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Ziggurat: Eric Barber, Bill Anschell, Doug Miller, Byron Vannoy Photo by Daniel Sheehan Notes For more information and applica- EARSHOT J A Z Z tions visit www.justjazzoregon.com or A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community call Claire Little at 541-265-2100. Jack Straw Workshops Executive Director: John Gilbreath Th is month Jack Straw Productions Academy Hands on Jazz Class Earshot Jazz Editor: Elaine M. Hayes off ers two classes that cover the basics Applications for Hands on Jazz, an of Pro Tools and creative soundscap- educational summer arts program for Contributing Writers: Michael Allison, ing. Th e workshops are ideal for musi- King County 7th and 8th graders, are Andrew Bartlett, Paul Harding, Schraepfer cians, sound artists, writers, journalists, now available. Organized by the Se- Harvey, Elaine M. Hayes, Molly M. Manor, Peter Monaghan, Kimberly M. Reason, Chris documentarians, and fi lmmakers who attle Center Academy, Hands on Jazz Robinson, Peter Walton want to get a foundation in recording provides participants with a practical technology. All classes are held in the introduction to jazz. Classes will be Photography: Daniel Sheehan professional recording studios at Jack held July 28-August 8, Monday-Fri- Layout: Karen Caropepe Mailing: Straw Productions located at 4261 day, 9:00am-3:30pm. For information Lola Pedrini Program Manager: Karen Caropepe Roosevelt Way NE. about classes, tuition, scholarships, and Calendar Volunteers: Tim Swetonic, Rik Beginning Pro Tools runs June 4-6, registration visit www.seattlecenter. Wright 6-10pm, and provides hands-on in- com/academy. struction in the industry’s most popular Send Calendar Information to: Port Townsend Registration 3429 Fremont Place #309 digital audio production system. Stu- Seattle WA 98103 dents will learn the basic commands and Registration has opened for the 2008 Jazz Port Townsend workshop, which fax: (206) 547-6286 procedures for recording, editing, and email: [email protected] outputting with Pro Tools. $250 for takes place July 20-27 at Fort Worden Board of Directors: Genesee Adkins members and $285 for non-members. State Park. Registration information is available online at www.centrum.org. (president), Paul Harding (vice-president), Soudscapes runs June 12-13, 6-10pm, Fred Gilbert (treasurer), Hideo Makihara and introduces creative approaches to Th e workshop accommodates varying levels of ability, but participants should (secretary), Clarence Acox, George sound design, including manipulation Heidorn, Lola Pedrini, Cuong Vu of audio recordings and voice, altered have a basic technical command of their instruments or voice, as well as elemen- Earshot Jazz is published monthly by instruments, found objects, and elec- Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is tary improvisation experience or a basic tronics. Students get hands-on experi- available online at www.earshot.org. ence recording and mixing pieces in the knowledge of music theory. Subscription (with membership): $35 studio. $135 for members, $160 for Event Listings & News Items 3429 Fremont Place #309 non-members. Seattle, WA 98103 Please send gig listings to T: (206) 547-6763; F: (206) 547-6286 Enrollment is limited and registration [email protected]. Be sure to closes one week before the class date. Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 format your gig listings in keeping with Printed by Pacifi c Publishing Company. For more information or to reserve the way they appear in the calendar in ©2008 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle a spot, call 206-634-0919 or e-mail this issue. [email protected]. Also, if you have news of your jazz Mission Statement Newport Jazz Camp projects, or of anything at all related Just Jazz is accepting applications for to your career, please feel free to e-mail Earshot Jazz is a non-profi t arts and service organization formed in 1986 to an intensive, fi ve-day summer camp to them to [email protected], as we are always looking for items to use in In cultivate a support system for jazz in the be held in Newport, Oregon, August community and to increase awareness 11-15. Th e camp is open to jazz stu- One Ear and as fodder for feature ar- ticles in this publication of jazz. Earshot Jazz pursues its mission dents of all ages who are able to read through publishing a monthly newsletter, music and have a basic command of Distribute This Magazine presenting creative music, providing their instrument. Students will par- We are looking for volunteers who educational programs, identifying and ticipate in combos, individual lessons, fi lling career needs for jazz artists, can take this publication to venues, increasing listenership, augmenting ensembles, and lectures under the di- shops and cafés in their neighborhood. and complementing existing services rection of Dr. Keller Coker of Western Contact Karen at [email protected] or and programs, and networking with Oregon University. (206) 547-6763. the national and international jazz community.

2 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 you all to do something about Seattle enthusiastic crowd of thousands in St. In One Ear and Washington.” Louis, Missouri. It has been a good month for trum- Video footage of Marriott performing Once again, area high school jazz peter and Garfi eld alum Th omas Mar- with the band during rehearsal can be bands dominated the 2008 Essentially riott. On May 4, he was a featured found at: http://www.youtube.com/ Ellington competition, which took soloist with the Maynard Ferguson watch?v=WBigYMVwYKs place in New York City last month. For Alumni Band as they celebrated Fer- On another high note, accolades for the second year in a row and third time guson on what would have been his Marriott’s Crazy: Th e Music of Willie overall, the Roosevelt High School 80th birthday. Other soloists included Nelson continue to poor in. Th e most band directed by Scott Brown received trumpeters Eric Miyashiro and Walter recent highlight is an excellent review top honors. Garfi eld’s band directed by White, saxophonist Tim Reis, currently in the May issue of Jazz Times. Clarence Acox came in a close second on tour with the Rolling Stones, and KPLU’s School of Jazz is back in place and Shorewood’s band directed many other Ferguson alumni from the session. Th e results of this mentoring by Paul Harshman garnered an honor- 70’s through 2007, when Ferguson program, which pairs professional able mention. Bands from Mountlake passed away. Th e band played to an musicians with area high school jazz Terrace and South Whidbey also par- programs, can be heard on KPLU School ticipated in the festival. In addition to these stellar results, local students also brought home an impressive collection of individual and section awards, with Carl Majeau of Garfield selected as the overall outstanding soloist for his work on tenor saxophone and clarinet. Outstanding ratings went to alto saxophonist Jory Tindall and tenor saxophonist Ben Walters both from Mountlake Terrace, doubler Brad Murphy of Shorewood for his profi ciency on the baritone and alto sax, and trumpeter Zubin Hensler, trombonist Jake Linde, and pianist Ben Hamaji of Garfi eld. Honorable men- tions went to clarinetist Alex Dugdale, alto saxophonist Wyatt Palmer, trumpeter Corey Dansereau, and pianist Gus Carns of Roosevelt, and trumpeter Riley Mulherkar of Garfi eld. Section awards went to Garfi eld for reeds and brass, Roosevelt for trumpets, Shorewood for brass, and South Whid- bey for trombones. Essentially Ellington is the nation’s premier high school jazz competition with fi fteen fi nalists selected from a pool of 83 jazz bands. Th is year, Seattle sent an unprecedented fi ve fi nalists to New York, the most ever to compete from a single region. Taking note of Seattle’s dominance, festival judge Wynton Mar- salis had this to say: “I’m challenging

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 3 of Jazz, Volume 4, which was released Scot Ranney, Stuart McDonald, and and 2007 Golden Ear vocalist of the May 13. This year’s installment features Andy Omdahl. year Gail Pettis on July 20. performances by many of Northwest KPLU School of Jazz, Volume 4 is The Royal Argosy departs from Seat- Washington’s finest high school jazz available at Easy Street Records, Silver tle’s Pier 56 at 10:30 am and returns bands, including usual suspects Roos- Platters locations, Sonic Boom Records, at 1 pm. Tickets are $59 and include evelt, Garfield, and Mountlake Terrace and through the King County Library brunch. For tickets and more informa- as well as Stadium, North Thurston, System. Proceeds benefit school music tion call 1-800-677-5758 or visit www. Kentridge, Squalicum, Mercer, New- programs throughout Western Wash- kplu.org. port, Shorewood, Edmonds Woodway, ington. Sonarchy, recorded live in the studios and South Whidbey. The album also Back by popular demand, KPLU has of the sound-arts nonprofit, Jack Straw showcases performances by Lance reinstated their Sunday Jazz Brunch Productions, kicks of the month with Buller, Thomas Marriott, Darren Cruises. Returning after a two-year a performance by the Threat of Beauty Motamedy, David Marriott, Steve hiatus, this summer’s lineup features on June 7. Lead by bassist Evan Flory- Korn, Greg Williamson, Jovino San- performances by Pearl Django on June Barnes, this acoustic ensemble presents tos Neto, Tracy Knoop, Neil Welch, 8, pianist Jessica Williams on July 13, an hour of genre-busting compositions. Also performing are drummer Eric Peters, cellist Dylan Rieck, and vibra- phonist Jacques Willis. On June 14, Jonathan Way mixes and processes recordings made in the remote mountains of northeastern Washington revealing the textures of snowbrush, horsetails, and pine bark alongside electronic manipulations. On June 21, Here. Now. with multi- instrumentalist Charlie Smith and drummer Cody Rahn. Together they push Ableton Live to the edge of it’s looping capabilities in a lovely effort to compose and arrange new music on the spot. On June 28, Paundy, featuring Paul Burback and Andy Miller along with seven of their musical friends, presents a unique brand of lo-fi/hi-fi soundtrack music that is sure to keep you enter- tained. Sound wiz Doug Haire produces the show and comes up with the band descriptions appearing above. Sonarchy airs on KEXP 90.30 FM from midnight to 1:00 am every Saturday night (in other words, the first hour of Sunday). If you miss the show, you can always find it for two weeks on KEXP’s website. This month’s shows will also be available as podcasts one week after they air, from www.kexp.org/podcasting.asp. Do you want to take your band to the people? Call Doug Haire at 206- 634-1019.

