A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community June 2011 Vol. 27, No. 6 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Jazz: The Second Century Concert series highlighting new music by resident ensembles Janet Putnam, Tom Baker, Mike Sentkewitz, Andrew Boscardin, Ryan Burke, Bruce Greeley Rob Hanlon, Andy Clausen, Dave Anderson, Devin Lowe, Brad Boal Dave Abramson, Paul Hoskin, Greg Campbell, Evan Woodle, Gus Carns Photo by Daniel Sheehan NOTES

Jazz Journalists Association The gala raises funds for JJA edu- Jazz Awards to Recognize John cational efforts and activities aimed Gilbreath at developing new audiences for jazz. Pianist Randy Weston headlines the These include the eyeJAZZ video artist lineup for the fifteenth annual training program, audience enrich- Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz ment programs at jazz festivals and Awards gala, Saturday, June 11, 1pm- educational institutions, initiatives us- 5pm, ET, at City Winery in New York ing social media to activate under-ad- City. The Jazz Awards will stream as dressed segments of the potential jazz live video, viewable online (and later audience, and establishment of online archived) at JJAJazzAwards.org. Free platforms for jazz journalists. satellite parties convene to watch the Registration open for the Ev Stern awards in various cities, including here Jazz Workshop Summer Session in Seattle, as well as Berkeley, Boston, The July issue of this publication Nashville, Phoenix, Portland, and Open to All - Free will include a profile of Ev Stern, the Washington, DC. The Seattle satellite founder of the Jazz Workshop, cre- party is at Egan’s Ballard Jam House, ated in 1994 to nurture aspiring jazz June 11, 10am. Drop in that morning musicians of all ages, instruments, and to celebrate the designation of John abilities. Each quarter the Jazz Work- Gilbreath as a “Jazz Hero.” shop re-forms into small ensembles JJA Jazz Awards are presented in 39 and classes that meet weekly under categories encompassing jazz music, Stern’s direction at his Fremont home. presentation, and documentation. The Players also meet every other week JJA’s “Jazz Heroes” are activists, advo- with Stern for private or semi-private cates, altruists, aides, and abettors of lessons by appointment. There are jam th jazz who have had significant impact 9 Season’s Final Concert sessions, concerts, guest artists, and on their immediate locales. The 2011 other jazz activities. The summer ses- “Jazz Heroes” include Earshot Jazz Sunday, June 5, 6 pm sion begins July 5 and runs through Executive Director Gilbreath; Peggy August 28. Visit www.evstern.com Cafritz, supporting founder of the Ocho Pies Quartet for details on registration. You’ll need Duke Ellington School of the Arts Latin Rhythms plus to provide your contact info, musi- in Washington, DC; and Mike Reed, Jazz Originals and Standards cal background, and your schedule of Chicago-based drummer, bandleader, availability, and RSVP for the open and and music series and festival presenter. house too. Special Presentation The JJA Jazz Awards is the only Seattle Jazz Vespers broad-based, independent, interna- Jazz Night School Summer Scholarship Award tional celebration of jazz excellence. Programs Include Up Beat Girls Begun in 1997 as a collaboration be- Jazz Camp 10th Season begins October 2 tween the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Night School’s summer pro- and Michael Dorf (then executive di- grams will run from June 20 through 100 Minutes of professional jazz rector of the Knitting Factory, now August 31. Located in southeast Seattle Family friendly concert | Free parking founder and CEO of City Winery), near Columbia City, Jazz Night School it has been produced annually since is held in a comfortable home setting Seattle First Baptist Church 1999 by the JJA as part of its effort to with three rooms for ensembles/class- 1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) increase awareness of jazz worldwide Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 es, each equipped with acoustic piano, through writing, photography, audio/ video, and new media productions. www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 EARSHOT JAZZ IN ONE EAR A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community KPLU Receives Service Award for Dave Doug- Executive Director John Gilbreath composer and trumpeter Managing Director Karen Caropepe School of Jazz las and his six-piece electric ensemble, Local jazz and public broadcasting Keystone. Spark of Being screens June Earshot Jazz Editor Danielle Bias station 88.5 KPLU has received the 2 at 9:30pm and June 3 at 5pm at the Assistant Editor Schraepfer Harvey Service to America Award from the Harvard Exit. The Seattle Internation- Contributing Writers Andrew Bartlett, Bill National Association of Broadcasters al Film Festival runs through June 12. Barton, Nathan Bluford, Jessica Davis, John Education Foundation for its School For more information and to purchase Ewing, Steve Griggs, Schraepfer Harvey, of Jazz program. The award recognizes tickets, call 206-324-9996 or visit David Marriott, Peter Monaghan, Greg www.siff.net. Pincus, Eliot Winder outstanding community service by local broadcasters. KPLU created the School Sonarchy’s June Lineup Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey of Jazz project in 2005 to engage jazz Sonarchy is recorded live in the stu- Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic professionals with public high school Photography Daniel Sheehan dios at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle. jazz bands in Western Washington in Layout Karen Caropepe This hour-long broadcast features new a mentorship program, culminating in Mailing Lola Pedrini music and sound art made in the Pa- the production of a CD. In phase one cific Northwest. Sonarchy is now into Send Calendar Information to: of the mentoring program, each jazz 3429 Fremont Place #309 its sixteenth year of airing on KEXP musician practices with and coaches a Seattle, WA 98103 90.3 FM. Listen for the broadcast high school jazz band in preparation for fax / (206) 547-6286 every Sunday at midnight. The show phase two, which brings the jazz musi- email / [email protected] can be heard live at kexp.org and is cians and high school bands together Board of Directors Paul Toliver (president), available in its entirety for two weeks into the studio to record songs for a CD. Cuong Vu (vice-president), Lola Pedrini following the broadcast in several Sales from each year’s CD benefit local (treasurer), Hideo Makihara (secretary), streaming audio formats. Producer school music programs; over $50,000 Clarence Acox, George Heidorn, Kenneth W. Doug Haire mixes the live shows. So- Masters, Renee Staton, Richard Thurston has been raised since the program’s in- narchy is made possible by the efforts ception. The station will release KPLU Earshot Jazz is published monthly by and funding provided by Jack Straw School of Jazz – Volume 7 on June 7, 2011. Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is Productions. available online at www.earshot.org. Seattle International Film Festival June 5, Jeph Jerman leads the Ani- Subscription (with membership): $35 Enriched with Jazz mist Orchestra, an ensemble of ten, in 3429 Fremont Place #309 New this year for the Seattle Inter- an extraordinary improvisation using Seattle, WA 98103 national Film Festival is a highlight materials from nature. June 12, Pan- phone / (206) 547-6763 abrite offers analog synthesizers, beats, fax / (206) 547-6286 of a number of films that “intersect the world of music on all fronts: from and effects in service of the ambient Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 biopics and concert films to musicals drone. June 19, Dos(e) is highlighted Printed by Pacific Publishing Company and live events” in a track called “Face in a show recorded live at the Mars Bar © 2011 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle the Music.” Wayne Horvitz com- in December 2003. This second set is posed the music for the film Marrow, a defining example of pushing jazz MISSION STATEMENT the second feature film from acclaimed music forward. Dos(e) is Joe Doria Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service Northwest filmmaker Matt Wilkins. on Hammond B-3 and John Wicks organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a support The Northwest premiere of Marrow on drums. Finally, June 26, Kinski system for jazz in the community and to increase takes place June 1 at 7pm at Harvard bends their sonics into a new direction awareness of jazz. Earshot Jazz pursues its Exit. A second screening is at the Ad- while retaining massive sound pres- mission through publishing a monthly newsletter, sure. The band features Chris Martin presenting creative music, providing educational miral Theater in West Seattle on June programs, identifying and filling career needs for 4 at 3:30pm. Spark of Being, by Bill on keyboards and guitar, Matthew jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting Morrison, is a re-telling of Mary Shel- Reid-Schwartz on guitar, keyboards, and complementing existing services and ley’s Frankenstein using archival foot- and flute, Lucy Atkinson on bass and programs, and networking with the national and age and educational films. The jazz effects, and Barrett Wilke on drums international jazz community. score was created in collaboration with and triggers.

