Farko Dosumov Photo by Daniel Sheehan Letter from the Director Earshot Jazz  a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community March 2015 Vol. 31, No. 03 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

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

Executive Director John Gilbreath Jazz Value Managing Director Karen Caropepe Programs Assistant Caitlin Peterkin

Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey

Contributing Writers Steve Griggs, Andrew Luthringer, Caitlin Peterkin

Calendar Editors Halynn Blanchard, Schraepfer Harvey Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic Photography Daniel Sheehan Layout Caitlin Peterkin Distribution Dan Wight and volunteers

Send Calendar Information to: email [email protected] or go to www.earshot.org/Calendar/data/ John Gilbreath by Bill Uznay gigsubmit.asp to submit online This month we are once again de- From the inside, any awards pro- Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love lighted to honor the dedication and gram – from a local event like this, (president), Diane Wah (vice president), Sally all the way up to the Grammys and Nichols (secretary), Sue Coliton, John W. accomplishments of Seattle’s great Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Hideo Makihara, jazz artists with the annual Golden Academy Awards – can inspire the Viren Kamdar, Danielle Leigh Ear and Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame cynicism and scorn of those who are Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, Awards. not nominated, and even those who Kenneth W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Paul Each year, the Golden Ear Awards were nominated but do not “win.” Toliver, Cuong Vu focus well-deserved attention on the That process is both understandable Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, exemplary work of Seattle’s jazz art- and unfortunate. As the singer Billy Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. ists, as acknowledged by their peers Bragg often points out, our own cyn- Earshot Jazz is published monthly by icism is our worst enemy. Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is and audience. Over time, the awards The Golden Ear Awards are intend- available online at www.earshot.org. help to document the remarkable ed to acknowledge important current legacy of one of America’s most vi- Subscription (with membership): $35 work by individuals who are dedicat- 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 brant jazz scenes – ours. As Seattle’s ing their lives, in whole or in part, Seattle, WA 98103 non-profit jazz support organization, to an aspect in our common culture. phone / (206) 547-6763 Earshot Jazz is proud to have sus- That is not a small thing. The awards Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 tained this annual awards program do not claim that one has more value Printed by Pacific Publishing Company for 26 years. We are convinced of than another. This is an initiative © 2015 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle its importance and committed to its to focus appreciation on individuals success. who bring cultural value the whole M i ss ion Statement From the outside, an awards pro- of this world in which we participate. Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service gram like this can help to raise the organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a We invite you to join us at the Roy- support system for jazz in the community awareness of a diverse scene like ours, al Room on Monday, March 16, for and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot and perhaps introduce new audienc- this 26th edition of the Golden Ears, Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a es to the individual artists who make with your host, Jim Wilke, and deep monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, providing educational programs, identifying and it work so well. Hopefully it can also grooves of Kareem Kandi’s Organ filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing inspire young artists for the future Trio, with Delvon Lamarr. Fun will listenership, augmenting and complementing and encourage new presenting op- be had. C’mon! existing services and programs, and networking with the national and international jazz portunities within our region. – John Gilbreath, Executive Director community.

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4Culture Arts Project Grants ate, perform, and if desired, record and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Or- The deadlines to apply for a 4Culture new works. Funding is supported by chestra. Project grant in Arts, Heritage and the Doris Duke Charitable Founda- Preservation have been set. Grants are tion. Deadline is March 6. More at Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz available to artists and art groups, re- chamber-music.org. Vocalist Auditions siding in King County, who are creat- Essentially Ellington The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Associa- ing and presenting work in dance, the- tion sends one high school-aged and ater, music, media, literature and the Competition one adult female jazz vocalist from visual arts. The Art Projects deadline Garfield, Roosevelt, and Mount Si Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May for individuals and groups is March 4. high school jazz bands have been se- 2015. Finalists are selected by late Feb- More at 4culture.org. lected as finalists for the 2015 Essen- ruary and participate in a live audition tially Ellington Competition & Festi- at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Monday, CMA New Jazz Works Grant val, May 7-9, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. March 9. Two winners feature as guest Chamber Music America’s New Students will travel to NYC for the vocalists at the 16th Annual Kobe Jazz Works program supports the cre- event, which includes jam sessions, re- Shinkaichi Jazz Vocal Queen Contest ation of new works by professional hearsals, and workshops, culminating held on May 9, in Kobe, Japan. Ap- U.S.-based jazz artists (with CMA in a concert and award ceremony with plication deadline is February 2. More Organization-level membership). The student bands and Wynton Marsalis grants ask U.S. jazz ensembles to cre- Continued ON PAGE 23

In one ear

Chamber Music America Jazz Radio ule information is available at kexp.org Among the Chamber Music America 88.5 KPLU, kplu.org, hosts Satur- and jackstraw.org. (CMA) Presenter Consortium for Jazz day Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Sonarchy’s March schedule: March grantees for 2015: Earshot Jazz, Helena Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz 1, Steve Roden, visual and sound art- Presents/Myrna Loy Center (Helena, Northwest, in addition to its weekday ist from LA, performs improvised MT), and the John G. Shedd Institute NPR and late-night and prime-time soundscapes made during a Jack Straw for the Arts (Eugene, OR) presenting jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz Productions artist residency; March 8, Wayne Horvitz and Some Places Are schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. Racer Session #2 continues this Son- Forever Afternoon and Cornish Pres- Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- archy series featuring The Racer Ses- ents, the Musical Instrument Museum days, 2pm, features the artists and sions with Steve Treseler (tenor sax, (Phoenix, AZ), and SF Jazz (San Fran- events of the regional jazz scene. For bass clarinet), Kate Olson (soprano cisco) presenting the Vijay Iyer Trio. JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- sax, clarinet, cracklebox), Don Ber- Supported by the Doris Duke Chari- grams, see jazznw.org. man, Brandon Lucia and Jen Gille- table Foundation, the Presenter Con- 90.3 KEXP, kexp.org, late-night ran (drums and percussion); March sortium for Jazz, established in 2014, Sundays features Jazz Theater with 15, Christian Pincock Group with provides support to consortiums of John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, Pincock (valve trombone, electron- three U.S. presenters to collectively en- midnight, a live-performance broad- ics, composition), Levi Gillis (tenor gage up to three professional U.S. jazz cast from the Jack Straw Productions sax), Jon Hansen (tuba), Chris Ica- ensembles to perform. More at www. studio, produced by Doug Haire, now chamber-music.org. into its 20th year on air. Full sched- Continued ON PAGE 23

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 3 Golden Ear Awards Golden Ear Awards 2014

