Tarik Abouzied 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 November 2016 Vol. 32, No. 11 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

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

Thanksgiving Executive Director John Gilbreath Managing Director Karen Caropepe Program Manager Caitlin Peterkin It has been wonderful to see so many of you out at concerts on this Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin year’s edition of our annual festi- Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, val! The audiences have been large, Derek Decker, Marianne Gonterman, Emily Harris, Schraepfer Harvey, Andrew attractive, and attentive. It is your Luthringer, Jean Mishler, Kathryn Sherman, active interest that makes this jazz Mayumi Tsutakawa festival not only possible, but also essential. Thank you all for support- Calendar Editors Derek Decker, Caitlin Peterkin ing this festival! Photography Daniel Sheehan And, even though I’m already sup- Layout Caitlin Peterkin posed to know these things before Art Consulting Beth Rocha & Josh Sin you do, I continue to be amazed by Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz the excellence, invention, diversity, Nectar; Pamela at the MI JCC; and volunteers and expansion that we’ve seen night so many other collaborators for your Send Calendar Information to: after night from the artists on this flexibility and warm embrace of 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 festival. Their creativity and dedica- Earshot Jazz programs. Seattle, WA 98103 tion have been an inspiration to us Thanks to Josh Sin and Beth Ro- email / [email protected] all. We are grateful to all of the art- cha for their great concepts and de- Board of Directors Sue Coliton (president), ists, everywhere. signs on the “Jazz is____” initiative, Danielle Leigh (vice president), Sally You’ve seen how our festival bro- Mixcloud, and this year’s festival Nichols (secretary), Viren Kamdar tee. Thanks to Beth, especially, for (treasurer), Ruby Smith Love, John W. chures are so crammed with events Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Diane Wah and information. Even at that, we the Soul Space idea and artwork, and Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, don’t have the space to acknowledge recommending SassyBlack to curate Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola all of the people whose energy and and V2 to host. Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu talents help to make this festival Thanks to Nate at KEXP; Bren- Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, possible. I’d like to expand on the da at KNKX; Patrick and Steve Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. lists you’ve seen. at KBCS; Marcus and Dave at Earshot Jazz is published monthly by Thanks to Jim Wilke who, per- The Stranger; and Paul at the Se- Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is haps more than any other, has sup- attle Times for helping to spread available online at www.earshot.org. ported all jazz in Seattle for so long. the word. Thanks to Kristen at the Subscription (with membership): $35 Jim has been enormously generous MarQueen and Leslie at Mayflower 3429 Fremont Place #309 to Earshot Jazz in previewing con- Park for making our guests confort- Seattle, WA 98103 certs, recording and broadcasting able. And thanks to interns Derek, phone / (206) 547-6763 Nick Geena Hal- events, and pitching in as a digni- , and , volunteers Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 fied emcee. ynn, Marianne, Susan, and Jane, Printed by Pacific Publishing Company Thanks to Mack and Jason at and to so many other who pitch in © 2016 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Tula’s; Megan, Frank, and Alek to help where needed. at Cornish; Tristan, Mack, and And, of course, thanks to Saints Wayne at the Royal Room; Steve at Karen, Caitlin, and Levi who work M i ss i o n S tat e m e n t the Chapel; Scott and Schraepfer day and night, making this event To ensure the legacy and progression at the Triple Door; Jack and Viv- run smoothly. of the art form, Earshot Jazz cultivates ian at STG; Charlie and Dr. Elena We’re people-powered. Thank you a vibrant jazz community by engaging at SSO; Courtney at NWFF; Mi- all so much!! audiences, celebrating artists, and chael at SRJO; Andy and Abby at –John Gilbreath, Executive Director supporting arts education.

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Seattle JazzED Girls Jazz Day $25,000 given annually to two Wash- of improvisation. Students learn with On Sunday, November 13, Seattle ington State artists of any discipline. professional musicians and educators JazzED hosts Girls Jazz Day 2016, The award recognizes artists who dem- in a hands-on environment, and every open to female and female-identified onstrate innovation in their art prac- ensemble has performance opportuni- band instrumentalists in grades 6-12, tice. Applications are due November ties. Rehearsals run weekly, beginning held at MLK FAME Community 14. Learn more at artisttrust.org. January 2017 and running through Center. Learn new songs in an all-girl May 2017. More information available band with famed NYC drummer Al- Seattle JazzED Big Band at seattlejazzed.org. lison Miller as the band director. The Ensembles Auditions CMA Residency Partnership day will end with a fun group mini- Seattle JazzED invites students in concert for your friends and family. grades 5-12 to audition for its Big Band Program Visit seattlejazzed.org/girls-jazz-day Ensembles Program on Saturday, No- Chamber Music America’s Residency for more details and to sign up. vember 19, at the MLK FAME Com- Partnership Program supports profes- munity Center, open to students who sional ensembles and presenters in Arts Innovator Awards have played their instrument for one or building audiences for classical, con- Funded by the Dale and Leslie Chi- more years. Ensembles range from the temporary, and jazz chamber music huly Foundation, the Arts Innova- introductory ensembles to high-level tor Award is an unrestricted award of ensembles exploring the intricacies Continued ON PAGE 23

