A Mirror and Focus for the Community January 2014 Vol. 30, No. 01 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

The Seamonster Lounge Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath Happy New Year from Earshot Managing Director Karen Caropepe Jazz!! Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey Contributing Writers Nathan Bluford, Libby With this January issue, Earshot Graham, Steve Griggs, Bryan Lineberry, Jazz begins its 30th year of publi- Peter Monaghan, Sarah Thomas cation! Since December of 1984, Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey we’ve distributed well over one Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic million free copies of this monthly Photography Daniel Sheehan magazine throughout the Seattle Layout Karen Caropepe area, thoroughly documenting one Distribution Karen Caropepe, Dan Wight and of the most vibrant jazz scenes in volunteers the country. Send Calendar Information to: Meanwhile, Earshot Jazz has 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 Seattle, WA 98103 grown from the original one-sheet, JOHN GILBREATH PHOTO BY BILL UZNAY bi-monthly newsletter, published, fax / (206) 547-6286 email / [email protected] as the masthead said, “out of pocket Feeling the vitality of the jazz scene by Paul deBarros and Gary Ban- around us, we can only imagine Board of Directors Richard Thurston nister,” into a highly effective non- good things for the future. (president), Femi Lakeru (vice-president), Hideo Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, profit jazz-support organization. We’ve got some great program- ing around the corner in 2014! Stay Bill Broesamle, George Heidorn, Ruby Consistent with its original mis- Smith Love, Kenneth W. Masters, Sally sion, the Earshot Jazz organization tuned for further details, but mark Nichols, Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong increases awareness and support for your calendars for a February 6 Vu, Lori Williams concert with Ralph Alessi’s exciting jazz in the community through this Earshot Jazz is published monthly by magazine, its various educational Baida Quartet, appearing on the Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is programs, and artist-support and heels of their fantastic new ECM available online at www.earshot.org. networking initiatives. Earshot Jazz release. On February 18th we are proud to present Brian Blade’s Fel- Subscription (with membership): $35 has also developed into one of the 3429 Fremont Place #309 premiere jazz-presenting organiza- lowship band, which recently com- Seattle, WA 98103 tions in America, respected for tak- pleted a run of sold out concerts at phone / (206) 547-6763 ing the long view of the art form, New York’s legendary Village Van- fax / (206) 547-6286 guard, about which critics and con- while showcasing Seattle’s impor- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 tant artists alongside the monsters certgoers are still talking. Printed by Pacific Publishing Company and masters from around the world. In addition to new education and © 2013 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Thanks to your support and par- concert opportunities, Earshot Jazz ticipation, we had a fantastic year also has some organizational en- MISSION STATEMENT in 2013!! Our concerts presented hancements coming up that will Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service unforgettable work from hundreds help us better serve the artists, edu- organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a of artists this year, while forming cators, and audiences of our com- support system for jazz in the community munity. We hope you’ll continue and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot new partnerships and reaching re- Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a cord audiences. We’ve also recently to be involved. Please join Earshot monthly newsletter, presenting creative , inaugurated two new education Jazz now!! providing educational programs, identifying and programs, which will bring jazz to Happy New Year!! filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting and complementing general population school children John Gilbreath, Executive Director existing services and programs, and networking around interesting new narratives. with the national and international jazz community.

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 NOTES NOMINATIONS Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Artist Trust Fellowships Auditions The application deadline is January SNominations Wanted: The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Associa- 13 for 2014 Artist Trust Fellowships, 2013 Golden Ear Awards annual awards of $7,500 for profes- tion sends one high school-aged and The Golden Ear Awards recog- sional Washington State artists dem- one adult female jazz vocalist from nize and celebrate the outstanding onstrating excellence and dedication in Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May achievements of the previous year their craft. New this year, in addition 2014. Finalists are selected by early in Seattle jazz. Nominations for to 14 Fellowship recipients, one artist February and participate in a live audi- the 2013 awards are currently be- each in literary and music disciplines tion at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Mon- ing accepted. Please email nomi- will receive a one-month residency at day, February 24. Two winners feature nations to nominations@earshot. the Millay Colony in New York and a as guest vocalists at the 15th annual org by January 10, 2014. The of- $1,000 stipend. Eligible fields for 2014 Kobe Jazz Vocal Queen Contest. Ap- ficial voting ballots for the 2013 are Music, Media, Literary and Craft. plication deadline is January 20, 2014, awards will be printed in the Feb- Apply at www.artisttrust.org. by email to [email protected]. For ruary issue of this publication and questions or more information, con- Wayne Horvitz Piano Book available at www.earshot.org. tact Mari Maruyama Carpenter at (206) 619-1951. Wayne Horvitz has released the first Send us your suggestions for edition of Little Pieces for the Piano, a NW Recording of the Year: CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

IN ONE EAR NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year:

Seattle Jazz at the JEN Conference to participate in the ninth annual Seattle jazz educators fly to Dallas Swing Central Jazz High School Jazz Alternative Jazz Group of the in the first week of January to per- Band Competition & Workshop, pro- Year: form and teach at the Jazz Education duced by the Savannah Music Festi- Network Conference. The Bellevue val (SMF), March 26-28. Pianist and College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, with composer Marcus Roberts leads 23 NW Concert of the Year: Jim Sisko (trumpet), and the Jovino musicians/educators as the Associate Santos Neto Quinteto, with Johnaye Artistic Director. Participating stu- Kendrick (vocals), Ben Thomas (vi- dents work with jazz masters across braphone), Chuck Deardorf (bass), three days, perform in showcases on NW Jazz Instrumentalist of Mark Ivester () and Jeff Busch Savannah’s River Street and Reyn- the Year: (percussion) perform, Santos Neto olds Square and play in competition teaches “Ginga: The Rhythmic Lan- rounds for up to $13,000 in cash guage of Brazilian Music,” and pianist awards. From the Seattle area, Ballard Emerging Artist of the Year: Randy Halberstadt teaches “Wrap- High School Jazz Band, Mountlake ping Your Ears Around a Tune.” More Terrace High School Jazz Ensemble about the JEN conference, January I, and Newport High School Jazz I NW Vocalist of the Year: 8-11, at jazzednet.org. will attend. More at www.savannah- musicfestival.org. Seattle High School Jazz at the Savannah Music Festival Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame: Twelve of the country’s top high school jazz bands have been selected CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 VENUE PROFILE  The Seamonster’s Growing