Monday, March 16, 7 pm The 2014 Golden Ear Awards take ters like Don Lanphere, Hadley Cali- The Royal Room place on March 16 at the Royal Room man, and Julian Priester into solid, Music at 7pm: Kareem Kandi Trio in Columbia City, one of the city’s best hard-grooving jazz. Kandi’s fat tone is Awards Presentation at 8pm listening spaces, complete with food a perfect fit for Delvon Lamarr’s B3 or- More Kareem Kandi Trio at 9pm and a full bar. The ceremony begins at gan and Julian MacDonough’s drum- In its 26th installment, the Earshot 7pm with a set of local jazz to warm ming. Jazz Golden Ear Awards recognize and the space. The awards ceremony, emcee’d by honor local artists who have markedly Performing this evening will be the the always affable jazz-radio host, contributed to Seattle’s jazz commu- Kareem Kandi Trio. The saxophonist field recorder, and area jazz luminary nity in the past year. has shaped lessons from Seattle mas- Jim Wilke, provides an opportunity to take stock of just how enormously 2014 NW Recording of the Year 2014 NW Instrumentalist of the Year some figures on Seattle’s jazz landscape have contributed to our scene. There Ann Reynolds’ Clave Gringa, Para Cuba Anton Schwartz are nominations for eight categories, Con Amor Evan Flory-Barnes and voters may write in nominees not Burn List, Burn List Kate Olson found on the ballot. Chemical Clock, Bad Habitat Thomas Marriott To be among nominees is itself an Thomas Marriott, Urban Folklore Other ______ Other ______acknowledgement of a year of fine per- 2014 NW Emerging Artist formance and recording in and around 2014 NW Acoustic Ensemble Ann Reynolds Seattle. Nominees are selected by a poll Alex Dugdale & the FADE Quartet Carmen Rothwell of readers of this publication, jazz per- Jacob Zimmerman Quintet Delvon Lamarr formers, audience members, journal- Sequoia Levi Gillis ists, and industry professionals. Steve Griggs Ensemble Other ______The highest honor each year goes to Other ______inductees to the Seattle Jazz Hall of 2014 NW Vocalist of the Year Fame. This year’s nominees are Se- 2014 NW Alternative Group Greta Matassa attle’s well-traveled multi-instrumen- Bad Luck Johnaye Kendrick talist Amy Denio; the late co-founder Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band Katie Jacobson of Earshot Jazz and talent booker for Industrial Revelation Leah Natale Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Gary Bannis- Trimtab Other ______ter; seasoned vocalist of wide renown Other ______2014 Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Greta Matassa; and pianist, vocalist, 2014 NW Concert of the Year For a list of Seattle Jazz Hall of Famers, and Seattle jazz treasure Ruby Bishop. Table & Chairs Showcase (netcat, go to earshot.org/events/awards/ Please vote by March 15, one bal- Cavity Fang, Japanese Guy, King Tears halloffame.html lot per person, online at www.earshot. Bat Trip), Ballard Jazz Walk, April 18 Amy Denio org, email to [email protected], or mail- Human Feel / The Westerlies, Seattle Gary Bannister ing it to the Earshot Jazz office at 3429 Art Museum, June 27 Greta Matassa Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle WA, Tribute to Charlie Haden, Chapel Ruby Bishop 98103. Tickets $10 ($5 students) avail- Performance Space, September 25 Other ______able through The Royal Room. Monk 10/10, Town Hall, October 10 Other ______Ballot due by March 15.

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Jazz: The Second Century Deadline June 1 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual artists and ensembles for the 2015 Jazz: The Second Century series. The series brings the progression of jazz into creative motion on the concert stage. Projects that question and expand the conven- tions the jazz form are welcome. Seattle-area individual artists or groups, in any instrument combination, are eligible. Sub- missions must include a recorded sample of a project that can be performed in a concert setting. We encourage applicants to include a letter that speaks to their musical interpretation of the meaning of jazz and of the next stage of jazz music. Individual artists or ensembles are selected by a blind-jury process. Second Century artists and ensembles perform during July 2015, and are paid a competitive fee for the performance. Please send submissions elec- tronically to [email protected] or by mail to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Deadline to apply is June 1. You can direct questions and comments to Earshot Jazz at (206) 547-6763 or jazz@earshot.org. A list of past Jazz: The Second Century artists and ensembles can be viewed at www. earshot.org/Events/2nd_Cen- tury.html.

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PROFILE Farko Dosumov: A Global Bass Traveler Brings It Home

By Andrew Luthringer “I wasn’t thinking that I’d be a bass player,” Farko Dosumov says, recount- ing his days as a new arrival in Seattle. “My mom and dad were like, ‘You need to go to computer school. Micro- soft is there, you need to start working on it!’ And I actually did go! Showed up at the campus, filled out some sort of application form …” Laughing, Dosumov finishes, “Of course I never got a call back.” You would be hard-pressed to find a music fan or fellow musician who isn’t happy that Bill Gates neglected to follow up on this particular prospect. In the last 15 years, Dosumov has be- come one of the most versatile and in- demand electric bassists in the Pacific Northwest. He is a musician of lofty technical skills balanced by earthy blues roots, with a growling, well-de- fined tone and a relentlessly smoking groove and locked-in time feel. He is also a superb soloist, with a beautifully flowing and articulate melodic sense. Cornish College professor Chuck Deardorf was an early mentor to Dosu- mov, and calls him “a major force on the bass.” Michael Shrieve, the legendary drummer and bandleader in whose unit Spellbinder Dosumov has played for years, was also an early champion of Dosumov’s talents: “I could sense that he was one of those rare, young musicians that have a hunger, a fire in the belly … I’ve had the pleasure of seeing and hearing that passion grow into a formidable musical force.” Shrieve also made sure to men- tion Dosumov’s ever-present positive farko dosumov photo by daniel sheehan

