A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community July 2012 Vol. 28, No. 7 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Chris Stover Photo by Daniel Sheehan EDITOR’S NOTE NOTES

My term as editor ends with this is- Cafe Racer Love, Town Hall Forum ists, arts organizations and cultural sue. For the past three years, I have The arts community has shown enor- tradition leaders for significant contri- worried about whether the newslet- mous fortitude, generosity and care butions to the creative vitality of Wash- ter would go out on schedule, both in the wake of the fatal shootings at ington State. Governor Chris Gregoire electronic and print versions, and Cafe Racer and Town Hall in May. selects three Arts Awards and three whether enough of our readers would Earshot Jazz mourns with the wit- Heritage Awards, to be presented Sep- find the content worthy or reflective nesses, friends and families surviving tember 2012. For more information, of our city’s vibrant jazz scene. this tragedy. The community is heal- including the guidelines for nomina- Those worries, however, were never ing through continuing its love and tions, nomination form and list of pre- a burden. Rather, I embraced them work: the Racer Sessions moved to vious recipients, please visit www.arts. as a reminder of my connection to an various locations in the intervening wa.gov/projects/awards.shtml. international jazz community that weeks, benefit shows continue, and Bumbershoot Moves Jazz Outdoors has been a consistent presence in my Town Hall hosted a forum on public In 2011, Bumbershoot presented jazz life for as long as I can remember. safety in their Great Hall. You can join artists in EMP’s Level 3 venue. This It is fitting that the final issue that in supporting the victims’ families, year, One Reel, the producers of the an- will feature my name in the mast- surviving victim, and the Cafe Racer nual outdoor music festival, are prom- head as editor reflects how broadly community, by visiting caferacerlove. ising “a lively jazz showcase,” which our region has embraced the music org. and how commonly our musicians will be presented outdoors on the Star- CityArtist Projects Grant impact the music on a global scale. bucks Stage. Confirmed artists include A quick look at the lengthy schedule The CityArtist Projects program, of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, of summer jazz festivals and concerts the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Skerik’s Bandalabra and New Orleans throughout the Northwest says it provides funding for Seattle-based in- brass band The Soul Rebels. Bumber- all. The role that Earshot continues dividual artists to develop and pres- shoot takes place over Labor Day week- to play as a presenter of progressive ent their work. The program focuses end, Sept. 1-3, at Seattle Center. jazz is most evident in the “Jazz: the on different disciplines in alternating On the Horizon: Tumbao years. The 2013 cycle will award grants Second Century” series which runs Olympic Sculpture Park, August 9, to artists working in dance, music and each July. Trombonist and composer 5:30-7:30pm, free Chris Stover’s story illustrates the suc- theater (including playwriting). A broad range of artists representing the Carlos Cascante y su Tumbao will cess our local musicians are having on bring Latin rhythms to the Olympic the national and international scene, artistic and cultural expression that re- flects Seattle’s diversity is encouraged Sculpture Park on August 9 as part of both as educators and performers. the Art of Jazz Series, co-presented by I also bring the good news that to apply. In 2012, CityArtists award- ed $156,000 to 45 individual artists Earshot Jazz and the Seattle Art Mu- Schraepfer Harvey will assume edi- seum. The group has received much torship from August forward. He has working in the visual, literary and me- dia arts. Twenty-three of the 45 artists praise for their recordings, Hablando served as the assistant editor up until en Serio (2011) and Recuerdos (2006). now, and I know that he is excited funded are first-time recipients, repre- senting 51 percent of the awards. Ap- JazzTimes called Recuerdos a “surpris- about making the newsletter an even ingly diverse and upbeat collection better publication. The tireless dedi- plications are due by July 19. For more details, visit www.seattle.gov/arts. of Cuban-inspired rhythms.” The cation of Karen Caropepe and John band includes members Julio Jauregui Gilbreath to the organization and Nominations for Governor’s Arts & (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass), Thom- this publication will no doubt be an Heritage Award as Marriott (trumpet), Jeff Busch asset to Harvey in his new role. Nominations of individuals or or- (drums), Pedro Vargas (congas) and Even after my return to New York, ganizations for the Washington State Cascante (vocals). I will certainly continue reading, and Arts Commission Governor’s Arts & hopefully writing for the newsletter. Heritage Awards are due on July 10. – Danielle Bias, Earshot Editor The awards recognize and honor art- CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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

Centrum Artist Residencies This session, on third Mondays, are still Executive Director John Gilbreath Fall great opportunities to sit in at Tula’s. Managing Director Karen Caropepe In an inaugural Reverberations fes- Jim Wilke’s Jazz NW July Lineup tival, Centrum artists-in-residence Earshot Jazz Editor Danielle Bias Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest features perform a multi-media world premiere Assistant Editor Schraepfer Harvey the artists and events of the regional from Fort Worden’s historic batteries jazz scene. The radio program airs Contributing Writers Christine Beaderstadt, and cistern on Artillery Hill of Fort Sundays at 1pm on 88.5 KPLU and Mark Bonicillo, Libby Graham, Steve Worden State Park, Friday-Sunday, Griggs, Peter Monaghan is also available online in an archived September 21-23. In that three-week podcast. Jazz Northwest is recorded Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey period, Seattle-based composer and and produced by Jim Wilke, exclusive- Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic pianist Wayne Horvitz, audio engi- ly for KPLU. July 8 features the Ris- Photography Daniel Sheehan neer and producer Tucker Martine, Layout Kawika Sweeney ing Stars groups from the Bellevue Japanese dancer/choreographer Yukio Mailing Karen Caropepe and volunteers Jazz Festival at Bake’s Place; July 15, Suzuki and Japanese video artist Yo- a Jazz Port Townsend preview; July Send Calendar Information to: hei Saito create 55: Music and Dance 22, Eduardo Mendonca from SAM’s 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 in Concrete, short improvised and Olympic Sculpture Park concert. See Seattle, WA 98103 composed works utilizing the historic fax / (206) 547-6286 jazznw.org for program schedule and spaces. More information is available email / [email protected] updates. at centrum.org/reverberations. Board of Directors Kenneth W. Masters Sonarchy July Lineup (president), Richard Thurston (vice- Tom Varner Joins Cornish This Fall Sonarchy broadcasts Sundays at mid- president), Renee Staton (treasurer), Hideo Cornish College of the Arts an- night (PST) on 90.3 KEXP. The shows Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, Bill nounces the appointment of jazz Broesamle, George Heidorn, Femi Lakeru, can be heard live at KEXP.org and are French hornist Tom Varner to the po- Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu available as podcasts shortly after they sition of Assistant Professor of Jazz Per- air. Doug Haire is the producer and formance. Varner joins the many tal- Earshot Jazz is published monthly by mixes these live shows. Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is ented artists on Cornish’s jazz faculty, July 1, Erin Jorgensen, solo marim- available online at www.earshot.org. including Jim Knapp, Jovino Santos ba, singing and stories; July 8, Batho- Neto, Wayne Horvitz, Dawn Clement Subscription (with membership): $35 lith, fusion meets prog rock meets free and Randy Halberstadt. More about 3429 Fremont Place #309 improvisation, with Stephen Thomas the Cornish Music Department jazz Seattle, WA 98103 Cavit (drums), Dennis Rea (guitar), phone / (206) 547-6763 program at cornish.edu/music. Ken Masters Geoff fax / (206) 547-6286 (baritone guitar), Jam Session News Harper (bass); July 15, Echore is Es- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 The Lakeside Bistro, Rainier Beach, ther Sugai and Michael Shannon Printed by Pacific Publishing Company holds Thursday-night jam sessions. In playing traditional Asian instruments, © 2012 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle recent months, pianist Eric Verlinde harmonium, dilruba, found percus- and drummer Jon Sheckler have been sion and field recordings; July 22,Sys - MISSION STATEMENT hosts. In July, percussionist John Han- temwide, live dub from the Sonarchy Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service sen hosts on the last three Thursdays archives (2003); July 29, Wah Wah organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a Exit Wound, Dave Webb (guitar), support system for jazz in the community (first Thursday is a songwriters’ open and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot mic). The Lakeside Bistro jam sessions Bowie Mclean (bass, vocals), Warren Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a are 6-9pm. Pease (drums). monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, Greta Matassa retires the first Mon- See jackstraw.org/studio/sonarchy for providing educational programs, identifying and a program schedule and more infor- filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing day vocalist jam after 10 years at Tula’s. listenership, augmenting and complementing The Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, on mation. existing services and programs, and networking first Sundays, and Darin Clendenin’s with the national and international jazz community.

