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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community September 2012 Vol. 28, No. 9 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Jason Moore, Elliott “Mack” Waldron and Sherrill Moore. Photo by Daniel Sheehan. NOTES

Seattle’s Women in Jazz Festival bassist celebrates a new band and new current members, contact information The Women in Jazz Festival is sched- CD release. and more. uled for April 26-28, 2013, Seattle. Jazz Series, Bend, Ore. Arts Means Business Funding Festival organizers are currently seek- The Jazz at the Oxford series, at Applications for the Office of Arts & ing charitable donations, event spon- the Oxford Hotel in Bend, Oregon, Cultural Affairs Arts Mean Business sorships, volunteers and performers. launched in 2010 and recently an- funding program are due Monday, Please contact seattlewomeninjazz@ nounced next season’s schedule. The September 10. The program awards gmail.com for more information. monthly series includes Jeremy Pelt, one-time funding to Seattle arts, On the Horizon: Art of Jazz Karrin Allyson, and Portland’s Mel heritage, cultural and arts-service or- Seattle Art Museum, September- Brown Septet, on dates from October ganizations for arts jobs that make a December to March. More information at www. difference in an organization’s ability oxfordhotelbend.com. to generate extra revenue to carry out The Art of Jazz series continues, sec- Gallery 1412 Seeks New Members its mission. Seattle-based arts, culture ond Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Seattle and heritage non-profits are eligible. Art Museum. Here’s the schedule for The non-commercial, artist-run, cre- More information is available at www. the rest of 2012: September 13, Well- ative and experimental all-ages venue seattle.gov/arts/funding. stone Conspiracy, brilliant jazz quartet in the heart of Seattle seeks new mem- featuring Hall of Famers Jeff Johnson bers. Gallery 1412 members share the Jack Straw Artist Residencies and John Bishop; October 11, Evan small, storefront space used for per- Jack Straw offers opportunities to Flory-Barnes Group, Seattle’s busiest formances, rehearsals, lessons, meet- artists in diverse disciplines to use bassist hits deep grooves in an Ear- ings, readings, workshops, occasional Jack Straw recording studios and par- shot Jazz Festival warm-up; November parties and film screenings. See www. ticipate the organization’s presenta- 8, Jessica Lurie Band, one of Seattle’s gallery1412.org for information on tion programs. The Artist Support lauded NYC exports; December 13, member dues, labor contributions, Jeff Johnson Quartet, Hall of Fame available shared equipment, a list of CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Along with the reminder that summer This year’s festival follows the same period. Evan brings his huge spirit, here is just too damn short, September general format as in the past – lots of considerable chops and reverence for brings the many promises of Seattle’s amazing concerts, by many of today’s the groove to a variety of settings, most robust cultural season, and news most important artists, in venues all bridging the stylistic and philosophi- of the eagerly anticipated Earshot Jazz around the city. It features artists from cal camps that are so much a sign of Festival, “Seattle’s most important around the globe in creative collabo- the fertile creative environment that is annual jazz event” (DownBeat). ration with Seattle artists, educators Seattle’s jazz scene. We’ve got another fantastic jazz and audiences. It also offers a variety More information is on its way to festival coming up October 11 to of ways for everyone to engage ever your doorstep every week. Visit our November 4. Between now and then, more deeply with today’s jazz music, website, drop us some e-mail, or give event information will be coming out which has got to be the most dynamic us a call with any questions at all. We fast and furious: here in these pages, art form on the planet right now. can’t wait to see you at the upcoming on a special print brochure, on www. We are also proud to inaugurate a jazz festival, as we get a little deeper earshot.org and in print, radio and new “Resident, Resident Artist” pro- into the fall season that we’re begin- alternative media all around the region. gram on this year’s jazz festival. This ning to realize we love the most. As always, don’t hesitate to contact us year we feature the gifted Seattle bass- John Gilbreath if we can answer any questions. ist Evan Flory-Barnes in a variety of Executive Director concerts over the span of the festival Earshot Jazz

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 EARSHOT JAZZ IN ONE EAR A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Roosevelt Grad Composition at vid Pierre-Louis spoke. The meeting Executive Director John Gilbreath Monterey acknowledged that successful move- Managing Director Karen Caropepe Roosevelt High School graduate, pi- ments have all sides at the table, House anist and composer Chris McCarthy says. More information about the Fair Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey receives the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Trade Music campaign is available at Contributing Writers Christine Beaderstadt, big band composition competition local76-493.org. Gregory Brusstar, Libby Graham, Steve Gerald Wilson Award this September. Eyvind Kang New to Cornish Griggs, David Marriott Jr., Peter Monaghan, His winning composition, “Some- Faculty Jason Parker, Sarah Thomas thing Small,” will also be performed Violist, violinist and composer Ey- Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey at the festival, September 21-23, by vind Kang joins the Cornish College Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, of the Arts adjunct instructor faculty Photography Daniel Sheehan an all-star student band. “Something this fall. The Cornish alum (’94) co- Layout Karen Caropepe Small” debuted at the 2011 Earshot Distribution Karen Caropepe and volunteers founded and co-directs, with Cor- Jazz Festival at Town Hall. McCarthy nish’s Jim Knapp, the improvisational Send Calendar Information to: starts at the New England Conserva- string orchestra Scrape; he’s a recent 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 tory of Music this fall on a presidential Artist Trust Arts Innovator award re- Seattle, WA 98103 scholarship. fax / (206) 547-6286 cipient; has worked extensively with email / [email protected] Ear at the Fair Trade Music Bill Frisell; is a composer and arranger Board of Directors Kenneth W. Masters Meeting for many bands; and can be heard on (president), Richard Thurston (vice- Vocalist Rochelle House attended over 60 records, including his own president), Renee Staton (treasurer), Hideo the Fair Trade Music meeting last recent Grass (2012, Tzadik) and The Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, Bill month, hosted by the Musicians’ As- Narrow Garden (2012, Ipecac). Broesamle, George Heidorn, Femi Lakeru, sociation of Seattle. She says that Jam Session News Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu musicians from a variety of genres The Racer Sessions are back home – classical, jazz, rock, punk, metal – Earshot Jazz is published monthly by at the Cafe Racer. September curators attended; conversation leaders were Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is are Stupid Man Suit, Chemical Clock, available online at www.earshot.org. good at managing the passion of Carol Weber, Don Berman and An- the people; and bassist Evan Flory- Subscription (with membership): $35 CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 3429 Fremont Place #309 Barnes and LUCID proprietor Da- Seattle, WA 98103 phone / (206) 547-6763 fax / (206) 547-6286

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September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 PROFILE Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Seattle’s local jazz mainstay keeps that authentic club feeling

By Gregory Brusstar tra, Easy Street Band, Music Works education system here, and I hope they Big Band – is one prerogative of Elliott don’t do away with band programs.” Maybe there aren’t many genuine “Mack” Waldron, the self-deprecat- He invites high-school bandleaders to old-style jazz clubs left – those dark, ing, low-key, humorous owner of Tu- bring their bands to the club. narrow, sonorous, swingin’ venues la’s. The retired Navy bandleader used Waldron began his association with tucked between two well-lit places. to play trombone and often books big jazz music in his youth. He played in Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club in Bell- town is one of them. For nearly two decades, Tula’s has featured local and regional jazz musicians seven nights a week. Their niche is not national jazz theater with hefty ticket prices. Nor is it primarily a restaurant with an order of jazz on the side. Tula’s serves a large order of primo regional jazz talent at a reason- able price, with good food and booze to enhance the experience. The club has its regular customers, and national and international re- nown. Travelers from Japan, France, Germany and Canada regularly call in advance to save a seat during their stay. The club features in DownBeat’s guide to the world’s “150 Great Jazz