6 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 vibe, which was on full display when sic, you realize that you don’t have that Dosumov and I sat down to talk. much time to be ‘creative’ too.” His positivity, much like his music, “It’s hard. I find it challenging in Se- is complemented by a focused energy attle to be a full-time musician. You and intensity, and his conversation is have to juggle a lot of stuff.” His own peppered with frequent laughter and Farko Collective band is somewhat great stories. inactive right now, while he plies his Born and raised in Tashkent, Uz- talents as an in-demand sideman. bekistan, Dosumov (along with his “I can’t just pay those guys $30, and twin brother Feodor, now a success- ask them to rehearse. If I’m going to ful guitarist living in Moscow) started do my thing, I’m going to be asking playing music at 14 with strong doses for a lot: I want to be tight, I want to of classic rock and heavy metal, along work on original stuff. After all this with a first exposure to jazz and fusion work is done, with five or six people in at a local bassist’s jam sessions. Against the band, we’re getting paid 30 or 40 long odds, Dosumov won a lottery for bucks each.” a green card to come to the U.S., and One original project that Dosumov made his way to Seattle, enrolling for is certain will come to fruition is a col- a time at Cornish, where Deardorf laboration with his brother Feodor, in helped him develop his jazz founda- which both siblings share the writing, tion. An opportunity to tour with gui- trading sections back and forth. The tarist Danny Godinez beckoned, and as-yet unnamed fusion project is about Dosumov hasn’t looked back. halfway done, and Dosumov is clearly Part of the reason Dosumov stays so excited about the sessions so far, with busy is his versatility. When I asked monster R&B/gospel/fusion drummer him if there was a style he identifies Chris Coleman. most closely with, he hesitates: “De- “I can see it on the horizon. [Feodor] pending on the day – Today I’ll be a is doing really well in Moscow right blues bass player, because I’m playing now, so he can actually afford to fly me a blues gig [with Kader Sundy]. To- back and forth.” Dosumov will return morrow I’m playing Flamenco [with to Russia this year to finish the other Istvan Rez], so I’ll be a Flamenco bass half of the album. Despite the distanc- player, and Saturday I’m playing with es involved, the siblings share a deep a Zydeco guy [Richard Allen and the musical bond. “I like his approach Louisiana Experience], so I’ll be a with music, we’re kind of on the same Zydeco bass player!” (laughs) “I get so page – because we’re twins!” (laughs) into those styles too … I want to actu- The brothers plan to do a tour of Rus- ally do it right. So if I’m playing a lot sia first, followed by a stateside run. of jazz gigs, I really focus on the tunes, The flipside of Dosumov’s energy and and think, ‘I’m a jazz guy.’” On St. focus is a certain restlessness and de- Patrick’s Day, he’ll be playing Irish jigs sire for new challenges. He has a well- and fiddle tunes at the Owl ‘n’ Thistle. deserved reputation as a soloist, and is “There’s so much in every one of those frequently hired by bandleaders who genres.” want to “pull out that card,” but he has But the ambidextrous versatility also a renewed interest in getting “back on reflects the practical necessity of pay- the groove side. I find these new ways ing the bills: “The reality is, it does of playing grooves that are inspiring. I come down to money. You can get almost want to say at gigs: ‘Don’t give creative … but if you can’t pay your me any solos!’” rent, you can only go so far. But once you start paying your rent doing mu- Continued ON PAGE 23

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 7 PROFILE Joe Doria, Part II: Rooted in Recording

By Steve Griggs Last month I dropped in to Joe Doria’s Tuesday night gig with McTuff at the Seamonster. This month, Doria answered my questions via e-mail about mentors and recordings that shaped his musicianship. Where did he learn his craft? What did he hear that influenced his sound? “I learned piano from Randy Halberstadt, Dave Peck at Cornish and some select lessons from Je- rome Grey,” Doria said. Doria built on these firm roots by jamming with classmates several times each week. After gradua- tion, he switched from piano to organ and began to adjust his technique for the electronic instrument. “I learned Hammond organ from listening to Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff, really. I bought my first Hammond and sat at the organ to dissect what I was hearing. But I would also ask questions from some of the best theater organists around such as Bob White, as well as Merv at Prosser Pia- no who showed me some tips on proper technique. But mainly, it was up to me and listening to albums. Without those years at Cornish, I wouldn’t likely have been as successful with all things music on the Hammond.” What were the albums that had the biggest im- pact on Doria? (See sidebar.) “I can name just about any Jimmy Smith album (or Jack McDuff, or Jimmy McGriff, or ‘Groove’ Holmes) as they are lessons – each one of them. “Crazy Baby by Jimmy Smith holds lessons in swing, feel, and technique – from playing the ‘laid back’ feel of “Alfredo,” to ‘the squabble’ of “Mack the Knife” and “Making Whoopee,” to wild re- arrangement like “Night in Tunisia,” to how to approach a ballad like “What’s New.” It should be a must-have in every organist’s collection. “The writing/originals on Jack McDuff’s double album Live and Hot BBQ are outstanding. It’s a lesson in organ drawbar tones and sculpting as well joe doria photo by daniel sheehan

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March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 9 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Spring Series

The 2015 Earshot Jazz Spring Series begins on March 1 and runs through June 28 with nine distinctive concerts that bring a world of music to Seattle audiences.

Kenny Wheeler Tribute w/ Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler Sunday, March 1 & Monday, March 2, 8pm The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S (Columbia City) The distinctive trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler performed and recorded up to his 84th year. This one- of-a-kind tribute combines interpreta- tions and improvisations of Wheeler’s works with original pieces dedicated to him. Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and saxophonist Steve Treseler are joined by pianist Geoffrey Keezer, drummer Jon Wikan, bassist Martin Wind, and vocalist Katie Jacobson. Tickets available at strangertickets. com. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the steve treseler and ingrid jensen photo by steve korn door, $8 students.

10 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 new trio project from the bassist Evan Gilmore and bassist Stephan Crump) Flory-Barnes opens the night. to Seattle once again for this special Tickets available at strangertickets.com. concert, made possible with the gen- Tickets $18 general; $16 Earshot mem- erous support of the National Endow- bers & seniors; $9 students & veterans. ment for the Arts and the Doris Duke Foundation. Tim Berne’s Snakeoil Co-presented with Cornish College of Monday, May 4, 8pm the Arts. Tickets available at brownpap- The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier ertickets.com. Tickets $15-$25. Ave S (Columbia City) Peter Brötzmann Trio In this critically acclaimed “cham- Wednesday, May 13, 8pm ber-like” quintet, the searing alto saxophonist is joined by Oscar Noriega Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First on clarinets, Matt Mitchell on piano, Ave (downtown) Ryan Ferreira on guitar, and Ches The powerhouse elder statesman of Smith on percussion. Snakeoil’s first European free-jazz reprises his collab- Seattle appearance, in 2012, dramati- oration with two masters of America’s mark helias photo by mo daoud cally illustrated the continuing evolu- Black avant-garde: bassist William Mark Helias’ Open Loose tion of one of jazz’s most fiercely inde- Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. pendent voices. Friday, April 10, 8pm The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Tickets available at strangertickets.com. Ave S (Columbia City) Tickets $18 general; $16 Earshot members & seniors; $9 students & veterans. Mark Helias’ Open Loose has five records under their belt, and a stage Vijay Iyer Trio chemistry that has stunned the New Saturday, May 9, 8pm York jazz scene. Tenor saxophon- PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 E Roy ist Tony Malaby and drummer Tom St (Capitol Hill) Rainey join bassist Helias in masterful explorations of “open loose” improvi- Described by the Village Voice as “the sation. The trio’s remarkable synergy most commanding pianist and com- is a combination of their individual poser to emerge in recent years,” Vijay dedication to the art of listening. A Iyer brings his trio (drummer Marcus peter Brötzmann photo by Ziga Koritnik