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 Eric Reed Jeff Clayton Benny Green Dena DeRose Johnny Mandel Gordon Wycliffe

experience LIVE John Clayton, Artistic Director JAZZ PORT TOWNSEND JULY 26 - 28 At Fort Worden State Park JAZZ IN THE CLUBS FRIDAY, JULY 27 McCurdy Pavilion – 7:30 pm $38/$29/$19 THURS, JULY 26 8 pm to 11 pm Venues: The Public House / The Upstage Eric Reed Trio with special guest Walter Smith III NW Maritime Center Eric Reed (p), Hamilton Price (b), Kevin Kanner (d), Walter Smith III (t sax) FRI, JULY 27 AND SAT, JULY 28 10 pm to 1 am Dynamic Duos: “A Tribute to JJ & Kai” Venues: The Public House / The Upstage / Castle Key featuring Wycliffe Gordon and Jiggs Whigham Rose Theatre / Undertown / Key City Playhouse (trombones) NW Maritime Center Visit www.centrum.org/jazz for schedule updates, “Six String Masters” directions, and more. ($24 Evening Club Pass) with Bruce Forman and Graham Dechter (guitars) “Drummage” Clarence Acox Sherrie Maricle Jeff Hamilton and Matt Wilson (drums) George Cables Kelby MacNayr Tamir Hendelman (p), Chuck Deardorf (b), Rodney Green (d) Jeff Clayton Hamilton Price John Clayton Bill Ramsay SATURDAY, JULY 28 McCurdy Pavilion – 1:30 pm $47/$34/$22 Dawn Clement Eric Reed Benny Green Trio with special guest Gary Smulyan Chuck Deardorf Walter Smith III Benny Green (p), Ben Wolfe (b), Rodney Green (d), Graham Dechter Gary Smulyan Gary Smulyan, (b sax) Dena DeRose Terell Stafford Introducing Dena Derose Bruce Forman Mary Stallings Dena DeRose (p/v), Martin Wind (b), Matt Wilson (d) Benny Green Jay Thomas The Shadow of Your Smile: The Music of Johnny Mandel Rodney Green Byron Vannoy Centrum Faculty All-Star Big Band directed by NEA Jazz Master Wycliffe Gordon Sachal Vasandani Johnny Mandel Randy Halberstadt Laura Welland Jon Hamar Jiggs Whigam SATURDAY, JULY 28 McCurdy Pavilion, 7:30 pm $38/$29/$19 Jeff Hamilton Matt Wilson Tamir Hendelman Martin Wind Mary Stallings with the Eric Reed Trio Mary Stallings (v), Eric Reed (p), Hamilton Price (b), Gary Hobbs Ben Wolfe Kevin Kanner (d) Kevin Kanner Graham Dechter Quartet Order Your Tickets Today Graham Dechter (g), Tamir Hendelman (p), John Clayton (b), www.centrum.org 800.746.1982 Jeff Hamilton (d) Jazz Port Townsend is still accepting applications for the The Major support for Jazz weeklong workshop (July 22 – 29). Information is available Welland Port Townsend is provided at http://centrum.org/jazz or call (800) 733-3608 Family by James and Nelly Tretter

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 PROFILE Chris Stover: Trombonist and Theorist

CHRIS STOVER PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. By Danielle Bias ban and Brazilian music, though he with Stuart MacDonald, John Silver- is certainly well acquainted with cre- man, Thomas and Vannoy. He also “There are certainly a lot of us here,” ative improvisation and new music. has a long-standing relationship with jokes trombonist Chris Stover about After spending most of his life in and the Latin music community in Seat- the number of musicians from Seattle around Seattle, he relocated to New tle, including especially Jovino Santos currently living in New York. Sitting York about two years ago to join the Neto. Santos Neto speaks fondly of in New York’s Union Square for the faculty at the New School for Jazz and Stover. He says, “Chris is an excellent interview, he recounts a recent con- Contemporary Music. Prior to arriv- musician and educator. I have learned versation with Andy Clausen, another ing at the New School, he also taught a lot from him. His knowledge of sub- trombonist from Seattle now studying at the University of Puget Sound and tle details of Afro-Cuban rhythms is at the Juilliard School, about putting the University of Washington. very impressive.” together a band in the Big Apple that Many in Seattle know Stover from Stover seems to have been able to would play the music of Seattle-based his active performing and record- forge a happy marriage between his composer Jim Knapp. “That really got ing career with his own modern jazz activities as a performer-composer and me to thinking that I bet we could put quartet featuring Byron Vannoy, Chris scholar-educator. “Early on, I reached together a big band comprised solely of Symer, Victor Noriega; the pan-Latin out to Chris Washburne, who serves musicians from Seattle.” trio QED with Ben Thomas and Alex on the faculty in the ethnomusicology Stover is also a composer and theo- Chadsey; and the band More Zero department at Columbia University rist with a particular interest in Cu-

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 and who also happens to be a trom- he says. That statement almost seems Journal and Latin American Music Re- bonist like myself,” he explains. “I modest when one considers that Stover view. asked him about how he was able to holds both a Ph.D. in Music Theory “My interest in Cuban music started keep a high-level playing career as well and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in out very innocently,” he recalls. “One as a high-level scholarly career going at Trombone Performance from the UW. of the main reasons being that salsa the same time. And he said: ‘It’s very While maintaining an incredibly ac- uses a lot of horn players, and it pro- easy, I just write about the same music tive performing career, he has man- vided a lot of opportunities for me to that I play.’ And I really took that to aged to keep all his academic chops. play out, starting in the mid-90s in heart.” He has presented at numerous aca- groups like Orquesta Nueva Era, Latin Stover’s dissertation at the Univer- demic conferences, including the na- Expression and Fred Hoadley’s Latin sity of Washington explored folkloric tional Society for Ethnomusicology, jazz group Sonando. And eventually Cuban music as well as Cuban jazz. the American Musicological Society from playing the music so much, my About five to six years ago, he started and the Society for Music Theory interests and curiosity really grew and to really bring together his role as a conferences. His critical writing and I started to really study Cuban music.” composer and performer with his aca- research has also been published by Stover has spent time in Cuba study- demic pursuits “in a very serious way,” Cambridge Scholars Press, the ITA ing with some of the great progeni- tors of music, especially in the cities where the music still thrives today, particularly in Havana, Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba. “I am especially 2012 drawn to folkloric rumba, which is sort of ironic because there is no trom- bone in folkloric rumba,” he explains. “But the rhythmic aspects of it and the micro-rhythms, as well as the call and response, the relationship between music and dance, and the social-cul- tural context is really fascinating. And although I don’t really play folkloric music, I have been able to use what I have learned to inform my own mu- sic.” Stover’s own music can be at once BUSINESS ASSOCIATION produCed by The NorTh CiTy busiNess assoCiaTioN pan-Latin and modern, though it of- ten embraces a certain sophisticated simplicity. “When I am writing music, I use what I have learned as a base to BUSINESS ASSOCIATION create within my own musical syntax. opeNs aT 6, musiC from 7-10pm My music is definitely not rumba, but August 14, 2012 15Th aveNue Ne, shoreliNe the same sort of processes that hap- 2012feaTuriNG: pen in rumba often inform my com- positional style,” according to Stover. Tom marrioTT’s Tumbao salsa uNder The sTars “Aside from my interest in process GreTa maTassa WiTh CriTiCal mass biG baNd shear Jazz QuiNTeT aT lauGhiNG ladies with regard to rumba, another kind of bill aNsChell Trio aT NorTh CiTy bisTro music that I am fascinated by, also in sTephaNie porTer WiTh sTeve yuseN• douG reid Group terms of process, is minimalist music.” Not surprisingly, then, he cites musi- more To Come! cian and performers like Steve Reich, purChase your TiCkeTs oNliNe! Cachao and Caetano Veloso as major influences. He has performed with 206.399.0963 • www.NorthCityJazzWalk.org an eclectic mix of musicians, includ-

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 ing Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Hunter, cultures in a pan-Latin American way. Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, There is such an incredible wealth of Tom Varner and Michael Spiro. music throughout Latin America that He points especially to a recent re- is waiting to be explored.” cording, Between Two Conclusions, And then what’s next? Not long after with the band More Zero. “Some of wrapping up the semester at the New the music on this record has a mini- School, Stover left for a tour in Bra- malist kind of vibe, introducing osti- zil, playing shows with a stellar cast of natos that develop and transform very Brazilian musicians, including Vitor slowly over time,” he notes. More Zero Gonçalves, Sérgio Galvão and Aman- has been a signature band for Stover da Ruzza. Stover certainly does not for quite a few years, along with QED, seem to have time for boredom. After and another band, Frieze of Life, that his time in Seattle, he takes off for a he co-leads with Greg Sinibaldi. week-long visiting scholar residency at Stover returns to Seattle in July for a the University of Queensland in Bris- few performances and to teach a camp bane, Australia, and trips to Denmark, on Latin jazz at the Cornish College Argentina, and a research project in of Music alongside Jovino Santos Neto Cuba are slated before the year is out. and Ben Thomas. “My commitment He is also working on mixing a new to educating youth about Latin music quartet CD with Danish bass player is sort of what spurred the camp that Niels Praestholm along with Michael I have been teaching at Cornish with Gregory on guitar, and another Seattle Jovino,” he notes. “We explore not just native, Andrew Drury, on drums. Cuban music or Brazilian music, but To learn even more about Chris Stover, look at the music from several different visit his website at www.morezero.com.