Rooms,” and Wynton Marsalis lists ELLIOTT “MACK” WALDRON WITH JASON AND SHERRILL MOORE. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. Tula’s among his top-ten national clubs, for USA Today: “This is a cool bands during the week, but Waldron his high-school jazz band in Kilgore, place,” he says. would never come out and tell you he Texas, and continued to play when he On weekends, Tula’s typically fea- was an instrumentalist. I asked if he attended Kilgore Junior College. tures combos, some with vocalists. still played in a band: The Vietnam War was raging at the This month includes Greta Matassa “I wouldn’t do that to anybody,” he time, so he enlisted in the Navy and Quartet, Jay Thomas Quartet, Well- says. “Only in the basement, in the joined the band, eventually becom- stone Conspiracy, Ian Hendrickson- dark, by myself. I’m over-stocked with ing a bandleader. He ended up mak- Smith Quartet, the Jacqueline Tabor instruments and under-stocked with ing a career of the Navy, staying for Jazz Band, Stephanie Porter Quartet talent.” 26 years. When he retired, he was and Susan Pascal Quartet. As such, he’s a supporter of music stationed at Sand Point Naval Base on A buoyant big band schedule – Jim education, and education in general Lake Washington. Cutler Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Police, (both of his kids have PhDs). “Seattle After the Navy, Waldron and his Roadside Attraction, Dave Marriott has a wealth of good high-school band wife Tula decided to stay in Seattle, Big Band, Fairly Honest Jazz Band, directors and music teachers,” he says. her hometown. He worked booking Jay Thomas Big Band, Smith/Staelens “The parents are also very supportive of musical acts for a while and then de- Big Band, Emerald City Jazz Orches- music education. We have a wonderful cided to take the plunge into business.

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 “It had always been my dream to A rendition of Jobim’s “Wave,” the of Sherrill and Jason Moore, a young own a jazz club,” Waldron says, clear- fluid 1967 standard, brings out the couple who moved last year from Flor- ing his throat and frowning ironically. best in each musician’s solo and cap- ida to Belltown. Tonight, Jason tends “You should be careful what you ask tivates the audience. Milo Petersen bar during the performance and Sher- for, because you might get it.” is smooth as silk on guitar; Randy rill waits tables. In Florida, the couple He soon learned, he says, that jazz Halberstadt, technically brilliant on worked at Heidi’s Jazz Club in Cocoa clubs are notoriously difficult to run piano; Jeff Johnson, awesome on bass; Beach, where Jason also managed. At Tula’s, they’ve focused some recent efforts on building a social media pres- You have to be in it for the love of it. ence and making cosmetic upgrades. – Mack Waldron Framed posters of jazz greats – Col- trane, Miles, Monk, Mingus, Blakey, profitably. “You have to be in it for the and Mark Ivester’s hands float effort- Gillespie – hang on freshly painted red love of it,” he says, “or honestly, you’d lessly over the drums. brick walls; fresh, white linens cover be better off driving a garbage truck.” Drummer Mark Ivester walks by af- dining tables, and a new black curtain Waldron enumerates some of the dif- terward, and I say he looked like he hangs upstage. The room for about 100 ficulties: the customer base for jazz mu- was enjoying himself (he plays with people feels big, with additional stage- sic is limited. Business drops off with an easy smile). “This is a good envi- viewing mirrors, but you’re never far any weather fluctuation. If the weather ronment,” Ivester says. “You can really from the flood-lit stage. The club also is good, people want to be outdoors; if express yourself here.” now has a quality Gretsch Catalina kit it’s too rainy or cold, people stay home. For dinner, I ordered moussaka, and a 15-inch SWR combo bass amp. And a proliferation of summer jazz fes- a kind of Greek eggplant-lasagna Coincidentally (or not?), both husband tivals siphons business away, too. For topped with a layer of thick becha- and wife once played the trombone, revenue, you’ve got to find the right mel. My wife ordered gnocchi, potato Waldron’s favorite horn. balance of food and drink prices, cover dumplings, with Italian sausage and a Waldron, who celebrated his 70th charge, staffing level and musician fees glass of Washington chardonnay. Our birthday last year, is beginning to so that you don’t go broke. You can really express yourself here. – Mark Ivester On a Friday night at Tula’s with my wife, we listen to tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz and his quintet. entrees and the basket of garlic bread ponder retirement. The Moores are This five-man combo of big regional were delightful. positioned to take over the business names comes with huge talent and Most of the menu items are Greek when Mack retires. “We’re proud to experience – Randy Halberstadt on or Italian, reasonably priced, between be continuing the club’s longstanding piano, Milo Petersen on guitar, Mark $16 and $24. Choose a sandwich wrap tradition of providing the very best of Ivester on drums and Jeff Johnson on or a burger for less expensive options. local jazz, accompanied with excellent bass. Schwartz says this group is his The wine list consists of mostly region- food and service,” Jason says in April’s first effort as bandleader since moving al and California wines. Several excel- Seattle Jazz Scene newspaper. with his wife two years ago from San lent local beers ($5) are offered on tap: Waldron’s take on the state of jazz, Francisco to West Seattle. (Schwartz Roger’s Pilsner, Manny’s Pale Ale and as a jazz club owner spanning two de- organizes regular Loft Concerts, as he Lucille IPA, from Seattle’s George- cades, is resolutely optimistic: “Some calls them, in both his West Seattle town Brewery, and African Amber, people talk about the heyday of jazz as and San Francisco homes, with perfor- from Redmond’s Mack and Jack’s. if it’s over,” he says, “but it’s what it’s mances by different musicians. Tickets You can order a cocktail ($10) named always been. The jazz community here can be purchased through antonjazz. after a jazz icon, or choose from an ar- is very supportive. com.) He starts out the band with ray of tort-like desserts to top off your “You see twenty-something couples some bluesy, energetic originals from dinner. We shared the tiramisu with here along with the older couples. We his CD Radiant Blue. They also play coffee. Fantastic. have new customers coming up. Jazz Wes Montgomery, Antonio Carlos Jo- Serving our table is the better half is also entertainment. There always bim and McCoy Tyner. of the new Tula’s management team seems to be room for entertainment.”

September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 SPECIAL EVENT Perspectives: Musicians and Social Change

BETH FLEENOR PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN EVAN FLORY-BARNES PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN WAYNE HORVITZ PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN

By Steve Griggs, Schraepfer Harvey discussions. The event got us thinking pay attention to our social spaces,” he about intersections between arts and says. Arts & Social Change Symposium: social change within the jazz commu- Increasingly, social spaces are online. An Open Dialogue nity. We asked three Seattle artists for “It changes the type of artist who suc- October 12 & 13, Seattle Center their perspectives. ceeds,” Horvitz says. “You need to be Wayne Horvitz is a composer, pianist online talking to your audience.” A symposium on arts and social and partner proprietor in The Royal An outspoken participant in online change will be held at Seattle Center Room, opened last December in Co- social spaces, and a frequent perform- on October 12 and 13. The meeting lumbia City. Evan Flory-Barnes is a er in Seattle’s live social spaces, Evan invites art administrators, artists, so- composer and bassist. Beth Fleenor Flory-Barnes says, “Lives are changed cial service professionals, government is a composer, clarinetist and founder through an active, alive perspective representatives, social justice lead- of arts management and communica- on the music scene. Artists must lead ers and the public to open a dialogue tions organization The Frank Agency. the excitement and convergence that about the role of arts diversity in cul- “The Royal Room is potentially, so- celebrates the richness of the scene, re- tural equity and social change. The cially, the most important thing I’ve gardless of personal tastes.” event is organized by the Washington done,” Wayne Horvitz says. “I don’t As a 33-year-old musician sand- State Arts Commission with the Wal- know if it’s going to work.” He envi- wiched between younger students and lace Foundation, 4Culture, Seattle sions an alternative venue space where older mentors, Flory-Barnes feels the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, artists can develop projects. He says need to “stand in and represent” and Seattle Office for Civil Rights, Seattle that some of the most important music questions a need for outside recogni- Center and the Association of Ameri- of the twentieth century was created in tion and approval. He suggests turn- can Cultures. places where people hung out, ate and ing inward. “I’m as local as it gets,” The symposium schedule includes drank – Coltrane at the Half Note, Flory-Barnes says. “I don’t represent performances, presentations and panel Monk at the Five Spot. “We need to

