’s French-American Jazz Ex- stellar installments. Call it Spring into change Program. In 2011, he debuted Summer? A Summons to Summer? his star-studded Big Band on one of the Tunes in June? world’s most renowned stages, Carn- Call it whatever you like, but just get egie Hall. The following year he was these dates into your calendar. (More named Artist-in-Residence at the 55th details next month.) annual Monterey Jazz Festival. The latest Blue Note album of the forward- June 26: Ambrose thinking, Oakland-raised musician Akinmusire Quintet / “with a bent toward atmospheric post- Darius Jones & Tarbaby bop,” as Blue Note puts it, was out in March: the imagined savior is far easier to paint. His quintet collaborators are Walter Smith (tenor sax), Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass), and Open to All - Free Justin Brown (drums). Alto saxophonist Darius Jones has a deep-soulful sound that can pur, bark, th Season soothe, and savage. The Brooklyn- 12 based hornman is emerging as a one of the most talented and exciting leaders in an increasingly packed field. As a leader and composer, he displays savvy, intuitive skills that are equally moving and thrilling. Fittingly, then, he teams here with Tarbaby, an “expandable, organic situation” that Ben Ratliff ex- AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE Sunday, March 2, 6 pm plained in the New York Times: They are “loud and authoritative and elastic within composed boundaries,” and lis- Fathia Atallah Quintet This evening will be huge! Two tening to them “you feel they’re in a the French chanteuse sings Jazz stand-out figures in the jazz of this continuous tradition — you can hear standards and world music second decade of the century appear the learning in their hands — and yet on the same bill. they’re all over the place.” They’re that Sunday, April 6, 6 pm Blue Note recording artist Ambrose good. No wonder, when they boast as Akinmusire is a trumpeter and com- Jenny Davis Band core members the Grammy Award- poser who has gone from strength to winning bassist and composer Eric Chuck Easton, guitar; Chuck Deardorf, strength since winning the 2007 The- Revis, on keyboards Orrin Evns, and bass; Robert Rushing, drums; lonious Monk International Jazz Com- on drums, one of their most riveting Mark Taylor, sax petition and the 2007 Carmine Ca- current exponents, Nasheet Waits. ruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo 100 Minutes of professional jazz Competition. He has since taken such June 27: Human Feel Family friendly concert / Free parking honors as DownBeat’s 2012 trumpeter This collective, after its start in Bos- of the year title, and several others. As ton, in the 1990s became a quintessen- Seattle First Baptist Church that would suggest, his albums, in- 1111 Harvard Avenue tial representative of new directions in When the Heart Emerges Glis- (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) cluding New York area jazz. Andrew D’Angelo Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 tening on Blue Note, have won critical (alto sax, bass clarinet), Chris Speed acclaim. His forward-reaching com- (tenor sax, clarinet), Kurt Rosenwinkel www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV positions have earned him a commis- (guitar), and Jim Black (drums) played

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 sparkling, angled jazz with jazz-rock with uncluttered swing.” Three highly a drawn-out far-Northern gloaming. energy, improvisers’ intuition, and praised albums into a now-globetrot- She has steeped her responses in both contemporary chamber music chops. ting career, she demonstrates qualities schools. After coming to the U.S. in It has always commanded the atten- that keep that lifestyle pleasurable: Her 1993 to attend William Paterson, she tion and affection of Seattle jazz fans work is contemplative and unhurried, ventured to close-by New York City. because Black, D’Angelo, and Speed and yet fully capable of evoking great There she eventually teamed with the all ventured East from Seattle. They emotion and tension in her spacing and likes of saxophonist Tony Malaby and are certainly among our city’s finest intonation. She counts as her influences bassist Drew Gress. She wins high musical exports. During the last 20 the likes of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett praise for a style at once highly per- years, they and the band’s fourth stel- – the former echoes in her touch, the sonal and compellingly inclusive of her lar member, guitarist Kurt Rosenwin- latter in a yearning lyricism – as well audiences. She interprets her repertoire kel, have been present at, if not gen- as Scandinavians like Bobo Stenson with truly accomplished trio-mates, erative of, some of the major turns