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Steve Griggs Ensemble Awarded Museum, recordings with legendary Sonarchy’s November schedule: No- CityArtist Grant drummer Elvin Jones, and award-win- vember 6, Only Trio, Pacific NW ning musical settings of poetry. chamber jazz ensemble featuring the The City of Seattle Office of Arts and trumpet and sublime compositions Culture awarded a $4,800 CityArtist Jazz Radio of Steve O’Brien, with Jacob Herring grant to the Steve Griggs Ensemble. (trombone), Kate Olson (soprano sax), The grant will commission a program 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz and Jake Brady (drums); November of stories and music inspired by the Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken 13, Greg Kelly, a trip into the world topic of police use of force and the Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz of brass with this extended technique 2010 killing of native carver John T. Northwest, in addition to its weekday trumpet improvisation; November 20, Williams by Seattle police officer Ian NPR and late-night and prime-time Cavalerie, jazz, funk, and hiphop with Birk. jazz programs. Jackie Pomeroy (vocals), Max Walker The ensemble includes saxophonist Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- (guitar), Gabe Brooks-Lopez (drums), Griggs, trumpeter Jay Thomas, vibra- days, 2pm, features the artists and D.J. Rough (bass), and Reuben Wood- phonist Susan Pascal, guitarist Milo events of the regional jazz scene. For ruff (steel pans); November 27, Sten- Petersen, and bassist Phil Sparks. JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- skogen, deep psychedelic electronic Griggs’ previous work includes grams, see jazznw.org. explorations from Translinguistic award-winning programs about lo- 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, Other’s Garek Druss (vocals, beats), cal social justice (Panama Hotel Jazz, features Jazz Theater with John Gil- David Golightly (moog), Aubrey Neh- Listen to Seattle, A Cup of Joe Brazil, breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, ring (guitar, vocals), and Jamie Potter Sound in Stone), concerts of cham- a live-performance broadcast from the (jupiter). ber jazz based on the work of Brazil- Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- 91.3 KBCS, late Sundays and prime- ian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, an duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule time Mondays, features Floatation De- evening-length work for jazz ensemble information is available at kexp.org and dancer at the Seattle Asian Art and jackstraw.org. Continued ON PAGE 23

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 3 PROFILE Tarik Abouzied: Get Happy, Get Funky

By Andrew Luthringer Consensus on anything in our modern world can be elusive, but in the realm of Seattle music, there is a uni- versal maxim: One way or another, Tarik Abouzied will put a smile on your face. A phenomenally funky drummer, with taste, feel, and chops to spare, Abouzied elevates every band he’s a part of, providing gems for breakbeat hunters for years to come. With humor and humility, he achieves a deft balance, exploring the technical and intellectual challenges in music while still forging a deep emotional connection with the audience. Abouzied’s aptly named Happy Or- chestra invokes musical touchstones like funk maestros Tower of Power, iconoclastic modernists Kneebody, and the finest strains of ‘70s fusion. The music gets intricate, but Abouzied tarik abouzied photo by daniel sheehan never loses sight of the gritty, soulful truth inherent in a deep groove. next year. My hope is to keep writing, Talk about your approach to writ- As co-conspirator and frequent em- putting out music, and get the band to ing for the band. What inspires you? ployer Joe Doria tells it, from their the point where our playing is at the I’m always thinking about trying to very first show together, “Tarik was on height of its potential and touring is keep the music uplifting and digest- top of the music, and each show after sustainable. It takes a long time to get ible. I’ve written a lot of aggressive, he would push it further into some there with a six-piece band, especially angular stuff in the past that’s great for amazing territory.…He’s a complete given how in-demand those musicians the jazz nerd demographic but doesn’t musician, not just a drummer.” are, but the overwhelming satisfaction have a whole lot of use for anyone else, you get from a show where everyone so I’m trying to avoid that. I gener- Earshot Jazz: What’s the status of in the band is synced musically, the ally sit down to write with a concept the Happy Orchestra project? crowd is right there with you, and you or fragment in mind that I picked up Tarik Abouzied: The Happy record is get home a little less poor is what keeps from something I heard or saw the half done and should be finished early me going. week before…even non-musical things

Hear for yourself! Check out Tarik and his Happy Orchestra at Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/happy-orchestra) and YouTube (youtube.com/channel/ UCQSqzm548SF5BccFDtgk1aA). Visit tarik-music.com for up-to-date performance schedule and more info.

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November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 5 2016 Earshot Jazz Festival Earshot Jazz Festival Schedule

Thursday, November 3, Royal Room, 8pm thank You! Matt Savage / Dawn Clement & Mark Taylor Thank you to the sponsors, staff, and Friday, November 4, Royal Room, 7&9:30pm Matthew Stevens Trio more than 80 volunteers who make the Friday, November 4 & Saturday, November Earshot Jazz Festival possible. 5, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Denise Donatelli & Anton Schwartz Quintet Saturday, November 5, The Moore Theatre, 8pm STG Presents Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon a Star” Saturday, November 5, Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30pm Sunday, November 6, Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents Miles Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Sunday, November 6, Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium, 8pm Dee Daniels Trio Monday, November 7, Triple Door, 7:30pm Rokia Traoré Wednesday, November 9, Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 8pm Delivery Service in Seattle Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith Thursday, November 10, Seattle Art Full Service Museum, Brotman Forum, 5:30pm Violin Family Dealer Eugenie Jones Serving Western & Central Washington Friday, November 11, Tula’s Restaurant and Established 1964 Jazz Club, 7:30pm Tarik Abouzied, Joe Doria, Dan Balmer, Damian Erskine BASSES Friday, November 11, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 8pm Sonic Evolution: Seattle www.hammondashley.com Symphony w/ Cuong Vu, Garfield HS, Grace Love

6 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Festival PREVIEWs >>

Thursday, November 3, 8pm | The Royal Room Matt Savage / Dawn Clement & Mark Taylor