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 jive whiteness or passive aggressive- feel we truly, unequivocally communi- ness. I like to get into it.” cated and offered valuable perspective, Jazz & Social Change Beth Fleenor also relishes that direct insight and perhaps most importantly Dialogue Starter Kit contact. The vehicle of art, for social – possibility – to all of our audiences,” change, has to be activity, she says. she emails. “In the shared space of Save the Date She recently finished a summer tour ‘art,’ we are able to reflect to each other performing Gino Yevdjevich’s score the complexity, the duality, of what it April 30, International Jazz Day for King Lear with Freehold Theatre’s really means to be human.” First celebrated in 2012, International Engaged Theatre program. The tour Registration information and schedule Jazz Day is UNESCO’s recognition of included productions at Echo Glen details for the Arts & Social Change jazz’s historic ability to connect people and effect social change Children’s Center, Monroe Correc- Symposium are available at www. tional Center, Washington Women’s artsandsocialchange.org. Corrections Center for Women, Har- What’s your perspective? Write us at Film borview Trauma Center, Joint Base [email protected] or post on Facebook Imagine the Sound (1981) Lewis-McChord. at facebook.com/EarshotJazz. Documentary, directed by Ron Fleenor says it’s been some of the Mann, covering free jazz origins and most important work of her life. “I trajectories, including interviews with and performances by pianists Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley and saxophonists The Ninth Annual Archie Shepp and Charles Gayle

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September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 PROFILE Brian Kent: Grounded and Well Rounded

By Steve Griggs the ability to distinguish differences saloon. Six months passed. He needed in pitch and rhythm. He could listen. focus. He enrolled at the Berklee Col- Not much upsets saxophonist Brian The band teacher told him, “You have lege of Music in Boston. Kent. “His persona is very kind and great lips for trumpet.” Instead, Kent While building a firm foundation in peaceful,” guitarist Milo harmony at Berklee, Kent Petersen says. “Once when studied with saxophonists we were playing on the John LaPorta, Billy Pierce street at Brian’s regular and George Garzone. Kent weekend job, a guy ap- graduated magna cum proached us and started laude in 1981 with a degree to yell at Brian for playing in music performance. out there. When I related Kent relocated to Burl- the story to bassist Geoff ington, Vermont, to live Cooke, he said, ‘That’s like with his brother and min- yelling at Ghandi.’” gle with many Boston and Kent’s friendly humility New York ex-patriot artists. generates a warm, inviting At the time, Burlington tone, and his gentle calm boasted more bars per cap- feeds a fountain of ideas ita than any other Ameri- that spouts with musical- can city; musical work and ity rather than saxophone teaching kept Kent fully technique. employed. He also played “Good natured,” drum- for dance classes and im- mer Reade Whitwell de- BRIAN KENT PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN provised with choreogra- scribes Kent. “Brian has phers. a real playful side to what picked the alto saxophone and began In 1988, a relationship prompted he does. It’s not the stereotypical mus- playing in the summer band camp. He Kent to relocate to Seattle, where he cular macho tenor player. He can do switched to tenor saxophone in 8th began to break into the local scene. He that, too, but it’s just one aspect of his grade and studied with a member of sat in with bassist Chuck Metcalf and playing. He does all the things you the nearby Air Force band. saxophonist Dan Greenblatt, pianist need to do to be a musician.” Kent enrolled as a philosophy major John Hansen and singer Kelley John- Kent’s musical skills developed from at the University of Colorado in Boul- son, and trumpeter Jim Knodle. Kent’s an early age. His father was a family der. He played in one of the school’s comfort in a variety of styles provided physician and swing drummer who big bands and learned to improvise so- more employment opportunities. held jam sessions at home. A frequent los by ear. Meanwhile, he listened to To Kent, musical styles did not have guest was alto saxophonist Dick Trask. rock, fusion, funk, rhythm and blues fixed boundaries. Kent says it puzzled Kent doesn’t recall Trask’s playing but – any band with a horn section. him when musicians suggested that remembers his sense of humor. His wit After two years, Kent left school and in order to do well, he should pick got Kent interested in music. got a job bussing tables at the Mangy a genre and stick with it. Music was Kent’s musical abilities were first put Moose restaurant in Jackson Hole, music. Work was work. Why narrow to the test in 4th grade. The Colorado Wyoming. He started playing flute the possibilities? A musician should Springs public school system assessed and sitting in with “hippie bluegrass bring all skills and experience to each musical aptitude, and he demonstrated bands” performing in the restaurant’s situation.

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 Kent’s opportunity to harness all of accompaniment. Kent recruited bass- Hernia surgery sidelined Kent for a his skills came when actor Vince Bal- ist Mike Bisio and drummer Reade few weeks this summer, but he is heal- estri held auditions for a saxophonist Whitwell to join him on weekend ing well and returning to the band- role in the play Kerouac: The Essence performances. Some of Kent’s perfor- stand. of Jack. During the tryout, Balestri mances were captured in a film, Beat Kent continues to teach as well. He danced and asked Kent to improvise. Angel: The Spirit of Kerouac. offers lessons at home in Queen Anne Then Balestri recited haiku and urged Kent turned 56 in August and con- and through Pacific Music in Red- Kent to respond musically. tinues to perform in a variety of mu- mond. “He does a really good job at Kent was hired as music director for sical contexts. In the R&B world, he building me up when I need it,” stu- what became a three-year run at the works with Little Bill and the Blue dent Mike Pautz says, “and calling me Velvet Elvis Arts Lounge, the all-ages Notes. “We make up horn parts on the on any BS, like needing to practice.” club in 1990s Pioneer Square. Per- bandstand,” Kent says. “When every- Another student, Randy Keen, says, formances routinely included musi- one is grooving on their part, it’s really “Some of the stuff he plays is absolute- cal impersonations of Charlie Parker, clear that the whole is greater than the ly amazing. He not only can tell you abstract expressionist sound painting, sum of the parts.” In the jazz world, he how to do it, he can do it.” spontaneous word and music associa- performs with singer Trish Hatley and Contact Steve Griggs at stephengriggs@ tions, dramatic soundtracks and dance pianist Hans Brehmer at Bake’s Place. aol.com.

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September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 PREVIEW >> Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic

Sunday, September 9, Pony Boy Records founder noon Greg Williamson looks for- Sand Point Magnuson ward to his label’s highly an- Park Garden ticipated event, too, though Amphitheater he is surprised at how big it has become. People started By Sarah Thomas calling him months ago, Picnic baskets rest in stor- asking for the date. age units and dusty garages, He notes that the picnic sunglasses sit ready by the is held for the musicians as door, ears across the region much as it is for the fans. perk up expectantly. Many It’s an event where artists Northwest jazz fans have from across the region can been waiting all year for the gather to share experiences Pony Boy Records Jazz Pic- and ideas. “We encourage nic. If you can relate, you’re on-the-spot collaborations,” in luck – the ninth annual Williamson says. jazz picnic is right around GREG WILLIAMSON PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN Such moments are likely the corner. during the Vocalist’s Hour Returning September 9, $10 in the tip jar. Get there early to of Power, an entire hour de- from noon to 5pm, for another pitch- stake out a spot on the lawn. If you voted to vocalists Bernie Jacobs, Diana perfect year at the Sand Point Magnu- forget to pack a picnic, Dante’s Infer- Page, Leah Stillwell, Katy Bourne, Ja- son Park Garden Amphitheater, the no Dogs sells gourmet hot dogs at the nette West and Aria Prame. annual outdoor picnic is free, with a park, or you can stop at Varlamos Piz- Also expect to hear good things this discount on merchandise if you throw zeria or Sand Point Grill on the way. year from the Young Lizards, Seattle

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ART OF JAZZ Wellstone Conspiracy Experience The Wellstone Conspiracy, the brilliant jazz quartet featuring Hall of Famers Jeff Johnson and John Bishop. Thursday, Sept 13, 5:30–7:30 pm Seattle Art Museum, Downtown 1st Avenue & Union Street All ages

