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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community May 2014 Vol. 30, No. 05 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Burn List Photo by Daniel Sheehan Letter from the Director Earshot JazZ  A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath Reflecting a Legacy Managing Director Karen Caropepe

Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey Now that spring is pretty Contributing Writers Nathan Bluford, Libby well established, and we Graham, Steve Griggs, Jonathan Lawson, have some talented new Caitlin Peterkin, Evan Smith help in the office, we’ve Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey taken some of Earshot’s Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic long-delayed “houseclean- Photography Daniel Sheehan ing” projects beyond theo- Layout Caitlin Peterkin retical into active reality. Distribution Karen Caropepe, Dan Wight and In going through the boxes volunteers of archived files and mate- Send Calendar Information to: rials, I was amazed by the 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 remarkable legacy they re- John Gilbreath photo by Bill Uznay Seattle, WA 98103 vealed, both of this organization, fax / (206) 547-6286 and the past 30 years of Seattle of the most vibrant jazz scenes in email / [email protected] jazz history. America. Seattle’s jazz scene. Board of Directors Bill Broesamle, Earshot Jazz was originally formed As a 501(c) (3) non-profit organi- (president), Femi Lakeru (vice-president), late in 1984, and “officially” incor- zation, Earshot relies on donated Sally Nichols (secretary), Ruby Smith Love, porated in 1986 as The Earshot Jazz income to support nearly half of Hideo Makihara, Richard Thurston Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, Society of Seattle. As years pass, its annual budget. This newsletter itself covers 45% of its annual ex- George E. Heidorn, Kenneth W. Masters, and the art and practice of jazz con- Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu tinue to evolve, the notion of the pense through subscriptions and “jazz society” seems almost charm- ad sales. But it is important. Based Earshot Jazz is published monthly by on the strength of our programs, Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is ingly archaic. But the essence of a available online at www.earshot.org. jazz society’s activity – to support, Earshot Jazz has been selected to promote, preserve, and encourage participate in the most significant Subscription (with membership): $35 jazz – remains our own essence. national jazz initiatives of the of the 3429 Fremont Place #309 Looking at the numbers, it is clear past 20 years, through the Lila Wal- Seattle, WA 98103 lace Funds, the National Endow- phone / (206) 547-6763 that Earshot serves primarily as fax / (206) 547-6286 a concert presenter, but Earshot’s ment for the Arts, and Doris Duke first and most enduring program, Charitable Foundation, with whom Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 and that which most closely aligns Earshot established the JazzNet en- Printed by Pacific Publishing Company © 2014 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle with traditional role of a jazz soci- dowment, which will support Se- ety, is this very monthly newsletter. attle jazz in perpetuity. Please remember us on May 6th, M i ss ion Statement Over the past 30 years, more than Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service one million copies of Earshot Jazz GiveBIG Day, and well beyond. organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a have been distributed free of charge Help us as we continue to docu- support system for jazz in the community around the city. And, having com- ment and advocate for the music and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot that we all love. Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a piled 30 years of previews, profiles, monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, photographs, reviews, and event We appreciate your support!! providing educational programs, identifying and calendars, Earshot Jazz emerges as John Gilbreath, filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting and complementing a comprehensive documentation Executive Director existing services and programs, and networking of what is widely regarded as one with the national and international jazz community.

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Nominations Open for Mayor’s Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra artists feature in one of three funding Arts Awards Composition Contest categories for the performing arts. An anonymous panel of arts professionals Nominations are now being accepted In this 2nd jazz ensemble composi- selected artists based on demonstrat- for the 2014 Mayor’s Arts Awards, rec- tion contest for women, all entries ed evidence of exceptional creativity, ognizing the accomplishments of art- must feature an alto sax soloist. ongoing self-challenge, and the con- ists, arts and cultural organizations, The winning composition will be tinuing potential to make significant and community members commit- performed and recorded by the Seattle contributions to the fields of contem- ted to enriching their communities Women’s Jazz Orchestra with special porary dance, jazz, and theatre in the through the arts. The six categories guest Grace Kelly. The winner also future. are Future Focus, Raising the Bar, receives a recording of her composi- The 19 Doris Duke Artist Award Cultural Ambassador, City of Creativ- tion performed live, an honorarium of recipients get a total investment of ity, Cultural Investment, and Social $300, and the winning piece will be $275,000. Doris Duke Artist Award Justice. The nomination deadline is published by SWOJO or their desig- recipients: Oliver Lake, Steve Lehman, Thursday, May 15. More info at www. nated publisher. Roscoe Mitchell, Zeena Parkins, Craig seattle.gov/arts. The contest has been created to en- Taborn, Randy Weston. A separate, courage the composition and per- anonymous panel of artists made the formance of the highest quality jazz CityArtist Projects Funding final selection of 20 Doris Duke Im- ensemble literature playable by high pact Award recipients. Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture school, college and professional bands Doris Duke Impact Award recipients begins accepting applications on May alike.Entry deadline is June 30; appli- each get a total investment of $80,000. 21 for their CityArtist Projects pro- cations are being accepted now. More Doris Duke Impact Award recipients: gram. The program provides funding information at swojo.org. for Seattle-based individual artists to Muhal Richard Abrams, Ambrose develop and present their work. The Akinmusire, Steve Coleman, Ben 2015 cycle will award grants to artists Doris Duke Performing Artist Monder, Aruán Ortiz, Matana Rob- working in dance, music and theater Awards erts, Jen Shyu. arts. The application deadline is July In a 10-year initiative by the Doris 16. More at seattle.gov/arts. Duke Charitable Foundation, in part- Continued ON PAGE 16 nership with Creative Capital, jazz