in and Jon Balke. Like the last two, her fellow Icelander Thorgrimur Jónsson modern jazz – sometimes referred to accomplishment is in imbuing drama on bass, and her and long-time collabo- as the “Downtown Jazz Scene,” per- and feeling into measured playing, as rator (and husband) Scott McLemore haps misleadingly, particularly now well as relating a complexity of soul on drums. that the band is very much ensconced and spirit in glimmers as if through in Brooklyn. The quartet’s mid-90s recordings, Welcome to Malpesta in 1994 and Speak to It in 1996, gained attention and wrought influence at the same time as the members of the quartet all branched out into other highly considered outfits. Speed and Black began long tenures with Tim Berne’s Bloodcount and two of Dave Douglas’s numerous. They performed together in Pachora, Speed’s yeah NO quartet, and Black’s AlasNoAxis quartet. Black played with Ellery Eskelin’s trio and with Laurie Anderson, while D’Angelo joined Matt Wilson’s quartet and Rosenwinkel landed an envi- able contract with Verve. Still, as Hu- man Feel they remained a touchstone of small-group collaboration, and their approaches influenced rising jazz experimenters the world over. In its latest orbit, says Black, the band is intent on “balancing lyricism, aggression, order, and chaos, discipline and anarchy.” A new album, Human Feel’s sixth, is expected soon from Skirl Records. June 28: Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio From Iceland comes a lyrical pianist with impeccable touch and time who, as The Washington Post said, “el- egantly bridges soul-searching passages

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 LIVE REVIEW >> State of the Art acoustics and technology. We are digital from capsule to cone. No converters in the Dr. Primitive Medicine Show process. Remarkable dynamic range. In a word, “NATURAL”. A retreat setting. Accommodations available. Jazz is our specialty. We might even By Bruce Greeley trade you for time. Record some of our material and As I ambled towards the we’ll record some of Royal Room on the eve- yours. ning of January 13, I was Mount Dallas San Juan Island near-accosted on the street 360-370-5694 corner by what turned out EclecticLadyLandRecording.com to be one of the musicians: “You’re missing the show to- night!” “But I’m going!” I insisted. Into the club with Ornette and Ayler (dare I say?) muzak playing, the stage festooned with burning candles & pix of Indian saints upon an altar along with didgeri- doo & ram’s horn amongst more typical jazz instru- ments, while flyers advertis- ing Baha’i gatherings and a Women of Wisdom conference shared a table with CDs and jazz magazines

promoting the show. DAVID HANEY A growing assembly of oddly dressed characters them on shofar, then took the stage on began to circulate with their multi- murky muted trombone while a dancer colored robes a-swirling. The first few crawled around the stage out before celebrants took the stage, including taking the floor in unseemly cavorting. Dr. Primitive himself (David Haney An artist, complete with beret, ap- to his mother) in top hat and bright peared and painted upon Haney’s red cape, lightly strumming inside the robed back, even as Haney continued piano while a Francophile warbled and to massage the piano both inside and chanted in quite-beyond-jazz fashion. out. Dalton Davis drummed down some The music remained spare and mini- fine funk beats and Frank Clayton hid malist (despite the funky drums) for a behind his bass yet similarly propelled good while until Haney came to the the proceedings. front and recited a kind of sci-fi ver- The chanteuse burned sage while an sion of Genesis before retreating into audience member eased in on a small the mix. frame drum. From a chair in the house, From out of the seeming-circus-tent local gadabout Marc Smason joined backstage, a kind of female mafioso

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 ushered forth, lit a cigar, swore at us “Goddammit, shut the fuck up!” and fell over: “That was a Freudian slip, al- Eugenie Jones right?” She tore up a sordid porn rag Black Lace Blue Tears and threw pages into the audience and directed another saxman to blow. And Eugenie Jones vocals he did erupt in a full-on sax freak-out, Bill Anschell Piano cutting short the spacey, sparse ambi- Clipper Anderson Bass ent twangs and twiddles. Mark Ivester Drums Throughout the night, I felt Haney Michael Powers Guitar was proposing “It’s just not enough to simply perform competent bebop any- more: the audience demands theatre, ritual, performance, mystery!” And woo yea, did they ever pile that on! Listen Now... Dr. Primitive, currently based in www.eugeniejones.com Portland, and also the newish owner of the illustrious Cadence music