Shows in Seattle Selected Discography

While Chris Stover is here in Seattle, you Stover was an active and vital part of can catch him at these three shows in Seattle for over fifteen years, before the Seattle area: moving to New York in 2010, and he appears on over sixty recordings. Below Tuesday, July 24, 8pm are some highlights: Chapel Performance Space More Zero, Between Two Conclusions (2012) Chris Stover Big Band Chris Stover, Circle by Night (2012) Wednesday, July 25, 8pm Amanda Ruzza, This Is What Happened Royal Room (2012) Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto featuring Elspeth Savani, Pensamientos en vuelo (2011) Chris Stover QED, Yet What Is Any Ocean… (2011) Delivery Service in Seattle Jesse Canterbury, (2010) Friday, July 27, 8:30pm Vertigo Jazz in the Valley, J.J.’s Main, Ellensburg, Tom Varner Tentet, Heaven and Hell (2009) Full Service WA Andrew Boscardin, Four Color Heroes (2009) Violin Family Dealer QED Trio Elsepth Savani, Galla Que Canta (2007) Serving Western & Central Washington More Zero, More Zero (2006) Summer Intensive Workshop Established 1964 Sonando, Trés (2006) Monday, July 23-Friday, July 27, 10am- Tom Baker, The Gospel of Red Hot Stars 4:30pm (2006) Cornish College of the Arts Frieze of Life, Nuclear Frog Pond (2005) BASSES ABCs of Latin Jazz: Argentina, Brazil and Quasinada, Interrupt This Broadcast (2004) Cuba Charlie Smith Circle, Charlie Smith Circle With Jovino Santos Neto and Ben (2003) Thomas www.hammondashley.com Frieze of Life, Frieze of Life (2003)

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 PREVIEW >> Jazz: The Second Century Presentations

LIL COOP SEXTET: (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN SEMAN, ROBERT BEASLEY, MARK OSTROWSKI, DARIAN ASPLUND, BILL MONTO. ERIC BARBER OF METRILODIC. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. STEPHEN FANDRICH, PIANO, NOT PICTURED. PHOTO BY GENESEE ADKINS.

July 12, 19 & 26, 8pm terials, live video clips, full bands, duos the Year and is currently a member Chapel Performance Space and more – this year’s schedule follows of the Washington Composers Or- below with occasional statements sub- chestra, French hornist Tom Varner’s Seattle musicians have new works in mitted with the artist materials. Quintet and Tentet, Byron Vannoy’s development all the time – at house – Schraepfer Harvey Meridian and the Ziggurat Quartet, concerts, at weekly jam sessions, in whose Calculated Gestures (Origin basement studios and at clubs and cafes July 12 Records, 2010) is a fusion of jazz and around Seattle, including the Seamon- MetriLodic | John Seman’s Lil Carnatic (South Indian) rhythms. ster and the Royal Room. Jazz: The Barber is an independent educator and Coop Sextet Second Century is this organization’s earned a bachelor of arts in music from open question to that artistic commu- MetriLodic is Eric Barber (saxo- the University of Oregon and a master nity: so, what’s happening now? phone, loops, iPad and synth), Byron of fine arts in jazz studies and African Submissions are considered by a peer- Vannoy (drums) and Paul Kemmish American music from California Insti- review panel made up of musicians, (electric bass). The trio uses groove and tute of the Arts. journalists, former Second Century meter, not always linear, as a launch Recently emerging as a bandleader performers and concert producers. for all original improvisations. and composer, drummer Byron Van- Earshot Jazz thanks all the unique and Saxophonist Eric Barber brings his noy debuted Meridian to national enterprising creative musicians of this global influences as a collaborator in acclaim; the record also received the city that submitted their work for con- India, Iran and the Balkans to the 2008 Golden Ear Award for Record- sideration. Out of all the materials – a ensemble. He received a Golden Ear ing of the Year. Vannoy is frequent range of home recordings, studio ma- Award in 2009 for Instrumentalist of performer and an independent educa-

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 BILL HORIST PHOTO BY CAROLINE HORIST. TRIO ORANGUTAN: (LEFT TO RIGHT) NAOMI SIEGEL, JASON LEVIS AND KATE OLSON. PHOTO BY ALEX GARLAND AND ANJA CONRAD. tor and has studied privately with Ian future in the immediate moment,” Se- might be difficult to consider that what Froman, Mark Ivester, Bob Moses and man writes. I do is related somehow. … I suppose it Joe LaBarbera. He holds an associate Bassist John Seman is also a profes- becomes difficult for a forward-thinking certificate in professional music from sional archivist and ethnomusicologist idea to countenance the gravity of its Berklee College of Music, a bachelor with degrees from the Oberlin Con- own growing history, but if there’s any of music in jazz performance from servatory of Music and the University place where the duality can exist, it’s Cornish College of the Arts and a of Maryland in College Park here, in this music. master of fine arts degree in jazz and Trio Orangutan is Kate Olson African American music performance July 19 (soprano saxophone), Naomi Siegel from California Institute of the Arts. Bill Horist | Trio Orangutan (trombone) and Jason Levis (percus- Bassist Paul Kemmish (PK) is a leg- Internationally prolific in the alter- sion). They play composed pieces and endary contributor to the live mu- native and underground and in rock, improvise in search of the “timbral sic scene in Seattle. His PK & What jazz, avant-garde and folk music, Seat- possibilities of trombone, soprano and Army? contemporary big band con- tle guitarist Bill Horist has appeared percussion,” Olson writes. As the Syr- tinues to perform in clubs, regularly on 70 recordings and has performed inx Too, Olson and Siegel have worked bringing together some of the city’s well over 1,000 concerts throughout on those possibilities at the Racer Ses- top horn and rhythm talents for im- North America, Mexico, Europe and sions, Gallery 1412 and elsewhere. promptu live sessions. Japan. He’s worked with John Zorn, Olson holds a master’s degree from John Seman’s Lil Coop Sextet is a Wayne Horvitz, Stuart Dempster, the University of Michigan. She is an new ensemble from Monktail Creative Trey Gunn, Secret Chiefs 3, Shazaad area educator and performs with the Music Concern bassist and director Ismaily, Saadet Turkoz, Jack Wright, Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra and John Seman. Monktail members and Amy Denio, Eyvind Kang, Paul the Seattle Conduction Band. Naomi frequent collaborators Seman (bass), Hoskin, Wally Shoup, Paul Kikuchi, Siegel is a graduate of the Oberlin Mark Ostrowski (drums), Stephen Jessica Lurie, Tucker Martine and Conservatory and is now an active per- Fandrich (piano) and Bill Monto Master Musicians of Bukkake, Axolotl former and music educator in the Se- (alto sax) comprise the core of the and the Paul Rucker Ensemble in ad- attle area. She regularly performs with group. Darian Asplund (tenor sax) dition to extensive solo activity. Horist Thione Diop, Picoso and other Latin, and Robby Beasley (trumpet) feature is an Artist Trust grant and fellowship world and experimental groups. Siegel in the group, “combining written ma- recipient (2006, 2005). From Horist’s teaches private trombone lessons and terial with free improvisation, serial- Second Century submission: I view is a member of the Seattle Women’s ism with lead sheets, tone rows with jazz as an aspiration more than a genre. Jazz Orchestra. Composer, drummer bass grooves, blues and ballads with … For those that see jazz as a genre, it and UC Berkeley doctoral candidate passacaglia and fugue, the past and