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 11 Brötzmann first came together with Instant Composers Pool Mengelberg and drummer Han Ben- Parker and Drake through the Die (ICP Orchestra) nink, ICP combines ten of Europe’s Like A Dog Quartet in the mid-1990s. Saturday, May 16, 7pm & 9:30pm most accomplished and daring impro- Since then the three musicians have The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier visers in performances renowned for performed in a variety of ensembles Ave S (Columbia City) their virtuosity and, of all things, fun. and collaborations, releasing an album Tonight, ICP bids us farewell with as a trio in 2003, Never Too Late, But Amsterdam’s revered ICP Orches- two separate performances in Seattle’s Always Too Early. tra, which has been among the world’s newest home for creative music. most startling and dynamic jazz en- Tickets available at brownpapertickets. Tickets available at strangertickets.com. sembles for decades, is ready to bid com. Tickets $18 general; $16 Earshot Tickets $20 general; $18 Earshot mem- America adieu on this farewell tour. members & seniors; $9 students & vet- bers & seniors; $10 students & veterans. Formed in 1967 by pianist Misha erans. Guilia Valle Trio Saturday, June 20, 8pm Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th floor (Wallingford) The Barcelona-bred bassist brings a unique musicianship to the contemporary scene with her compositions and playing. The Giulia Valle Trio presents a lineup of great maturity, in which the interplay among the musicians is the common denominator. The project includes Marco Mezquida on piano and David Xirgu on drums, and features new compositions as well as “re- visited” topics Valle has introduced on previous recordings. Tickets available at brownpapertickets. com. Tickets $18 general; $16 Earshot members & seniors; $9 students & vet- icp photo by francesca patella erans.

12 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 paal nilssen-love large unit photo by kim Hiorthøy

Julia Hülsmann Trio com. Tickets $18 general; $16 Earshot Friday, June 26, 8pm members & seniors; $9 students & vet- Chapel Performance Space, erans. 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th floor (Wallingford) Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit Sunday, June 28, 8pm The Berlin-based Julia Hülsmann Venue TBD began playing piano at the age of 11, and formed her first band at 16. Re- One of the most dynamic drummers nowned for her pristine technique and in jazz, Norway’s Nilssen-Love leads a breadth of creative influences rang- a younger generation of musicians in ing from Thelonious Monk to Emily acoustic and electronic improvisation Dickinson, Hülsmann is gaining in- and free jazz. After debuting in 2013 ternational attention through two new at the jazz festival in Molde (from records for Munich’s respected ECM where Nilssen-Love hails), the 11-piece label. On this rare North American “Large Unit” has gained critical, glob- tour, she is accompanied by bassist al recognition. Robert Landfermann and drummer Tickets go on sale April 1. Tickets $18 Heinrich Köbberling. general; $16 Earshot members & seniors; Tickets available at brownpapertickets. $9 students & veterans.

More information available at earshot.org. Half-price tickets are available for students, veterans, and active military, and $2 discounts are available for Earshot members and senior citizens (60+). Ticket packages (15% when you purchase tickets to three or more separate concerts) are available through Earshot Jazz at 206- 547-6763.

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 13 PREVIEW >> Album Release: Paul Kikuchi’s Bat of No Bird Island Jack Straw Cultural Center March 28, 2015, 12pm Zenkichi Kikuchi (1880-1965) 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle Free and open to the public Zenkichi Kikuchi emigrated from Northern Honshu (Japan) in 1900. After his arrival in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zenkichi worked farm Seattle composer and percussion- labor for several years before resettling in the Yakima Valley in Eastern ist Paul Kikuchi celebrates the multi- Washington. As one of the first wave of Japanese settlers in the area and format release of his song cycle Bat of an agricultural expert, Zenkichi was instrumental in encouraging young No Bird Island, inspired by the written Japanese immigrants to settle in the Yakima Valley as farmers. memoir and 78RPM record collection Zenkichi and his family were sent to a farm labor camp during WW2, of his great grandfather, Zenkichi Ki- returning to the Yakima valley after the war years. Late in his life Ze- kuchi. nkichi wrote his memoir, in English. The release event, held at the Jack Straw Cultural Center, is an opportunity for the public to dialogue with Kikuchi about the work and experience the recorded album and website for the first time. Kikuchi’s Bat of No Bird Island is a “In the streets song-cycle that blends the textured and fragile sonic landscapes of Japanese there are many 78RPM records, static and feedback educated Japanese generated by old walkie-talkies, and young men. But traditional instrumental composition in an exploration of identity, displacement, they walking or culture, and belonging. living as stray In re-imagining songs from his great grandfather’s collection of Japanese sheep, because 78RPM records from the 1930s and they don’t know 1940s, Kikuchi has created a work that is both historic and modern. what they should Bat of No Bird Island will be released do, or can do. To on March 28 as a CD, a limited edition lead these men 10" vinyl record, and a website. Each format provides unique insight into the to farm and build music, inspiration, and artifacts inher- up new Japan in ent in the piece. The CD features the full studio recordings from the project. America – real The 10" record (limited to 100 copies) man’s job.” pairs two of Kikuchi’s re-imaginations with the two original Japanese songs –Zenkichi Kikuchi from which they drew inspiration. Fi- nally, the website will provide more con- photo of zenkichi kikuchi courtesy of paul kikuchi