4 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 � � � �� INNOVATION SERIES ORPHEUM THEATRE BC HONDA DEALERS ROUNDHOUSE �� CLASSIC SOUNDS AT THE CENTRE PERFORMANCE CENTRE �� 06/20 HERBIE HANCOCK �� THE RIVER OF POSSIBILITIES TOUR 06/20 ATOMIC / SCHOOL DAYS Hot Scandinavian/American jazz merger 2008 Album of the Year Grammy + Lionel Loueke Trio �� HOULE / PARKER / DELBECQ Virtuoso international jazz improv trio 06/21 PINK MARTINI 06/21 CHARLIE HADEN’S QUARTET WEST Vintage chic Bass master at his lyrical peak 06/21 FREE FALL + Sneakin’ Out Clarinet driven adventures IRO HAARLA QUINTET BAARS / HENNEMAN / FLATEN / 06/23 THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Gorgeous, evocative Nordic jazz A living legend NILSSEN-LOVE 06/22 COWBOY JUNKIES Celebrated Dutch/Norwegian improvisers + Laila Biali Trio Alternative roots music icons with special guest Phil Dwyer 06/22 BLAKE TARTARE BILL FRISELL with GREG LEISZ, Old school elegance and downtown eclecticism 06/27 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA TONY SCHERR & RUDY ROYSTON WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Revered guitarist defi es categorization MICHAEL BLAKE�AMOR DE COSMOS Beautiful tunes with a pan-cultural perspective World’s best big band jazz 06/23 IVAN LINS Superstar Brazilian singer/songwriter 06/23 THE THING with KEN VANDERMARK Free-jazz ecstasy and garage rock intensity URBAN GROOVE SERIES MOLLY JOHNSON Superlative jazz/pop singer PARKER / GUY / LYTTON / FERNÁNDEZ British and Spanish improv masters COMMODORE BALLROOM 06/24 JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO �� Jazz guitar trailblazer and funkmeister 06/24 BARRY GUY NEW ORCHESTRA +06/25 International who’s who of jazz improv giants 06/20 SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT e.s.t. (ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO) Highly infectious, volatile dance music Sound pioneers for the 21st century 06/26 SATOKO FUJII & CARLA KIHLSTEDT RAVENS & CHIMES Dramatic and exhilarating improv duo Eclectic instrumentation/ear-grabbing percussion 06/25 BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Most exciting pianist since Herbie Hancock PEGGY LEE BAND Riveting melodies meet abstract episodes 06/21 MACEO PARKER The living pulse of funk 06/26 NATURALLY 7 Mind-blowing a cappella septet 06/27 WAYNE HORVITZ GRAVITAS QUARTET RYAN SHAW Beautiful, poetic, adventurous interplay Explosive R&B for a new generation DEE DANIELS Embodiment of vocal artistry JEAN VANASSE / MIROSLAV VITOUS A playful vibes/bass collaboration 06/22 ALPHA YAYA DIALLO Intoxicating, impassioned world music 06/27 JESSE COOK Virtuoso fl amenco guitarist 06/28 SYLVIE COURVOISIER / MARK FELDMAN TOBY FOYEH & ORCHESTRA AFRICA + Steve Dawson Magnifi cent piano/violin duo Traditional African and contemporary fusion NICOLE MITCHELL / PAUL PLIMLEY 06/28 ANDY BEY TRIO Flute/piano soundscapes 06/23 DIVINE BROWN Best male jazz vocalist Soul chanteuse and urban-music star MONTY ALEXANDER 06/29 CORKESTRA SACRED LINOLEUM Hard-grooving bop and Caribbean rhythms. Tuneful, colourful Dutch ensemble Urban jazz and soul CARLOS BICA’S AZUL Haunting, unforgettable Portuguese bassist 06/24 SUSAN TEDESCHI SONGS ETC. SERIES Soulful vocals with fi ery guitar work JIM BYRNES�HOUSE OF REFUGE PERFORMANCE WORKS FREE EVENTS Country blues, gospel-tinged music ON GRANVILLE ISLAND �� June 21 & 22 GASTOWN JAZZ 06/25 SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 Summer’s hottest street party! 22 bands, 3 stages Extending Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat Plus Anthem Properties Sounds of Youth Stage at NDIDI ONUKWULU The on-going evolution of song nightly Victory Square Canada’s new buzz diva June 20-29 @ 9 PM June 28 & 29 JAZZ AT THE ROUNDHOUSE 06/27 THE GRANDE MOTHERS 38 bands & 4 stages on fabulous False Creek Revisting Zappa’s musical mayhem PROGRAM GUIDES AT TICKET OUTLETS June 20 – 29 Granville Island Jazz, Galaxie Series FOND OF TIGERS at Performance Works, CBC/Radio-Canada Exhilarating avant rock Studio One Jazz, North Shore Jazz, Jazz at Canada Place presented by DVBIA, Tom Lee 06/28 THE BUDOS BAND Music Hall + Festival Clubs & more! Neofunk and world music juggernaut MEGATRON Genre-spanning groove stylists TICKETMASTER NORTHWEST 206.628.0888 JAZZ HOTLINE 1.888.438.5200

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 5 Preview Retirement Celebration for Robert Knatt festivals in the Northwest and Knatt grew up in New Iberia, Louisi- around the country. Equally ana, and was inspired to start playing important, it has been a feeder music by a visiting cousin. After learning program for one of the two gi- the French horn, he went to Grambling ants of Seattle school jazz, Gar- State College on a music scholarship, fi eld High School; with cross played on its celebrated marching band, town counterpart Roosevelt and graduated in 1972. He moved to High School, whose primary Seattle to begin teaching. feeder program is the also highly Alumni of his program who went on accomplished Eckstein Middle to Garfi eld and then professional careers School, Garfi eld is in the very in music have included fl utist, trom- top echelon of school jazz programs in bonist, and pianist Anne Drummond Saturday, June 7, 7pm the nation. and trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt. Th eir Town Hall Knatt was the first middle-school teacher at Garfi eld, Clarence Acox, will teacher ever recognized with Downbeat’s direct the music for the Robert Knatt Robert Knatt, a middle-school teacher Achievement Award for Jazz Education. celebration. who has for 17 years been a key fi gure He has also received many local and Reservations: BrownPaperTickets.com/ in the health of Seattle jazz, is about state awards for teaching excellence. event/35040. Suggested donation $10; to retire. In addition to giving many fi ne local children under 10 free. Food (Louisiana At this evening honoring him, the jazz musicians their start in the art form, style) available for purchase from 5-7pm. Washington Middle School Jazz Band he trained Darin Faul, the director of To have remembrances included in the and alumni from throughout Knatt’s another of the region’s top school jazz celebrations, send them to bobknattscrapb 36-year career in Seattle schools will programs, Mountlake Terrace, a four- [email protected]. Former students wish- celebrate his contributions. time fi nalist in the annual Essentially ing to take part in an alumni band: email Knatt came to Washington Middle Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln [email protected] with name, School in 1991, and has led one of the Center, the country’s premier school instrument, and years at Washington. More country’s fi nest school programs in jazz. jazz competition. information: [email protected]. It has been a perennial winner at major �� Saturday, June 21, 7:30-11:00 pm Clarence Acox Quintet Come aboard the S.S. Virginia V for the summer-solstice full moon jazz cruise. Reservations required. Tickets $49/person or $90/couple. Call (206) 624-9119 or email [email protected]. The S.S. Virginia V 860 Terry St. N, Seattle, WA 98109 www.virginiav.org/ride.html Sponsored by the Virginia V Foundation, Earshot Jazz and Jazz After Hours