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 Jason Levis, currently based in Berlin, makes it a trio. BECU July 26 Robin Holcomb | BUZZ ZOOTUNES presented by Carter Subaru Robin Holcomb is a prolific singer, pianist, composer and songwriter with Featuring... influences from free jazz piano to folk music and world percussion. Her Sec- k.d. lang ond Century solo piano performance AND THE SISS recalls her 2006 Tzadik release John BOOM BANG Brown’s Body. She writes in her Second JULY 3 Century submission: This, the next or any other stage of jazz music: An exuber- ance: timeless, specific. GRACE POTTER Also performing tonight, Wayne & THE NOCTURNALS Horvitz’s BUZZ group. BUZZ is Ho- JULY 18 vitz on piano and electronics, Geoff Harper on bass, Kate Olson on sax and Steve O’Brien on trumpet. THE JOHNNY CLEGG BAND / Horvitz considers, in his Second LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Century submission: (1) New (younger) AUGUST 5 musicians continually enter one’s artistic landscape, as an improviser or composer. TROMBONE SHORTY (2) To create music that encompasses & ORLEANS AVENUE / all the possibilities that electronics offer, ROBERT RANDOLPH without losing focus on the musical ele- & THE FAMILY BAND ments that have sustained us throughout AUGUST 22 the centuries. ...and many more! Though independent Second Cen- tury submissions, it’s worth noting that Holcomb and Horvitz have been married and influential on new mu- sical works and young artists for de- cades. “Creating and nurturing envi- ronments for new music is their forte,” SEE CONCERTS. Steve Griggs writes, “Robin Holcomb: SAVE ANIMALS. Fostering New Music,” November 2011. They founded Studio Henry in New York, a home for the New York Composers Orchestra (NYCO); re- prised a similar effort in Seattle in 2008, founding the Washington Composers Orchestra (WACO); now, Tickets and full lineup at www.zoo.org/zootunes Horvitz’s Royal Room partnership venture, where Horvitz’s Seattle Con- duction Band performs monthly, con- tinues that influence. Tickets are $5-$15 sliding scale. Ad- vance tickets are available at brownpap- ertickets.com and 800-838-3006.

10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 PREVIEW >> Jazz Port Townsend

CENTRUM FACULTY ALL STAR BIG BAND MARY STALLINGS

July 22-29 shows and intimate club performances Centrum Program Manager Gregg throughout Port Townsend. Miller notes, “From the outset, [Ar- By Danielle Bias The week-long series of workshops tistic Director] John [Clayton] made Centrum Jazz Artistic Director John and performances kicks off on Sun- it an absolute priority to invite faculty Clayton has once again put together day, July 22, and concludes the fol- who are outstanding both as teach- a stellar lineup of workshops and per- lowing Sunday, July 29. Mainstage ers AND performers. The two don’t formances in historic Port Townsend performances take place at Fort Wor- always go hand-in-hand. I think he’s on the Olympic Peninsula. Centrum’s den State Park’s WWI-era McCurdy done a really good job with this.” 36th annual Jazz Port Townsend fes- Pavilion. The increasingly popular Miller is also pleased to see that many tival has become a summer ritual Jazz in the Clubs series returns, fea- artists are eager to return to the festi- for many musicians, aspiring and turing intimate performances in clubs val each year. “I can honestly say that otherwise. This year’s stand outs in- and venues in Port Townsend’s his- the faculty and performers really enjoy clude NEA Jazz Master and five-time toric downtown and uptown districts. coming here,” he explains. “I think the Grammy award winner Johnny Man- Nearly all of the artists who perform biggest attraction to them is they get del, Sachal Vasandani, Benny Green, at mainstage and club concerts, as well to play and hang with a large number Gary Smulyan, Eric Reed Trio, Walter as more than a dozen others, will serve of truly outstanding musicians who Smith III, Dena DeRose, Mary Stall- as workshop faculty. Among this year’s also happen to be great people … we ings, Matt Wilson, Chuck Deardorf, faculty are Wycliffe Gordon, Randy work hard to create an atmosphere Jeff Hamilton, Dee Daniels and more Halberstadt, Terrell Stafford and Ben where great music happens naturally than two dozen other established Wolfe. and easily.” and emerging jazz artists in pavilion If you go, don’t miss …

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 Jazz in the Clubs combos and as a leader. He has worked with such musical luminaries as Wyn- Jazz Port Townsend heads downtown ton Marsalis, Jessye Norman, Quincy for the popular Jazz in the Clubs se- Jones, Patti Labelle, Irvin Mayfield, ries, featuring intimate performances Benny Carter and others. Reed has in clubs and venues throughout Port taught at the Juilliard School of Mu- Townsend. The series features perfor- sic and gives master classes and lecture mances at the Public House, 1038 demonstrations on the history of mu- Water Street; The Upstage, 923 sic. He has recorded over 20 albums, Washington Street; The Northwest three of which have charted on Bill- Maritime Center, 431 Water Street; board’s Top Jazz Albums chart. His and other venues. Friday and Saturday latest recording is entitled The Danc- performances begin at 10pm. ing Monk. Mainstage Performances at Saturday, July 28, McCurdy Pavilion 1:30pm Friday, July 27, 7:30pm Benny Green Trio with special guest Gary Smulyan ERIC REED Eric Reed Trio with special guest Walter Dena DeRose Smith III Free Workshop Centrum Faculty All-Star Big Band, Plus a series of “Dynamic Duos” featuring directed by NEA Jazz Master Johnny Friday, July 27, 9am-4:30pm Wycliffe Gordon & Jiggs Whigham Mandel Fort Worden State Park (trombones); Bruce Forman & Graham For the fifth consecutive year, Jazz Dechter (guitars); and Jeff Hamilton & Benny Green began classical piano Matt Wilson (drums) Port Townsend invites the public to studies at the age of seven. He moved Fort Worden for the “Free Friday Pianist and composer Eric Reed be- to New York in the spring of 1982, at Workshop Blowout,” an insider’s gan playing the piano at age two and the age of 19, gaining notoriety and look at Jazz Port Townsend workshops was performing in his father’s Baptist experience while performing with and master classes, including a free church in Philadelphia by age five. two jazz legends: Betty Carter and noon-time performance of the Jazz After studying at Philadelphia’s Settle- Art Blakey, throughout the 1980s. In Port Townsend Participant Big Band ment Music School and Los Angeles’ 1993, Oscar Peterson chose Green as led by Clarence Acox, on the green of Colburn School of Arts, Reed began the first recipient of the City of To- the Fort Worden Commons. a vibrant professional career both in ronto’s Glen Gould International Pro-

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12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 tégé Prize in Music. That year, Green Basie. His compositions include “Not seems to have missed.” A Bay Area na- replaced Gene Harris in Ray Brown’s Really the Blues” for Woody Her- tive who established a name for herself Trio, working with the veteran bass man in 1949, “Hershey Bar” and “Pot as one of the finest jazz singers of the player until 1997. He has recorded as Luck” for Stan Getz, “Straight Life” 1960s, performing with such luminar- a sideman with Carter, Blakey’s Jazz and “Low Life” for Count Basie as well ies as Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Billy Messengers, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby as “Tommyhawk” for Chet Baker. His Eckstine and Count Basie. After tak- Watson, Milt Jackson, Diana Krall composition, “The Shadow of Your ing a hiatus from her recording career and the Ray Brown Trio. Smile,” won the 1965 Academy Award in the 1970s to raise her daughter and Grammy-nominated pianist and vo- for Best Song, and the Grammy work as a clothes designer, Stallings calist Dena DeRose has performed Award for Song of the Year in 1966. stepped back into the national jazz and recorded with Ray Brown, Clark Mandel has received five Grammy spotlight in 1999 with a performance Terry, Benny Golson, John Scofield, Awards, including Song of the Year at the famous Village Vanguard night- Jimmy Cobb, Mark Murphy and many for Tony Bennett’s performance of club in New York. Ever since then, jazz others. A devoted educator, DeRose is “The Shadow of Your Smile” and Best fans have had the pleasure of rediscov- currently the Head of Jazz Vocal De- Original Score for “The Sandpiper,” ering Stallings, whose voice and phras- partment at the University of Music Best Arrangement on an Instrumen- ing continued to mature and improve and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, tal Recording for Quincy Jones’ song during her long sabbatical. and teaches at the Prince Claus Con- “Velas,” and two awards for Best In- At only 19 years old, Graham Dech- servatory of Music in The Netherlands. strumental Arrangement Accompany- ter became the youngest member of In addition, she frequently teaches ing Vocals for Natalie Cole’s “Unfor- the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. at clinics and workshops, such as the gettable” and Shirley Horn’s “Here’s to Since then, he has toured extensively Dave Brubeck Institute in Oakland, Life.” In 2011, he was recognized as a in the United States and Europe with CA, the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Jazz Master by the National Endow- CHJO and has performed with some Litchfield Summer Jazz Camp and the ment for the Arts. of the most respected names in jazz, Rotterdam Summer Jazz School. including Bill Charlap, Kurt Elling, NEA Jazz Master Johnny Man- Saturday, July 29, Jon Faddis, Benny Golson, Wycliffe del studied at the Manhattan School 7:30pm Gordon, Benny Green, Jon Hendricks, of Music and the Juilliard School. A Wynton Marsalis, Les McCann, James veteran performer, he played in the Mary Stallings with the Eric Reed Trio Moody, Marlena Shaw, Terell Stafford, orchestras of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Graham Dechter Quartet Clark Terry, Peter Washington, Nancy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Georgie Auld Wilson and Snooky Young. Mary and Chubby Jackson. Additionally, he The New York Times called More information, including directions Stallings played and arranged music in the band “perhaps the best jazz sing- and ticketing, is at www.centrum.org/ of Elliott Lawrence, and with Count er singing today … [that] everybody jazz.