ART BROWN AND TARIK ABOUZIED OF HARDCORETET PERFORMING AT THE SEAMONSTER. PHOTO BY CHRIS DAVIS. By Nathan Bluford windows. Inside, the shoebox-sized Third, in the process of moving bar, restaurant and music venue just through the crowd and toward the The block of 45th Street between breathes good times. Busy or not, three music, it’s easy to pick up on a dis- Wallingford’s Corliss and Bagley av- things are the same no matter what tinct, er, randomness to the clientele. enues gets to be pretty quiet after ten. night of the week it is: One regular, who introduces himself One door down from the Bagley inter- First, there is no cover charge, and it’s from underneath a fedora as Dabkin, section, however, nestled underneath a going to stay that way. explains: “The Seamonster’s a place green, glowing awning and a frame of Second, if it’s later than ten pm, that all the freaks can call home.” blue Christmas lights, lies an arousing somebody is playing live music, gener- This bar doesn’t exactly have a dress neighborhood curiosity, the Seamon- ally of the funk and/or jazz persuasion. code, and in addition to the more ster Lounge. This happens in the back, past the bar, typical brand of patrons, the laid-back Most nights, a few folks post in front in front of an eye-catching mural that atmosphere reels in hippies, star chil- smoking cigarettes, their conversation features a giant squid, a naked wom- dren, time travelers, aliens, poets, ma- rapidly jumping from recording stu- an getting cozy with an octopus, and gicians, cowboys, and more from every dios to public schools to blues history some other aquatic fantasy-themed corner of the Seattle woodwork. The and back again. Pulsing but muddled imagery. old and the young, the classy and the sounds of music and conversation em- classless, the lone wolves and the birth- anate from behind the glass door and

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 day parties sit or stand side by side go once a week rather than once a the band or working behind the bar (anybody who’s been there on a busy month or once a year.” will be playing in the corner later that night knows just how literally “side To say that he has succeeded in that week. by side” applies). The crowd chem- regard would be an understatement. It’s hardly an exaggeration to esti- istry is so bizarre that practically ev- The Seamonster has a cast of regulars mate that for every wide-eyed new- eryone can feel like they belong there. whose dedication to the boogie has comer who turns up and gets turned The aforementioned busy nights are brought them there once a week or on by McTuff for the first time, there Tuesday (yes, Tuesday) and Friday, more for three years, five years, seven are two people in the audience who which feature weekly performances years or all the way back to the begin- have been seeing them every week for by McTuff and Funky 2 Death, re- ning, depending on the person. longer than they care to measure. spectively. For those who don’t know, Anyone will tell you that the danc- Standing outside during set break, McTuff is a ridiculously exciting jazz- ers and the drinkers make the scene Jerome Shiels and Kassi Morrow take funk-rock trio run by B-3 organist Joe what it is as much as the musicians a moment to run through a selective Doria, rounded out by guitarist Andy do. Often enough, there’s no real dis- roll call of the many, many musi- Coe and drummer Tarik Abouzied. tinction between the two – music is so cians, both famous and not-so-fa- Funky 2 Death is a shamelessly funky thickly entwined in the Seamonster’s mous, who have sat in with the band collective currently comprised of gui- DNA that half of the people watching over the years. This is only one of the tarist Jimmy James, drummer Woogie D, bassist Mark Mattrey, keyboardist/ vocalist Melissa Montalto, keyboard- ist/vocalist Roc’Phella, and flautist/ vocalist/harmonica player Julian Ia- cobazzi. Both groups have seen their share of lineup changes over the past five or so years, but have only escalated in popularity and general party-in- ducing abilities. The remaining nights of the week are filled with a rotating gallery of danceable groups, almost always from Seattle – Fela’s Cooties, the Suffering Fuckheads, Hardcoretet, to name just a few. Mondays are open Esperanza mic nights, and some nights of the week feature an early show starting Spalding around seven or eight. Owner Andrew Nunez opened the Seamonster in 2003, after spending his entire life working in restaurants and finally coming to the conclusion that he could put his own spin on the business. The current location was the first he found, and he fell in love with the surrounding area immediately. He describes his original vision, influ- enced by his own experience not only in the restaurant industry but also as a musician: “Quality everything – qual- ity music, quality food, quality drinks. I wanted the place to be a neighbor- Listen 9am-3pm hood institution – somewhere people weekdays on 88.5 FM

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 ways with which regulars can recount enthusiastic level of cooperation in re- big changes are on the horizon. Nunez the venue’s history since the first day gards to what and how I want to play has signed a lease to acquire the bak- they walked in. The milestones don’t here. The place is run by musicians ery that just went out of business next amount to much on paper: a minor who really care about finding a bal- door, and has plans to tear down the remodel here, a key band changing ance that leaves everyone satisfied, and dividing wall and undergo a huge ex- lineups there. Each one, however, feels I feel like I don’t have to compromise pansion. The bar has seen remodels in like a new era in retrospect. There were myself to the way things are done.” the past, but nothing comparable to the days when McTuff’s drummer was When asked about the friends and this one. The list of additions includes D’Vonne Lewis, when the open-mic musicians that have made the bar’s a stage, booth seating, and an outdoor was held in the front, the early, early success possible, Nunez gets starry- patio, in addition to new programs days when guitarist Thaddeus Turner eyed. Joe Doria! Thaddeus Turner! such as weekend brunch and more played three nights a week and man- Andy Coe! Woogie D! Mark Mat- early evening performances. It should aged to make each one different. trey! Ari Joshua! There’s quite a list. come as no surprise that the architec- Asking just why the place is so spe- Through a long progression of bands, tural plans ended up being drawn by cial gets repetitive quickly. The story side projects and one-off performanc- Amy Rush, a longtime Seamonster is perhaps better told not with one es, these players and their many peers regular who knows as well as anybody person’s phrasing but with a list of the have grown into a true local pantheon, what kinds of changes would suit the words that come up again and again which has long been illustrated by the place well. from anybody who has spent a signifi- paintings and photographs that line So, change has come before; now cant amount of time there: communi- the back wall, put up for sale by the it’s coming once again. While there ty, music, expression, friends, family, same folks noodling around on the are the inevitable tinges of nostalgia dancing, fun. dance floor. Reverent images of Joe, for the years when only a precious The keys to its success are so inde- Andy, Evan Flory-Barnes, and others handful knew about the bar at quiet scribably simple. Everyone – musi- have come and gone only to be re- 45th and Bagley with the free music, cians, workers and customers alike placed by Melissa Montalto, Skerik, everybody is overjoyed to see their – just feels … comfortable. The music Jabrille, Thaddeus. Some of the musi- home away from home becoming so is great, the people are friendly and so- cal relationships that have continued successful. Whatever the future may cial, the staff and musicians all walk to blossom in this teensy Wallingford bring, dedication to being a part of away happy. Just ask Tarik Abouzied, bar are decades old, and the personal- what happens next is unwavering. The who recently researched improving ity exuded by each individual carries family is hopeful for a smooth transi- musician-venue relations around Se- a reflection of just how deep the com- tion and there is no doubt about more attle and found the Seamonster to be munal spirit runs. good times, onward into funkadelic, a general favorite among those who Today, at the Seamonster, with busi- soul-studded infinity. play there: “As a musician, I get a very ness going up and the vibe at a high,

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 PROFILE Andy Zadrozny: Aum Bass