14 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 text in the form of memoir excerpts, The Bat of No Bird Island ensemble artistic director of Prefecture Music, photographs, and recordings from the includes: Paul Kikuchi (percussion, an organization that supports contem- original 78RPM records, while also walkie-talkie, composition), Stuart porary music through performance, deconstructing music from the album Dempster (trombone and conches), documentation, and education. into short vignettes that will be paired Bill Horist (guitar, walkie-talkie, Bat of No Bird Island was made pos- with photos and writings. and đàn nguyet), Tari Nelson-Zagar sible by Chamber Music America’s 2012 Kikuchi will be in Japan for three (violin), Eyvind Kang (viola), Maria New Jazz Works: Commissioning and months in Spring 2015 on a US-Japan Scherer Wilson (cello), and Rob Millis Ensemble Development program funded Friendship Commission Creative Art- (78RPM records). through the generosity of the Doris Duke ist Fellowship. He will be continuing Paul’s work has been recognized and Charitable Foundation. Other support research for Bat of No Bird Island – vis- supported by The National Endow- from Jack Straw Cultural Center and iting the farmhouse in which Zenkichi ment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural was born, researching music and tra- Trust, Chamber Music America, and Affairs. ditional paper-making, and collecting the American Composers Forum, – Courtesy of Paul Kikuchi field recordings. among others. He is the founder and

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 15 PREVIEW >> 2015 Seattle Jazz Experience

Friday, March 13 & Saturday, March 14, 8pm (mainstage performances) Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St (Seattle Center) After a successful inaugural festival in 2014, the Seattle Jazz Experience goes full-force into its second year. Produced by Cornish College of the Arts, in association with Seattle JazzED, Earshot Jazz, and the Seattle Center, the experience is a two-day festival for high school and college jazz students and includes workshops and masterclasses with professional jazz artists, as well as late-night jam sessions and ensemble performances, open to the public. kneebody photo by paulifornia Participation in the Seattle Jazz Ex- Lage Trio on March 13 and Kneebody Grammy-nominated drummer Eric perience is by audition only, and is on March 14, both at 8pm. Harland is one of the most in-demand open to high school and college jazz Kneebody is keyboardist Adam Ben- drummers of his generation. He had ensembles worldwide. This year, 20 jamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, elec- already appeared on close to 200 re- ensembles were invited to attend the tric bassist Kaveh Rastegar, saxophon- cordings by his 36th birthday. He has festival. While many groups are from ist Ben Wendel, and drummer Nate been profiled in theBoston Globe, New Washington, selected ensembles will Wood. The quintet met in their late York Times, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, also represent Texas, California, and teens while at the Eastman School of The New Yorker, DownBeat, and other Oregon. Music in Rochester, New York, and at The Seattle Jazz Experience also se- CalArts in Valencia, California. They prominent publications. Rounding lects one or two jazz composers each became fast friends and converged to- out the trio is Scott Colley, the bassist year to feature at the festival. This year, gether as Kneebody amid the vibrant of choice for such jazz legends as Her- the featured composer is acclaimed and eclectic Los Angeles music scene bie Hancock, Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Canadian saxophonist Christine Jen- of 2001. Since then, each band mem- and Michael Brecker. His remarkably sen, who has selected three composi- ber has amassed an impressive list of empathetic skills, strong melodic sense tions that will be made available to the credits and accomplishments while the and improvisational abilities have 2015 participants. She will also con- band has continued to thrive and grow served him well as a sideman, but Col- duct clinics with selected ensembles in reputation, solidifying a fan base ley has also flourished in recent years performing her music. around the world. as a composer and bandleader. Other guest artists this year include Julian Lage is an American guitarist, For festival details, schedule, tickets and the Julian Lage Trio with Eric Harland composer, and arranger living in New and Scott Colley, Kneebody, Robin York City. Often categorized as a jazz background information on guest artists, Eubanks, and Darrell Grant, with musician, his music is rooted in both visit seattlejazzexperience.org. mainstage performances by the Julian traditional and acoustic forms. Multi- – Caitlin Peterkin

16 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 JAZZ INSTRUCTION Paul Anastasio – Paul Anastasio, jazz violinist, Mark Ivester – Jazz drum set lessons available in Gary Rollins - Guitar & bass guitar instruction. 30+ former student of Joe Venuti. Specializing in trad, Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma & Gig Harbor. (253) years teaching. Student of Al Turay. Mills Music, swing. [email protected] 224-8339 or [email protected] Burien, Shoreline. (206) 669-7504. garyleerollins.com Clipper Anderson – Bassist, studio musician, com- Kelley Johnson – Earshot Best Jazz Vocalist, Murl Allen Sanders – jazz piano & accordion instruc- poser. PLU faculty. Private students, clinics, all International Vocal Competition Winner. Lessons & tor interested in working w/ motivated intermediate levels, acoustic/electric. $50/hr. (206) 933-0829, workshops, voice, & improvisation. www.kelleyjohn- level young people & adults. 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March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound March 03

Sunday, March 1 TU Machone Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SF Passarim Bossa Nova Qunitet, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 TD Fundamental Forces (Musicquarium), 8:30 C* Eli Meisner Trio w/ Nathan Parker, Adam Kessler 2 Kendrick Scott Oracle TD JazzEd Soundtrack to the Future w/ Jon Batiste & (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 5:30 Jazz Alley welcomes jazz drummer Kendrick Scott for Stay Human, 7 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Bella, 4411 one night only. In the relatively short span of ten years, TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 Stone Way N), 5:30 drummer and composer Scott has established himself CR Racer Sessions, 8 as an artist of great versatility and depth. Having toured DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Thursday, March 5 and recorded with such luminaries as Herbie Hancock, FB Seattle Jazz Vespers: Roadstars Jazz Band, 6 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 Pat Metheny, The Crusaders and others, he has proven KC Jim Brickman: Love Around The Piano, 3, 7 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill his ability to adapt his style to virtually any occasion or PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 Chism, 5:30 circumstance, and at the same time maintain his own RR Mercer Island Middle School & High School Jazz BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 distinctive voice. Band members are Aaron Goldberg Ensembles, 6:30pm ED Groove For Thought-DeMiero Jazz, 7 (piano), Joe Sanders (bass), Mike Moreno (guitar) and RR Kenny Wheeler Tribute ft. Ingrid Jensen and JA Norman Brown, 7:30 Walter Smith III (sax). Tickets $26.50. Steve Treseler, 8 NC Diane & Bob, 7 SB Freudian Slurp, 10 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 Tuesday, March 3 RR The Royal Ramble ft. The Jelly Rollers/ Peter & SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 The Tribe EP Release, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am BX Vox at the Box: Jazz Vocal Jam, 7, 8:30 RR The Nathan Hale Jazz Ensemble, 6 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 C* Ron Weinstein Trio (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport SB Cephalopod, 10 TU Edmonds College Big Band, 7 Way S), 6 TD Industrial Revelation (Musicquarium), 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 JA Lucky Peterson, 7:30 TU Oliver Groenewald Newnet, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 VI Michael Owcharuk Trio, 9 SB McTuff, 11 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Monday, March 2 SB Clave con jazz, 8 BX Cascade Jazz Ensemble, 7, 8:30 TU Jay Thomas Trio, 8 Friday, March 6 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th BB Gregg Robinson Jump Ensemble, 7:30 St), 9 Wednesday, March 4 BP Paul Green and Straight Shot, 9 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 9 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, JA Kendrick Scott Oracle, 7:30 C* Aline Vida (el Corazón, 109 Eastlake Ave E), 800 164th St SE Mill Creek), 7 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 8:30 EB Joanne Klein and KJ & Athena McElrath, 9 PM Paul Richardson, 6 C* Don’t Move (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), EB Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse & Robyn Spangler, 7 RR Kenny Wheeler Tribute ft. Ingrid Jensen and 6, 7, 8 ED Groove For Thought-DeMiero Jazz, 7 Steve Treseler, 9 JA Lucky Peterson, 7:30 JA Norman Brown, 7:30, 9:30 RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 8 NC Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5

