Jovino Santos Neto Photo by Daniel Sheehan NOTES EARSHOT JAZZ a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community March 2012 Vol. 28, No. 3 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Jovino Santos Neto Photo by Daniel Sheehan NOTES EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Ballard, Mountlake Terrace and and youth, plus any parent, teacher, Roosevelt High School Jazz Bands family member or youth group leader Executive Director John Gilbreath at Ellington Competition accompanying them. Later on March Managing Director Karen Caropepe Seattle is once again well-represented 3 at 7:30pm, and also in the Nord- strom Recital Hall Sunday, and then Earshot Jazz Editor Danielle Bias at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual Es- Assistant Editor Schraepfer Harvey sentially Ellington High School Jazz again on March 4 at 3:00pm at the Band Competition & Festival in New Kirkland Performance Center, the Contributing Writers Steve Griggs, Peter York, taking place this year May 4-6. big band will present Benny Carter’s Monaghan Ballard and Roosevelt high schools Peaceful Warrior Suite, a tribute to Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey will face off against the neighboring Martin Luther King Jr., featuring Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic Mountlake Terrace High School band special guest vocalist Everett Greene. Photography Daniel Sheehan and twelve others from across the The Peaceful Warrior Suite is a five- Layout Karen Caropepe Mailing Lola Pedrini United States in a contest that rewards movement work composed in 1996 for outstanding soloists and sections and a Lincoln Center concert in tribute to Send Calendar Information to: provides a trophy and cash prizes to Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 the top three bands. The bands will Scott King. The presentation will in- Seattle, WA 98103 play the music of Duke Ellington as clude some recorded excerpts from fax / (206) 547-6286 email / [email protected] well as expanded repertoire by Benny historic speeches made by Dr. King. Carter, Mary Lou Williams and Dizzy Tickets start at $15. Visit www.srjo. Board of Directors Kenneth W. Masters Gillespie. Repertoire includes Duke org for complete details. (president), Richard Thurston (vice- president), Renee Staton (treasurer), Hideo Ellington’s “Riding on a Blue Note,” French-American Jazz Exchange Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, Bill “Sepia Panorama,” and from The eGrant Application Available Broesamle, George Heidorn, Femi Lakeru, Queen’s Suite, “Sunset and the Mock- The eGrant online application for the Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu ing Bird,” and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Night next grant round of the French-Amer- in Tunisia,” “Oop Bop Sh’Bam” and Earshot Jazz is published monthly by ican Jazz Exchange (FAJE) program “Things to Come.” The three local Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is is now available. A program of Mid bands were among more than 1,700 available online at www.earshot.org. Atlantic Arts Foundation and French- high schools in the United States, Subscription (with membership): $35 American Cultural Exchange (FACE), Canada and abroad that received the 3429 Fremont Place #309 FAJE supports projects designed col- complimentary Essentially Ellington Seattle, WA 98103 laboratively by French and American materials. More than 100 bands en- phone / (206) 547-6763 professional jazz artists that encourage fax / (206) 547-6286 tered the competition by submitting a artistic exploration, foster intercul- recorded performance of three compo- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 tural dialogue and contribute to the sitions. Printed by Pacific Publishing Company dynamism of the art form. Projects © 2012 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle SRJO Announces Next Jazz4Kids eligible for support can include cre- and King Tribute Concerts, March ative residencies, composition, record- 3 & 4 ing, performances and other activities MISSION STATEMENT The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orches- that develop new professional relation- tra returns to Nordstrom Recital Hall ships and audiences. The application Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service deadline for the 2012-2013 program is organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a support on Saturday, March 3, with a 4:00pm system for jazz in the community and to increase Jazz4Kids concert. These concerts al- May 1, 2012, for projects taking place awareness of jazz. Earshot Jazz pursues its most always sell out and feature instru- between September 1, 2012, and De- mission through publishing a monthly newsletter, ment demonstrations, questions from cember 31, 2013. More information at presenting creative music, providing educational programs, identifying and filling career needs for kids in the audience, and a hands-on jazz artists, increasing listenership, augmenting “instrument petting zoo” in the lobby. and complementing existing services and The concerts are presented at a nomi- programs, and networking with the national and international jazz community. nal ticket charge ($1) for all children CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 IN ONE EAR

Jack Straw Productions Acquires Jam Session News established hip-hop and rock acts, Steinway B Grand Piano Free Funk Union is a new weekly but on Saturday, March 10, they will Jack Straw Productions, the full- at the Triple Door Musicquarium “jazz things up” a bit when they pres- service recording studio and audio Lounge, Mondays at 8:00pm. Drum- ent Zubatto Syndicate and Reptet production facility in the University mers D’Vonne Lewis and Adam Kes- for a special concert. The evening is District, announced recently that they sler rotate hosting the hang, aimed at also of note because original Reptet have acquired a Steinway B grand pi- live, spontaneous collaborations on the member saxophonist Izaak Mills ano. This model is ideal for small- to groove side of things. will be moving to New York. Zubatto mid-size jazz ensembles. The studio The Thursday jams at LUCID have Syndicate, a 12-piece ensemble under offers recording opportunities with an shifted recently. The Hang, formerly the direction of composer and guitar- engineer starting at just $45 an hour every Thursday, is now fourth Thurs- ist Andrew Boscardin, released its and encourages local jazz musicians to days, 9:30pm, recently hosted by self-titled debut recording in 2011 as stop by and give their new piano a test drummer Davy Nefos. February’s a digital download, CD and limited- drive. Details are available at www. Roots, Vibes & Rhythm, a new ses- edition audiophile vinyl double LP, jackstraw.org. sion at LUCID every third Thursday, featuring distinctive artwork by noted science fiction artist Franco Bram- Pimpleton and Barilleau Receive 9:30pm, featured Ernesto Pediangco, Jeff Busch, Eric Verlinde and Isaac billa. Drawing sounds from rock, hip- Golden Apple Awards Castillo. Both sessions were recorded hop, funk, soul and Brazilian music, The 2011 Golden Apple Awards will and are available in free streaming au- Zubatto Syndicate is a highly original air March 1 at 8pm on KCTS Chan- dio at lucidliverecords.bandcamp.com. take on the big band jazz tradition. nel 9. The Golden Apple Awards honor Middle school and high school stu- Details and tickets at www.neumos. successful teaching models and pro- dents have weekly chances to jam with com. grams among Washington State edu- pros: Fridays, 6:30pm, at the CMA Sonarchy March Lineup Announced cators. Jazz and music educators Lary Gallery in Wallingford and Tuesdays, Sonarchy is recorded live in the stu- Barilleau of Hamilton International 7:00pm, at Boxley’s in North Bend. Middle School and Marcus Pimple- dios at Jack Straw Productions, Seat- ton of Denny Middle School and Zubatto Syndicate and Reptet at tle. This hour-long broadcast features Chief Sealth High School were among Neumos on March 10. new music and sound art made in the the eight individual teachers honored Neumos on Capitol Hill is best- this year. known for presenting emerging and CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 GOLDEN EAR AWARDS: BALLOT 2011 Golden Ear Awards Deadline extended: Cast your ballot by March 31

Each year, the Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding acheivements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers can take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s vibrant jazz ecology. The awards are determined by a combination of nominations and popular vote. Nominees this year were selected by a poll of Earshot Jazz readers, jazz performers, audience members, journalists and industry professionals. There are eight Golden Ear Award categories, including induction into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. Please vote online at www.earshot.org, by email to [email protected], or mail your selections to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Pl. N., #309, Seattle, WA 98103, by March 31.

2011 NW Recording of the Year 2011 NW Instrumentalist of the Year Bill Anschell, Figments Bill Anschell Jovino Santos Neto, Current Jeff Busch Thomas Marriott, Human Spirit Joe Doria Chuck Deardorf, Transparence Chuck Deardorf Other ______ Other ______2011 NW Acoustic Ensemble 2011 NW Emerging Artist or Group McTuff Trio Chris Icasiano Susan Pascal Quartet Sam Boshnack Human Spirit Kate Olson Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto Beth Fleenor Other ______ Other ______2011 NW Alternative Group 2011 NW Vocalist of the Year Bad Luck Jacqueline Tabor Neil Welch’s Sleeper Ensemble Johnaye Kendrick Burn List Danny Quintero Andy Clausen’s Wishbone Ensemble Elspeth Savani Other ______ Other ______2011 NW Concert of the Year 2011 Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame McCoy Tyner Quintet, Jazz Alley, Jeff Johnson March 3-7 Jovino Santos Neto Human Spirit, Tula’s, October 14 & 15 Greg Williamson Triptet / Nels Cline Singers, Is That Dave Peck Jazz? Festival, Chapel Space, January Overton Berry 29 Milt Kleeb Royal Room opening, Sunday, Other ______December 18 Other ______

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 GOLDEN EAR AWARDS: VOTER’S GUIDE

Descriptive text provided here by no means defines or limits each nominee; the text intends to aid and encourage readers to become educated voters.