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 CONGRATULATIONS Roosevelt and Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Bands among the Best in the Nation By Danielle Bias race; outstanding piano to Chris McCarthy of Roosevelt; honor- Two Emerald City high able mention vocalist honors to school jazz bands took top Eric Reiman of Roosevelt and honors at Jazz at Lincoln the outstanding vocalist award Center’s sixteenth annual to Katherine Stuber also of Essentially Ellington High Roosevelt High School. Section School Jazz Band Compe- awards for outstanding reeds tition & Festival in New and trumpets went to Roos- York on May 15. At the evelt High School; outstanding awards ceremony, Jazz at trombones and rhythm sec- Lincoln Center’s Artistic tion awards were given to both Director Wynton Marsalis Roosevelt and Mountlake Ter- presented the second place race High School. trophy and an award of In addition to repertoire by El- $2,500 to Scott Brown, di- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND (ABOVE) AND MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND lington, the 2011 Essentially El- rector of Seattle’s Roosevelt (BELOW) PERFORMING AT THE 2011 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON COMPETITION. PHOTOS BY FRANK STEWART FOR JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER. lington season is the first time in Jazz Band. Darin Faul, di- the history of the program that rector of suburban Mount- repertoire composed by Dizzy lake Terrace High School Gillespie was also included in Jazz Ensemble accepted the program. the third place trophy and an award of $1,000. Q&A with Scott Brown, The first place trophy director of Seattle’s and an award of $5,000 Roosevelt Jazz Band honors went to Christo- Bias: Tell me about your ex- pher Dorsey, director of perience this year. What makes the Dillard Center for this year’s students some of the the Arts Jazz Ensemble of best in the nation? Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Brown: We had a fantastic winner of Essentially El- experience this year with the lington last year, Seattle’s Roosevelt Jazz Band at Essen- Garfield High School Jazz tially Ellington. My students Band, under the direction Del Castillo and Adrian Noteboom were intensely focused for the of Clarence Acox, was not selected as of Roosevelt and Forest Jackson of two rehearsals in New York, prior to one of the fifteen finalists this year. Mountlake Terrace; outstanding tripler our performance on Friday. We were More than one hundred bands entered on tenor, alto, and clarinet to Jack Wal- the last band of the first day, and the the competition this year. ters of Mountlake Terrace; outstanding band was totally on top of it. They put Local students also dominated the list trumpet to Nick Conkle of Roosevelt on one of the finest performances that of recipients of awards for outstand- as well as Taylor Call and Skyler Floe of we’ve ever had at Essentially Ellington. ing soloists, including outstanding alto Mountlake Terrace; outstanding trom- To be honest, we weren’t expecting that saxophone to Ian Mengedoht of Roos- bone to Andrew Karboski of Roosevelt evelt; tenor saxophone honors to Xavier and Kendall Irby of Mountlake Ter- CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 JAZZ PORTOR TOWNSENDN John Clayton, Artistic Director FORT WORDEN STATE PARK PORT TOWNSEND, WA TICKETS: WWW.CENTRUM.ORG or call 800.746.1982

Gerald Clayton Trio Paquito D’Rivera Dee Daniels Benny Green Jeff Hamilton Stefon Harris Bill Holman Charenée Wade

FRIDAY, JULY 29 SATURDAY, JULY 30 SATURDAY, JULY 30 JAZZ IN THE CLUBS* MCCURDY PAVILION - 7:30 PM MCCURDY PAVILION - 1:30 PM MCCURDY PAVILION - 7:30 PM Thursday, July 28 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM • Dee Daniels and Charenée Wade • The Gerald Clayton Trio • Stefon Harris & Friends The Upstage/ Public House/ with guest Joel Frahm NW Maritime Center • The Jeff Hamilton Trio • “The JPT 8-Piece Sextet” • Sunny Wilkinson & Guests Paquito D’Rivera, Joel Frahm, Fri/Sat, July 29/30 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM • NEA Jazz Masters Live: Terell Stafford, Jiggs Whigham, The Upstage/Public House/Rose Theater/ The Centrum Faculty Bruce Forman, Benny Green, Castle Key/ Undertown/ Key City All-Star Big Band Christoph Luty, & Matt Wilson. Public Theater/NW Maritime Center The Welland Family The Richard and Anne Schneider *Schedule info at centrum.org Director’s Creative Fund

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 JAZZ: THE SECOND CENTURY Ensembles Selected for the 2011 Series

ANDY CLAUSEN BAD LUCK: CHRIS ICASIANO AND NEIL WELCH. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. Thursdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28 July 7: Bad Luck / Andy Clausen: This ensemble was originally Chapel Performance Space, 7:30pm Clausen’s Wishbone Ensemble formed to recreate the feelings I experi- enced in a romantic fling in the second Compiled by Danielle Bias Over half a decade after their first grade. The Wishbone Suite is a concert Earshot’s Jazz: The Second Century performance, drummer Chris Icasiano length work featuring colorful instru- series continues into its fifth season, and saxophonist Neil Welch continue mentation, and displaying an equally and this year presents eight outstand- to develop a unique musical voice to- colorful compositional palette evoca- Bad Luck ing groups over four evenings during gether as the duo . tive of similar romantic moods as in the Melody and form are vital the month of July. The participants Bad Luck: music Argentine tango composer Astor in Bad Luck, but the electronic effects were selected by a blind panel com- Piazzola, the manifest destiny/frontier and loops often take a compositional posed of Seattle musicians, music cu- spirit most famously captured by Aaron lead. One series of loops or textures may rators, and scribes. As in past years, the Copland’s music, all juxtaposed with the guide towards a sonic territory, becom- goal of the series is to present perfor- often frantic, yet strangely beautiful El- ing fuel for new emotion in the music. mances of music that simultaneously lingtonian sounds of city life. The reper- Sensitivity to texture, structure, and in- question and expand the conventional toire of the ensemble has since grown to tentional control of our sound are guid- boundaries and parameters of the jazz include several other pieces, each repre- ing principles of this music ... As a band, form. The descriptions of the bands to sentative of an experience or feeling I’ve Bad Luck aims to be an etching in music follow are as much in their own words had. Its core mission stays the same: to of a new Seattle jazz culture. This cul- as possible. The curious and inquisitive induce feelings of each listener’s unique ture embraces technology, takes influence will have to attend these live perfor- experiences. mances to see how the artists deliver from all musical styles and sculpts it into on the concepts below. Their selection a band. Andy Clausen’s Wishbone En- July 14: Hexaphonic 3 / Dave for the series signifies the listening semble Anderson’s Trio Real panel’s faith in their ability to do so. usually features Clausen on trombone with Ivan Arteaga on clari- Hexaphonic 3 is Bruce Greeley on The Kate Olson and Gary Prince duo net, Aaron Otheim on accordion, Gus bass clarinet, Mike Sentkewitz on were selected by the panel, but were un- Carnes on piano, and Chris Icasiano bass, and Ryan Burt on drums. available for performances in July. on drums.

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 Greeley: The Hexaphonic 3 [is] a new Zubatto Syndicate is a 12-piece big not ordinarily experience an improvising jazz-oriented trio tight-roping along the band that incorporates sounds and big band and spark their interest in those borders of improvised music. Educated grooves from hip-hop, rock, funk, traditions and ideas. by Earshot (as well as educatING as for- soul, and more, as performed by some mer Earshot staff writer), we now seek of Seattle’s finest improvising musi- July 28: ManKinSon / Operation ID to introduce our music to the same audi- cians. The band is led by composer ManKinSon is Matt Norman on pi- ence we have long been so much a part and guitarist Andrew Boscardin. ano, Paul Hoskin on contrabass clari- of. We have our own compositions as well Boscardin: My goal in writing the mu- net, and Dave Abramson on drums. as covering some standards (most likely sic for Zubatto was to draw from a vari- Hoskin: ManKinSon is simply an- fractured!), and also love to play in the ety of contemporary popular sounds and other way of speaking of three men. Yet, moment, finding the song for where we rhythms, creating a sound that would is it other? A historical referent that is are right then and there. appeal to younger audiences, and listen- most thick. The possible relations are For their Second Century perfor- ers outside of the jazz community. My constantly re-examined. The music: con- mance, the members of Dave Ander- hope is that Zubatto can be a “gateway stant re-examination of fragments. Me- son’s Trio Real are Anderson on so- drug” for jazz and large ensemble cre- prano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxo- ative music, drawing in those that might phones; Jon Hamar on bass; and Brad CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 Boal on drums. Trio Real: This musical project, a sax/ bass/drums trio, strips the jazz group down to essential elements, while rel- ishing rock, funk, and rhythm & blues forms and influences ... The group en- deavors to have all of the improvisa- tional freedom of a jazz group, without the harmonic restrictions of a regular chordal instrument like the piano, while expressing funk/pop influences like James Brown, John Scofield, Coldplay, etc. Four exceptional workshops designed to take your playing to the next level.