Calendar Key

AV AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 545-8570 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, 542-2789 Shoreline, 365-4447 436-2960 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 789-1621 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 782-9623 ED Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, Edmonds, 425-275-9595 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 Ave, 728-1337 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 325-6051 PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy S 425-391-3335 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, KC Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, 9920 425-292-9307 Kirkland, 425-828-0422 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- C* Concert and Special Events LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 1824 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 726-1522 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd 402-3042 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor MO Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, 682-1414 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, Bellevue, 425-644-1111 763-0714 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 CN Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, 324-7263 MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 Tacoma, 253-229-9206 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695

18 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 RR Electric Circus, 9 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:30 SF Tim Kennedy Duo, 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TD Freudian Slurp (Musicquarium), 9 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 Curtain Call TU Randy Halberstadt Quintet, 7:30 weekly recurring performances VI Jovino Santos Neto, 8 Monday, March 9 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th Saturday, March 7 St), 9 MONDAY BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), BP Nearly Dan, 1 9 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, C* Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical JA Eleventh Annual Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz 818 E Pike St), 9 (Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Vocalist Audition, 7:30 Tacoma), 7:30 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, C* Frank Anderson (Stone Way Cafe, 3510 Stone PM Paul Richardson, 6 Way N), 7:30 RR Seattle Composers Alliance Fundraiser, 8 412 N 36th St), 9 C* Eli Meisner solo (Spinnaker Bay Brewing, 5718 TD A Cedar Suede CD release, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 Rainier Ave S), 7:30 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 C* Artist Showcase w/ Tom Varner, Alchymeia, John VI Steve O’Brien Trio, 9 PM Paul Richardson, 6 Teske, Seattle Jazz Composers (Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE) 2 Tuesday, March 10 TUESDAY CM Connections Jazz Ensembles, 12pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 CM Seattle Womens Jazz Orchestra, 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Jacqueline Tabor, Bill Anschell, Susan Pascal, EB Robyn Spangler & Karen Skrinde, 9 Clipper Anderson, D’vonne Lewis, 7 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 EB Charles Crowley & Helene Smart, 7 C* Ron Weinstein Trio (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport ED Groove For Thought-DeMiero Jazz, 7 Way S), 6 SB McTuff Trio, 11 JA Norman Brown, 7:30, 9:30 JA Ann Hampton Callaway: The Sarah Vaughan LJ Don’t Move, 9, 10 WEDNESDAY MO Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Beck, 7 Project, 7:30 NC Pearl Django CD release, 8 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 RR Richie Aldente/ Thaddillac, 9 RR Tristan Gianola Quintet/ Trimtab, 8 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 SB Eric Hullander Jazz Band, 8 SB McTuff, 11 SB The Scotch Tops, 8 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am PD Casey MacGill, 8 SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 TU The Little Big Band, 8 TD Shady Bottom (Musicquarium), 9 THURSDAY TU Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Marc Seales, Chuck Wednesday, March 11 Deardorf, and Mark Ivester, 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 Sparks, 9 7 Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats C* Don’t Move (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), Waller Musical 6, 7, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 JA Ann Hampton Callaway: The Sarah Vaughan Get ready for a finger-snappin’, toe-tappin’ evening PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 as the music of Fats Waller takes you to jazz clubs Project, 7:30 of the Harlem Renaissance in Ain’t Misbehavin’! Five PD Casey MacGill, 8 FRIDAY great Northwest performers present a rowdy musical RR Evening of Keys, 7 homage to songwriter Fats Waller. Encapsulating the TU Jim Sisko & The Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 mood of the era and the humor of his music, the show 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil sparkles with Waller’s stance that life is a journey… VI Max Holmberg, 9 for pleasure and play. This musical homage includes Sparks, 5 jazz classics like “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Thursday, March 12 Myself a Letter,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” “I Can’t Give BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 SATURDAY You Anything but Love,” and more! BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Chism, 5:30 Sunday, March 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SUNDAY C* Chris James Quartet (Shuga’s Jazz Bistro, 317 BB Kenny Mandell improv, 7 Main Ave S, Renton), 7 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 JA Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, 7:30 C* Steve Jones Quartet (Village Wines, 14450 NC Cara Francis, 7 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE, Woodinville), 3 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 C* Christian Smith Standards Quartet (Tin Lizzie, Bella, 4411 Stone Way N), 5:30 RR Pierre Bensusan, 7:30 Marqueen Hotel, 600 Queen Anne Ave N), 7 SB The Suffering Fuckheads, 10 CR Racer Sessions, 8 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Bella, 4411 TU Greta Matassa Showcase, 7:00 Stone Way N), 5:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine JA Norman Brown, 7:30 Friday, March 13 Howell, 6 MV Stephanie Porter Quintet, 5 AV Los Buhos, Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Bruce PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 Barnard, Alex Conga, 4:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am RR Jazz, Etc., 6 BH Aldo Gavilán and the Harlem Quartet, 7:30 RR Holy Names Academy Jazz Band/ Isabella Du BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra Graf, 8 C* Seattle Jazz Experience: Julian Lage Trio (Cornish SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwizd, 6:30 Playhouse, 201 Mercer Street), 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 10am CH TORCH, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 TU UW Studio Jazz Band, 7:30 EB Carolyn Magoon & Kim Maguire, 9 TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 EB Helene Smart and KJ & Athena McElrath, 7