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JJA 2014 Jazz Hero ebrated the 2014 United Nations Inter- and Harmony is out on local CMA In conjunction with the Jazz Journal- national Day of Jazz with a free lunch- Press. Chris Bruya at Central Wash- ist Association’s annual Jazz Awards time concert on Wednesday, April 30, ington University and Vern Sielert at honoring significant achievements in in the Seattle Center Armory. The University of Idaho have piloted pre- jazz music and journalism, the JJA an- concert made special tribute to Seattle vious editions for their education pro- nounced 2014’s Jazz Heroes, awards jazz ambassador Ernestine Anderson. grams. More about the book at www. made annually on the basis of nomina- The event also featured artists Deb- cma-press.com. tions from community members. The bie Cavitt, Tess Guerzon and Deems eminent jazz radio broadcaster and Tsutakawa. Welcome Resident Artist Chano Northwest jazz archivist Jim Wilke Dominguez was named a 2014 Jazz Hero, among New Reporter Parker, Jazz 23 other national recipients. See the Welcome to recent Grammy-nomi- KPLU jazz host and trumpeter Ja- full list at www.jjajazzawards.org. nated pianist Chano Dominguez and son Parker is the station’s new jazz Marina Albero, recent transplants to reporter, creating on-air and online Seattle. Westerlies Album Release content for KPLU and for Jazz24.org. Seattle exports The Westerlies de- In his first story, Parker recounted his reaction (as a teenager) to hearing the Jack Straw Productions buts Wish the Children Would Come Announces 2014 Artist Support On Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz Miles Davis Quintet in a fiery 1964 this month on Songlines. You can read recording. It was a defining moment Recipients NY Times and JazzTimes writer Nate for him as a young musician. Parker is A Jack Straw Productions panel se- Chinen’s remarks on the young quar- also a music teacher at University Prep lected 20 artists/artist teams to com- tet in the May issue of JazzTimes, in in Seattle. Follow at kplu.org. plete projects in the Jack Straw studios his monthly “The Gig” column. over the next year. 2014 recipients Author & Educator Saxophonist include Nate Omdal and the Seattle International Jazz Day Steve Treseler Jazz Composers Ensemble; Steve Pe- ters, who will record interviews with Celebration A new edition of saxophonist Steve Seattle-area composers and sound art- In collaboration with Seattle Center, Treseler’s book The Living Jazz Tradi- the Jazz in the City Concert Series cel- tion: A Creative Guide to Improvisation Continued ON PAGE 17

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Deadline June 3 nation, are eligible. Submissions In the summer of 2006, Earshot must include a recorded sample of Jazz began a project entitled Jazz: a project that can be performed in The Second Century, an initiative a concert setting. We encourage addressing jazz’s progressive tran- applicants to include a letter that sition into the future. The goal of speaks to their musical interpreta- the series is to present music per- tion of the meaning of jazz and of formances that question and ex- the next stage of jazz music. pand the conventional boundaries Individual artists or ensembles and parameters of the jazz form. are selected by a blind-jury process. As such, this concert series brings Second Century artists and ensem- that discussion into creative mo- bles perform during July 2014, and tion where it matters most – on the are paid a competitive fee for the stage, with an attentive audience. performance. Earshot Jazz seeks submissions Please send submissions electroni- from Seattle-area individual artists cally to [email protected] or by mail and ensembles for the 2014 Jazz: to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont The Second Century series. The se- Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. ries brings the progression of jazz Deadline to apply is June 3. into creative motion on the concert You can direct questions and com- stage. Projects that question and ex- ments to Earshot Jazz at (206) 547- pand the conventions the jazz form 6763 or [email protected]. A list of are welcome. past Jazz: The Second Century art- Seattle-area individual artists or ists and ensembles can be viewed at groups, in any instrument combi- www.earshot.org/Events/2nd_Cen- tury.html.

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PREVIEW >> Burn List: Fresh Music from Seattle

By Steve Griggs Combine slowly morphing harmonic clouds, electronic ambient sounds with the instrumental in- tensity of in-your-face honesty and you get Burn List, the group sound of trumpeter Cuong Vu, saxophonist Greg Sinibaldi, keyboardist Aaron Otheim and drummer Chris Icasiano. With no bass to anchor this ensemble, the music floats, pivots and soars on wings of virtu- osity and joy while the electronic signal processing adds a slightly psychedelic vibe. Spotlights featuring a single musician are rare. The aaron otheim, chris icasiano, cuong vu, greg sinibaldi photo by daniel sheehan emphasis is on group improvisation. “Some people think this music sounds went to Interlake. The two migrated Over the last few years, Otheim and dark,” Sinibaldi said to me during an to the New England Conservatory of Icasiano graduated from being Vu’s afternoon coffee hit. “But to me, it Music in Boston. Now back on the students at the University of Wash- sounds beautiful.” West Coast, the refined tones ema- ington to his peers in musical explo- Vu and Sinibaldi have been musi- nating from their instruments echo ration. The instant chemistry between cal partners for years. Both grew up the serious discipline of hours spent the four musicians triggered the desire in the Seattle area, with Vu attend- practicing. The blend is crisp and in- to develop a group of songs and re- ing Bellevue High while Sinibaldi toxicating. cord.

6 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 Burn List’s new self-titled recording between solid, liquid and gas occur features an hour of evolving music gradually and effortlessly. spanning seven compositions by its “I Took a Fall” by Sinibaldi is a tone members. Vinnie LaBelle engineered poem for his step-brother who fell the precise recording at Studio Litho 900 feet to his death while hunting in August of 2012, and Luke Berg- on an Alaskan cliff. Eerie dissonances man created the pristine final mixes. point downward and the trumpet and The title track by Sinibaldi be- saxophone navigate an intricately tied gins with some group improvisation ascent. A zero-gravity solo piano in-

smashed through the SuperCollider terlude is followed by a giant striding Seattle Jazz Drummer, Garey Williams sound design software that Sinibaldi march. The song ends with a sine wave is now distributing, Crescent Cymbals! is studying at the University of Wash- that abruptly cuts to silence. Interested in the authentic sound of hand made Jazz cymbals from Istanbul, ington. (I could swear I heard a steam “The Star,” again by Sinibaldi, be- Turkey? Contact Garey at 206-714-8264 calliope on a Mississippi riverboat gins with quiet saxophone moans in or at [email protected] to hear or a carrousel from the fairgrounds.) a reverberant void. Trumpet and saxo- these amazing Jazz cymbals. Once Icasiano sets up a groove, the phone join a unison rubato melody song dances back and forth between over a buzzy bass line and detuned two chords with the horns and key- chimes. Drums kick the song into board alternating tight jabs and feints high gear, and Vu moves from ballad like a prize fight. After the composed to burn. The recording comes close to section, everyone improvises in a slow a traditional solo-over-bass-line for- escalation of energy. Suddenly, in si- mat. When Sinibaldi re-enters with W E E K D A Y S lence, a small music box opens and the melody, Vu’s trumpet continues to the horns sigh a haunting lullaby. As squeal and whistle, joining the written the sound fades, seven minutes have part on the second time through. 9am CAR AVAN elapsed without notice. “Schmucklehead” by Vu features global beats Track two is “Wire Cloud” by Otheim’s distorted synthesis over Ica- Otheim. A spinning wheel with un- siano’s disjointed free rhythm. The even numbers of keyboard notes song switches to an intricately tight carries a slow chant by the horns. A unison statement from the whole en- noon THOM HARTMANN steady drum marches against the hob- semble. Sinibaldi breaks into a fast- PROGRAM progressive talk bling keyboard rhythm, then aligns paced solo over a slow moving bass with the changing stream of notes. A and gestured percussion. Vu and tenor sax and drum duet breaks out Sinibaldi joust, with Vu emerging in 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS with ominous bass notes from the exploration of how far he can push global beats/news features keyboards. The song slows to a choral sounds from trumpet, lips, lungs and in the winds with chiming piano and voice. The song rocks out like a heavy shimmering cymbals. metal show. “Chau” by Icasiano features a three- The melodic material for the final 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! note loop that shifts through odd track, Sinibaldi’s “Alwa,” is lifted progressive news meters and harmonies, at first sound- from the serial tone row for a charac- ing like a skipping CD. After a sono- ter in Alban Berg’s 1934 opera Lulu. rous trumpet and tenor melody, Vu The clarity and dexterity of Vu’s trum- 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO launches skyward with digital effects pet statement here is nothing short urban culture trailing like a comet tail. One of the of stunning. The magnetic tone and pleasures of listening to this group is freedom of Sinibaldi’s tenor solo are not noticing when the written mu- infused with his mentor from Boston, sic ends and improvising begins. The George Garzone. chemical bonds between the perform- There’s a ton of music here to enjoy. ers are so strong that the transitions Better yet, hear it live at the Chapel Listen online Performance space, 8pm on May 14. www.kbcs.fm