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX Jones, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and even Franz Liszt. $16 general / $14 members & seniors / A prolific composer, he wrote the $8 students & military majority of the music on his albums, The Boston Globe calls him “The Key much of which has been used com- Master.” mercially. He scored the music for the And having already toured the world full-length documentary film, Sound and played on such stages as the Ken- of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Sto- nedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Birdland, ry, chronicling the life of alto player and festivals too numerous to count, Frank Morgan. 24-year-old Matt Savage is indeed a He has appeared in news shows and master – and possesses the bio of one. documentaries worldwide, including the well known Marian McPart- Savage’s professional jazz career start- land’s “Piano Jazz,” NPR’s All Things ed at the ripe old age of 10 and has in- Considered, “Late Night with Conan volved music-making with the likes of O’Brien,” “The Late Show with David Chick Corea, The Ellington All Stars, Letterman,” the “Today” Show, and matt savage photo courtesy of artist Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, and ABC’s “20/20.” autism and other developmental dis- John Pizzarelli, to name a few. Famed Diagnosed with autism as a child, tenor sax player Jimmy Heath says that Savage involves himself in fundrais- abilities. Savage is “the future of JAZZ.” With ing and advocacy efforts like Autism Also on the bill this evening are local 11 recordings under his belt, he also Speaks’ “Light Up the Blues” concert legends-in-the-making Dawn Clem- can lay claim to being a Bösendorfer event in Hollywood, and dedicates a ent and Mark Taylor, who parse their piano artist, which puts him on the portion of his time to teaching at a celebrated LineUp! ensemble down to same roster as piano greats Quincy school for children and adults with piano-sax duo.

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 7 Friday, November 4, 7 & 9:30pm | The Royal Room Matthew Stevens Trio

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX $20 general / $18 members & seniors / $10 students & military According to NPR, “Of the young gui- tarists on New York’s jazz scene, few are as highly tipped as Matthew Stevens,” who is bringing his trio to The Royal Room stage for two intimate and rocking shows at this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1982, one of Stevens’ earliest influences was Seattle’s own Jimi Hendrix. After graduating from Berk- lee College of Music in 2004, Stevens began to show up everywhere, as an essential ele- ment of the important new work by strong young artists like Christian Scott, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kendrick Scott, and, no- tably, Esperanza Spalding, in whose Emily’s D+Evolution project Stevens is key. His playing has been met with critical acclaim. He was placed in the Rising Star Guitar Category of the 63rd Annual Down- Beat Critics Poll and his performances have been lauded in DownBeat Magazine, NPR, JazzTimes, Billboard, the New York Times, and more. In 2015, he released his debut album as a bandleader under Whirlwind Recordings. Titled Woodwork, it received positive re- views from DownBeat Magazine, All About Jazz, Ottawa Citizen, and more, and was described as “an amalgamation of modern jazz and neo-fusion elements which showcase...sonic versatility and savvy producing chops” in L.A. Weekly. Its iTunes feature review praises Stevens’ “immense melodic gifts and deceptively intricate playing.”

Matthew Stevens photo by katherine brook

8 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Earshot jazz Festival Film presented by the Northwest Film Forum + Earshot Jazz Festival

Cool Cats November 4, 7:30pm Cool Cats tells the story two jazz giants who are forced to relocate to a musical smalltown. In the mid-1960s, tenor saxophone stars Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon leave behind America and its fierce po- litical climate – as well as a long trail of heavy alcohol and heroin abuse. They are in desperate need of help as they travel to Europe. When they reach Copenhagen, they find what they need: A caring welfare system and an even more caring, jazz-loving population who greets the two tenor sax players as musical saviors. They are getting paid after jobs, they are treated with respect, and the Danish women are more than happy to make the musicians feel at home. They are even given free rehab sessions, sometimes lasting several months. In turn, Webster and Gordon help Copenhagen transform into one of the most attractive and busy jazz cities in Europe by their presence alone. But it soon turns out that all the attractions of the small, fairy tale-like Scandinavian capital pose a threat to their music – and their lives. They each have to decide how to survive. The film’s visual backbone consists of Ben Webster’s own 8MM footage which resurfaces here for the first time. Furthermore, the film contains numerous extremely rare clips with the two jazz greats.

Friday, November 4 & Saturday, November 5, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Denise Donatelli & Anton Schwartz Quintet

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX since. Her confidence, slightly smoky tone, and rhythmic sensibility remind $24 general / $22 members & seniors / one of vocalists like Diana Krall, Ella $10 students & military Fitzgerald, and Carmen McRae. One For fans of smooth, sultry vocals of her trademarks is performing songs with an instrumental jazz sensibility, that are typically off the beaten path. don’t miss Denise Donatelli, playing JazzTimes writer Christopher Loudon with Anton Schwartz (sax), Randy describes her repertoire as “bolder and Porter (piano), Michael Glynn (bass), more interesting, both in terms of ma- and Matt Jorgensen (drums). terial and interpretation.” Vocalist Denise Donatelli has an The “virtually impossible to resist” impressive resume of recordings and (Buffalo News) saxophonist, composer, award wins/nominations. Her last and educator Anton Schwartz, who three recordings were nominated for splits his time between Seattle and Grammys in the Best Vocal Jazz Al- the Bay Area, performs regularly up bum category. In 2012, she was voted and down the West Coast. His lat- Jazz Vocalist of the Year by the Los est album, Flash Mob, surged to the Angeles Jazz Society and has been sixth spot on the jazz radio charts and featured in the DownBeat Critics Poll earned a coveted four-star review in as a Rising Jazz Vocalist for the last DownBeat magazine. Schwartz is ac- four years. After establishing herself claimed for his “warm, generous tone, as a musician to be reckoned with on impeccably developed solos, and infec- the Atlanta scene, she moved to Los tious performance energy” (San Fran- Angeles, where she has worked ever cisco Chronicle). denise donatelli photo by Mikel Healey