2011 NW Recording of the Year Burn List 2011 NW Emerging Artist or Remarkable work from established Group Bill Anschell, Figments veterans and young players Celebrated local pianist, solo release, Andy Clausen’s Wishbone Ensemble Chris Icasiano both humorous and introspective Bringing to life the fresh creations Drummer, educator Jovino Santos Neto, Current of its significant young composer and Sam Boshnack Brazilian composer, educator and in- leader Trumpeter, composer, educator strumentalist with first-rate quintet Kate Olson 2011 NW Instrumentalist of the Thomas Marriott, Human Spirit Recent Seattle transplant, saxophon- Seattle’s favorite sons perform crisp, Year ist, educator spirited originals and covers Bill Anschell Beth Fleenor Chuck Deardorf, Transparence A brilliant and versatile pianist, hu- Multi-instrumentalist, clarinetist Hall-of-Fame bassist in his eagerly morous writer, valued resident artist 2011 NW Concert of the Year anticipated release Jeff Busch 2011 NW Acoustic Ensemble The Brazilian and Latin focused per- McCoy Tyner Quintet, Jazz Alley, March cussionist started a jam at Paratii in 3-7 McTuff Trio Ballard A stellar run at Jazz Alley, vibrant Deep grooves of B-3 organ jazz, now Joe Doria work from the veteran, with Bill Frisell including drummer Tarik Abouzied, A consummate pro, and an old, and Gary Bartz on the front line and some surprise sit-ins funky soul in a relatively young man’s Human Spirit, Tula’s, October 14 & 15 Susan Pascal Quartet body Recording for an upcoming CD re- Pristine jazz standards led by vibes Chuck Deardorf lease, the performance featured Or- and a stellar ensemble of musicians A first-call jazz bassist rin Evans and Essiett Essiett and was Human Spirit widely regarded as a killing opening Thomas Marriott, Matt Jorgensen 2011 NW Vocalist of the Year event on the Earshot Jazz Festival Triptet & Nels Cline Singers, Is That and Mark Taylor’s ensemble featured Jacqueline Tabor around town in 2011 and Friday Jazz? Festival, Chapel Space, January 29 Winner of Kobe sister city award nights at the New Orleans At the Is That Jazz? Festival, Janu- Johnaye Kendrick ary 2011, Triptet held a rapt audience Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto Cornish faculty, songwriter-compos- before Scott Amendola, Trevor Dunn Several remarkable concerts over the er, regular appearances at Tula’s and and Nels Cline tore down the house past year, plus a monthly at Vito’s the Royal Room Royal Room opening, Sunday, December 2011 NW Alternative Group Danny Quintero 18 Swinging young vocalist, guest with The stellar opening weekend featured Bad Luck SRJO, working on regular gigs around the eclecticism for which this new club A second release in 2011, an enter- town is aiming: on Sunday, December 18, prising sax and drums duo Elspeth Savani the JazzED New Works Ensemble, Scrape with Eyvind Kang, two sets Neil Welch’s Sleeper Ensemble Cuban son and world vocalist, with from WACO, Johnaye Kendrick, and Accomplished and thoughtful cham- recent CD release Flights of Mind ber jazz from the tenor saxophonist duo Thousands, including a masterful surprise – Bill Frisell solo

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 PROFILE Jovino Santos Neto Mind in Motion

By Steve Griggs hours a day, five days a week, he prac- “Santos Neto is an excellent musi- ticed music with a band led by world- cian, creatively and technically speak- Inside the rehearsal studio, Jovino renowned composer Hermeto Pascoal, ing,” Pascoal says. “He was a biologist Santos Neto stops playing the piano. a long-haired albino Brazilian known but he chose music. He used to speak “I would like to hear you taking off alternately as the “champ,” “shaman” only about trees, and I told him to here … like a solo at choose. He never an- the end,” he says. The swered me about that words come quickly. but never stopped He speaks as fast as playing.” he thinks. He thinks ------as fast as he creates. Santos Neto was And he creates as fast born September 18, as he hears. 1954, in Rio de Ja- Vocalist Flora Mc- neiro to a Puerto Ri- Gill asks, “Can we do can mother and Cape it all the way through Verdean father. He with the solo to feel played in the living how long that is?” room on a piano that Santos Neto’s his father bought for hands pounce back his three sisters. As onto the keyboard. he grew into adult- “Of course!” he hood and began to says. “I can do like perform in public, this, that I used to he realized “the hang do with a band.” was not very good. This time through, You know … all the Santos Neto intro- alcohol and smoke. duces the song with But I loved the peo- tinkling bells in the ple I played with.” upper register of the Straying from mu- piano. McGill’s clear sic, he pursued a sci- lyrics add a float- JOVINO SANTOS NETO PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN entific path, studying ing waltz over the biology first in Rio piano’s steady gait. or “witch.” Pascoal hears music in ev- and later in Montreal, Canada. But She sweetens the end of her notes with erything – animals, trees, speech, even Santos Neto’s plans blurred when he vibrato. The voice and piano play two scrap metal. While Santos Neto played heard Pascoal’s Free Music in 1973. “I different rhythms that mesh, weaving in Pascoal’s band, there was a vast rep- said, ‘What is this?’ I couldn’t define a fabric of sound. ertoire of originals to learn, and so he what category his music fit,” Santos Jovino Santos Neto, Professor of Pi- and the other musicians chose to live Neto says. “It was very interesting, ano and Jazz Composition at Cornish close to Pascoal’s house in order to puzzling and provoking.” College of the Arts, is no stranger to spend more time rehearsing and less At a concert in the Museum of Mod- rehearsal. Earlier in his career, he spent time commuting. ern Art in Rio, Santos Neto listened to fifteen years rehearsing intensely. Six Pascoal’s music again. He heard songs

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 morph, a journey from beginning to proaches to his music, Pascoal said: “I – Deardorf and Ivester remained, now end. Santos Neto had been under the cannot show you technique without joined by Harvey Wainapel on wood- spell of tight ensembles playing rapid showing you the music.” The point winds and Jeff Busch on percussion. passages as a single instrument – John was to play music that was challeng- “Santos Neto is a constant whirlwind McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra ing but “without a goal of accomplish- of ideas and positivity,” Busch says. and Chick Corea’s Return to Forever. ment. Like playing with a ball, but not “He’s like a wild bronco that dances But in Pascoal’s music, Santos Neto keeping score.” samba on the piano.” And his ebul- heard an ensemble where all the parts Touring with Pascoal took Santos lience is not easily corralled. “He’s a connected without necessarily being Neto around the world. The band even risk taker,” Busch continues. “He’ll in unison. performed in Seattle at the Backstage show us a song once in rehearsal and then call it on the bandstand, even Jovino is a force, an extremely positive one. when we don’t really know it. And it’s – Mark Ivester in 11/8! Even if things don’t go quite right, he has the ability to laugh and Soon after, Santos Neto learned that in Ballard during 1990 and 1991. On a understand that it’s part of the pro- Pascoal had been living nearby in ferry between Vancouver and Victoria, cess.” Rio. A mutual friend pointed out the British Columbia, Santos Neto was The process often involves an intui- house. On a Sunday afternoon, Santos enchanted by a surfacing pod of orcas. tive and spontaneous search for mu- Neto knocked on the door. Pascoal’s It was then that he began to fall in love sic in unexpected places. “One time wife led him to the living room. Wear- with the Pacific Northwest. in the studio,” Busch says, “Santos ing headphones and playing an electric As 1992 drew to a close, Santos Neto Neto looked around the room and piano, Pascoal was deeply concentrat- yearned to study conducting, focus on had me put some rocks in a tin cup ing and did not notice his visitor. For composing, and hand over the busi- and rattle them. We didn’t even listen twenty minutes, Santos Neto listened ness aspects of managing Pascoal’s on the headphones to the music. He to the keys click with no pitch. band to someone else. They parted on just wanted to explore some sounds … Finally, Pascoal paused and the two men engaged in a conversation about He just starts composing on the spot. He invents music, with Pascoal hearing a cas- grooves, melody and counterpoint – like a chef sette of Santos Neto’s Canadian band for the first time. That day, they also masterfully creating with just the ingredients before listened to Pascoal’s recording Slaves him. – Jeff Busch Mass. Later, Pascoal handed Santos Neto a piece of written music. “Can good terms, and Santos Neto moved sounds and ideas that were popping you read?” he asked the younger man. to Seattle with his wife Luzia and into his head at that exact moment.” “Yes,” Santos Neto lied. “Ok,” Pascoal their two children. Not long after, he In fact, the fundamental lesson San- said, “I have a gig on Friday. I want to was accepted as a conducting student tos Neto learned from Pascoal was that play winds so you play piano.” at Cornish. A visiting percussionist everything is sound, and all sound is What began as an unexpected musi- from the San Francisco Bay area, Mi- music. Sharing this lesson and the cal invitation evolved into a long-last- chael Spiro, was astonished to find out prolific output of music it inspired are ing partnership. From 1977 to 1992, Santos Neto was a student. He let his important missions for Santos Neto. Santos Neto studied, performed and friends at Cornish know that Santos Having been through the unfortunate even managed the touring ensemble Neto had the skills and experience to experience of losing his first piano and with Pascoal. The extensive hours be teaching at the college level. Soon, many documents in his home to ter- making music together blurred the a teaching position opened up. Santos mites, Santos Neto hopes to publish lines between rehearsal and perfor- Neto applied and joined the faculty. many of the thousands of scores and mance, composition and improvisa- He quickly assembled a new en- notebooks Pascoal has “archived” in tion, technique and intuition. semble with fellow Cornish faculty Rio. He has already copied every sheet Through Pascoal’s music, Santos members, including bassist Chuck of music he could find in Pascoal’s Neto got in touch with what he calls, Deardorf, drummer Mark Ivester and trove of music. The book Tudo É Som “the reflex nature of music intuition.” saxophonist Hans Teuber. Eventually (Everything Is Sound), published in When questioned about technical ap- the personnel settled on the Quinteto 2001, was organized by Santos Neto

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 and features scores for 32 of Pascoal’s is to play music with his own heart- ing what. Then he just starts compos- songs, including “Bebê,” “Música das beat, amplified with a stethoscope ing on the spot. He invents grooves, Nuvens e do Chão” and “Chorinho Jovino helped him rig up! It’s a never- melody and counterpoint – like a chef pra Ele.” ending exploration. For them, every- masterfully creating with just the in- But if everything is sound, not all thing is music. I feel really fortunate to gredients before him.” of it can be captured on paper. Busch be exposed to Jovino’s musical world! That welcoming attitude is refresh- says, “I’ve seen footage of him [Jovino] It’s an amazing education.” ing. “I am most impressed with his playing music with his hands and arms And Santos Neto embraces his role openness to all musical ideas,” Waina- on the surface of a river with Herme- as teacher. Beyond his school duties at pel says. “Jovino is truly a proponent to’s band, playing with factory work- Cornish, he teaches at music camps in of ‘Universal Music,’ just like his ers and the rhythmic grooves of their California and Brazil. “Jovino thrives mentor Hermeto. There’s no narrow- machinery, making sounds and music on meeting a group of students and mindedness here, which is so common with farm animals, crickets and frogs, working with them spontaneously, in in the world of musicians! I’ve learned using the patterns from language as a the moment,” Busch says. “He usually so much from Jovino and am eternally source for melody and composition. doesn’t bring charts, but rather looks grateful to be his friend and colleague.” Hermeto’s latest project, I understand, around the room to see who’s play- Others share the gratitude of working with Santos Neto. “I’m blessed to be in his company,” Ivester says. “Jovi- no is a force, an extremely positive one. I often think of [him] as a fountain … serious no … make that a geyser of music.” The uplifting gush of music has filled Santos Neto’s discography with more playtime than 35 recordings, beginning with Pascoal in the 1970s and 80s, through a stint with Airto Moreira and Flora Purim in the 1990s, to CDs under his own name in recent years. Santos Neto’s latest recording, Cor- rente (Current) (Adventure Music, 2011), channels the flow among his Quinteto. Several tracks reveal the te- lepathy shared among the musicians. One musician finishes the phrase be- Photo by Jim Levitt gun by another. On “Two Friends, True Friends,” Deardorf spontane- Jazz Port townsend ously dovetails the beginning of his John Clayton, artistiC DireCtor solo to the end of Wainapel’s, using the same melodic shape and rhythm. Workshop and Festival Santos Neto employs this mirroring July 22-29, 2012 technique after Wainapel’s solo on Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA “Pra Casa” (“Homeward”). Sometimes the smooth passing of Come to play and learn this summer in beautiful Port Townsend, WA – the baton turns into a juggling game daily coaching, master classes, combos, big band, concerts, where notes are passed back and forth. clubs and more. With Benny Green, Johnny Mandel, On “Sea and Sky,” guest vibraphonist Dena DeRose, Matt Wilson, and more than 30 other Ben Thomas twists and turns through iconic and emerging voices in jazz. a frictionless duet with Santo Neto playing melodica. 800.733.3608 www.centrum.org/jazz The bulk of this CD captures the