By Steve Griggs I’m lying down on a black rectangle a few inches off the floor. My head is cradled in cushions with a contoured block under my neck. My feet are up on a chair so my back is flat. The black rectangle is connected to a transducer, which is connected to an amplifier, which is connected to an equalizer, which is connected to a comput- er. Essentially, I’m prone on a flat speaker hooked up to some audio software. At the controls, sitting cross-legged on the floor next to me is the inventor, Andy Zadrozny. His beaded moccasins and bald scalp are almost as striking as how straight he sits. The drone of an Indian tanpura charges an electrical field in my ears. My skull buzzes in unison. Along with the rolling twang, a human voice intones “Aummmmm …” blended with the rumble of a bowed string bass. My spine shakes. My eyeballs jiggle. My chest vibrates. My body is the sound. I’m relaxed and excited thinking that my 15-year-old son would enjoy this because he is really into electronic ambient soundscapes. Zadrozny places a finger on the top of my skull. “Can you feel it here?” The closest sensation to this that I can recall was when my son took me to an electronic dance music show that boasted a 100,000- Watt sound system. The low frequencies adjusted my spine like a chiropractor, and I felt the music through the hair on my legs, my scalp, even my nose. But as painful as that was, this sensation is pleasant. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 ANDY ZADROZNY

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January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 My right wrist and forearm ached He joined the circus. For a year he Crazy? Not if you read The Concious this morning after writing on a non- traveled by truck with Tarzan Zerbini Ear by Alfred Tomatis and On the ergonomic laptop and failing to warm with five other musicians. Coming off Sensations of Tone as a Physical Basis for up before a music jam session with the road, Zadrozny thought the Pa- the Theory of Music by Hermann von Zadrozny yesterday. I was curious to cific Northwest seemed like a progres- Helmholtz, two scientists who have see if sound could relieve some pain. sive place to get a foothold in a music researched sound and its effect on Zadrozny picks up a microphone scene. He started in Portland, married people. and sings long vowels, while smoothly and moved to Seattle. Soon he was Zadrozny developed a version of the and slowly gliding up and down in gigging with top talent like jazz saxo- bass monitor to work as a treatment pitch. He lightly touches a finger to phonist Rick Mandyke and traveling table and moved to Santa Fe. In be- my wrist to feel when the pitch creates with the rock band Children of the tween treatment sessions, he performs resonance. He records a few vowels, Revolution. with a small but high-quality group of slightly varying pitch and glides. The Zadrozny wanted a way to feel his regional jazz pianists like John Rangel, recordings that seemed to have the string bass without needing a loud Bert Dalton and Brian Bennett. He greatest effect he stores in a loop – my amplifier on stage or wearing in-ear travels between Seattle and Santa Fe personal pain relief mantra. monitors. He found his solution when for gigs, teaching and treatments. ______he saw bassist Tony Levin perform As for my own experience, Zadrozny Andy Zadrozny discovered he had with guitarist Robert Fripp. Zadrozny showed me the connection between perfect pitch when he was 7 years old. built a box to transmit the electronic sound, body and pain relief. I can sing A teacher plucked random notes from signal that would normally move lots into my wrist like an aboriginal would the piano that Zadrozny’s mother of air in a speaker. Instead, the box treat another through a didgeridoo. bought when her husband died two would vibrate just enough to feel, and When I practice and perform music, I years earlier. Young Zadrozny could by standing on it, he could sense the am more in touch with the sound that name each note. He felt each musical frequencies through his feet. reflects back into my respiratory cav- frequency in his body. Years later, Zadrozny was using a ity and can feel the music all the way He picked up trumpet in a Racine, version of the bass monitor to teach a to my toes. Perhaps I can heal myself Wisconsin, elementary school but student about perfect pitch. The stu- and others through the sound of my dropped out in 9th grade. When his dent was a 60-year-old woman suffer- saxophone. bass-playing brother was shipped off to ing from cancer-related pain. Having Zadrozny and his table will be at Sma- fight in Vietnam, Zadrozny borrowed practiced yoga, she decided to curl up di Yoga (1205 E. Pike Street, Seattle) on the instrument he left behind. He took on the monitor in child’s pose while February 9. You can read more about classes in chemistry and psychology in Zadrozny bowed his bass. She experi- Zadrozny at www.resonantbodyoga.com Ogden, then music classes in Salt Lake enced relief from her pain that lasted and www.andyzmusic.com. City, but he preferred to practice. after she stood up.

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EMILY ASHER PHOTO BY ADAM MORRELL Trombonist and tion of things … is wonderful to spend time with and vocalist Emily whether [people] the virtuosic guy who’s a jerk. Asher, a gradu- like it because The other thing, just musically, is ate of Shorewood it’s nostalgic for their versatility … I didn’t set out to High School, is them, or they necessarily have a group that could back in town on like it because it play from 1910 to the most modern Tuesday, January just affects them stuff, but as it turns out, these guys 14, at the Triple when they hear who I’m playing with and touring now Door, with her EMILY ASHER PHOTO BY JOANNE LEVEY it and they want have a lot of experience in playing in band Emily Ash- to dance. Besides a really wide variety of jazz styles … er’s Garden Party. Based out of New the community and camaraderie that I and to be able to have the guys that York City, the band also includes for- have, it’s fun to just be creating some- can pretty authentically play all those mer Seattleites Mike Davis (trumpet) thing and to have spontaneity and all styles is really, really important to me and Jay Lepley (drums). We catch up the perks that come with it. because it’s just fun and it also feels with Asher, who has gone on from like we can represent the big umbrella What kind of qualities do you look for Seattle to continue ascending in her in the musicians that you work with? that is the word jazz. career. Have you been able to reflect at Interview by Bryan Lineberry Probably first and foremost, they have to be nice and respectful to work with all about your public high school education and the grassroots jazz What is it in general that draws you … I think the nice thing about being culture in Seattle that surrounds it? into the jazz music that your band in New York, in this particular scene plays? of early jazz, is that there are enough It’s cool for me to play with Jay Lep- ley, my drummer, because I remember I think it’s really very joyful mu- really marvelous players that I have a sic. And I think that it’s a combina- choice between the virtuosic guy who CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 PREVIEW >> Jazz House Concert Series in the Seattle Area

ANTON SCHWARTZ PHOTO BY BRUCE HUDSON ED REED PERFORMS IN THE JAZZSCAPES SERIES KARRIN ALLYSON PERFORMS IN THE JAZZVOX SERIES

