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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community January 2015 Vol. 31, No. 01 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

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

Executive Director John Gilbreath Happy New Year! Managing Director Karen Caropepe Programs Assistant Caitlin Peterkin

Here we go again, forward and way too numerous to mention, Ear- Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey back! In jazz, the past and the fu- shot’s All-Star Band would most Contributing Writers Steve Griggs, Jeff ture weigh in with almost equal im- certainly include George Heidorn, Janeczko, Andrew Luthringer, Caitlin portance, though, sure, we can only Jeff and Blue Resnick, Lola Pedrini, Peterkin live in the present. The writer Nate Sue Coliton, Dave and Jane Emer- Schraepfer Harvey Chinen pointed out in a recent Jazz son, Jerry Davis, Richard Thurston, Calendar Editors Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic Times piece, “Jazz discourse usually Susan Yanigahara, Karen Caro- Photography Daniel Sheehan boils down to a narrative of prog- pepe, Steve Deutsch and Carol Layout Caitlin Peterkin ress. We talk about the art form Levin, Daniel Sheehan, and many, Distribution Dan Wight and volunteers moving forward, evolving, finding many others. new ground.” We also have to talk Send Calendar Information to: Earshot Jazz will continue and 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 about the past and respect the el- expand programs and services in Seattle, WA 98103 ders, whose pioneering work, then, 2015. On the concert front, we’re email / [email protected] laid the ground work for now, and already cooking up some fascinat- further informs the shape of jazz to Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love ing projects for next fall’s Earshot (president), Diane Wah (vice president), Sally come. Jazz Festival. Meanwhile, concerts Nichols (secretary), Sue Coliton, John W. Which brings me to dish out some planned so far for the spring in- Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Hideo Makihara serious thanks for this past year, clude: January 17, FOOD; January Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, and talk with equal enthusiasm 25, Ben Wendel Quartet; February Kenneth W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Paul about concerts and programs com- 8, Thumbscrew (w/ Michael For- Toliver, Cuong Vu ing up in 2015. manek, Mary Halvorson, Thomas Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, First and foremost, we want to Fujiwara); March 1 & 2, Kenny Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. you give enormous thanks to : our Wheeler Tribute (w/ Steve Tresel- Earshot Jazz is published monthly by reader, member, concert-goer, stu- er, Ingrid Jensen & Jon Wikan); Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is available online at www.earshot.org. dent, teacher, partner, or curious April 10, Mark Helias Open Loose newcomer. You are the backbone (w/ Tony Malaby & Tom Rainey); Subscription (with membership): $35 of Seattle’s famously rich, self-re- April 15, Hank and Lucia Roberts; 3429 Fremont Place #309 newing jazz ecology. Thank you! Seattle, WA 98103 May 13, Peter Brötzmann Trio (w/ Thanks to all of the sponsors, part- phone / (206) 547-6763 William Parker and Hamid Drake); ners, community collaborators, vol- June 20, Giulia Valle Trio; June 28, Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 unteers, venues, technicians, and Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit; and Printed by Pacific Publishing Company individuals who have supported © 2014 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle our work for Seattle jazz in this past many more. year. And, of course, thanks to all of As always, we invite you to join us. Drop some dollars in the metaphor- M i ss i o n S t a t e m e n t the artists that make up Seattle’s in- Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service credible jazz scene. Without them, ical kitty. Drop a suggestion in the organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a nothing else would matter. suggestion box. Get involved. Join support system for jazz in the community Earshot, or some other organiza- and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot Massive thanks to our donors, Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a at every level, and to those hyper- tion. Take some lessons. Buy some monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, regular concert attendees who have music. C’mon out! providing educational programs, identifying and Have a healthy and happy New filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing supported and seen hundreds of listenership, augmenting and complementing Earshot concerts over the years. Year. existing services and programs, and networking Though the individual names are –John Gilbreath, Executive Director with the national and international jazz community.

2 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 notes NOMINATIONS Seattle Office of Arts & Culture arts. Submission deadline is February SNominations Wanted: Youth Arts Projects 11. 2014 Golden Ear Awards Youth Arts is an annual funding pro- Artist Trust Fellowships The Golden Ear Awards recog- gram for arts education, beyond the nize and celebrate the outstand- regular school day, for Seattle middle Fellowships provide $7,500 to prac- ing achievements of the previous and high school youth. Funds and ticing professional artists of exception- year in Seattle jazz. Nominations technical assistance from this program al talent and ability. The Fellowship is for the 2014 awards are currently help experienced teaching artists lead a merit-based award. Recipients pres- being accepted. Please email nomi- training programs and projects in all ent a Meet the Artist event to a com- nations to nominations@earshot. arts disciplines – from visual arts to munity in Washington State that has org by January 10. The official -vot theater to dance and film. Youth Arts little or no access to art or the artist’s ing ballots for the 2014 awards will prioritizes youth or communities with work. In addition to 14 Fellowship re- be printed in the February issue of limited or no access to the arts. Fund- cipients, one artist each in the Visual this publication and available at ing awards range up to $10,000. Learn and Emerging Fields/Cross-Disciplin- www.earshot.org. more about Seattle Office of Arts and ary Arts (for 2015) will receive a one- Send us your suggestions for Culture efforts to put the arts back in month residency at The Millay Colony education for all students in Seattle NW Recording of the Year: Public Schools, at www.seattle.gov/ Continued ON PAGE 16 In one ear NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year: CityArtist Projects Awardees Jessica Kenney, complete recording of Among the Office of Arts & Culture a voice-on-voice performance of classi- Alternative Jazz Group of the CityArtist awardees: Daniel Barry, cal and contemporary Persian poetry, Year: compose, perform and document new lecture, and song-melody from mysti- music for jazz orchestra that incor- cal literature, with four artists; Paul porates elements of classical, jazz and Kikuchi, development and design of an online interactive experience of NW Concert of the Year: Brazilian traditions, including an educational component; Steve Griggs, a multi-faceted website combining commission a 45-minute program of original music, photos, writings, and narration with composed and impro- historic recordings with a ‘Meet the NW Jazz Instrumentalist of vised jazz music to be performed at the Artist’ event to discuss the work; Greg the Year: sites of five sculptures by James Wash- Sinibaldi, create, record and premiere ington; Robin Holcomb, compose new music for a small jazz group and and record new music for piano, voice electronics, based on the poetry of Syl- Emerging Artist of the Year: and cello for three public performanc- via Plath’s book Ariel, with lecture and es and a studio release as a two-CD demonstrations; Paul Taub, commis set; Wayne Horvitz, complete a new sion and perform five new works for flute and up to five other instruments. NW Vocalist of the Year: 15-minute piece in three movements, focused on Pacific Northwest writers, for full orchestra with an improvising Steve Griggs Projects Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame: soloist to be performed by the Seattle Steve Griggs Ensemble received sup- Symphony; Christopher Icasiano, port from a 4Culture Historic Site compose, produce and present a new recording with a student ensemble; Continued ON PAGE 17