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10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 saxophonist Chris Fagan’s jazz-collec- tive, with Ty Bailie, Hammond B3, and Williamson, drums, standing at North Bend Jazz Walk the forefront of this non-traditional jazz organ quartet. Saturday, September 8, 6pm Williamson also performs in his North Bend, various venues Greg Williamson Quartet, the Big Bad Groove Society and the Emerald Pianist Danny Kolke, owner of cation in the Snoqualmie Valley. It City Jazz Orchestra. His quartet is Boxley’s jazz club and restaurant, strives to make music more acces- inspired by jazz’s classic period, with and Greg Williamson, along with sible to all generations and income layers of modern beats, while the Big many sponsors and volunteers, levels by providing services like mu- Bad Groove Society employs elements work together to bring jazz to sic lesson scholarships and monthly of big band swing with the attitude of North Bend. The North Bend Jazz clinics to enhance local music pro- rhythm and blues. Walk, September 8, 6pm, spon- grams. The Emerald City Jazz Orchestra sored by the Boxley Music Fund, Admission to the North Bend (ECJO) is one of Seattle’s large, lo- is one fundraising event to support Jazz Walk supports the cause. One cal, continuing collaborative efforts. that effort. ticket allows access to all six venues Formed in 1993, and led by trumpeter A 30-minute drive east of Seattle, along three city blocks in old-town Kevin Seeley, the ECJO has become North Bend is home to Boxley’s, North Bend, where you can hear one of the premier jazz ensembles in the premier jazz venue with live over 40 musicians during this all- the Pacific Northwest, with an impres- music seven nights a week in the ages event. Artists include Janette sive list of talented soloists, including Snoqualmie Valley. Williamson West, the Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, saxophonists Travis Ranney and Alex- books many Pony Boy Records art- with Alexey Nikolaev, Chris Symer ey Nikolaev. ists, and others, there, and the club and Gregg Belisle-Chi, Milo Peters- Other featured artists this year in- is home to many of the events serv- en, and the Future Jazz Heads. clude Endemic Ensemble and Trom- ing the Boxley Music Fund mission, Adult admission is $12 in advance, bonasaurus Wrecks. including the Future Jazz Heads $15 at the door; children (14 and Williamson is happy to deliver all sessions, in which young students younger), $5 in advance, $8 at the of this through Pony Boy Records, can jam with professionals on a door. For a list of artists and a map of his independent jazz and swing label quality stage. the venues, visit www.northbendjazz- featuring artists with a Seattle connec- The non-profit Boxley Music Fund walk.com. tion. He chuckles as he explains that is dedicated to supporting music – ST the label’s name comes from a friend’s programs for performance and edu- nickname. It started as a joke and just kind of stuck, he says. That good-natured humor stays with Williamson through tremendous ac- Time to Feed Your Soul …. complishments as an active supporter of the Seattle jazz community. In addi- Experience Jazz Vocalist Eugenie Jones tion to Pony Boy Records releases and  productions, he books jazz and plays drums on Friday nights at Hiroshi’s  Jazz and Sushi on Eastlake; he books artists at Boxley’s, in North Bend; and  he even organized a Japan benefit con-  cert last year, raising close to $5,000 for the victims of the earthquake and  tsunami.

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September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 PREVIEW >> Steve Treseler Group with Ingrid Jensen

STEVE TRESELER INGRID JENSEN

Tuesday, September 11, 8pm at The Royal Room with hisResonance and bassist Dean Schmidt. The group The Royal Room (2008) group, pianist Dawn Clement, explores new material by Treseler, a guitarist Chris Spencer, bassist Jon piece by Jensen, a Lee Konitz tune, a By Schraepfer Harvey Hamar, drummer Steve Korn – plus Sunny Day Real Estate adaptation and Ahead of a studio date at Avast!, ten- guests trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, cel- some short improvisations. Treseler, a or saxophonist Steve Treseler performs list Meg Risso, pianist Dan Kramlich new dad, a busy music instructor and

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 always music student, is excited to ex- McCaslin, learning of Steve Lehman’s loist in NYC in an array of musical pand on concepts from his first record rhythmic and harmonic complexities, genres. She performs with the Gram- with the group and guests. and working closely with the group my-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra Treseler attended the New England Kneebody. and has worked with Geoffrey Keezer, Conservatory, where he studied with Treseler also performs in the Victor Lewis, George Garzone, Terri-Lynn Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Brookmeyer, Washington Composers Orchestra Carrington, and the Juno award-winning George Garzone and Steve Lacy. He (WACO), many of the regular groups Christine Jensen Orchestra. She was on graduated with a distinction in per- at the Royal Room, the Seattle Mini- staff at the Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend formance and was named “Outstand- malist Ensemble and the Jim Knapp workshop for five consecutive years. Jensen ing Soloist” in the college division Orchestra, where he found a great con- also conducts master classes, clinics and by DownBeat magazine. Back in the tributing partner in trumpeter Ingrid workshops around the world. West, the young tenor player drove Jensen. General admission is $15; student back and forth from his parents’ place BC-original Ingrid Jensen headed (with ID) admission is $10. Tickets are in Edmonds most nights of the week east on scholarships to Berklee Col- available from Stranger Tickets: strang- to check out the Seattle scene and play lege of Music in the 1980s. She’s since ertickets.com/events/5347719/steve- at jam sessions. He released his debut made a way as a bandleader and so- treseler-and-ingrid-jensen. CD and his book The Living Jazz Tra- dition: A Creative Guide to Improvisa- tion and Harmony shortly after his re- turn. The book is a different kind of jazz pedagogy, he says, based on his experiences of learning by ear, with an emphasis on how things sound and feel. “Musicians develop their art through sounds and experiences, not words and information,” he writes in the book’s introduction. It’s a highly regarded music education tool and has been picked up by the University of Idaho and Central Washington University. Treseler applies his own curriculum, too, with a busy teaching schedule last year at the CMA Gallery in Walling- ford, where he also hosted Friday evening jam sessions for teens. A lot of what he ends up teaching young students has more to do with building life skills, he says. Through music lessons, kids learn ways to resolve inner and outer conflict, quiescence, listening, perseverance – all skills aimed at being a better person and a better musician and improviser. Last year, Treseler enjoyed testing that on himself during three weeks at the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, with resident artist Dave Douglas. Highlights there, for him, included Dave Douglas reading workshops, jamming with Donny

September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 PREVIEW >> DjangoFest Northwest

Wednesday-Sunday him to start a Reinhardt festival in the In addition to the concerts, listed September 19-23 states in 2000. below, workshops during the festival Whidbey Island Center for the Arts “It’s just been a great, fantastic jour- provide ample opportunities to make 565 Camano Avenue, Langley ney, for everyone. It’s been an amazing authentic connections with the art- thing to watch all the musicians get ists and the music. Workshops are By Schraepfer Harvey available for paid partici- You know about Django pants, with a few open to Reinhardt. Did you know the general public, such that DjangoFest NW is at as Gypsy-Belgian violinist the Whidbey Island Cen- Tcha Limberger’s Gypsy ter for the Arts, September Ensemble Workshop on 19-23? For five days, the the WICA mainstage. island village of Langley Lehr recommends the turns into a round-the- Robin Nolan and Michael clock gypsy jazz jam ses- Horowitz workshops for sion, a mix of workshops, beginners who really want concerts and after-hours to jump in. “Everybody hangs with American, Eu- gets a chance to interact,” ropean and Gypsy musi- Lehr says. Do bring your cians. It’s all a celebration strings. Full immersion is of the global music fusion the way it’s done, just as by the gypsy jazz guitarist your instructors and just and the progression of his like Reinhardt. hot club jazz since 1930s ROBIN NOLAN PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST By the early 1930s, Djan- Paris. go Reinhardt had emerged You don’t have to travel to Paris to better,” Lehr says, in a video interview with homegrown guitar skills, further experience it. Festival Artistic Director at the tenth annual DjangoFest. He’s idiosyncratic from a love for Louis Nick Lehr brings the caravan to the excited about the growth for Ameri- Armstrong and American jazz and a Northwest, and has for eleven years. can groups, he says, who earlier in the caravan fire that left him a crippled left What began as a kind of live gather- decade were all buying Robin Nolan hand. Some recordings survive of his ing of Internet Django-philes is now books, Gypsy Jazz Songbook Volume early fusions of jazz and Gypsy reper- a festival with a home at the Whidbey 1, The Gig Book, for example. “Now toire, work in early thirties Paris with Island Center for the Arts and start-up they’re all writing their own books,” American tenor saxophonist Cole- festivals around the country, in Cali- he says. man Hawkins and French violinist fornia, Chicago, New York. Area stars Pearl Django, original fes- Stephane Grappelli and others. That’s Lehr lived in 1990s Amsterdam and tival performers at WICA, features on the hybrid form performed today and returned to his home on north Whid- the festival again this year, alongside celebrated by the Lehr-curated festival bey at the end of that decade. A visit incredible European and Gypsy mu- every year. It started with Reinhardt with his friend, pre-eminent gypsy jazz sicians. Lehr tells me over the phone and Grappelli playing Louis Arm- performer and educator Robin Nolan, that he loves bringing the Gypsy art- strong: “Now the European side has to attend the famous Reinhardt tribute ists to the states: “You can tell when come over here,” Lehr says. “Anyone festival at Samois-sur-Seine prompted they start playing that it’s the real deal, that comes will have a great time.” and people really respond to that.”

