Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble Photo by Daniel Sheehan NOTES EARSHOT JAZZ a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community May 2013 Vol. 29, No. 05 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble Photo by Daniel Sheehan NOTES EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Mayor’s Arts Awards More information at www.seattle.gov/ The Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize arts/events/arts_awards.asp. Executive Director John Gilbreath Managing Director Karen Caropepe the accomplishments of artists, arts and cultural organizations and com- May, National Chamber Music Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey Month munity members committed to en- Contributing Writers Ross Eustis, Steve riching their communities through In May, Chamber Music America Griggs, Fred Kellogg, Howard Londner, the arts. The nominations deadline for promotes the myriad of small ensemble Brady Somers, Sarah Thomas the 2013 awards is Wednesday, May performances across the United States, Future Focus Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey 15. The categories are , on its website and with its national Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic awarded for making a difference in press outlets. To join in the National Photography Daniel Sheehan arts education and youth work; Ar- Chamber Music Month promotions, Illustration Kendal Tull-Esterbrook tistic City, awarded for helping shape register your small ensemble’s May Layout Karen Caropepe Seattle as a city of creativity; Venture events at chamber-music.org/ncmm. Distribution Karen Caropepe and volunteers Culturalist, awarded for investment Send Calendar Information to: in our cultural community by a funder, On the Horizon 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 business, donor or professional devel- Seattle, WA 98103 opment/service organization; Arts as Vancouver International Jazz Festival fax / (206) 547-6286 the How, awarded for deep and last- June 21-July 1 email / [email protected] ing impact on social issues, such as Board of Directors Richard Thurston race and social justice; Raising the Performers include Vijay Iyer Trio, (president), Femi Lakeru (vice-president), Bar, awarded for artistic excellence. Bettye Lavette, Vieux Farka Toure, Hideo Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 Bill Broesamle, George Heidorn, Kenneth W. Masters, Sally Nichols, Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu

Earshot Jazz is published monthly by CALL FOR ARTISTS Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is U available online at www.earshot.org. Jazz: The Second Century Subscription (with membership): $35 3429 Fremont Place #309 Submissions Deadline June 3 Seattle, WA 98103 phone / (206) 547-6763 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Individual artists or ensembles are fax / (206) 547-6286 Seattle-area individual artists and en- selected by a blind-jury process. Sec- sembles for the 2013 Jazz: The Second ond Century artists and ensembles Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 Printed by Pacific Publishing Company Century series. The series brings the perform during July 2013, and are © 2013 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle progression of jazz into creative mo- paid a competitive fee for the perfor- tion on the concert stage. Projects that mance. question and expand the conventions Please send submissions electroni- MISSION STATEMENT the jazz form are welcome. cally to [email protected] or by mail to Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service Seattle-area individual artists or Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a groups, in any instrument combina- #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Deadline to support system for jazz in the community apply is June 3. and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot tion, are eligible. Submissions must You can direct ques- Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a include a recorded sample of a project tions and comments to Earshot Jazz at monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, that can be performed in a concert set- (206) 547-6763 or [email protected]. A providing educational programs, identifying and ting. We encourage applicants to in- list of past Jazz: The Second Century filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting and complementing clude a letter that speaks to their mu- artists and ensembles can be viewed existing services and programs, and networking sical interpretation of the meaning of at earshot.org/Events/2nd_Century. with the national and international jazz jazz and of the next stage of jazz music. html. community.

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 IN ONE EAR LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

UW Libraries Jazz Archives The Seattle jazz scene would look with so many students and emerging The UW Libraries house great audio a lot different right now had Wayne artists. archives online. Of note, recently, an Horvitz and Robin Holcomb decid- This May issue takes a look at the historic recording of the Cecil Young ed to settle elsewhere when they fled unique osmosis aspect of Wayne Quartet digitally spliced together New York in the late 1980s. Horvitz’s return to a residency at from nine separate reel-to-reel 1/4” Wayne and Robin realized the value The Stone in New York’s East Vil- analog tapes from the UW Librar- of the Seattle jazz scene even before lage with an impressive assemblage ies’ Burt Porter Jazz Collection. Cecil their arrival here, and jumped right of Seattle musicians. Young Quartet, performing on March in to organizing artists in collab- Coincidentally, the Seattle residen- 11, 1951, at the Seattle Women’s Club: orative creative events. I remember cy at The Stone happens at roughly Cecil Young on piano and vocals, Ger- Wayne saying at an early 90s con- the same time that 40 or 50 Seattle ald Brashear on tenor saxophone and vening of the New York Composers high-school jazz students participate percussion, Traff Hubert on bass and Orchestra (West), that the only dif- in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essen- Jimmie Rodgers on drums. You can ference between Seattle players and tially Ellington competition, where, find it at http://guides.lib.washington. the New York players was that the history has proven, at least one of edu/ps; search for the Burt Porter Jazz names of the latter were simply bet- them will place in the top three. Collection. Also, search for former ter known. From that point forward Even these high-school programs Earshot Jazz contributor Peter Wal- Wayne has become fully integrated are not outside the Wayne Horvitz ton’s profile of Cecil Young at www. into wide aspects of the Seattle scene sphere of influence, particularly be- blackpast.org. as an educator, band leader, soloist, cause of Wayne’s private teaching composer, collaborator, juror, men- and the value of his New Works en- Jazz Radio tor and even as a jazz parent. semble through Seattle JazzED. 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz The significance of Wayne’s multi- As the Seattle jazz scene represents Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Mar- level impact on this cultural com- in NYC this month, let us all redou- ian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, Ken munity has grown exponentially ble our support of Seattle jazz right Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s with each passing year and appears here at home. We’ll see you out at Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, now to have reached sufficient mo- the concerts and celebrations! in addition to its weekday NPR and mentum that it will continue to – John Gilbreath manifest through his active work CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

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May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 PROFILE Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble

ROYAL ROOM COLLECTIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE (APRIL 15): ERIC EAGLE, DRUMS; GEOFF HARPER, BASS; RYAN BURNS, PIANO; WAYNE HORVITZ, CONDUCTOR. FRONT ROW: BETH FLEENOR, KATE OLSON, JACOB ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG FLORY, AND GREG SINIBALDI. BACK ROW: AL KEITH, SAMANTHA BOSHNACK, CHAD MCCULLOUGH, CHRISTIAN PINCOCK, AND DAVID MARRIOTT. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. Monday, May 6, 8pm Wayne Horvitz The Royal Room Composer, pianist and electronic musician Wayne Hor- vitz has performed around the world. He has performed Saturday, May 11, 8pm and collaborated with Bill Frisell, Butch Morris, John Chapel Performance Space Zorn, Robin Holcomb, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Philip In May, Wayne Horvitz and the Roy- Wilson, Michael Shrieve, Bobby Previte, Marty Ehrlich, al Room Collective Music Ensemble Skerik, William Parker, Ron Miles, Sara Schoenbeck, Peg- head to the Stone – the East Village gy Lee, Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, and Dylan van nonprofit artist space founded by John der Schyff, among others. He has been commissioned by Zorn – for a week-long residency. The the NEA, Meet the Composer, Kronos String Quartet, Seattle Chamber Players, Collective performs twice, in May, be- Mary Flagler Cary Trust, PGAFF, BAM and others. Collaborators include Paul fore leaving for New York – on May Taylor, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Gus Van Sandt and Gordon Edelstein. He 11 with conduction artist J.A. Deane. has produced CDs for Eddie Palmieri, Fontella Bass, Robin Holcomb and Bill In conjunction with the residency, Frisell among others. He is the 2001 recipient of the Seattle Artist Trust Fellow- the ensemble is releasing a limited- ship, 2003 and 2006 recipient of the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture edition live Royal Room recording of Fellowship, 2002 recipient of the Rockefeller Map Grant for JOE HILL, 16 Ac- their performances of Horvitz’s com- tions for Chamber Orchestra, Voices and Improviser, and the 2008 NEA Ameri- positions arranged by his musical cues can Masterpieces grant for “These Hills of Glory” for string quartet and impro- and spontaneous gestures. viser. Ensembles include The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, The HMP Trio,