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 9 Saturday, November 5, 8pm | The Moore Theatre STG Presents Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon a Star” Presented by Seattle Theatre where he released his thoughtful Group debut record, In Line, with Nor- wegian bassist Arild Andersen, in $28-39 1983. It’s hard to imagine a more dis- Since then, he has released over armingly authentic major artist 30 albums as a leader, and has than Bill Frisell. It is also kind of continually increased his list of re- refreshing to know that a distinc- markable collaborators to include tive individual, like Bill, can con- Elvis Costello, Yo-Yo Ma, Bonnie tinue to unveil new artistic output, Raitt, Allen Toussaint, Lucinda with remarkable collaborators all Williams, Joe Henry, Buddy Mill- around the world – especially on er, and many more. an instrument as ubiquitous as the Released in early 2016 on Okeh guitar – and retain the purity and Records, When You Wish Upon a heart of his own artistic identity. Star pays tribute to “the countless, It is entirely right that Bill Frisell anonymous, uncredited, unsung, should live here in Seattle. We’re extraordinary musicians” of the happy to call him a friend, and films and TV shows that are “em- pleased to join STG in presenting bedded so deeply into the fabric of music from his recent recording, what fires up my musical imagi- When You Wish Upon a Star. nation.” Featuring Petra Haden Born in Baltimore and raised in (vocals), Thomas Morgan (bass), Colorado, Frisell studied music at and Matt Chamberlain (drums), both the University of Northern Bill frisell photo by jimmy katz the album was given 4 ½ out of 5 Colorado and Berklee College of attend. Following that successful ses- stars on All About Jazz, who called Music. His first big break came when sion, Frisell became an in-house guitar it “music that will likely assume even Pat Metheny recommended him for a player for the prestigious ECM Label, greater freedom and collective/collab- recording session that he was unable to orative expansion in a live context.” Saturday, November 5, 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall Sunday, November 6, 2pm | Kirkland Performance Center Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents Miles Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Presented by SRJO concert will highlight several trumpet- semble jazz. Its performers consist of ers from SRJO, including Jay Thomas, some of Seattle’s most passionate and $15-49 Thomas Marriott, Michael Van Beb- experienced jazz musicians, playing Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra ber, and Andy Omdahl, as they bring an extensive repertoire drawn from all performs a rousing tribute to the semi- works such as “Maids of Cadiz” and across jazz’s 100-year history. Along nal 1957 collaboration between Miles “My Ship” to life, along with other with highlighting the greats, such as Davis and Gil Evans, Miles Ahead. The works rarely performed. Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy album merged Davis’ brassy bravado The SRJO, founded in 1995, is a Gillespie, and others, they also per- with Evans’ novel orchestral instru- 17-piece big band jazz ensemble dedi- form rare works that had previously mentations to create one of the most cated to preserving and celebrating the not been published. celebrated jazz albums of all time. This unique American art form of large en-

10 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Sunday, November 6, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Dee Daniels Trio Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX $24 general / $22 members & seniors / $10 students & military There are few in the Northwest who have not fallen in love with the engaging range and passionate performances of Dee Dan- iels. Born in the Bay Area, and with gospel and R&B roots, Daniels is a music leader, augmenting the performances and teaching quality of the Jazz Port Townsend Festival, Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in Boise, and the Frank De Miero Jazz Fes- tival in Edmonds. As a younger singer, Daniels honed her style over a five-year period living in the Netherlands and Belgium. Back in the States and in Canada, attention to Dan- iels increased quickly, resulting in appear- ances and recordings with jazz greats Toots Thielemans, Houston Person, Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Monty Alexander, John Clayton, and others. The range of her international work includes performing throughout Africa, Eu- rope and the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. But a focus on the Vancouver, BC, area brought opportunities to teach, and even an honorary Doctorate Degree from Capilano University, where she established a vocal scholarship. She’s been a lead performer in symphony pops programs with many major city orchestras, in “Great Ladies of Swing” and “The Soul of Ray: The Music of Ray Charles,” and has delivered stirring performances with the Jazz Vespers at St. Peter’s Church in New York City, as well as Newark and Saskatoon. Her album work over the years, including her 2007 album JAZZINIT and more recent album Choose Me, simultaneously reflects strength, versatility, and creativity. Tonight, she performs with an ensemble of local talent: Tony Foster (piano), Chuck Deardorf (bass), and Greg Williamson (drums).

dee daniels photo courtesy of artist

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 11 Monday, November 7, 7:30pm | Triple Door Rokia Traoré

rokia Traoré photo by matthieu Zazzo

Presented by Triple Door and emotional voice but also for her and traditions, Traoré will draw au- stunning live performances that range diences in with a striking translation $30-40 from up-tempo guitar-led pop to from emotion to song, including tran- Defying the conventions of world haunting and melancholy ballads. On scriptions of some of Toni Morrison’s music, Malian singer/songwriter her 2016 release, Né So, Traoré turns prolific writings. With her unmistak- Rokia Traoré dismisses the notion of to friends John Parish (PJ Harvey, able vocals, stunning stage presence, genre, effortlessly blending the sounds Eels), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), and deep West African well of music, of Mali with blues, rock, jazz, and and Devendra Banhart to help her ex- the Malian singer provides a dazzling folk. One of the most inventive artists press her deep sadness at the state of concert experience. A Seattle favorite, in Africa today, Traoré is remarkable turmoil in her native Mali. Lament- she returns with the testimonies to the not just for the range of her powerful ing her homeland’s loss of life, culture, soul and endurance of her homeland.