By Libby Graham new Loft Concert series located in the in the beautiful Arroyos neighborhood quaint West Seattle home of jazz saxo- of West Seattle, hosted by renowned I have had the immense pleasure of phonist Anton Schwartz. He brings vocalist Julie Olson and esteemed attending a plethora of fabulous Seat- top-of-the-line jazz musicians togeth- pianist Ivy Nugent. They will be pre- tle-area house concerts over a 6-year er in an inviting setting with a party senting terrific concerts this year with span. Here’s a handy list for 2014. vibe, and also hosts the series in Oak- an absolutely stunning array of gifted land, CA. You can visit Anton’s loft at vocalists and instrumentalists, which Anton’s Loft loftconcert.com to find more informa- includes the 2012 Downbeat Critic’s West Seattle tion and reserve coveted seats for both Poll male vocalist winner Ed Reed on locations. Saturday, January 18. Please visit their Not long after I bade farewell to the website at Jazzscapes.com for the lat- hugely popular concert series of well- JazzScapes est artist and concert updates and to respected musicians Lance and Laurie make reservations. Haslund, who hosted their final De- West Seattle cember house concert in Burien after A particularly wonderful vocal jazz a 7-year run, I discovered a fantastic house concert series is JazzScapes, held CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 PREVIEW >> Announcing Earshot Jazz Spring Series Concerts

Ralph Alessi’s Baida Music and is the founder and director choices he makes as a bass player. … of the Center and School for Impro- His ears are amazing, and he’s a great Thursday, February 6, 8pm visational Music, improvisational mu- composer himself, so he brings that PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish sic workshops non-profit in Brooklyn. sensibility to the music,” Alessi says. College Since 2002, he has been on the jazz Gress Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Gary Versace (piano), (bass), Na- sheet Waits (drums) Ralph Alessi’s Baida project – his ECM debut as a bandlead- er – is breathtaking in its atmospheric depth and melodic al- lure. On the album, Alessi’s steely quartet – with pianist , bassist Drew Gress and drummer – per- forms with extraordi- nary strength, clarity and finesse, an en- thralling and capti- vating album experi- ence at-length. Pianist Gary Versace subs on tour for Moran. These RALPH ALESSI PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN are four fearless im- provisers dancing on Alessi’s scaffolding. faculty at New York University. Alessi Nasheet Waits – one of New York’s Alessi was born in San Francisco, the has excelled as an improviser in groups most creative drummers, deeply musi- son of classical trumpeter Joe Alessi led by , , Ravi cal – provides the sound of surprise as and opera singer Maria Leone. He Coltrane, and Don By- well as groove in the group. studied with legendary bassist Charlie ron, as well as leading his own bands. The quartet conducts a free -master Haden at the California Institute for Alessi’s Cognitive Dissonance (2010) class at the Cornish College, February 6, the Arts, moved to , and This Against That (2002) also fea- noon. and soon became a ubiquitous pres- ture Moran, Gress and Waits. Tickets to the concert are $22 general, ence on the downtown and Brooklyn Alessi has been playing with Drew $20 seniors and Earshot Jazz members, scenes. Alessi has been a member of Gress since the late 1990s. “What $11 students. the faculty of the Eastman School of I love about Drew’s playing are the

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 January 3rd The Westerlies Album Fundraiser January 15th Piano Starts Here: BRIAN BLADE PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST LINDA OH PHOTO BY VINCENT SOYEZ Sonny Clark, Elmo Brian Blade Fellow- Linda Oh Sun Pic- Hope, Carl Perkins, ship tures Freddy Redd Tuesday, February 18, 7:30pm Sunday, March 30, 7:30pm January 17th: Cornish Playhouse (formerly the Plestcheeff Auditorium, Seattle Art Intiman Theater) at Seattle Center Museum Dawn Clement Duo & One of the most distinctive and versa- One of the brilliant rising stars in Dawn Clement tile future legends of jazz, Brian Blade, jazz, bassist Linda Oh dazzled Earshot Quintet has held the dream chair in the Jazz Festival audiences last year in the Wayne Shorter Quartet since its incep- new quintet of trumpeter Dave Doug- January 19th: tion. He has also played and recorded las, on who’s Greenleaf record label with Bob Dylan, , and she records. Her Sun Pictures quartet Wil Blades a who’s who of jazz and pop. His en- includes James Muller on guitar, along (feat. Skerik, Jeff Parker during and ever-changing Fellowship with other festival standouts, Ben & Simon Lott) project is a co-operative musical envi- Wendel (of Kneebody) on saxophone, ronment with the great composer/ar- and Ted Poor (Cuong Vu & UW) on January 29th: ranger Jon Cowherd on piano, Melvin drums. Butler and Myron Walden on saxes, Workshop, Monday, March 31, noon, Han Bennink & Mary Dave Easley on pedal steel, Jeff Parker Cornish College of the Arts, Poncho Con- Oliver on guitar, and Christopher Thomas on cert Hall, 710 E. Roy bass. Their 2010 Earshot festival con- Tickets to the concert are $18 general, cert at EMP has become one of those January 31st: $16 seniors and Earshot Jazz members, events that people still talk about in $9 students. Marty Ehrlich hushed reverence. This will be another one for the ages. The Royal Room Masterclass information TBA. Collective Music Ensemble Tickets to the concert are $24 general, $22 seniors and Earshot Jazz members, Every First and Third $12 students. Monday at 7:30pm Presented in association with Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense. www.TheRoyalRoomSeattle.com

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 PREVIEW >> Han Bennink & Mary Oliver w/ Wayne Horvitz & Jacob Zimmerman

HAN BENNINK PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN Wednesday, January 29, 7pm ICP Orchestra (the letters stand for scene, on which women have rarely The Royal Room ), Bennink been well represented. Oliver, has set the direction of a thriving vari- born and raised, a leading figure on In a performance sure to kick the new ant of jazz that has in turn influenced the Dutch scene, has appeared with a year way further up the track, two re- many American players. He typifies wide range of free improvisers, avant- nowned improvisers and jazz pioneers the Dutch new-jazz approach: while gardists, and New Music exponents. on the Amsterdam scene – drummer deeply, deeply grounded in American She holds a doctoral degree in Theory and percussionist Han Bennink and jazz traditions, it also employs a tor- and Practice of Improvisation – that, violist/violinist Mary Oliver – perform rent of other influences along with a thanks to studying at UC San Diego, alongside Seattle alto saxophonist Ja- torrid, tireless, often antic approach. whose music department had been cob Zimmerman and keyboard ace Now a decade-long member of the much influenced by trombone innova- Wayne Horvitz. ICP, American violinist and violist tor George Lewis. Bennink is one of the great figures Mary Oliver has achieved the distinc- She has performed not only at the of European jazz. With pianist Misha tion of earning respect on the Dutch highest levels of jazz and improvised Mengelberg, co-leader of the stellar