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 The New York Composers Orchestra, The 4 Plus 1 Ensemble, Sweeter Than the Day and The Gravitas Quartet. In 2011, Horvitz opened Seattle music project space the Royal Room, in partnership with Seattle club owners Tia Matthias and Steve Freeborn. In 2012, Horvitz premiered site-specific work “55: Music �� and Dance in Concrete,” in collaboration with Yukio Suzuki (choreography and �� dance), Yohei Saito (video artist) and Tucker Martine (producer/engineer). �� Beth Fleenor �� Clarinetist, vocal percussionist and composer Beth Flee- �� nor moved to Seattle in 1998 to attend Cornish College of �� the Arts, where she received her bachelor’s degree in music. She has flourished in the city’s music community over the past 15 years as a dynamic multi-instrumentalist, performing in nightclubs, festivals, schools, galleries, concert halls, parties and even prisons. Her work has been featured in recordings, theater, modern dance, film, and visual, per- �� formance and sound art installations. She embraces variety and experimentation and performs with about a dozen groups in Seattle, including the Samantha Boshnack Quintet, with pianist Michael Owcharuk and with many others – Open to All - Free from jazz, rock, classical and contemporary chamber to metal, Slavic and Ameri- can folk, ambient and surf. Fleenor has launched several innovative projects of her own, including her Blindfolded Ensemble, in which musicians practice with blindfolds in order to learn how to harness intuition without visual cues. She is also the director of the Frank Agency, an arts management organization that helps artists clarify, articulate and amplify their vision. She met Horvitz through the agency when he became a client in 2005.

Kate Olson Saxophonist Kate Olson is a teacher and improvising saxophonist based in Seattle. She performs with the Seat- Sunday, May 5, 6 pm tle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, Ask the Ages, Don Berman’s Empty Boat and collaborates in duo improvisation en- BlueStreet Jazz Voices sembles with trombonist Naomi Siegel (Syrinx Effect) and 20-voice vocal jazz ensemble with DC-based guitarist Gary Prince. Olson holds a mas- with a tremendous backup trio ter’s degree in improvisation from the University of Michi- gan, where she studied with Geri Allen, Don Walden, An- Sunday, June 2, 6 pm drew Bishop and Ed Sarath. She’s performed in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Istanbul, and Nitra, Slovakia, and is a recent nominee in the NW Emerging Carl Majeau Quintet Artist category of the Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards. On clarinet and sax, the Garfield grad leads his own ensemble Briggan Kraus PLUS Special Presentation of the Saxophonist, composer and sound artist Briggan Krauss has been a strong pres- Seattle Jazz Vespers Scholarship Award ence on the New York creative music scene since 1994. He is a founding member of the band Sexmob, has played on Grammy Award-winning and nominated 100 Minutes of professional jazz recordings, and leads several of his own projects, as well as collaborating with Family friendly concert | Free parking many improvisers and composers in New York City and around the world – John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Skerik, Eyvind Kang, Robin Holcomb, Seattle First Baptist Church 1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) Anthony Coleman, Jim Black. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Cornish Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 College of the Arts, where he studied with Hadley Caliman, and is currently an www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

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6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 Steve O’Brien JAN/SAN TRADE SHOW Trumpeter Steve O’Brien graduated from Cornish Col- lege of the Arts in 2011. Since, he’s led weekly projects Featuring 40 of the Industry's most trusted (Faire Gallery), jazz brunches (The Lookout) and jazz ses- and respected industry manufacturers. Learn about the new OSHA requirements. sions (with bassist Nate Parker and drummer Adam Kes- - INCREASE productivity sler, Still Liquor) in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. - IMPROVE workplace safety Born in Portland, O’Brien grew up in Detroit, lived on - CREATE clean and healthy environments Long Island and elsewhere, started college in Eugene, Free Admission & Lunch Ore., but transferred to Cornish to study with Jim Knapp and Jay Thomas. He turned time at Cornish into a mentorship with multi-horn Register at www.coastwidelabs.com For questions regarding the show or Coastwide player Thomas. O’Brien regularly performs in Thomas’ big band at Tula’s, and Labs call Charlie Chu at 888.200.0656 leads his own chamber jazz ensemble, Only Trio, featuring Kate Olson and Jacob Herring.

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Naomi Siegel started trombone in middle school band; she was drawn to the trombone’s low range and slide. In 17 years since, she’s graduated from the Ober- lin Conservatory and found incredible versatility in her instrument. Currently, Siegel has taken to pulling abnormal pitches and mixing electronics into impro- vised pieces. She’s a member of Thione Diop’s Afro Groove, Picoso, the Jefferson Rose Band, and the Syrinx Effect duo with Kate Olson. She teaches trombone and works with nonprofits, including Seattle JazzED and Seattle Music Partners.

Jacob Herring Jacob Herring began playing in the Tuxedo Junction Big Band in high school, and soon garnered many honors, including being the first Coeur d’Alene High School jazz student to be selected for the prestigious All Northwest Jazz Band. Herring left Eastern Washington University early for three contracts with Car- nival Cruise Lines, and then transferred to Cornish College of the Arts to study with Julian Priester.

Willem de Koch Seattleite-in-NY Willem de Koch is a performer, improviser, composer and educator. De Koch has shared the stage with the Seattle Symphony, the New York Youth Symphony, Wayne Horvitz, Miguel Zenon, Wycliffe Gordon, George Duke, and many others. He has played under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, Kurt Masur, George Manahan and Gerard Schwarz. He is currently pursuing a trombone performance degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

Geoff Harper Bassist Geoff Harper studied at Berklee and Cornish College of the Arts and for two years with bassist John Clayton in Los Angeles. He’s worked with Herbie Han- cock, Seattle’s Marriott brothers, Dawn Clement, Julian Priester, in improvisational trio Chunky Wedgies with Ey- vind Kang, and with drummer Matt Cameron. Harper and group Bebop & Destruction’s jam sessions – from Seattle’s jazz session scene in the 90s – continues as the vibrant Owl and Thistle jazz session today.

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 Eric Eagle Eric Eagle began banging on Tupperware containers in his Redmond, Wash., home at the age of nine. He went on to study at William Paterson University in New Jersey, with Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, Bill Stewart and Steve Turre. He’s performed for several years in Sweeter Than the Day, Horvitz’s acoustic incarnation of electrified Zony Mash, and a host of other projects. In addition to his work with Horvitz, Eagle performs with Seattle Jazz Hall of Famers bassist Phil Sparks and pianist Dave Peck – in the Dave Peck Trio at Tula’s, with bassist Jeff Johnson. He also frequently tours with Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter and Ray Davies and has performed and recorded with modern jazz musicians Tom Harrell and Kenny Kirkland and artists Eyvind Kang and Aiko Shimada. When he isn’t performing or recording, he teaches at the Seattle Drum School in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. – Sarah Thomas, Schraepfer Harvey, Frank Agency; photos by Daniel Sheehan Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble May 21-26, The Stone, NYC Tuesday, May 21, 8pm & 10pm Friday, May 24 Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room 8pm Collective Music Ensemble with Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room guests Collective Music Ensemble with Wednesday, May 22 guests 8pm 10pm The Westerlies Play Horvitz The Westerlies Play Horvitz Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar (trumpets) & Andy Clausen, Willem (trumpets) & Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch (trombones) de Koch (trombones) 10pm Saturday, May 25 Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room 8pm Delivery Service in Seattle Collective Music Ensemble with Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than guests the Day Full Service Thursday, May 23 Wayne Horvitz (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), Eric Eagle (drums) Violin Family Dealer 8pm Serving Western & Central Washington with members of the RRCME Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Established 1964 Collective Music Ensemble with 10 pm guests Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with 10pm guests BASSES Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day Sunday, May 26, 8pm &10pm www.hammondashley.com Wayne Horvitz (piano), Geoff Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Harper (bass), Eric Eagle (drums) Collective Music Ensemble with with members of the RRCME guests