12 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Wednesday, November 9, 8pm | Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith Duo

vijay iyer & wadada leo smith photo by john rogers

Co-presented with LIVE @ theories, his creative work rewards the Benaroya Hall listener with richly varied, improvisation-driven music. $28 general / $26 members & seniors / Iyer’s compositions feature elaborate $12 students & military melodic constructions and intricate This concert promises to be a stun- rhythmic techniques influenced by ning, not-to-be-missed highlight in South Indian classical music, West Af- the festival. The brilliant Vijay Iyer is rican drumming, contemporary Euro- a Grammy-nominated pianist, com- pean composers, and 20th century Af- poser, bandleader, electronic musician, rican American piano masters. He cre- educator, and writer whose artistic vi- ates a unique voice in diverse musical sion redefines jazz and creative Ameri- contexts while reaffirming the place of can music. Iyer’s career has bridged the music not just as entertainment but as arts, humanities, and the sciences, and an essential part of human society. his compositions reach across genres The recipient of a Ph.D. from the and disciplines. Fueled by his impas- University of California at Berkeley, sioned explorations of varied musical Iyer performed at dozens of music communities, practices, histories, and festivals and jazz clubs nationally and

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 13 around the world. In January 2014, nal figure in American jazz, he was a Award by the Hammer Museum at he joined the Harvard University De- founding member of the Association UCLA. partment of Music as the Rosenblatt for the Advancement of Creative Mu- The latest collaborative work by Iyer Professor of the Arts. Recent honors sicians. His compositions have been and Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm with include a 2013 MacArthur fellowship performed by the AACM Orchestra Each Stroke (ECM), is dedicated to the and the 2015 DownBeat Critics’ Poll and the Kronos Quartet. late Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, award for Jazz Artist of the Year. Smith received the prestigious 2016 known for her drawings and photog- The legendary trumpeter and com- Doris Duke Artist Award, was recog- raphy. poser Wadada Leo Smith exemplifies nized as “Composer of the Year” at the “Iyer and Smith may represent two creative vitality as an ongoing force, 19th Annual Jazz Journalists Asso- different generations of artists but setting new directions in innovative ciation Jazz Awards, and was honored both are at their creative peaks,” says contemporary music. A boldly origi- with 2016 Mohn Career Achievement All About Jazz of their collaboration.

Thursday, November 10, 5:30pm | Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum) Eugenie Jones

Co-presented with Seattle Art says, “Seattle-based vocalist Eugenie Museum Jones may have been a latecomer to the jazz world, but she displays the Free and open to the public seasoned sensibilities of a jazz lifer This year’s 2016 Golden Ear Award, on her sophomore release, Come Out Vocalist of The Year winner, Eugenie Swingin.’” Jones, teams up with pianist Peter She has attracted positive atten- Adams, bassist Greg Feingold, gui- tion from DownBeat, Jazz Weekly, All tarist Cole Schuster, and drummer About Jazz, and many more jazz jour- Brian Smith for a night of original nals. Critical Jazz reviewer Brent Black compositions, standards, and even a says that Jones is “full of passion and tribute to the late Ernestine Anderson. raw emotion….[she is] that rare breed Jones’ debut album Black Lace Blue of artist that sidesteps pretentiousness Tears won the Golden Ear Award for and allows the music to take center

“Recording of the Year” in 2013. Of stage.” Another must hear. eugenie jones photo by Jared Ribic her second album, Jazziz Magazine

14 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Friday, November 11, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Tarik Abouzied, Joe Doria, Dan Balmer, Damian Erskine $20 general / $18 members & seniors / Change, and modern jazz-fueled Joe Doria Trio, The Drunken Mas- $10 students & military Hardcoretet. Currently, the drummer ters, Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet, produces new big band Happy Or- and Spellbinder featuring renowned In a rocking Northwest grouping, chestra, which was awarded 4Culture’s drummer Michael Shrieve of Santana. renowned Seattle drummer Tarik 2015 Arts Project Grant and nominat- Two of Portland’s most acclaimed Abouzied calls on old friends Joe ed as Earshot Jazz’s 2015 Alternative music educators and master disciples Doria on Hammond B-3, Portland Jazz Group of the Year. of their instruments – Damian Erk- guitar legend Dan Balmer, and badass With roots together in Seattle’s hall- sine and Dan Balmer – complete the bassist Damian Erskine for a memo- mark funk/jazz Hammond organ trio quartet. Balmer impresses as one of rable close to this year’s festival. McTuff, Abouzied pairs up again with only five Oregonians to be honored Renowned for his taut, tough back- organ icon Joe Doria. The go-to keys with membership in both The Oregon beats, Abouzied is a veteran of such master is hardly in need of an intro- Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz So- celebrated Seattle jazz-funk outfits as duction, continually stunning his au- ciety of Oregon Hall of Fame, and has McTuff and Happy Orchestra. Abouz- diences with his ability to add depth been hailed as “the model of what a ied has produced six albums collective- and dimension to every song he per- contemporary guitarist should be” ly between his groups, which also in- forms. Doria is a backbone member to (Los Angeles Times). clude instrumental funk septet Pocket a handful of groups including his own Friday, November 11, 8pm | Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution Presented by Seattle Symphony $21-30 The Seattle Symphony presents the per- fect collaboration to close out Seattle’s jazz festival. This evening of orchestral and ensemble works celebrates Seattle’s jazz legacy with an homage to iconic producer Quincy Jones, who began his stellar career in jazz and popular music at Garfield High School and appeared as a trumpeter and band leader on Seattle’s fabled Jackson Street. Appropriately, the award-winning Garfield Jazz Band, under Clarence Acox, joins the orchestra for tunes from the Jones “book.” The phenomenal Seattle- resident trumpeter Cuong Vu plays a new composition with the symphony. And, because November 11 is the birthday of Jones’s contemporary, the much-loved and recently departed treasure Ernestine An- derson, vocalist Grace Love sings some of “Stine’s” favorites. And don’t miss an opening performance by a Seattle JazzED combo, in the Benaroya Cuong vu photo by daniel sheehan Hall lobby!