July 21: TRIPTET / Zubatto VOCAL JAZZ SUMMER WORKSHOP (ages 14 – 19) Syndicate July 11 – 15 Johnaye Kendrick and Beth Winter TRIPTET is Tom Baker on electric fretless guitar and electronics; Michael INTRODUCTION TO LATIN JAZZ (ages 14 – 19) Monhart on saxophone, percussion, July 18 – 22 and Tibetan horn; and Greg Camp- Jovino Santos Neto, Chris Stover and Ben Thomas bell on drums, percussion, and french ALTERNATIVE BIG BAND WORKSHOP (ages 15 – 19) horn. July 18 – 22 Baker: We are a sonically textural Wayne Horvitz and John Hollenbeck band, based on the traditions of free jazz and modern classical experimentation. INTRODUCTION TO IMPROVISATION (ages 14 – 18) In July of last year, we set out working July 25 – 29 Denney Goodhew on a new record with Steven Walcott from Engine Records in Brooklyn. With his help, we landed on some new ways of www.cornish.edu/summer/music | 206.726.5031 making pieces (new to us, at least) with large-form, slow moving textures that ac- company a frenetic and fast moving core MUSIC (usually in the drums/percussion). This WWW.CORNISH.EDU/SUMMER/MUSIC has led us to explore some new ground in this trio.

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 PREVIEW >> Marc Seales Opens Valley Vibes Jazz Series

Seales performs June 10 at the Rainier region, with refreshments available Valley Cultural Center (RVCC) in his from Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria sextet ensemble, including bassist Ga- in Columbia City. brielson, drummer Steve Korn, and The Marc Seales and Seattle JazzEd percussionist Lary Barilleau. ensemble double bill and community The Seattle JazzED Intermediate En- conversation marks the premiere of the semble is led by Robert Knatt, an out- Valley Vibes Jazz Concert and Conver- standing music educator for more than sation Series, a free program held sec- 35 years. He’s directed the award-win- ond Fridays, June-November 2011, at ning Washington Middle School jazz RVCC in Columbia City. Valley Vibes and concert bands and now the Seattle fosters a vibrant community core in di- JazzED beginning and intermediate verse southeast Seattle through public- ensembles. The intermediate ensemble ly accessible arts and conversation. The comprises sixth, seventh, and eighth series is produced by SEEDArts and grade students from around the re- coordinated by Earshot Jazz. Keep an gion, a showcase of Seattle JazzED’s ear out for announcements of future commitment to providing access to concerts. Wayne Horvitz’s Sweeter Seattle’s nationally acclaimed jazz edu- Than the Day performs Valley Vibes cators for all children. Seattle JazzED’s at RVCC July 8. executive director and co-founder, MARC SEALES PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN Admission is free, or by suggested do- Laurie de Koch, is the former devel- nation. More information about Valley opment director for the Seattle Youth Friday, June 10, 7pm Vibes programming is available at www. Symphony; she joins Marc Seales af- Rainier Valley Cultural Center seedseattle.org or (206) 760-7286. (3515 S. Alaska St, Columbia City) ter the performance for a community conversation about jazz education in By Schraepfer Harvey Evening headliner Marc Seales is a leading jazz figure in the Northwest. For two decades, the in-demand pia- nist, composer, and educator (Uni- versity of Washington) has served as a mentor to young talent through his ex- cellence on the bandstand with many jazz greats, including Don Lanphere, Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, and Bob- by Hutcherson. In 2009, Seales was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 2010, Seales performed opening night of the Earshot Jazz Fes- tival at Nordstrom Recital Hall with local bassist Paul Gabrielson and na- tional poet laureate Robert Pinsky.

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 PREVIEW >> In the Country

June 24, 2011 tiveness, here’s the last chance Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave you’re going to get for a while to prove yourself wrong.” By Danielle Bias Pianist Qvenild admits to a It has been said that Norway certain fondness for Paul Bley produces exceptional jazz art- and the late Norwegian free ists, and the trio In the Country player Svein Finnerud, but he is further proof of this asser- also draws inspiration from tion. Featuring pianist Morten pop writers like Prince, when Qvenild (formerly of Jaga Jazz- it comes to a sense of structure, ist), bass player Roger Arntzen, and modern composers such as and drummer Pål Hausken, the Messiaen and Feldman for the group’s third album, Whiteout, use of space and sound. Com- released in 2009, is a soaring, menting on the band’s sopho- progressive work, reminiscent of more release, the BBC noted The Bad Plus. This month, the that the band is “indifferent to band releases a live album. They excess and grandeur – almost are quick to point out: “We are shy – the general orientation not just making a CD from one is rather one of unhurried and of our concerts, we thought we ROGER ARNTZEN, PÅL HAUSKEN, AND MORTEN QVENILD. PHOTO BY GURI©DAHL. honest clarity. This means nar- just as well would make a full- rowing down to musical par- length concert video, slash art- About Jazz selected Whiteout for their ticulars and upholding tranquil film, slash film noir out of the whole “Best of 2009” list. simplicity rather than pushing limits project.” In a live review of the group’s 2010 and excelling in performance. The Qvenild is probably best known (in performance at Scandanavia House in characteristics of unhurried motion his native Norway, at least) for be- Manhattan, Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of and simple ‘cleansing’ structures, with ing “the orchestra” in Susanna and the New York Press wrote: “In person only few emphasized details, do in- the Magical Orchestra. He has also the trio does a great job of absorbing deed bear similarities to experiences of been a member of both Shining and the audience into its dreamy bubble of nature or countryside.” Jaga Jazzist. Qvenild formed In the sound. When all three members start In the Country’s music can be appro- Country with Arntzen and Hausken chanting out of no where, for example, priately described as “open and acces- at the Norwegian Academy of Music the show veers into uplifting, other- sible” (they have covered Ryan Adams, in Oslo in 2003. Since then, they have worldly realms, and the band’s dis- after all), but it is certainly not light been selected best young jazz artists creet touch and soft pace might have fare. Its complexity is subtle and refer- in Norway, played concerts through- you too busy enjoying the show to no- ences the open spaces and barren ter- out Europe and the United States, and tice how progressive Qvenild’s writing rains of the great North. In the Coun- released three albums to date on the truly is ... In the Country provides yet try was highlighted in a 2005 Jazz- prestigious Rune Grammofon label another compelling glimpse into what Times article about jazz in Norway. to much critical acclaim. DownBeat appears to be a vital jazz scene brewing Christopher Porter wrote: “The sound called their debut album “one of the in that part of the world. If you harbor of young Norway, which mostly ema- finest and most arresting albums to any doubts about the ability of Danes, nates from the cosmopolitan capital come out of Europe” that year, and All Swedes, Fins, or Norwegians to cap- ture jazz with the right feel or inven- CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 PREVIEW >> Vancouver Jazz Festival

TONBRUKET: JOHAN LINDSTRÖM, DAN BERGLUND, MARTIN HEDEROS, AND ANDREAS WERLIIN. PHOTO BY FREDRIK WENNERLUND. ROBERT GLASPER PHOTO BY JOEY L.