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 LIVE REVIEW >>

Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble April 15, 2013 The Royal Room The Royal Room Collective Mu- of the premiere composers in the bass; Ryan Burns, piano; Al Keith, sic Ensemble was playing, AKA Northwest. This ensemble has a Samantha Boshnack, Chad Mc- the Conduction Band. It gets this core bunch of musicians who occa- Cullough, trumpets; Christian Pin- moniker because of the conduct- sionally sub out to other cats. This cock, valve trombone; David Mar- ing as well as the composing and night’s band from back to front: riott, bass trombone; Greg Sinibal- arranging by Wayne Horvitz, one Eric Eagle, drums; Geoff Harper, di, baritone sax; Craig Flory, tenor sax; Jacob Zimmerman, alto sax; Kate Olson, soprano sax; Beth Fleenor, clarinet. These folks are all good players. They all present the music with a knowledge of vocabulary and ar- ticulation of tone. They all have appropriate respect for the mas- ter of us all ... TIME! And they convey their messages boldly, not arrogantly, and passionately, ma- turely. All this under the direction of Mr. Horvitz. A strong Min- gus influence, maybe a little El- lington (Ellington to Mingus to Horvitz, double play!), and Downtown Bellevue a lot of great improvisation by this great band leads to the right May 29-June 2 amount of harmony with an edgy quality. Interaction! Yeah, man! Gotta have it! Cyrus Chestnut Trio They played two sets. The first with special guest Stefon Harris set was very good. The second set was even better. No names of the Kendrick Scott Oracle tunes were announced. That’s Evan Flory-Barnes OK, as long as it sounds good. Carlos Cascante y su Tumbao This band plays one or two Plus more than 40 free shows Mondays a month at the Royal Room. Most of the band will be Tickets on sale now! doing a tour in NY soon. Be- bellevuejazz.com tween now and then and after

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May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 VENUE PROFILE Serafina Jazz and Brunch

By Sarah Thomas tween composing side projects, practicing and gigging. Guilbert’s A steady staccato rain drums roots are in jazz, but his interests down from the gray Seattle sky and talents are multidimensional. as my husband and I duck into He’s led and appeared in ensem- Serafina’s doors. Located in the bles with styles from rock to elec- Eastlake neighborhood, on the tronica, all of which inform and corner of Eastlake and East Bos- inspire his work. Last summer, he ton, this intimate eatery is known self-released On the Ground with for its rustic Italian fare and warm the Alex Guilbert Trio, with Brad ambiance. Since opening in 1991, Gibson (drums) and Jeff Norwood Serafina has received many ac- (bass). It’s an interesting and ac- colades and awards, including cessible mix of contemporary pop, Best Italian, Most Romantic, jazz and classical music. Best Wine List and Best Outdoor I turn my attention to the menu. Dining. This morning, we have Fresh, local ingredients fill the reservations for the jazz brunch, page, some of which come from held every Sunday from 11am to the restaurant owner’s nearby by 1:30pm, with rotating musicians. vegetable and herb garden. With Seated at a table with a nice view entrées ranging from $13.95 to of the stage, we settle in and order SERAFINA OWNER SUSAN KAUFMAN. PHOTO BY FRANCISCO MACIAS. $16.95, you won’t find run-of-the- coffee and sesame doughnuts, the mill biscuits and gravy here. Their made-to-order pastry of the day. signature dish is the Melanzane Before our waitress walks away, Guilbert likes the relative quiet of alla Serafina – eggplant rolled with I decide to add a mimosa to the or- Sunday mornings, too. “It’s mellow ricotta cheese, fresh basil and parme- der, because it just wouldn’t feel like and intimate,” he says, referring to the san, and then baked in tomato sauce, brunch without one. pared-down sound. “It fits with what I served over capellini pasta. I settle on The small stage is empty but for a want to do, where I want to be going the Borsellino Ripieno, two poached bass that sits in its case. This Sunday, with my music.” His acoustic direc- eggs nestled in black forest “ham bas- Alex Guilbert (piano) and Jeff Nor- tion blends seamlessly with the feel of kets,” filled with polenta and sautéed wood (bass) make their way to the Serafina’s brunch. mushrooms. If you favor sweet over sa- stage, and Guilbert peels the heavy, Owner Susan Kaufman admits that vory, you’ll likely hone in on the Pane red velvet curtains back to reveal the it can be a challenging room to play. con Cioccolato alla Nocciola – thick- resident piano. They ready their in- The audience engages and disengages sliced brioche French toast paired with struments while tables of friends and with the performers as they dine, and bourbon syrup and chocolate hazelnut families around the restaurant chat musicians have to feel them out. “Alex whipped cream. over their meals. really knows the space, when to amp Guilbert has performed at Sera- it up and when to bring it down,” Kaufman grew up on Italian food in fina with rotating guests, off and on, Kaufman says. New York and she developed a passion for the past 17 years. In addition to Guilbert’s music career in Seattle for cooking in her early 20s, after an Sunday brunch, he’s played to lively spans over 20 years. During the day, influential year-long trip to Italy. Like crowds on Friday and Saturday nights he works at Zombie Studios compos- cooking, music is another great pas- when Serafina fills to the brim. But ing music for video games; he tries to find a balance splitting free time be- sion that fuels her life. Her first foray

10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 into jazz brunch began in Juneau, Alaska, where she ran two other res- Be a hero, tell your friends and support taurants before moving to Seattle. She found that music and food fused well, Earshot Jazz and she brought the convention with her to Serafina, where it’s become a as part of The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG. well-loved tradition over the past five years. It’s one of few jazz brunches in the city, and it’s done well, with an elegant atmosphere, authentic Italian cuisine and a mix of live jazz. “Music is a huge part of the id of Serafina,” Kaufman says. In 2001, Kaufman released Strictly Serafina, a compilation of the talented musicians that have been featured at Serafina through twenty years of presenting jazz. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Northwest Hope and Healing Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing fi- nancial assistance to women battling breast cancer. The collection contains a variety of styles, including jazz, Lat- in, romantic standards and original compositions. In addition to the jazz brunch, Sera- fina hosts the Bossa Nova Quintet, featuring Leo Raymundo with Francesca Merlini (vocals), on the first Wednes- day of every month, from 8-10pm. You can also catch a variety of live jazz on Friday and Saturday nights, including pianist Tim Kennedy’s trio. Guilbert and Norwood finish a ren- dition of “My Funny Valentine” to substantial applause as I take the last few bites of my delicious breakfast. They’re grinning, genuinely enjoying When you make a donation to Earshot Jazz on May 15 the Seattle themselves. Guilbert looks forward Foundation will match a percentage of that donation. to the shows: “It’s a supportive envi- ronment,” he says of Serafina’s all-star Step 1: Go to www.seattlefoundation.org And select “FIND A NONPROFIT” staff. There’s a kind of Sunday camara- derie, he notes. “They are happy to see Step 2: Search for Earshot Jazz us, and we’re happy to see them.” Step 3: From the Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle page May’s jazz brunch lineup starts up click on the “DONATE NOW” link and again with Guilbert on Sunday, May select “Make a Credit Card Donation” 5. The rest of the month’s musicians include Pasquale Santos (violinist) on Step 4: Fill out the required info and click “SUBMIT” May 12 and 19, and Danny Ward (saxophonist) on May 26. Thank you for your support!