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If by now your summer’s calendar is Britt Pavilion Jazz in the Valley full, note the opportunities below for June 9-October 12 – Britt Pavilion, July 27-29 – Downtown Ellensburg, WA a jazz add-on along the way or for an Jacksonville, OR Savani World Jazz Quartet, Mel Brown B3 extension of the travel season well into Jake Shimabukuro / Leo Kottke, An Evening Quartet, Jake Bergevin Swing Orchestra, the fall. with Bill Cosby, Trombone Shorty & Orleans QED Trio, Sue Orfield Band and more. www. Many of these regional events in- Avenue / Ozomatli, Diana Krall and more. jazzinthevalley.com – (888) 925-2204, (509) volve multiple venues and share club www.brittfest.org – (800) 882-7488, (541) 925-3137 773-6077 spaces in the evenings, including the Oregon Festival of Jazz Port Townsend education camp America’s Classic and concerts; some are multi-day, American Music multi-stage occasions, such as the Dixieland Jazz Festival August 7-11 – John G. Shedd Institute for outdoor Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, June 28-July 1 – St. Martin’s University, the Arts, Hult Center for the Performing re-launched into its 32nd year by the Marcus Pavilion, Lacey, WA Arts, Eugene, OR nonprofit InterArts Community Pro- High Sierra, Ray Skjelbred, Titan Hot 7, Le Jazz Hot: America in the City of Light, duction Company, after some local Uptown Lowdown, Yerba Buena and more. 1919-1939. www.ofam.org – (541) 434-7000 www.olyjazz.com doubt that festival would continue. Seattle Lindy Exchange While that event emerges with new Blaine Jazz Festival August 10-12 – Washington Hall, steam, another falls away: the Ocean July 8-14 – Various venues, Blaine, WA Washington Dance Club, Seattle Shores Jazz Society’s Jazz at the Beach Pearl Django, Daren Clendenin, Randy Evan Arnzten with Tamar Korn and Friends, Dixieland festival in Ocean Shores, Halberstadt, Clipper Anderson, Greg Casey MacGill and His Orchestra. www. Washington, that raised money to sup- Hopkins, Greta Matassa, student ensembles seattlelindyexchange.org port the music program in the North and workshops and more www.blainejazz.org Beach School District, retires after 29 – (360) 820-8312 North City Jazz Walk years. August 14 – Various venues, Shoreline, WA That close notwithstanding, Dixie Cathedral Park Jazz Tumbao, Greta Matassa, Shear Jazz and classic jazz features on many of the Festival Quintet, Bill Anschell Trio and more. www. festivals and events in our region, with July 20-22 – Cathedral Park, Portland, OR northcityjazzwalk.org – (206) 399-0963 the Seattle Lindy Exchange, the Med- Superjazzers, Martin Zarzar, Halie Loren, Trio Jazz and Oysters ford Jazz Festival and the Sun Valley Subtonic, Pete Peterson 7, Fractal Quintet, Jazz Jamboree specifically addressing Damian Erskine Group, Chuck Israels Jazz August 19 – Wilson Field, Ocean Park, WA opportunities to dance. Is classic the Orchestra and more. www.cpjazz.com Jessie Marquez, Ray Skjelbred First Thursday Band, Jovino Santos Neto new contemporary? There’s a vibrancy Quinteto. www.watermusicfestival.com – afoot in the many classic and dance Jazz Port Townsend (360) 665-4466 jazz events in the region. July 26-28 – McCurdy Pavilion, various If dancing’s not your thing, also venues, Port Townsend, WA A Case of the Blues & All Eric Reed w/ Walter Smith III, Wycliffe trending: jazz walks. You can stroll That Jazz closer to home on the North City Jazz Gordon, Matt Wilson, Bruce Forman, Benny August 18 – Sarg Hubbard Park, Yakima, WA Walk in Shoreline and the North Bend Green w/ Gary Smulyan Centrum All-Star Big Band, directed by Johnny Mandell and more. LeRoy Belle, Mycle Wastman, The WIRED Jazz Walk in North Bend. www.centrum.org/jazz – (800) 746-1982 Band, Shoot Jake. www.cotbjazz.com – (509) – Schraepfer Harvey 453-8280

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 Vancouver Wine & Jazz Billet-Deux, Zazi, Greg Ruby Quartet. www. Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree Festival djangofest.com/nw – (800) 638-7631 October 17-21 – Sun Valley, ID Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Band, Blue August 24-26 – Esther Short Park, Glacier Jazz Stampede Vancouver, WA Renditions, Blue Street Jazz Band, October 4-7 – Red Lion Hotel, additional Cornet Chop Suey, Glenn Crytzer & His Artists TBA. www.vancouverwinejazz.com – venues, Kalispell, MT (360) 906-0605 Syncopators, Yve Evans, High Street, Kings Yerba Buena Stompers, High Sierra, of Swing, Jerry Krahn Quartet, Meschiya Bumbershoot Arts Festival Titan Hot 7, Blue Street Jazz Band, Lake & Dem Lil’ Big Horns, Pieter Meijers Uptown Lowdown, Titanic and more. www. September 3-5 – Seattle Center Quartet, Pearl Django, U.S. Coast Guard glacierjazzstampede.com – (406) 755-6088 Tony Bennett, Skerik’s Bandalabra, Rebirth Dixie Band and more. www.sunvalleyjazz. Brass Band, Seattle Repertory Jazz Medford Jazz Festival com – (877) 478-5277 Orchestra. bumbershoot.org – (206) 701- October 12-14 – Medford, OR 1482 Earshot Jazz Festival Bob Draga, Blue Street, Gator Beat, High October 12-November 4 – Various venues, Pentastic Hot Jazz Sierra Jazz Band, Lena Prima Band, Stompy Seattle Jones and more. www.medfordjazz.org – Artists TBA. www.earshot.org – (206) 547-6763 Festival (541) 770-6972, (800) 599-0039 September 7-9 – Penticton, BC The Terrier Brothers, Lance Buller, Dixieland Express Jazz Band, Black Swan Classic Jazz Band, Offramp Jazz Sextet and more. www. pentasticjazz.com North Bend Jazz Walk September 8 – Various venues, North Bend, WA Artists TBA. www.northbendjazzwalk.com SUMMER AT Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic CORNISH September 9 – Magnuson Park JAZZ 2012 Amphitheatre, Seattle Artists TBA. www.ponyboyrecords.com

Pender Harbour Jazz Exploring Hard Bop Vocal Jazz Festival July 9 – 13 July 16 – 20

September 14-16 – Pender Harbour, BC Jazz Fundamentals The ABC’s of Latin Jazz Scott Robertson’s Swing Patrol, Jill Townsend July 9 – 13 July 23 – 27 Big Band, Cory Weeds Quintet w/ Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Laila Biali Trio, Advanced Jazz Workshop Jazz Big Band July 16 – 20 July 30 – August 3 Fito Garcia and more. www.phjazz.ca

Djangofest Northwest Study with the renowned Cornish jazz faculty and September 19-23 – Whidbey Island Center visiting artists including JD Allen, Dawn Clement, for the Arts, Whidbey Island, WA Chuck Deardorf, Denney Goodhew, John Hollenbeck, Wayne Horvitz, Johnaye Kendrick, Jovino Santos Neto, The Lost Fingers, Brady Winterstein Trio Jay Thomas, and more! w/ Hono Winterstein, Lollo Meier & Tcha Limberger, John Jorgenson Quintet, Pearl Django w/ Martin Taylor, Robin Nolan Trio, Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, Hot Club of Detroit, Cyrille Aimée & Diego Figueiredo, Whit Smith & Matt Munisteri w/ Beau Sample, REGISTER: CORNISH.EDU/SUMMER/MUSIC 206.726.5031

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 VENUE PROFILE  Bake’s Place: A Performer’s Dream

LARY BARILLEAU AND THE LATIN JAZZ COLLECTIVE PERFORMING AT BAKE’S PLACE ON JUNE 2 AS PART OF THE 2012 BELLEVUE JAZZ FESTIVAL. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN.