The Welland Family band playing together in the studio,

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 but overdubs add interesting flavors. Casa” evoke the feeling of a familiar ter recording this track, Santos Neto For example, Busch recorded multiple jazz standard. Unexpected rhythms became fascinated by a “wrong” note percussion tracks with his huge inven- appear in the title track “Corrente,” that sounded when Ben Thomas’ mal- tory of instruments. Santos Neto spent which couples a reggae groove with let struck two adjacent metal bars on a year picking and choosing the right swinging melody. “Zagaia” (“Spear”) the vibraphone. He tried to reproduce mix of sounds to season the sonic stew. asserts a repeating figure in seven, but the unusual sound every way imagin- On “Matraca” (“Rattle”), he recorded the band solidly grooves in this odd able. three independent flute solo tracks and meter. Hand clapping sets up a brisk Sixty years ago, Pascoal searched for found that playing back two of them tempo for “Matraca.” “Sea and Sky” sonorous pieces of scrap metal behind together created an exciting duet. On begins in duple meter, switches to his father’s blacksmith shop and tried “Pra Casa,” the intricate bass line was triple meter for solos, and returns to to reproduce the sounds on an accor- re-recorded on bass clarinet so the fi- duple for the final melody. dion. Today, in Santos Neto’s ear, the nal version switches between the two Most of the recording was performed same search for music in sound con- instruments. On “Two Friends, True from written scores. But musical forms tinues. Friends,” the wordless vocals and gig- were amended or expanded with free- Santos Neto appears at Yoshi’s in Oak- gles of singers Lena Simon and Caro- flowing introductions and open-ended land on March 2 and 3 with the John line Corcoran add playful splashes. vamps. Wainapel’s clarinet introduc- Santos Sextet. On April 10, he performs The program of music covers a vari- tion on the last track explores the flu- with the University of Massachusetts ety of Brazilian grooves, some famil- idly dark chalumeau register. Santos Jazz Ensemble in Amherst, MA. From iar, others not. “Vivendo no Presente” Neto was so moved by the expressive April 11 through 15, Santos Neto teaches (“Living in the Present”) sounds like a solo that he renamed the song from at the Centrum Choro Workshop in Port contemporary version of a choro by Er- the rather generic “Valsa” (“Waltz”) to Townsend. nesto Nazareth from the early 1900s. “A Fonte” (“The Source”). Journalist and saxophonist Steve “Outras Praias” (“Other Beaches”) A free bonus track, “Bronze,” is Griggs blogs about local jazz at steveg- harkens back to bossa nova from the available from Santos Neto’s website riggsmusic.blogpot.com. 1960s. The chord changes of “Pra at www.jovisan.net/current.htm. Af- Guest in London It is sometimes too easy to take Se- in the center stage spotlight, who was tor for the Hermeto Pascoal finale attle’s brilliant and bustling music announced to thunderous applause … extravaganza was well considered. scene and our world-class resident Jovino Santos Neto! I was tempted to The program featured Hermeto’s artists for granted. Some of the mu- turn to the people around me and say, sextet on one side of the stage and sicians who contribute to our day-to- “I know him!” a big-band of top British musicians day quality of life, and who we may I have a great job. I’m lucky to be on the other, and special soloists in hear at a local club or bump into at immersed in the jazz scene here in between. As complex as the music is, the neighborhood market, are also Seattle on a daily basis, and I am es- Jovino prepared all of the arrange- world-renowned artists who tour pecially fortunate to be an occasional ments, rehearsed and conducted the regularly to international festivals. invited guest of jazz festivals in other large ensemble, and worked on the This blasted into my consciousness cities and countries. Of the festivals I alchemy of the program, making again this past fall when, on the fi- attended this past year – in Atlanta, creative changes in real time while nal evening of the London Jazz Fes- New York, London, Germany, Austria matching wits with Pascoal’s eccen- tival, I was on my feet with 2,000 and France – each had its own stylistic tric genius. In performance, he em- others in the sold-out Barbican con- personality, and most had a former or bodied the music with a palpable joy cert hall, clapping and screaming at current Seattleite in the lineup. In fact, and mastery. It was a stunning night the end of the concert, for the great on the night that Jovino dominated of music that absolutely electrified Hermeto Pascoal, his Brazilian sex- the Barbican in London, Bill Frisell the capacity London audience, and tet, a big-band of top British play- and Eyvind Kang were across town at made this Seattle audience member ers, bandolim virtuoso Hamilton de the Queen Elizabeth Hall. an even more devoted fan. Holanda, and, most enthusiastically, The London Jazz Festival’s call on – John Gilbreath for the charismatic musical director Jovino Santos Neto as musical direc-

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 PROFILE Latin Jazz in the Emerald City

By Schraepfer Harvey nity to grab hold of a more enduring America, you can learn the beats, but thread. Right here, right now. there’s a huge disconnect,” Busch says. Brazilian jazz is one dimension of Busch advocates this familial as- While having fun and reaching people many in Seattle’s Latin jazz tradition. of all backgrounds and abil- The Afro-Cuban side of the ity is a huge part of it for art form is represented well Busch at Paratii, bridging here, too, with many of the that disconnect is not with- local performers mingling in out effort. “People need to both. Whatever your entrance do their homework,” Busch to this music – salsa dance, says. “We try to keep the language, performance – lo- standard at a certain level, cal artists are invigorating the which we all want to do, but core of the Latin side of jazz we’re all students.” in Seattle. They’re percus- Whatever stage of devel- sionists, and they’re inviting opment you’re at as a mu- us along. sician, dancer or listener, Drummer and percussionist Busch shares great advice: Jeff Busch models a weekly “Learn as much as you can world music session at Paratii about what you’re passion- Craft Bar (formerly Mr. ate about. Keep trying to Spot’s Chai House) after his broaden your knowledge.” experiences in Brazil. Over At Paratii is a way to do just the phone, he tells me about that, and to learn by doing. the shortest gig he saw there – One knower and doer is four hours of non-stop music. percussionist and instru- Kind of an open forum, like ment designer and crafts- many jams and hangs there, man Ernesto Pediangco. the night was an educational He joins Busch on the hang and gig and dance and weekly world music session community sing-along. “It at Paratii and on a monthly just went,” Busch says. session called Roots, Vibes In Brazil, as Busch de- & Rhythm at LUCID on scribes, events might in- ERNESTO PEDIANGCO PHOTO BY ANTONIO SALAZAR University Ave. clude specific dances and Whether on congas, bon- songs, rooting participants pect of the music: “A lot of my work gos, timbales, guiro or cabasa, Pedi- in a larger cultural context. Notice is about making what I know about angco hasn’t divorced dance from mu- something different in the States? In those cultures accessible,” he says. sic or performance and is a dynamic our conversation, Busch stops short That’s concerts that are all-inclusive, presence on the bandstand. A Seattle of over-romanticizing other cultures, where kids can attend, where the mu- original, Pediangco has performed equally prone to the loss of deeply en- sic permeates, where everyone singing with legendary Seattle Latin bands grained community participation, too, and playing and dancing is the norm. Bochinche and Latin Expression, in the face of modern cultural trends. Introducing those elements to the among countless others. His extensive Through the music comes an opportu- Northwest has its challenges. “In touring history, with years on the road

10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 and on a ski lodge circuit in Colorado, of Zimbabwe, Gypsies, Cajun and participatory thread in music and on featured his own group, the Seattle Zydeco, and next move on to Bolly- Pediangco’s care for what is prima- Rhythm Band. wood. “The performance opportuni- ry. Barilleau remembers his mother, His recent re-enterprising of that ties for all students are an invaluable singer Vonne Griffin, passing along group, as the Pan-Am Band, reflects way of building community, teaching her musical knowledge as she washed Pediangco’s comprehensive view of the cooperation and honoring the myriad dishes, singing “Basin Street Blues,” music’s multifaceted origins and mi- of cultures in our world,” Barilleau “Blues in the Night,” and “Do You grations. “It’s a music of the Americas Know What It Means to Miss New in a larger sense,” he says. One starts Orleans.” The memory is a motivating as a kind of lay-person ethnomusicolo- factor for Barilleau in performance gist, he says, but “aside from the people and in passing the roots of culture who dig into the roots, everyone gets a along to the kids. “I really want to commercial version.” honor the tradition of a pure jazz mu- Pediangco emphasizes digging into sician,” he says. the roots of the music and bringing it In performance, he does that with up-to-date while keeping it distinctive. an instrumental Latin jazz. He start- “Right now is an ideal time because ed Sonando with Fred Hoadley in there [are] a lot of primary resources,” the 90s, an instrumental group that he says. Here, the resources are the brings Latin jazz through an Afro-Cu- performers and educators out there ev- ban lens, and continues that tradition ery week. in his Latin Jazz Collective, joined by One of those performers and educa- great improvisers, like Jay Thomas, tors is Lary Barilleau, a 24-year multi- who play “a melodic dance with the award-winning teacher – the latest, rhythm.” Barillaeu is interested in tak- a 2011 Golden Apple Award. He has ing the harmonies and melodies of jazz brought a roots message to the young and wrapping them up in traditional students at Hamilton International rhythms, not, a watered down bossa Middle School for the last 8 years as nova, he says. LARY BARILLEAU PHOTO BY PETER MAIDEN head of the International Arts Depart- It’s a nod to the kind of fusion be- ment. “Strong arts programs make tween black American musicians and kids smarter,” Barilleau says. writes on the program’s website. Cubans mixing in midcentury New In the performance program at Also a Latin jazz instrumentalist and York. To find out about that, there’s Hamilton, just this school year, the original Seattleite, Barilleau relates to one guy to talk to in Seattle: JC John- kids have covered music and culture Busch’s notions on the familial and ny Conga.