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 3 PROFILE Mike Daugherty: Keep Learning

mike daugherty photo by daniel sheehan

By Caitlin Peterkin various projects, his origins as a swing also perform on the fourth Wednesday musician, his quest to keep learning, of each month at the Pike Place Bar & On almost any given night of the week, drummer Mike Daugherty and much more, all of which reveal a Grill. might be at Columbia City’s Hum- pure, infectious love for music. Aside from Falty & the Defects and mingbird Saloon. His home is literally Over the past 15 years, Daugherty the Entertaining Quintette, which a hop, skip, and a jump away. He even has developed an affinity for tradition- specializes in Chicago and New Or- performs at the neighborhood bar al and hot jazz and found his scene – a leans style jazz from 1922 and earlier, once a month, with the Entertaining strong Seattle swing scene, recognized Daugherty plays with several other Quintette: “Believe it or not, this little internationally, with dancers from all groups, including The Swing Trio, bar with pinball machines, right in the over the world attending events such with guitarist Kevin Connor and bass- corner over there,” he says fondly and as the Lindy Exchange and the Killer ist Lamar Lofton, and the Ray Skjel- points near the door, as the bartender, Diller Weekend. Daugherty recently bred Quartet. Paul, brings his regular customer a performed at Killer Diller, in the old- Originally from Baltimore, Daugh- drink. fashioned swing band Falty & the De- erty moved to Seattle in 1998. “I never Over a couple beers and through fects led by Michael “Falty” Faltesek played jazz until I moved to Seattle, it punctuated, dramatic inflections, on guitar, banjo, and vocals, with Tay- was an unusual trajectory,” he says. hearty laughter, and distracted finger- lor Kent on bass and tuba, and Jacob It all began years ago, at a holiday tapping, the drummer talked about his Zimmerman on reeds. The Defects work party (with an open bar, he

4 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 notes) in Ballard. After nursing a few start to divide up jazz stuff, like ‘And glasses of whiskey, he walked outside then Louis Armstrong did this, and and heard music. then Charlie Parker did this,’ music “It seemed at that moment to be doesn’t happen like that. Everybody coming from the heavens, this funky, was playing with everybody, young brassy music, with a piano and banjo,” guys playing with old guys, to cat- he says. “I turned and thought, what egorize something so much I think is is that? That’s what I want to be listen- pretty stupid. Good musicians don’t ing to!” do that in general. They’re just inter- His senses tingling, he walked over ested in beautiful music.” to what was at the time the Olde Daugherty’s niche of playing old Towne Alehouse, met the band, and American music, combined with his foisted himself onto the leader that desire to hone his craft by seeking out night. “I said, ‘I play drums, I play this drummers when they’re on tour in Se- kind of music!’ which was a complete attle, or when he’s traveling, and ask- lie,” Daugherty explains. “I’m sure ing for lessons, has given him numer- they saw right through me!” ous opportunities to continue doing The band happened to be the Ever- what he loves. green Classic Jazz Band, and Daugh- “I just like to play drums in a good erty wound up playing with the group band,” he says. “It’s been a dream for several years. Through this gig, he come true. I’ve come a long way in the became good friends with clarinetist/ last 15 years, from nothing.” saxophonist Craig Flory, who served as a big inspiration to the drummer – here was this artist who survived, fi- nancially and emotionally, by making Catch Mike Around Town music. He also continues to play with January Gigs other band members Tom Jacobus and 3 w/ Black Crabs in Portland, Dave Loomis. blackcrabs.com Prior to that fateful night in 1999, 16 w/ Black Crabs at Shanty Tavern, Daugherty had little formal training. 9002 Lake City Way NE “I really didn’t attempt to play jazz 24 w/ Ray Skjelbred at Royal Room, 5pm until I was in my early 30s, which is 25 w/ The Swing Trio at Tutta Bella probably not common.” He had grown Wallingford, 5:30pm up singing in church as a child, and 27 w/ Entertaining Quintette at Hummingbird Saloon, 8pm started playing drums before moving 28 w/ Falty & The Defects at Pike Place to Seattle, but no formal education. Bar & Grill, 6pm “I kind of picked it up on my own Delivery Service in Seattle and learned,” he says. “I wanted to do Regularly Occurring Gigs it real bad, so I just kind of worked at 4th Sundays w/ The Swing Trio, 5:30pm, Tutta Bella, 4411 Stone Way N, Full Service it.” Violin Family Dealer Wallingford Daugherty’s passion for playing Serving Western & Central Washington 4th Tuesdays w/ The Entertaining has also led him to perform in a lo- Established 1964 cal rockabilly outfit, The Black Crabs. Quintette, 8pm, Hummingbird Saloon, “I don’t just play old jazz; I like old 5041 Rainier Ave S, Columbia City 4th Wednesdays w/ Falty & The Defects, American music,” he says. “It’s a great 6pm, Pike Place Bar & Grill, 90 Pike band, the musicians are top-notch, it’s BASSES Street, Pike Place Market just not jazz.” 4th Saturdays w/ Ray Skjelbred, 5pm, “I just like good music,” he adds. “A The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, lot of people say labels are silly, but Columbia City www.hammondashley.com they are descriptive. It’s when people

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PREVIEW >> Nels Cline & Julian Lage