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 7 PROFILE Vibraphone & Drum Rogue Jacques Willis

By Nathan Bluford most likely make for a prudent business Seattleites may have move to boot. bumped into multi-per- The young Wil- cussionist Jacques Willis lis quickly proved dancing up and down himself to be worth the vibraphone, keyboard more than sheer or drums, with anyone novelty. Sure, he from country wander- started out as the ers Brent Amaker and token shaker boy, the Rodeo to blues rock but soon he pro- wailer Star Anna. The gressed to emperor instrumentalist has also of the shaker, and performed with Julian from there…congas! Priester, Mark Pickerel, Timbales! Drum set! Duff McKagan, Skerik Anchorage was feel- … all kinds of crazy mu- ing smaller by the sicians. At the risk of ut- minute. All it took ter corniness, one might was one summer at say that he is something Centrum in Port of a “Jacques-of-all- Townsend to leave trades.” Willis’ heart set on Hearing of all these the big city. Hav- affiliations, one might ing already fostered wonder – what does he familiarity with a do with his own time, number of the fac- anyway? Well, here’s the ulty, who doubled thing – Willis likes to at Centrum and at get electric. He likes jazz, Cornish, Willis en- but Willis really likes jacques willis photo by daniel sheehan rolled at Cornish some fusion and prog. College of the Arts in The two groups that he sician in town knows one another on 1999. leads, Bubble Control and Jacques En- sight, Willis was scooped up into the A lot changed for Willis upon his ar- tertainment System (both with saxo- world of Latin ensemble performance rival in Seattle. “It was really an eye- phonist and ongoing collaborator Kate as a young lad by none other than opener,” he says. “There was such a Olson), are vehicles for exploring the his percussion teacher, the nationally large collection of people who could hyperkinetic worlds of tricky time sig- renowned John Damberg. Damberg play, and they were playing so many natures, twisted genre boundaries and recognized that throwing the bright different kinds of music. It made me really fun, nerdy stuff like 8-bit Nin- but inexperienced 13-year-old up on feel like the low man on the totem tendo covers, which just happen to suit stage to mix a little freshness in with pole, so I was really inspired to prac- the vibraphone in a special way that no the usual cast of 40-somethings would tice and get to work.” In retrospect, it other instrument can capture. not only provide valuable experience was this diverse environment that led Hailing from the great northern city for an aspiring youngster but would of Anchorage, Alaska, where every mu-

8 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 to Willis’ newfound fascination with Mixed Martial Arts gym, something his side, Willis feels ever-increasingly electricity. about the wrestling world’s intense confident about both the present and After growing up absorbed in the physical duress and winner-takes-all the future. A new solo album comes world of acoustic instrumentation, spirit got Willis right back on the mu- out later this year. Victoriously titled the beauty of notes emboldened and sical horse – or rather, got him back Jacques One, Music Zero, the album brightened by the warm flow of elec- on after an enjoyable sabbatical. Willis features overdubs on overdubs of the tric amplification and modulation took a much-needed break from gig- man himself playing a wide array of possessed Willis’ musical imagination. ging and settled in to a nice, aggressive instruments, along with guest spots Notes from the vibraphone transmog- four-days-a-week training schedule. by some familiar faces. “It’s sort of a rified through filtered pickups were Which, years later, has brought Willis personal experiment,” Willis explains. only the beginning. Soon, Willis was to where he is today. Having long since “I figured if your goal from the get-go knee deep in the wondrous world of returned full speed ahead to the world is to work with layering, you might as synthesizers, firing neon moon trails of teaching and performing music, he well push the limits of how far you can from every corner of the sonic globe now enjoys a life of getting slammed go with it.” Encouraging words, for with nothing more than a press of a to the floor by day and leaving the au- Willis’ story is nothing if not evidence button here and tap of the keys there. dience wanting more by night. With for the untold bounties that experi- This sudden development didn’t faithful best friend Oscar the dog at ments can bring. come a moment too soon, as after a few years, some realities of the musician’s life began to hang a little bit heavy. After college, Willis found himself becoming a bit uninspired, despite a reasonable level of success and regular performance schedule. He says, “I was becoming really frustrated, ques- tioning the quality of my work … we would finish a gig and everyone would be saying, ‘That was really good!’ and I would be thinking, ‘Yeah, but … was it?’” It’s difficult to picture a vibe - ham mering, drum thrashing rogue such as this one experiencing an artistic lull, but sure enough, that was exactly where he found himself. The gigs got to be too many, the pursuit too serious, the sense of purpose too diluted … for a brief moment, it looked like Willis might go so far as to ride right off into the sunset, at least as far as music was concerned. In a shocking twist, however, just when things were looking most grim, he managed to cure his troubles by entering the world of submission wrestling. Yes, indeed, a solid dose of good old-fashioned brute competition set the creative part of his brain straight. From the very first day that Willis stepped into Tukwila’s Ring Demon

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 9 PREVIEW >> IMPfest VI Raises the Stakes