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A known entity from Seattle to Mi- ami and beyond, JC embodies the Latin Jazz in March legendary evolution of this music and See Calendar Key on page 18 for club names and locations. remains an unyielding disciple of its earliest roots in New York. He hosts a weekly radio show, Al Lado Latino, Recurring gigs on KBCS 91.3 FM and is outspoken Monday at Paratii Craft Bar (PB) Saturday at Queen City Grill (QC) about the scene. Paratii session with Jeff Busch, 9:00pm Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, The grievances are well known in the 10:00pm Thursday at Cellars Restaurant and Latin performance community here: Honduran Ricardo Guity plays drum set Lounge (CE) too much racial divide, too much ego, and hand drums, including the sacred Babma Brazil with Kiko Freitas, Dinho no dedication, no discipline, no stu- bata drums, played in Ifa and Santeria Costas, Teo Schantz, 9:30pm ceremonies. dents, too much distraction, devalua- tion by the Grammys, no respect, no clubs supporting live music. March Calendar He comes from the “first school of Friday, March 2 Friday, March 16 the old school,” from a time and place SR Brazil Novo, 7:30pm SR Mambo Loco, 6:30pm that had the musicians, the people and the clubs, the Palladium, for example, Saturday, March 3 Sunday, March 18 that were key in the music’s develop- SF Leo Raymundo Trio, featuring Sue C* Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra (Rialto Theater, Nixon, 9:00pm 901 Broadway, Tacoma), 4:00pm ment. “Latin jazz is removed from the musical experiences, because it’s not Wednesday, March 7 Tuesday, March 20 part of the culture here,” JC says. C* Mambo Cadillac (Babalu, 1723 N 45th CY Susan Pascal tribute to Cal Tjader, He asks, from that standpoint, St), 9:00pm 7:30pm “Why would you want to be a musi- Mambo Cadillac is a collection of great Wednesday, March 21 Latin players on the Afro-Cuban, salsa cian today? Now we’re all indepen- side of the music – Grammy-award- C* Mambo Cadillac (Babalu, 1723 N 45th dents.” Still, he shares one strong and winning Costa Rican vocalist Carlos St), 9:00pm important message: take responsibil- Cascante, with the Spanish Harlem Friday, March 23 ity. “Pass on the traditions – really Orchestra; Mexican pianist Julio Jauregui; and bassist Dean Schmidt PO Projeto B, 8:00pm teach them.” – with congas and bongos player Tor SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Kiko Frietas, 7:30pm That’s, in part, happening here Dietrichson, who helped in this story and through the Brazilian hangs and has a lot of great things to say about a Tuesday, March 27 lot of players that I don’t have space to JA Chano Domínguez Flamenco Sketches, through the Afro-Cuban performers list here. featuring Ben Street, Blas Cordoba, in the music. And it’s bringing the di- SF Passarim Quintet, featuring Leo Dafnis Prieto, 7:30pm verse, pan-American heritages of the Raymundo, Francesca Merlini, 8:00pm Wednesday, March 28 music into our cultural space, where a blending and distinction can occur Wednesday, March 14 C* Sonora la Rebelion (Babalu, 1723 N C* Sonora la Rebelion (Babalu, 1723 N 45th St), 9:00pm simultaneously. With that come calls 45th St), 9:00pm JA Chano Domínguez Flamenco Sketches, to avoid reduction and facsimile and featuring Ben Street, Blas Cordoba, celebrate the crossing patterns, danc- Thursday, March 15 Dafnis Prieto, 7:30pm LJ Roots, Vibes & Rhythm session, 9:30pm es and experiences that make up this Saturday, March 31 TU Sonando, 8:00pm world of movement and rhythm. The SF Leo Raymundo Trio, featuring Sue musicians above are calling out endur- Sonando holds a monthly at Tula’s and Nixon, 9:00pm ing forms and inviting people to play continues the fusion of the folkloric, Afro-Cuban crossover into jazz. TO Sierra Maestra, 8:00pm and hang and learn and dance. It’s not Founded in 1990 by Fred Hoadley a sentimental exercise, packaged with and Lary Barilleau, the current lineup Also with Live Latin Jazz vintage or exotic qualities; rather, it’s features some great horn players, and Club Sur, 2901 1st Avenue South | 206- percussionists Ricardo Guity, Francisco 607-4929 | www.seattleclubsur.com an honest and modern heritage. We “Junior” Medina, Tom Bergersen. can enter that world through music, Sonando has some of their Latin and the limits of our music are the interpretations of the music of Charles limits of our world. Mingus up on YouTube.

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Spring Series

As time goes by, the expanding universe of jazz sometimes seems to be go- ing in all directions at all times – for- ward and back, inside and out, up and down. This fascinating multiplicity of approaches to the music has invigorat- ed the art form like never before, and also challenged capacities to support and, at times, even to clearly define what jazz is. That’s why I love to think about jazz in relation to the String Theory developing in physics. We live in a universe (or universes) where all things are interconnected, across multiple dimensions, by the vibrations of jazz fibers at their very core. TIM BERNE PHOTO BY ROBERT LEWIS BEN WILLIAMS PHOTO BY JATI LINDSEY The Earshot Jazz organization is in its 27th year in this fascinating continu- Matt Mitchell, piano; Ches Smith, Art. That record has galvanized Wil- um, focusing on services to our own drums – in a program of new music liams as an emerging and prominent jazz community and on the presenta- from his first studio album in eight voice in the jazz today. tion of one-of-a-kind events that cel- years, and first release on ECM. Full State of Art is a mature statement ebrate an absolutely vibrant art form. preview available in February issue of stamped with his voice: “I wanted to This year’s Earshot Jazz Spring Series Earshot Jazz and online at www.ear- make an album that regular nine-to- (or String Theories) brings you con- shot.org. five people could enjoy,” Williams says, certs that tap into the core traditions “and to make a deep artistic statement and the expansion of jazz music. We Ben Williams Group as well. I like music that grooves, and invite you to join us for some truly dis- I make sure that my music feels good.” NEW DATE: Friday, March 16, 8pm tinctive concerts, and let’s have some State f Art Seattle Art Museum Even before the release of o , fun with this music! Williams was one of the most sought – John Gilbreath Tickets are $18 in advance; $20 at the after young bassists in the world; his door; Earshot Jazz members and seniors resume is a who’s who of jazz wisdom: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil receive $2 discount; students pay half Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Pat Thursday, March 1, 8pm price Metheny, Terence Blanchard, Chris- Seattle Asian Art Museum, Rising-star bassist Ben Williams per- tian McBride Big Band, Nicholas Pay- Volunteer Park forms with his group at the Seattle Art ton, Paquito D’Rivera, Cyrus Chest- Museum, downtown. The Washington nut, Benny Golson, Roy Hargrove, Tickets are $18 in advance; $20 at the DC-born, Harlem-based bandleader, and Mulgrew Miller, to name a few. door; Earshot Jazz members and seniors musical educator, composer, electric Williams’ warm, woody tone, flowing receive $2 discount; students pay half and acoustic bassist was the winner groove, melodic phrasing and storytell- price of the 2009 Thelonious Monk Insti- ing approach has found favor among Saxophonist Tim Berne introduc- tute International Jazz Competition, musicians, but also a larger audience. es his new Snakeoil group – Oscar an award that helped the young artist On the bassist’s appeal, Nate Chinen Noriega, clarinet and bass clarinet; produce his debut CD release State of of the New York Times writes, “Wil-

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 SIERRA MAESTRA PHOTO BY BART MADJESKI liams took several long solos in his first cal director for the Buena Vista Social oldies kind of a band. Yes, four-part set at The Jazz Gallery … and each one Club. As the first of the modern-era harmonies and acoustic instruments, felt more like an entitlement than an groups to play in the old-style son but Sierra Maestra is as formidable indulgence.” lineup – tres, guitar, trumpet, bongo, and powerful a band as the mountain He’s a natural who shares through his guiro and vocals – Sierra Maestra re- range in eastern Cuba for which they music what he sees happening in the calls the style’s golden age of the 1920s are named – their tribute to the birth- world right now. From the liner notes and 30s. place of son. of State of Art, by Williams: “This al- Five of the original nine members Check out Rumbero Soy (2002), on bum is my honest and humble attempt remain: Alejandro Suarez Galarraga, which the group invites guest guitar- at expressing (musically) what it feels band director and claves; Carlos Puis- ist Marc Ribot for a couple of tracks like to be alive in 2011.” seaux Mansfarroll, guiro; Eduardo and guests Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara In this February’s issue of JazzTimes Himely Pino, bass; Luis Barzaga Sosa, Portuondo of the Buena Vista Social magazine, writer Giovanni Russon- vocals; Alberto Virgilio Valdes Decalo, Club for additional vocals. It’s a great ello reports on Williams and con- vocals and maracas. They are pioneers recording that ventures beyond tradi- temporaries in Harlem doing just in reviving this style for new genera- tional son. Also seek out Tibiri Tabara that – Christian Scott, Gerald Clay- tions and reintroducing it into the Cu- (2005), a challenge in the age of em- ton, Justin Brown, Jamire Williams. ban – and global – mainstream. bargo. “It’s almost like a second coming of Joining the five originals are Yelfris Join us March 31 in celebration of the Harlem Renaissance,” trumpeter Valdes Espinosa, trumpet; Eduardo this remarkable visit to Town Hall Se- Christian Scott says. “Niquito” Rico Menendez, bongos, attle from nine global travelers. congas and cowbell; Jesus Bello Diaz, Sierra Maestra vocals and acoustic guitar; Emilio Ra- Wolter Wierbos Saturday, March 31, 8pm mos Batista, vocals and tres. Thursday, April 12 & Town Hall Seattle The group was nominated for a Latin Friday, April 13 Grammy in 2010 and now celebrates Venue announcement to come Tickets are $26 in advance; $28 day 35 years since their formation. World of show; Earshot Jazz members and se- Music Central says, “If son is indeed The humorous and stunningly vir- niors receive $2 discount; students pay the soul of Cuba, then Sierra Maestra tuosic Dutch trombonist hosts a free half price are the heartbeat at the center of that workshop at Cornish College of the Revered in Cuba for decades, Sierra soul.” Arts, April 13 at noon. Stay tuned for Maestra was originally formed by Juan Thoughson is a traditional, rural mu- performance venue announcements de Marcos Gonzalez, who subsequent- sic with roots that stretch back almost and ticket info. ly served as guiding spirit and musi- a century, this simply isn’t a golden