June 24-July 3, 2011 Canadian Border Traffic website tells ized excess – you be the judge – but Various Vancouver venues all.) since the beginnings of the free-jazz Among mainstream fare, this year, era, devotees have smiled favorably on By Peter Monaghan standout shows include the Jazz at Lin- the German reeds man. In this band, One of the great highlights of every coln Center Orchestra led by Wynton one of his many, he is joined by the Northwest summer is in fact in the Marsalis, bass superstar Christian Mc- thrashing, walloping Swiss drummer southwest – of Canada. It’s the mighty Bride, and jazz/flamenco guitar master Michael Wertmüller and Greek elec- Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Paco de Lucia. tric bassist Marino Pliakas. The enormous gathering of the jazz The event extends over two week- Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket tribe offers something for everyone, ends, with many free outdoor events with big-ticket events as well as small- to entice in unsuspecting locals. Listed Performance Works, 8pm, 10:30pm venue celebrations of the most intrepid below are some of the highlights. See After the leader of the Esbjörn Svens- reaches of the art form. www.coastaljazz.ca for full details. son Trio died suddenly in 2008, bass- The latter are the hallmark of the ist Dan Berglund formed this polished combo with a very different keyboard- Vancouver pow-wow, and the city Friday, June 24 boasts several venues that ideally ac- ist, Martin Hederos, as well as Johan Peter Brötzmann FULL BLAST commodate them. All that makes an Lindström (guitar) and Andreas Wer- annual visit well worth the effort. Roundhouse – Performance Centre, liin (drums). The quartet augments the And, really, the border-crossing times 7pm, 9pm stylish jazz of EST with progressive are generally far shorter than is of- So fierce its name has to be in caps, rock influences. To that end, Lind- ten bandied about. (The Washington Brötzmann’s tempest-in-a-trio is ei- strom plays electric guitar, and lap and State Department of Transportation’s ther free music at its best or adrenal- pedal steel guitars, and the end result

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 is a compelling spaciously moody sen- (drums, percussion), Jonny Skallberg sibility. (Sound Tech). Group Doueh Saturday, June 25 Performance Works, 8pm, 10:30pm Robert Glasper Trio From the Western Sahara, a rol- Performance Works, 8pm, 10:30pm licking guitar-driven sextet who have The rising jazz-piano star and Blue embraced both traditional Saharawi Note recording artist, with a full music as well as the roar of Western quiver of jazz history and styles at his rock, post-Hendrix. With Doueh fingertips, and enough curiosity about (guitar), Edrija (vocals, percussion), what is out there that he has teamed El Waar Baamar (keyboards), Halima up at times with hip hop/neo-soul art- Jakani (vocals, percussion), Hamdane ists, including Mos Def, Bilal, and The Baamar (drums), and Tricha (vocals, Roots, performs admirably with Der- percussion). rick Hodge (bass) and Mark Colen- burg (drums). Wednesday, June 29 Way Out Northwest: Müller/ Sunday, June 26 Butcher/van der Schyff Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Performance Works, 2pm w/ Wynton Marsalis Since 2007, premier British saxo- The Orpheum, 8pm phone innovator John Butcher, Van- The 15-piece with Marsalis, Kenny couver-based German bassist Torsten Rampton, Marcus Printup, and Ryan Müller, a giant among free improvis- Kisor (trumpets), Chris Crenshaw, ers, and Vancouver drummer Dylan Vincent Gardner, and Elliot Mason van der Schyff have performed as one (trombones), Victor Goines, Walter of the most acclaimed free-improvis- Blanding, Joe Temperly, and Sherman ing trios. Butcher, in particular, is as Irby (sax, clarinet), Ted Nash (sax, advanced an exponent of the formless flute), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Ali form as anyone on the globe. A mar- Jackson (drums), and Dan Nimmer vel. (piano). Satoko Fukii Ma-do Quartet Roundhouse – Performance Centre, Tuesday, June 28 7pm, 9pm Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex 4tet The Tokyo-based pianist leads a jazz- Roundhouse – Performance Centre, contemporary-avant-rock-Japanese- 7pm, 9pm folk quartet with Natsuki Tamura As All About Jazz noted, “Aarset and (trumpet), Norikatsu Koreyasu (bass), his group move from a whisper to a and Akira Horikoshi (drums). The roar, with shades of 1970s-era Miles band obliquely evokes its evocatively Davis peeking through in (trumpeter) oblique name – “ma-do” means “win- Gunnar Halle’s spare but rich melody dow” in Japanese; “ma” also means lines.” Norwegian guitarist Eivind “the silence between the notes.” Tone, Aarset (Nils Petter Molavaer, Dhaffer timbre, texture, silence. Youssef, Jan Garbarek) performs from Pilc Moutin Hoenig a rich palette, from electronic hums Performance Works, 8pm, 10:30pm to jazz-horn flourishes to atmospheric Monster French pianist Jean-Michel percussion and dramatic, guitar-driven Pilc, technically and harmonically crescendos, with Audun Erlien (bass), stellar, performs scintillating angular- Wetle Holte (drums), Erland Dahlen ly straightahead jazz with a superb trio

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 grounded by Ari Hoenig, one of the Braxton, is set to do the same – on bass treal-based bass saxophonist has all the sharpest of modern drummers. saxophone technique and imagination to make it Ana Moura Peggy Lee Band work, as the likes of Tom Waits, Lau- rie Anderson, David Bryne, Arcade The Vogue Theatre, 9pm Performance Works, 5:30pm Fire, Bell Orchestra, and Feist have One of the finest of a new generation Quite simply, any band is worth attested. of Portuguese fado singers. hearing that is graced by the riveting cello of Peggy Lee. Georgia Straight Fond of Tigers Thursday, June 30 says of this all-star Canadian nonet: Venue, 8pm “Melodies slide in and out of abstrac- Here’s something different. A torrid Amanda Tosoff Quartet tion; skewed marches butt up against Vancouver septet known to “vacillate Performance Works, 2pm folksongs; chamber-music niceties between minimal washes of sound Still something of a secret, but not crumble under the assault of funk and and gales of loudness that incorpo- to Canadian jazz fans, is the winning psychedelia.” rate jazz, rock, European, classical and young pianist, Amanda Tosoff. As- Christian McBride & Inside electronic accents in grand, sweeping sured and distinctive, she performs Exclaim Straight ways” ( ). The gales are as com- standards and captivating originals mitted and hypnotic as My Bloody with a solid quintet of ace trumpeter The Vogue Theatre, 9pm Valentine white-sound assaults. Might Brad Turner, Evan Arntzen (tenor He was a giant at age 18, and almost prove to be one of the most riveting sax), Sean Cronin (bass), and Morgan 20 years on, has become only more shows of the festival. They just nailed Childs (drums). astounding a bassist. He formed this a national Juno award for best instru- band with dates at the Village Van- mental album, Continent and Western. Friday, July 1 guard in mind – it’s sharp, polished, With Stephen Lyons (guitar), Morgan superb straightahead, postbop jazz. Mats Gustafsson & Colin Stetson McDonald (keyboards), JP Carter With Warren Wolf (vibes), Peter Mar- Performance Works, 2:30pm (trumpet), Skye Brooks and Dan Gau- tin (piano), Ulysses Owens (drums), cher (drums), Jesse Zubot (violin), and Sweden’s Mats Gustafsson and and Steve Wilson (saxophone). Michigander-in-Montreal Colin Stet- Shanto Battacharya (bass). Absolutely post-everything. son are two of the great individual- Saturday, July 2 ist saxophonists on the scene today. Bass saxophone colossus Colin Stet- Gustafsson already commands the Colin Stetson son (see above) opens. attention of many of the world’s great Roundhouse – Performance Centre, Wilson/Lee/Bentley innovators, while Stetson, after work 5pm The Ironworks, 10:30pm, midnight with Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Laurie An opportunity to hear one of the Cellist Peggy Lee (see, above), again, Anderson, Lou Reed, and Anthony rising stars, straight-up solo. The Mon- always a delight – one of the most real.community.radio. real. On KBCS hear the `B’ sides and genres found nowhere else on the dial, programmed by volunteers driven by their passion for the music. From jazz to reggae, folk to modern global, hip-hop to blues to electronica, you’ll hear it on KBCS. community. We air social justice-focused programs like Democracy Now!, along with locally produced public affairs shows Voices of Diversity and One World Report. KBCS covers issues, places, and people who don’t always make it to the front page of the mainstream media. It’s radio that’s handcrafted here at home, by hundreds of volunteers tuned into what’s local and what’s relevant.