6 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 Preview Ziggurat

THE BRIAN NOVA QUARTET, EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT

With Special Guests Every Friday Night

5/16 Ruel Lubag Piano Bill Anschell, Doug Miller, Eric Barber, and Byron Vannoy. Photo by Daniel Sheehan 5/23 Bernie Jacobs Flute & Vocals 5/30 Primo Kim Piano & Vocals Thursday, June 12, 5:30 pm the typical 4/4 of most jazz to explore 6/6 Bill Ramsey Alto Sax Art of Jazz Series unusual meters and polyrhythms. Th eir 6/13 Susan Pascal Vibes infl uences are eclectic and far reaching, 6/20 Greta Matassa Vocals Seattle Art Museum 6/27 CLOSED ranging from the expected jazz to the 6/28 CLOSED At first glance, the name Ziggurat music of India and Africa, modern 7/4 Brian Nova Orchestra evokes images of the exotic and un- classical music, Frank Zappa, Lenny usual. Delve a little deeper, and one Tristano, Dave Holland, and others. & Guest Vocalist Stephanie Porter learns that ziggurats are pyramid-like Th e result is something unique and Every Saturday Night! temples built over 5,000 years ago in special that you will fi nd other elsewhere ancient Mesopotamia and Iran. Often in Seattle. their design was relatively simple – a Th e ensemble got its start in the fall Classic Cocktails, collection of step-like, receding tiers of 2006 when Anschell, Barber, and Wines by the Glass, built upon a base. Other times, how- Miller began jamming with tabla player Exceptional Dining ever, their design involved elaborate Tor Dietrichson. All had a fascination Full Dinner Available mathematical calculations that resulted with Indian music, which they studied in complex constructions with multiple during college or graduate school, and Friday Dinner Hours: 6 - 11 p.m terraces that fi nally culminated in a a particular interest in the complex Saturday Dinner Hours: 6 - 11 p.m temple on top. rhythmic language of Carnatic music. Live Music: 8 p.m. - Midnight Now, what does this have to do with Anschell, for example, dug out a book the jazz quartet of same name showcas- of compositions he had written shortly ing the talented Bill Anschell on piano, after college that applied Indian rhyth- For Reservations or Information: Eric Barber on saxophone, Doug Miller mic ideas to jazz forms. Barber and on bass, and Byron Vannoy on drums? Miller also had original compositions 206.728.1337 According to the band, the ziggurat is that incorporated Indian principles and elgaucho.com a visual representation of how they ap- techniques. Taken together, this reper- proach rhythm and form. toire provided a good starting point for Th e quartet has a passion for rhythmic the group. experimentation and the bulk of their Although the quartet enjoyed play- original compositions delve beyond ing together, they quickly realized that

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 7 the volume of the piano, saxophone, tions that push and pull against one practice. Vannoy recalls feeling over- and bass overpowered Dietrichson’s another. whelmed when he attended his first tabla playing. They needed a traditional In contrast, Miller incorporates odd rehearsals, but he quickly caught on and drum set and invited Vannoy to join meters to generate rhythmic intensity appreciates the challenge that the music the group. as well, but prefers to compose pieces presents. “There are so many places to Each member of Ziggurat brings that are more traditionally melodic and slip through the cracks in that music,” something unique to the table and they singable. And Vannoy uses his drum kit he explains. “So we had to learn as a each use the ensemble to explore their to add depth and texture to the com- group to lean on each other a little bit interests in unusual rhythms. Drawing plex rhythms, while still grounding the and if you loose it for a second how to upon his knowledge of Carnatic music ensemble. get back on track. It is like falling off theory, Anschell writes compositions But don’t let this talk of rhythmic a moving train and you have to know where Indian inspired rhythmic figures complexity, math, and theory discour- how fast to run to get back on.” and patterns grow and diminish based age you from tuning in. “I am someone Much like jumping onto a moving upon mathematic properties – much who believes that the only thing that train, this music requires a fearless ap- like the steps of ancient ziggurats. He really matters about music is how it proach and willingness to try something acknowledges that his approach sounds sounds,” says Anschell “No explain- new. As a whole, the band embraces the mathematical and terribly technical, ing it or justifying it makes it better. innovative and daring, a mindset that but explains: “When you listen to the Even though those ideas sound kind of Barber appreciates: “It is stretching us. music, if you have the form of the music academic, when they are played, they It is pretty cool that four guys are really in your head, it generates a kind of ten- are played in such a way that they are open to being stretched out of their sion that is more than mathematical. It actually enjoyable to listen to and don’t comfort zone.” is emotional.” require the listener to burrow into layers Given this attitude, expect Ziggurat to Barber is also interested in manipulat- of math or to have studied Indian music continue taking chances and pushing ing rhythm and meter to create musical themselves.” the boundaries of jazz at their upcom- tension that then resolves. Casting his Ziggurat succeeds and creates music ing SAM appearance. If things go as net wider, he has internalized the music with a compelling spirit and visceral planned, the results should be quite of not only India, but also the Balkans appeal that is exciting to listen to. Their delightful and unexpected. and Hungary. As a result, Barber often music also merits multiple visits. Each - Elaine Hayes writes using asymmetrical meters that time you hear them play, you discover have 5, 7, 9, or even 11 beats per bar, something new, which in itself is a grati- Music begins at 5:30 pm in the Brotman instead of the typical 4 beats used in fying experience. Forum of the Seattle Art Museum. Admis- most jazz. He also likes to incorporate Nonetheless, this is technically dif- sion to the concert is free with museum counter rhythms into his composi- ficult music that requires extensive admission.

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8 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 Preview Ken Vandermark & Friday, June 13, 8 pm Seattle Asian Art Museum Paal Nilssen-Love

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June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 9 ever, until 2000. Their lasting col- extraordinary gifts. In many respects, it beauty, music which becomes more laboration began with the formation releases Nilssen-Love and Vandermark exhilarating as you allow it take control of the ensemble School Days, and soon from any potential restraints, allowing of body and mind.” carried over to the trio FME, which them to create music that is riveting for Or perhaps more succinctly, as crit- also includes bass player Nate McBride. both its conception and execution. ics Brian Morton and the late Richard For Vandermark and Nilssen-Love the As is noted on Vandermark’s website, Cook wrote, “If you aren’t tuning in, chemistry was immediately apparent, their musical approach in the duo right now, why on earth not?” and it was only natural to transition context is “ferocious in its intensity, into the duo format. They first ex- a stylistic maelstrom that combines - Peter Walton plored this setting in 2002, recording extreme rhythmic velocity with formal Tickets for the concert are $15, general the powerful, Dual Pleasure, for Oslo’s deconstruction and re-assembly.” And admission. Discounts are available for smalltownsupersound label. For good it continues, “Vandermark’s logical Earshot Jazz members, senior citizens, and measure they did it again a year later, lines stir the flow of energy and though students. For tickets and more information releasing the two-disc set Dual Pleasure tonal and rhythmic patterns/structures contact Earshot Jazz at (206) 547-6763 2. Since then they have worked together appear, the duo does not seek simple or www.earshot.org. in several memorable contexts, includ- solutions. This is raw music of brutal ing The Thing with Mats Gustafsson and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Power- house Sound, and Fire Room. But something more must be said of Nilssen-Love. Indeed it seems hardly enough can be said about the man. Simply, he must now be considered among the very finest of improvisatory percussionists. He is a wonder. His breathtaking technique, which must be seen to be fully appreciated, is likely without peer in this generation. His dexterity around the kit is truly awe- some. Perhaps only a small handful of drummers in the music’s history have been capable of performing in extended contexts with such strength, fluency, and inventiveness. Nilssen-Love’s first public duet with Vandermark came at the 2002 Molde International Jazz Festival, at which an awed Dan Quelette of Down Beat ap- propriately noted: “His week at Molde proved a revelation: Nilssen-Love is one of the most innovative, dynamic and versatile drummers in jazz!” Similarly, as Pat Matheny noted after performing with Nilssen-Love at that very same festival: “He is simply one of the best new musicians I’ve heard during the latest years!” Fortunately for us, the duo setting may be the ultimate format to represent both Nilssen-Love’s and Vandermark’s