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 Travelers, a staycation on Whidbey Saturday, September 22, 3pm & Sunday, September 23, 2pm & Island at the start of fall? You bet. “If 8pm 7pm you have an RV, that’s the way to go,” Joscho Stephan | John Whit Smith & Matt Munisteri w/ Lehr says. “There’s plenty of parking, Jorgenson Quintet Beau Sample | Robin Nolan Trio but without a place to stay, you might be in trouble.” A list of places to stay Robin Nolan & Tcha Limberger | Zazi | Gonzalo Bergara Quartet and eat is also available by calling the Paulus Schäfer & Tim Kliphuis Much-requested guitarist Whit South Whidbey Accommodation Re- Guitarist Joscho Stephan, a Gypsy Smith with guitarist Matt Munisteri ferral Service at (360) 221-6765. virtuoso from Germany, and Ameri- and bassist Beau Sample and Robin Festival information is at the Whidbey can guitarist John Jorgenson with his Nolan with a new act Island Center for the Arts at (360) 221- powerhouse quintet The powerful, near-mythical Dutch 8262 or www.wicaonline.com or Djan- Master Robin Nolan in a special duet trio of songstresses Zazi and Gonzalo goFest NW at www.djangofest.com. with Tcha Limberger and guitarist Pau- Bergara Quartet, featuring his incred- lus Schäfer and violinist Tim Kliphuis, ible new material Wednesday, September 19, 8pm two of Holland’s finest players Greg Ruby Quartet | Hot Club of Detroit A new outfit from Seattle’s Greg Ruby Quartet and the blistering Hot Club of Detroit Thursday, September 20, 8pm Billet-Deux | Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo Local favorites Billet-Deux and the inventive French-Dominican NYC vocalist Cyrille Aimée with Brazil- ian nylon-string guitar master Diego Figueiredo

Friday, September 21, 3pm & 8pm Jimmy Grant Quartet | Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor

Antoine & Sebastien Boyer w/ Simon Planting and Robin Nolan | Lollo Meier & Tcha Limberger The emerging Jimmy Grant’s North- west debut with his young all-star quartet, featuring festival favorites Tommy Davy and Annie Staninec, and Northwest original Pearl Django returns with Martin Taylor Northwest debut of the incredibly talented and lovely Parisian father-son duo Antoine and Sebastien Boyer and, from Belgium, violinist Tcha Lim- berger with guitarist Lollo Meier, another Dutch master Hauglie Insurance Agency Inc

September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 PREVIEW >> Northwest Fall Jazz Festivals

Britt Pavilion Djangofest Northwest June 9-October 12 – Britt Pavilion, September 19-23 – Whidbey Island Center Jacksonville, OR for the Arts, Whidbey Island, WA Jake Shimabukuro / Leo Kottke, An Evening See preview page 14. www.djangofest.com/ with Bill Cosby, Trombone Shorty & Orleans nw – (800) 638-7631 Avenue / Ozomatli, Diana Krall and more. www.brittfest.org – (800) 882-7488, (541) Glacier Jazz Stampede 773-6077 October 4-7 – Red Lion Hotel, additional venues, Kalispell, MT Bumbershoot Arts Festival Yerba Buena Stompers, High Sierra, Titan Hot September 3-5 – Seattle Center 7, Blue Street Jazz Band, Uptown Lowdown, Tony Bennett, Skerik’s Bandalabra, Rebirth Titanic and more. www.glacierjazzstampede. Brass Band, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. com – (406) 755-6088 bumbershoot.org – (206) 701-1482 Medford Jazz Festival Bellwether Jazz Festival October 12-14 – Medford, OR September 7-8 – Bellwether on the Bay, Bob Draga, Blue Street, Gator Beat, High Bellingham Sierra Jazz Band, Lena Prima Band, Stompy Thomas Marriott Quartet, Crossing Borders, Jones and more. www.medfordjazz.org – (541) Carlos Cascante’s Tumbao and more. www. 770-6972, (800) 599-0039 jazzproject.org – (360) 650-1066 Earshot Jazz Festival Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival October 12-November 4 – Various venues, September 7-9 – Penticton, BC Seattle The Terrier Brothers, Lance Buller, Dixieland See schedule on page 17. www.earshot.org – Express Jazz Band, Black Swan Classic Jazz (206) 547-6763 Band, Offramp Jazz Sextet and more. www. pentasticjazz.com Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree October 17-21 – Sun Valley, ID North Bend Jazz Walk Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Band, Blue September 8 – Various venues, North Bend, Renditions, Blue Street Jazz Band, Cornet WA Chop Suey, Glenn Crytzer & His Syncopators, Delivery Service in Seattle See preview page 11. www.northbendjazzwalk. Yve Evans, High Street, Kings of Swing, Jerry com Krahn Quartet, Meschiya Lake & Dem Lil’ Big Horns, Pieter Meijers Quartet, Pearl Django, Full Service Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic Violin Family Dealer U.S. Coast Guard Dixie Band and more. www. September 9 – Magnuson Park sunvalleyjazz.com – (877) 478-5277 Serving Western & Central Washington Amphitheatre, Seattle Established 1964 See preview page 10. www.ponyboyrecords. Jazz at the Oxford com October 19-March 16 – Oxford Hotel, Bend, OR Pender Harbour Jazz Festival Linda Hornbuckle Quintet, Jeremy Pelt, BASSES September 14-16 – Pender Harbour, BC Patrick Lamb’s Holiday Soul, Karrin Allyson, Scott Robertson’s Swing Patrol, Jill Townsend Mel Brown Septet, Tom Scott and California Big Band, Cory Weeds Quintet Express. www.oxfordhotelbend.com – (541) www.hammondashley.com w/ Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Laila Biali Trio, Fito 382-8436 Garcia and more. www.phjazz.ca