Tuesday, January 13, 7pm & 9pm The Royal Room Nels Cline and Julian Lage have been garnering a lot of buzz with Room, their guitar duo album released recently on Mack Avenue Records. And not a bit of it is over- blown. The unlikely duo’s debut recording is by turns playful, poignant, daunting, contemplative, and challenging – a seemingly effortless performance that combines soulful grooves and angular vamps with lyrical soloing and delicate interplay. It’s an album that, even at some of its most intense moments, projects a special kind of in- timacy. And while it comes across beautifully on record, it promises to be exception- ally special live, when the duo perform at the Royal Room, Tuesday, January 13. julian lage and nels cline photo by justin camerer At first glance, Cline and Lage would appear to exist at opposite dishing out cranked up, experimental both are great admirers of Jim Hall, ends of the jazz spectrum, so the fact mayhem, and for his inventive use of they also actually met through him that duo exists at all might raise a few electronics (a recent write-up in The – Lage having performed with him eyebrows. At 58, Cline is arguably at New Yorker described a performance a number of times and Cline having the height of his career, has a discog- in which Cline constantly manipulat- been befriended by Hall after playing ed seventeen effects pedals using both raphy longer than his right arm, and at a tribute concert held in his honor. is both an icon of the avant-garde and his hands and feet). Lage is known for stunning technique and introspective And while Hall’s influence may be a rock star. (Cline is a member of the more apparent in Lage’s playing, Cline rock band Wilco and has been named playing. has written and spoken extensively of to top 100 guitarists lists in both Roll- Yet, for all of the apparent contrasts, ing Stone and Spin magazine.) Julian there is common ground between his admiration for Hall, whom he con- Lage is 26, has released and appeared them, namely in the person of Jim siders one of the greatest improvisers on a handful albums, and leans toward Hall. In fact, this album owes more in the history of jazz. the traditional. Cline is known for than a small debt of gratitude to the late guitarist. Aside from the fact that Continued ON PAGE 22

6 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 PREVIEW >> Frank Boyd: Holler Sessions at On the Boards

January 8-10, 8pm & January 11, 5pm January 15-17, 8pm & January 18, 5pm On the Boards, Studio Theater 100 W Roy Street There is a new jazz disc jockey in town. But instead of an aca- demic dispensing arcane secrets from the jazz priesthood, Ray is in your face like a cross between George Carlin and an enthusi- astic sports announcer. He likes to color outside the lines of radio broadcasting rules with long silences, stopping a song in the middle, repeating a track, and punctuating his patter with ob- scenity. Ray can do that because he isn’t a real disc jockey and he is not even on the air. He is a character created by actor Frank Boyd who is broadcasting to audiences from the stage of On the Boards in a show called Holler Sessions. Four years ago, Boyd was working in Brooklyn with a theater group called the TEAM. The Kansas City Repertory Theater commissioned them to develop a piece around the theme of civil discourse following the enact- ment of the Affordable Care frank boyd photo by john ulman Act and the shooting of Con- “I was hooked on jazz as soon as the Parker and the home Jay McShann. gresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Boyd spear went in,” Boyd told me over the But that was decades ago. What jazz struggled to find his way into this ce- phone. could he find today? rebral topic. To translate his new idea and fresh He visited the Kansas City Jazz Mu- He thought, “What if jazz could interest in jazz, Boyd spent six weeks seum and struck up a conversation serve as a metaphor for a more articu- in Kansas City meeting every musi- with a tenor saxophonist working late way to express ourselves?” Ray, the cian possible. The city was the birth- there. “What does jazz mean to you?” jazz radio host was born. place of late jazz legends like Charlie Boyd asked.

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 7 After a deep breath, the saxophon- struck by the generosity and inclu- their cell phones to call in responses ist described how jazz was a bridge to siveness he found in the Kansas City to his ‘on-air’ questions. Boyd wants to his ancestors, all the way back to Af- scene. convey what it feels like to experience rica. When Boyd heard a description Boyd brought that spirit to the stage jazz – a tall order for an imaginary disc of how jazz is rooted in the blues call in the character of Ray. From a small, jockey playing recordings. I can assure and response from slave field hollers, funky radio station, Ray broadcasts the ticket buyers that Holler Sessions he knew his budding idea for a show classic recordings by artists like Art succeeds. found its name. Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, and Char- Because Boyd is enjoying initial suc- Having heard the story of jazz, Boyd lie Parker. Through the music, Ray cess with this idea, he envisions future wanted to experience it in action. He weaves words of honesty, humility, editions of Holler Sessions exploring the found a dive bar where he could get and humor. expansive breadth and depth of jazz. glasses of Jameson whisky for $2 and But Boyd, the actor, is put off by the Holler Sessions runs January 8th the bartender would mute the sports self importance implicit in a one-man through 11th and 15th through 18th at On television broadcast during a 16-piece show. “I don’t want the show to be the Boards. Tickets available at www. big band rehearsal. Even though Boyd about me.” To encourage interaction, ontheboards.org. was a new fan of the music, he was he invites people in the audience to use

8 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz January Concerts

iain ballamy and thomas Strønen photo courtesy of thomas Strønen website

January 17, 8pm technology and improvisation, Europe Indian slide guitarist and vocalist PONCHO Concert Hall and America, ambience and dance.” Prakash Sontakke. Cornish College of the Arts Their signature style of lyrical, spa- Food’s Seattle feast will boil down to 710 E Roy ciously grooving soundscape has de- the two basic ingredients: Ballamy’s veloped over a series of albums since lyrical lines and gorgeous tone, and FOOD 1999. Those include three on Rune Strønen’s multifaceted groove. The In the duo Food, the versatile Nor- Grammofon – Veggie (2002), Last Sup- two produce shifting, elevating washes wegian percussionist Thomas Strønen per (2004), and Molecular Gastronomy of sound and emotion, at times mini- (2007) – and most recently two superb malist, at times turbulent. The whole joins British saxophonist Iain Ballamy outings on ECM Records – Quiet In- “vibrates with irresistibly fascinating in preparing thought-provoking and let (2010) and Mercurial Balm (2012). detail and visceral excitement,” as The deeply satisfying feasts, based on in- The last two added to their mix such Guardian reported. A BBC review strumental virtuosity, and spiced with guests as one-of-a-kind Austrian gui- of Quiet Inlet spoke of the music as live electronics and a rack of tricks. The tarist Christian Fennesz, Norwegian “sumptuous and strikingly original,” BBC calls Food, “a magical hybrid of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, and and as possessing a “sense of space”