10 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 Preview Vancouver International June 20-29 Vancouver, BC Jazz Festival Vancouver BC has a wonderful jazz ous Monk Institute, and then toured been a key fi gure in jazz ever since. His festival and it is well worth the trip with Terence Blanchard. Zappa alum Quartet West is as road-tempered and north. and drum monster Vinnie Colaiuta is –burnished as they come: With Haden, Find out about performances, venues, also on board, along with two vocal- Ernie Watts (tenor sax), Alan Broadbent tickets, and details of special packages ists. Loueke’s own international trio (piano), and Rodney Green (drums) at www.coastaljazz.ca, and listen there (with Sweden-reared Italian bassist and interpret atmospheric standards and to sound clips of many of the visiting Hungarian drummer) opens. originals, some inspired by folk tunes musicians. Atomic / School Day, Houle/Parker/Del- Haden sang as a boy. Here are some recommendations. becq (8pm) Th e restrained, spare, keening quintet of Finnish pianist/harpist Iro Haarla, the Friday, June 20 A bumper crop of Scandinavian, wife of the late Edvard Vesala, opens. European, and North American hard Barry Guy/Maya Homburger (5:30pm) hitters, here. Atomic and School Days Bauer / Robertson / Koch / Muller / van Th is year’s festival boasts some killer boast the same rhythm section, one of der Schyff (11pm) bassists, starting with Barry Guy, the most dazzling around: Ingebrigt Our nightcap is German trombone whose New Orchestra performs later Håker-Flaten on bass and Paal Nilssen- iconoclast Johannes Bauer with Swiss (see below, June 24 & 25). Here he’s Love on drums. Atomic has Norwegian sax legend Hans Koch, and two of with genre-defying baroque violinist pianist Håvard Wiik with two Swedes, Canada’s fi nest, bassist Torsten Müller (and wife) Maya Homburger, another Fredrik Ljungkvist on sax and Magnus and drummer Dylan van der Schyff . outstanding talent. Boo on trumpet. School Days has Oh, and protean American clarinet Herbie Hancock: The River of Possibili- Chicago reedsman Ken Vandermark, internationalist Herb Robertson. ties Tour (8pm) Swedish vibist Kjell Nordeson, and Sunday, June 22 American trombonist Jeb Bishop. Both bands tromp mightily through territory Bill Frisell w/ Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr, platted by the American free- and post- Rudy Royston (7:30pm) jazz giants and some of the European innovators, too. Also on the bill is one of those key fi gures, English saxophone icon Evan Parker, who is all over this festival, with Vancouver-based clarinetist Fran- çois Houle and French pianist Benoit Delbecq. Photo by Kwaku Alston Strid/Müller/Houle (11pm) Late-night shows are aplenty at the Photo by Jimmy Katz Herbie Hancock teams with bass ace Vancouver meet. Here, Swedish per- Dave Holland and does what Holland cussion monster Raymond Strid teams Appearing on the same bill as the himself often does: packs his band with two stalwarts of every Vancouver Cowboy Junkies: Seattle-based, genre- with phenomenal instrumentalists festival, local-resident German bassist bending guitar original Bill Frisell with who can crank the dials to about 13.7. Torsten Müller, another shredder, and frequent collaborators Greg Leisz on Th ey’ll perform music from Hancocks’ clarinetist Francois Houle. pedal steel guitar/dobro, Tony Scherr on Grammy-winning Joni Mitchell tribute bass, and Rudy Royston on drums. It’s album. On sax, Hancock has Holland Saturday, June 21 a lineup whose affi nity with the Cow- quintetter Chris Potter. On guitar is Charlie Haden’s Quartet West (7:30pm) boy Junkies will surely shine through Lionel Loueke, who was born in Benin, – it will when Frisell joins the Cowboy Another bass master, Haden was there attended Berklee and then the Th eloni- Junkies on some of their set. for Ornette’s innovations, and he’s

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 11 Improv Power Play: Canada/Sweden Also on the bill is one of the great Brad Mehldau Trio (7:30pm) (8pm) English improvising trios, Evan Parker, An idea that could be an inspiration, Barry Guy, and Paul Lytton; to guar- or a dog’s dinner: a team of Swedish antee surprise, they bring aboard the players faces off for four rounds against Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez for a one from Canada. It’s the brainchild reprise of their new album Topos. of Mats Gustafsson (Sweden) and François Houle (Canada), and is part Tuesday, June 24 of the preparation for a major 2009 Barry Guy New Orchestra (8pm) event that will feature composed pieces Tonight and tomorrow, the English based on the systems and culture of bass virtuoso Barry Guy, an aficionado ice hockey. Kid you not. Tre Kroner of improvised music as well as many (Team Sweden): Magnus Broo (trum- variants of contemporary-classical pet), Raymond Strid (drums), Per Ake music, leads a monster aggregation of Holmlander (tuba), Kjell Nordeson monster players from the US, England, (percussion), and Mats Gustafsson Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Ger- (sax). Team Canada: Dylan van der many: Evan Parker, Hans Koch (saxes), Schyff (drums), John Korsrud (trum- Mats Gustafsson (woods), Johannes Photo by Michael Wilson pet), Torsten Müller (bass), Peggy Lee Bauer (trombone), Herb Robertson (cello), Jesse Zubot (violin), and Fran- (trumpet), Agusti Fernández (piano), Take along your spare brain – you’ll çois Houle (clarinet). Paul Lytton, Raymond Strid (drums), need it to catch everything this stunning Checking permitted, but no severing Per Ake Holmlander (tuba). pianist does. Romantic, lyrical, driving, of carotids with skate blades. Tonight’s program includes several intricate… often almost unimaginable. With Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Monday, June 23 Guy compositions for the orchestra, a Mats Gustafsson/Agusti Fernández duo, Ballard on drums. Dave Brubeck Quartet (8pm) an Evan Parker composition for en- Barry Guy New Orchestra (8pm) Try playing music like Dave Brubeck semble, and a Herb Robertson piece. Tonight’s program (see also Tuesday does at the age of 85. Brubeck is the Coco Zhao & JazzLab (9pm) June 24) opens with a brass trio (Rob- hippest jazzman on the planet. He and ertson/Bauer/Holmlander), followed his longtime quartetmates – Bobby Mi- Thesucces d’estime at last year’s festival, the wistful Chinese vocalist and pianist by a short bass solo, and Guy composi- litello (alto sax/flute), Michael Moore tions. (bass), and Randy Jones (drums) – have Coco Zhao performs, in Chinese, origi- a phenomenal command of jazz idioms, nals and jazz and fusion arrangements Coco Zhao & JazzLab (9pm) but also are highly knowledgeable en- of old Shanghai folk tunes. Joining (See, yesterday.) th st him is violinist Peng Fei and Jazzlab, an thusiasts of 20 and 21 century post- Thursday, June 26 classical innovations. They thread the ensemble that features some of the top latter into the former to create a dazzling musicians/composers from Quebec jazz Satoko Fujii & Carla Kihlstedt; Peggy Lee tapestry of surprise and inspiration. label, Effendi. (Also June 25.) Band (8pm) Virtuoso pianist and vocalist Laila Wednesday June 25 Japanese pianist/composer Satoko Biali opens with her trio augmented by Fujii has often been compared to Ce- saxophonist Phil Dwyer. Steamboat Switzerland (5:30pm) cil Taylor, Keith Jarrett, and Marilyn The Swiss art brut (outsider-art), Crispell for her astounding technique. The Thing with Ken Vandermark; Parker/ avant-hardcore, Hammond organ trio The latest of her 40 albums is a dra- Guy/Lytton/ Fernandez (8pm) (seriously!) has gone acoustic. Dominik matic duo, Minamo (“Henceforth”), The Scandinavian power trio of Mats Blum has ditched the mighty Ham- with Bay Area violin wiz Carla Kihl- Gustafsson (sax) and sterling Norwe- mond B3 in favor of piano, and with stedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 gian rhythm section of Paal Nilssen- guitarist Marino Pliakas and drummer Foot Yard, Tin Hat…). The San Diego Love and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten join Lucas Niggli they improvise freely Union-Tribune calls it “a series of high- forces with Chicago hornman Ken and around works by obscure modern wire improvisational duets that are risky, Vandermark for kick-ass garage-rock- composers. aesthetically challenging and frequently fueled free jazz. exhilarating.”

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June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 13 Preview Jazz Festivals: Summer & Fall

You don’t have to venture far from (800) 882-7488, (541) 773-6077; www.brittfest.org Jazz Port Townsend home in the coming seasons to experi- July 24-26 The Shedd Institute – Now Hear Various stages and venues, Port Townsend WA ence for yourself some of the very ﬁ nest This Series Roster: Paquito d’Rivera with Alex Brown, Matt regional and visiting jazz artists. Most Ongoing through June 7 Wilson Quartet, Eric Alexander Band, Sachal within a day’s drive, venues range from Jaqua Concert Hall - The Shedd, Eugene OR Vasandani, Kim Nazarian, Gary Versace, Dee urban centers, beaches (oysters!), gor- Roster: Remaining concerts include the Brad Daniels, Randy Halberstadt Trio, Taylor Eigsti Trio, Mehldau Trio (June 5) and the Bill Frisell Trio (June 7) Gary Smulyan, Rickey Kelly Quartet, Benny Green, geous valleys, and wineries and brew- (541) 434-7000; www.theshedd.org Nancy King, Kim Richmond, and many more eries. Th at is, if your event is not right (360) 385-3102 x106, [email protected]; www. here in Seattle to begin with. JazzFest International centrum.org/jazz/ June 20-29; Various venues, Victoria BC Th e variety of performers is astound- Roster: Maceo Parker, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Andy Jazz in the Valley ing, and it is quite unlikely that your Bey, Butcher / Muller / van der Schyff Trio, Jazz at July 25-27 interest won’t be piqued by at least one Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and Various stages and venues, Ellensburg WA listing below – be it Maceo or Evan much more Roster: Sidewalk Stompers, Greta Matassa Trio, [email protected]; (250) 388-4423; http://www. Ingred Jensen and John Wikan, Cannonball/ Coltrane Parker. So take advantage of these jazzvictoria.ca/ Project, Scott Cossu, Portland Jazz Quintet, Brent excellent offerings and make some Edstrom Trio, Jeffrey Brooks Quintet, Saul Cline, Mel memories. Vancouver International Jazz Brown B3 Quartet Details are accurate at the time of Festival Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce: (509) 925- June 20-29 2002 or (888) 925-2204; www.jazzinthevalley.com/ printing, though you may wish to check Various venues, Vancouver BC event websites in order to be familiar Roster: Herbie Hancock (River of Possibilities); The 98.9 Smooth Jazz Festival August 2-3 Thing with Ken Vandermark, Dave Brubeck, John with added artists, breaking news, Chateu Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville WA Scofield, Parker / Guy / Lytton Trio, Charlie Haden, ticket availability, schedule changes, Roster: Chris Botti, Boney James, Blake Aaron, Barry Guy New Orchestra, Maceo Parker, Brad Crusaders, Marion Meadows, others and so on. Mehldau, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with (425) 653-9455; www.kwjz.com And please do let us know Wynton Marsalis, Andy Bey Trio, Wayne Horvitz, Free ([email protected]) about any other Fall, and much more Mt. Hood Jazz Festival area jazz festivals we may have missed. (604) 872-5200; www.coastaljazz.ca August 15-16; Various venues, Gresham OR Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Roster: TBA Britt Festivals (503) 661-2700; www.mthoodjazz.org/ May 31-September 7 July 18-20 Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville OR Beneath St. John’s Bridge A Case of the Blues & All That Jazz Roster: Return to Forever (June 7); Earth, Wind & Roster: Curtis Salgado, Randy Porter, Kenny Lavitz, August 16; Sarg Hubbard Park, Yakima WA Fire (June 26); B.B. King (July 1); Jazz at Lincoln Towner Galaher, Portland Jazz Orchestra Roster: TBA Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (July 3); Bill (503) 286-1312; http://www.cpjazz.com/ (509) 453-8280; http://www.yakimagreenway. Evans Soulgrass (September 6) org/blues/