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 15 on the scene Jazz Travels: Vancouver, BC

Discoveries on a “ jazz treasure hunt” two groups from Gondwana Records ergy. Admittedly, the new U.K. group throughout Vancouver, BC: Noteworthy – “master of spiritual jazz” Matthew had been on my radar, and the turnout avant-garde and contemporary jazz at Halsall and new-to-the-scene cyclical suggested I wasn’t the only one. Be- Vancouver International Jazz Festival, contemporary trio Mammal Hands. tween songs, Barrett joked of not plan- and world music in East Vancouver’s Inside Roundhouse, Vancouver Jazz ning accordingly for the enthusiasm. best-kept secret Festival co-founder John Orysik fore- “We have two CDs left from our Over the span of summer, I wit- warned of the theatre’s acoustically tour,” he said, quickly dwindling the nessed a sweep of international musi- transparent qualities, as he ushered me last of the band’s merchandise. cians performing in gorgeous art halls, behind draping curtains to catch final A 10-minute drive lands you at hole-in-the-wall production spaces, a moments of an entrancing concert by multi-arts venue The Ironworks, lo- historic nonprofit venue, and public a piano/clarinet duo. cated between Eastside Vancouver and park concerts just north of the border. Tailing this matinee concert were the city’s oldest neighborhood and epi- I drove to British Columbia the three young musicians who call them- center of urban revolution, Gastown. weekend leading up to the Fourth of selves Mammal Hands. The bass-less This dramatic and cozy space hosted July, catching the last wave of the TD trio – Nick Smart on piano, Jordan cellist/educator Tomeka Reid with an Vancouver International Jazz Festival Smart on saxophones, and Jesse Bar- impressive quartet that included New on its way out after a packed 10-day rett on drums and table – play unex- York guitar titan Mary Halvorson. stretch. I parked near David Lam Park pectedly rhythmic and dynamic com- Halvorson returned to the stage that where I snagged a food truck crepe positions influenced by their interests night in a notable avant-garde night- and weaved through families and in contemporary classical, electronic cap show with some of Vancouver’s summery couples lounging and sway- and world music. The group’s precise most versatile talents: JP Carter, Tom- ing to one of the festival’s nearly 150 performance was a soulful replica of my Babin, and Skye Brooks. public concerts. the sonic pool of sequences from their The room brimmed with creativity, Kitty-corner to the park, the Round- latest recorded album Floa. with well-dressed Vancouverites and house Performance Centre housed Attendee after attendee trickled in silhouettes of beer bottles and bud- several noteworthy acts including with their pamphlets and positive en- ding music professionals all present at

16 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Following a talented DJ spinning hip hop records and sampling Latin famil- iars was world-beat band Compassion Gorilla. The ska- and funk-influenced group arrived after a performance at Victoria International JazzFest. They impressed with their eclectic instru- mentals and mallet percussion. At one point, the group’s trumpeter and trombonist bordered the dancing audience, evoking the feel of a Balkan street serenade. mammal hands photo by Sarah Markstaller The happy environment peaked with the main act, the Vancouver-based this midnight performance. Without The building is comparable to Bal- Afro-Latin polyrhythmic melting pot nearly a pause in the two-hour perfor- lard’s Leif Erikson Hall, only with a MNGWA. The fusion eight-piece mance, the quietly forceful Halvorson more worn aesthetic that pairs with band employed European, Canadian, inserted innumerable original phrases the tactful disco ball overhead on and Mexican musicians on a range of against the emotional rhythms of higher ceilings. Full of both character percussion instruments, synth, guitar, Brooks, and electronic methods used and characters, the downstairs lounge viola, bass, vocals, and vocoder. The by Carter on trumpet. Bassist Babin houses an ATM, less than a handful of talented and grooving group conjured explored semitones and bowing idio- taps, and a pool table. Concrete steps connectivity and an authentic joy for syncrasies, tying together this festival lead left to a corridor and from there, listeners. farewell explosion. the hall room. Regularly hosting weekend night fu- It wouldn’t be long before I went back The Friday night I made it into The sion music concerts and blues piano to Vancouver to check out a landmark Wise, the lineup featured rhythmic- Mondays, this quaint nonprofit hall social club and performance venue driven Latin music with Eastern Eu- and lounge is known as East Vancou- that I’d heard about called The Wise ropean influence. The artsy crowd ver’s favorite local spot. In a city con- Hall. The place was opened in the late ranged in both age and energy levels; sistently ranked among the top world- twenties and operated as a nonprofit a ring of outlying tables allowed for wide for livability, this gem is likely arts club since 1958, primarily on an- sitting listeners to enjoy their whiskey one of many to tide us over until the nual memberships, I was told by the or water, while participating dancers return of the TD Vancouver Interna- hospitable house manager Jasmine sported vests and brewery tee shirts tional Jazz Festival. Liddell. and everything in between. –Halynn Blanchard