May 9-11, 7:30pm decided to cover very different musical Jones Playhouse Theatre grounds this IMPfest: 4045 University Way NE Frequent collaborators Billy Hart and Ben Street, appearing May 11, By Evan Smith help anchor this year’s festival, and are While UW’s cherry blossoms are certainly household names in the jazz one of the famous signals of spring in world. Seattle, jazz fans have begun to look Holly Palmer, a singer-songwriter toward campus for the Improvised with a prolific output, will appear as Music Project’s annual festival. What well, May 9, with IMP members con- began as a way to showcase the student tributing new arrangements of her talent at the university, the organiza- songs. tion’s annual showcase event, IMPfest, Eclectic keyboardist Pete Rende, has continued to expand and evolve, May 10, who collaborated with UW pairing world-renowned guests with jazz faculty Cuong Vu and Ted Poor student musicians. After a successful for some New York concerts in De- sojourn to the Chapel Performance cember 2013, will come west to reprise Space for 2013’s event, IMPfest moves his role with his bandmates. If that back to campus this year, utilizing the weren’t enough, Bill Frisell will return Jones Playhouse Theatre space on Uni- to make his second consecutive ap- versity Way to house its most ambi- pearance at the festival. ben street photo by daniel sheehan tious lineup to date. While past years’ festivals have fo- Known for innovating across differ- cused on numerous opening acts ap- ent genres, the members of the IMP pearing before the featured guests, this year’s festival will more heavily feature IMPfest VI collaboration between IMP members, UW jazz faculty, Friday, May 9 and the guest artists. Each Holly Palmer night features a particular with UW students, then with Bill artist or group, yet many of Frisell, Pete Rende, Cuong Vu the event’s contributors will and Ted Poor be present throughout the festival, so the possibilities Saturday, May 10 for musical surprises cer- Pete Rende tainly abound. Whatever with UW students, then with Bill happens, this year’s event is Frisell, Cuong Vu and Ted Poor

sure to present something for every listener! Sunday, May 11 Billy Hart and Ben Street Tickets are $10 for the pub- with UW students, then with Bill lic, free for UW students, Frisell, Cuong Vu and Ted Poor available through Brown Pa- per Tickets.

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10 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 PREVIEW >> Bellevue Jazz Festival 2014

The annual Bellevue Jazz Fes- tival returns to Downtown Bel- levue for its seventh run May 28 through June 1. With more than 40 performances at various venues throughout the city, the festival features both ticketed and free acts by top national and regional jazz artists, including a Student Showcase highlighting local high school jazz programs. Headlining the event are Pon- cho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band, Bill Frisell’s Beauti- ful Dreamers, featuring Eyvind Kang and Rudy Royston, East- West Trumpet Summit with Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott featuring George Colligan, and Carlos Cascante Y Su Tumbao. The headliners will be performing at Bellevue’s Theatre at Meyden- bauer Center and Bake’s Place; thomas marriott photo by daniel sheehan other venues include bars, restaurants, hotels, and cultural establishments the East-West Trumpet Summit brings this warm-blooded session is on mu- throughout the downtown area. a fusion of each coast’s jazz scene to tual respect, not one-upmanship, as The full festival schedule will be Bellevue. Featuring George Colligan they partner in a ‘summit’ format that released in May. Tickets are on sale on piano, Phil Sparks on bass, and has been employed over the decades by now through Brown Paper Tickets. Matt Jorgensen on drums, the Sum- some of jazzdom’s greatest horn men.” For more information on the Bellevue mit will showcase their veteran talents Jazz Festival, visit www.bellevuedown- on both jazz standards and original Carlos Cascante Y Su Tumbao material. town.com. Thursday, May 29, 8pm Their self-titled 2010 album released Bake’s Place, $20 on Seattle’s own Origin Records re- East-West Trumpet Summit with ceived plenty of national airtime, Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott, spending 21 weeks, including a period Break out your dancing shoes and get featuring George Colligan at the number one spot, on JazzWeek. ready to move your hips for this per- Wednesday, May 28, 8pm It was also featured on NPR’s Morn- formance. Vocalist Carlos Cascante is Bake’s Place, $20 ing Edition, and was named Denver back after a great run at last year’s Bel- jazz radio station KUVO’s top pick for levue Jazz Festival. Featuring Thomas 2010. Marriott on trumpet, Jeff Busch on An all-star quintet led by the legend- In a Jazziz review of the album, drums, Julio Jàuregui on piano, Dean ary Ray Vega, of New York, and the Mark Holston wrote, “the emphasis of Schmidt on bass, and Pedro Vargas on dynamic Thomas Marriott, of Seattle,

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 11 poncho sanchez photo by devin dehaven congas, Tumbao is a six-piece Latin guero Poncho Sanchez was exposed jazz band whose sound and rhythm to a variety of genres growing up, keeps audiences moving. With art- including bebop jazz, soul, and Afro- ists’ roots spanning Costa Rica, Cuba, Cuban music. With influences such Mexico, and more, Tumbao brings the as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Cal flavor and life of the Caribbean and Tjader, and Mongo Santamaria, San- Latin America to the Pacific North- chez brings a cross-section of musical west. ideas to the table. Though practiced The Seattle Times’ Tom Scanlon said, in multiple instruments, including Delivery Service in Seattle “The nice thing about Tumbao is it’s guitar, flute, drums, and timbales, he not just another salsa band playing settled on congas in high school and airy dance music. Anchored by piano even performed with Tjader from Full Service player Julio Jàuregui, the band keeps 1975 until the vibraphonist’s death in Violin Family Dealer one foot firmly planted in Latin jazz as 1982. Serving Western & Central Washington it roams various dance beats.” “To me, Latin jazz is the world’s Established 1964 greatest music,” Sanchez writes on Poncho Sanchez and His Latin his website. “It has the melodic and harmonic sophistication of jazz and Jazz Band American standards, and the flavor BASSES Friday, May 30, 7:30pm and energy of Latin American music. Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, What I’m most proud of is that this www.hammondashley.com $35/$20 student music – while it may sound exotic at Born in Laredo, Texas, and raised in times – is from America.” Los Angeles, Grammy-winning con-

12 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 eyvind kang, bill frisell and Rudy Royston photo by monica frisell