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 2012 EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Fri, Oct 12, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30pm Fri & Sat, Oct 19 & 20, Tula’s, 7:30pm Fri, Oct 26, Chapel Performance Space, Tribute to Clarence Acox w/ George Colligan Organ Trio 7:30pm Jaap Blonk Garfield High School Band & Sat, Oct 20, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm special guests Buster Williams Quartet Fri & Sat, Oct 26 & 27, Tula’s, 7:30pm Fri & Sat, Oct 12 & 13, Tula’s, 7:30pm Ernie Watts w/ Marc Seales Susan Pascal’s Soul Sauce Lorraine Feather & Russell Trio Fri, Oct 26, Kirkland Performance Center, Ferrante Sun, Oct 21, Seattle Asian Art Museum, 7:30pm Sat, Oct 13, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 8pm 7:30pm Rupa & The April Fishes Danilo Perez Trio Arga Bileg Sat, Oct 27, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm Andy Clausen’s Wishbone Sun, Oct 21, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm Staff Benda Bilili Sat, Oct 13, Chapel Performance Space, Lionel Loueke Trio Sun, Oct 28, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm 8pm Dos y Mas Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth Ab Baars & Ig Henneman Sun & Mon, Oct 21 & 22, Tula’s, 7:30pm Kate Olson/Naomi Siegel: Sun, Oct 14, Triple Door, 7pm Gregoire Maret Syrinx Effect Luciana Souza Duo Mon, Oct 22, Triple Door, 7pm Mon, Oct 29, Chapel Performance Space, 8 Dave Peck Trio Bobby Previte’s Silent Way Sumi Tonooka Sun, Oct 14, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm Project Tues, Oct 30, Triple Door, 7:30pm Matthew Shipp Trio Wayne Horvitz Conduction Christian Scott Band New York Is NOW: Trio X Tues, Oct 23, Royal Room, 7:30pm Tues, Oct 30, Royal Room, 7:30pm Sun, Oct 14, Tula’s, 7:30pm B’shnorkestra Bandalabra Jon Hamar Quintet Neil Welch Thurs, Oct 31, Royal Room, 8pm Mon, Oct 15, Chapel Performance Space, Tues, Oct 23, PONCHO Concert Hall, Halloween Night Shindig 7:30pm Cornish College, 8pm Tatsuya Nakatani Elina Duni w/ Colin Vallon Trio Fri, Nov 1, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 8pm Tues, Oct 16, Triple Door, 7:30pm Wed, Oct 24, PONCHO Concert Hall, Evan Flory-Barnes Bettye LaVette Cornish College, 8pm Anat Cohen Ensemble Thurs & Fri, Nov 1 & 2, Tula’s, 7:30pm Tues & Wed, Oct 16 & 17, Tula’s, 7:30pm Mundell Lowe/Mike Magnelli Human Spirit Wed, Oct 24, Benaroya Hall S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 8pm Quartet Wed, Oct 17, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Jake Shimabukuro Fri, Nov 2, Royal Room, 7:30pm 7:30pm Wed, Oct 24, Royal Room, 7:30pm Evan Flory-Barnes: Thrown Vijay Iyer Trio Together with Love Cuong Vu Trio Tamarindo Shuffleboil Fri, Nov 2, Town Hall Seattle, 7pm Thurs, Oct 18, Chapel Performance Space, 7:30pm Thurs, Oct 25, PONCHO Concert Hall, Roosevelt & Ballard High Evan Flory-Barnes 2+2 Cornish College, 8pm School Jazz Bands Tamarindo Sat, Nov 3, Tula’s, 7:30pm Fri, Oct 19, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College, 7:30pm Tom Varner Quartet Murl Allen Sanders w/ Warren Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Thurs, Oct 25, Kirkland Performance Center, Rand 7:30pm Fri, Oct 19, Chapel Performance Space, Sat, Nov 3, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30pm 7pm Philip Glass w/ Foday Musa Sun, Nov 4, Kirkland Performance Center, Phil Dadson Ensemble Suso & Adam Rudolph 3pm Fri, Oct 26, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish Seattle Repertory Jazz Fri, Oct 19, Elliott Bay Books, 7:30pm College, 8pm Orchestra w/ Branford Marsalis Paul de Barros, book reading/ JD Allen Trio signing Sun, November 4, Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm Schedule subject to change. Check www.earshot.org for updates. Robert Glasper Experiment

September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND september 09 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 PG Nikki Schilling, 5 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SF Passarim Quintet, ft Leo Raymundo w/ Francesca BX Katy Bourne & Randy Halberstadt Quartet, 7, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am Merlini, 8 C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 TD Katy Bourne | Dani Gurgel & Debora Gurgel 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 (Musicquarium), 5, 8 C* Bumbershoot: Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 Skerik’s Bandalabra, Soul Rebels (Starbucks VI GBC Trio, 9 Stage), 12:30, 2:15, 4 GZ Andre Thomas Quiet, 7 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 JA Jimmy Cobb, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell w/ C* Bumbershoot: Rebirth Brass Band (Starbucks THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Roberta Gambarini, 7:30, 9:30 Stage), 9:45 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 SF Leo Raymundo Trio, ft Sue Nixon, 11:00am C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st C* Nikki Schilling (La Hacienda, 620 SE Everett SR Eugenie Jones w/ Chris Morton & Phil Sparks, 8 Ave), 6 Mall Way, Everett), 6 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am GB Primo Kim, 6 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 9:30 TD Brian Nova, 8 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 TI Hammon Esvelt Quintet, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 JA Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30, 9:30 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto LB Lakeside jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, 6 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Pediangco, 9 LJ The New Triumph, 6 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 1, 2 JIMMY AND WES TRIBUTE TD Thione Diop (Musicquarium), 9 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 TU Greta Matassa student recital, 7 Organist Joey DeFrancesco, guitarist Larry Coryell VI Jimmie Herrod & Friends, 9 and drummer Jimmy Cobb tribute Jimmy Smith and C* Careless Lovers (Via Tribunali, 913 E Pike St), 9 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 Wes Montgomery. Show times are 7:30pm, 9:30pm, 6-9 BELA FLECK & MARCUS ROBERTS Saturday, and 7:30pm, Sunday, at Jazz Alley. ET Monktail session, 8 Admission is $26.50. JA Halie Loren, 7:30 Banjo’s back in a classic jazz band with a Bela Fleck MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 (banjo), Marcus Roberts (piano), Rodney Jordan (bass) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 NO Holotradband, 7 and Jason Marsalis (drums) collaboration, Across the OW Owl jam w/ Martinez, Verlinde, 10 Imaginary Divide. Blind Floridian pianist Roberts BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 RR Dani Gurgel & Debora Gurgel, 7 says, “It was a lot of fun working with Bela on this C* Bumbershoot: Tony Bennett (Mainstage, Key RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30 project. He has a limitless imagination.” Fleck is a Arena), 3:15 SB McTuff, 10 tireless music adventurer, bringing the banjo from his C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30 own groups to bluegrass superstar groups to Yo-Yo Ma Ave), 6 and Edgar Meyer to his recent travelogue Throw Down CR Racer Sessions: Stupid Man Suit, 8 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Your Heart (2008), searching out the African origins DT Darrell’s session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8 of the instrument. Showtimes are 7:30pm, 9:30pm, GB Primo Kim, 6 CH Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet, 8 Thursday-Saturday, and 7:30pm, Sunday, at Jazz Alley. JA Jimmy Cobb, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell w/ JA Halie Loren, 7:30 Admission is $40. Roberta Gambarini, 7:30 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8

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AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 206-545-8570 GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, 425- BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, Bellevue, 425-455-2734 258-6100 206-436-2960 GZ Grazie Canyon Park, 23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 206-783- BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 206-325-8263 Bothell, 425-402-9600 0418 BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726- RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206-906- 425-391-3335 4966 9920 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- 425-292-9307 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 1824 C* Concert and Special Events LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 206- SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 206-654- CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, 772-6891 3100 206-448-8757 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 402-3042 SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 206-622-6400 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor 206-763-0714 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 206-838-4333 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 206-523- MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 TI Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, 17171 5282 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366- CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, Shoreline, 365-4447 3333 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 2563 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 542-2789 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155 ET Electric Tea Garden, 1402 Pike St, 206-568- PB Paratii, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406 WV Wild Vine Bistro, 18001 Bothell Everett Hwy, 3922 Bothell, 425-877-1334