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14 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 Jazz & Oysters in Oysterville Band, Marilyn Keller, Yerba Buena Stompers, Buck Earshot Jazz Festival August 17 Creek, Brian Holland, Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings, TBA Long Beach Peninsula WA many more. Various venues, Seattle WA Roster: Mary Kadderly and Nancy King, Lauren 406-755-6088; http://www.glacierjazzstampede. Roster: TBA Sheehan com/ (206) 547-6763; www.earshot.org (360) 665-4466; [email protected]; Medford Jazz Jubilee www.watermusicfestival.com Diggin’ Dixie at the Beach October 10-12; Medford OR November 7-9; Ocean Shores WA Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival Roster: We3, Gator Beat, Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Roster: Home Street Preservation Band, Electric Park August 22-24; Vancouver WA Band, many more traditional ensembles Jazz Band, Club 7, and more Roster: TBA (541) 770-6972, (800) 599-0039; www.medfordjazz. (360) 289-4094; users.techline.com/diggindixie/ (360) 906-0441; www.vancouverwinejazz.com org Think Swing! New Orleans Jazz Bumbershoot Arts Festival Swing ’n Dixie Jazz Jamboree October 15-19; Sun Valley ID Festival August 30-September1 (Labor Day Weekend) November 7-8; Spokane WA Seattle Center WA Roster: Tom Rigney and Flambeau, Yve Evans & Company, Cornet Chop Suey, Louis Ford & His New Roster: Andreas Öberg, Casey MacGill’S Blue 4 Roster: Lee “Scratch” Perry, Saul Williams, Xavier Trio , Pete Petersen Septet, Solomon Douglas Rudd, Darondo & Nino Moschella, many more to be Orleans Flairs, many more (877) 478-5277; [email protected]; Swingtet, and more announced (509) 74-STAGE; www.myspace.com/thinkswing (206) 281-7788; www.bumbershoot.org www.sunvalleyjazz.com Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival September 5-7; Penticton BC Roster: Draga’s Dragons, Tom Rigney and Flambeau, Lance Buller, Jerry Krahn Quintet, Joel and Louise Schwarz, many more traditional bands (250) 770-3494; [email protected]; www. pentasticjazz.com/ Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic TBA Magnuson Park Amphitheatre, Seattle WA Roster: TBA (206) 522 2210; www.ponyboyrecords.com Pender Harbour Jazz Festival September 19-21; Pender Habour BC Roster: Jodi Proznick Quartet, Phil Dwyer’s “Food for Thought” Trio, Brickhouse, SweetPea Swing Band, Anagram Quartet, many more [email protected]; www.phjazz.ca Anacortes Jazz Festival TBA Curtis Wharf & clubs, Anacortes WA Roster: TBA �� (360) 293-7911 Vancouver DixieFest �� September 26-28 On KBCS hear the `B’ sides and genres found nowhere else on Sheraton Guildford, Surry BC the dial, programmed by volunteers driven by their passion for Roster: Climax Jazz Band, 51st Eight, High Sierra the music. From jazz to reggae, folk to modern global, hip-hop Jazz Band, The Hoppin’ Mad Orchestra, many more to blues to electronica, you’ll hear it on KBCS. traditional ensembles (604) 987-6544; http://www.vcn.bc.ca/vdjs/ �� DjangoFest We air social justice-focused programs like Democracy Now!, September 24-28 along with locally produced public affairs shows Voices of Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley WA Diversity and One World Report. KBCS covers issues, places, and people who don’t always make it to the front page of the Roster: TBA, will feature many “Gypsy Jazz” mainstream media. It’s radio that’s handcrafted here at home, by ensembles hundreds of volunteers tuned into what’s local and what’s relevant. (360) 221-8268, (800) 638-7631; http://www. djangofest.com/nw/ Listener-supported, Non-commercial �� Glacier Jazz Stampede Community Radio Our purpose is to entertain, educate, and involve. KBCS is the October 2-5; Kalispell MT only station in the greater Seattle area offering ongoing training Roster: Big Mama Sue’s Follies, Blues Street Jazz �� opportunities. Become the media at KBCS.

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 15 Th e duo’s expert use of space gives CD Reviews each statement room to breathe and settle. Both instruments sound rich, their dynamic ranges are wide, and Priester’s breath and Haney’s creaking piano stool are just audible enough to make the listener feel right there in the hall with them. This album requires the listener’s full attention. Th e music is complex, layered, and is more abstract than pro- grammatic, and without careful listen- (206) 854-6820 ing you are unlikely to appreciate many of its nuances. In the album’s promo- tional materials Haney says his music is non-referential. I ﬁ nd this statement David Haney & Julian Priester problematic because both the album title and liner notes suggest otherwise. Ota Benga of the Batwa Nonetheless, I can’t hear or guess what C.I.M.P. #357 the music has to do with Benga, and un- less Haney and Priester are conversing Ota Benga of the Batwa, one of Coda in two separate languages, I don’t hear Magazine’s top ten CDs of 2007, is the much of the musical interaction and latest release by pianist David Haney dialogue extolled by the liner notes and and trombonist Julian Priester. The press surrounding this album. album’s title refers to Ota Benga, a member of the Batwa tribe of African pygmies, who was bought and sold as part of an exhibit for the 1906 St. Louis World’s Fair. Th e “Th eme for Ota” appears throughout and the album as a whole is a large-scale theme and varia- tions. I’ll admit though, that I couldn’t detect the album’s form until I read the liner notes. Th e theme is a short mo- tive buried in the dense texture of the ensemble, rather than an immediately recognizable, hummable melody. At times Priester and Haney play oﬀ of each other, like on “Glasberg,” and “Like David Haney & Julian Priester Dersu Uzala,” but for the most part it For Sale Five Million Cash: sounds like there are two separate and Live from Europe Jan. 04 unrelated things going on simultane- ously, which is often disconcerting and Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1179 confusing. Th is doesn’t mean that there For Sale Five Million Cash is taken aren’t engaging moments however, as from two concerts at the Hnita Jazz Priester’s playing on “Howard Asylum” Club in Heist-op-den-berg, Belgium is hauntingly plaintive and Haney’s use and the Museum of Modern Art in Pas- of mallets inside of the piano on “Sense sau, Germany. Th ese ten improvisations Her” creates an eerie ambience. don’t have the same conceptual and formal grounding as Ota Benga, and