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12 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 PREVIEW >> Bisio Celebrates Brad’s Swingside Café

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January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 13 FOR THE RECORD Choice, Recent Local Releases

album, along with a typically fat-toned solo from Parker and a harmony- stretching flurry from Mullins. Other highlights include the floating, moody “Rue Cler” by Marc Seales and the driving “A.C.S.,” with burning contributions from the ubiquitous and multi-talented tandem of bassist Evan Flory-Barnes and drummer D’Vonne Lewis. Homegrown presents a solid concept for an album, but realistically it will need to be a recurring series to do jus- tice to the breadth of the Seattle scene Jason Parker Quartet (and about half of the 10 tunes are by generation of composers drawing from Parker and his bandmates). Home- paths of inspiration far from bluesy cli- Homegrown grown suggests a need for the creation chés and the well-trod confines of Tin Trumpeter and bandleader Jason of an ongoing repertory band, to get Pan Alley. Parker has proven himself to be a some increased exposure for all of the Methodically conceptual but with a tireless and committed advocate for supremely deserving local music out spiritual urgency, Episodes IV-VI pa- the jazz scene in Seattle, involved in there. tiently explores trance-state blocks a myriad of activities (blogging, pod- – Andrew Luthringer of harmony and melody as Pellegrin casting, multiple bands for multiple structures his themes to slowly unfold purposes) and always doing his part Rich Pellegrin Quintet and develop, pedaling and chiming pi- to help promote and grow the ecosys- ano tones with shifting textures below, tem. His latest album is logical out- Episodes IV-VI almost like an inverted drone. growth of his work as a scene-maker: A collective sound and spirit perme- An album consisting of music solely by OA2 Records ates the proceedings, with Pellegrin himself acting as the ensemble bed- Seattle composers, aptly titled Home- Pianist and composer Rich Pellegrin rock, almost a harmonic percussion- grown. Everything about this album is a somewhat musically elusive figure. ist, freeing up exploratory roles and is literally homegrown Seattle, sourced During an initial listen to his new al- turning over much of the solo space here in town, from the funding and re- bum, Episodes IV-VI, I found myself to his stellar ensemble: the tandem of cording/engineering talent right down rummaging for reference points, try- Neil Welch on tenor sax and R. Scott to the beer selected for the session days ing to get a handle on how to describe Morning on trumpet, with bracing (Pike Place Ale if you must know). and process his strikingly original mu- highlights from bassist Evan Flory- Augmenting his regular rock-solid sic. Barnes and telepathic punctuation quartet with Cynthia Mullis on ten- Episodes IV-VI can be described with from drummer Chris Icasiano. The or sax, Parker kicks off Homegrown the increasingly ineffective label of band fully inhabits these tunes – phe- in a New Orleans-by-way-of-Seattle “jazz,” yet it contains very few of the nomenally sensitive and expressive yet groove with the fine “Snickerdoodle typical elements by which the term is contained, never subverting the unity Fritz,” featuring some sterling piano usually defined and negotiated. Pel- of group structure and Pellegrin’s con- work from the tune’s composer Josh legrin throws his hand in with a new Rawlings, who shines throughout the cept.

14 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 Compositionally, the album is very bridging plaintive triadic harmonies ostinato. The album’s superb closer, much a suite, something akin to ob- and screaming free jazz cries, while the three-part “Suite for Bosnia & serving the same monument from a seemingly trying to wrestle the term Croatia,” deploys mournful, yearning variety of angles. Pellegrin is clearly “Americana” away from the clutches of themes while taking the ensemble into an artist to watch, and we can all look roots music movements. more overtly jazz improvisational tex- forward to seeing where his journey Album opener “Hand of Dog” is tures, including some notably flowing leads next. an apt launching point for a journey work from drummer Evan Woodle. – AL through Sequoia’s myriad musical It’s a testament to Gillis that the dis- worlds: A broken Aaron Copland- parate directions on Sequoia do indeed esque waltz establishes the mood be- hold together as an album, albeit a fore being overtaken by spirited free challengingly varied one, thanks to the improvisation. The fittingly titled assured arrangements and the sensitive “Wandergleam” lobs elements of free- and dynamic ensemble work. Highly floating jazz balladry and electro-am- recommended. bient while venturing into outer-realm – AL harmonic structures over a probing

Sequoia Sequoia For the observant and connected music fan in Seattle, it will not be news that the Racer Sessions and the Uni- versity of Washington have formed a vital locus of genre-bending, creative music in a variety of flavors, inhabiting vibrant intersections of quirky chamber music, avant-garde, jazz and indie/ electronic mashups, all played with conviction and commanding stan- dards of technical execution. Sequoia got its start as a part of this scene, and tenor saxophonist and composer Levi Gillis has since refined the 7-piece ensemble’s collective sound, resulting in this assured self-titled debut. The writing is ambitious and the lines between improvisation and composition are delectably blurred. Acous- tic instruments take on the character- istics of electronics, and a synthesizer often behaves like an acoustic element. The trumpet and clarinet textures position the music somewhere between contemporary classical music and jazz,

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 15 Notes, from page 3

of the Arts in upstate New York and berg, Christine Jensen, Ingrid Jensen, a $1,000 stipend. More at artisttrust. Dianne Reeves. More at 208-885- org. Submission deadline is January 7212 or uidaho.edu/jazzfest. 20. Write Earshot Jazz Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects Vocalist Auditions and shares the many ways that jazz The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Associa- intersects with lives in the Northwest. tion sends one high school-aged and Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions one adult female jazz vocalist from from writers: Please email story pitch- Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May es, comments, news and announce- 2015. Finalists are selected by late Feb- ments to [email protected]. ruary and participate in a live audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Monday, Help the Jazz Around the Sound March 9. Two winners feature as guest Calendar vocalists at the 16th Annual Kobe Please email news and announce- Shinkaichi Jazz Vocal Queen Contest ments about jazz gigs, concerts and held on May 9, in Kobe, Japan. Ap- community events to jazzcalendar@ plication deadline is February 2. More earshot.org. at www.seattlekobe.org/jazz_vocal- ist_audition_2015.htm.