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June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 compelling of modern instrumen- peter Magnus Broo and saxophonist The Vancouver festival often matches talists, this time with Tony Wilson Fredrik Ljungkvist. The result is thrill- Vancouver artists with prominent (guitar) and Jon Bentley (tenor saxo- ing jazz with the best kind of rock outsiders, to great effect. Here, phone). Spacious, reflective, driving, drive. trumpeter JP Carter, of Vancouver’s soaring, fiercely improvising. Paco de Lucia genre-defying Inhabitants, and always- worth-hearing cellist Peggy Lee, join The Orpheum, 8pm Sunday, July 3 Londoner-in-Brooklyn saxophonist “Possibly the most advanced guitarist Ingrid Laubrock (Kenny Wheeler, Kjaergaard/Street/Cyrille in any idiom”(Guitar Review), de Lucia Evan Parker, Brazilian quartet Nois4, Roundhouse – Performance Centre, is a living legend of the flamenco gui- contemporary classical quartet The 3:15pm tar, renowned for his virtuosity, imagi- Continuum Ensemble), and the stellar Three superb musicians inside and nation, and flare. American drummer Tyshawn Sorey, a outside the box: Danish pianist So- JP Carter/Peggy Lee/Ingrid show unto himself ren Kjaergaard, American bassist Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey Ben Street, and legendary drummer The Ironworks, 10:30pm, midnight Andrew Cyrille will fascinate just about any attentive listener, and af- fright none, as they demonstrate on their superbly intuitive and locked-in Open Opus (2010) and Optics (2008) – “minimalistic bliss!” (Jazz Times), “beautiful and fascinating” (All About Jazz), “terse and ruminative” (New York Times). Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/ Tyshawn Sorey Roundhouse – Performance Centre, 5pm This recently formed trio’s debut CD, Paradoxical Frog, is named for an odd amphibian that settles into a compact adulthood after a stint as an enormous tadpole. Three giants – drummer Tyshawn Sorey, pianist Kris Davis, and Londoner-in-Brooklyn saxophon- ist Ingrid Laubrock – attain a simi- lar compactness, working together. Brainy, bold, measured … One of the most thoughtful, fresh, and fascinat- ing units around. Atomic Roundhouse – Performance Centre, 7pm, 9pm Atomic by name, fissive by nature, “one of the most exhilarating groups on the European circuit” (The Guard- ian) combines the powerful, cutting edge Oslo rhythm section of Håvard Wiik piano, Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love drums with the Stockholm front line of trum-

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 PREVIEW >> simakDialog Moraine & Young Sub Lee Friday, July 1, 8pm Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Seattle By Peter Monaghan The soaring Seattle prog-jazz com- bo Moraine shares the fill with visit- ing MoonJune label mates, the stel- lar Indonesian jazz-rock-world fusion combo simakDialog, making its first Seattle appearance. And what an appearance it promises to be, certain to thrill anyone who thinks that Indonesian music is all gamelan gongs, metallophones, and double-headed drums. SIMAKDIALOG: ADITYA PRATAMA, ENDANG RAMDAN, TOHPATI ARIO HUTOMO, RIZA ARSHAD AND ERLAN SUWARDANA Keyboardist and composer Riza Ar- shad formed simakDialog in 1993 with of jazz things ... and Adhitya Pratama’s styles. Reviewers have noted that he guitar stunner Tohpati Ario Hutomo, basslines are delightfully sinuous and has assimilated influences as diverse as a.k.a. Tohpati. In the capital, Jakarta, groovy.” Terje Rypdal, John McLaughlin, and they soaked up the country’s tradition- SimakDialog’s next release, Demi Robert Fripp, but that he emerges as al sounds – for example, ancient ritual Masa, in 2009, was just as warmly re- a true individualist, one who can tear temple music (those gamelan gongs) ceived. it up or smooth things out, or do just – but also injected material from the Alongside Arshad and Tohpati are about anything else the world’s great many forms they practiced under bassist Adhitya Pratama and two guitarists can. Western influence. percussionists, Endang Ramdan and If you don’t believe me, check ’em With five albums under their belts, Erlan Suwardana, specialists in Sun- out on their MySpace page. And then simakDialog are a seasoned, tight, of- danese kendang drumming. Now 18 come on out, July 1. ten breathtaking combo with plenty of years into honing its sound, the group Opening the evening: a set from Mo- high honors, Indonesian and interna- substitutes a traditional Indonesian raine, performing adaptations of East tional. percussion section for the customary Asian musical themes, the result of Similarly, their releases have won trap set and combines electric and guitarist Dennis Rea’s years-long stay high praise. The first to win interna- acoustic instruments, including Ar- in China and Taiwan in the 1980-90s. tional distribution, thanks to Moon- shad’s Fender Rhodes electric piano, Moraine is one of the most convinc- June Records, was Patahan, released which mimics the tones and timbres ingly distinctive Seattle outfits, and for in 2007. Reviewers worldwide greeted of older Indonesian styles. this outing, is joined by Korean wind- it with acclaim. On All Music Guide, An Indonesian TV crew is accompa- instrument virtuoso Young Sub Lee. Francois Couture called it “one of the nying the band to the United States He is currently an artist-in-residence biggest jazz-related surprises of 2007, – to capture the reception of some of at the University of Washington’s and not simply because it is Indonesian the hugely populous nation’s musical ethnomusicology department (which jazz.” The album was, he said, “truly superstars, in particular Tohpati, one has long welcomed instrumentalists something to get excited about for the of the most famous guitar players in of the highest caliber, including Ju twist it puts on the Pat Metheny side Indonesia thanks to excelling in many Bora, a virtuoso kayageum player who

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 performed several concerts with local Fisk. Of the debut disc, John Kelman as Rea puts it, as well as math-rock rock-jazz band Ask the Ages). wrote on All About Jazz: “With its – cranked-up, rhythmically complex Lee performs on a variety of Korean combination of rock energy, cham- rock – and much more. Rea says: “I traditional instruments and specializes ber classicism, and sophisticated jazz don’t feel bound by genre in any way. in daegum, other wind instruments, harmonies, Manifest DeNsity is simply We move from jazz to art rock to mon- and several percussion instruments. good music – at times, great music – keyed-up Chinese music.” He has been a principal player in the played by an unusually configured col- With Rea’s mastery of styles and orchestra at the National Center for lective.” mood, and his ability to shred in Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Like several of Rea’s many projects,­ glorious guitar-rock style as readily in Seoul, and is an instructor at Chu- Moraine is, at its best, as good as any- as to slip into lyrical streams, he has gye University of Arts. He is also a thing you’ll hear in progressive and amassed credits all over the map. He composer and a performer of experi- avant jazz. As so often, the stars in any spent time in the band of Chinese rock mental music and jazz. city’s musical constellation can go less megastar Cui Jian; he has also taken He joins an undeniable Seattle in- well-observed at home than abroad. part in a long list of innovative Seattle strumental outfit, Moraine, a quintet Rea is such a figure, perhaps due to jazz-ish bands; and rockers from big- made up of guitarist Dennis Rea, vio- his eclecticism (is he jazzer, or rocker – name bands – King Crimson, REM, linist Alicia DeJoie, woodwind player why mince categories?). He also lacks Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry – James DeJoie, bassist and baliset player bluster and swagger, at sharp odds have been happy to collaborate with Kevin Millard, and drummer Stephen with guitarists with a fraction of his him. Cavit. With its several writers and ace talent. Among local honors, he won a Gold- instrumentalists, Moraine achieves a Rea honed his skills over many years en Ear Award for Best Northwest unique sound while drawing on forms of ever-shifting playing, whether here Outside Jazz Group in 2000 with the ranging from art rock to Chinese folk in Seattle or on unlikely but fertile juggernaut free-jazz quartet Stackpole, music to unleashed, plugged-in power ground for jazz and rock extensions: a furious, riveting improvising af- jazz, and more. China and Taiwan. His key current fair with Gregg Keplinger on drums, The band’s 2009 release on New York project, Moraine, toweringly harks Wally Shoup on alto sax, and Geoff City-based MoonJune Records, Mani- to the three years he spent in the two Harper on bass. fest DeNsity, garnered scores of glow- Chinas. He has arranged for originals Rea is also the author – from his own ing reviews worldwide, and the band’s and some choice Chinese tunes, old firsthand experiences – of a survey of set at NEARfest 2010, a prominent and recent, traditional and not, which Chinese rock music of the years sur- international showcase for progressive become gorgeous jazz- and rock-in- rounding Tiananmen Square, Live at rock, was enthusiastically received. flected pieces in his and his colleagues’ The band is now working on a follow- hands. But the group covers a lot of up disc with acclaimed producer Steve terrain, drawing on “fractured bebop,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

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16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 PREVIEW >> Kris Davis, Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock Trio