By Steve Griggs around. He first considered buying filled a covered outdoor patio that ac- the Odd Fellows Hall on Leary Way commodated 200. “Welcome to my living room,” says in Redmond, but lack of parking con- When business success demanded Craig Baker. Nestled in a tree-lined vinced him to keep looking. a professional kitchen and commer- courtyard in downtown Bellevue, this Rather than jump in with a big in- cial location, Bake’s Place migrated “living room” is the newest incarna- vestment, he decided to start slowly. to Providence Point at the southern tion of Baker’s live music venue. It Baker’s eastside home had a piano and end of Lake Sammamish. Perform- features 18-foot-tall windows, a grand an empty basement. Why not practice ing artists included Freddie Cole, Jes- piano, and seats 100 guests. Bake’s running a live music venue with no sica Williams, Jovino Santos Neto and Place reopened for business in May to overhead? He licensed his home as a Greta Matassa. This year, in search of sold-out crowds. bed and breakfast to get the business additional seating, expanded hours About 14 years ago, Baker wanted off the ground. Tuesday-night music and convenient location, Baker and to open a club. He had loved singing performances led to weekends with his wife Laura moved their operation in a professional rock band during his catered food service. Guests responded to 155 108th Avenue NE in Bellevue, school years, but life had taken him far to the warm atmosphere and intimate just blocks from downtown hotels and from his youthful passion. Listening performances. Eventually, audiences apartment towers. to local jazz performers turned him

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 “There is no comparison to the previ- wiches about 10 inches of insulation ous versions,” says singer Dee Daniels, and air. who performed in all of Baker’s venues This design keeps the sound warm and opened the current location. “The and clear from a whisper to a wail. Summer Fun! house was cozy and Providence Point A digital mixing board and surround had divided sight lines. This is way speaker system deliver clean sound re- Evening Jazz Intensive July 16th–20th to the tenth power. It’s a performer’s inforcement. As with all design, when Jazz-A-Thon Fundraiser dream.” it’s good, you don’t notice it. So when July 21st, 11am-7pm, Columbia City Comfort, class, and quality sound you listen at Bake’s Place, close your Up-Beat Girls Jazz Camp were designed into the space, origi- eyes and ask yourself, “Have I ever August 6th–10th, Grades 6–12 nally an odd-shaped office space on heard live music sound like this?” Learn more at jazznightschool.org, the ground floor of the Columbia And when your eyes open, everything (206) 722 6061, or [email protected]. West residential tower. Baker envi- you see puts you at ease – dark wood sioned several alternative renovations tables, leather-upholstered chairs, with Steve Erickson of SABArchitects. earth-toned carpet, intimate lighting. Where could the kitchen fit? Would “Music is a format for meditation,” moving the stairway improve the flow? Baker says. “It’s healing and uplifting.” What should the bar feel like? Should To have the complete Bake’s experi- there be booths? Where is the best ence, try something from the menu. location for a stage? What configura- Executive Chef Chris Peterson, for- tion offers the best sight lines? What merly at Café Campagne, Bis on Main can be done to make sure live music and Milagro Cantina, offers great fla- sounds fantastic? “It’s not a bar that vors with minimal fuss. During open- has music,” explains Baker. “It’s a per- ing weekend, several friends of Dee formance venue.” Daniels sought her out after the show. The trapezoid shape of the room “The first thing out of their mouth helps diffuse sound waves, but Baker was, ‘The food was so good,’” said knew this was not enough. “I didn’t Daniels. “The food was off the hook.” want a curtain behind the stage,” says All the ingredients for a great music Baker. “We looked at recording stu- club come together for the potential of dios for ideas.” magic. But the secret recipe is created Constructing louvers would be too by the performing artists on stage. Oc- expensive. Baker pointed at a sample casionally, a spontaneous mix of musi- of white material with deep wavy cians takes the evening to another lev- grooves in Erickson’s office and asked, el. During the Bellevue Jazz Festival, “What’s that?” The panel was made Jovino Santos Neto’s Quarteto was from layers of gypsum and glass fiber. joined by members of organist Booker Multiple panels fit together to create T. Jones’ band. The following evening, a sculptural wall perfect for diffusing Lary Barilleau’s group added flautist sound. The product line comes from Hubert Laws and his ensemble. ModularArts in Ballard. Baker chose a “Jazz has an element of class,” says pattern called Burle because it has the Baker. But Bake’s Place is “not just a highest sound diffusion. The entire jazz club.” He books a variety of genres wall behind the stage is covered with into the room – blues, jazz, funk, folk these interlocking panels that function and rock. Baker hopes to attract audi- both acoustically and aesthetically. ences of 75 on weeknights and turn To deal with low frequencies, a dense the room for each set on weekends. stage construction vents to the rear of Although Baker went to school in the platform. Running the width of culinary arts and restaurant manage- the stage, a bass trap looks like a low wall. It is covered with cloth and sand- CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND july 07 SUNDAY, JULY 1 TUESDAY, JULY 3 FRIDAY, JULY 6 BP Susan Pascal’s Soul Sauce, 8pm BP Trish & the Bake’s Place Players, 8pm BX Clark Gibson Trio, 7pm, 9pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm C* Columbia City Beatwalk: Peter Daniel Trio, Marc C* Festival Sundiata: Black Arts Fest (Seattle JA Monterey Jazz Festival County All-Star Smason Duo, Jim O’Halloran Trio, Joanne Klein Center), Noon Ensembles, 7:30pm Trio, Manghis Khan, Michael Powers, 7pm C* Racer Sessions, 8pm MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8pm C* Eugenie Jones & Darin Clendenin (Melting Pot, DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm NO Holotradband, 7pm 14 Mercer St), 6pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8pm JA Diane Schuur, 7:30pm RR Tim Kennedy session, 10:30pm EB Evan Shay Group, 7pm PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 RR Chicago Afrobeat Project, 8pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm RR Jim Knapp Orchestra, 7:30pm SB McTuff Trio, 10pm JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm, 9:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm LB Trish Hatley w/ Hans Brehmer, 8pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 LJ Zizzy Zi Zixxy, 9:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10pm Please call ahead to confirm schedules. Happy NO Flexicon, Thomas Marriott, 8pm holiday. RR Pheromone Jazz w/ Barbara Ireland, 8pm MONDAY, JULY 2 BX John Hansen, 7pm, 9pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm C* Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Neptune Theatre, MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm SF Djangomatics Duo, 9pm 1303 NE 45th St), 8pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm TD Danny Godinez happy hour, 5pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm TU Barney McClure Quartet, 7:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm VI Casey MacGill Trio, 9pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm THURSDAY, JULY 5 SATURDAY, JULY 7 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm RR Ronin 3 Plus One, 8pm BP The Peru Trio, 8pm BX Lance Buller Quartet, 7pm, 9pm TD Free Funk Union w/ D’Vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler, BX Marcus Brothers, 7pm, 9pm C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, 8pm C* Nikki Schilling (La Hacienda, 620 SE Everett 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am TU Ann Reynolds Clave Gringa, 7:30pm Mall Way, Everett), 6pm CD Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio, 8pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm C* Kevin Buster’s Lunch Money (Dancing til Dusk, CH Fred Sturm performing Federico Ibarra, 8pm Occidental Park, 250 Occidental Ave S), 6pm EB David Arteaga / Mercedes Nicole, 7pm 2 RONIN 3 PLUS ONE CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm, 9:30pm Ronin 3 Plus One performs original compositions, Schantz, 9:30pm LB Butch Harrison, 8pm free improvisations and creative takes on music of CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm MN Evan Shay Trio, 6pm masters like Mingus, Holland, Monk and more. The JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm, 9:30pm MN Leif Totusek, 9:30pm group features Don Berman (drums, percussion), Kenny LJ Vocalize It! w/ Laura Moreau, 9:30pm RR African Music Nite, 9pm Mandell (sax, flute, percussion), Simon Henneman NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm SF Sue Nixon, 9pm (guitar) and Paul “PK” Kemmish (bass). Admission is TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30pm SR Gail Pettis, 8pm free; concert starts at 8pm. VI Jimmie Herrod & Friends, 9pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am

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AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 206-545- GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, PB Paratii, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406 8570 Bellevue, 425-455-2734 PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 425-258-6100 BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, 726-4966 PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 206- 425-391-3335 JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 783-0418 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 206-525- RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206- Bend, 425-292-9307 2238 906-9920 C* Concert and Special Events LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 206- SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 206-726-1522 772-6891 1824 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323- Ave, 206-448-8757 402-3042 0807 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 MN Mona’s, 6421 Latona Ave NE, 206-526- SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 206-622- CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd 1188 6400 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526- CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, 206-763-0714 1188 Bellevue | 425-828-9104 MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 206-838-4333 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 Shoreline, 542-2789 177th, Shoreline, 365-4447 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155 St, 206-789-1621 622-2563 WV Wild Vine Bistro, 18001 Bothell Everett Hwy, OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 Bothell, 425-877-1334