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 music, but also as an interpreter of of Dutch new jazz, , tion of the boy he often resembles as new works by the likes of Iannis Xe- founded the Instant Composers Pool he abandons the drum throne to entice nakis, , and Brian Ferney- in 1967, and it has since served as a effects from floor boards or radiators, hough. Her range of virtuosity has stomping ground for generations of in- or as he grasps in one hand a snare often been remarked – few violinists novators. Along with his countrymen, that he alternately soothes and savages have been able to stretch from the Bennink forged links among Dutch, with the other, or as he simply sits at rigorous formal training and perfor- European, and British musical expan- his , demonstrating a fresh- mance required for music by Xenakis, sion. And he has continued, for the ness virtually unparalleled among jazz and co., to collaborations with some several decades since, to collaborate drummers, anywhere. of the world’s most unpredictable and frequently with any number of Ameri- – Peter Monaghan expansive improvisers and jazz innova- can masters including the late soprano Tickets are $12 advance/$15 door, $5 tors – the likes of George Lewis, Phil saxophonist , trombonists students w/ ID, available from Stranger Minton, John Zorn, and a host of oth- and , and Tickets and at the door. Call 206-906- ers. the aforementioned George Lewis. 9920 to make dinner reservations. Joining Oliver and Bennink in this In his eighth decade, Bennink retains performance at the spacious, listener- the versatility, resilience, and imagina- friendly Columbia City venue – it has good grub, too – are two Seattle-based multi-genre players, keyboard wiz Wayne Horvitz and young alto saxo- phonist Jacob Zimmerman. For many audience members, Ben- nink is always the show. At times com- ic, at times seemingly possessed, he is foremost one of the great modern jazz drummers. Born near Amsterdam in 1942, the son of an orchestra percus- Register Now for Winter Jazz! sionist, he learned early the usefulness to percussion performance of any and every object and surface – chairs and Session starts floors are among his favorite examples. January 5th By the 1960s, visiting American Come jazzmen recognized him as a stellar with Concerts drummer who had taken in the whole play with history of jazz percussion, from its March 14th & 15th earliest recordings to its future. That us! soon won him work with Sonny Rol- Jazz Combos, Gypsy Jazz, lins, Ben Webster, and many others. Particularly significant Brazilian, Latin Jazz, & Gig Prep was his and Mengelberg’s stage and Ensembles, Big Bands, All Voices Gospel Choir, recording collaboration with Eric Dol- Classes for Vocalists, Improv, Ear Training & more. phy on the immortal Last Date album of 1964. That Bennink, along with Men- gelberg, could also take a position at the forefront of innovations in Dutch post-jazz speaks to how similar he is to Mary Oliver in range and musical imagination. Bennink and Mengelberg, along with the third great figure in the evolution www.jazznightschool.org • (206) 722 6061

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND January 01 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 JA Pearl Django w/ Bucky Pizzarelli, 7:30, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 RR African Music Nite: Message from Guinea, 8 **Call your favorite venue** SF Leo Raymundo Trio, w/ Sue Nixon, 9 MONDAY, JANUARY 6 THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am BN Andy Coe Band, 10 TD Eric Hullander Group (Musicquarium), 9 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 TD Brian Nova All Star Big Band, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ TU Thomas Marriott Quartet w/ Phil Sparks, Rick NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Bill Chism, 5:30 Mandyck, Matt Jorgensen, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 RR Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 BX Chris Symer Duo, 7, 8:30 4 AFRICAN MUSIC NITES RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 7:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 On Saturday, January 4 African Music Nites TU Chris McCarthy Trio, 7:30 EB Jacob Zimmerman Quintet, 7 presents West African music program Message From WR Spellbinder, 9:30 JA Pearl Django w/ Bucky Pizzarelli, 7:30 Guinea, 8pm, the Royal Room Seattle. Veterans PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 of Guinea’s world-renowned national company Les TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 TU Contempo, 7:30 Ballets Africains, Message From Guinea brings to life BS The Djangomatics, 8 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 celebratory dance and percussion pieces that represent JA Tuck and Patti, 7:30 FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 the traditions of several different ethnic groups. The OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 program features master Guinean drummer/dancers OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BB Ronin 4, 8 Manimou Camara and Abdoulaye Sylla, PD Michel Navedo, 8 BX Jay Thomas Trio, 7, 8:30 virtuoso Naby Camara and special guest Madu Kone SB Bubble Control, 7 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, from Mali, tama drummer for Habib Koite. Suggested SB McTuff, 10 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 donation is $5-$15. More at africanmusicnites.org. TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 JA Pearl Django w/ Bucky Pizzarelli, 7:30, 9:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 5 KC An Evening w/ the Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 JA Tuck and Patti, 7:30 Project, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions: Andy Clausen, 8 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 LJ Fade Jazz Quartet, 9:30 FB Jacqueline Tabor Quartet, 6 RR Andy Clausen Split Stream Big Band / Honey RR The Westerlies, 8 JA Pearl Django w/ Bucky Pizzarelli, 7:30 Noble, 8 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SB Scott Pemberton Band, 10 TD Jacques Willis Band (Musicquarium), 9 SF Ann Reynolds, 6:30 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11:30am TU Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra w/ Jim Sisko, TU Katie King Quartet, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 7:30 SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 TU Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, 3:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 BX Monkstone Theocracy w/ Brent Jensen, 7, 8:30

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BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 436-2960 Shoreline, 542-2789 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 DU Duos Lounge, 2940 SW Avalon Way, 452-2452 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 206-782- EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, Ave, 728-1337 9623 789-1621 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 9920 BS Bastille, 5307 Ballard Ave NW, 453-5014 206-325-6051 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, GT Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave, www. 1824 425-292-9307 gallery1412.org SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 C* Concert and Special Events JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 CC Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, KC Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, SG Ship Canal Grill, 3218 Eastlake Ave E, 588- 206-722-3009 Kirkland, 425-828-0422 8885 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 448-8757 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd 402-3042 TI Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, 17171 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366- CK Coastal Kitchen, 426 15th Ave E, 322-1145 763-0714 3333 CN Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, 206-324- MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, TO Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, 206-652- 7263 Tacoma, (253) 229-9206 4255 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, 2563 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 OB OutWest Bar, 5401 California Ave SW, 937- WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155 1540