Bill Frisell’s Beautiful an audience willing to follow along on Dreamers featuring Eyvind this latest adventure.” Kang & Rudy Royston Released in 2010 on Savoy Jazz, Saturday, May 31, 7:30pm Beautiful Dreamers compiles mostly Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, original compositions with remakes of $35/$20 student songs such as Blind Willie Johnson’s “It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine” and Benny Goodman’s “Benny’s Bugle,” Newly inducted into the Seattle Jazz and takes its name from Stephen Fos- Hall of Fame at Earshot’s Golden Ear ter’s “Beautiful Dreamer,” the cover of Awards, legendary guitarist Bill Frisell which is a simple, beautifully rustic is set to perform his Beautiful Dreamers rendition. with violist Eyvind Kang and drum- The BBC’s John Eyles said, “The mer Rudy Royston. On his website, time they have spent playing together Frisell writes, “I’ve been playing with means they sound easy in each other’s Eyvind Kang and Rudy Royston since company, and the music reflects their the early nineties. More recently we’ve comfort. On much of it, they could be begun playing as a trio and I’m so ex- relaxing together on the porch, trad- cited by the possibilities. Each time we ing licks and having fun. In particular, get together the music feels new....and the flowing interactions of the guitar old. Backwards and forwards. Up and and viola echo a range of music from down. Anything is possible. I can’t Django Reinhardt with Stèphane wait to hear what happens next. I feel Grappelli through to bluegrass.” very fortunate having the chance to play music with these guys and to have – Caitlin Peterkin

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 13 Open to All - Free FOR THE RECORD

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the globe on her talent as she grew. Over the span of her ascending musical life, the sound of her distinct gra- cious voice spread to stages in Europe, Sunday, May 4, 6 pm Asia, and South America. Steve Griggs The generosity evident in her tone and delivery spills over to the dedica- “Panama Hotel” Quintet tion she devotes to students. She’s the Steve Griggs, Jay Thomas, Milo Petersen, artistic director of the annual DeMei- Susan Pascal, and Phil Sparks ro Jazz Fest in Edmonds, Washington, founded the Dee Daniels Vocal Jazz Sunday, June 1, 6 pm Workshop in Sitka, Alaska, and has a Jazz Vocal Scholarship in her name at Pearl Django Capilano University, North Vancou- Enduring and endearing Dee Daniels ver, BC, Canada, and will serve as an acoustic gypsy jazz quintet Adjunct Professor at the Aaron Cop- State of the Art land School of Music at Queens Col- 100 Minutes of professional jazz Criss Cross, 2013 lege, New York. Family friendly concert / Free parking After listening to State of the Art, I A recording of standards by vocal- found myself singing “The Summer ist Dee Daniels, State of the Art on Seattle First Baptist Church Wind” around the house and scroll- Criss Cross Jazz is not neophyte music 1111 Harvard Avenue ing back several times to hear Dan- bending the boundaries of genre but (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) iels’ slowed down ballad version of the rather a solid statement of mature per- Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 typically up-tempo “Cherokee.” With sonal artistry. such a beautiful voice, why not take www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV The great thing about Daniels is her your time? In an era of increasing dis- sound – unique, dark and warm – and traction and decreasing attention span, it fills every track. Her tone emanates Daniels voice opens a door to savoring from deep within her torso, her heart the act of listening here and now. State of the Art acoustics to be exact. Her voice is so enchanting and technology. We are – Steve Griggs digital from capsule to that the words she sings almost don’t cone. No converters in the matter. Almost, but she does respect process. Remarkable the lyric. Her inflections don’t ignore Syrinx Effect dynamic range. In a word, the songwriter’s words – they add col- “NATURAL”. A retreat setting. Accommodations or, spirit and soul. Daniels embodies Snail Songs available. Jazz is our the music, the sound becomes flesh. 2014 specialty. We might even Because the repertoire of standards is trade you for time. Record Among the many young ensembles some of our material and so familiar, listeners are free to mar- we’ll record some of vel at the evergreen youthfulness and creating action-packed music within yours. world wise breadth of Daniels’ life ex- Seattle’s productive jazz and creative Mount Dallas music scene, the Syrinx Effect is a San Juan Island perience in her interpretation. She was 360-370-5694 belting jazz from the Seattle Opera standout. Playing (usually) without EclecticLadyLandRecording.com House stage way back in 1974, circling a rhythm section, the soprano sax

14 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 and the Moonbuggy,” a gently swing- Royal Room, June 18, with Jacques ing duet gradually dissolves into a sun- Willis’ Bubble Control opening. drenched pool of prismatic harmonies. Both Siegel and Olson are members of several other ticket-worthy performing groups (including Wayne Horvitz’s Royal Room Collective Music Ensem- ble), so there is no shortage of oppor- tunities to catch performances of these rising lights of the Seattle jazz scene. But a Syrinx Effect gig is worth seeking out on its own. – Jonathan Lawson and trombone duo draws propulsive energy from the air like a wind tur- Other recent releases bine. The group’s second release, out in April, channels that energy into a tuneful and confident set of composed pieces, making Snail Songs a nicely contrasting pair with last year’s gnarly Eric Barber’s Metrilodic and sweet, a set of unvarnished free Feel It Give Way improvisations. 2014 In fact, the Syrinx Effect seems to be all about the nicely contrasting pairs Recorded live at the Blue Moon Tav- – Kate Olson’s sky-bound reeds with ern, Seattle, between January and June Naomi Siegel’s gently loping trom- 2013, by Steve Kennedy-Williams, bone, the group’s double commitment this recent Metrilodic release captures to both improvised and composed the live, in-the-now spirit of Barber’s music, the two halves of their acoustic instant compositions and improvisa- palette, which augments the duo’s live tions with bassist PK and drummer playing with samples and looped du- Dawn Clement Byron Vannoy. plicates of themselves. In the new recording, all of these pair- Tempest/Cobalt ings make for a fluid dance, in which 2013 sax and trombone slither in and out of the musical foreground, set against With a live band Clement calls Tem- an electronic continuo of echoes and pest – Clement (lead vocals/keys), loops. (The effect is often as if Pauline Johnaye Kendrick (background vo- Oliveros had been the third member cals/keytar), Isaac Castillo (guitar/ Jazz studies for all ages! Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced of Jimmy Giuffre’s late 50s trio with background vocals), Ryan Burns Big Bands, Jazz Combos, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Jazz, Brazilian, 2nd Line, Trad Bob Brookmeyer.) (moog bass/keys), and Jacques Willis Come Jazz/Swing, String Plus Ensemble, Moods on Snail Songs range from (drums) – Tempest / Cobalt is a ten- play with All Voices Gospel Choir, classes for us! vocalists, improv, ear training, bouncy to becalmed, and generally track collection of elegantly crafted workshops & more. Instructors include Dawn Clement, more sweet than gnarly. Olson’s lovely contemporary pop songs. Airy vocals, Dave Loomis, Frank Clayton, Hal Sherman, Josh Wilson, lush harmonies and pensive lyrics cre- Julio Jauregui, Kate Olson, Kent Stevenson, Naomi Siegel, “Respired by” has Siegel stretching out Rick Leppanen, Stuart MacDonald & Wayne Horvitz. in a breathy, bluesy solo, then slowly ate a dreamlike landscape and reflect building up a buzzing, didgeridoo- on human themes such as redemp- like drone, before both players come tion, struggle and love. A release party together for the tune’s main theme. performance features the group at the www.jazznightschool.org • (206) 722 6061 A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Jazz Night School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, In Siegel’s graceful closer, “Lonesome gender, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies.