magazine, seems to have a fondness for this sort of “neo-vaudeville” and for roping in local talents to augment his travel- ...brimming with confidence and authority ing musical circus. Seattle has become an impressive debut release a favorite stop for him, and it would Kirk Silsbee/Down Beat be well worth your while to check him out. ...composer, arranger, a lady of many Out came a blindfolded Pike-Place- talents with an easy to love vocal style Market-esque guitar busker, who Mark Holsten/Jazziz scarcely played a note but emoted fiercely while struggling to locate his mike and his strings. ...refined, difficult to hear as a debut To further this Gesamtkunstwerk — release C. Michael Bailey/All About Jazz this synthesis of all the arts — now a strange black-&-white movie played ...a voice that covers words like on the wall behind the stage. Close-up: pieces of silk covering precious stones. cheap apartment. Exterior: sidewalk. Charles Mudede/The Stranger Folks share eggs; others sit in trees. The Artiste painted abstract swaths ...NPR Annual Jazz Critic Poll Best Vocal CD across a hanging sheet. The ’bone & Top Ten 2013 Releases Nominee blared on. Haney stepped out front for some conduction, joined by the dancer, whipping the ensemble into a cathartic ...Week 8, #108 on Jazz Week Review crescendo. out of #832 releases world-wide The chanting chanteuse and muse circulated among the audience, waft- …#1 Local ReverbNation.com jazz artist ing swirls of sage and commanding each one of us: “May you be happy and ...full of passion & raw emotion, a rare prosperous.” breed of artist Brent Black/Critical Jazz As I walked out of that Room most Royal that evening, I thought: “I was, indeed!” AVAILABLE NOW: www.eugeniejones.com

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND March 03 SATURDAY, MARCH 1 TU UW Jazz Band, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:30 BX Katie Davi / Chris Morton Quartet, 7, 8:30 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 C* Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo (Jazzvox, BX Jazz Heads, 7 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 NE Seattle), 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 CH Tom Baker, 8 MONDAY, MARCH 3 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 CM Sounders Jazz Ensembles Spring Jazz BN Andy Coe Band, 10 TD Jargon (Musicquarium), 8:30 Concert, noon C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 CM Seattle Womens Jazz Orchestra, 7 (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 THURSDAY, MARCH 6 GZ Andre Thomas Quietfire, 7 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 BC Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler and Guests, 9 NC Susan Pascal Trio, 8:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, PO Brad Shepik w/ Chuck Deardorf, Mark NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Bill Chism, 5:30 Ivester, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 SB Eric Hullander Jazz Band, 7 RR The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, BX Randy Halberstadt & Alexey Nikolaev Duo, SB Sound Dialog, 10 8 7, 8:30 SG Beth Winter, 8 TU The Jazz Underground, 7:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TU Gail Pettis Quartet, 7:30 CH Neal Kosaly-Meyer, 8 TUESDAY, MARCH 4 ED DeMiero Jazz Festival - Dee Daniels, 7 SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AV The Chronic Quintet, 6:30 JA Sergio Mendes and Brazil, 7:30 BB Choro jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2 BS The Djangomatics, 8 LJ Zero G Concert series, 8 BP The New School of Jazz at Music Works BX Mardi Gras Street Parade w/Jay Thomas All- PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 Northwest, noon Stars, 5:30 SB First Thursday Session, 10 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, Oleg Ruvinov TD Smoke and Honey (Musicquarium), 9 C* Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo (Jazzvox, (Marcela’s Creole Cookery, 106 James St), TU Isabella Du Graf Quartet, 7:30 Camano Island), 2 1, 7 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 CR Racer Sessions, 7:30 MO Pat Metheny Unity Group, 7:30 VI Singa Rose and Her Rhythm Percolators, DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 8:30 FB Fathia Atallah Quintet, 6 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 7 PA Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with PD Michel Navedo, 8 BX Ham Carson Quartet, 7, 8:30 Wynton Marsalis, 7:30 SB Bubble Control, 8 C* Annie Eastwood & Bill Chism (Elliot Bay PM Paul Richardson, 6 SB McTuff, 11 Pizza, 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 RR JazzED Ensemble 1, 6 TU The Young Lizards CD Release, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Seattle Jazz Offering presents, 3 Calendar Key

AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 206-545-8570 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, OB OutWest Bar, 5401 California Ave SW, 937- BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline, 542-2789 1540 436-2960 DU Duos Lounge, 2940 SW Avalon Way, 452- OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 2452 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 206-782- ED Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, PL Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920 9623 Edmonds, 425-275-9595 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 728-1337 BP Bake’s Place Bellevue, 155 108th Ave NE, Ave, 206-325-6051 PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy Bellevue, 425-454-2776 GZ Grazie Canyon Park, 23207 Bothell-Everett St BS Bastille, 5307 Ballard Ave NW, 453-5014 Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 9920 425-292-9307 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 RV Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska C* Concert and Special Events LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, St CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, 402-3042 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- 448-8757 MO Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, 682-1414 1824 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor 763-0714 SG Ship Canal Grill, 3218 Eastlake Ave E, 588- CK Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave E, 322-1145 MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, 8885 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, Tacoma, (253) 229-9206 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526- Bellevue, 425-644-1111 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 1188 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523- 177th St, Shoreline, 365-4447 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 5282 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, 2563 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 C* Los Buhos w/ Oviedo, Smason, Larrainzar, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 Barnard, Conga (el Quetzal, 3209 Beacon BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 S), 7 CURTAIN CALL BX Jazz Heads, 7 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 weekly recurring performances JA Anton Schwartz Quintet, 7:30 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 LJ Andrew Endres Collective with The Mario ED DeMiero Jazz Festival - Kathy Kosins, 7 Sandoval Bandoleros, 8 GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 PD Casey MacGill, 8 JA Sergio Mendes and Brazil, 7:30 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 MONDAY TD Eric Hullander Group (Musicquarium), 8:30 RR A to Z: Four Brothers and Beyond, 8:30 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra BN Andy Coe Band, 10 TU Hal Galper Trio, 7:30 & Chad McCullough and Tunnel Six, 7:30 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto VI Casey MacGill, 8 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 8 Pediangco (Capitol Cider, SATURDAY, MARCH 8 818 E Pike St), 9 THURSDAY, MARCH 13 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 BX Paul Green Quintet, 7, 8:30 BC Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler and Guests, 9 C* Highline Classic Jazz Festival (Landmark MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 Event Center, 23660 Marine View Dr S, Des NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, Moines), 2:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 Bill Chism, 5:30 ED DeMiero Jazz Festival - Uptown Vocal Jazz WR Spellbinder, 9:30 BX Reuel Lubag & Michael Glynn Duo, 7, 8:30 Quartet, 7 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 TUESDAY CH Hollow Earth Radio’s Magma Festival, 8 JA Sergio Mendes and Brazil, 7:30 BS The Djangomatics, 8 JA Arturo Sandoval, 7:30 SG Kelley Johnson, 8 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 TU Susan Pascal Soul Sauce Quintet, 7:30 SE Art of Jazz: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, PD Michel Navedo, 8 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6 5:30 SB McTuff Trio, 11 VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30 SG Sheila Kay and the Wulftones, 8 SUNDAY, MARCH 9 TD Fawcett Symons & Fogg (Musicquarium), 9 WEDNESDAY BB Music Improv Session w/ Kenny Mandell, 7 TU Katie King Vocal Showcase, 7:30 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 BX Jazz Heads, 7 CR Racer Sessions, 7:30 VI Brazil Novo, 9 PD Casey MacGill, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 14 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes JA Sergio Mendes and Brazil, 7:30 jam, 7:30 C* Los Buhos w/ Oviedo, Smason, Larrainzar, PM Paul Richardson, 6 Barnard, Conga (Cintli Latin Folklore Cafe, RR Scrape, 7:30 THURSDAY 202 Broadway E), 7 RR JazzED Ensemble 1, 6:30 C* Seattle Jazz Experience: Cuong Vu Trio BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, SY Victor Janusz, 10am (Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St), 8 9 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 GZ Scott Lindenmuth Trio, 7 Abramson, 4:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 JA Arturo Sandoval, 7:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 10:30 MONDAY, MARCH 10 NC Sue Nixon, 8:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 RV Jazz Night School Winter Session VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco Performances, 7 (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 TD Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” FRIDAY CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 (Musicquarium), 5 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 Jazztet, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 VI Jovino Santos Neto, 9 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil PM Paul Richardson, 6 SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Sparks, 5 RR Golden Ear Awards / Industrial Revelation, 7 BX Bernie Jacobs, 7, 8:30 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 SATURDAY C* Seattle Jazz Experience: Matt Wilson’s Arts WR Spellbinder, 9:30 & Crafts (Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer SY Victor Janusz, 10am TUESDAY, MARCH 11 St), 8 SUNDAY BS The Djangomatics, 8 CH David Hahn’s Concert Imaginaire, 8 GZ Emily McIntosh Trio, 7 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 JA Anton Schwartz Quintet, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 JA Arturo Sandoval, 7:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 RR Adriana Giordano Quarteto, 9 PD Michel Navedo, 8 RV Jazz Night School Winter Session PM Paul Richardson, 6 SB Threefold Seahorse, 8:30 Performances, 3, 7 SY Victor Janusz, 10am SB McTuff, 11 SB 6 Demon Bag, 10 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 SB Spontaneous Rex, 7 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SG Jean Mishler “Hopscotch”, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 TU Bill Anschell Trio, 7:30 MONDAY, MARCH 17 PD Michel Navedo, 8 VI Jimmie Herrod, 9:30 RR The Jangles, 7 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 SB McTuff, 11 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco SUNDAY, MARCH 16 TU Roadside Attraction Big Band, 7:30 BB Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell & Friends, 2 (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Fugitives Trio (Mr. Villa, 8064 Lake City Way WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 C* Sinne Eeg (Jazzvox, Madrona), 6 NE), 7 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 CR Racer Sessions, 7:30 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 BX Jazz Heads, 7 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 C* Chicago 7 w/ Marc Smason, Dan Wickham, JA Arturo Sandoval, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Craig Hoyer, Greg Powers, Dave Bush (Can PM Paul Richardson, 6 PM Paul Richardson, 6 Can, 94 Pike St), 7 RR Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, 5:30 RR The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, JA Hiromi - The Trio Project, 7:30 SB Michael Zabrek Presents, 9 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU James Knapp Orchestra, 7:30 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 TU Meadowdale High School Jazz Group, 3 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TD Kareem Kandi (Musicquarium), 8:30 TU North Seattle Community College Jazz TUESDAY, MARCH 18 TU Carolyn Graye & Friends, 7:30 Band, 7 VI Ben von Wildenhaus, 9 BS The Djangomatics, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 CY Eastside Jazz Club: Gail Pettis Trio, 7:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 THURSDAY, MARCH 20 JA Hiromi - The Trio Project, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 BC Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler and Guests, 9 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Bill Chism, 5:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BX Craig Hoyer Duo, 7, 8:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 CH Harry Smith tribute, 8 ED Kurt Elling, 7:30 JA Brian Culbertson, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 PO Torch, 8 RR Priester’s Cue, 6:30 SB Evan Flory-Barnes presents, 10 TU Chris Johansen Quartet, 7:30 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 VI Rik Wright, 9 FRIDAY, MARCH 21 BX Greg Williamson Quartet, 7, 8:30 C* Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugities (Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St, Port