On the Horizon

Earshot Jazz Spring Series Feb 8-June 28 Thumbscrew with Michael Formanek, Mary Halvor- son, Thomas Fujiwara; Kenny Wheeler Tribute with Steve Treseler, Ingrid Jensen and Jon Wikan; Mark Helias Open Loose with Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey; Hank and Lucia Roberts; Peter Brötzmann Trio with William Parker and Ha- mid Drake; Giulia Valle Trio; Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit.

On the Horizon

48th Annual University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival February 25-28 Grace Kelly, Jeff Coffin, Ste-

fon Harris, Meschiya Lake & grace kelly photo courtesy of artist website the Little Bighorns, Bria Skon-

16 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 In One Ear, from page 3

Specific Grant, for Listen to Seattle, a Seattle Asian Art Museum, record- Endres (guitar), Sam Hallam (bass) program of narration and new music ings with legendary drummer Elvin and James Ford (drum kit); January 11, inspired by the life and words of Chief Jones, featured saxophone solos on Eric Apoe & They, with Apoe (guitar, Seattle. The program will premiere at the XBOX Halo 3: ODST videogame vocals), Alicia Dejoie (violin), Danny the Duwamish Long House in 2015 soundtrack and award-winning musi- Godinez (electric guitar) and Tige De- followed by free performances at his- cal settings of poetry. Coster (bass); January 18, 94th Street, torically significant sites throughout an archive show from 2001, with pop Seattle. The project expands Songs of Jazz Radio drum ‘n’ bass music played live, drum- Unsung Seattle, a portfolio of original mer KJ Sawka’s first band in Seattle; 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz music and narration performed by January 25, Bardo Basho, drone and Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken the ensemble during their residency at techno influenced singer songwriter Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz the Seattle Public Library supported goes down her own electric trail. Northwest, in addition to its weekday by Chamber Music America. Other 91.3 KBCS, late Sundays and prime- NPR and late-night and prime-time works in the portfolio include Panama time Mondays, features Floatation jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz Hotel Jazz, about the Japanese Ameri- Device with John Seman and Jona- schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. can endurance of injustice during than Lawson; Straight, No Chaser Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- WWII, A Cup of Joe Brazil, about the with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with days, 2pm, features the artists and jazz saxophonist’s community build- John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS events of the regional jazz scene. For ing through music and struggle against at kbcs.fm. JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- racial discrimination in the 1970s, and 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- grams, see jazznw.org. a new work called Sound in Stone, tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, about the creative force in the Seattle Years and Beyond, popular music features Jazz Theater with John Gil- sculptures of James Winston Wash- from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, ington. The ensemble includes saxo- kuow.org/swing_years.php. a live-performance broadcast from the phonist Griggs, trumpeter Jay Thom- Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- as, vibraphonist Susan Pascal, guitarist duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule In One Ear News Milo Petersen, and bassist Phil Sparks. information is available at kexp.org Email news about Seattle-area jazz Griggs’ previous work includes sold- and jackstraw.org. artists, for In One Ear, to editor@ear- out concerts of chamber jazz based on Sonarchy’s January schedule: January shot.org. the work of Brazilian composer Heitor 4, Andrew Endres Collective, new Villa-Lobos, an evening-length work jazz music by this Portland trio, with for jazz ensemble and dancer at the

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound January 01 Thursday, January 1 RR Robin Holcomb Band / The Golden Road / Zony interpretive skills, unflinching rhythmic sensibility Mash + Horns, 8 and diverse repertoire coalesce in this series. Dinner **Call your favorite venue** RR The Westerlies, 6 BC Barca w/ Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 seating begins at 5pm, concerts at 7pm, and admission SB 6 Demon Bag, 10 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 is $10. Call Bake’s Place Bellevue for reservations, at SB Eric Hullander Band, 8 EB Jacob Zimmerman & the All Stars, 7 425-454-2776. January 4, showcases Matassa and SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 PD Bric-a-Brac w/ Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 Portland vocalist Rebecca Kilgore singing from the SY Salty’s jazz brunch, 10am Great American Songbook and material from the duo’s TU Richard Cole Quartet, 7:30 Friday, January 2 sold-out Portland tribute to Blossom Dearie, with Darin BB Jump Ensemble, 7:30 Sunday, January 4 Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass), Mark Ivester (drums) and Jeff Busch (percussion). BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BB Choro jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2 BX Jose Ganzales Trio “Juicy G”, 7 BP Greta Matassa & Friends w/ Rebecca Kilgore, 7 C* Dan Duval Trio (Black Diamond Bakery, 32085 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 Monday, January 5 Railroad Ave, Black Diamond), 6:30 C* Kareem Kandi Band (Museum of Glass, 1801 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, Dock St, Tacoma), 11am St), 9 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 C* Tony Foster’s Trio Paradiso w/ Joe Poole, Jon C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), CD Finn Hill Jazz w/ Charlotte Carruthers, 8 Hamar (Waterfront Park Community Center, 9 CH Briggan Krauss, 8 Bainbridge Is), 4 EB The Music of Art Blakey feat. Noah Halpern, CR Racer Sessions, 8 MT Paul Richardson, 6 David Marriott, Alexey Nikolaev, and more, 9 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 JA Pearl Django & Gail Pettis, 7:30, 9:30 FB Seattle Jazz Vespers: Climate Change, 6 PM Paul Richardson, 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 JA Pearl Django & Gail Pettis, 7:30 RR Wayne Horvitz’s Some Places Are Forever RR Sweeter Than the Day / Young & Moore / Zony PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 Afternoon, 8 Mash, 8 RR Madeline Tasquin, 6 TD Crossrhythm Sessions (Musicquarium), 8 SA Chicago 7 w/ Marc Smason, 8 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am TU Alex Dugdale & Fade Quartet w/ Grant Neubauer, SF Alex Guilbert Trio, 9 SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 Keegan Harshman, Max Holmberg, 7:30 TD Supersones (Musicquarium), 5 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TD Billy Brandt w/ The Thing & the Stuff Jazz Band TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7 Tuesday, January 6 (Musicquarium), 9 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 TU Miles Laven Quintet w/ Jay Thomas, Steve VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Treseler, Dawn Clement, Check Kistler, 7:30 JA Martin Taylor, 7:30 4 Matassa & Rebecca Kilgore, OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Saturday, January 3 Bake’s Place RR Wayne Horvitz’s Some Places Are Forever BX Paul Green & Jay Mabin: Harmonicas Quintet, 7 Vocalist Greta Matassa has created a Sunday music Afternoon, 8 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Port Gardner Bay series at Bake’s Place Bellevue, for January. A much SB McTuff, 11 Winery, 2802 Rockefeller Ave, Everett), 7 beloved and talented vocalist on the Northwest jazz SB Spontaneous Rex, 8 JA Pearl Django & Gail Pettis, 7:30, 9:30 scene, Matassa’s stunning versatility, remarkable TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8