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 PREVIEW >> Cornish College of the Arts’ Spring 2012 Music Series

PROJETO B: (LEFT TO RIGHT) VICENTE FALEK, HENRIQUE ALVES, MAURICIO CAETANO, YVO URSINI, LEONARDO MUNIZ CORRÊA, AMILCAR RODRIGUES

Jazz abounds this season in Seattle, Nicole Mitchell & The Cornish temporary Art and the Jazz Institute allowing Seattleites an opportunity Contemporary Big Band of Chicago. Mitchell has seven record- to immerse themselves in the music. ings as a leader and several recordings Saturday, March 3, 8pm The music department at Cornish as co-leader. She currently is a visiting College of the Arts has put together A creative flutist, composer and lecturer at University of Illinois–Chi- a calendar of music featuring perfor- bandleader, Mitchell was crowned cago, where she directs the jazz ensem- mances by some of the music’s most “Top Flutist” by Downbeat and “Jazz bles and teaches jazz history. She also noteworthy musicians around. Saxo- Flutist of the Year” by the Jazz Journal- teaches jazz at ChiArts, Chicago’s first phonist Rudresh Mahanthappa will ists Association in 2010. Well-known public high school for the arts. be in residence at the college in April, in her home city of Chicago, Mitch- Mitchell joins the Cornish Contempo- offering a masterclass as well. Also, ell’s compositions reach across sound rary Big Band, under the direction of not-to-be-missed is the first Seattle ap- worlds, integrating new ideas with trumpeter Jay Thomas, in this concert pearance by “jazz flutist of the year” moments in the legacy of jazz, gospel, featuring her own compositions. Nicole Mitchell in a concert featuring pop and African percussion to create a her compositions performed with the fascinating synthesis of “post-modern Projeto B Cornish Contemporary Big Band . jazz.” She has been noted as “a com- Friday, March 23, 8pm The Brazilian group Projeto B will of- pelling improviser of wit, determina- fer up modern and chaotic sounds of tion, positivity, and tremendous talent Projeto B creates polyrhythmic music São Paulo, while local favorite Dawn … on her way to becoming one of the infused with contemporary jazz and Clement presents a special concert of greatest living flutists in jazz” (Peter strongly influenced by the modern her original work. Margasak, Chicago Reader). sounds of their home city of São Paulo, As a composer, she has won fellow- Brazil. This year, the band celebrates Nicole Mitchell Masterclass ships from Chamber Music America its 12th anniversary and the release of A Viagem de Villa- Friday, March 2, noon and the Illinois Arts Council and has their third album, Lobos, a tribute to the Brazilian com- Free and open to the public. been commissioned by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Ra- poser Heitor Villa-Lobos. vinia, the Chicago Museum of Con-

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 Brazil’s Jornal O Globo said the al- “In all this world of jazz, there are bum “deserves to be in a best-of-the- very few individual voices, no matter year list of Brazilian music records.” what the instrument. But Dawn Clem- The album offers a sonic exploration ent has come up with a voice that’s of Villa-Lobos’ experiences during his unique,” Priester says. “One can’t say first trip to Paris in 1923 when he first that she sounds like Bud Powell or Os- comes into direct contact with the mu- car Peterson or the Herbie Hancocks sic of Igor Stravinsky. or Chick Coreas or Keith Jarretts of The project seems tailor-made for the world. Dawn Clement’s music is the group, which prides itself on al- uniquely heard. And that’s the thing ways tackling new challenges, both in that grabbed my attention.” composition and in adaptations of tra- A member of the Cornish faculty, ditional repertoire. Often employing she maintains a rigorous performing unusual instrumentation, the band schedule and has performed in some features Vicente Falek, piano and ac- of the world’s most prestigious venues, cordion; Henrique Alves, bass and including Carnegie Hall and the Ken- guitar; Mauricio Caetano, percussion; nedy Center. She has performed with Leonardo Muniz Corrêa, alto saxo- such notable artists as Pharaoh Sand- Open to All - Free phone and clarinet; Amilcar Rodri- ers, Ingrid Jensen, Hadley Caliman, guez, trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet; Buddy Catlett, John Clayton, Mercer and Yvo Ursini, guitar and effects. Ellington, Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte. For this show, she will perform with bassist Jon Hamar, guitarist Storm Nil- son and trumpeter Chad McCullough.

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Cornish Jazz Ensemble Saturday, April 7, 8pm

Sunday, March 4, 6 pm Consistently heralded by critics as one of the most original composers in his field, alto saxophonist Rudresh The Ham Carson Mahanthappa leads a handpicked Swing Band ensemble of Cornish students in this In the tradition of Louis Armstrong, DAWN CLEMENT PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN special concert concluding his visiting Lester Young, and Bobby Hackett artist residency at Cornish this spring. Dawn Clement Quartet Mahanthappa’s music synthesizes Sunday, April 1, 6 pm South Indian musical concepts with Saturday, March 24, 8pm a range of unexpected influences. His The Randy Halberstadt Pianist and composer Dawn Clement unique compositions have garnered brings her unique voice to the PON- him much acclaim, including a Gug- Quintet CHO stage for this quartet concert genheim Fellowship and commissions featuring her original compositions. from Chamber Music America and 100 Minutes of professional jazz In 2000, she received the Earshot Jazz the American Composers Forum. Family friendly concert | Free parking Golden Ear Award for Best Emerg- The New Yorker once mused on his ing Artist. Her 2008 album In Deep “visceral tone and grab-you-by-the- Seattle First Baptist Church collar attack.” In both his composi- 1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) Dance, with the legendary trombonist Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 Julian Priester, was crowned Best Al- tion and his playing, he seeks to ex- bum by Earshot Jazz readers in 2004. plore new musical territory and, in www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV Rudresh’s words, “to address what it

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 is to be Indian American by digesting Notes, from page 2 Indian music on my own terms.” His critically acclaimed 2010 re- www.midatlanticarts.org. American applicants should direct their questions to lease, Apex (Pi), with Bunky Green, Jeff Parks at [email protected]. Jason Moran and Jack DeJohnette, On the Horizon: was widely lauded as one of that year’s Esperanza Spalding best recordings. NPR, the Los Angeles Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 8:00pm Times, the Village Voice, the Boston Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street Globe, JazzTimes and other publica- Tickets: $30-$42, www.stgpresents.org tions hailed the rhythmic dynamism Bassist, vocalist, Portland native and 2011 Grammy winner for Best New Art- and exuberant ensemble interaction ist, Esperanza Spalding returns to the Northwest for a concert supporting her sparked by the group both on stage upcoming Concord Music Group recording Radio Music Society. She will lead a and on the record. 12-piece big band in performances of her original compositions. In 2011, Rudresh set about revamp- ing his own quartet by adding guitarist Dave Fiuczynski to the lineup and In One Ear, from page 3 composing an entirely new body of work for the band. Other projects cur- Pacific Northwest. Sonarchy is now into its 16th year of airing on KEXP. The rently include trios MSG and Mauger, broadcast can be heard live every Sunday evening at midnight at 90.3 FM and and the quintet Dual Identity. Most on www.KEXP.org. It is also available in its entirety for two weeks following recently Mahanthappa has signed a the broadcast in several streaming audio formats. This month’s shows will also multi-record deal with the major Eu- be available as podcasts shortly after they air. Doug Haire is the producer and ropean label ACT Music + Vision. mixes these live shows. On March 4, The Schwa + Science present music in All events occur at Cornish College’s the avant-ambient jazz zone. Band members are Justin Sorensen, vibes; Geoff PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Larson, bass; Bob Rees, percussion; Chris Credit, reeds; and Robb Davidson, Street, Seattle. Tickets are $20 general science. Next on March 11, the KGT Trio led by Kate Olson brings longtime admission; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish stu- music pals to Seattle for a set of freely improvised music. Members are Olson, dents, faculty, staff and alumni with ID; tenor and soprano sax; Gary Prince, guitar; and Tim Cohen, drums. On March masterclasses are free; and free parking 18, Sentient Explosive create industrial atmospheres to sink into. Members are is available. For additional information Dean Moore, electro-acoustic percussion, and Noisepoetnobody, modular synth or to purchase tickets, visit www.cornish. and voice. Finally on March 25, Burn List brings innovation and deep listening edu/musicseries or call 206-726-5030. to audiences. The group is led by Cuong Vu on trumpet, with Greg Sinibaldi, – Danielle Bias tenor sax; Aaron Otheim, keyboard; and Chris Icasiano, drums.