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 TU Greta Matassa Quintet w/ Gary Scott, 7:30pm SB McTuff Trio, 10pm TU Darelle Holden Quartet, 7:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm VI Saudade Brasil, 9pm VI The James Band, 10pm WV Sandy Carbary, Peter Caruso, 8pm WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 SATURDAY, JULY 14 BP Mulherkar-Clausen Quintet, 8pm AV el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Brian SUNDAY, JULY 8 BX Chris Morton & Friends, 7pm, 9pm Flanagan, Michael Barnett, 1pm BP Trish, Hans & Phil, 8pm JA James Hunter & Jesse Dee, 7:30pm BX North Bend Block Party, 7pm, 9pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm LJ Tony Lewis Trio, 9:30pm CH Seattle Occultural Music Festival, 8pm C* Racer Sessions, 8pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm EB Overton Berry, 7pm, 9pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm, 9:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm TD Joe Cano happy hour, 5pm SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9pm JA Lisa McClowry w/ Greg Carmichael, Miles TU Nancy Erickson Quartet, 7:30pm SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Karin Kajita, 7:30pm Gilderdale, 7:30pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am PG Nikki Schilling, 5pm TU Susan Pascal’s “Soul Sauce” Tribute to Cal PG Dana Lupinacci Band, 8pm THURSDAY, JULY 12 Tjader, 7:30pm RR Club Shostakovich, 7:30pm BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm BP Carlos Cascante & Tumbao, 8pm SF Danny Ward brunch, 11am BX Milo Petersen w/ Darelle Holden, 7pm, 9pm SUNDAY, JULY 15 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am C* Dennis Rea, Paul Kemmish, Jack Gold-Molina BP Whitney James, 8pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm (Mars Bar, 609 Eastlake Ave E), 9pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm TU Jazz Police, 3pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo C* Racer Sessions, 8pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm Schantz, 9:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm CH Second Century: MetriLodic, Lil Coop Sextet, 8pm MONDAY, JULY 9 JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm LB Jam w/ John Hansen, 6pm CURTAIN CALL MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm MN Farko Collective, 10pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm weekly recurring performances PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm TD Thione Diop, 9pm RR Monktail: Bill Horist, The Reaniers (Dennis Rea, TU Katie King vocal showcase, 7:30pm MONDAY John Seman, Tom Zgonc) & WA (Greg Keplinger, GB Primo Kim, 6 Simon Henneman), 8pm FRIDAY, JULY 13 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler, BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7pm, 9pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9 8pm C* Eugenie Jones & Barney McClure (Melting Pot, WR Spellbinder, 9:30 TU Dave Marriott Big Band, 7:30pm 14 Mercer St), 6pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm C* Glenn Crytzer 5 (Eastside Stomp, Kirkland Dance TUESDAY Center, 835 7th Ave, Kirkland), 9pm TUESDAY, JULY 10 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 CH Ask the Ages + Moraine, Cafe Racer benefit, 8pm MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 BP Trish & the Bake’s Place Players, 8pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm NO Holotradband, 7 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm, 9:30pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 JA James Hunter & Jesse Dee, 7:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30 MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8pm LB Stephanie Porter w/ Barney McClure, 8pm SB McTuff Trio, 10 NO Holotradband, 7pm NO Flexicon, Thomas Marriott, 8pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm RR Johnaye Kendrick Quartet, 8:30pm WEDNESDAY RR Tim Kennedy session, 10:30pm SF Zizzy Zi Zixxy, 9pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 RR Mulherkar-Clausen Quintet, 8pm SR Heather Sullivan, 8pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 THURSDAY BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho

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RR Washington Composers Orchestra, 7:30pm TUESDAY, JULY 17 THURSDAY, JULY 19 RR Trace Generations w/ Stuart MacDonald, Lucas BP Trish & the Bake’s Place Players, 8pm BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm Winter, Luke Woodle, 6:30pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm BP Jovino Santos Neto, 8pm SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30pm CY Eastside Jazz Club: Sam Pannunzio Trio, 7:30pm BX Katy Bourne Duo, 7pm, 9pm SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8pm C* Portage Bay Big Band (Dancing til Dusk, Freeway SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am NO Holotradband, 7pm Park, 600 Seneca St), 6pm TD Kareem Kandi, 8pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30pm Schantz, 9:30pm TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4pm SB McTuff Trio, 10pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10pm TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30pm CH Second Century: Bill Horist, Trio Orangutan, 8pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm JA James Cotton Superharp Band, 7:30pm MONDAY, JULY 16 WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 LB Jam w/ John Hansen, 6pm BX Hailey Niswanger, 7pm, 9pm LJ Roots, Vibes & Rhythm, 9:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm NC Alejandro Loeza, 7pm TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm RR Seattle Conduction Band, 8pm RR Five and Dime w/ Wayne Horvitz, Nova Devonie, FRIDAY, JULY 20 TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler, 6pm BP Butch Harrison & Good Company w/ Josephine 8pm TU Clipper Anderson Trio w/ Greta Matassa, Mark Howell, 8pm TU Darin Clendenin Trio jam, 7:30pm Ivester & Darin Clendenin, 7:30pm BX Jay Thomas Trio, 7pm, 9pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm VI Brad Gibson Trio, 9pm C* Eugenie Jones & Eugene Bien (Melting Pot, 14 Mercer St), 6pm C* Heather Keizur, Milo Petersen (Harissa Mediterranean Cuisine, 2255 NE 65th St), 6:30pm CH Burn List + MetriLodic, 8pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm JA James Cotton Superharp Band, 7:30pm, 9:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm LB Deems Tsutakawa, 8pm NC David George Quartet, 8pm NC The David George Quartet, 8pm NO Flexicon, Thomas Marriott, 8pm PG Hammon Esvelt Quartet, 8pm RR Leni Stern and the Masters of African Percussion, 8:30pm SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9pm TU Richard Cole Quartet, 7:30pm SATURDAY, JULY 21 BX Aria Prame Quartet, 7pm, 9pm CH Jen Boyd + Susie Kozawa, 8pm JA James Cotton Superharp Band, 7:30pm, 9:30pm LB Janette West w/ Hans Brehmer, 8pm MN Side Winder, 10pm RR Barrett Martin Group, 9pm SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9pm SR Overton Berry, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm TU Seattle Teen Music, 2pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm SUNDAY, JULY 22 BP Hailey Niswanger, 7pm C* Racer Sessions, 8pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm JA James Cotton Superharp Band, 7:30pm LJ TransLUCID, 6pm PG Nikki Schilling, 5pm SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm TU Easy Street, 4pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2012 22 NW BERKLEE GRAD NISWANGER AT TU Frank Kohl Quartet w/ Bill Anschell, Matt NC The Shear Jazz Quartet, 8pm BAKE’S Jorgensen, Steve Luceno, 7:30pm NO Flexicon, Thomas Marriott, 8pm RR Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet, 8:30pm Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger appears at Bake’s 26 EXPANDED CORREO AEREO SF John Sanders, Sue Nixon duet, 9pm Place with her quartet, Sunday, July 22, in support SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Kiko Frietas, 7:30pm of her release . Niswanger, from Portland, PROJECT The Keeper TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30pm recently graduated from the Berklee College of Music, The Expanded Correo Aereo Project is (Correo Aereo) where she was a member of the school’s Global Jazz Abel Rocha on Latin harp, guitar, cuatro and voice and SATURDAY, JULY 28 Institute. As part of the institute, directed by pianist Madeleine Sosin on violin, bombo, maracas and voice, Danilo Perez, Niswanger performed at the Panama Jazz with Amy Denio on accordion, clarinet and voice, Evan BX Leah Stillwell & Darin Clendenin, 7pm, 9pm Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Newport Flory-Barnes on bass and Lalo Bello on congas and C* Bellevue Arts Fair: Rochelle House Ensemble w/ Jazz Festival. At just 22 years old, Niswanger is poised cajon. Wow! Admission is free; concert starts at 8pm. Thione Diop, Owuor Arunga, 3pm as an emerging artist and bandleader. Fellow Berklee JA Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band, 7:30pm, graduate pianist Takeshi Ohbayashi joins Niswanger at FRIDAY, JULY 27 9:30pm LB Nancy Erickson, 8pm Bake’s Place. The performance is part of the Bake’s BX Donny Osbourne & Pete Petersen, 7pm, 9pm MN Moraine, 10pm Place Rising Stars series, which showcases emerging C* Eugenie Jones & Overton Berry (Melting Pot, 14 SR Deems Tsutakawa, 8pm jazz talent from the Pacific Northwest. Reservations Mercer St), 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am can be made at bakesplacebellevue.com/reservations. CH GRID, 8pm TU Peter Daniel Quintet, 7:30pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm MONDAY, JULY 23 JA Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band, 7:30pm, WV Nikki Schilling, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm 9:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm LB Josephine Howell w/ Paul Richardson, 8pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler, 8pm TU Cornish College summer workshop singers, 7:30pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm

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BP Trish & the Bake’s Place Players, 8pm www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 july 2012 C* Solomon Douglas Quintet (Dancing til Dusk, SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Westlake Park, 401 Pine St), 6pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CH Chris Stover, 8pm Jim Cutler Jazz Ann BIG BAND Closed BIG BAND Barney Greta Matassa JA John Pizzarelli Quartet, 7:30pm Orchestra Reynolds JAZZ JAZZ McClure Quintet w/Gary MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8pm 8PM $5 Latin Jazz Jay Thomas Smith/ Quartet Scott NO Holotradband, 7pm Clave Gringa Big Band Staelens 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $10 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm 7:30PM $5 Big Band RR Tim Kennedy session, 9:30pm 7:30PM $10 SB McTuff Trio, 10pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 TU Music Works Big Band, 7:30pm Jazz Police BIG BAND BIG BAND Nancy Katie King Darelle Susan Pascal’s 3-7PM $5 JAZZ JAZZ Erickson Vocal Holden “Soul Sauce” Quartet Showcase Quartet Latin Jazz WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 ***** Dave Marriott Emerald City Big Band Jazz 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $15 Tribute to Cal BP Trio Subtonic, 8pm Jim Cutler Jazz Tjader 7:30PM $5 Orchestra BX Reuel Lubag, 7pm, 9pm Orchestra 7:30PM $5 7:30PM $15 JA John Pizzarelli Quartet, 7:30pm 8PM $5 LJ The Jazz Pearls, 9:30pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm Jay Thomas JAZZ JAM BIG BAND Clipper HOT LATIN Richard Cole Seattle Teen Big Band with Darin JAZZ Anderson JAZZ Quartet Music PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm w/ 4-7PM $5 Clendenin Roadside Trio Greta Fred 7:30PM $15 2-5PM $5 RR Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto ft. Chris Stover, 8pm Matassa, Mark Jim Cutler Jazz Trio Attraction Hoadley’s Greta Matassa TU Greta Matassa workshop, 7:30pm Ivester & Darin Sonando Orchestra 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $8 Clendenin Quartet 8PM $10 VI Wally Shoup Quartet, 9pm 8PM $5 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $15 THURSDAY, JULY 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm Easy Street Cornish BIG BAND Greta Frank Kohl Stephanie Peter Daniel College JAZZ Matassa Jazz Quartet w/ Bill Porter Quartet Quintet BP Sambatuque, 8pm 4-7 PM $5 Singer Music Works Workshop Anschell, Matt 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 Jim Cutler Jazz BX Tom Wakeling & Steve Christofferson, 7pm, 9pm Summer 7:30PM $10 Jorgensen, Orchestra Big Band C* Glenn Crytzer 5 (Dancing til Dusk, Freeway Park, Camp Show 7:30PM $5 Steve Luceno 600 Seneca St), 6pm 8PM $5 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $10

CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho Costas, Teo Schantz, 9:30pm 29 30 31 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm Fairly Honest Kelley BIG BAND CH Second Century: Robin Holcomb, BUZZ, 8pm Jazz Band Johnson Jazz JAZZ Special: JA Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band, 7:30pm 3-7PM $5 Workshop Critical Mass FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS: LB Jam w/ John Hansen, 6pm 7:30PM $10 Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7:00PM to Pete Christlieb Big Band LJ The Hang w/ Davy Nefos, 9:30pm Tall & Small 7:30PM $5 receive a $5 discount on your cover charge. NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm 11 Piece Band RR Correo Aereo Project, 8pm 8PM $20

July 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 SUNDAY, JULY 29 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm BP Pearl Django, 8pm TUESDAY, JULY 31 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm MONDAY, JULY 30 C* Racer Sessions, 8pm BP Trish & the Bake’s Place Players, 8pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm BX Pete Christlieb & Bill Ramsay, 7pm, 9pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm JA Kobe Sister City Jazz Day w/ Yuko Ishida, 7:30pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm JA Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band, 7:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm JA Ravi Coltrane Quartet, 7:30pm PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8pm RR Kyle Sanna/Dana Lyn, 8pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm NO Holotradband, 7pm SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30pm RR Frankly Monday: Figeater & Non-Grata, 8pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TD Free Funk Union w/ D’vonne Lewis/Adam Kessler, RR Josh Deutsch Quintet, 8pm TU Fairly Honest Jazz Band, 3pm 8pm SB McTuff Trio, 10pm TU Pete Christlieb Tall & Small Band, 8pm TU Kelley Johnson workshop, 7:30pm TU Critical Mass Big Band, 7:30pm

Notes, from page 2 Center campus. In addition, we need Event Listings and News Items volunteers to help construct and ex- Please send gig listings to jazzcalen- Distribute Magazine and Assist pand the calendar of Puget Sound jazz [email protected] at least six weeks in with Calendar events that appear in the magazine each advance. Also, if you have news of We are looking for volunteers who can month. If you’d like to volunteer, please your jazz projects, or of anything at all deliver this publication to venues, shops contact Schraepfer Harvey at schraep- related to your career, please feel free and cafes in the Fremont and Green- [email protected] or (206) 547-6763. to email them to [email protected]. lake neighborhoods and the Seattle

Bake’s, from page 17 Running a club is a big commitment, continues to manage the landmark but audiences don’t recognize how venue. ment, opening a music club took a much the owner has on the line. After Bake’s Place has survived 14 years leap of faith. Jazz pianist and producer 77 years, Max Gordon’s Village Van- in three locations. Can it last? “The George Wein wrote in his autobiog- guard in New York is the oldest jazz clubs that do make it over long peri- raphy, “I knew almost nothing about club still in existence. “Some people ods of time,” wrote jazz chronicler Nat running a business. I just held my seem surprised that the Vanguard has Hentoff, “are those you fall into even breath and jumped into the treacher- an owner,” Gordon said in his auto- when you’re not sure who’s there that ous waters – hoping that I would stay biography. “I know what they mean. night. You trust whoever runs the joint afloat.” Wein’s club Storyville was a Half the time I feel as though the place to have enough self-respect to have haven for jazz in Boston for a decade. owns me.” Gordon’s wife Lorraine booked a performer with class.” Then he went on to found the New- took over after he passed in 1989 and Read more by Steve Griggs at steveg- port Jazz Festival. riggsmusic.blogspot.com.

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Studies at Berklee, Manhattan Tobi Stone – Saxophone/clarinet/flute instruction, and Juilliard schools. (206) 779-3082 Cynthia Mullis – Saxophone instruction with a BM, 15 yrs, all styles/levels, West Seattle. Mem- Darin Clendenin – Accepting students for study creative, organic approach to jazz style, theory, ber SRJO, Thione Diop Afro Groove, Jefferson in jazz piano. (206) 297-0464 | www.darinclen- improvisation and technique. (206) 675-8934 | Rose Band. www.tobistone.com, (206) 412-0145 cynthiamullis.com denin.com Ryan Taylor – Guitarist with extensive perfor- Johnny Conga – Latin percussion, congas/bongos/ Nile Norton, DMA – Jazz vocal coaching, all mance/teaching background. For information call timbales. Styles in Latin Jazz, Salsa, Rumba, the levels. Convenient Pioneer Square studio loca- (206) 898-3845 | [email protected] clave and more. [email protected] tion. Recording and leadsheet transcriptions. (206) 919-0446 | [email protected] | www. 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Brass and (206) 467-9365 or (206) 374-8865 Patrick West – Trumpet Instruction. 20+ years jazz technique for all students. Home studio in Bren Plummer – Double bass instruction: jazz and experience teaching. All ages and levels ac- Shoreline. Cornish graduate. (206) 365-4447 classical. BM (NEC), MM, DMA (UW). Experi- cepted. Emphasis on technique and improvisa- | [email protected] | www.david- enced freelance jazz and orchestral player. (206) tion. (425) 971-1831 georgemusic.com 992-9415 | [email protected] Garey Williams – Jazz drum instruction. (206) Steve Grandinetti, MSEd – Jazz drum set instruc- Josh Rawlings – Cornish graduate and prof. gig- 714-8264 | [email protected] tion. Studied with Justin Di CioCio. Centrum ging musician. Learn jazz/pop music, improv, Greg Williamson – Drums and rhythm section; Blues Festival faculty member. (360) 385-0882 song-writing and the business. 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