16 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 instead are based on improvised call and the album with 40 fury-filled seconds of response. This call and response appears guitar feedback, alto squeals, and rapid as soon as “Improvisation 1” begins. machine-gun-fire drumming. For Sale is more varied than Ota Benga Like all improvisers, the members of partly because Haney often plays both Ghidra call upon a personal vocabulary KA T I E K I N G inside and outside of the piano. On to aid them in their music, and on HARRY’S FIGHT “Improvisation 4” he creates all kinds Sound of Speed, it’s obvious that their vo- of metallic and wooden bangs, rumbles, cabulary is drawn from free jazz, metal, jangles and thuds. “Improvisation 5” is punk, and more traditional jazz styles. a solo trombone piece. What makes their music exciting is that Although For Sale is a more success- they are not confined by the strictures of ful album than Ota Benga, I found the traditional jazz forms and therefore free almost unflinching call and response, to take the music in whatever direction in the context of largely meterless and they want. pulseless music that flits and drifts Ghidra is disgustingly tight. Their about without much grounding it other music often goes from what sounds like than call and response, to grow tiresome loose and fluid chaos and turns on a after a while. dime into something comparataively or- “...a major asset is King’s sultry, ganized. I can’t tell whether these chang- bluesy way with ballads and es are cued, part of an arrangement, or torch songs.” ESP, and the possibility that it’s any of - All About Jazz those paired with my inability to know which is exciting. On “Flaming Inner CD RELEASE PERFORMANCES Mount” Horist and Shoup come in at TULA’S · Thursday, June 5th · $10 almost the exact same time with similar 8:00pm · 206/443-4221 lines and motion, and after a guitar and with Bill Anschell / Chris Symer drum rhythm reminiscent of Black Sab- D’Vonne Lewis / Craig Flory bath and a Twilight Zone theme quote EGAN’S · Saturday June 21st · $10 7:00pm-8:30pm · 206/789-1621 by Horist, they begin to wail together Featuring Bill Anschell on piano almost instantly. “Halogen Blue” doesn’t settle anywhere for long and near its end Available in stores June 17th Ghidra Peterson goes right into a twisted disco beat that Horist and Shoup dive right WWW.OA2RECORDS.COM Sound of Speed into without hesitation. Distributed by: CITY HALL RECORDS - 415/457-9080 Sol Disk SD8502 This CD sounds raw. The drums thud, the guitar is crisp, biting and stinging, Ghidra, the self proclaimed “free shred- and the alto’s honks, skwawks and ding” trio, is a first class purveyor (and squeals jump right out. Ghidra’s music this is not an insult) of what my Mom is risky, because if it doesn’t work, it calls “Train Wreck Music.” She affixes might sound like an incoherent mess. that label to pretty much all music that Sound of Speed does work however, and lacks a nice melody played over a sup- its pay off is the exploration of new ter- portive accompaniment. Ghidra, featur- ritory and the excitement generated by ing guitarist Bill Horist, alto saxophon- the group’s great interplay and ability ist Wally Shoup, and drummer Mike to go anywhere at anytime. Although I Peterson, excels at creating energetic, won’t be able to convince my Mom that wild, and dynamic music that eschews this isn’t Train Wreck Music, maybe I pretty much all those qualities my Mom can convince her that train wrecks can likes in favor of thick textures, quickly be wonderful things. shifting melodies, tempos, and rhythmic feels, and a healthy does of noise. - Chris Robinson For example, the title track introduces

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 17 SUNDAY, JUNE 1 WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 He has played on the Seattle blues and jazz scenes, including in a jazz duet, Orinewa, with C* Here. Now. w/ Charlie Smith & Cody Rahn, TUESDAY, JUNE 3 vocalist Nikko Olajoyegbe, and in the Fred BalMar (5449 Ballard Ave NW), 7:30 DC Eric Verlinde, 7 Radke Big Band. There, he met the guitarist C* Katy Bourne, Dockside Bistro (501 Columbia and singer Billy Brandt, with whom he now has St NW, Olympia), 6 EB Chuck Ogmund Trio, 8 HL Marc Smason & Michael Gotz, 9 a trio that also includes Felix Serneus on tenor C* Pocket Change, Pike Place Market Street saxophone and flute. He has also recently MM Karin Kajita, 8 Fair, 5 completed another musical story album with FB Michael Powers Quartet CD release, 6 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom, 9 Eric & Anne Benoist (from the Lubeck Heads) JA Dr. Lonnie Smith w/ Peter Bernstein, 7:30, 9:30 NO Holotrad Jazz, 7 called “Agath.” For this early-evening show LS Greta Matassa, 7 OW Bebop & Destruction, 9 at the always pleasant and affordable Egan’s TD Seattle Pacific University Jazz w/ Richard TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8 Ballard Jam House, Gosselin presents and Cole, 7:30 WB City Jazz, 9:30 accompanies his students. TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 TU Reggie Goings/Hadley Caliman Quintet, 3 4, 5, 7 UW JAZZ ENSEMBLES WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 C* UW Studio Jazz Ensemble & Modern Jazz With the school year winding down, the UW Contingent, Meany Theatre, 7:30 School of Music presents a collection of concerts 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 HERE. NOW. DC Eric Verlinde, 7 showcasing their talented ensembles. EB Carrie Wicks Vocal Jam, 8 Each Sunday night multi-instrumentalist On Wednesday, June 4, the Studio Jazz Charlie Smith and drummer Cody Rahn EB Cyrille Gosselin Student Showcase, 6 Ensemble and Advanced Jazz ensemble, both compose, arrange, and record a live, on-the- NI Buckshot Jazz, 6:30 directed by Cuong Vu, and the Modern Jazz spot set that pushes the capabilities of the NO Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 Contingent, direct by Marc Seales, perform digital music program Ableton Live to the edge PC Susan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil original compositions and works by Duke of its live looping capabilities. The duo is not Sparks, noon Ellington, Fred Sturm, Pat Metheny, Chris your typical jam band, nor is this your run-of- TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 Speed, and many more. 7:30 pm, Meany the-mill improvisation. The result is groovy TU Rochelle House Quartet, 8 Hall, $10 and contemporary with a jazzy feel. WB Jazz w/ RnB, 9:30 On Thursday, June 5, the UW Gospel Choir, Before heading down to the BalMar, you can joined by special guest the Mount Zion Gospel check them out at www.iloveherenow.com. WI Ronnie Pierce, 10 Choir, performs a collection of traditional Every week they release a free EP with tracks gospel tunes including “Total Praise,” “Pass Me from that week’s live performance. 7:30-10:30 4 CYRILLE GOSSELIN & STUDENTS Not,” and “Be Grateful.” Technically speaking, pm, Balmar, 5449 Ballard Ave NW. French guitarist Cyrille Gosselin is a pleasure to listen to as he interprets standards like “St. this is not jazz, but it will still be a lot of fun. 7:30 pm, Meany Hall, $10 MONDAY, JUNE 2 James Infirmary,” “Don’t Get Around Much Any More,” and “Besame mucho.” He does On Saturday, June 7, the Vocal Jazz and C* Jim Knapp Orchestra & Andy Clausen Quintet, venture at times into post-Django styles, but Women’s Vocal Jazz ensembles present Seattle Drum School (12510 15th Ave NE), 8 predominantly he evokes Parisian boulevards selections by Sonny Rollins, Benny Carter, LS Ray Baldwin, 7 and cafés on both acoustic and electric jazz Jon Hendricks, Jacques Rizzo, and Sonja MM Ruby Bishop, 8 guitar. Gosselin came to live in Seattle in 2002, Sarr. Jazz Studies major Ivan Arteaga is the NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 after an earlier career in a progressive rock featured guest soloist with both groups. TD Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz, 7 band. The Lubeck Heads, which he says took 7:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium, UW School TU Vocal Jam w/ Greta Matassa, 8 its leads from the likes of Pink Floyd, Genesis, of Music, $5. UM Marc Smason & Michael Gotz, 8 Clapton, and “all the great blues names.”

Get your gigs listed! To submit your gig information go to www.earshot.org/data/gigsubmit.asp or e-mail us at [email protected] with details of the venue, start-time, and date. As always, the deadline for getting your listing in print is the 15th of the previous month. The online calendar is maintained throughout the month, so if you are playing in the Seattle metro area, let us know! CALENDAR KEY AA Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, 1400 East Prospect St NI Nijo Sushi, 83 Spring St, 340-8880 AY Asteroid Cafe, 3601 Fremont Ave N, 547-9000 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563 BP Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Dr SE, Issaquah, 425-391-3335 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 C* Concert and Special Events PC Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 6th Ave, 622-4865 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N PM Pampas Club, 90 Wall St, 728-1140 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE Eighth St, Bellevue, 425-644-1111 SE Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 654-3100 DC Dulces Latin Bistro, 1430 34th Ave, 322-5453 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, 789-1621 SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison, 622-6400 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 LF Lo_Fi, 429B, Eastlake Ave E, 254-2824 TK Thaiku, 5410 Ballard Ave NW, 706-7807 LS La Spiga, 1429 12th Ave, 323-8881 TT Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard NW, 789-3599 MM Martin’s Off Madison, 1413 14th Ave, 325-7000 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 MN Mona’s, 6421 Latona Ave NE, 526-1188 UM Ugly Mug Coffeehouse, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 772-3151 MX MIX, 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 WB Wasabi Bistro, 2311 2nd Ave, 441-6044 MY May Thai Restaurant, 1612 N. 45th St, 675-0037 WI Whiskey Bar, 2000 2nd Ave, 443-4490