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 GB Primo Kim, 6 RR Brian Blade and the Mama Rosa Band, 8 JA Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30 TD Istvan & Farko (Musicquarium), 5 BB Ronin 2 w/ Kenny Mandell & Don Berman, 8 PG Bob Strickland jam, 5 TU Nelda Swiggett Stringtet, 7:30 BX Ed Littlefield Trio, 7, 9 RR Scrape, 7:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 8 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 SF Anne Reynolds & Burt Boice, 6:30 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11:00am JA Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30, 9:30 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 TU Jazz Police, 3 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 BX Tony Foster, 7, 9 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 RR Eugenie Jones w/ Darin Clendenin, Rick Houle & CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Akim Finch, 8:30 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 RR Piano Royale, 5:30 JA Pat Metheny Unity Band, ft Ben Williams, Chris SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 Potter, Antonio Sanchez, 7:30, 9:30 SR Brazil Novo, 7:30 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 TU Jay Thomas Quartet, 7:30 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10 VI Casey MacGill, 8 Ave), 6 SE Wellstone Conspiracy, 5:30 GB Primo Kim, 6 TD How Now Brown Cow (Musicquarium), 8 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 JA Lloyd Jones Struggle w/ LaRhonda Steele, 7:30 TU Yogini’s World Jazz Band, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8 AV el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Brian NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Flanagan, Michael Barnett, 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto C* Dena Derose & Roseanna Vitro (Jazzvox BP Spellbinder, 8 Pediangco, 9 Northgate, Jazzvox.com), 7:30 RR Only Trio, Ask the Ages, 8, 9 C* North Bend Jazz Walk, 6 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 C* Kareem Kandi, Julian MacDonough (Blue Horse WR Spellbinder, 9:30 Gallery, 301 W Holly St, Bellingham), 8 CURTAIN CALL C* Eugenie Jones (Amici Bistro, 8004 Mukilteo weekly recurring performances Speedway, Mukilteo), 7:30 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 CH Jim Knodle’s Big Crinkly Trio, 8 C* Careless Lovers (Via Tribunali, 913 E Pike St), 9 MONDAY JA Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30, 9:30 C* Brian Blade and the Mama Rosa Band (Blue GB Primo Kim, 6 LB Murl Allen Sanders, 8 Horse Gallery, 301 W Holly St, Bellingham), 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am ET Monktail session, 8 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & TU Katie King Quartet, 7:30 JA Curtis Stigers, 7:30 Ernesto Pediangco, 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 VI Darrius Willrich Trio, 10 NO Holotradband, 7 OW Owl jam w/ Martinez, Verlinde, 10 TUESDAY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 RR Steve Treseler Group w/ Ingrid Jensen, 8 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 C* Careless Lovers (Via Tribunali, 913 E SB McTuff, 10 C* Dena Derose & Roseanna Vitro (Jazzvox Camano, Pike St), 9 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 Jazzvox.com), 2 ET Monktail session, 8 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 Ave), 6 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 NO Holotradband, 7 C* Jazz Live at Marine View: Scott Cossu (Marine BX Pearl Django, 7, 9 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, Tacoma), 5 C* Sandy Carbary, Bill Chism (Pike Place Bar & RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30 C* Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band (Cedarbrook Lodge, Grill, 90 Pike St), 6 SB McTuff Trio, 10 18525 36th Ave S), 1 JA Curtis Stigers, 7:30 WEDNESDAY NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 CR Racer Sessions: Chemical Clock, 8 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 DT Darrell’s session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 THURSDAY

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BX Dan O’Brien & Eric Reid, 7, 9 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 DT Darrell’s session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8 C* Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Cory Weeds, Miles Black, GB Primo Kim, 6 BX Gene Argel & Jay Thomas Group, 7, 9 Julian MacDonough (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W JA Pat Metheny Unity Band, ft Ben Williams, Chris C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, Holly S, 8 Potter, Antonio Sanchez, 7:30, 9:30 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am C* Eugenie Jones w/ Overton Berry (Pogacha, 120 PG Nikki Schilling, 5 C* Ed Reed, Anton Schwartz, Randy Porter, Phil NW Gilman Blvd, Issaquah), 7:30 RR Washington Composers Orchestra, 7:30 Sparks (Anton’s Loft), 8 CH Monktail Composers Series, 8 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 CH Paul Hoskin solo, 8 GZ Diana Page, 7 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am JA Pat Metheny Unity Band, ft Ben Williams, Chris HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Potter, Antonio Sanchez, 7:30, 9:30 JA Pat Metheny Unity Band, ft Ben Williams, Chris TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 SF Leo Raymundo Trio, ft Sue Nixon, 9 Potter, Antonio Sanchez, 7:30, 9:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 SR Kay Bailey, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am LJ Ronin, 9:30 TU Jeremy Jones w/ Thomas Marriott, Ryan Shea LJ Harrison Young Quartet, 6 Smith, 7:30 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 TU Seattle Teen Music, 2 C* O’Brien & Kessler Trio w/ Nate Parker (Still RR Piano Royale, 5:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Liquor, 1524 Minor Ave), 9 RR 55: Music & Dance in Concrete w/ Wayne Horvitz, VI McTuff, 10 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st Yohei Saito, Yukio Suzuki/Kingyo, 8 Ave), 6 SF Djangomatics Duo, 9 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 GB Primo Kim, 6 TD Ranger and the Re-Arrangers (Musicquarium), 5 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 TU Wellstone Conspiracy w/ Brent Jensen, Bill NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st Anschell, John Bishop, Jeff Johnson, 7:30 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto Ave), 6 VI Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolators, 9 Pediangco, 9 CR Racer Sessions: Carol Weber, 8 RR Seattle Conduction Band, 8 TU Circular Reasoning, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 C* Careless Lovers (Via Tribunali, 913 E Pike St), 9 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 CY Eastside Jazz Club: Fusion, Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 7 ET Monktail session, 8 study at JA Dwele, 7:30 jazz MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 OW Owl jam w/ Martinez, Verlinde, 10 RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30 cornish SB McTuff, 10 seattle TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 BX Future Jazz Heads, 7, 9 C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave, Langley), 8 JA Dwele, 7:30 redeﬁne the tradition NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 Cornish College of the Arts o ers TD Jacqui Naylor, 7:30 a Bachelor of Music in Composition, TU Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet, 7:30 Instrumental or Vocal Performance. VI Brad Gibson Trio, 9 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 www.cornish.edu/music BX John Hansen, 7, 9 or call 800 // 726 // ARTS C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave, Langley), 8 C* Nikki Schilling (La Hacienda, 620 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett), 6 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 9:30 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 CH ROVA Saxophone Quartet, 8 JA Jeff Lorber Superband, ft Brian Bromberg, Everette Harp, Gary Novak, 7:30, 9:30 LB Lakeside jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, 6 LJ Roots, Vibes & Rhythm session, 9:30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 7 VI Tim Kennedy Trio, 9

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • September 2012 20 ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 NO Holotradband, 7 The ROVA Saxophone Quartet is a long-standing all- OW Owl jam w/ Martinez, Verlinde, 10 saxophone ensemble founded in the San Francisco MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 SB McTuff, 10 Bay area. The current members are Bruce Ackley, TU Music Works Big Band, 7:30 soprano and tenor saxophones; Steve Adams, alto and C* Janis Siegel w/ Yaron Gershovsky (Jazzvox Northgate, Jazzvox.com), 7:30 sopranino saxophones; Larry Ochs, tenor and sopranino WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 saxophones; Jon Raskin, baritone and alto saxophones. C* O’Brien & Kessler Trio w/ Nate Parker (Still Raucous reed veterans, presented by Nonsequitur at Liquor, 1524 Minor Ave), 9 BX Carolyn Graye’s Singers Soiree, 7, 9 the Chapel Performance Space, 8pm. Admission is $5- C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st JA Catherine Russell, 7:30 $15, sliding scale. Ave) , 6 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 GB Primo Kim, 6 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix, 9 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8 RR Piano Starts Here: Duke Ellington, 8 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7:30 BX Jay Thomas Trio, 7, 9 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto VI Wally Shoup Trio, 9 C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the Pediangco, 9 Arts, 565 Camano Ave, Langley), 3, 8 TU Chad McCullough’s Chamber Science Lab, 7:30 26 PIANO SERIES AT ROYAL ROOM HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 JA Jeff Lorber Superband, ft Brian Bromberg, An ongoing piano series at the Royal Room, Piano Starts Here, 8pm, continues with a night of music Everette Harp, Gary Novak, 7:30, 9:30 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 by Duke Ellington. The quarterly series brings three LB Jennifer Kienzle, 8 C* Careless Lovers (Via Tribunali, 913 E Pike St), 9 to four Seattle pianists together, featuring solo NC David George Quartet w/ David McKinney, Jerry CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 piano performances by Tim Kennedy, Aaron Otheim Garcia, Reuel Lubag, 8 ET Monktail session, 8 and more, to perform the work of some of the most NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 JA Catherine Russell, 7:30 prolific and talented composers and jazz pianists. The RR Touche, 8:30 RR Piano Royale, 5:30 SF Del Tonics, 9 TD Danny Godinez (Musicquarium), 5 TU Greta Matassa Quintet w/ Jeff Busch, 7:30 VI Jovino Santos Neto, 8

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 september 2012 AV el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Michael Barnett, 1 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the 1 Sunday through Saturday, 3PM – Midnight Arts, 565 Camano Ave, Langley), 3, 8 Greta Delicious Dinners and Appetizers Matassa C* Brad Dutz drum clinic (Drum Exchange, 4501 Non-Alcoholic Beverages  Fine Wines and Spirits  6 Beers on Tap Quartet Interlake Ave N), 1 7:30PM $15