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound November

TU Allison Adams Tucker – Wanderlust CD Release JA John Mayall, 7:30pm 11 Tuesday, November 1 Tour, 7:30pm KC Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Presents Miles BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm VE patchtax/ Some’tet/ SATrio+, 8pm Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Evans, 2pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm EC La Banda Gozona – Día de los Muertos Exhibit SE Dee Daniels Trio, 8pm Opening Celebration, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Jeff Hamilton Trio featuring Tamir Hendelman & Friday, November 4 TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm Christoph Luty, 7:30pm BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm BP Wired Blues Band, 9pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm RR Lary Barilleau and The Collective, 7:30pm CZ Jazz First Fridays, 7:30pm RR The Suffering F***heads, 10pm JA John Mayall, 7:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm Monday, November 7 TU Tim Kennedy Band, 7:30pm MQ Happy Hour: KO Ensemble, 5pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, 9pm NC Tupelo, 8pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm Wednesday, November 2 RR Matthew Stevens Trio, 7pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm TU Denise Donatelli & Anton Schwartz Quintet, RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm 7:30pm TD Rokia Traoré, 7:30pm JA Jeff Hamilton Trio featuring Tamir Hendelman & TU “Hallways” by the Jared Hall Quintet, 7:30pm Christoph Luty, 7:30pm TU Jared Hall Quintet: “Hallways”, 7:30pm MQ Missoni Lanza, 8:30pm Saturday, November 5 WD open Mic/Jam /“Get Out the Vote,” 8pm NC Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30pm BH Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Presents Miles PD Casey MacGill, 8pm Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Evans, 7:30pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm Tuesday, November 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm JA John Mayall, 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm RR Chris Stover’s More Zero, 7:30pm MO STG Presents Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon a CB West Coast Swing Social, 9:30pm RR Swindler, 10pm Star,” 8pm JA Leo Kottke, 7:30pm SB Rippin Chicken, 10pm MQ The Paul Green Jazz/Blues Quartet, 9pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm TU Smith Staelens Big Band, 7:30pm NC Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm SB Cecil Moses & The S.G.’s, 11:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm Thursday, November 3 SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm SB The New Triumph, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom SB Todo Es, 8pm Wednesday, November 9 Brighton and Beth Wulff, 5:30pm TD Bobby Medina: Whipped Cream & Other Delights BH Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith Duo, 8pm BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm – Tribute to Herb Alpert, 8pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm TU Denise Donatelli & Anton Schwartz Quintet, JA Leo Kottke, 7:30pm EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm 7:30pm NC Meridienne, 7pm JA John Mayall, 7:30pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm LS Hopscotch, 7pm Sunday, November 6 PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm NC Ben Thomas Tango Trio, 7pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm PO Diane Fast – Junior Recital, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm FB Seattle Jazz Vespers – Families Who Do Music RR Swindler, 10pm RR Matt Savage / Dawn Clement & Mark Taylor, 8pm Together, 6pm SB K.O. Electric Band, 10pm

Calendar Key

AB The Angry Beaver EB Elliott Bay Pizza (Mill Creek) PP Pike Place Bar & Grill AN Anchor Pub & Restaurant (Everett) EC El Centro de la Raza RR The Royal Room BC Barca EM Easy Monkey Taphouse (Shoreline) SB Seamonster Lounge BD Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill EU EuroPub SY Salty’s on Alki BH Benaroya Hall GD G. Donnalson’s (Tacoma) TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Wallingford BP Bake’s Place (Bellevue) JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley TD Triple Door BR BREW (Bothell) LA Latona Pub BS B Sharp Coffee House (Tacoma) LS osteria la Spiga TH Thumbnail Theater (Snohomish) BT Brass Tacks MO The Moore Theatre TR The Tasting Room CB Century Ballroom MQ Musicquarium @ Triple Door TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club CC Capitol Cider MT Mac’s Triangle Pub VE Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar CD Cellar Door (Port Townsend) NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop (Shoreline) VI Vito’s CH Chapel Performance Space NL Nectar Lounge WD Watershed Pub & Kitchen CM Crossroads Bellevue (Bellevue) OW owl ’N Thistle WT Waving Tree Winery (Kirkland) CO Main Campus, Cornish College of the Arts PD Pink Door CR Cafe Racer PG Paragon All venues located in Seattle unless otherwise noted. CZ Couth Buzzard Books PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle Visit earshot.org/jazz-around-the-sound/ for more DT Darrell’s Tavern PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts event info.

18 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Ensemble / SB Happy Orchestra & DLO3, 10pm Interlake HS Jazz Band, 7:30pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TP Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives, 7:30pm Curtain Call Thursday, November 10 TU Greta Matassa Quintet, 7:30pm weekly recurring performances BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm WD Live at the Shed – Brunch Music with Daniel BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom Rapport, 12pm Brighton and special guest, 5:30pm MONDAY BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm Sunday, November 13 CC EntreMundos jam, 9:30 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 CH Dialectical Imagination + Christian Pincock, 8pm Cz open Jazz Jam – Kenny Mandell, 2pm CM Rod Cook, 6:30 pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9 EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm JA Norman Brown, 7:30pm RR Salute Sessions, 10 JA Norman Brown, 7:30pm NL SassyBlack / The Seshen / Tay Sean, 7pm LS Hopscotch, 7pm RR SRJO Jazz Scholars fundraiser, 7pm TUESDAY NC Joanne Klein Quartet, 7pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 PO Alina Turnipseed & Sarah Burkhart – Junior TU Jazz Police, 4pm Recital, 8pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 VI Bob Hammer, 6pm SE Art of Jazz: Eugenie Jones, 5:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 TU Thomas Marriott Quintet, 7:30pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 Monday, November 14 Friday, November 11 CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, 9pm WEDNESDAY BH Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution, 8pm JA Leslie Odom, Jr., 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm CM Moodswings Jazz Band, 7pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8 TU David Marriott’s Triskaideka-Band, 7:30pm EM Nancy Erickson Quartet, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 JA Norman Brown, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm Tuesday, November 15 THURSDAY MQ Bad News Botanists, 9pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm MQ Happy Hour: Swing 3PO, 5pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9:30pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 NC Rod Cook & Toast, 8pm JA Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, 7:30pm BD Annie Eastwood & Friends, 5:30 TR Marc Smason Ensemble w/ Nelda Swiggett, NC Majii Jazz, 7pm Michael Barnett, Laura Oviedo, 7pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30 TU Tarik Abouzied, Joe Doria, Dan Balmer, Damian PM Paul Richardson, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 Erskine, 7:30pm PO Latin Ensemble & Jazz I, 12:30pm RR The Suffering F***heads, 10pm EU EuroJam Session, 8 Saturday, November 12 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU LineUp! w/ Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 CD Nancy Erickson Quartet, 8pm JA Norman Brown, 7:30pm Wednesday, November 16 SB Marmalade, 10 LS Carolena Matus and Randy Halberstadt, 8pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm NC The New Rhythmatics, 8pm JA Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, 7:30pm FRIDAY RR Alma y Azúcar, 8pm NC Susan Carr Ensemble, 7pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SB Funky 2 Death, 10