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND march 03 THURSDAY, MARCH 1 and clinics mentored by professional artists and SR Brazil Novo, 7:30pm educators. Evening concerts on Friday, March 2, and TD Vagabond Opera, 7:00pm, 10:00pm AA Tim Berne’s Snakeoil w/ Oscar Noriega, Matt Saturday, March 3, feature Festival Artistic Director TU Johnaye Kendrick Quartet, 7:30pm Mitchell, Ches Smith, 8:00pm Dee Daniels, New York Voices, Seattle favorite Greta BC Barca w/ Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9:00pm Matassa, Edmonds Community College’s Soundsation BX Greg Schroeder & Tony Foster duo, 7:00pm, SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Jazz Choir, the Seattle Jazz Singers, and Kennelly 9:00pm BH Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra performs Benny Keys All-Star Big Band. Tickets for the 7:00pm C* UW jazz ensembles (Brechemin Auditorium, UW Carter, 7:30pm performances are available by calling 425-275-9595 School of Music), 7:30pm BX Carolyn Graye, Paul Green, Nate Parker, Greg or online at www.ec4arts.org. For more information C* Vincent Herring (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W Holly Williamson, 7:00pm, 9:00pm about the festival, visit www.demierojazzfest.org. St, Bellingham), 7:00pm C* Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Lamar Lofton C* Nikki Schilling (La Hacienda, 620 Everett Mall (Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue), Way, Everett), 6:00pm FRIDAY, MARCH 2 11:30am CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo BX Dan Kramlich’s Heavy Metal Jazz Trio, 7:00pm, CA Danny Godinez solo, 7:30pm Schantz, 9:30pm 9:00pm CD Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio, 8:00pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm C* Ralph Humphrey masterclass (UW School of CH Electro-Gals w/ Heather Perkins, Briana Marela, ED Friends of Frank DeMiero Jazz Fest gala w/ Music, Room 35), 12:30pm Christi Denton, 8:00pm Dee Daniels, New York Voices, Greta Matassa, C* Ralph Humphrey Trio (UW School of Music, ED Friends of Frank DeMiero Jazz Fest w/ Dee 8:00pm Brechemin Auditorium), 7:30pm Daniels, New York Voices, Greta Matassa, LJ Vocalize it! w/ Shanetta Brown, 9:30pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, Soundsation, 7:00pm MN Ari Joshua’s # Trio w/ Delvon Lamarr, Grant 6:30pm LB Butch Harrison, 7:00pm Schroff, 10:00pm CA Ron Weinstein, 7:30pm MN Ari Joshua’s # Trio w/ Delvon Lamarr, Grant MX A Modest Menagerie, 9:30pm CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8:00pm Schroff, 10:00pm NO Skelbred/Jackson Quintet, 7:00pm EB Carol Nielsson w/ Overton Berry, Clarence Acox, PO Nicole Mitchell & the Cornish Contemporary Big SB Eric Barber’s MetriLodic, 8:00pm Osama Afifi, 9:00pm Band, 8:00pm TD Tubaluba (Musicquarium), 9:00pm ED Friends of Frank DeMiero Jazz Fest w/ Dee QC Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, TU Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble, 7:30pm Daniels, Seattle Jazz Singers, Kennelly Keys All 10:00pm VI Michel Navedo + Jimmie Herrod, 9:00pm Stas, 7:00pm RR Ryan Burns, Steve Kim, 6:00pm HS Pony Boy Records Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm RR The Meter Maids, 9:00pm 1, 2, 3 36TH ANNUAL DEMIERO JAZZ LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5:00pm SF Leo Raymundo Trio, ft Sue Nixon, 9:00pm LB Dina Blade w/ Hans Brehmer, 7:00pm SR Deems Tsutukawa, 7:30pm FESTIVAL NC Stephanie Porter & Friends, 8:00pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am Over 70 vocal and instrumental jazz groups from the NO Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott, 8:00pm TU Marc Seales Group, 7:30pm Northwest take part in this year’s DeMiero Jazz Fest, PO Nicole Mitchell masterclass, noon VI The James Band, 9:30pm March 1, 2 and 3 at Edmonds Center for the Arts and RR Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet, 8:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm Community Christian Fellowship, in daytime workshops SF Jerry Frank, 9:00pm

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AA Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 1400 E ED Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, PB Paratii, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406 Prospect St, 206-654-3100 Edmonds, 425-275-9595 PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, 425-258- AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 206-545-8570 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 206- 6100 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 325-6051 PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 206-783-0418 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 206-215-4747 FG Faire Gallery Cafe, 1351 E Olive Way, 206-652-0781 PK People’s Republic of Koffee, 1718 12th Ave, 206- BP Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Dr SE, GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 755-5727 Issaquah, 425-391-3335 425-455-2734 PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy St BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, 425- GT Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave QC Queen City Grill, 2201 1st Ave, 206-443-0975 292-9307 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726- RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206-906-9920 C* Concert and Special Events 4966 RV Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska St CA CMA Gallery & Performance Space, 4501 Interlake JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824 Ave N #9, 206-354-4985 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 206-525-2238 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, 654-3100 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 206-726-1522 LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, 206- LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, 402- SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 206-622-6400 448-8757 3042 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 MN Mona’s, 6421 Latona Ave NE, 206-526-1188 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, MO Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave, 206-682-1414 TO Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, 206-652-4255 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, 206- TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 763-0714 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, Bellevue, MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 WA Waid’s Haitian Cuisine & Lounge, 1212 E Jefferson 425-828-9104 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, St, 206-328-6493 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, Shoreline, 365-4447 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155 542-2789 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563 WV Wild Vine Bistro, 18001 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, 206- OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 425-877-1334 789-1621 PA Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, 206-682-1414

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 SUNDAY, MARCH 4 THURSDAY, MARCH 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6:00pm, 8:00pm BC Barca w/ Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9:00pm C* Glenn Crytzer Syncopators dance (Century BX Tim Kennedy & Jimmie Herrod, 7:00pm, 9:00pm Ballroom, 915 E Pine St), 9:30pm C* Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio (Sip Wine Bar, 1084 CR Racer Sessions: GRID, 8:00pm NE Park Dr, Issaquah), 6:00pm DT Darrells Tavern session w/ Kevin McCarthy, C* Marc Smason Trio (West Seattle Art Walk, Nature �� 8:00pm Consortium, 4210 SW Oregon St), 7:00pm FB Ham Carson Swing Band, 6:00pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo �� FG Monktail session, 9:00pm Schantz, 9:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm �� KC Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, 3:00pm CH Andy Clausen’s Wishbone CD release, 8:00pm �� PG Nikki Schilling, 5:00pm EB Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band , 7:00pm �� RR Jim Knapp Orchestra, 7:30pm JA Mindi Abair, 7:30pm, 9:30pm RR Seattle JazzED w/ Robert Knatt, 6:00pm MN Farko Collective, 10:00pm �� SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm NC Jazz Decree Trio, 7:00pm �� SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11:00am NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7:00pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am PK Music for the Peoples curated by Beth Fleenor, TD The IOUs (Musicquarium), 8:00pm Samantha Boshnack, 9:00pm TU Reggie Goings Quintet, 3:00pm RR Varmint, 8:00pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:00pm SB Suffering F#ckheads & Jargon, 8:00pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm SE Art of Jazz: Jay Thomas Quartet, 5:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm TU The Kora Band, 7:30pm WA African Music Nites Consortium, 8:00pm 8 ANDY CLAUSEN CD RELEASE MONDAY, MARCH 5 On March 8, 8:00pm, Table and Chairs Music C* UW Studio Jazz Ensemble/Modern Band (Meany releases trombonist Andy Clausen’s Wishbone ensemble Studio Theater, University of Washington), album in a concert at the Chapel Performance Space. CURTAIN CALL 7:30pm Admission is $5-$15 suggested donation. Voted weekly recurring performances FG Monktail’s Special OPS / Ronin (Comet, 922 E Emerging Artist of 2010 in the Earshot Jazz Golden Pike St), 9:00pm Ear Awards, Andy Clausen is currently a student in New MONDAY GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm York. His The Wishbone Suite is a concert-length work GB Primo Kim, 6 MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm for clarinet, accordion, trombone, piano and drums. It MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm premiered at the Racer Sessions in August 2010 and NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9:00pm has since evolved into a thoroughly composed cycle PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9 RR Seattle Conduction Band w/ Neil Welch, Chris of pieces, Clausen says. The Wishbone Ensemble WR Spellbinder, 9:30 Icasiano, Kate Olson, 8:00pm is Andy Clausen, trombone; Ivan Arteaga, clarinet; TD Free Funk Union w/ D’Vonne Lewis Aaron Otheim, accordion; Gus Carns, piano; Chris TUESDAY (Musicquarium), 8:00pm Icasiano, drums and glockenspiel. Duo Thousands CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 TU Greta Matassa jam, 7:30pm opens with a set of their delicate vocal harmonies MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm and beautifully intricate guitar work. Thousands is NO Holotradband, 7 Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman. More information OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 TUESDAY, MARCH 6 at tableandchairsmusic.com. SB McTuff Trio, 10 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7:00pm, 9:00pm WEDNESDAY CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm FRIDAY, MARCH 9 JA Oz Noy Trio ft Keith Carlock, James Genus, BX The Young Lizards, 7:00pm, 9:00pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox 7:30pm C* IMP Presents (Cafe Solstice, 4116 University PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Jacques Willis, 8:00pm Way), 7:00pm RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30 NO Holotradband, 7:00pm C* Eastside Stomp: Glenn Crytzer Syncopators THURSDAY (Kirkland Dance Center, 835 7th Ave), 9:00pm OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, Jose Martinez, BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 C* John Proulx, Chuck Kistler (Jazzvox, Auburn), 10:00pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho 7:30pm RR Industrial Revelation, 7:00pm Costas, Teo Schantz, 9:30pm C* Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio (Scotch and Vine, SB McTuff Trio, 10:00pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines), 7:00pm TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8:00pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 TU Liberty HS Jazz Band, 7:00pm C* Leif Totusek’s Freestyle Candela (Conway Muse, VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9:00pm 18444 Main St, Conway), 8:00pm FRIDAY CA Middle school and high school jam session, HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 6:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BX Randy Halberstadt, 7:00pm, 9:00pm CA Dawn Clement Trio w/ Jon Hamar, Steve Korn, NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 C* Mambo Cadillac (Babalu, 1723 N 45th St), 7:30pm 9:00pm CH Monktail Composers Vol. 8, 8:00pm SATURDAY JA Oz Noy Trio ft Keith Carlock, James Genus, HS Pony Boy Records Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am 7:30pm JA Mindi Abair, 7:30pm, 9:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5:00pm MN Joe Doria’s FOG, 10:00pm SUNDAY NO Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8:00pm LB Trish Hatley & Hans Brehmer, 7:00pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9:00pm NO Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott, 8:00pm CR Racer Sessions, 8 RR Industrial Revelation, 7:00pm SF Djangomatics Duo, 9:00pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm SR Katy Bourne, 7:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6 SF Passarim Quintet ft Leo Raymundo, Francesca TD Owuor Arunga Quartet (Musicquarium), 5:00pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am Merlini, 8:00pm TU Thomas Marriott Quartet, 7:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30pm WV Stephanie Porter Trio, 8:00pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Honey Castro, 9:00pm