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 15 Notes, from page 3 Be a hero, tell your friends and support Earshot Jazz On the Horizon Vancouver International Jazz as part of The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG. Festival, Vancouver, BC June 20-July 1 Medeski, Martin, Scofield and Wood, Hiromi, Bobby McFerrin, Ar- turo Sandoval, Maceo Parker, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Cassandra Wilson: www.coastaljazz.ca. JazzVox Concerts Summer June 21 & 22, July 18-20, August 9 & 10 Nich Anderson’s ever popular vocal jazz house concert series, JazzVox, has been on fire with sensational performances this year, and he promises to kick off the sizzling summer season with a bang! Anderson, who is an es- teemed singer in his own right, will proudly be featuring New York-based songstress Linda Ciofalo in June, famed LA-based crooner John Proulx in July, and smokin’ powerhouse NYC diva Emily Braden in August. Please visit jazzvox.com for a complete listing of past and upcoming concerts, all the latest artist/concert information and to make your reservations early for these amazing shows. – Libby Graham

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16 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 In One Ear, from page 4

ists in order to assemble individual 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live- portraits and a collective oral history of performance broadcast from the Jack experimental music activity in the city Straw Productions studio, produced and surrounding region; Brad Gib- by Doug Haire. Full schedule infor- son, who will record 8-11 original jazz mation is available at kexp.org and compositions for solo piano, trio, and jackstraw.org. quintet; Bill Horist, for eight pieces of Sonarchy’s May lineup: May 4, Dan- original music for solo acoustic guitar, iel Carter, Reuben Radding and Yogi McCaw and the Yoginis Indian Gregg Keplinger, an exceptional Jazz Project, to record six new songs experience in freely improvised mu- in the genre of Indian jazz fusion; sic; May 11, Space Weather Listen- Michael Owcharuk, to develop and ing Booth, a live performance event record a body of work based on mu- based around the natural phenomena sic written for performances with the that come together to create the au- Bushwick Book Club Seattle; Greg rora borealis, with Nate Evans and Ruby, for 10 new works for string jazz. John Teske (composers), Tom Baker (electronics), Neil Welch (sax) and Jazz TV Greg Campbell (percussion; May 18, Septet of Darkness is bassist/composer KING 5’s mid-morning program Tim Carey’s new music project fea- New Day Northwest is partnering turing Brian Bermudez (tenor sax), with ArtsFund to present an entire Cynthia Mullis (alto sax), Samantha Four No-Cost hour of arts and cultural program- Boshnack (trumpet), Nathan Vetter Spots Left! ming, including performances by Se- (trombone), Dan Taylor (piano) and attle JazzED, Spectrum Dance The- Jeff Busch (drums); May 25, Jason ater, and Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Wolford, solo electronics from this and segments featuring Broadway Seattle-based musician, producer and Center for the Performing Arts, Wing sound designer. Luke Museum, and On the Boards. 91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and Tune in on May 13, 11am. prime-time Mondays, features Floata- G�des 6-12 tion Device with John Seman and Jon- Aug 11th–15th, 2014 Jazz Radio athan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser Mon–Fri, 9:30 am–3 pm with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken at kbcs.fm. Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing in addition to its weekday NPR and Years and Beyond, popular music late-night and prime-time jazz pro- Have fun, make new friends, build from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at conﬁdence, and get ahead in your grams. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, kuow.org/swing_years.php. see kplu.org/schedule. music. Learn to solo and play in a Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- jazz combo in one focused and In One Ear News empowering week. No previous days, 2pm, features the artists and jazz experience necessary! events of the regional jazz scene. For Email news about Seattle-area jazz JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- artists, for In One Ear, to editor@ear- www.jazznightschool.org grams, see jazznw.org. shot.org. [email protected] 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, (206) 722 6061

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound May 05 Thursday, May 1 TD Danny Godinez (Musicquarium), 9 PO Choro! Trio Brasileiro w/ Anat Cohen & TU Randy Halberstadt Quintet w/ Mark Taylor, Jovino Santos Neto, 7 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Jay Thomas, Jeff Johnson, Gary Hobbs, 7:30 RR Whitman Middle School Jazz Band, 8 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ SB Travis Hartnett Trio, 7 Bill Chism, 5:30 Saturday, May 3 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BX Adam Rupert’s CWU Reunion, 6 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Jean Mishler & Hopscotch (All Pilgrims SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am BX Marcus & Marcus: DNA Duo, 7, 8:30 Church, Capitol Hill), 7 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 EB Jacob Zimmerman Quintet, 7 CH Sue Ann Harkey, 8 TU Greg Robinson & The Jump Ensemble, 3 JA Pearl Django w/ Gail Pettis and Greta CM Route 66 Big Band, 7 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 Matassa, 7:30 EB Arlene Sanvictores, Dee Brown, Elise Kloter, VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LJ Zero-G: The Evanstones & Jason Goessl Trio, Angie McKenzie w/ Hans Brehmer, Osama 9 Afifi, Brian Kirk, 7, 9 Monday, May 5 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 GZ Quiet Fire, 7 AV Los Buhos w/ Marc Smason, 4 TU Bill Watrous Quartet, 7:30 JA An Intimate Evening with Will Downing, BN Andy Coe Band, 10 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 7:30 C* Marc Smason Trio w/ Bruce Barnard & Friday, May 2 RR The Curtis Hammond Band, 8:30 Lamar Lofton (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 SB Eric Hullander Band, 7 Latona NE), 9:30 BB Ronin, 8 SF Sue Nixon Jazz Quartet, 9 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SG Eugenie Jones, 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BX Ham Carson Quartet, 7, 8:45 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am PM Paul Richardson, 6 C* Dan Duval Quartet (Luther’s Table, 419 2nd TD Daniel Rapport Trio (Musicquarium), 9 RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 8 St, Renton), 7:30 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 TU The Jazz Underground, 7:30 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 Sunday, May 4 Tuesday, May 6 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon w/ WIlliam O. BB Choro jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Smith, Tom Baker, John Teske, Keith BP Josephine Howell Quartet, 7 JA Lao Tizer featuring Karen Briggs and Chieli Eisenbrey, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 Minucci, 7:30 CM Bellevue School District jazz bands, 6 C* Thelxie Eaves Band (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 Latona Ave NE), 6 OW Owl jam, 10 GZ Quiet Fire, 7 CR Racer Sessions: Shannon Kerrigan, 8 SB Horse & Tiger Presents, 8 JA An Evening with Will Downing, 7:30 DT Darrell’s session w/ David George 10tet, 8 SB McTuff, 11 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 FB Steve Griggs Ensemble, 6 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 JA An Evening with Will Downing, 7:30 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 PM Paul Richardson, 6 Calendar Key

AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 545-8570 DU Duos Lounge, 2940 SW Avalon Way, 452- OB OutWest Bar, 5401 California Ave SW, 937- BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, 2452 1540 436-2960 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 St, 789-1621 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 782-9623 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 Ave, 206-325-6051 Ave, 728-1337 BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 GZ Grazie Canyon Park, 23207 Bothell-Everett PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy BP Bake’s Place Bellevue, 155 108th Ave NE, Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600 St Bellevue, 425-454-2776 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- BS Bastille, 5307 Ballard Ave NW, 453-5014 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 9920 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- 425-292-9307 402-3042 1824 C* Concert and Special Events MC Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Bellevue, 425-450-3810 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 | Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, SG Ship Canal Grill, 3218 Eastlake Ave E, 588- CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, 763-0714 8885 Bellevue, 425-644-1111 MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526- CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523- Tacoma, (253) 229-9206 1188 5282 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, 177th St, Shoreline, 365-4447 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, 2563 Shoreline, 542-2789

18 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 Wednesday, May 7 GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 JA Kenny G, 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 NC Shear Jazz, 8 Curtain Call BX Future JazzHeads, 5, 7 SB Sidewinder, 7 weekly recurring performances JA Lao Tizer ft. Karen Briggs and Chieli SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 Minucci, 7:30 SG Kelley Johnson, 8 NC Darin Clendenin Trio jam, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am PD Casey MacGill, 8 TU Susan Pascal Quintet w/ Bill Anschell, RR Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble 5th Chuck Deardorf, Mark Ivester, 7:30 Anniversary, 8 MONDAY SB Scott Pemberton Band, 10 Sunday, May 11 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 SF Tim Kennedy, 8 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 8 Jacque Larrainzar, Bruce Barnard, 1 Pediangco (Capitol Cider, TD Kat Koch Quartet (Musicquarium), 8:30 BB Kenny Mandell session, 7 818 E Pike St), 9 TD Cassandra Wilson, 7, 9:30 BH Branford Marsalis, 2 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 BP The Rat Pack, 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 Thursday, May 8 BX Tony Foster Trio, 6, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 C* Thelxie Eaves Band (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 TUESDAY BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Latona Ave NE), 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Bill Chism, 5:30 C* Billy Hart & Ben Street w/ guests (Jones OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 Playhouse Theatre, UW), 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 CR Racer Sessions, 8 BX Pearl Django, 7, 8:30 SB McTuff Trio, 11 DT Darrell’s jam w/ Kevin McCarthy Quartet, 8 CH Andrea Parkins + Zeena Parkins, 8 JA Kenny G, 7:30 WEDNESDAY JA Kenny G, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 LJ Ian Hughes Trio, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 RR Scrape, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 SB Goessl & Perreira, 8 SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10 SB Hardcoretet, 10 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SE Art of Jazz: McTuff, 5:30 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 10:30am SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes SG Sheila Kay open mic, 8 SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 jam, 8 TD Cassandra Wilson, 7, 9:30 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TD Jose Gonzales (Musicquarium), 9 TU D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30 THURSDAY TU Josephine Howell Quartet, 7:30 TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 9 Friday, May 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill & Tom Brighton w/ Bill Chism, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Monday, May 12 5:30 BX Monkstone Theocracy, 7, 8:45 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 C* Trio Laura w/ Laura Oviedo, Jacque BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave C* Marc Smason Trio w/ Bruce Barnard & Larrainzar, Marc Smason, Alex Conga (el Abramson, 4:30 Lamar Lofton (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Quetzal, 3209 Beacon Ave S), 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Latona NE), 9:30 C* IMPfest: Holly Palmer w/ guests (Jones PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 Playhouse Theatre, UW), 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 CH Samantha Boshnack Quintet, 8 FRIDAY PM Paul Richardson, 6 DT Crack Sabbath, 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 RR Steve O’Brien’s Decomposers, 8 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 Jazztet, 7:30 JA Kenny G, 7:30 Tuesday, May 13 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Sparks, 5 SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 BS The Djangomatics, 8 TD The Djangomatics, 5 SG Surround Sound Band, 9 JA The Headhunters, 7:30 TD Mark Sexton Band, 9 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 SATURDAY TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 OW Owl jam, 10 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Peter Daniel Quartet, 7:30 SB McTuff, 11 Saturday, May 10 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8 SUNDAY BH Branford Marsalis, 8 Wednesday, May 14 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 CR Racer Sessions, 8 BX Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7, 8:45 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay BX Future JazzHeads, 5, 7 Pizza, 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 8:30 CH Burn List & Mount Eerie, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 C* Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives JA The Headhunters, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am (Sons of Norway, Bothell), 8:30 PD Casey MacGill, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 C* Pete Rende w/ guests (Jones Playhouse SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Theatre, UW), 7:30 TD Karla Bonoff, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 CH David Hahn’s Concert Imaginaire, 8 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orch, 7:30