Calendar Key

BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, PL Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920 206-436-2960 542-2789 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st DU Duos Lounge, 2940 SW Avalon Way, 452-2452 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 Ave, 206-728-1337 BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 782-9623 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy S BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 789-1621 BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 ED Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206-906- Edmonds, 425-275-9595 BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 9920 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 425-391-3335 206-325-6051 SA Salmon Bay Eagles, 5216 20th Ave NW, 783- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 7791 425-292-9307 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- C* Concert and Special Events LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, 1824 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 726-1522 402-3042 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 206-654- CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd MC Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor Bellevue, 425-450-3810 3100 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 Bellevue, 425-644-1111 206-763-0714 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 206-523- NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 206-838-4333 5282 Shoreline, 365-4447 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 Bellevue, 425-828-9104 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695

18 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 Wednesday, January 7 RR Aaron Johnson Quintet, 6 SA Marc Smason Trio w/ Craig Hoyer, Michael BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Barnett, 7 Curtain Call BX Future Jazzheads, 5, 7 SB Travis, 8 JA Martin Taylor, 7:30 weekly recurring performances SB Jacques Willis presents, 8 PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 RR Mixtapes, 7 SF Shawn Mikelson Duo, 9 SF Passarim Bossa Nova Quintet w/ Leo Raymundo, SY Salty’s jazz brunch, 10am MONDAY Francesca Merlini, 8 TD Ari Joshua Band (Musicquarium), 9 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 TU Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, 7:30 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, Thursday, January 8 Sunday, January 11 818 E Pike St), 9 BB Improv w/ Kenny Mandell, 7 BC Barca w/ Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill BP Greta Matassa & Friends: Great American Chism, 5:30 Songbook, 7 412 N 36th St), 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Danny Kolke Trio w/ guest sax Rob Scheps, 6, 8 BX Chris Symer & Bill Anschell, 7, 8:30 C* Holler Sessions by Frank Boyd (On the Boards, MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 C* Holler Sessions by Frank Boyd (On the Boards, 100 W Roy St), 5 100 W Roy St), 8 CR Racer Sessions: Peter Freeman, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 EB Danae Greenfield Quartet Featuring Cole DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Schuster, Greg Feingold, & Max Holmberg, 7 JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout, 7:30 TUESDAY JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout, 7:30, PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 9:30 RR Zooma Bella, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 PD Bric-a-Brac w/ Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 RR Hamilton Jazz Band, 6 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 RR Tango, 6 SB Travis Hartett Band, 6 SB Suffering Fuckheads, 10 SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 SB McTuff Trio, 11 SE Art of Jazz: Danny Kolke Trio, 5:30 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 10:30am SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am TD Eric Hullander Band (Musicquarium), 9 WEDNESDAY TU Bill Doerrfeld Trio, 8 TU Jazz Police, 3 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 8-10, 11, 15-17, 18 Holler Sessions VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 by Frank Boyd Monday, January 12 PD Casey MacGill, 8 From a small, funky radio station comes Ray, C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th a character created by actor Frank Boyd who is St), 9 THURSDAY broadcasting classic recordings by artists like Art C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker. Through 9 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil the music, Ray weaves words of honesty, humility, and MT Paul Richardson, 6 humor. Sparks, 9 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Friday, January 9 TD Crossrhythm Sessions (Musicquarium), 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 BX Ham Carson Quartet, 7,8:45 C* Holler Sessions by Frank Boyd (On the Boards, Tuesday, January 13 FRIDAY 100 W Roy St), 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon: Neil Welch, Cole JA Chris Minh Doky’s Nomads w/ Dave Weckl, Dean BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Bratcher, Ivan Arteaga, Matthew James Briggs, 8 Brown, George Whitty, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout, 7:30, NC Aaron Johnson’s Reboppers, 7 9:30 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Sparks, 5 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 RR Nels Cline & Julian Lage, 7, 9 NC Camille Bloom, 8 SB McTuff, 11 RR The Tetrabox & Grace Love Experience, 9 SUNDAY TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8 SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 TD Happy 4-tet (Musicquarium), 9 Wednesday, January 14 TD Ranger & the Re-Arrangers (Musicquarium), 5 CR Racer Sessions, 8 TU Thomas Marriott Quintet w/ Cory Weeds, 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Future Jazzheads, 5, 7 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 Saturday, January 10 JA Chris Minh Doky’s Nomads w/ Dave Weckl, Dean Brown, George Whitty, 7:30 BX Katy Davi & Chris Morton Quartet, 7 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine NC Don Alder, 7 C* Panama Hotel Jazz w/ Steve Griggs Ensemble PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 (Panama Hotel, 605 1/2 S Main St), 2 Howell, 6 PL Penelope Donado w/ John Hansen, Jeff Johnson, C* Marc Smason Trio w/ Craig Hoyer, Michael 7 Barnett (192 Brewing Co, 1215 NE 65th), 7 SY Victor Janusz, 10am RR MetriLodic / Crystal Beth & The Boom Boom C* Holler Sessions by Frank Boyd (On the Boards, 100 W Roy St), 8 Band, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 JA Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout, 7:30, SB Gelflings, 10 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 9:30 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 NC George Bullock Trio w/ Mairin Gorman, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 RR Dionvox / Purr Gato / Beatrix Sky / Angela Sheik, Thursday, January 15 8:30 BC Barca w/ Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 19 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill CR Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell, 8 Chism, 5:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 JA Peter White, 7:30 BX Tiptons Sax Quartet, 7 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 C* Chris James Quartet (Station Bistro, 110 2nd St SB Ari Joshua, 18 SW, Auburn), 6 SB Alexander Anderson, 18 C* Carolena Matus & Randy Halberstadt SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 (Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison St), 6 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am CH Amy Reed, 8 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am JA Peter White, 7:30 TU Carolyn Graye Conversations w/ Kareem Kandi, NC Meridienne, 7 Brian Kirk, 3 PD Bric-a-Brac w/ Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7 RR Tango, 6:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 SB Message Collective, 10 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 TD How Now Brown Cow (Musicquarium), 9 TU Katie Voss/Leah Natale, 7:30 18 Matassa & Tenor Sax, Bake’s VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Place Friday, January 16 Vocalist Greta Matassa has created a Sunday music series at Bake’s Place Bellevue, for January. A much BN Pink Octopus / Spontaneous Rex / Trimtab, 8 beloved and talented vocalist on the Northwest jazz BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 scene, Matassa’s stunning versatility, remarkable BX Greg Williamson Quartet Birthday Bash, 7 interpretive skills, unflinching rhythmic sensibility C* Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism (Elliot Bay Pizza, and diverse repertoire coalesce in this series. Dinner 800 164th St SE, Mill Creek), 7 seating begins at 5pm, concerts at 7pm, and admission CH Angelique Poteat, 8 is $10. Call Bake’s Place Bellevue for reservations, at JA Peter White, 7:30, 9:30 425-454-2776. January 18 showcases Matassa with LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 a hard-driving, bop quartet, with Tony Foster (piano), NC Jazz Pearls, 8 Michael Glynn (bass), Alexey Nikolaev (saxophone) and RR Cellotronik / ARCO-PDX, 8:30 Julian McDonough (drums). W E E K D A Y S SF Shawn Mikelson Trio, 9 TD Ranger & the Re-Arrangers (Musicquarium), 5 TD Hot McGandhis (Musicquarium), 9 Monday, January 19 TU Bill Anschell Trio, 7:30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th 9am CAR AVAN St), 9 Saturday, January 17 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), global beats BX Bernie Jacobs Quartet, 7 9 CD The Wiretappers, 8 MT Paul Richardson, 6 CH Tiptons Sax Quartet: Mythunderstandings, 8 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 JA Peter White, 7:30, 9:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 NC Four, 8 RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 8 noon THOM HARTMANN PO Food: Thomas Stronen & Iain Ballamy, 8 SB Ari Joshua Trio, 8 PROGRAM RR Electric Circus, 9 TD Crossrhythm Sessions (Musicquarium), 8 progressive talk SB Eric Hullander Band, 8 TU pH Factor Big Band, 7:30 SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 SY Salty’s jazz brunch, 10am Tuesday, January 20 TD Goessl/Pereira/Van Batenburg Trio BH Pink Martini w/ Seattle Symphony, 7:30 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS (Musicquarium), 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 global beats/news features TD Joey Jewell Tribute to Sinatra, 7:30 CY Eastside Jazz Clun, 7:30 TU Total Eclipse: Celebrating Bobby Hutcherson w/ JA Stanton Moore Trio, 7:30 Susan Pascal Quintet, 7:30 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 RR Robin Holcomb, 8 17 tiptons sax quartet: SB McTuff, 11 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! mythunderstandings SB Lizotte Trio, 10 progressive news Mythunderstandings explores the common threads TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 of our individual experiences and the myths we tell ourselves and each other to make sense of them. How Wednesday, January 21 do people deal with Fate, Superstition, Love, Death BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 and other facets of the Human Experience? This BX Future Jazzheads, 5, 7 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO collaborative performance features an award-winning JA Stanton Moore Trio, 7:30 urban culture creative team: film maker Adam Sekuler, director Lisa NC Daren Clendenin jam, 7:30 Halpern, and the Tiptons Sax Quartet collaborating PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 with drummer Tarik Abouzied and Coastal Salish story- RR Piano Starts Here: Charles Mingus, 7:30 teller/musician Paul ‘Che oke ten’ Wagner. TD Eric Fridrich & the Wanderlust (Musicquarium), 8:30 Sunday, January 18 TU North Sound Big Band, 7:30 BB Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2 VI 200 Trio Featuring Cole Schuster, Greg Feingold, Listen online BP Greta Matassa & Friends, 7 And Max Holmberg, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 www.kbcs.fm C* Bob Strickland’s Jazz (couriers) jam (Anchor Pub Thursday, January 22 & Restaurant, 1001 Hewitt Ave, Everett), 5 BC Barca w/ Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9