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 SATURDAY, MARCH 10 QC Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, SUNDAY, MARCH 11 10:00pm AV Marc Smason, Michael Gotz, Andy Zadrozny, BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6:00pm, 8:00pm RR The Meter Maids, 9:00pm 12:30pm C* Glenn Crytzer jazz history & listening class (HaLo, SF Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio, 9:00pm BX Janette West, Eric Verlinde, Dan O’Brien, Greg 500 E Pike), 10:00am SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Karin Kajita, 7:30pm Williamson, Marty Tuttle, 7:00pm, 9:00pm C* John Proulx, Kristin Korb (Jazzvox, Camano SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am C* The Bad Plus on Stravinsky (Pantages Theater, Island), 2:00pm TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm 901 Broadway, Tacoma), 7:30pm C* The Bad Plus (Conway Muse, 18444 Main St, VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm C* Highline Classic Jazz Fest (Landmark Event Conway), 7:00pm WV Stephanie Porter Trio, 8:00pm Center, 23660 Marine View Dr, Des Moines), CR Racer Sessions: Levi Gillis, 8:00pm 3:00pm 10 HIGHLINE CLASSIC JAZZ FEST DT Darrells Tavern session w/ Kevin McCarthy, C* Reptet & Zubatto Syndicate (Neumos, 925 E 8:00pm Pike St), 8:00pm The fourth annual Highline Classic Jazz Festival is GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm C* Polyrhythmics & Picoso w/ Samantha Boshnack March 10 (Bix Beiderbecke’s birthday) from 2:00pm to JA Mindi Abair, 7:30pm (Crocodile, 2200 2nd Ave), 8:00pm 10:00pm at the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines. PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5:00pm CA Michael Shrieve Trio w/ Michael Stegner, Arturo This year’s musical lineup includes New Orleans and RR Scrape, 7:30pm Rodriguez, 7:30pm Chicago style hot jazz (aka Dixieland), Gypsy jazz, SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:00pm CH Yann Novak + Robert Crouch + Sublamp, Western swing, jump, blues, swing standards, and SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11:00am 8:00pm big band jazz from the 20s and 30s. Presented by SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am CR Ask the Ages, 9:00pm Burien Arts and Landmark Event Center, this year’s TD Dark Divas, 7:00pm GT Wilson Shook, Robert Blatt, Sult, 8:00pm performers include Echoes of Harlem Jazz Orchestra, TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3:00pm JA Mindi Abair, 7:30pm, 9:30pm Pearl Django, Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators, and TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:00pm LB Murl Allen Sanders, 7:00pm the Holotradband. See www.highlineclassicjazz.com VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm MN How Now Brown Cow, 10:00pm for more information. VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm WA African Music Nites Consortium, 8:00pm MONDAY, MARCH 12 BX Carolyn Graye’s Singer Soiree session, 7:00pm, 9:00pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm CORNISH NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9:00pm MUSIC SERIES RR Racer at the Royal Room, 9:00pm TD Free Funk Union w/ D’Vonne Lewis (Musicquarium), 8:00pm TU Dave Marriott Big Band, 7:30pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm TUESDAY, MARCH 13 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7:00pm, 9:00pm JA Lynne Arriale Trio, 7:30pm LB Bistro session w/ Thomas McElroy, 7:00pm MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Jacques Willis, 8:00pm NO Holotradband, 7:00pm OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, Jose Martinez, 10:00pm SB McTuff Trio, 10:00pm TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 BX Chris Morton, 7:00pm, 9:00pm C* Sonora la Rebelion (Babalu, 1723 N 45th St), 9:00pm C* Sandy Carbary & Bill Chism (Pike Place Bar & Nicole Mitchell and the Cornish Contemporary Big Band Grill, 90 Pike St), 6:00pm Saturday, March 3 JA Lynne Arriale Trio, 7:30pm LJ Tony Lewis Trio, 9:30pm Projeto B NO Chuck Metcalf memorial w/ the Legacy Quartet, Friday, March 23 8:00pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9:00pm The Dawn Clement Quartet RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm Saturday, March 24 TD Kane Mathis (Musicquarium), 4:30pm TU Chris Stover Quartet, 7:30pm PONCHO Concert Hall VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7:00pm 710 East Roy Street Tickets: cornish.edu/musicseries 14, 16 CHRIS STOVER QUARTET, TRIO photo: Nicole Mitchell, by Brad Walseth & MORE ZERO In 2010, trombonist and composer Chris Stover left Seattle to join the faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. For years, Stover

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 was the first-call trombone player in both the jazz and a world of internet-radio personalities seeking out and MN Rai, 10:00pm Afro-Cuban music scenes in Seattle, and he appears on supporting local, independent music. Their annual QC Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, over sixty recordings, including releases on OmniTone, Magma Festival in the month of March is at various 10:00pm Origin and Sub Pop. He has performed recently with underground, DIY or otherwise, venues around town. RR Ryan Burns, Jason Goessl, 6:00pm Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Hunter, Tom Varner and At the Chapel, March 16, four trios perform: trumpets RV Jazz Night School ensembles, 3:00pm Jovino Santos Neto. A Latin music specialist, Stover Lesli Dalaba, Angelina Baldoz, Samantha Boshnack; SF Javier Anderson Duo, 9:00pm holds a PhD in music theory and Doctor of Music Arts strings Paul Rucker (cello), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), SR Nelda Swiggett, 7:30pm degree in trombone performance from the University Byron Au Yong (erhu); clarinets Paul Hoskin, Beth SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am of Washington. On break from his teaching duties at Fleenor, Jenny Zeifel; percussion Stuart Dempster, TU Kelley Johnson Quartet, 7:30pm The New School, he returns to Seattle this March for Susie Kozawa, Paul Kikuchi. On March 24, co- TU Seattle Teen Music, 2:00pm concerts with the QED trio, his band More Zero and a presented with the Racer Sessions and Bad for Jazz: VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm quartet. He will also celebrate the release of his first Figeater, King Tears Bat Trip, WA, T’th & Hare’. Check CD, with the quartet, called Circle By Night, and the hollowearthradio.org/magma for full details and more SUNDAY, MARCH 18 second release by More Zero, Between Two Conclusion, about Hollow Earth Radio. BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6:00pm, 8:00pm both on his own label. He’s at Tula’s on March 14, C* Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra (Rialto Theater, 901 7:30pm, with Victor Noriega (piano), Chris Symer SATURDAY, MARCH 17 Broadway, Tacoma), 4:00pm (bass) and Byron Vannoy (drums) and More Zero, BP Groove for Thought, 7:45pm CR Racer Sessions: Naomi Siegel & Kate Olson, which is Stuart MacDonald (saxophone), Ben Thomas C* Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Lamar Lofton 8:00pm (vibes), John Silverman (bass) and Vannoy. On Friday, (Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue), DT Darrells Tavern session w/ Kevin McCarthy, March 16, 7:00pm, Stover performs at Egan’s with the 11:30am 8:00pm QED Trio Alex Chadsey (piano) and Ben Thomas (vibes/ CH Seattle Pianist Collective, 7:00pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm bandoneon/cajon). JA Monty Alexander, 7:30pm JA Monty Alexander, 7:30pm LB Greta Matassa, 7:00pm PG Nikki Schilling, 5:00pm THURSDAY, MARCH 15 BC Barca w/ Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9:00pm BX Reuel Lubag & Danny Kolke Quartet, 7:00pm, 9:00pm C* A Modest Menagerie (Shipwreck Tavern, 4210 SW Admiral Way), 9:00pm C* Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio (Sip Wine Bar, 909 Tula’s Jazz Calendar MARCH 2012 5th Ave), 6:00pm Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub Reservations: 206-443-4221 C* Skerik’s Bandelabra / Snug Harbor (Conway 22142214 SecondSecond Ave,Avenue, Seattle, Seattle, WA 98121 WA 98121 marchTULAS.COM 2012 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 Muse, 18444 Main St, Conway), 8:00pm CA The Four Bags, 7:30pm SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo 1 2 3 Schantz, 9:30pm EARLY ARRIVAL DISCOUNT CD RELEASE Johnaye Marc CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS: Steve JA Monty Alexander, 7:30pm Make dinner reservations and Messick’s Kendrick Seales LJ Roots, Vibes & Rhythm session, 9:30pm arrive by 7pm to receive a $5 Endemic Quartet Group MN Ari Joshua’s # Trio w/ Delvon Lamarr, Grant discount on your cover charge. Ensemble 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11:30PM $15 Schroff, 10:00pm 7:30-11PM $10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7:00pm Reggie Goings JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ SB Suffering F#ckheads, 10:00pm Liberty HS The Thomas Greta SB Farko Collective, 9:00pm Quintet with Smith/ 3-7pm $8 Jazz Band Kora Marriott Matassa TU Sonando, 8:00pm UW Studio Greta 7-8PM Staelens VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:00pm Band Quartet Quartet Jazz & Matassa Emerald City Big Band 7:30-11PM $10 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11:30PM $15 Jim Cutler 7:30-11PM $10 Jazz Orch. 7:30-11PM $10 FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Jazz Orch. 8-11PM $5 8pm $5 BX Milo Petersen Trio, 7:00pm, 9:00pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CA Tom Varner Quintet, 7:30pm BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ HOT LATIN JAZZ Seattle CA Middle school and high school jam session, Stephanie Jazz Police Jay Chris Fred Teen Music 6:30pm Dave Porter 2-5PM $5 Big Band Thomas Stover Hoadley’s CH Hollow Earth Radio Magma Festival, 7:00pm 3-7PM $5 Marriott Quartet Kelley HS Pony Boy Records Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm Big Band Quartet Sonando 7:30-11:30PM $15 Jim Cutler Big Band 7:30-11PM $5 7:30-11PM $10 8-11PM $10 JA Monty Alexander, 7:30pm Jazz 7:30-11PM $5 Johnson LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5:00pm Orchestra Quartet LB Julian Smedly, Alison O’Dell, 7:00pm 8-11PM $5 7:30-11:30PM $15 MO Savion Glover SoLe Sanctuary, 8:00pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NC David George Quartet, 8:00pm Jay Thomas JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ Michael Greta NO Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott, 8:00pm Big Band with the Hal Zilbert Matassa Susan RV Jazz Night School ensembles, 7:00pm 4-7PM $5 Sherman’s Darin Roadside and the Pascal SE Ben Williams Group, 8:00pm N Seattle CC Bellevue CC Quintet Clendenin Attraction Scenes w/ Susan Quartet SF Jerry Frank, 9:00pm & Jim Cutler 7:30-11PM $8 Jazz Band 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11PM $7 Trio Pascal SR Mambo Loco, 6:30pm Jazz Orch. Trio 7:30-11PM $10 7:30-11:30PM $15 8-11PM $5 7:30-11PM $10 TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30pm 25 26 27 29 30 31 VI Casey MacGill, 8:00pm 28 Fairly Honest BIG BAND JAZZ WV Nikki Schilling, 8:00pm Jazz Band Boyd Greta Tatum Hal Galper Hal Galper 3PM $5 Phelps Music Matassa Greenblatt Trio w/ Trio w/ 16, 24 MAGMA FESTIVAL Jim Cutler Sax Works Jazz CD Release Jeff Johnson Jeff Johnson March 16 and March 24, 7:00pm, the Magma Festival Jazz Attack Big Band Workshop 7:30-11PM $15 John Bishop John Bishop is at the Chapel Performance Space in Wallingford. Orchestra 7:30-11PM $10 7:30-11PM $5 7:30-11PM $10 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11:30PM $15 8-11PM $5 The Hollow Earth Radio gateway on E Union leads to