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Spring Series

GRACE KELLY PHOTO BY JIMMY KATZ REFUGE TRIO: JOHN HOLLENBECK, THEO BLECKMAN AND GARY VERSACE

v Kocani Orkestar | Orkestar band on the frontlines of an evolving Tineke Postma Quartet Zirkonium folk music with deep cultural threads, Thursday, May 9, 5:30pm now around the world – 7 is the new Seattle Art Museum Thursday, May 2, 8pm waltz. Town Hall Seattle Dutch saxophonist and composer Orkestar Zirkonium, Seattle’s own Kočani Orkestar’s thundering Tineke Postma performs with her mobile, thirteen-member brass-and- rhythm section – tapan drummer Sa- quartet: Marc van Roon on piano, drum street-party ensemble, drawing ban Jasarov and four tubas Redzai Frans van der Hoeven on bass and from that Eastern European and Roma Durmisev, Mendu Saliev, Esat Sa- Martijn Vink on drums. Her latest brass tradition – and klezmer, Bol- liev and Ismail Jasarov – absolutely CD The Dawn of Light (2011) won the lywood, Ethiopian jazz, punk, funk, rocks Balkan 7/8 and 9/8 signatures prestigious Dutch Edison Award, and hip-hop – opens this explosive show for wailing melodists Ismael Saliev, London’s Evening Standard called her, at Town Hall. Orkestar Zirkonium is sax, Deladin Demirov, clarinet, “One of the leading ladies in jazz!” Stephen Lohrentz and Eric Padget, Turan Gaberov and Sukri Kadrievi, She’s worked with Esperanza Spald- trumpets; Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser, trumpets, and Ajlur Azizov, vocals. ing, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Al- alto horn; Jeff Walker and Scott From the city of Kočani, Republic len, and studied at the Manhattan Rinnan, trombones; Jerry Neufeld- of Macedonia, Kočani Orkestar is the School of Music with Dick Oatts, Kaiser, tuba; Donn Cave, baritone premier exponent of that region’s brass Dave Liebman and Chris Potter. She sax; Ivan Molton, alto sax; Kevin band tradition, originating in 19th- graduated with honors from the Con- Hinshaw, clarinet; Sari Breznau, per- century imitation of Turkish military servatory of Amsterdam, where she cussion; Matt Manges, snare; Anne bands. Founded by trumpeter Naat also taught between 2005-2010. Since Mathews, bass drum; and Greg Bum- Veliov, the band has expanded their 2011, Postma has taught at the Institut pus, snare and percussion. early Gypsy-tune repertoire to include fur Musik – Hochschule Osnabruck, music of street parades, weddings, and – Schraepfer Harvey Germany. She is also a guest teacher Balkan pop and retro-surf. Tickets available at kocani.brownpa- at Jazzskule in Voss, Norway. Postma Kočani Orkestar has performed mu- pertickets.com and 1-800-838-3006. is the only Dutch artist featured in the sic festivals around the world. Inno- Tickets are $22 general; $20 Earshot Icons Among Us – Jazz In The Present vators and rock stars – they’re a brass members and seniors; $12 for students. Tense documentary.

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 Grace Kelly Quintet | Refuge Trio with John French American Peace Tineke Postma Quartet Hollenbeck, Theo Quartet Bleckman, Gary Versace Saturday, May 11, 8pm Thursday, June 20, 8pm Kirkland Performance Center Wednesday, May 15, 8pm Chapel Performance Space Chapel Performance Space Singer, saxophonist, composer, lyri- Presented by Earshot Jazz, Polestar cist, arranger, producer, educator Drummer and composer John Hol- Productions and Nonsequitur Grace Kelly is a 20-year-old wunder- lenbeck, of the incomparable Clau- Legendary duo of William Parker, kind. She’s performed with Dave Bru- dia Quintet, was a Rising Star on the bass, and Hamid Drake, drums, with beck, Harry Connick, Jr., Esperanza DownBeat Critics Poll from 2002- the even-more-legendary New Orleans Spalding, Toots Thielemans, Dianne 2006, including four consecutive saxophonist Kidd Jordan and French Reeves. She joined in Wynton Mar- nominations for the years’ best com- trumpeter Francois Tusques salis’ ensemble for Barack Obama’s poser. Hollenbeck has performed in first inauguration. Since then, Kelly Seattle with Theo Bleckman before. The East/West Collective | has been voted Best Jazz Act in Boston Bleckman is a German-born composer Alfred 23 Harth & Torsten four consecutive years in the FNX/ and vocalist who skirts classification Phoenix Best Music Poll, and then with mercurial gusto. Organist Gary Mueller voted Best National Jazz Act in 2012. Versace, a former player on the Port- Saturday, June 22, 8pm She has received the ASCAP Founda- land scene, completes the trio, which Chapel Performance Space tion’s Young Jazz Composers Award in takes its name from Joni Mitchell’s 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013 and song “Refuge of the Roads.” The three Presented by Earshot Jazz, Polestar won Jazz Artist of the Year at the Bos- Productions and Nonsequitur ton Music Awards in both 2008 and players formed in 2002 to perform at U.S. saxophonist Larry Ochs (Rova), 2010. The 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 New York City’s Wall-to-Wall Joni French bass clarinetist Sylvain Kassap DownBeat Critics Poll named her one Mitchell Marathon Concert. Since of the Alto Saxophone Rising Stars, then, they’ve continued to transport and French cellist Didier Petit, with the youngest artist ever to be named audiences with curious exuberance, Miya Masaoka on Japanese koto and to the music poll. She’s on tour with and to ecstatic acclaim. Hear the Xu Feng Xia on Chinese guzheng and trumpeter Jason Palmer, pianist Doug Refuge Trio in the beautiful acoustic voice. Also on the bill: German saxo- Johnson, bassist Evan Gregor, and space at the Chapel at Good Shepherd phonist Alfred 23 Harth and Cana- drummer Jordan Perlson. Center. dian bassist Torsten Mueller May 9 admission is free; May 11 tickets Tickets are $8-$16 at (800) 838-3006 Check earshot.org for Spring Series con- at www.kpcenter.org or (425) 893-9900. or refugetrio.brownpapertickets.com. cert updates.

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 PREVIEW >> 2013 Bellevue Jazz Festival

KENDRICK SCOTT ORACLE CYRUS CHESTNUT STEFON HARRIS By Steve Griggs plete schedule of artists, venues and According to urbandictionary.com, the Spanish word Tumbao can trans- Now in its 6th year, the Bellevue Jazz performances go to bellevuejazz.com. late as slang for bass notes, mean Festival returns May 29 through June booty, swagger or African sexiness. 2 at 12 venues with 40 performances by Carlos Cascante y su Technically, it refers to a specific Latin regional and national artists. At press Tumbao dance rhythm played by congas and time, the program includes McTuff basses that gyrates centers of gravity and Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, Thursday, May 30, 7pm & 9:30pm Bake’s Place and boosts animal magnetism of ev- singers Isabella Du Graf, Stephanie eryone listening. The bass line hides Porter and Danny Quintero, pianists Singer Carlos Cascante and Tumbao the strong downbeat of funk and an- Bill Anschell, Overton Berry, Hans will appear for two evenings at Bake’s ticipates the harmony to create a for- Brehmer, Darin Clendenin, Karin Ka- Place on the corner of 108th Avenue ward motion against the steady conga. jita and June Tonkin, guitarists Neil NE and NE 2nd Street. In Tumbao, Dancing inevitably ensues. Andersson, Marco de Carvalho and Pedro Vargas performs on tumbadora Dave Peterson, bassists Clipper An- (Cuban for conga) with pianist Julio Kendrick Scott Oracle | derson and Evan Flory-Barnes, vibra- Evan Flory-Barnes “On phonist Tom Collier, trumpeter Jason Jáuregui, trumpeter Thomas Marriott, Parker and trombonist Andy Clausen. bassist Dean Schmidt and percussion- Loving, The Muse, and Local student ensembles will be fea- ist Jeff Busch. Tumbao plays authen- Family” tured on a student showcase at the Bel- tic Latin music – Cascante grew up in Friday, May 31, 7:30pm levue Arts Museum. Downtown Bel- Costa Rica, Vargas in Cuba, Jáuregui Theatre at Meydenbauer Center levue venues include 1Hundred Bistro in Mexico and Busch studied in Brazil. & Bar, Bake’s Place, Black Bottle Pos- For more than nine years, the ensem- The last time 32-year-old drummer tern, Cypress Lounge at The Westin, ble has been thrilling audiences with Kendrick Scott appeared in the Pacific El Gaucho, Lot No. 3, Paddy Coynes, its recordings (Recuerdos, Hablando en Northwest he performed at Seattle’s and Rock Bottom Brewery. For a com- Serio) and live performances. Jazz Alley with singer Kurt Elling to