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TU Bill Anschell Trio, 7:30 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 CURTAIN CALL BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 weekly recurring performances Bill Chism, 5:30 BB Kenny Mandell improvisation workshop, 7 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BX Woody Herman Centennial Big Band, 7, 8:30 CN Emily Asher’s Garden Party, 9:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 CR Racer Sessions: Jarrad Katz, 8 JA Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Brian Bromberg, Patrick MONDAY DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Lamb, Gary Novak, 7:30 JA Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Brian Bromberg, Patrick BN Andy Coe Band, 10 LJ Choroloco w/ Almir Cortes, 8 Lamb, Gary Novak, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 MV Bill Anschell Trio w/ Thomas Marriott, 5 SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SE Art of Jazz: Jonathan Pugh Quartet, 5:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 RR Jim Knapp’s Scrape, 7:30 TU Rick Mandyck Trio, 7:30 SB Travis Hartnett Trio, 7 PM Paul Richardson, 6 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 RR Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am Pediangco, 9 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am WR Spellbinder, 9:30 BX Frank Clayton Quartet, 7, 8:30 TU Jazz Police, 3 C* Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 TUESDAY (World of Beer, 500 E Pine St), 7 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 C* Say It Loud! w/ Jimmie Herrod, Josephine VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BS The Djangomatics, 8 Howell, Felicia V. Loud (Washington Hall, 153 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 14th Ave), 7 MONDAY, JANUARY 13 CH Nonsequitur presents Wayne Horvitz, 8 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 PD Michel Navedo, 8 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 JA Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Brian Bromberg, Patrick SB McTuff Trio, 10 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 Lamb, Gary Novak, 7:30, 9:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 PM Paul Richardson, 6 WEDNESDAY LJ Soyaya, 9 RR Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5 RR En Canto, 8 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 Acox, 8 TU Gail Pettis Quartet, 7:30 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 BS The Djangomatics, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout w/ jam, 7:30 BX Leah Stillwell Quartet, 7, 8:30 John Mayall, Curtis Salgado, Rick Estrin, Little C* Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives Charlie Baty, 7:30 THURSDAY (Left Foot Boogie, Sons of Norway, 23905 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell), 8:30 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 CH Lawson, 8 9 PD Michel Navedo, 8 CR Ask the Ages, 9 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave SB Synthesis, 7:30 JA Jeff Lorber Fusion w/ Brian Bromberg, Patrick SB McTuff, 10 Abramson, 4:30 Lamb, Gary Novak, 7:30, 9:30 TD Emily Asher’s Garden Party, 7:30 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, RR A to Z: West Coast Sax, 6 TU Peter Bernstein Trio w/ Chuck Deardorf, Matt 10:30 SB Sidewinder, 7 Jorgensen, 7:30 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 FRIDAY DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TD Djangomatics (Musicquari- um), 5 SATURDAY SY Victor Janusz, 10am SUNDAY BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ TD Danny Godinez (Musicquarium), 9 Bill Chism, 5:30 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 BX Future Jazzheads, 5 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 TU Mark Taylor Quartet, 7:30 C* Chicago 7 w/ Marc Smason, Dan Wickham, BX Randy Halberstadt Duo, 7, 8:30 Craig Hoyer, Oleg Ruvinov, Todd Zinberg (Can CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 Can, 94 Pike St), 7 CH Spontaneous Rex, 8 BX Bernie Jacobs Quartet, 7, 8:30 JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout w/ JA Amel Larrieux, 7:30 C* Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, John Mayall, Curtis Salgado, Rick Estrin, Little PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 Jacque Larrainzar, Bruce Barnard, Alex Charlie Baty, 7:30 SB Evan Flory-Barnes, 10 (el Quetzal, 3209 Beacon Ave S), 7 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 7:30 JA Amel Larrieux, 7:30, 9:30 PD Casey MacGill, 8 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 LJ Exit 22, 9:30 RR Piano Starts Here: “The four greatest jazz RR Thaddillac, 9 pianists you’ve never heard of” (Sonny Clark, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 RR A to Z: Four Brothers & Beyond! New Works for Elmo Hope, Carl Perkins, Freddy Redd), 8 BX Greg Williamson Quartet, 7, 8:30 Four Saxophones, 6 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, SB 6 Demon Bag, 10 TD Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 SF Leo Raymundo Trio, w/ Sue Nixon, 9 (Musicquarium), 8:30 CH Islaja + Kira Kira + Sokai Stilhed, 8 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TU Peter Bernstein Trio w/ Chuck Deardorf, Matt DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 TD Si Limon (Musicquarium), 9 Jorgensen, 7:30 JA Amel Larrieux, 7:30, 9:30 TO Supersones (Downstairs), 11am THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TU Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Bill Anschell, Chuck RR Dawn Clement Duo, Dawn Clement Quintet, Deardorf, Mark Ivester, 7:30 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 8:30 SF Passarim Bossa Nova Quintet, 9 SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 BB Kenny Mandell & Friends jam, 2 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 CR Racer Sessions: Evan Smith, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 JA Amel Larrieux, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Wil Blades w/ Skerik, Jeff Parker, Simon Lott, W E E K D A Y S 7:30 SB Hardcoretet, 10 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am 9am CAR AVAN SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am global beats TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 MONDAY, JANUARY 20 noon BN Andy Coe Band, 10 THOM HARTMANN C* Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill (Mr. PROGRAM Villa, 8064 Lake City Way NE), 7 progressive talk CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 7:30 global beats/news features RR Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 TU Eastside Modern Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 Delivery Service in Seattle TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! BS The Djangomatics, 8 progressive news CY Eastside Jazz Club, 7:30 Full Service JA Grace Kelly w/ the Marc Seales Trio, 7:30 Violin Family Dealer OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Serving Western & Central Washington PD Michel Navedo, 8 Established 1964 6pm RR The Jangles, 7 HARD KNOCK RADIO SB McTuff, 10 urban culture TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 BASSES BX Future Jazzheads, 5 JA Grace Kelly w/ the Marc Seales Trio, 7:30 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 www.hammondashley.com Listen online SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 www.kbcs.fm TU Jazz Etc. Ensemble, 7:30