July 2, 2011 Chapel Performance Space, 8pm By Greg Pincus Kris Davis, Tyshawn Sorey, and In- grid Laubrock perform as a trio at the Chapel Performance Space on July 2. Their creative collaboration in the unique venue offers a special Satur- day night on Seattle’s jazz schedule. The Davis, Sorey, Laubrock trio is no stranger to the local jazz scene. They were featured two nights at Tula’s on the Earshot Jazz Festival in 2009. The trio is a truly collective effort. How and where it came about is a perfect reflection of the real world of KRIS DAVIS, INGRID LAUBROCK, AND TYSHAWN SOREY. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. working jazz musicians. About two and a half years ago, new ways to make it their own. They Music and received her degree from shortly after Laubrock moved to New soon began regular performances, in- the University of Toronto. After at- York, all three musicians got together terpreting the written material afresh tending the Banff Centre for the Arts for a session. Davis and Sorey had met each time. jazz program, she moved to New York earlier, playing together in another In Davis’s words: “The way we play to study and pursue jazz professionally. group. They were exploring a different together … it feels like you can do no Since 2001, she’s emerged among vital context of collaboration, and Davis in- wrong – whether you are improvising contributors to New York’s jazz scene. vited Laubrock to join them. or playing written music – it is won- In jazz, the works of Wayne Shorter “It was an informal session,” Davis derful.” and Thelonious Monk are a source of says in recent interview, “the kind of Davis is a native of Vancouver, BC, inspiration to Davis. When it comes to thing musicians do in New York pos- and has appeared as a pianist, compos- writing her original music, Davis’s in- sibly a couple of times a week as a way er, band leader, and collaborator, with terest is focused primarily on the deli- to meet people, have new music read, her own quartet and other groups, cate balance between improvisation etc.” After improvising for almost two three times in the past six years in and composition, the push and pull hours, it was clear the trio was some- Seattle. A student of classical piano, within the music. She has played with thing special and the music had to be Davis was introduced to jazz during several groups as a band leader and as a explored further. Kris says there was her middle-school years. While she collaborator and has recorded with the “that instant connection and under- has always had a passion for classical Fresh Sound and Clean Feed labels. standing, and we were excited to see music (Alexander Scriabin and Arnold Davis also teaches at Queens College where it could go.” Schoenberg remain her classical influ- in New York. The trio met a few more times and ences), it was improvisation and the Drummer Tyshawn Sorey, of New- began working with new music, each ability to communicate through the ark, NJ, has established himself musician bringing original composi- music that truly captivated her with among the most creative composers, tions. The music was written earlier jazz. Davis went on to study classical piano at the Royal Conservatory of for different groups, but the trio found CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

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JA David Benoit, 7:30, 9:30 06 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 SATURDAY, JUNE 4 BX Reuel Lubag invitational, 7, 9 LJ The Hang, 9:30 BP Butch Harrison & Good Company w/ Josephine C* Bellevue JF: Card-Hopper-Smith (Wild Ginger, MC Bellevue JF: Chris Potter’s Underground & Howell, 7:45 11020 NE 6th St), 9:30 Michael Formanek Quartet, 7:30 BX Katy Bourne Quartet birthday, 7, 9 C* UW Studio Jazz Ensemble & Modern Band NO Skelbred/Jackson First Thursday Band, 7 C* Bellevue JF: Ingraham HS Band, 12:45; Tyee (Meany Theater), 7:30 TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7 MS Band, 2; Hazen HS Band, 3:15; Edmonds- C* Bellevue JF: Steve Rice Duo (Lincoln Square - VI Chris Jeffries, 8 Woodway HS Band, 4:30; Timbercrest JHS Band, 1st Floor), 4:30 FRIDAY, JUNE 3 5:45; Woodinville HS Band, 7 (Bellevue Arts C* Bellevue JF: Jason Parker Duo, 6; Martine, 8 Museum, 510 Bellevue Way NE) AM Lonnie Williams, 9 (Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge, 1020 108th Ave NE) C* Bellevue JF: Marco de Cavalho Duo (Ruth’s Chris, BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7, 9 C* Bellevue JF: Eugene Bien Duo (John Howie 565 Bellevue Sq), 5:30 C* Bellevue JF: Music Works Jazz Orchestra session Steak, 11111 NE 8th St), 7 C* Bellevue JF: Jake Bergevin Duo, 6; Collier & (Courtyard by Marriot, 11010 NE 8th St), 10 C* Goat (Comet Tavern, 922 E Pike St), 9 Dean, 8 (Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge, 1020 C* Brooks Giles Band (Vino Bella, 99 Front St N, DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 108th Ave NE) Issaquah), 7:30 GB Bellevue JF: June Tonkin, 6 C* Bellevue JF: Darrius Willrich Duo (John Howie C* Bellevue JF: Karin Kajita Duo (Lincoln Square - JA Allen Toussaint, 7:30 Steak, 11111 NE 8th St), 7 1st Floor), 4:30 LJ Farko Collective, 9 C* Bellevue JF: Greg Williamson Quartet (Twisted C* Bellevue JF: Randy Halberstadt Duo, 6; Gail MC Bellevue JF: Regina Carter’s Reverse Thread, 7:30 Cork at Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue), 9 Pettis Trio, 8 (Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge, 1020 NO Legacy Quartet w/ Clarence Acox, 8 C* Bellevue JF: Origin Records session (Courtyard by 108th Ave NE) SF Passarim, 8 Marriot, 11010 NE 8th St), 10 C* Bellevue JF: Susan Pascal Duo (John Howie TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 CD Jose ‘Juicy’ Gonzales Trio, 8 Steak, 11111 NE 8th St), 7 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7 CL Bellevue JF: Thomas Marriott, 8 C* Bellevue JF: Jovino Santos Neto (Twisted Cork at VI Honey Castro, 9 GB Bellevue JF: June Tonkin Trio, 7 Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE), 9 JA David Benoit, 7:30, 9:30 CL Bellevue JF: Karen Shivers Quartet, 8 THURSDAY, JUNE 2 LB Siobhan Brugger, 7 GB Bellevue JF: June Tonkin, 7 BC Clark Gibson, Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9 LJ The Rumptones, 9:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 BX Richard Cole & Paul Gabrielson, 7, 9 MC Bellevue JF: Charles Lloyd Quartet feat. Zakir JA David Benoit, 7:30, 9:30 C* Bellevue JF: Stephanie Porter Quartet (Lot No. 3, Hussain, 7:30 LB Greta Matassa w/ Darin Clendenin, 7 460 106th Ave NE), 9 NO Surf Monkeys, 9 LJ The Chris McKarrtet, 9:30 C* Bellevue JF: Threat of Beauty w/ Evan Flory-Barnes SF Leo Raymundo Trio, 9 MC Bellevue JF: Tierney Sutton Band & Luis Perdomo (Twisted Cork at Hyatt Regency Bellevue), 9 SH Bellevue JF: Bill Anschell Trio, noon Trio, 7:30 C* Bellevue JF: Dave Peterson Duo, 8; Jay Thomas SH Bellevue JF: Bill Anschell workshop, 1:30 NC Double Scotts On The Rocks, 8pm Duo, 6 (Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge, 1020 SR Kay Bailey, 7:30 NO Flexicon w/ Thomas Marriott, 8 108th Ave NE) SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am SF Djangomatics, 9 C* Bellevue JF: Murl Allen Sanders Duo (John Howie TD Bluestreet Jazz Voices, 8 SR Fathia Atallah, 7:30 Steak, 11111 NE 8th St), 7 TU Nathan Hale HS Jazz Band, 3 TK Alberts, Johnson, Britton, 8 C* Bellevue JF: Overton Berry Duo (Lincoln Square - TU Gail Pettis Quartet, 7:30 TU Kelly Johnson Quartet, 7:30 1st Floor), 4:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 GB Bellevue JF: June Tonkin, 6 VI Casey MacGill, 8 WA Killerbees, 8