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 promote the release of Elling’s 1619 with vibraphonist Stefon Harris on in the heart and soul.” Chestnut goes Broadway: The Brill Building Project. Saturday, June 1, at the Meydenbauer on to highlight music’s connection to On Friday, May 31, Scott takes a break Theatre. “I believe the ability to play the physical. “You don’t just play notes from the worldwide tour schedule with music is a gift from God and every for the heck of it. You play notes to get Elling to appear in the Meydenbauer time I play, I’m thankful,” Chestnut a reaction. This music is about motion, Center, featuring music from his own was quoted in DownBeat magazine. Oracle ensemble and new recording you know?” Chestnut underscores “Every time I sit down to play, for me, the main goal. “When the note goes Conviction. is worship and expression.” The link The 2005 debut recording of Oracle, down, it’s got to feel good. Whether it’s between worship and jazz can be so in- The Source, included former Seattle a sharp nine, or altered, augmented or timate that some nightclubs even refer pianist Aaron Parks. The current ver- whatever, it’s got to feel good.” to the stage as an altar. sion of Oracle consists of guitarist Make reservations for Thursday at Mike Moreno, pianist Taylor Eigsti, In a 2010 YouTube interview with Bake’s Place at bakesplacebellevue.com saxophonist John Ellis and bassist Joe Brian Pace, Chestnut echoes Kendrick Sanders. Scott’s emphasis on channeling the di- or (425) 454-2776. Tickets and info for Scott embodies the name of his band vine during performance: “This music performances at the Theatre at Meyden- Oracle by striving to transcend the is not just thought in the head. It’s felt bauer Center at www.bellevuejazz.com. technical. “Learning my instrument and getting it out of the way is really key to playing music,” Scott said in a 2010 interview with Jazz Houston. “The more that you know your instrument, the more you can speak your mind and not worry about things. I also have a saying that I write on my sticks that says, ‘Lord make me an instrument of thy piece,’ so whenev- er things get out of hand or I’m not thinking of musical things, I look at my sticks and it puts everything right back into perspective. … When I see my sticks it’s like, ‘oh that’s really why I’m playing! I’m showcasing my life through the instrument.’” Opening for Scott is Seattle bassist Evan Flory-Barnes with pianist Dawn Clement, saxophonists Art Brown and Craig Flory, French horn player Josiah Boothby, trombonist Nathan Vetter, tuba player Jon Hansen and drummer Jeremy Jones playing a program entitled “On Loving, The Muse and Family.” Cyrus Chestnut Trio with special guest Stefon Harris

Saturday, June 1, 7:30pm Theatre at Meydenbauer Center Pianist Cyrus Chestnut will tap his gospel roots when his trio performs

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND May 05 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 LJ Zero-G: Deal’s Number / Syrinx Effect w/ Kate SATURDAY, MAY 4 Olson, Naomi Siegel, 8 C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th St), LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Two Twelve, 212 9:30 TD Shemekia Copeland w/ Charles Mack, 7:30 Central Way, Kirkland), 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism Ensemble TO Kocani Orkestar / Orkestar Zirkonium, 8 C* Debbie Cavitt (The Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th (Waterwheel, 7034 15th Ave NW), 7 TU Contempo, 7:30 Street), 6 JA Brad Mehldau Trio, 7:30 CD Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio, 8 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 FRIDAY, MAY 3 CH Keith Eisenbrey, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 GD Marc Smason, Laura Oviedo, Oleg Ruvinov, 11am SF Bossa Nova Quintet w/ Leo Raymundo, Francesca BB Ronin, 7:30 GZ Andre Thomas Quietfire, 7 Merlini, 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, JA Chick Corea & The Vigil, 7:30, 9:30 TD Billy Brandt (Musicquarium), 8:30 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 RR Beck’s Song Reader, 7, 9:30 TD Chico Pinheiro, 7:30 C* Better World w/ Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 Michael Barnett (Ship Canal Grill, 3218 Eastlake SY Victor Janusz, 10am Ave E), 8 TO Renaud Garcia-Fons, 8 THURSDAY, MAY 2 C* Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet (Duos, 2940 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 SW Avalon Way), 7:30 BB Jump Ensemble, 7:30 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 SUNDAY, MAY 5 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 GZ Andre Thomas Quietfire, 7 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Bruce BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, JA Chick Corea & The Vigil, 7:30, 9:30 Barnard, 11:30am Etienne Cakpo, 7 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BP Pearl Django w/ Greta Matassa, 7 C* Hammon-Esvelt Quintet w/ Frank Clayton LJ Fade Jazz Quartet w/ Alex Dugdale, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 7:30 (Velocity Dance Studio, 1621 12th Ave), 7 RR Mahonyera Mbira Ensemble & Eckaman and CR Racer Sessions: Beth Fleenor & Workshop CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 Super Mokako, 8:30 Ensemble, 8 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad RV Renaud Garcia-Fons, 7 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 Britton, 8:30 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 FB BlueStreet Jazz Voices, 6 CH Christian Pincock Group, 8 SR Nelda Swiggett Trio, 7:30 JA Chick Corea & The Vigil, 7:30, 9:30 DT Birth of the Cool, 9 TU Peter Daniels & Agent 86, 7:30 PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 EB Jacob Zimmerman Group, 7 PM Paul Richardson, 6 JA Chick Corea & The Vigil, 7:30, 9:30 RR Washington Composers Orchestra, 7:30