March 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 RR Seattle JazzED w/ Clarence Acox, 6:00pm TU Darin Clendenin Trio jam, 7:30pm MN Joe Doria’s FOG, 10:00pm RR Washington Composers Orchestra (WACO), WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm NO Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8:00pm 7:30pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9:00pm SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm TUESDAY, MARCH 20 RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11:00pm BX Future Jazzheads session, 7:00pm, 9:00pm TU Hal Sherman’s Bellevue CC Jazz Band, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am CY Susan Pascal tribute to Cal Tjader, 7:30pm VI Leeni and Love Show, 9:00pm TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4:00pm JA Chuck Loeb w/ Pat Bianchi, Lionel Cordew, Eric TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:00pm Marienthal, 7:30pm THURSDAY, MARCH 22 VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm LB Bistro session w/ Thomas McElroy, 7:00pm BC Barca w/ Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9:00pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Jacques Willis, 8:00pm BX Kelly Eisenhour duo w/ John Hansen, 7:00pm, WA African Music Nites Consortium, 8:00pm NO Holotradband, 7:00pm 9:00pm OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, Jose Martinez, CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo MONDAY, MARCH 19 10:00pm Schantz, 9:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm SB McTuff Trio, 10:00pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm JA Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Audition, TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30pm JA En Vogue, 7:30pm 6:30pm LJ The Hang, 9:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 MN Istvan & Farko, 10:00pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm BX Pearl Django, 7:00pm, 9:00pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7:00pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9:00pm C* Mambo Cadillac (Babalu, 1723 N 45th St), TU Michael Zilbert & Scenes Trio, 7:30pm RR Seattle Conduction Band w/ Neil Welch, Chris 9:00pm VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9:00pm Icasiano, Kate Olson, 8:00pm C* Choice of Meat / Dennis & The Reaniers, 9:00pm TD Free Funk Union w/ Adam Kessler JA Chuck Loeb w/ Pat Bianchi, Lionel Cordew, Eric FRIDAY, MARCH 23 (Musicquarium), 8:00pm Marienthal, 7:30pm BX Chris Clark Trio, 7:00pm, 9:00pm CA Spin Quartet ft Kobe Watkins, 7:30pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, 6:30pm EB Sandy Carbary & Tim Lerch, 9:00pm HS Pony Boy Records Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm JA En Vogue, 7:30pm, 9:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5:00pm LB Jonathan Sheckler Trio, 7:00pm NC Gail Pettis Duo, 8:00pm NO Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott, 8:00pm PO Projeto B, 8:00pm SF Pasquale Santos, 9:00pm SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Kiko Frietas, 7:30pm TU Greta Matassa Quintet w/ Susan Pascal, 7:30pm VI Lushy, 9:00pm SATURDAY, MARCH 24 AV Marc Smason, Michael Gotz, Andy Zadrozny, 12:30pm CA Robin Holcomb, Keith Lowe, 7:30pm CA Kobe Watkins clinic, 1:00pm CH Hollow Earth Radio Magma Festival, 7:00pm JA En Vogue, 7:30pm, 9:30pm LB Leah Stilwell w/ Chris Morgan, 7:00pm MN Hejira, 10:00pm PO Dawn Clement Quartet, 8:00pm QC Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, 10:00pm RR Ryan Burns, Jacques Willis, 6:00pm RR Anokye Agofomma and Sol Afrique, 9:00pm SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9:00pm SR Overton Berry, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm SUNDAY, MARCH 25 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6:00pm, 8:00pm CR Racer Sessions: Realization Orchestra, 8:00pm DT Darrells Tavern session w/ Kevin McCarthy, 8:00pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm JA En Vogue, 7:30pm LB The Jon Sheckler Trio, 7:00pm PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5:00pm SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30pm SF Danny Ward brunch, 11:00am SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • March 2012 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:00pm BX Frank Kohl Trio, 7:00pm, 9:00pm C* Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Lamar Lofton TU Fairly Honest Jazz Band, 3:00pm C* Dan Duval Trio w/ Greg Glassman (Baker Street (Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue), VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm Books, 32709 Railroad Ave, Black Diamond), 11:30am VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm 7:00pm CA Alvin Walker, 2:00pm WA African Music Nites Consortium, 8:00pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, JA Hiromi: The Trio Project ft Anthony Jackson, 6:30pm Simon Phillips, 7:30pm, 9:30pm MONDAY, MARCH 26 CH Anton Batagov, 8:00pm MN Gravity, 10:00pm BX Carolyn Graye’s Singer Soiree session, 7:00pm, HS Pony Boy Records Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm MO Zakir Hussain & the Masters of Percussion, 9:00pm JA Hiromi: The Trio Project ft Anthony Jackson, 8:00pm GB Primo Kim, 6:00pm Simon Phillips, 7:30pm, 9:30pm QC Faith Beattie w/ Leif Totusek, Ricardo Guity, JA Jackson High School ensembles, 6:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5:00pm 10:00pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm NC Scott Lindenmuth Trio, 8:00pm RR Ryan Burns, Colin Higgins, 6:00pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm NO Flexicon w/Thomas Marriott, 8:00pm SB Barrett Martin Group, 9:00pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9:00pm PA Hot Java Cool Jazz, 7:00pm SF Leo Raymundo Trio, ft Sue Nixon, 9:00pm TD Free Funk Union w/ Adam Kessler SF Jerry Frank, 9:00pm SR Gail Pettis, 7:30pm (Musicquarium), 8:00pm TU Hal Galper Trio w/ Jeff Johnson, John Bishop, SY Elizabeth Dawson, 7:00pm TU Boyd Phelps Sax Attack, 7:30pm 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm VI Yada Yada Blues Band, 9:00pm TO Cuba’s Sierra Maestra, 8:00pm TU Hal Galper Trio w/ Jeff Johnson, John Bishop, TUESDAY, MARCH 27 SATURDAY, MARCH 31 7:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6:00pm BX Future Jazzheads session, 7:00pm, 9:00pm BH Count Basie Orchestra, 2:00pm C* Chicago 7 w/ Joanne Klein, Marc Smason, Dan BH Count Basie Orchestra, 8:00pm Wickham, Craig Hoyer, Oleg Ruvinov (Garden House, 2336 1, 7:30pm JA Chano Domínguez Flamenco Sketches ft Ben Street, Blas Cordoba, Dafnis Prieto, 7:30pm LB Bistro session w/ Thomas McElroy, 7:00pm MX Don Mock, Steve Kim, Jacques Willis, 8:00pm NO Holotradband, 7:00pm OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, Jose Martinez, 10:00pm SB McTuff Trio, 10:00pm TU Music Works Big Band, 7:30pm VI Wally Shoup Quartet, 9:00pm SUMMER AT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 BX John Hansen, 7:00pm, 9:00pm C* Sonora la Rebelion (Babalu, 1723 N 45th St), CORNISH 9:00pm JA Chano Domínguez Flamenco Sketches ft Ben JAZZ 2012 Street, Blas Cordoba, Dafnis Prieto, 7:30pm LB Wine pairing and jazz night, 7:00pm MN Joe Doria’s FOG, 10:00pm NO Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8:00pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9:00pm RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm Exploring Hard Bop Vocal Jazz TD Katy Bourne, Randy Halberstadt, 5:00pm July 9 – 13 July 16 – 20 TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7:30pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7:00pm Jazz Fundamentals The ABC’s of Latin Jazz July 9 – 13 July 23 – 27 THURSDAY, MARCH 29 BC Barca w/ Phil Sparks, Adam Kessler, 9:00pm Advanced Jazz Workshop Jazz Big Band BH Count Basie Orchestra, 7:30pm July 16 – 20 July 30 – August 3 BX Katy Bourne, Randy Halberstadt, 7:00pm, 9:00pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo Study with the renowned Cornish jazz faculty and Schantz, 9:30pm visiting artists including JD Allen, Dawn Clement, CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm CH Anton Batagov, 8:00pm Chuck Deardorf, Denney Goodhew, John Hollenbeck, JA Hiromi: The Trio Project ft Anthony Jackson, Wayne Horvitz, Johnaye Kendrick, Jovino Santos Neto, Simon Phillips, 7:30pm, 9:30pm Jay Thomas, and more! MN Ari Joshua’s # Trio w/ Delvon Lamarr, Grant Schroff, 10:00pm NC Jazz Decree Duo, 7:00pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7:00pm SB The James Band & Shawn Mickelson Quintet, 8:00pm TU Tatum Greenblatt CD release, 7:30pm REGISTER: CORNISH.EDU/SUMMER/MUSIC 206.726.5031 FRIDAY, MARCH 30 BH Count Basie Orchestra, 8:00pm

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