Townsend), 8 CH Zero G Concert series, 8 JA Brian Culbertson, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 NC Pearl Django, 8:30 RR Priester’s Cue, 8 RR The Sam Boshnack Quintet CD Relase Show, 10 SG Alex Dugdale’s Fade Quartet, 8 TD Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” (Musicquarium), 5 TU Tom Collier Quartet, 7:30 VI Harry + Ronnie Pierce and Friends, 9 SATURDAY, MARCH 22 BX Pony Boy Round-Up, 7, 8:30 CH John Teske, 8 JA Brian Culbertson, 7:30 PL Penelope Donado, Dave Peterson, Clipper Anderson, 7:30 SB Eric Hullander Jazz Band, 7 SG Beth Winter, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TD Joe Doria Trio (Musicquarium), 9 TU Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 7:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 VI Grace Love, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 NC Hot Lands Trio with Paul Anastasio, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SUNDAY, MARCH 23 NO Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the SB Trio Subtonic w/ D’Vonne Lewis, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 Fugities, 8 SE Linda Oh Sun Pictures / Samantha CR Racer Sessions, 7:30 SG Alma Villegas and Alma y Azucar Latin Boshnack Quintet, 7:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Band, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Brian Culbertson, 7:30 TD Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra CD Release, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 (Musicquarium), 5 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SB Tim Kennedy Jazz Experience, 10 TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Easy Street, 4 SATURDAY, MARCH 29 MONDAY, MARCH 31 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:30 BX Carolyn Graye & Friends, 7, 8:30 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 CH Nat Evans, 8 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 TU Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, 7:30 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 MONDAY, MARCH 24 VI Casey MacGill Trio, 9:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco SUNDAY, MARCH 30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 BB Kenny Mandell Jazz Works Showcase, 2 TU Florian Hoefner Group CD Release, 7:30 CH Tom Baker & Anne LeBaron, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 CR Racer Sessions, 7:30 JA Jackson High School Jazz Band Ensembles, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Frankly Mondays, 8 TU Greta Matassa Jazz Showcase, 7 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 march 2014 TUESDAY, MARCH 25 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 BS The Djangomatics, 8 Gail Pettis OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 Quartet OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 7:30pm $15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PD Michel Navedo, 8 Seattle Jazz BIG BAND Pony Boy BIG BAND Isabella Hal Galper Susan SB McTuff Trio, 11 Offering JAZZ Presents JAZZ Du Graf Trio Pascal Soul Presents The Young Quartet w /Jeff Sauce TU Music Works Big Band w/ South Whidbey 3-7pm $10 The Jazz Lizards Smith/ 7:30pm $10 Johnson & Quintet High School Jazz Band, 7:30 UW Jazz Under- CD Release: Staelens John Bishop Latin Jazz 7:30pm $8 ground “Freebird & Big Band 7:30pm $20 Tribute to Jim Cutler 7:30pm $8 Other Jazzy 7:30pm $10 Cal Tjader WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 Jazz Orch. Things” 7:30pm $15 8:30pm $8 7:30pm $10 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 BX Jazz Heads, 7 Jazz Police BIG BAND BIG BAND Jim Sisko’s Katie King Greta Bill PD Casey MacGill, 8 3-7pm $5 JAZZ JAZZ BCC Jazz Vocal Matassa Anschell Jim Cutler Orchestra Showcase Quartet Trio RR Garfield Jazz Band 3 “Lennie’s Pennies”, 7 Jazz David Emerald / Chad 7:30pm $10 7:30pm $15 with Jeff SB Jacques Willis presents, 10 Orchestra Marriott City Jazz McCullough Johnson and 7:30pm $8 Big Band Orchestra & Tunnel D’Vonne Lewis SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 7:30pm $5 7:30pm $5 Six 7:30pm $10 7:30pm $15 TU Pacific Cascade Big Band, 7:30 per set / $15 VI Lamar Lofton, 9 all eve 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 THURSDAY, MARCH 27 Meadow- BIG BAND BIG BAND Carolyn Chris Tom Collier Jacqueline dale H.S. JAZZ JAZZ Graye & Johansen Quartet Tabor BC Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler and Guests, 9 Jazz Group Friends Quartet featuring Jazz Band 3pm $10 James Roadside 7:30pm $12 7:30pm $10 Marc Seales 7:30pm $15 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, Knapp Attraction with Steve NSCC Korn and Jazz Band Orchestra 7:30pm $8 Bill Chism, 5:30 $10 General Carmen 7pm $8 Rothwell BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 Jim Cutler $5 Students/ Seniors 7:30pm $15 BX Kurt Berg Ten-tet, 7, 8:30 Jazz Orch. 7:30pm 8pm $8 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 CH Lori Goldston, 8 Easy Street Greta Music BIG BAND Hal Stephanie Jovino PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 4-7pm $7 Matassa Works Big JAZZ Sherman’s Porter Santos Neto Jim Cutler Jazz Band w/ S. Jazz Night Quartet Quinteto TU Hal Sherman’s Jazz Night School Big Band, Jazz Orch Showcase Whidbey Pacific School Big 7:30pm $15 7:30pm $15 7pm $10 Cascade 7:30 7:30pm $8 H.S. Jazz Band Big Band 7:30pm $10 Band 7:30pm $5 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 7:30pm $8 VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9 30 31 CD Release CD Release FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Gimme Some Tour: Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7PM to receive a Sugar Baby! Florian $5 discount on your cover charge BX Chris Symer Trio, 7, 8:30 Jim Cutler Hoefner Jazz Orch. Group C* Trio Laura (el Quetzal, 3209 Breacon S), 7 7:30pm $8 7:30pm $15

March 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 Unity Band, from page 10 sicians, but what went down with that and I guess you could say that he is a band on a night after night basis was ‘multi-instrumentalist,’ but that barely saxophonist Metheny has included inspiring in a way that was really un- scratches the surface of what he does. in his lineups in more than 30 years like anything else. When we did our He is an excellent piano and keyboard — since he had Michael Brecker and last gig, as we walked off the stage all player, plays fantastic woodwinds and Dewey Redman for his 80/81 record- I could think about was that I didn’t brass, guitars, bass, drums and sings ing. want it to end, and I knew it was the like an angel. He told me he was in- The results have been stellar. Metheny same for Chris, Antonio and Ben too.” spired by seeing one of my bands per- calls Potter a “bottomless pit of ideas” Drum titan Antonio Sanchez and form in Italy when he was young and who “can just go on and on, deeper bassist Ben Williams, a winner of often thought about having the multi- and deeper, and all with that amazing the Thelonious Monk Competition, instrumentalist seat on one of my proj- sound. He is one of the greatest musi- both are perfect for Metheny’s techni- ects.” cians I have ever been around”. cal demands, too. And the leader has So, he’s in. And Metheny further ex- Speaking of a past Unity Band tour, now found a fifth, equally impressive tends the quintet’s range by using his Metheny has said: “The Unity Band member. He explains: “His name is own extended, programmed, wizard- project was life-changing for me. I Giulio Carmassi. He comes from Italy powered guitar-controlled audio tech- have led many groups of talented mu- nologies that provided the palette for his Orchestrion solo-bigband project. In addition, Metheny adds, Ben Wil- liams is equally adept on acoustic and electric basses, Antonio Sanchez really can play anything, and Chris Potter not only is a top-flight saxophone so- loist but “also happens to be a killer piano player and very good guitarist.” Metheny likes the results, and if you Register Now for Spring Jazz! listen to any of several clips on the usual online platforms, you’ll surely Session starts March 31 hear plenty that you like, too. He says that after thinking about ways he Winter Concerts run might rediscover “the kind of lush and Come March 14, 15, 23 & 27 harmonically dense music with lots more written material that has always play with Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Jazz been a big part of my larger groups and us! Combos, Gypsy Jazz, Brazilian, Latin Jazz, projects,” he one night “woke up with 2nd Line, Big Bands, String Plus Ensemble, the tantalizing idea of really taking the Gospel Choir, classes for Vocalists, Improv, Unity concept all the way and forming Harmony, Ear Training & more. a platform for the first time that could cover the entire spectrum of things Instructors include Dawn Clement, Frank Clayton, Hal Sherman, Julio Jauregui, that I have done as a bandleader over Kate Olson, Naomi Siegel, Rick Leppanen, Stuart MacDonald & Wayne Horvitz. the years under one roof. With this lineup, everything from Bright Size Life to Secret Story to all of my Group stuff to Song X could be within range — and more.” Tickets ($45-$62.50, plus fees) are on sale via 877-784-4849 and www.stg- presents.org www.jazznightschool.org • (206) 722 6061 – Peter Monaghan A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization located near Seattle’s Columbia City, we offer Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer Sessions with tuition assistance available, JNS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies.