20 • Earshot Jazz • January 2015 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill CH The Ballad of Ishtar by Heather Bentley w/ PO Ben Wendel Quartet w/ Taylor Eigsti, Harish Chism, 5:30 Amy Denio, Beth Fleenor, Paris Hurley, Maria Raghavan, Eric Harland, 8 BH Pink Martini w/ Seattle Symphony, 7:30 Mannisto, 8 SF Ann Reynolds & Lauren Hendrix, 6:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 CR Cry & Roar: Shannon Kerrigan, Evan Woodle, SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am BX Bob Hammer & Chris Clark, 7, 8:30 Christian Pincock, Aaron Otheim, and more, 8 SY Victor Janusz brunch, 10am CH The Ballad of Ishtar by Heather Bentley w/ JA Tower of Power, 7:30, 9:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7 Amy Denio, Beth Fleenor, Paris Hurley, Maria RR Django’s Birthday w/ Ranger & the Re-Arrangers, TU Microsoft Jumpin’ Jive Orchestra, 3 Mannisto, 8 Greg Ruby Quintet, Neil Andersson, 8:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 JA Tower of Power, 7:30, 9:30 RR Ray Skjelbred’s Yeti Chasers, 5 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 NC Side Project, 7 SF Shawn Mikelson Duo, 9 PD Bric-a-Brac w/ Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SY Salty’s jazz brunch, 10am Monday, January 26 RR Tango, 6:30 TU Jay Thomas Sextet w/ Michael van Bebber, Dan TD 200 Trio (Musicquarium), 9 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th Marcus, 7:30 TD Kingston Trio, 7:30 St), 9 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), Sunday, January 25 9 22-24 The ballad of ishtar by BB Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2 MT Paul Richardson, 6 Heather bentley BP Greta Matassa & Friends w/ Brian Nova, 7 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 The Ballad of Ishtar is an electro-acoustic, semi- CR Racer Sessions: Cry & Roar, 8 RR Rodger Fox & David Marriott: Tribute to “Rosolino improvised opera that responds to our world-wide rape culture crisis. Its contemporary language is shaped by DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 and Fontana”, 7 its particular musician creators, whose backgrounds JA Tower of Power, 7:30, 9:30 SB Hydroplane w/ Tim Kennedy, 10 all include improvisation and composition. Featuring PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 TD Crossrhythm Sessions (Musicquarium), 8 singer/clarinetist Beth Fleenor in the title role and okanomodé (aka SoulChilde BlueSun) as the androgynous character Asu Shu-Namir, the ensemble represents the intersection of many facets of current art music and responds to the 400-year-old genre of opera with contemporary methodologies (conduction led by Wayne Horvitz), sounds (electronics, amplification and live processing by William Hayes) and virtuoso improvisational skill.

Friday, January 23 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Michael Barnett Trio, 7 CH The Ballad of Ishtar by Heather Bentley w/ Amy Denio, Beth Fleenor, Paris Hurley, Maria Mannisto, 8 CR Cry & Roar: Lawson, Young Nudist (Michael Coleman), Heartwarmer, 8 ED Seattle Repertory Jazz Orch: Quincy Jones & Ray Charles on Jackson Street, 8 JA Tower of Power, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 NC Paul Green Quartet, 8 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TD Brazilian Nights! Tribute to Tom Jobim, 7:30 TU Kelley Johnson Quartet, 7:30

23-25 Cry & Roar V The title “Cry & Roar” is a tribute to the memory of baritone saxophonist Andrew Carrico, a regular Racer Sessions participant who died tragically in September of 2012. The loss of Andrew’s life occurred not long after the shooting at Cafe Racer that previous summer; another wound for an already enormously grief-stricken community. Utterly unique and self-aware, Andrew once described his sound on the saxophone as a cross between a cry and a roar. For five years, Table & Chairs and Racer Sessions have provided one-of-a-kind artists like Andrew a platform to freely express themselves. “Cry & Roar” is dedicated to this ever-expanding community.

Saturday, January 24 BX Sonando Latin Jazz, 7, 8:45 C* Wood Brothers (Neptune Theatre, 1303 NE 45th St), 8

January 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 21 TU Lonnie Mardis & Seattle Central Community Thursday, January 29 JA Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons, 7:30, 9:30 College Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BC Barca w/ Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 NC Ann Reynolds & Clave Gringa, 8 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ Bill RR The Chancellors ft. Jimmie Herrod, 9:30 Tuesday, January 27 Chism, 5:30 RR SpiceRack, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SF Tim Kennedy Duo, 9 CH Beth Fleenor’s Workshop Ensemble, 8 BX Heritage Cocktails Paired Dinner Duo, 7, 8:30 TD Ranger & the Re-Arrangers (Musicquarium), 5 JA Lynne Arriale, Grace Kelly, Carla Cook, 7:30 JA Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons, 7:30 TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30 MC Arts & Social Change showcase, 1 NC David Lee Howard, 7 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 PD Bric-a-Brac w/ Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SB McTuff, 11 RR Tango, 6:30 Saturday, January 31 SB Michael Owcharuk presents, 8 SB A Cedar Suede, 10 BX Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7, 8:45 TU Critical Mass Big Band, 7:30 TD Freudian Slurp (Musicquarium), 9 C* Michael Bisio & Joe McPhee (Brad’s Swingside TU Elsa Nilsson Quartet w/ Dawn Clement, Chuck Cafe, 4212 Fremont Ave N), 8 Wednesday, January 28 Deardorf, Jeff Busch, 7:30 EB Three Women, Three Cultures w/ Dina Blade, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 Elspeth Savani, Janet Rayor, 7 BX Future Jazzheads, 5, 7 JA Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons, 7:30, 9:30 JA Lynne Arriale, Grace Kelly, Carla Cook, 7:30 Friday, January 30 RR En Canto, 9 SB Tetrabox, 10 LJ Triosence, 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SB Chazz Lipp Group, 7 PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 BX Tim Volpicella Trio, 7, 8:45 SF Alex Guilbert Trio, 9 TD Eli Meisner Trio (Musicquarium), 8:30 C* Michael Bisio & Joe McPhee (Brad’s Swingside SY Salty’s jazz brunch, 10am TU Greta Matassa Vocal Showcase, 7:30 Cafe, 4212 Fremont Ave N), 8 TD The Cumbieros (Musicquarium), 9 CH Ivan Arteaga, 8 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30

Cline & Lage, from page 6

So it only seems fitting that Hall’s spirit haunts a lot of the playing on Room. Part of this is due to the set- ting: two guys, two guitars, nothing else. Cline leaves the foot pedals at home for this one (I assume he will do the same live). One can also point to occasional gestures that echo Hall’s playing. But, more forcefully (and more importantly), one can feel the presence of Hall’s musical persona: his uncanny ability to achieve maxi- mum impact through minimal effort; the humility that seems to infuse even his boldest gestures. The result of this collaboration is that rare music that lives comfortably in its skin but is not complacent – neither restricted by the limitations of its context nor driven by the need to transcend them. Little wonder then that Cline has referred to the collaboration as one of the most re- warding and challenging of an already pretty well-rewarded musical life. Nels Cline and Julian Lage perform at the Royal Room, Tuesday, January 13, 7pm (all ages) and 9pm (21+). Tickets and more information at http://www. theroyalroomseattle.com/2015-01.php. – Jeff Janeczko

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