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AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 545-8570 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, 789-1621 2563 436-2960 ED Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 Edmonds, 425-275-9595 PA Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, 682-1414 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 ET Electric Tea Garden, 1402 Pike St, 568-3922 PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, 425- BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 258-6100 BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 325-6051 PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 783-0418 425-391-3335 GD Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue, 425- PL Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, 455-5650 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st 425-292-9307 GZ Grazie Canyon Park, 23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Ave, 728-1337 C* Concert and Special Events Bothell, 425-402-9600 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906-9920 CB Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave NW, 784- HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726- RV Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska St 3640 4966 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 726-1522 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, KC Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 Kirkland, 425-828-0422 448-8757 SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 622-6400 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 402-3042 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor TI Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, 17171 MC MC Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 366-3333 Bellevue, 425-450-3810 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, TO Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, 652-4255 MO Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, 682-1414 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 542-2789 763-0714 MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, VT Via Tribunali, 913 E Pike St, 322-9234 Tacoma, 253-229-9206 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 RR Total Gospel Experience Choir w/ Pastor Pat FRIDAY, MAY 10 Wright, 1 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am C* Annie Eastwood w/ Fugitives Trio (Match Coffee & CURTAIN CALL SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 Wine, 15705 Main St NE, Duvall), 7:30 weekly recurring performances SY Victor Janusz, 10am C* Los Buhos w/ Marc Smason (el Quetzal, 3209 TD 6 Demon Bag w/ Davy Nefos (Musicquarium), 8 Beacon Ave S), 7 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 ED Ann Hampton Callaway: Streisand Songbook, MONDAY TU Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, 3 7:30 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 GT Matt Ingalls solo & Matt Ingalls w/Jenny Ziefel, VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Paul Hoskin, Angelina Baldoz, Greg Powers, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Pediangco (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 65th St), 9 MONDAY, MAY 6 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30, 9:30 C* Josh Clifford Trio (Coastal BN Andy Coe Band, 10 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 Kitchen, 426 15th Ave E), 9:30 C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco (Scarlet LJ Ravenna Trio w/ Alex Dugdale, 6 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 9 PL Penelope Donado w/ Dave Peterson & Chuck NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 C* Josh Clifford Trio (Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave Kistler, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 E), 9:30 RR Sam Boshnack Quintet / Jefferson Rose Band, TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 8:30 Lewis/Adam Kessler (Musicquari- NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 SF John Sanders & Saul Cline, 9 um), 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SR Katrina Kope, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 8 TD Ranger and the Re-Arrangers (Musicquarium), 5 TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler TU Thomas Marriott Quintet w/ Doug Beavers, 7:30 TUESDAY (Musicquarium), 8 WR Ventrillo w/ Maiah Manser, Steve O’Brien, Darian BP Hans Brehmer Trio, 7 TU Music Works Big Band w/ Lakeside HS Jazz Asplund, 9 Band, 7:30 BX Future Jazzheads jam, 5, 7 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 10 BRASS-WOODWIND QUINTET, CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8 GALLERY 1412 ET Monktail session, 8 TUESDAY, MAY 7 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, A remarkable evening with Oakland’s Matt Ingalls, May 10 BP Hans Brehmer Trio, 7 10, 8pm, at the Gallery 1412. Set one features Matt BX Future Jazzheads Jam, 5, 7 Ingalls on solo clarinet; set two, Matt Ingalls, clarinet, SB McTuff Trio, 10 C* Kenny Mandell/Don Berman Quartet (Outwest bass clarinet; Jenny Ziefel, clarinet, bass clarinet; Paul VT Careless Lovers, 9 Tavern, 5401 California Ave SW), 8 Hoskin, contrabass clarinet; Angelina Baldoz, trumpet; CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8 Greg Powers, trombone. Ingalls performs his decades- WEDNESDAY ET Monktail Session, 8 in-the-making clarinet solo, exploring extended C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, JA Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo, 7:30 techniques that interact with the acoustic space. He’s 801 NE 65th St), 9:30 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 a composer, clarinetist, concert producer, computer NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 SB McTuff Trio, 10 music programmer and founder and co-director of PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat- SF Jerry Frank, 6 sfSound, a new music series, ensemble, and Internet felix, 9 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30 radio station devoted to new ideas and traditions of VT Careless Lovers, 9 experimental music, performance art, live electronic THURSDAY music, Bay Area composition and the various facets of WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 contemporary improvisation. BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th St), Abramson, 4:30 9:30 SATURDAY, MAY 11 CG Origin Records night, 8 BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko CD Jazz Night School combo, 8 JA Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo, 7:30 Dosumov, Etienne Cakpo, 7 CH Butch Morris tribute with JA Deane & Wayne NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, Horvitz, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 10 GD Marc Smason, Laura Oviedo, Oleg Ruvinov, 11am TD Trio SHI w/ Bryan Smith (Musicquarium), 5 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 GZ Edward Paul Trio, 7 TU Clipper Anderson CD release, 7:30 LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30, 9:30 THURSDAY, MAY 9 KC Grace Kelly Quintet / Tineke Postma Quartet, 8 FRIDAY SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 SR Gail Pettis, 7:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 Sparks, 5 Etienne Cakpo, 7 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 11 SOUL SAUCE CAL TJADER TRIBUTE, SATURDAY CG Fu Kun Wu Trio w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad SUSAN PASCAL QUINTET SY Victor Janusz, 10am Britton, 8:30 Seattle jazz vibraphonist Susan Pascal performs with JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30 pianist Fred Hoadley, bassist Chuck Deardorf, drummer SUNDAY LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 Mark Ivester and percussionist Tom Bergersen, May 11, RR Tunnel Six w/ Mountlake Terrace HS Jazz BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 7:30 7:30, at Tula’s, in a tribute to Latin jazz legend Cal Ensemble, 8 CR Racer Sessions, 8 Tjader. Pascal has performed with the Seattle Repertory SE Art of Jazz: Tineke Postma Quartet, 5:30 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 Jazz Orchestra, Gypsy jazz group Pearl Django and the TD Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, PM Paul Richardson, 6 Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Her own jazz quartet has Etienne Cakpo (Musicquarium), 5 SY Victor Janusz, 10am been nominated twice for Best Acoustic Group in the TU Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop, 7 Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards. Admission is $15. TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Call 206-443-4221 for Tula’s reservations. VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 SUNDAY, MAY 12 MONDAY, MAY 13 ET Monktail Session, 8 JA John Hammond, 7:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 7:30 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 C* Michael Gotz Trio w/ Todd Zimberg, Steve Kim C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco (Scarlet RR Burns/Harper/Gibson/Goodhew & Mouth of (Tutta Bella, 715 NW Gilman Blvd, Issaquah), 5 Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 9 Gravity, 8 CR Racer Sessions: Christian Pincock, 8 C* Josh Clifford Trio (Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave SB McTuff Trio, 10 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 E), 9:30 SF Jerry Frank, 6 JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30 JA Ballard HS Jazz Bands/Vocal Jazz, 7:30 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 VT Careless Lovers, 9 RR Scrape, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 RR Total Gospel Experience Choir w/ Pastor Pat PM Paul Richardson, 6 WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 Wright, 1 RR Syrinx Effect / Ask the Ages, 8 SF Ann Reynolds & Burt Boice, 6:30 TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th St), SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am (Musicquarium), 8 9:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 CH Refuge Trio w/ Gary Versace, John Hollenbeck, TD Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble WR Spellbinder, 9:30 Theo Bleckman, 8 (Musicquarium), 8 JA John Hammond, 7:30 TU Jazz Police, 3 TUESDAY, MAY 14 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 BP Hans Brehmer Trio, 7 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 RR Bandalabra, 8 BX Future Jazzheads Jam, 5, 7 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TD Istvan & Farko (Musicquarium), 5 C* Kenny Mandell/Don Berman Quartet (Outwest TU Jim Sisko & Bellevue College Big Band, 7:30 Tavern, 5401 California Ave SW), 8 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8 THURSDAY, MAY 16 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, apply online at Etienne Cakpo, 7 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 WWW.CORNISH.EDU/MUSIC CG Fu Kun Wu Trio w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad or call 800.726.ARTS Britton, 8:30 CH John Teske / Any Ensemble, 8 JA The Greyboy Allstars, 7:30, 9:30 LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 TD The Bayous w/ PK (Musicquarium), 5 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 FRIDAY, MAY 17 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 C* Garfield Jazz Gala (Brockey Center, 6000 16th Avenue SW), 6:30 CH Jenny Ziefel & Beverly Setzer, 8 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 JA The Greyboy Allstars, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TD Cascadia 10 (Musicquarium), 9 TD Smoke and Honey (Musicquarium), 5 TU Dave Peck Trio w/Jeff Johnson & Eric Eagle, 7:30 SATURDAY, MAY 18 JAZZ AT C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Port Gardner Winery, 2802 Rockefeller Ave, Everett), 6 CH Tom Varner Quintet, 8 GD Marc Smason, Laura Oviedo, Oleg Ruvinov, 11am JA The Greyboy Allstars, 7:30, 9:30 CORNISH. SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TI The Moodswings, 7:30 TO Etienne Cakpo’s Gansango Music & Dance, 11am TU Dave Peck Trio w/Jeff Johnson & Eric Eagle, 7:30 SUNDAY, MAY 19 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Bruce Cornish College of the Arts offers a Barnard, 1 bachelor of music in composition, BB Buzzard jam w/ Kenny Mandell, Don Berman, 1 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 7:30 instrumental or vocal performance. C* The Western Bluebirds (Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St), 9 CR Racer Sessions: Natalie Mai Hall, 8

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad C* el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, JA The Greyboy Allstars, 7:30 Britton, 8:30 Dalton Davis (el Quetzal, 3209 Beacon Ave S), 7 MV Susan Pascal Quartet, 5 JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30 GD Marc Smason, Laura Oviedo, Oleg Ruvinov, 11am PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30, 9:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 TD Correo Aereo (Musicquarium), 9 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 RR JazzED Combos, 6:30 TU Sarah Slonim Trio, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am SB Michael Zabrek, Aaron Harmonson, Chris TD Charles Mack (Musicquarium), 9 Icasiano, 10 FRIDAY, MAY 24 TU Thomas Marriott Miles Davis Birthday Tribute w/ SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am George Colligan, 7:30 BH Jump Session Show, 7 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 BP Geoffrey Castle Quartet, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am CH Lori Goldston, 8 SUNDAY, MAY 26 TD The New Triumph (Musicquarium), 8 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 BP Rat Pack tribute, 7 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30, 9:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 7:30 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 CR Racer Sessions: Max Wood, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SR Nikki DeCaires, 7:30 JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30 TD Danny Godinez (Musicquarium), 5 PM Paul Richardson, 6 MONDAY, MAY 20 TU Michael Brockman Quartet, 7:30 SF Alex Guilbert, 6:30 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 SF Danny Ward brunch, 11am C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco (Scarlet SATURDAY, MAY 25 SY Victor Janusz, 10am Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 9 TD Kareem Kandi (Musicquarium), 8 C* Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio (Scotch & Vine, C* Josh Clifford Trio (Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave TU Special Forces, 3 22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines), 8 E), 9:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Fugitives Trio (Mr. Villa, 8064 Lake City Way NE), 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Gregg Belisle-Chi / BongMantra music by Mahivishnu Orch., 8, 10

TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler 2214MAY Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 (Musicquarium), 8 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 may 2013 TU Mach One Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY WR Spellbinder, 9:30 FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: 1 2 3 4 TUESDAY, MAY 21 Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7PM to BIG BAND Contempo Peter Greta receive a $5 discount on your cover charge JAZZ 7:30PM $10 Daniels Matassa BP Hans Brehmer Trio, 7 Smith/ & Quartet BX Future Jazzheads Jam, 5, 7 Tula's V.I.P. Pass: $500 includes entrance for two to Staelens Agent 86 7:30PM $15 all shows, except holidays and Earshot Jazz Festival C* Kenny Mandell/Don Berman Quartet (Outwest Big Band 7:30PM $15 Tavern, 5401 California Ave SW), 8 7:30PM $10 C* ZeroG: Ronin/Trimtab/Lil Coop Sextet (Comet, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 922 E Pike St), 8 Reggie Goings BIG BAND BIG BAND Clipper Greta Thomas Susan CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8 Jazz Offering JAZZ JAZZ Anderson Matassa Marriott Pascal CY Eastside Jazz Club, 7:30 3-7PM $10 Music Works Jay Thomas CD Release Jazz Quintet Quartet ______W/ ET Monktail Session, 8 Big Band Big Band Ballad of the Workshop Doug 7:30PM $15 W/Lakeside H.S. Sad Young Beavers JA Gerald Clayton Trio w/ Sachal Vasandani, 7:30 Jim Cutler 7:30PM $5 7PM $10 Jazz Orchestra Jazz Band Man 7:30PM $15 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 7:30PM $10 8PM $8 7:30PM $5 SB McTuff Trio, 10 SF Jerry Frank, 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 Jazz Police BIG BAND BIG BAND BIG BAND HOT LATIN Dave Peck Dave Peck VT Careless Lovers, 9 3-7PM $5 JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ Trio Trio ______David Emerald City Jim Sisko & Fred W/Jeff Johnson W/Jeff Johnson TBD Marriott Big Jazz Bellevue Hoadley’s & Eric Eagle & Eric Eagle WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Band Orchestra College Big Sonando 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 7:30PM $5 7:30PM $5 Band 8PM $10 9:30 7:30PM $7 C* Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives (Pike 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Brewery, 90 Pike St), 6 Jay Thomas Mach One BIG BAND BIG BAND Sarah Michael Thomas JA Gerald Clayton Trio w/ Sachal Vasandani, 7:30 Big Band Jazz JAZZ JAZZ Slonim Brockman Marriott NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 4-7PM $5 Orchestra Roadside The Jazz Trio Quartet Miles Davis ______PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 7:30 $5 Attraction Underground 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 Birthday Tribute TU The Jazz Underground, 7:30 Jim Cutler 7:30PM $8 7:30PM $5 Jazz Orchestra 7:30PM $15 THURSDAY, MAY 23 8PM $8 26 27 28 29 30 31 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Special Forces BIG BAND BIG BAND Greta Katie Bill Anschell BN Sidewinder w/ Jim Knodle, James DeJoie, 9 3-7PM $7 JAZZ JAZZ Matassa Davi Standards BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 ______Cascadia Big Music Works Jazz Quartet Trio W/ BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, Jim Cutler Band Big Band Workshop 7:30PM $9 Jeff Johnson Etienne Cakpo, 7 Jazz Orchestra 7:30PM $5 Central WA 7:30PM $10 & D’Vonne Jazz Band Lewis CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 8PM $8 opens 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $5

May 2013 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 2009. Composer, vocalist and arranger Hanna Benn LJ Davy Nefos jam, 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 graduated from Cornish College of the Arts, where she PA Fela!, 7:30 studied composition and sacred vocal music with Bern SB Hardcoretet, 10 MONDAY, MAY 27 Herbolsheimer, Jarrad Powell and Jessika Kenney. She TU Katie Davi Quartet, 7:30 is the lead singer and co-founder of Pollens (Tapete BN Andy Coe Band, 10 Records), a Seattle-based experimental pop band. C* Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco (Scarlet FRIDAY, MAY 31 Her works and arrangements have been performed by Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 9 BB Ken Strong, 7:30 the St. Marks Cathedral Choir (Seattle), Indianapolis C* Josh Clifford Trio (Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave BP Bellevue Jazz Fest: Michael Shrieve’s Symphony Orchestra, Fleet Foxes and Campfire OK. E), 9:30 Spellbinder, 8 Admission is $5-$50, sliding scale. C* The Moodswings (Folklife, Seattle Center, Mural C* Los Buhos w/ Marc Smason (el Quetzal, 3209 Amphitheater), 1 Beacon Ave S), 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 THURSDAY, MAY 30 CD No Jive Five, 8 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 GD Marc Smason, Laura Oviedo, Oleg Ruvinov, 11am PM Paul Richardson, 6 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 RR Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, 8 BP Bellevue Jazz Fest: Carlos Cascante y su Tumbao, LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler 7 MC Bellevue Jazz Fest: Kendrick Scott Oracle / Evan (Musicquarium), 8 BP Jazzukha w/ Michael Gotz, Farko Dosumov, Flory-Barnes, 7:30 TU Cascadia Big Band, 7:30 Etienne Cakpo, 7 PA Fela!, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson, Tad SR Rochelle House, 7:30 TUESDAY, MAY 28 Britton, 8:30 TU Bill Anschell Standards Trio w/Jeff Johnson & D’vonne Lewis, 7:30 BP Hans Brehmer Trio, 7 CH Mouth of Gravity, 8 BX Future Jazzheads Jam, 5, 7 C* Kenny Mandell/Don Berman Quartet (Outwest Tavern, 5401 California Ave SW), 8 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8 ET Monktail Session, 8 JA Anthony Wilson, Julian Lage, Chico Pinheiro, The Larry Koonse, 7:30 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 PA Fela!, 7:30 SB McTuff Trio, 10 Grace Kelly SF Jerry Frank, 6 TU Central WA Jazz Band / Music Works Big Band, 7:30 Quintet VT Careless Lovers, 9 with opener Tineke Postma WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 C* Mambo Cadillac (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th St), 9:30 C* Danse Infernale by Evan Flory-Barnes & Hanna Sat., May 11 • 8:00 pm Benn (Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St), 7 JA Anthony Wilson, Julian Lage, Chico Pinheiro, Larry Koonse, 7:30 Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 PA Fela!, 7:30 feeling. She has a great amount of natural PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 talent and the ability to adapt that is the SB Scott Pemberton Band, 10 hallmark of a first-class jazz musician. TD Katy Bourne & Tim Kennedy (Musicquarium), 5 TD Sara Gazarek, 7:30, 9:30 - Wynton Marsalis TU Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop, 7:30

29 DANSE INFERNALE FUNDRAISER FOR NOVA AUDEO On the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” premiere, fundraiser Danse Infernale features original compositions by composers Evan Flory-Barnes Save the date! and Hanna Benn (Pollens), with dance sets by DJ Riz, May 29, 7pm, at the Century Ballroom. The composers A Jazz Evening are to premiere their works “The Illumination of Beauty with Youn Sun Nah in Us All” and “On Which All Figures Fix’t Their Eyes” later at Nova Audeo at Benaroya Hall. Seattleite bassist June 24 • 7:30 pm and composer Evan Flory-Barnes was a member of Kirkland Performance Center Garfield High’s symphony orchestra and is a frequent performer in jazz and other groups in Seattle, including Industrial Revelation and Skerik’s Bandalabra. His kpcenter.org large-ensemble jazz, hip-hop, classical music and dance opus “Acknowledgement of a Celebration,” commissioned for the Meet the Composer’s 425.893.9900 Commissioning Music/USA program, premiered in