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2014 In One Ear, from page 3 Two aces of the regions thriving sound-art scene, Jeph Jerman and month, are free after museum admis- Dave Knott, create for the March sion, and provide perfect opportuni- 16/17 show “a remarkable radioscape ties not only to indulge your own jazz with guitar, piano, materials from na- buds, but also to introduce your kids ture, battery amps, objects, and vari- to the art form in a vibrant and... Dare ous inexplicable sound sources,” Haire we claim it? Yes: a vibrant and hip set- promises. ting. Then, on March 23/24, Paul Ki- Sonarchy Radio kuchi presents his Bat of No Bird Seattle Jazz Drummer, Garey Williams Island ensemble piece inspired by a is now distributing, Crescent Cymbals! Every weekend, when midnight tolls family memoir and a 78rpm record Interested in the authentic sound of as Sunday turns to Monday, you can hand made Jazz cymbals from Istanbul, collection. The ensembles is a block- depend on Doug Haire’s Sonarchy Turkey? Contact Garey at 206-714-8264 buster: with the percussionist are Tari or at [email protected] to hear radio broadcast on KEXP 90.3FM Nelson-Zagar, Maria Scherer Wilson, these amazing Jazz cymbals. to bring you fresh, organic sonic fare Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist, Rob Millis, under its rubric of “New Music and and venerable stalwart of the North- Sound Art from the Pacific Northwest west — in fact, global – fresh-music Underground.” scene, trombonist-plus Stuart Demp- It’s right there between the always- ster. More info at paulkikuchi.com. expansive Expansions where Riz, To round out the month, March Masa, and Kid Hops spin the MP3s 30/31, Sonarchy will bring us Dooms- from 9pm to midnight, and Earshot’s day Device, “in that fine Seattle tradi- own, John Gilbreath, acts up in his tion of the jazz, new music jam band,” Jazz Theater, from 1am to 3am. with Scott Morning on trumpet, Aar- As for Sonarchy, Haire records it live on Jenkins on sax, Adam Kessler on in the studios of Jack Straw Produc- drums, Nate Omdal on bass, and Rich tions, the long-running U District- Pellegrin on keys. based nonprofit audio lab and sponsor. You can listen to Sonarchy live, at Sonarchy is, itself, in the bloom of its midnight, or stream it from the KEXP youth at 17 years of age, and showing website during the following two no signs of going to seed. weeks, in a variety of audio formats. Its broadcasts range through musical Just search for podcasts, or with the styles and their recombinations, with program’s name. In fact, the station jazz often prominent in the mixes and boasts a vast archive of podcasts and the hybrids. That’s the case in March, live recordings, all warehoused there. too. And while you’re transported to the For the ear-opening presentations, magical outlands of Northwest music Haire appropriately provides idiosyn- Delivery Service in Seattle culture, do consider aiding Jack Straw cratic descriptions, always in key. He in its mission, via jackstraw.org. informs us that on March 2 (as it slips Full Service What’s more, if you decide your music over to March 3), you may “follow Violin Family Dealer project warrants airing in high-quality your muse wherever she may take you” Serving Western & Central Washington audio, get in touch with Doug Haire via a solo piano performance by one of Established 1964 ([email protected]) or the Sonarchy the region’s finest keyboardists, Ron pages on the nonprofit’s website. Weinstein. And remember this: Sonarchy offers March 9/10 brings Myth of Prog- a high-quality recording and broad- ress, a psychedelic post-rock fusion BASSES cast experience, and its gatekeeper is from guitarist Jules Nickel, bassist renowned for his supportive, inclusive Todd Lui, and drummer Chris Mar- nature. So, whatever you do, don’t www.hammondashley.com tin. More info at mythofprogress.com. chicken out!

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