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ BS The Djangomatics, 8 Bill Chism, 5:30 Bill Chism, 5:30 JA Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits, 7:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4:30 OB Tutu Combo w/ Don Berman, 8 BX Marcus & Marcus, 7, 8:30 BX Bob Hammer & Chris Clark, 7, 8:30 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 CC Savani Latin Jazz & Tangent Trio, 8 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 PD Michel Navedo, 8 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costa, 10:30 JA Bill Frisell’s Guitar in the Space Age w/ Greg SB Synthesis, 7 CH Electro-acoustic Festival, 8 Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen, 7:30, SB McTuff, 10 JA Peter White, 7:30 9:30 TD Chieli Minucci & Special EFX, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 PD Greg Ruby Trio, 8 TU Music Works Big Band w/ Mt. Rainier HS Jazz SB Vunt Foom, 10 RR MangoSon, 8 Band, 7:30 TU Cory Weeds w/ Thomas Marriott, 7:30 SB Adam Hunter Band, 10 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 TU Axiom Quartet w/ John Hansen, Alexey Nikolaev, Jon Hamer, Phil Parisot, 7:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 5 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 JA Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits, 7:30 BX Casey MacGill Trio, 7, 8:30 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 CH Electro-acoustic Festival, 8 FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 PD Casey MacGill, 8 CR Racer Sessions Fest, 8 BX Michael Barnett Trio, 7, 8:30 RR Han Bennink & Mary Oliver, 7 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 CH Nonsequitur presents Elizabeth Baker, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30 GT Existence Habit w/ Derek Ecklund, Roger DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7:30 Hayes, Gregg Skloff / Bill Horist & Paul Hoskin, 8 JA Peter White, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 RR Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration, 8 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 TD Joe Doria Trio (Musicquarium), 9 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 TI Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives, 7:30 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 january 2014 TO Krar Collective w/ Gabriel Teodros, 8 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 TU Marc Seales Trio, 7:30 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: CLOSED CONTEMPO KATIE KING THOMAS Make dinner reservations 7:30PM $10 QUARTET MARRIOTT BX Katy Bourne Quartet, 7, 8:30 and arrive by 7PM to receive a 7:30PM $15 QUARTET w/ PHIL CH Nonsequitur presents & Michael $5 discount on your cover charge SPARKS, RICK MANDYCK Bisio, 8 & MATT CR Racer Sessions Fest, 8 JORGENSEN JA Peter White, 7:30, 9:30 7:30PM $15 RR Picoso, 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 REGGIE CHRIS BIG BAND BIG BAND RICK GAIL PETTIS BILL RR A to Z: West Coast Sax, 6 GOINGS McCARTHY JAZZ JAZZ MANDYCK QUARTET ANSCHELL SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TRIO 7:30PM $15 TRIO OFFERING 7:30PM $10 JAY THOMAS BELLEVUE 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $15 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am 3:30-7PM $10 BIG BAND COLLEGE TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 ______JAZZ JIM CUTLER 7:30PM $5 ORCHESTRA JAZZ w/JIM SISKO SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 ORCHESTRA 7:30PM $10 8PM $8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CR Racer Sessions Fest, 8 JAZZ BIG BAND PETER PETER HOT LATIN MARK SUSAN DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 POLICE JAZZ BERNSTEIN BERNSTEIN JAZZ TAYLOR PASCAL 3-7PM $5 TRIO TRIO QUARTET QUARTET JA Peter White, 7:30 ______DAVID w/ CHUCK w/ CHUCK FRED 7:30PM $15 Music of PM Paul Richardson, 6 JIM CUTLER MARRIOTT DEARDORF DEARDORF HOADLEY’S Chick Corea JAZZ BIG BAND & MATT & MATT SONANDO w/ BILL RR Free World Jazz, 8 ORCHESTRA 7:30PM $5 JORGENSEN JORGENSEN 7:30PM $10 ANSCHELL, 8PM $8 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 CHUCK RR Garfield Jazz Jam w/ Alumni, 6 DEARDORF, SB Tim Kennedy presents, 10 MARK IVESTER SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 7:30PM $15 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JIM CUTLER BIG BAND BIG BAND JAZZ ETC. CORY MARC GRETA SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ VOCAL JAZZ WEEDS SEALES MATASSA TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE A Tribute to TRIO QUARTET 8PM $8 EASTSIDE ROADSIDE 7:30PM $10 Max Roach 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 MODERN ATTRACTION & Clifford VI Ruby Bishop, 6 JAZZ Brown ORCHESTRA 7:30PM $8 featuring 7:30PM $5 THOMAS MONDAY, JANUARY 27 MARRIOTT 7:30PM $15 BN Andy Coe Band, 10 26 27 28 29 30 31 CK Josh Clifford Trio, 9:30 JIM CUTLER BIG BAND BIG BAND GRETA AXIOM STEPHANIE MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ MATASSA QUARTET PORTER ORCHESTRA JAZZ w/ JOHN QUARTET NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 8PM $8 JAMES MUSIC WORKSHOP HANSEN, 7:30PM $15 ALEXEY PM Paul Richardson, 6 KNAPP WORKS BIG 7:30PM $10 ORCHESTRA BAND NIKOLAEV, JON HAMAR, RR Seattle Piano Players, 6:30 w/ MT. RAINIER 7:30PM PHIL PARISOT HIGH SCHOOL RR Entre Mundos jam w/ Ernesto Pediangco, 9 $10 General 7:30PM $12 $5 Students & JAZZ BAND TU James Knapp Orchestra, 7:30 Seniors 7:30PM $5

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 JA Bill Frisell’s Guitar in the Space Age w/ Greg New England Conservatory of Music with honors in

Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen, 7:30, 1977, where his teachers included George Russell, 9:30 Jaki Byard, Joseph Allard, and Gunther Schuller. The Bass Church LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 He has made 25 recordings of his compositions for RR MartyT hEhrlich,e B 8 ass Church ensemblesT h ranginge B froma duoss to C jazzh orchestraurch – his The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 Emergency Peace Ensemble, Traveler’s Tales Group, www.basschurch.com TD The Djangomaticswww.ba (Musicquarium),sschurch.co 5m Rites Quartet,ww andw the.ba Martyssch Ehrlichurch Sextet..com A multi- TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 instrumentalist, passionate about improvisation and interpretation, Ehrlich has performed with a who’s 31 MARTY EHRLICH who of contemporary composers, including Muhal On Friday, January 31, Seattle all-stars join Marty Richard Abrams, Ray Anderson, , John

Ehrlich at the Royal Room, 8pm. Ehrlich (reeds) Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Sales, Rentals, performs with CuongSales, Vu Rentals, (trumpet), Tom Varner Michael Formanek, Sales, Don Grolnick,Rentals, Chico Hamilton, Repairs, Restorations, (French horn), Repairs, Wayne Horvitz Restorations, (piano), Geoff Harper Julius Hemphill, Repairs, Andrew Restorations, Hill, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Lessons (bass), and D’Vonne Lewis (drums). Marty Ehrlich Holcomb, Leroy Jenkins, , James Newton, began his musical career Lessons in St. Louis, Mo., while Bobby Previte, Leo Smith, Lessons and John Zorn. Admission Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location is by suggestedConvenient donation. North DinnerSeattle Location reservations are in high school, performing and recording with the

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Steve Griggs, CMA/ASCAP Award Jacob Zimmerman (alto sax), Car- John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS Writer and saxophonist Steve Griggs men Rothwell (bass) and Paul Kiku- at kbcs.fm. is among the 2014 recipients of a chi (percussion); January 19, Brother 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- CMA/ASCAP award for adventur- Raven, duo of Jason E. Anderson and tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing ous programming. The annual awards Jamie Potter (analog synth and tapes); Years and Beyond, popular music recognize U.S.-based professional en- January 26, D’Vonne Lewis’ Lim- from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at sembles and presenters for distinctive ited Edition, Cliff Colon (sax), Farko kuow.org/swing_years.php. programming of music composed Dosumov (electric bass) and D’Vonne In One Ear News within the past 25 years. The recipients Lewis (drums). Email news about Seattle-area jazz were evaluated on the basis of their 91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and artists, for In One Ear, to editor@ear- programming and innovations in at- prime-time Mondays, features Floata- shot.org. tracting audiences to performances of tion Device with John Seman and Jon- new music. Three ensembles and five athan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser presenters have been selected, and the with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with awards will be presented at the Cham- ber Music America National Confer- ence on Sunday, January 19, in New Open to All - Free York. Congratualtions, Steve Griggs State of the Art acoustics Jazz Radio and technology. We are th Season digital from capsule to 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz 12 cone. No converters in the Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken process. Remarkable Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s dynamic range. In a word, “NATURAL”. A retreat Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, setting. Accommodations in addition to its weekday NPR and available. Jazz is our late-night and prime-time jazz pro- specialty. We might even trade you for time. Record grams. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, some of our material and see kplu.org/schedule. we’ll record some of Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- yours. Sunday, January 5, 6 pm Mount Dallas days, 2pm, features the artists and San Juan Island events of the regional jazz scene. For 360-370-5694 JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- Jacqueline Tabor EclecticLadyLandRecording.com grams, see jazznw.org. 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, Quartet features Jazz Theater with John Gil- breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, Sunday, February 2, 6 pm a live-performance broadcast from the Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- Cynthia Mullis duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org Quintet and jackstraw.org. Sonarchy’s January lineup: Janu- 100 Minutes of professional jazz ary 5, Wind Burial, 70s rock by Kat Family friendly concert Terran (vocals, synth), Derek Terran Free parking (drums), Alan Gutierrez (guitars) and Seattle First Baptist Church Justin McCormick (bass and guitar); 1111 Harvard Avenue January 12, Gust Burns Quartet, (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) radical new interpretations of jazz Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 standards through the technique of erasure, with Gust Burns (piano), www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