SATURDAY BT Live Jazz Trio, 7 SB Jazz Brunch, 12

SUNDAY CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 SB Jazz Brunch, 12 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 19 PD Casey MacGill, 8pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PP Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives, 6pm RR Swindler, 10pm TU Kareem Kandi, 7:30pm Thursday, November 17 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom Brighton and Beth Wulff, 5:30pm BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm JA Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, 7:30pm NC Weiswald, 7pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm Friday, November 18 BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm MQ Happy Hour: Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints, 5pm NC Greta Matassa Quartet, 8pm TU Dave Peck Trio, 7:30pm WT Jazz Unlimited Remembers Benny/Lionel/Charlie/ Gene with the Susan Pascal Quintet, 7:30pm Saturday, November 19 BS The Dan Duval Good Vibes Quartet, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm EB Annie Eastwood and Chris Stevens Duo, 7pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm LS Carolena Matus and Randy Halberstadt, 8pm NC Eric & Encarnacion Flamenco, 8pm RR Ray Skjelberd’s Yeti Chasers, 5pm SB Hammond B3 Fest, 10pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TD Johnny A, 8pm TH Nancy Erickson Quartet, 7:30pm TU Dave Peck Trio, 7:30pm Sunday, November 20 AN Bob Strickland’s Jazz Couriers Jam, 5pm CC Forman-Finley Band, 5:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm RR Garfield Jazz Jam, 5pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm Monday, November 21 CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, 9pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU PH Factor Big Band, 7:30pm Tuesday, November 22 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm

20 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9:30pm Tuesday, November 29 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm NC Triangular Jazztet, 7pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9:30pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm JA Roberta Gambarini, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm NC Songwriter Showcase, 7pm Get Your Gigs Listed! RR Beth Winter Presents “A Milestone Birthday OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm To submit your gig information go Celebration for Larry Vincent Jones,” 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm RR The Suffering F***heads, 10pm to earshot.org/events/community/ PO Midday Music: Vocal Jazz, 12:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm RR The Suffering F***heads, 10pm add, or e-mail us at jazzcalendar@ SB Michael Owcharuk Presents, 8pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm earshot.org with details of the venue, TU Natalie Cressman & Mike Bono: Etchings in TU Critical Mass, 7:30pm Amber CD Release Tour, 7:30pm start-time, and date. As always, the deadline for getting your listing Wednesday, November 23 Wednesday, November 30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm in print is the 15th of the previous BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 7pm CO Midday Music: Music of Nina Simone, 12pm month. The online calendar is JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm JA Roberta Gambarini, 7:30pm MQ EntreMundos Quarteto, 8:30pm maintained throughout the month, so PD Casey MacGill, 8pm NC Shear Jazz Thanksgiving Show, 8pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm if you are playing in the Seattle metro NL “Thankful Dead” feat. Andy Coe Band w/ special PM Paul Richardson, 6pm area, let us know! guests, 8pm RR Jazz Night School, 8pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm RR Swindler, 10pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm TU Frank Catalano Quartet, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Swindler, 10pm TU Greta Matassa Student Jazz Showcase, 7pm Thursday, November 24 EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm Friday, November 25 BP Stapleton and Wilhelm, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm NC Adriana Giordano & EntreMundos Quarteto, 8pm NL “Thankful Dead” feat. Andy Coe Band w/ special guests, 8pm TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30pm Saturday, November 26 BP 313 Soul featuring Darelle Holden, 7pm BR Bradbury & Oates, Jazz Duo, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm GD Dan Duval Good Vibes Trio, 7:30pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm LS Carolena Matus and Randy Halberstadt, 8pm NC Danny Godinez, 8pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TU Susan Pascal Quintet, 7:30pm Sunday, November 27 BR Bradbury & Oates, Jazz Duo, 7pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm Cz open Jazz Jam – Kenny Mandell, 2pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm Monday, November 28 CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, 9pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU Jay Thomas w/ The Cantaloupes & Friends, 7:30pm

November 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 21 22 • Earshot Jazz • November 2016 Notes, from page 3 In One Ear, from page 3

through residency projects. The Pro- vice with John Seman and Jonathan Hollow Earth Radio, hol- gram funds activities that take place in Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with lowearthradio.org, Fridays at 6pm, community settings and that are not David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John biweekly, Black Roots Radio, hosted part of a regular concert series. Ap- Pai. The Caravan with John Gilbreath by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as plication deadline is November 20. is back on Mondays at 7pm. A rotation a dynamic genre rooted in the Black More information available at cham- of programmers Gordon Todd, John American experience. ber-music.org. Midgley, and Megan Sullivan host Hollow Earth Radio is Seattle’s free- “The Sound of Modern Jazz,” Tuesday form online radio station that supports The Millay Colony for the Arts mornings at 1am. More about jazz on the local music communities in the Residencies KBCS at kbcs.fm. greater Pacific Northwest and tries to 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- create an open, encouraging stage for Artist Trust partners with The Mil- tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing underrepresented voices. More at face- lay Colony for the Arts, a nonprofit Years and Beyond, popular music book.com/blackrootsradiojl and hol- artists’ residency program and artists’ from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at lowearthradio.org. center located in Austerlitz, New York. kuow.org/swing_years.php. Recipients are chosen from Fellowship applications. Applications are available beginning November 28, with a deadline of January 16, 2017. More information available at artisttrust.org.

On the Horizon

Portland Jazz Festival February 16-26, 2017 Various venues, Portland, OR Branford Marsalis with Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Joey Cal- derazzo, Ralph Peterson, The Heath Brothers, Kneebody, The Cookers, John Abercrombie, Yellowjackets, Mike Stern, Ralph Towner, Bill Mays, Ray Ayers, Craig Taborn, John Sco- field, Aaron Parks, Hector Martignon, Marianne Trudel and more. Visit pdx- jazz.com/pdx-jazz-festival for more information.

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