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 19 JA Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, 7:30, 9:30 C* Fugitives Trio (Match Coffee & Wine, 15705 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 Main St NE, Duvall), 7:30 NC Danny Godinez, 8 C* Panama Hotel Jazz w/ Steve Griggs Ensemble 14 Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea RR The Scotch Tops/ Red Sun Revue, 9 (Panama Hotel, 605 1/2 S Main St), 2 There are few artists in the music industry who RR Jazz Night School, 5:30 C* Diverse Harmony Green and Gold Gala and have had more influence on acoustic and electronic SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 Auction (ACT Theatre, 700 Union St.), 7 jazz than Herbie Hancock, a true icon of modern TD Rat City Brass (Musicquarium), 9 C* Bluestreet Jazz Voices (Broadway Performance music. Hancock is paired with brilliant composer and TU Tom Collier Quartet, 7:30 Hall, 1625 Broadway), 7 keyboard virtuoso Chick Corea, an NEA Jazz Master, C* North Bend Jazz Walk (Various venues), 6 18-time Grammy winner, and living legend with five 13 TORCH C* Seattle Jazz Experience: Kneebody and Best decades of unparalleled creativity to his name. Tickets TORCH plays the second show for the inaugural of Fest Bands (Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer $41.25-$81.25. series for Arts Nonprofit Universal Language Project Street), 8 (ULP). Poised between progressive jazz, post-rock, and EB Angie Louise and Sweet Spot Combo, 9 14 4th ANNUAL NORTH BEND JAZZ contemporary classical music, the quartet’s original EB Arwen Dewey & Marcus Wolland, 7 compositions are a playful juxtaposition amidst JA Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, 7:30, 9:30 WALK heady intellects and our groove-craving souls. The MO Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea, 7 The North Bend Jazz Walk is a highly anticipated band members are Eric Likkel (clarinets), Brian Chin NC George Bullock Trio w/ Marina Christopher, 8 music festival nestled at the foot of majestic Mount (trumpets), Ben Thomas, (Vibes), and Brady Millard- RR Jasmine Jordan/ Camila Recchio/ SpiceRack, 9 Si, featuring some of the finest jazz talent in the Kish (Bass). $5-$15 donation at the door. RR Jazz Night School, 4, 6:30 Pacific Northwest, including Jay Thomas, Human SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am Spirit, Danny Kolke Trio with Alexey Nikolaev & Bernie TD Elektrapod (Musicquarium), 9 Jacobs, Endemic Ensemble, and the Milo Petersen & Saturday, March 14 TU Gail Pettis Quartet, 7:30 Steve Griggs Quartet. 22 venues in historic Downtown BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30 North Bend will play host to an evening celebrating jazz. All locations are all ages, except for Pour House. Tickets $20.00 Advance/ $25.00 at the door; youth tickets $10.00 Advance/ $15.00 at the door.

Sunday, March 15 BB Jazz Jam with Kenny Mandell, 2 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Bob Strickland’s Jazz (couriers) jam (Anchor Pub & Restaurant, 1001 Hewitt Ave, Everett), 5 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Bella, 4411 Stone Way N), 5:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 JA Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 SB The Triangular Jazztet, 7 SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwizd, 6:30 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Greta Matassa Big Band Workshop, 1 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Esperanza TU North Seattle College, 7 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Spalding VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 Monday, March 16 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St), 9 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 JA Nir Felder, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Earshot Jazz presents: Seattle Jazz Awards Golden Ear and Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame, 7 SB Ari Joshua Trio, 10 TU The PH Factor Big Band, 7:30 Tuesday, March 17 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Ron Weinstein Trio (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), 6 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Listen 9am-3pm SB McTuff, 11 weekdays on 88.5 FM TU Roadside Attraction Big Band, 7:30 Wednesday, March 18 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6

20 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 Monday, March 23 Wednesday, March 25 C* Trio Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, Oleg Ruvinov C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 (Pies & Pints, 1215 NE 65th St), 8 St), 9 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 C* Don’t Move (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), C* Don’t Move (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), 6, 7, 8 9 6, 7, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 PD Casey MacGill, 8 RR Piano Starts Here: Chick Corea and McCoy Tyner, PM Paul Richardson, 6 TU Rich Pellegrin Quintet CD Release, 7:30 7:30 RR The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 8 TD Michael Owcharuk Quartet (Musicquarium), 8:30 TU Jason Parker Quartet CD Release, 7:30 TU Greta Matassa Big Band, 7 Thursday, March 26 VI Congress, 9 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 Tuesday, March 24 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill Thursday, March 19 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Chism, 5:30 C* Ron Weinstein Trio (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 Way S), 6 C* Chris James Quartet (Shuga’s Jazz Bistro, 317 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Main Ave S, Renton), 7 Chism, 5:30 PO René Marie, 8 JA Great Guitars with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pisano BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SB McTuff, 11 and Mundell Lowe, 7:30 C* Chris James Quartet (Shuga’s Jazz Bistro, 317 TD Sundae + Mr. Goessl (Musicquarium), 8 NC Darius Lux, 7 Main Ave S, Renton), 7 TD Red Baraat, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 JA David Sanborn, 7:30 TU Kelley Johnson, 7:30 RR Thomas Marriott Quartet w/ Orrin Evans, 8:30 NC David Lee Howard, 7 RR Tobi Stone’s Texture Band, 6 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU The Kora Band, 7:30 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Friday, March 20 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, 800 164th St SE Mill Creek), 7 EB Kim Maguire & Arnaldo!, 9 EB Arwen Dewey & Charles Crowley, 7 JA David Sanborn, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 MO Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz, 7 PA Hot Java Cool Jazz, 7 RR Will Blades, 9:30 SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 TU Jovino Santos Neto Quintet, 7:30 VI The New Triumph, 9 Saturday, March 21 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Centerpiece Jazz Band (Kent Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 336 2nd Avenue S., Kent), 7:30 EB Angie Louise & La Wanda DuPree, 9 EB Carolyn Magoon & Joanne Klein, 7 ED Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical, 7:30 JA David Sanborn, 7:30, 9:30 NC Annie Reed, 8 SB Jacques Willis Presents, 8 SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 Sunday, March 22 BB Jazz Jam with Kenny Mandell, 2 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Bella, 4411 Stone Way N), 5:30 C* Christian Smith Standards Quartet (Tin Lizzie, Marqueen Hotel, 600 Queen Anne Ave N), 7 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 JA David Sanborn, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 TU Easy Street, 4 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