GET YOUR GIGS To submit your gig information go to www.earshot.org/Calendar/data/gigsubmit.asp or e-mail us at [email protected] with details of the venue, start-time, and date. As always, the deadline for getting your listing in print is the 15th of the previous month. The online calendar is maintained LISTED! throughout the month, so if you are playing in the Seattle metro area, let us know! Calendar Key AM Amore Restaurant, 522 Wall St, 770-0606 MC Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, 425-450-3810 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 206-767-0280 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, Shoreline, 365-4447 BP Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, 425-292-9307 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 C* Concert and Special Events PL Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 726-1522 RV Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska Street CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824 CL Cypress Lounge & Wine Bar, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-638-1000 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, 654-3100 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, Bellevue, 425-644-1111 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 CO Collins Pub, 526 2nd Ave, 623-1016 SH Sherman Clay, 1000 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 425-454-0633 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 622-6400 DL District Lounge, 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 547-4134 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 542-2789 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, 789-1621 TI Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333 GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734 TK Thaiku, 5410 Ballard Ave NW, 706-7807 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 772-6891 WA Waid’s Haitian Cuisine & Lounge, 1212 E Jefferson St, 206-328-6493 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, 402-3042 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 SUNDAY, JUNE 5 of their second release, at the Chapel Performance This June performance features multi-saxophonist BP Michael Gotz brunch, 10am Space in Wallingford. Two was released digitally on Dave Anderson, bassist Devin Lowe, and drummer BP Rat Pack Tribute w/ Greta Matassa, 6:45 May 17 and on disc on June 7 on the new musician- Brad Boal. The group endeavors to have all of the BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 founded label Table & Chairs. The recording is a two- improvisational freedom of a jazz group, without the C* Bellevue JF: Dina Blade Trio brunch (Z’Tejas SW disc release featuring original compositions by Neil harmonic restrictions of a regular chordal instrument Grill, 535 Bellevue Sq), 11am Welch and Chris Icasiano that expand on Bad Luck’s like the piano, while expressing funk and pop influences C* Bellevue JF: Eckstein MS Band, 11:15am; unique approach and the duo’s remarkable ability to like James Brown, John Scofield, and Coldplay. Shortly Bellevue HS Band, 12:30; Sammamish HS Band, communicate acoustically. The second CD of the set after this performance, Lowe moves to Texas for 1:45; Edmonds-Woodway HS Band, 3; Newport uses modern electronics, live loops, and pedals on musical studies at the University of North Texas, where HS Band, 4:15 (Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 equal footing with their meticulously crafted natural Boal also studied.The group has also been selected to Bellevue Way NE) sound. Bad Luck’s fierce energy and compositional perform for Earshot’s 2011 Jazz: The Second Century C* Bellevue JF: Kora Band (Rock Bottom Brewery, style create a cohesive sonic quality made all the more series, an initiative addressing jazz’s transition into the 550 106th Ave NE), 5:30 effective by the duo’s personal commitment to their future. The series presents music performances that C* Bellevue JF: Susan Pascal Duo (John Howie craft. Bad Luck’s eponymous debut album earned question and expand the conventional boundaries and Steak, 11111 NE 8th St), 6 them Earshot Jazz’s Golden Ear Award for “Best parameters of the jazz form. More on Dave Anderson at CR Racer Sessions, 8 Outside Jazz Group” in 2009 and was described as www.daveandersonjazz.com. “one of the best Seattle jazz recordings in years.” They DT Kevin Mccarthy session, 8 SUNDAY, JUNE 12 GB Bellevue JF: Primo Kim Trio, 6 feature on a double bill with classical pianist Cristina BP Michael Gotz brunch, 10am JA David Benoit, 7:30 Valdes and Wayne Horvitz, on piano and electronics. BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 LJ Song Circles workshop w/ Debby Watt, 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 10 C* Noise for the Needy Festival: Operation ID MC Bellevue JF: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra w/ AM Lonnie Williams, 9 (Comet Tavern, 922 E Pike St), 8 Festival’s Rising Stars, 3 BP Gail Pettis, 7:45 C* Brooks Giles Band (Stix N Stones, 317 Main Ave, SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7, 9 S Renton), 7 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am C* Jose ‘Juicy’ Gonzales Trio (The Scotch And Vine SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am (22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines), 7 TU Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, 3 C* Cafe Oy Vey (Couth Buzzard, 8310 Greenwood TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Ave N) , 7:30 CURTAIN CALL VI Ruby Bishop, 6 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 weekly recurring performances MONDAY, JUNE 6 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 AM JT/TK Quartet, 7:30 LB Sue Bell w/ Chris Morton, 7 GB Primo Kim, 6 NC Scott Lindenmuth Trio, 8pm JA Edmonds-Woodway HS Ensembles, 7:30 NO Flexicon w/ Thomas Marriott, 8 MONDAY NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 RV Valley Vibes: Marc Seales Group & Seattle JazzEd AM JT/TK Quartet, 7:30 TU Greta Matassa jam, 7:30 Ensemble, 7 GB Primo Kim, 6 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 SF Kiko de Freitas, 9 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 SR Overton Berry, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TUESDAY, JUNE 7 TD Birch Pereira (Musicquarium), 5:30 JA Pearl Django w/ Connie Evingson, 7:30 TK Alberts, Johnson, Britton, 8 TUESDAY MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 TU Creem City, midnight MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 NO Holotradband, 7 OW Eric Verlinde jam, 10 WA Killerbees, 8 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 SB McTuff Trio, 10 SB McTuff Trio, 10 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8 SATURDAY, JUNE 11 WEDNESDAY VI Michel Navedo, 8 BP Mia Vermillion Band, 7:45 DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 BX Diana Page & Aria Prame vocalists, 7, 9 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox C* El Mundo Mejor (Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St), TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 BX Chris Morton, 7, 9 12:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7 DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 C* Brooks Giles Trio (Vino at the Landing, 800 N EB Nancy Nolan w/ Steve Rice & Dan O’Brien, 7 10th Pl, Renton), 7 THURSDAY JA Pearl Django w/ Connie Evingson, 7:30 EB Dave Anderson’s Trio Real, 7 BC Clark Gibson w/ Phil Sparks, 9 LB Greg Ruby w/ Maggie Kim, 6 EB JJA Awards satellite party, 10am LJ The Hang, 9:30 LJ Jazz & Poetry, 8:30 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 NO Legacy Quartet w/ Clarence Acox, 8 LB Coreena Brown w/ Jimmy Holden, 7 TK Alberts, Johnson, Britton, 8 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 LJ Soul Kata, 9:30 WA Killerbees, 8 TU Katie King showcase, 7:30 NO Kim Field and the Mighty Titans of Tone, 9 FRIDAY VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7 SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9 AM Lonnie Williams, 9 SR Gail Pettis, 7:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 9 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am BC Clark Gibson, Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 TU Nathan Hale HS Vocal Jazz, 3 BX Carolyn Graye Duo, 7, 9 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 SATURDAY CH Bad Luck & Christina Valdes w/ Wayne Horvitz, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am EB The Right Wolf, 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 11 TRIO REAL CD RELEASE LJ The Hang, 9:30 SUNDAY Dave Anderson’s Trio Real is a sax, bass, drums jazz NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 BP Michael Gotz brunch, 10am trio with strong funk and pop influences. They’re SE Art of Jazz: Kora Band, 5:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 celebrating their most recent digital download and TU Jessica Stensin/Lisa DaCosta, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 CD release at Egan’s Ballard Jamhouse, June 11, VI The Heartfelts, 9 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 7pm. The CD Trio Real follows up their first Pony Boy GB Primo Kim, 6 9 BAD LUCK, CHRISTINA VALDES, Records release, Clarity, which held two months on the SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am national jazz radio charts and received enthusiastic TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 WAYNE HORVITZ reviews worldwide.The trio is thrilled to return to VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Bad Luck concludes a West Coast tour, in support Egan’s, where they played their first gig in June 2008.