18 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 THURSDAY, JUNE 5 6 MORAINE TD Roosevelt High School Jazz Ensembles, 5:30, 8:30 AY Tim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30 Moraine, the soaring project of the TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 C* Rik Wright Trio, Smokin Petes (1918 NW outstanding guitarist Dennis Rea, is sonically 65th), 6:30 true to its geological and geographic name. TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 C* Alfonse Somebody & The Jr. Detectives w/ The electric string quartet plus drums features WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 guitarist/composer Rea, cellist/composer Ruth Marc Smason, Beacon Pub (3057 Beacon S), MONDAY, JUNE 9 9:30 Davidson, violinist Alicia Allen, drummer Jay Jaskot, and bassist Kevin Millard. The group C* HB Radke & Jet City Swingers, 13 Coins LS Ray Baldwin, 7 plays original pieces that draw on influences Restaurant (125 Boren Ave N), 8 MM Ruby Bishop, 8 ranging from math-rock to fractured bebop to C* UW Gospel Choir, Meany Theatre, 7:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 Chinese music and more. Recommended. At TD Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz C* Pete Sams, Toscano’s Wine & Cafe Bar (437 Egan’s Ballard Jam House, at 9pm. 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8 Ensembles, 7 EB Daniel Kamas, 9 SATURDAY, JUNE 7 TT Bill Frisell/Eyvind Kang/Rody Royston, 8 EB Sue Nixon & Leo Raymundo Trio, 7 TU Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 8 BP Little Blue & The Bluenotes, 8 JA Kurt Elling, 7:30, 9:30 UM Marc Smason & Michael Gotz, 8 C* Bobby McFerrin, Kirkland Performance WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 LF The Teaching, 9 Center ( 350 Kirkland Avenue), 8 MM Karin Kajita, 8 C* Jenna Mammina, jazzvox.com, 7:30 9-10 TRACTABLE AT THE TRACTOR MY Hans Teuber Trio, 10:30 C* Jazz in the Corner, Wayward Coffee House Bill Frisell, the only guitarist of his kind, NO Bob Jackson Band, 7 (8570 Greenwood Ave N), 8 and one who is has by now reshaped the TK Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, 8 C* UW Vocal Jazz Ensembles, Brechemin instrument’s contributions to jazz as much TU Katie King CD release, 8 Auditorium, UW School of Music, 7:30 as any of his predecessors, appears for two WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 C* Ron Peters & Bill Coon, House Concert (3100 nights at the always-friendly Tractor Tavern. SW 170th St. Burien), 7 Flush from the release of his new album – a FRIDAY, JUNE 6 C* Andre Thomas Quiet Fire, Grazie (23207 2CD set entitled History Mystery – Frisell is C* JD Dorland Trio, HG Bistro (1618 East Main Bothell-Everett Highway), 8 joined by two longtime collaborators: Seattle’s Ave, Puyallup), 8 C* Robert Knatt Retirement Celebration, Town own Eyvind Kang, who is always a purveyor of C* Bobby McFerrin, Kirkland Performance Hall (1119 8th Ave), 7 great mystery and fascination, on viola, and Center (350 Kirkland Avenue), 8 EB Seattle Jazz Guitar Society clinic w/ John Rudy Royston, on drums. These promise to be C* Shiri Zorn & Karin Kajita, Marsons (620 SE Stowell & Kelley Shannon, 3 evenings in the vein that Frisell has perfected in the last 10 to 15 years: a mystery tour of Everett Mall Way, Everett), 7:30 EB John Stowell, Michael Biller & Kelley Johnson, music merged from all around the American C* Jason Parker Quartet, Issaquah Art Walk 5:30 (downtown Issaquah), 6:30 EB Hayburners & Friends CD release, 9 C* Poindexter Jazz Quartet, Vino Bella (99 Front EB Lee Pence Trio, 7 St, Issaquah), 7:30 JA Kurt Elling, 7:30, 9:30 Recurring Weekly Performances C* Pearl Django, Kailaloo (3820 S. Ferdinand), 7 NO Dudley Taft & Blues Overkill C* Brad Benefield & Bluesboppers, Serene Lake PM Brian Nova Quartet, 9 Carnival (4709 Picnic Point Road, Edmonds), 6 MONDAY SY Victor Janusz, 10am CM Marc Seales Group, 7:30 MM Ruby Bishop 8 TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 8:30 EB Moraine, 9 WB Brazilian Jazz 9:30 EB Billy Brandt, 7 SUNDAY, JUNE 8 TUESDAY HS Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 C* Here. Now. w/ Charlie Smith & Cody Rahn, OW Bebop & Destruction 9 JA Kurt Elling, 7:30, 9:30 BalMar (5449 Ballard Ave NW), 7:30 DC Eric Verlinde 7 NO File Gumbo Zydeco Band C* Jazz in the Corner, Hotwire Coffeehouse MM Karin Kajita 8 PM Brian Nova Quartet, 8 (17551 15th Ave NE, Shoreline), 3 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie TU Mark Taylor Quartet, 8:30 JA Kurt Elling, 7:30 Nordstrom LS Eric Fridrich, 7 WEDNESDAY SY Victor Janusz, 10am WB City Jazz 9:30 DC Eric Verlinde 7 PC Susan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil Sparks noon NI Buckshot Jazz 6:30

under the direction of TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 Mike Marshall & Michael Gray WB Jazz w/RnB 9:30 WI Ronnie Pierce 10 Django Camp THURSDAY LF The Teaching 9 August 20-22, 2008 MM Karin Kajita 8 Icicle Creek Music Center, Leavenworth WA MY Hans Teuber Trio, 10:30 3 days of intensive study with the members of Pearl Django at AY Tim Kennedy & Friends 9:30 the beautiful Icicle Creek Music Center and the Sleeping Lady Conference Center TK Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Program, registration & lodging info available at Britton, 8 www.InAcousticMusic.com or WB Brazilian Jazz 9:30 360-385-6836 • [email protected] FRIDAY August 23, 2008 performance at HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 Leavenworth Wine Tasting Festival - www.visitwashingtonfarms.com SATURDAY SY Victor Janusz 10am SUNDAY SY Victor Janusz 10am WB Brazilian Jazz 9:30

June 2008 • Earshot Jazz • 19 songbooks and stylebooks. Like a comforting NI Buckshot Jazz, 6:30 MY Hans Teuber Trio, 10:30 and transporting trip on a comfy farm vehicle. NO Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 Recommended. PC Susan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil SE Ziggurat, 5:30 Sparks, noon TD Patricia Barber, 7:30 TUESDAY, JUNE 10 TD Jason Parker & Josh Rawlings, Musiquarium, TK Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, 8 C* Jovino Santos Neto Quartet, Bellevue 5:30 TU SCCC Jazz Orchestra w/ Brian Kirk, 8 Sherman Clay (1000 Bellevue Way), 7:30 TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 DC Eric Verlinde, 7 TU Katie King Vocal Showcase, 8 EB Nate Omdal Nonet, 8 WB Jazz w/ RnB, 9:30 FRIDAY, JUNE 13 EB Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz WI Ronnie Pierce, 10 AA Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love Duo, 8 Combos, 6 BP Kate McGarry Trio, 8 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 12 C* Fred Hoadley Trio, North City Bistro (1520 MM Karin Kajita, 8 AY Tim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30 NE 177th St, Shoreline), 8 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom, 9 C* Ziggurat, Seattle Art Museum, 5:30 C* Chris Stevens Jazz Quartet, Vino Bella (99 NO Holotrad Jazz, 7 C* Jump Ensemble, Smokin Petes (1918 NW Front St, Issaquah), 7:30 OW Bebop & Destruction, 9 65th), 6:30 C* Scott Lindemuth, HG Bistro (1618 East Main TT Bill Frisell/Eyvind Kang/Rody Royston, 8 C* HB Radke & Jet City Swingers, 13 Coins Ave, Puyallup), 8 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8 Restaurant (125 Boren Ave N), 8 C* Poindexter Jazz Quartet, Grazie (23207 WB City Jazz, 9:30 C* Pete Sams, Toscano’s Wine & Cafe Bar (437 Bothell-Everett Highway), 8 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8 C* Jon Sheckler Group, Beth’s Cafe (7311 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 EB Beep! Trio, 9 Aurora Ave N), 8 DC Eric Verlinde, 7 EB Tobi Stone Ensemble, 7 EB The Pegues Project, 11 EB Carrie Wicks Vocal Jam, 8 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30, 9:30 EB Cynthia Mullis Trio, 9 EB Logan Strosahl Ensemble, 6 LF The Teaching, 9 EB Dina Blade & Hans Brehmer, 7 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30 MM Karin Kajita, 8 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30, 9:30 NO Rent Collectors PM Brian Nova Quartet, 8 SATURDAY, JUNE 14 BP Karin Plato Quartet, 8 C* Peter Jamero Project, Vino Bella (99 Front St, Issaquah), 7:30 C* Moraine, Monkey Pub (5303 Roosevelt Way NE), 9 C* Scott Lindenmuth, Grazie (23207 Bothell- Everett Highway), 8 C* Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Benaroya Hall (200 University St), 7:30 EB Trio Real, 11 EB Kristin Woodbury, 9 EB RaChiChi CD release, 7 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30, 9:30 NO Junkyard Jane PM Brian Nova Quartet, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am

14 MORAINE & BLACK MATH Here are two distinctive bands, sure to deliver both punch and delight. Moraine, the soaring project of the outstanding guitarist Dennis Rea, is sonically true to its geological and geographic name. The electric string quartet plus drums features guitarist/composer Rea, cellist/composer Ruth Davidson, violinist Alicia Allen, drummer Jay Jaskot, and bassist Kevin Millard. The group plays original pieces that draw on influences ranging from math-rock to fractured bebop to Chinese music and more. On the same bill: Black Math Quartet. Where Moraine travel, BMQ get out the slide rule and whack jazz expectations all over the laboratory. They are a driving, exciting combo that, when unleashed, offer some of the most exciting music in the city. With seasoned guitarist Brian Heaney, who can shred like a, like a... and drummer Liam OConnor, bassist Tony Sodano, and a very, very talented trumpeter, Matt Reid. Recommended. At Monkey Pub (5303 Roosevelt Way NE), 9 pm. SUNDAY, JUNE 15 C* Here. Now. w/ Charlie Smith & Cody Rahn, BalMar (5449 Ballard Ave NW), 7:30 C* Stephen Fandrich & Sean Owen, Town Hall (1119 8th Ave), 2