January 2014 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 Asher, from page 9 How have you grown as a musician House, from page 11 since going to New York City? watching him in the Roosevelt High I’ve had the fortune of having Wycliffe School Jazz Band. It was great to get to Gordon as a mentor and just getting to play with him and reconnect. see him in rehearsals and hear him talk In terms of the education scene, yeah, a little bit about his creative process or kids can’t possibly know how fortunate writing music or producing a show or they are when they’re steeped in some- working on something … I think, ul- thing, in such a wealth of education, timately, the biggest thing is just like and it’s only now that the perspective how you learn any language; you go comes that I look and say, “Oh, wow, to the place where people speak that that kind of training and that kind of language. And if I wanted to speak music making just isn’t coming out of French, then I would just go live in your average high school around the France, and I think that is what hap- country.” pens when you go to New York and just immerse yourself in that culture. PETER ELDRIDGE PHOTO BY JOSHUA SILK JazzVox Puget Sound locations Many of the awe-inspiring house concert experiences near and dear to my heart are Nich Anderson’s stel- lar JazzVox concerts. Anderson is a revered local vocalist/educator, and this month begins his seventh year of hosting this unique vocal jazz house concert series. Also in January, he launches a brand new venue on Bain- bridge Island in addition to his loca- tions in NE Seattle, downtown Seat- tle, the Madrona neighborhood, and Camano Island. Folks flock to JazzVox performances and rave about the high caliber of acclaimed national and in- ternational artists gracing his stage. Anderson will present nine monthly shows in 2014, featuring superb vocal- ist Peter Eldridge of New York Voices fame in January and culminating with dazzling songstress/bassist extraordi- naire Kristin Korb in November. You can visit Jazzvox.com for the complete schedule of artists and concerts and to reserve your seats early.

These three outstanding house con- cert series offer something very special and memorable for everyone. As added enticement, each series features a suc- culent buffet either before or after ev- ery show – we’ll see you there!

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • January 2014 JAZZ INSTRUCTION Clipper Anderson – NW top bassist, studio Mark Ivester – Jazz drum set lessons Murl Allen Sanders – jazz piano & accor- musician, composer. PLU faculty. Private available in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma and dion instructor interested in working with students, clinics, all levels, acoustic/elec- Gig Harbor. (253) 224-8339 or mark@ motivated intermediate level young people tric. $50/hr. (206) 933-0829, clipper- partpredominant.com and adults. (206) 781-8196, murl@mur- [email protected], http://www.clipperand- Kelley Johnson – Earshot Best Jazz lallensanders.com erson.com Vocalist, International Vocal Competition Anton Schwartz – Improvisation & saxo- Bob Antolin – Saxophone and Improvisa- Winner. Lessons & workshops, voice, & phone. Accomplished & effective teacher. tion (all instruments). Jazz & World focus. improvisation. www.kelleyjohnson.com Intermediate & advanced students. West NE Seattle. (206) 355-6155 or brightmo- (206) 323-6304 Seattle. (510) 654-3221, antonjazz.com/ [email protected] Ari Joshua – Guitarist Jazz, Contemporary, study Dina Blade – Jazz singing instruction. BFA/BM The New School NYC + owner Marc Smason – Trombone, jazz vocal & Closet singers and beginners welcome. of The Music Factory which services all dijeridu. Professional trombonist/vocal- [email protected] or (206) 524- instruments. [email protected], 206- ist since 1971. Has taught in schools & 8283 579-5858, www.musicfactorynw.com privately. www.marcsmason.com Samantha Boshnack – Experienced trum- Scott Lindenmuth – Jazz Guitar Instruc- Bill Smith – Accepting students in com- pet technique & improvisation instructor w/ tion. Improvisation, theory, technique. position, improvisation and . (206) music degree. All ages, levels. Studios in Beginning through advanced. (425) 776- 524-6929, [email protected] Capitol Hill/Central District and Issaquah. 6362, www.scottlindenmuth.com, info@ David L. 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All levels Cynthia Mullis – Saxophone instruction Tobi Stone – Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute. welcome. www.juliesings.com (206) 286- with a creative, organic approach to jazz Focus: tone, improv, technique, theory. All 2740 improvisation, style, theory, technique. ages/levels, BM,15 yrs exp. West Seattle, Peter Cramer – voice, woodwinds, and (206) 675-8934. www.cynthiamullis.com. [email protected] piano private instruction. Honors BM Cor- [email protected] Jay Thomas – accepting select students on nish ‘07. www.petercramermusic.com, or Nile Norton, DMA – Vocal Jazz coaching, trumpet, saxophone, flute. Special focus (612) 308-5248 all levels. Leadsheet development. Record- on improvisation and technique. (206) Anna Doak – Double bass instructor (206) ing and transcriptions. npnmusic@msn. 399-6800 [email protected] 784-6626, [email protected]. Profession- com, (206) 919-0446 Yakup Trana – Cornish graduate, profes- al performing/recording bassist. All ages, Susan Palmer – Guitar instruction. Teacher sional guitarist. Guitar instructions for all all levels, all styles. www.basschurch.com at Seattle University and author of “The levels; (206) 786-2819, ytrana@hotmail. Becca Duran – Earshot Vocalist of 2001; Guitar Lesson Companion” method books. com MA. Learn to deliver a lyric; study tone www.leadcatpress.com Byron Vannoy, MFA – Jazz drum set production, phrasing, improvisation, rep- Christian Pincock – trombone, trumpet, instruction & rhythmic improvisational ertoire. All languages. (206) 910-3409; composition, improvisation. Maple Leaf concept lessons for all instruments. (206) www.beccaduran.com studio. 10+ years teaching all ages/styles. 817-0377, http;//www.byronvannoy.com – Drums, all styles. Mem- William Field Active performer. www.ChristianPincock. Debby Boland Watt – Vocal instruction in ber of AFM Local 76-493. City of Seattle net, (206) 660-7123 Jazz, Improvisation & Bobby McFerrin’s business license dba Sagacitydrums. 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