June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 CO Respectable Citizen w/ Bruce Bennett, Vance TUESDAY, JUNE 14 JA Sun Goddess Tour ft. Ramsey Lewis and his Galloway, Byron Diel, 8 JA Sachal Vasandani, 7:30 Electric Band, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 LJ The Hang, 9:30 DT Kevin Mccarthy session, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 GB Primo Kim, 6 OW Eric Verlinde jam, 10 SB Ask The Ages, 10 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30 SB McTuff Trio, 10 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 LJ TransLUCID: Moraine w/ Young Sub Lee, 7 SH Jim Kerl’s Swing Session Big Band, 7:30 VI Ivory Smith + Paul Moore, 7 SF Pasquale Santos, 11am TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 FRIDAY, JUNE 17 SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30 VI Victor Janusz, 7 SY Primo Kim, 6 AM Lonnie Williams, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 BH Kem, Jazz in the City, 7:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 BX Randy Halberstadt, 7, 9 BX Chris Morton Trio, 7, 9 TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 CL Jose ‘Juicy’ Gonzales Trio, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 JA Julian Lage Group, 7:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 LJ Bub Pratt & the 2 Beat Kings, 8:30 JA Sun Goddess Tour ft. Ramsey Lewis and his MONDAY, JUNE 13 LJ Jazz & Poetry, 8:30 Electric Band, 7:30, 9:30 AM JT/TK Quartet, 7:30 NO Legacy Quartet w/ Clarence Acox, 8 LB Phil Westbrook, 7 GB Primo Kim, 6 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 LJ Dave Dolengewicz Trio, 9:30 JA Seattle Jazz Singers, 7:30 TU Seattle Central Jazz Orchestra, 7 NC David George Quartet , 8pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7 NO Flexicon w/ Thomas Marriott, 8 TU Chad McCullough/Eden Bareket Quintet, 7:30 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 16 SR Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolators, 7:30 BC Clark Gibson, Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9 TI Dixie Kings, 7:30 BX Greg Williamson Trio w/ A. Nikolaev & J. Hamar, 7, 9 TK Alberts, Johnson, Britton, 8 TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 VI Casey MacGill, 8 600 Queen Anne Ave N WA Killerbees, 8 Seattle, WA 98109 SATURDAY, JUNE 18 206-282-7407 BP Siobhan Brugger, 7:45 BX Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7, 9 888-445-3076 C* SRJO, “Jazz of Harlem Renaissance,” Nordstrom Recital Hall (200 University St), 7:30 www.marqueen.com CR Ask The Ages, 9 JA Sun Goddess Tour ft. Ramsey Lewis and his Electric Band, 7:30, 9:30 LB Trish Hatley w/ Hans Brehmer, 7 LJ Owuor Arunga, 9:30 LJ Marc Smason, 5 NC Chad Mccullough Duo, 8pm MarQueen Hotel NO Jockomo, 9 SF Leo Raymundo Trio, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Johnaye Kendrick Quartet, 7:30 TU Sankofa, 3 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Seattle’s BP Michael Gotz brunch, 10am BP Argentine Tango Night With Ben Thomas & Tangabrazo, 6:45 Lodging Secrets BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 C* Aphid, Luke Bergman’s Shaved Beard, Ensemble Two distinct hotels steps away from Seattle Center. 3 (Brechemin Auditorium), 7:30 C* SRJO, “Jazz of Harlem Renaissance,” Kirkland Performance Center (350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland), 3 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Kevin Mccarthy session, 8 Inn at Queen Anne GB Primo Kim, 6 JA Sun Goddess Tour ft. Ramsey Lewis and his Electric Band, 7:30 LJ The Ahamefule J. Oluo and Mike Show, 8 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am 505 First Ave N TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 Seattle, WA 98109 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 206-282-7357 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 MONDAY, JUNE 20 800-952-5043 AM JT/TK Quartet, 7:30 www.innatqueenanne.com GB Primo Kim, 6

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • June 2011 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 OW Eric Verlinde jam, 10 TU Darin Clendenin Trio jam, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 SB McTuff Trio, 10 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 DT Kevin Mccarthy session, 8 TU The Little Big Band, 7:30 GB Primo Kim, 6 VI Wally Shoup Quartet, 9 TUESDAY, JUNE 21 JA Hiromi’s Trio Project ft. Anthony Jackson and JA Maraca, 7:30 Steve Smith, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30 BX Eric Verlinde, 7, 9 NO Holotradband, 7 SF Danny Ward, 11am DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 OW Eric Verlinde jam, 10 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am JA Milton Nascimento, 7:30 SB McTuff Trio, 10 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 LJ Jazz & Poetry, 8:30 TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 TU Fairly Honest Jazz Band, 3 NO Legacy Quartet w/ Clarence Acox, 8 VI Paul West, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 MONDAY, JUNE 27 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7 BX John Hansen, 7, 9 AM JT/TK Quartet, 7:30 DL Peter Daniel 3, 8 GB Primo Kim, 6 THURSDAY, JUNE 30 JA Maraca, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 BC Clark Gibson, Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9 LJ A Cedar Suede, 8:30 TU Boyd Phelps Sax Attack, 7:30 BX Zachary Kellog, 7, 9 NO Legacy Quartet w/ Clarence Acox, 8 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 JA Low Rider, 7:30, 9:30 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 TU Katie King showcase, 7:30 TUESDAY, JUNE 28 TU Steve Treseler Group, 7:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7 JA Milton Nascimento, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 THURSDAY, JUNE 23 NO Holotradband, 7 BC Clark Gibson, Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9 BX Valley Center Stage mystery dinner, 7 JA Hiromi’s Trio Project ft. Anthony Jackson and Steve Smith, 7:30, 9:30 LJ The Hang, 9:30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 TU Hal Sherman’s Bellevue CC Band, 7:30 Tula’s Jazz Calendar June 2011 VI Julie Cascioppo, 8 Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub Reservations: 206-443-4221 22142214 Second Ave, Avenue, Seattle, Seattle, WA 98121 WA 98121 juneTULAS.COM 2011 FRIDAY, JUNE 24 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 AM Lonnie Williams, 9 SUNDAYMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAYSATURDAY BX Valley Center Stage mystery dinner, 7 1 2 3 4 C* Jose ‘Juicy’ Gonzales Trio (The Scotch And Vine EARLY ARRIVAL DISCOUNTS BIG BAND JAZZ Nathan Hale (22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines), 7 Greta Kelly HS Jazz Band MONDAY thru THURSDAY: 3pm $15/$5 CL Brooks Giles Band, 8 Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7:00 pm Smith/ Matassa Johnson HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 to receive a 10% discount on all food items. Staelens Jazz Gail JA Hiromi’s Trio Project ft. 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June 2011 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 Notes, from page 2 Scott Brown, from page 4 drum set, and small amp. Director New Yorker lauded Lake’s performance going in, but they really stepped it up Erik Hanson has a bachelor’s degree in style: “[Lake] can make you feel by when we got to New York. Our men- jazz composition and arranging from turns as though you were shivering tor, Chris Crenshaw, trombonist with Berklee College of Music, and has around a campfire in a railroad (yard) the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, been a big band and small ensemble or drinking in a Budapest nightclub was also inspiring and helpful. Based composer, arranger and leader, record- in 1938.” She formed the Little Big upon our performance, I think our sec- ing industry arranger and producer, Horns Jazz Band in the spring of 2009 ond place finish was appropriate. Both and private music educator. Jazz Night and, saving pennies from the street, Dillard and Mountlake Terrace were School is offering special summer pro- produced the first Little Big Horns al- outstanding as well. grams open to all ages and levels. bum Lucky Devil to national acclaim Bias: How did you feel about the rep A highlight of this summer’s program (NPR named it one of the top four this year, which included Count Basie includes the Up Beat Girls Jazz Camp, breakthrough albums of the year). In as well as the usual Ellington rep? an intensive five-day day camp that 2011, she was named Best Female Per- Brown: I’ve been excited since the an- will run from August 8 through 12. former by the Big Easy Awards and, nouncement last year – that the mu- The camp is geared toward instrumen- along with her band, was honored with sic of Count Basie would be included talists and vocalists in grades 6-12. the Best Traditional Jazz Band award. in the festival repertoire for this year. Register for any of Jazz Night Lake leads a workshop at Voice Basie is bread and butter for Roosevelt School’s summer programs at www. Works, Centrum’s singing workshop High School. With the outstanding jazznightschool.com. located at Fort Worden State Park singers that we have, I knew a year ON THE HORIZON: in Port Townsend, during the week ago that “Every Day I Have the Blues” would be a tune that we’d play. The big Meschiya Lake at Voice Works of June 27 to July 3. She’ll share her “punk-jazz” style with workshop par- question was, “Could the band handle Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30pm ticipants and also perform in a Mc- it?” They nailed it! I’m pretty excited McCurdy Pavilion, Fort Worden State Curdy Pavilion show with Seattle’s about playing some Dizzy next year as Park, Port Townsend own Casey MacGill and the Blue 4 well! There will be some serious time in Meschiya Lake began her singing ca- Trio on Saturday, July 2. To register the wood shed if we’re going to get that reer at the age of nine. In spring 2007, for Meschiya’s workshop, or any of the music together though. Meschiya began singing with the tra- artist workshops at Voice Works, visit Bias: What were your thoughts on the ditional jazz outfit the Loose Marbles www.centrum.org/voiceworks or call other bands this year and how Seattle’s on Royal Street in the French Quar- 800-733-3608. bands compare on a national level? ter of New Orleans. Dan Baum of the Brown: The quality of bands at Essen- tially Ellington continues to improve. The top bands were at a very high level, but all of the bands sounded very good. This was clearly one of the best festi- The Bass Church vals inT allhe the B yearsas thats C weh uhaverc hbeen The Bass Church The Northwest double bass specialists a finalistThe N ort h…w es that’st doubl e b twelveass spec ia outlists of the The Northwest double bass specialists

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