20 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 C* Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Kirkland FRIDAY, JUNE 20 woodwinds, Mack Grout on piano, Jon Hamar Performance Center (350 Kirkland Ave), 3 on bass, and Brad Gibson on drums. 8 pm, C* Dennis Hasting Band, HG Bistro (1618 East Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside C* Gail Pettis Trio, Dockside Bistro (501 Main Ave, Puyallup), 8 Columbia St NW, Olympia), 6 Ave. N, suggested donation $5-15. C* Sue Bell Trio, Grazie (23207 Bothell-Everett C* Jon Sheckler Group, Joowanaroo Music Highway), 8 Festival, Maple Falls, 2 SATURDAY, JUNE 21 CH Andrew Boscardin Septet, 8 C* Maggie Laird & Island Jazz Quintet, EB Rockin Teenage Combo, 9 C* Eric Maddis Jazz Quartet, Vino Bella (99 Edmonds Arts Festival, noon Front St, Issaquah), 7:30 EB Rochelle House, 7 JA Stanley Jordan, 7:30 C* Michael Owcharuk Sextet, DKs (9655 16th EB Alfonse Somebody & the Jr. Detectives w/ SY Victor Janusz, 10am Ave SW), 7:30 Marc Smason, 11 TD Hiromi’s Sonicbloom, 7:30 C* Dennis Hastings Quartet, Grazie (23207 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 Bothell-Everett Highway), 8 JA Karrin Allyson, 7:30, 9:30 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 EB Katie King, 7 NO Two Scoops Moore, 5 WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 EB Tony Grasso Saxophone? Quartet!, 9 PM Brian Nova Quartet, 8 JA Karrin Allyson, 7:30, 9:30 TU Kelley Johnson Quartet, 8:30 MONDAY, JUNE 16 NO Nick Vigarino & Meantown Blues, 9 LS David Keys, 7 PM Brian Nova Quartet, 8 20 ANDREW BOSCARDIN SEPTET MM Ruby Bishop, 8 SR Emily McIntosh & Karin Kajita, 8 Guitarist and composer Andrew Boscardin NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 premieres Brass and Nickel, a new work for SY Victor Janusz, 10am TD Hiromi’s Sonicbloom, 7:30 septet. Combing elements of jazz, rock, new TU Jay Thomas Quartet, 8:30 TU Vocal Jam w/ Kelley Johnson, 8 music, and improvisation, he explores the UM Marc Smason & Michael Gotz, 8 range of sonic possibilities created by pairing SUNDAY, JUNE 22 WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 an electric guitar with low brass. Boscardin C* Here. Now. w/ Charlie Smith & Cody Rahn, is joined by Chris Stover on trombone, BalMar (5449 Ballard Ave NW), 7:30 TUESDAY, JUNE 17 Tim Varner on French horn, Jim Dejoie on C* Sonando, Fremont Fair, 4:30 DC Eric Verlinde, 7 EB Jump Ensemble, 7 EB Gregg Robinson Student Showcase, 6 MM Karin Kajita, 8 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim & Charlie Nordstrom, 9 NO Holotrad Jazz, 7 OW Bebop & Destruction, 9 Tula’s Jazz Calendar June 2008 TU Roadside Attraction, 8 WB City Jazz, 9:30 Tula’s2214 SecondRestaurant Ave, andSeattle, Nightclub WA 98121 Reservations: 206-443-4221 2214www.tulas.com; Second Avenue, for reservations Seattle, WA call 98121 (206) 443-4221 ��TULAS.COM�� WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY C* Katy Bourne, Verrazanos (28835 Pacific 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Highway S), 7 Reggie Goings VOCAL JAM BIG BAND JAZZ CD RELEASE C* Marc Smason Trio, Columbia City Farmers Hadley Caliman Rochelle Mark Susan with Jay “Harry’s Pascal Market, 4 Quintet Greta House Fight” Taylor DC Eric Verlinde, 7 3-7 $8 Thomas Quartet Matassa Quartet Quartet EB Carrie Wicks Vocal Jam, 8 Jim Cutler Big Band 8pm $10 Katie 8:30pm $15 8:30pm $15 Jazz Orch. 8pm $8 8pm $5 EB Kelly Ash & Eric Verlinde, 6 King 8pm $5 8pm $10 NI Buckshot Jazz, 6:30 NO Legend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Jazz Police PC Susan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ Katie BIG BAND JAZZ Milo Greta Sparks, noon Big Band w/ Petersen Matassa 3-7 $5 Darin Emerald King SCCC Jazz TK Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 Clendenin Vocal and the Quintet TU Clark Gibson Sextet, 8 Jim Cutler City Jazz Orchestra Jazz Trio Showcase w/ Brian Kirk Jazz w/Susan WB Jazz w/ RnB, 9:30 8pm $8 Orchestra 8pm $10 8pm $5 7:30pm $6 Disciples Pascal Orchestra 8:30pm $15 8:30pm $15 WI Ronnie Pierce, 10 8pm $5 THURSDAY, JUNE 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Jay Thomas AY Tim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30 VOCAL JAM BIG BAND JAZZ Clark LATIN JAZZ Kelley Jay C* Pete Sams, Toscano’s Wine & Cafe Bar (437 Big Band with 4pm $5 Roadside Gibson Johnson Thomas 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8 Jim Cutler Kelley Attraction Sonando Quartet C* HB Radke & Jet City Swingers, 13 Coins Sextet 8pm $10 Quartet Jazz Johnson 8pm $8 8pm $8 8:30pm $15 8:30pm $15 Restaurant (125 Boren Ave N), 8 Orchestra 8pm $8 C* Moraine & Joie Tet, Jewel Box Theater (2322 8pm $5 2nd Ave), 9:30 EB Andres Oliver Kora Ensemble, 9 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LATIN JAZZ EB Nick Allison Trio w/ Katie Walter, 7 Jim Cutler JAZZ JAM The Greta Hadley Greta JA Karrin Allyson, 7:30, 9:30 Matassa Jazz w/ Darin Little Thomas Caliman Matassa LF The Teaching, 9 Orchestra Clendenin Big Band Jazz Marriott Quartet Quartet MM Karin Kajita, 8 8pm $5 Trio 8pm $5 Workshop 8:30pm $15 8:30pm $15 8pm $10 & Tumbao MN Jason Parker, 9 8pm $8 8pm $8 MY Hans Teuber Trio, 10:30 29 30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 Fairly Honest TK Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, 8 Jazz Band JAZZ JAM TU Sonando, 8 3-7 $5 w/ Darin WB Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 Jim Cutler Clendenin Jazz Trio Orchestra 8pm $8 8pm $5

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22 • Earshot Jazz • June 2008 Practice This! Thomas Marriott

own. Miles Davis of the song, but set it to new chord famously did this changes. If the melody is simple and with such songs as diatonic enough, you can take a modal “Bye Bye Black- approach and change the mode (from bird” and “Surrey major to minor, for example). Another with the Fringe on example would be to change the feel Top,” both pop of the song: if the song is originally a tunes of their day. pop ballad, perhaps you might want to In order to keep play it with a 70’s funk beat. One must jazz music a living, always be careful not to water-down the breathing art form song you are remaking, turning it into with relevance to “musak.” Good taste is a must! today’s audiences, You can get started remaking your jazz musicians con- favorite songs right away. Find a tune tinue the practice you really like, and begin to identify the Five-time Golden Ear Award winning of taking contemporary pop songs, parts of the song you think are usable trumpet player Th omas Marriott’s latest movie themes, and show tunes and for your purposes: melody, harmony, recording, Crazy: Th e Music of Willie adapting them for their own purposes. rhythm, parts of the form, etc. Figure Nelson, was released in February. In this Th e masters of the art form tended to out what part or parts of the song you installment of Practice Th is! he discusses have one common approach to making really like, and begin with just this. how to make a standard your own. songs personal: abandoning some aspect Songs that have had a wide popular ex- of the original. Whether you are talking posure are particularly good, especially In jazz music we have a lexicon of about keeping only the melody, har- if you can remake them into something songs that we call “standards.” Th ey mony, form, feel, backgrounds, verse, new, while still keeping the original tune were originally pop tunes or songs from chorus or even the lyrics, there are many recognizable. Explore the full range of movies or Broadway shows. Since the ways to sculpt something new from grooves and feels, instrumentation, and beginnings of jazz, musicians have taken what you ﬁ nd usable. One very basic ap- musical possibilities you have at your songs familiar to listeners from outside proach is known as a reharmonization, disposal. And above all, do what sounds of jazz music and made them their where you keep the original melody good to you.

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