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 19 Thursday, May 15 clarinetist Paul Hoskin, performing on the bill. For RR Whitney James, 8 harpist Carol Levin it’s an extension on recent work SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 at Amsterdam’s Dutch Impro Academy. She performs TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ on both electric and acoustic harp with effects. Three TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Jeff Johnson, Eric Eagle, Bill Chism, 5:30 clarinets (Beth Fleenor, Jenny Ziefel, Paul Hoskin) and 7:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 two harps (Carol Levin, Monica Schley) create this BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 improvised music night at the Chapel Performance Saturday, May 17 Space. Admission is $5-$15, sliding scale. BX Ali Jackson Group, 7, 8:30 BX Kobe Vocalist: Jennifer Kienzle, 7, 8:45 CH Clarinet/Harp Quintet, 8 Friday, May 16 CH Eric Barber, 8 JA The Family Stone, 7:30 EB Dmitri Matheny Group, 7 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 GZ Smoke & Honey, 7 SB Michael Zabrek Presents, 10 BX Greg Schroeder’s Northwest Wild, 7, 8:45 GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay JA The Family Stone, 7:30 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Pizza, 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 NC David Arteaga Quartet, 8:30 CH Evan Flory-Barnes, 8 15 Improvised Clarinet/Harp SB Eric Hullander Band, 7 CM Cascade Brass Quintet, 7 SF Sue Nixon Jazz Quartet, 9 The five members of this quintet come from very DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 different backgrounds: classically trained, jazz SG Jean Mishler & Hopscotch, 8 GZ Smoke & Honey, 7 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am schooled, refusal of any training. The common GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 devotion is to one of spontaneously composed sonic TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Jeff Johnson, Eric Eagle, JA The Family Stone, 7:30 creations. What we play displays an understanding of 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 music in all its depths and surfaces, writes contrabass NC Stephanie Porter Quartet, 8:30 17 Dmitri Matheny Renowned flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny and his all- star band will showcase The Great American Songbook at Egan’s Ballard Jam House, Saturday, May 17, 7pm. Matheny, based in San Francisco and Phoenix, shares the stage with a stellar lineup of musical talent, including pianist Nick Manson, bassist Chris Finet and drummer Mark Ivester. All ages until 11pm. Admission is $10. Call 206-789-1621 for reservations or reserve online at www.ballardjamhouse.com. Sunday, May 18 BB Choro Tocando & Emerson Pirot, 7 BB Kenny Mandell jam, 2 BP Pearl Django w/ Gail Pettis, 7 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Thelxie Eaves Band (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona Ave NE), 6 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s jam w/ Paul Miranda Syndicate, 8 Esperanza JA The Family Stone, 7:30 MV Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, 5 Spalding PM Paul Richardson, 6 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 TU UW Jazz Band, 7 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 Monday, May 19 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 C* Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill (Mr. Villa, 8064 Lake City Way NE), 7 C* Marc Smason Trio w/ Bruce Barnard & Lamar Lofton (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona NE), 9:30 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 JA Ballard High School Jazz Bands/Vocal Jazz Performance, 7:30 Listen 9am-3pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 weekdays on 88.5 FM RR Washington Middle School Jazz Band, 7:30 TU Lonnie Mardis SCCC Jazz Orchestra, 7:30

20 • Earshot Jazz • May 2014 Tuesday, May 20 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SG Beth Winter, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am CY Thomas Marriott & Friends w/ Eric Verlinde, Monday, May 26 Phil Sparks, Jose Martinez, 7:30 Sunday, May 25 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 CY Eastside Jazz Club, 7:30 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, C* Marc Smason Trio w/ Bruce Barnard & JA Spencer Day CD Release Party, 7:30 Jacque Larrainzar, Bruce Barnard, 1 Lamar Lofton (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 BB Kenny Mandell jam, 2 Latona NE), 9:30 OW Owl jam, 10 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 SB Ask the Ages, 8 C* Thelxie Eaves Band (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 SB McTuff, 11 Latona Ave NE), 6 PM Paul Richardson, 6 TD Suzanne Vega w/ Art Hest, 7, 10 CR Racer Sessions, 8 RR Frankly Mondays, 8 TU Roadside Attraction Big Band, 7:30 DT Darrell’s jam w/ Kevin McCarthy Quartet, 8 Tuesday, May 27 Wednesday, May 21 JA Ramsey Lewis Electric Band with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BS The Djangomatics, 8 BX Future JazzHeads, 5, 7 SB Tim Kennedy Presents, 10 JA Oz Noy featuring Oteil Burbridge and Keith JA Spencer Day CD Release Party, 7:30 SB Eugenie Jones, 6 Carlock, 7:30 NC Darin Clendenin Trio jam, 7:30 SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am OW Owl jam, 10 RR Piano Starts Here: The Music of Keith SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am SB McTuff, 11 Jarretty and Paul Bley, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 8 TD Kareem Kandi (Musicquarium), 8:30 TU Greta Matassa Vocal Showcase, 7 Thursday, May 22 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 Bill Chism, 5:30 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 MAY 2014 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BX Dmitri Matheny Quartet & Clinic, 7, 8:30 CH Evergreen Experimental Music Ensemble, 8 DT Suffering F#ckheads, 9 JA Ramsey Lewis Electric Band with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 SB Vunt Foom, 10 TD Eric Hullander Group, 9 TU Hal Sherman’s Jazz Night School Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Friday, May 23 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Greg Williamson Quartet, 7, 8:45 C* Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Jacque Larrainzar, Bruce Barnard, Alex Conga (el Quetzal, 32, 7 CH Das Oboe, 8 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 GZ Emily McIntosh, 7 JA Ramsey Lewis Electric Band with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 SG Alma Villages & Alma y Azucar, 7:30 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 TU Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto, 7:30 Saturday, May 24 BX Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7, 8:45 GZ Emily McIntosh, 7 JA Ramsey Lewis Electric Band with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, 7:30, 9:30 NC Dr Richard Kimball & the Fugatives, 8:30

May 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 21 Wednesday, May 28 JA Joan Osborne and The Holmes Brothers, MC Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, 7:30 7:30 BP Bellevue Jazz Fest: East-West Trumpet PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 NC Pearl Django, 8:30 Summit w/ Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 PO Soul of Sound: Gundecha Brothers, 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SB Mother Zucker, 10 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 BX Future JazzHeads, 5, 7 TD An Evening with Vicci Martinez, 7, 10 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 JA Oz Noy featuring Oteil Burbridge and Keith VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Carlock, 7:30 Saturday, May 31 SB Rippin Chicken, 10 Friday, May 30 BX Aria Prame Quartet, 7, 8:45 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 CH Hector Bravo Benard, 8 Thursday, May 29 BX Richard Cole & Jonathan Rowden, 7, 8:45 CM Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, 7 C* Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Jacque GZ Michael Powers Group, 7 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Larrainzar (Essence Wine Shop, 415 E JA Joan Osborne and The Holmes Brothers, BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Pine), 9 7:30, 9:30 Bill Chism, 5:30 CH Leviathan Worship Service, 8 MC Bill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers w/ Eyvind BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 CM Alma y Azucar, 7 Kang & Rudy Royston, 7:30 BP Bellevue Jazz Fest: Carlos Cascante y su DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 Tumbao, 8 GZ Michael Powers Group, 7 SG Billy Brandt Variety, 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 JA Joan Osborne and The Holmes Brothers, SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am BX Bernie Jacobs Duo, 7, 8:30 7:30, 9:30 CM Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolaters, 6:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5

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