C* Eugenie Jones (Admiral Theater, 2343 California 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ave SW), 7:30 Jim Cutler CLOSED BIG BAND BIG BAND Greta Matassa Jay Thomas Katie King CH Magda Mayas (Berlin) + Emily Hay/Motoko Jazz JAZZ JAZZ Student Quartet Quartet Orchestra Jay Thomas Smith/ Recital 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 Honda/Brad Dutz (Los Angeles), 8 8:00PM $5 Big Band Staelens 7:00PM $10 JA Jeff Lorber Superband, ft Brian Bromberg, 7:30PM $5 Big Band 7:30PM $10 Everette Harp, Gary Novak, 7:30, 9:30 LB Stephanie Porter, 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Jazz Police BIG BAND BIG BAND Nelda Yoginis World Wellstone Seattle Teen SB Hardcoretet, 10 3-7 $5 JAZZ JAZZ Swiggett Jazz Band Conspiracy Music w/ SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 ***** David Emerald City Stringtet 7:30PM Brent Jensen 2-5PM $5 7:30PM $10 $5 Donation SR Overton Berry, 7:30 Jim Cutler Marriott Jazz Bill Anschell ***** Jazz Orch. Big Band Orchestra John Bishop Jeremy Jones SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am 8:00PM $5 7:30PM $5 7:30PM $5 Jeff Johnson w/Thomas TU Matt Jorgensen & the John Coltrane Birthday 7:30PM $15 Marriott Ryan Shea Celebration w/ Rob Davis, Mark Taylor, 7:30 Smith VI Ruby Bishop, 6 7:30 PM $15 VI Casey MacGill Trio, 10 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WV Nikki Schilling, 8 Jay Thomas Circular BIG BAND Ian Hot Latin Jazz Greta Matt Big Band Reasoning JAZZ Hendrickson - Fred Matassa Jorgensen & 4-7PM $5 7:30PM $5 Roadside Smith Quartet Hoadley’s Quintet The John w/ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 ***** Attraction 7:30PM $10 Sonando Jeff Busch Coltrane 7:30PM $8 7:00PM $10 7:30PM $15 Birthday BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 Jim Cutler Jazz Celebration W/ C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the Orchestra Rob Davis & 8:00PM $5 Mark Taylor Arts, 565 Camano Ave, Langley), 2, 7 7:30PM $15 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Ave), 6 Easy Street Chad BIG BAND Greta Matassa Jacqueline Stephanie Susan Pascal CR Racer Sessions: Don Berman, 8 Band 4-7 $5 McCullough’s JAZZ Jazz Tabor Jazz Porter Quartet Quartet DT Darrell’s session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8 ***** Chamber Music Works Workshop Band 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 Jim Cutler Science Lab Big Band 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $10 GB Primo Kim, 6 Jazz 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $5 JA Jeff Lorber Superband, ft Brian Bromberg, Orchestra Everette Harp, Gary Novak, 7:30 8:00PM $5 PG Bob Strickland jam, 5 30 Specials SF Anne Reynolds & Burt Boice, 6:30 Fairly Honest Jazz Band FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11:00am 3-7PM $5 Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7:00PM SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am ***** Jim Cutler to receive a $5 discount on your cover charge

TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Jazz Orch TU Easy Street Band, 4 8:00PM $5

September 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 series is curated by Wayne Horvitz and Tim Kennedy, Notes, from page 2 Applications and more information is hosted by Kennedy. Admission is $8 in advance (www. strangertickets.com), $10 at the door. at www.jackstraw.org. Program awards 20 hours of record- Earshot Jazz Festival Volunteering THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ing and production time with a Jack BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 & Internships BX Chris Morton, 7, 9 Straw engineer. The New Media Gal- CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 9:30 lery Program invites artists to present Earshot Jazz seeks office volunteers CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 and production interns to support CH Empty Boat Quartet w/Don Berman, Kate Olson, a sound installation in the Jack Straw Dennis Rea, Steve Kim, 8 New Media Gallery, including an the 24th annual Earshot Jazz Festival, LB Lakeside jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, 6 opening reception, artist presentation, October 12-November 4. Please email LJ The Hang w/ Davy Nefos, 9:30 [email protected] for more in- NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 and other events. Artists may apply to SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10 one program per year. The application formation. TU Jacqueline Tabor Band, 7:30 deadline is Thursday, November 1. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 BX Chris Clark & Bob Hammer Trio, 7, 9 In One Ear, from page 3 Green Trio with guest Gary Smulyan; CH Neil Welch solo, 8 September 16, Dena DeRose Trio HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 drew Swanson. Session organizers and with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson; JA Boney James, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 attendees, please send session news September 30, Tamir Hendelman Trio NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 and anecdotes to [email protected]. with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson RR Seattle Tap jam, 8:30 RR Piano Royale, 5:30 Wayne Horvitz Multimedia at The Upstage. Other September Jazz SF Darelle Holden, 9 Installation NW broadcasts feature recent CDs TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 by NW artists. See jazznw.org for the Wayne Horvitz’s 55: Music & Dance program schedule and updates. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 in Concrete site-specific installation BX Diana Page CD release, 7, 9 C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, goes on tour in September. The mul- Sonarchy September Lineup 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am timedia work includes improvised and Sonarchy broadcasts Sundays at CH John Teske and Broken Bow Ensemble, 8 JA Boney James, 7:30, 9:30 composed music by Horvitz and Se- midnight (PST) on 90.3 KEXP. The RR African Music Nite w/ Thione Diop, 9 attle musicians recorded in Centrum’s shows can be heard live at kexp.org SF Sue Nixon & John Sanders, 9 Dan Harpole Cistern, choreography and are available as podcasts shortly SR Deems Tsutakawa, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am and dance by Yukio Suszuki/Kingyo, after they air. Doug Haire produces TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 video by Yohei Saito and engineer- and mixes these live broadcasts. Sep- VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ari Joshua Trio, 10 ing work by Tucker Martine. A live tember 2, Carl Lierman explores rendition is at The Royal Room, Sep- textures, tones and mass with analog SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 tember 14, and a site-adapted perfor- electronics (modular synthesizer) and BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 mance is at Art Walk Rainier Beach, C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st heavily layered and processed record- Ave), 6 September 15, before the prepared ings and digital sound sources; Sep- CR Racer Sessions: Andrew Swanson, 8 work is performed at the Fort Wor- tember 9, Eric Verlinde and Steve DT Darrell’s session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8 GB Primo Kim, 6 den batteries near Port Townsend and Kindler, two masters of their in- JA Count Basie Orchestra w/ Carmen Bradford, 7:30 then at the Arizona State University struments freely improvise on piano RR Tim Carey Septet, 7:30 Art Museum, where it will remain as RR New House Orchestra, 8 and 6- and 9-string electric violins; SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 an audio and video installation un- September 16, Graham Haynes & SF Danny Ward, 11:00am til October 31. More information at Broken Sound Barrier, an archive SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 www.55inconcrete.com. performance from 2002 featuring TU Fairly Honest Jazz Band, 3 Jim Wilke’s Jazz NW September Haynes on cornet and processing, VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 Kevin Sawka on drums and electron- VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest features ics, Shahzad Ismaily on electric bass; the artists and events of the regional 30 TIM CAREY SEPTET September 23, the Bran Flakes, Otis jazz scene. The radio program airs Bassist Tim Carey leads a large group, featuring Fodder and Mildred Pitt, sampling; a four-horn front, at the Royal Room, Columbia Sundays at 1pm on 88.5 KPLU and September 30, Slumgum, Trevor An- City, 7:30pm: Samantha Boshnack, trumpet; Chris is also available online in an archived Credit, alto sax; Tobi Stone, tenor sax; Naomi Siegel, deries on drums, Jonathan Armstrong trombone; Dan Taylor, piano; John Ewing, drums. podcast. September broadcasts include on saxophones, Rory Cowal on piano, Admission is free. three concerts from 2012 Jazz Port David Tranchina on bass. Townsend, two from the main stage and one club gig: September 2, Benny

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