March 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 21 VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9 C* Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical SB Eric Hullander Jazz Band, 8 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 (Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham), 8 SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 C* Tobi Stone’s Texture Band: Tribute to Bert Wilson TD Quinn (Musicquarium), 9 26-27 Tobi Stone’s Texture Band (Black Box Theater, 512 Washington St S, TU Marc Seales Quartet, 7:30 Tobi Stone has composed an evening of original music Olympia), 8 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6 in homage to her mentor, late jazz saxophonist Bert EB Angie Louise & La Wanda DuPree, 9 Wilson. The performance will consist of two sets, the EB Karen Skrinde & Sweet Spot Combo, 7 Sunday, March 29 first a duo of sax and piano (featuring Sumi Tonooka) JA Great Guitars with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pisano BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 and the second with the full band: Tonooka, Samantha and Mundell Lowe, 7:30, 9:30 C* Kevin Connor Swing Trio (Tutta Bella, 4411 Boshnack (trumpet), Naomi Siegel (trombone), Masa LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 Stone Way N), 5:30 Kobayashi (bass), and Thione Diop and Etienne Cakpo NC Nancy Erickson, 8 C* Jazz Pearls Trio w/ Ashley Webster, Louise Uriu, (drums). Stone’s Texture Band blends African grooves SF Tim Kennedy Duo, 9 Davy Nefos (Anchor Pub, 1001 Hewitt Ave, with jazz harmonies. The septet plays Thursday at TD Swindler (Musicquarium), 9 Everett), 7 Royal Room and Friday at Black Box Theater (Olympia, TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 WA). Friday tickets $22. DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Saturday, March 28 JA Great Guitars with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pisano Friday, March 27 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 and Mundell Lowe, 7:30 C* Thomas Marriott Quartet & Orrin Evans (19704 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 AV Los Buhos, Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, Bruce Vashon Highway Southwest, Vashon), 7:30 PO Lim+Watras+Vu+Poor, 7 Barnard, Alex Conga, 4:30 EB Linda Kosut & Arnaldo!, 9 SB Travis Hartnett Trio, 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 EB Linda Kosut & Sweet Spot Combo, 7 SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 BX Thomas Marriott Quartet & Orrin Evans, 7 JA Great Guitars with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pisano SY Victor Janusz, 10am and Mundell Lowe, 7:30, 9:30 TU The Jazz Underground, 3 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6

29 Lim+Watras+Vu+Poor, 7 An exciting musical collaboration emerges when the accomplished classical music duo of Jinsoo Lim W E E K D A Y S (violin) and Melia Watras (viola) teams up with jazz greats Cuong Vu (trumpet) and Ted Poor (drums). Lim and Watras start the evening with compositions for violin and viola and are joined on the second half by Vu and Poor for a set of improvised music. 9am CAR AVAN global beats Monday, March 30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St), 9 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), noon 9 THOM HARTMANN JA Beyond Ebola Benefit featuring Message from PROGRAM Guinea, 7:30 progressive talk MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 TU Lonnie Mardis’ Seattle Central College Jazz, 7:30

3pm MUSIC + IDEAS 30 Beyond Ebola Benefit global beats/news features featuring Message from Guinea The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in partnership with Guinea Arts Cooperative welcomes 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! Message from Guinea as part of their BEYOND EBOLA benefit series supporting families affected by ebola in progressive news the Republic of Guinea. Abdoulaye Sylla (Krin, djembe, shekeré, vocals), Aboubacar “Boka” Kouyaté (guitar, vocals, djembe), Lamine Soumah (djembe, Dunduns, vocals), Mamady Mansaré (Malinke flute, vocals) Manimou Camara (djembe, Dunduns, gongoma, Krin, 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO vocals), Naby Camara (balafon, vocals) and Ousmane urban culture Sylla (shekeré, vocals).

Tuesday, March 31 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Ron Weinstein Trio (Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S), 6 JA John Hammond, 7:30 Listen online OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 RR Tribute to Jazz Lennie Tristano, 8 www.kbcs.fm SB McTuff, 11 TU Critical Mass Big Band, 7:30

22 • Earshot Jazz • March 2015 Notes, from page 3 In One Ear, from page 3

at www.seattlekobe.org/jazz_vocal- siano (drums); March 22, Newaxeyes ist_audition_2015.htm. sounds like the Internet, funerals and government conspiracies, with Tyler On the Horizon Coray (guitar), William Hayes (guitar, prepared guitar), Bret Gardin (elec- Jazz: The Second Century tronics), Jordan Rundle (electronics); July 2, 9, 23, & 30, 7:30pm March 29, Brent Jensen/Scott Farkas, Chapel Performance Space freely improvised saxes, flute, recorder, and percussion. Earshot Jazz seeks submissions for 91.3 KBCS, kbcs.fm late Sundays the Jazz: The Second Century series, and prime-time Mondays, features with performances in July. Floatation Device with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Write Earshot Jazz Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects Steps with John Pai. More about jazz and shares the many ways that jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm. intersects with lives in the Northwest. 91.7 KSVR, ksvr.org, Skagit Valley Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions Community Radio, broadcast from from writers: Please email story pitch- the Skagit Valley College Campus, es, comments, news and announce- features jazz host Dr. D, Mondays, ments to [email protected]. 10pm-midnight. 94.9 KUOW, kuow.org, Saturdays, Help the Jazz Around the Sound 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the Calendar Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. Please email news and announce- More at kuow.org/swing_years.php. ments about jazz gigs, concerts and community events to jazzcalendar@ In One Ear News earshot.org. Email news about Seattle-area jazz artists, for In One Ear, to editor@earshot.org.

Dosumov, from page 7 Unfamiliar genres, new rhythmic feels: All enticements to a player of Delivery Service in Seattle The influence of the legendary hip- Dosumov’s talents, who thrives on hop beatmaker J Dilla (channeled getting outside his comfort zone. “If I through musicians such as pianist Full Service don’t understand something, I love it. I Violin Family Dealer Robert Glasper, drummer Chris Dave love getting my butt kicked!” (laughs) Serving Western & Central Washington and D’Angelo’s bass man Pino Palla- These qualities of fearlessness, curios- Established 1964 dino) has sent a seismic shift through ity and enthusiasm are why so many portions of the jazz world, disrupting a listeners and players alike respond to comfortable rhythmic vocabulary and Dosumov’s music. Or perhaps it’s even stretching beats like putty, which has simpler, as Michael Shrieve summa- BASSES caught Dosumov’s ear: “It’s funky, but rizes succinctly: “Plainly put, dude is it’s not ‘Jaco-funky.’ I want to get that badass!” Well said. thing. I get it, but it takes me a second www.hammondashley.com to find my own thing inside it.”

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