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 Notes, from page 2 In One Ear, from page 3

Gregory Porter, John Scofield, Kurt late-night and prime-time jazz pro- and Jared Hallock, drums; May 19, Rosenwinkel, Herbie Hancock. More grams. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, the Pornados, cinematic music for the at coastaljazz.ca. see kplu.org/schedule. radio with Jason Goessl, guitar; Ethan Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sundays, Sobotta, bass; Tom Zgonc, drums; On the Horizon 2pm, features the artists and events of and Robb Davidson, space processing; the regional jazz scene: May 5, Seattle May 26, Loscil, the Loscil electronic Roscoe Mitchell / Lawson / Bad Luck Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays the music catalog adapted for piano and Friday, June 7, pre-concert talk music of the Harlem Renaissance III, electronics, with Scott Morgan, elec- 7:15pm; concert at 8pm featuring music of the 30s (recorded tronics, and Kelly Wyse, piano. Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall April 14); May 19, Dutch saxophonist 91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and Tineke Postma, recorded in concert at prime-time Mondays, features Floata- Roscoe Mitchell in an extended solo the Seattle Art Museum’s Art of Jazz tion Device with John Seman and Jon- saxophone performance, the world pre- series. For full JazzNW program in- athan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser mier of a new arrangement of Mitch- formation, see jazznw.org. with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with ell’s “Nonaah” with alto saxophonist 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, fea- John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS Jacob Zimmerman’s nonet Lawson, tures Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath at kbcs.fm. and Bad Luck presenting a contempo- and Sonarchy, a live-performance 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays at 7pm, rary piece based on “Nonaah.” Admis- broadcast from the Jack Straw Produc- features Amanda Wilde’s the Swing sion is $30 general, $20 students. More tions studio, produced by Doug Haire. Years and Beyond, popular music at tableandchairsmusic.com/events. Full schedule information is available from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at at kexp.org and jackstraw.org. kuow.org/swing_years.php. Help the Jazz Around the Sound Sonarchy’s May lineup: May 5, Jesse Calendar Paul Miller presents field record- In One Ear News ings from Java, Bali, Thailand, Japan, Notice a restaurant with jazz gigs has Email your news about Seattle-area Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos; May closed or opened? Want to list your jazz artists for In One Ear to editor@ 12, BoiSea Collective, new jazz music gigs? Please email news and announce- earshot.org. ments about community jazz gigs, from Boise/Seattle combo with Brent concerts and events to jazzcalendar@ Jensen, soprano sax; Cynthia Mullis, earshot.org. soprano and tenor sax, bass clarinet; Kris Hartung, guitar, laptop effects;

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By Ross Eustis degree at Whitman College, where I world with my horn for a year, con- took courses in theory and improvisa- versing with distinct dialects of jazz. I thought I sidetracked jazz. Any re- tion, composed regularly and gigged I immediately faced a steep learn- cent graduate of a renowned Seattle in Walla Walla’s emerging wine scene. ing curve in Sweden. Nothing went as jazz program has faced a similar deci- I never foresaw that my alternative expected – contacts and housing fell sion. Yet, after changing my embou- musical path would lead to a Watson through, and after a week of carrying chure, I again devoted myself to the Fellowship, allowing me to travel the my horn out to gigs, I learned sitting- trumpet while earning a chemistry in cold turkey was not common, nor encouraged. In retrospect, this was all standard procedure. I would constantly adapt to new countries, cultures and customs, leaving all expectations at the airport. Initially drawn to Sweden by Nordic folk-jazz forged decades ago, I focused on the ever-present Nordic sound, or dialect – a reflection of its people’s mel- ancholic sensibilities, inextricably tied to the landscape. A Swedish musician I met summed it up best: lagom, which means “just enough,” symbolic of the minimal, melodic Nordic jazz dialect. India completely flipped the script. Mumbai, Stockholm’s polar opposite, slaps the senses with its noisy, odor- ous, filthy, humid atmosphere, impos- ing a learning curve entirely its own. I acclimatized gradually, building up a robust tolerance to chaos, which I’ve worn ever since like armor. I sought out lessons in Hindustani, North In- dian classical music, essential to even attempt a meaningful exchange with jazz there. I also found a niche within Mumbai’s small, yet busy jazz circle while meditating on the complex melodic and rhythmic frameworks within Indian classical music. After India, the South African jazz dialect felt much more organic. Dur- ing Apartheid, black and colored South Africans alike realized an innate affinity for jazz, which freed many

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • May 2013 voices to express themselves against an top dollar for top-shelf jazz. Unable to The Watson Fellowship granted a unjust political regime – a society that find a definitive cross between jazz and year of tremendous exploration and walled South African jazz heroes like any Japanese music, I again pivoted. A continues to inform my own musical Winston “Mankunku” Ngozi behind friend encouraged me to join him at consciousness. I’m truly fortunate. I’ve curtains, while a white entertainer a noise show. I was decidedly curious. seen musicians everywhere struggle to imitated his playing. I can never un- An effect-heavy, hard-hitting noise find opportunity to work, travel and derstand the burden of Apartheid, but trio fronted by a classically trained exchange abroad. The Watson demon- the honesty and courage of South Af- dancer blew a packed house away. In strates that while it’s certainly crucial rican musicians left a deep impression a moment of musical acuity, I realized to capitalize on existing opportunities, on me. the extent I had grown and opened as it’s even more lucrative to create your The late South African saxophonist a musician, as a person. I now see jazz own, to seek funding and to always ask Zim Ngqawana best articulated a jazz as simply one of many musical adjec- for help. dialect. Explaining his distinct sound, tives, though without a doubt the one Ngqawana emphasized his “South Af- I identify with most. rican consciousness” – a repository of his collective experiences and influenc- es, communicated through, but not SEATTLE exclusive to, music. Literature, film, WASHINGTON poetry, and even seemingly insignifi- cant day-to-day occurrences all impart a culture’s collective consciousness. I reflected on the Nordic sound, on the intricacies of Hindustani, all reaffirm- ing Ngqawana’s definitive notion. In this, I realized that seeking a jazz dialect alone only takes you half way. In Brazil, I restructured my project. By now, I had the jazz routine down JAZZ AT – track down contacts, meet the cats, sit in, line up gigs and start projects. I instead sought cultural gatherings centered on local music and dance that honestly expressed the culture’s consciousness, so I might understand a Brazilian jazz dialect from both sides. I’m not pious, yet a religious gather- ing – energized by a full baião drum SUMMER WORKSHOPS core, with children joyfully dancing JOVINO SANTOS NETO, DIRECTOR with adults, teenagers with the elderly CORNISH JAZZ FACULTY & GUEST ARTISTS – ending in a tearful right of passage SMALL ENSEMBLES LARGE ENSEMBLES JAZZ ARRANGING ceremony, beautifully imparted the July 8 – 12, 2013 July 15 – 19, 2013 July 15 – 19, 2013 playful, expressive Brazilian spirit. In Designed to afford talented For high school and college John Hollenbeck, guest artist Brazil, everyone seems to play an in- middle and high school students students already playing at an Come explore the theory, tech- an opportunity to unleash their advanced level who wish to take nique, and practice of compos- strument, sing and dance, which keeps creative potential and develop their jazz improvisation skills to ing for the jazz ensemble with the professionals all the more account- their improvisational skills. the next level. one of the top jazz composer/ able! arrangers in the world today. Tokyo is a marvel jazz city, saturated BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN JAZZ www.cornish.edu/music/jazz | 800.726.ARTS with jazz kissas (cafes) and clubs, and a culture of jazz connoisseurs who pay

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