A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community November 2012 Vol. 28, No. 11 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Paul de Barros Photo by Daniel Sheehan. LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Thank you all for another fantastic fewer and further between, and the Earshot Jazz Festival. This year’s pro- pay is getting worse, rather than better gram was one of our most ambitious – and Seattle’s jazz scene is generally yet, showcasing varied aspects of the considered better than those of most ever-expanding universe that is barely American cities. contained under the wide umbrella of The house of jazz does not stand the word jazz. neatly at the intersection of Art and The music in this year’s festival was Commerce. It is well up Art Street, a spectacular, without exception – good distance from Commerce. whether it came from Amsterdam or We absolutely don’t expect jazz art- Mongolia, New York or Cuba. And ists to modify their creative output so JOHN GILBREATH BY BILL UZNAY especially when it came from Seattle. that it can appeal to a wider, popular cial possibility and artistic integrity. The more that Seattle artists are pre- audience. Jazz touches people on its And we understand the need to place sented alongside creative musicians own terms. That’s why we love it. The the long-term creative health of the from around the world, the more we masters of this art form have tradition- art form ahead of its short-term finan- realize what a treasury of jazz we can ally turned away from popular appeal, cial success. We believe this happens call our own. rather than toward it. Of course, we’re through support of jazz education But in Seattle, as around the coun- always looking to engage new audienc- programs, providing performance op- try, jazz is almost becoming a study es. I hope that search applies to every portunities for student and emerging in supply-side economics. The creative artist, consumer and industry profes- artists, building an infrastructure to center of the art form, enriched by an sional out there. support our own resident artists, and increased supply of talented and well- Earshot Jazz is an arts organization. creating an environment that values educated young musicians, at times Having presented one of the country’s creative expression and progression in seems ready to overpower the existing most ambitious creative jazz festivals the art of jazz. demand for the music. No one knows for 24 years, we understand how to We invite you to join us! this better than the artists. Gigs are manage the tension between commer- – John Gilbreath

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School of Jazz Selections pel Performance Space, has openings More at www.chamber-music.org/pro- KPLU’s School of Jazz Program se- available in November. For booking grams/jazz/grants. lects schools and mentors in Novem- information on the DIY presentation On the Horizon: ber for its 9th edition of the School space, visit waywardmusic.blogspot. Portland Jazz Festival of Jazz CD. The deadline for submit- com. Portland, Ore., February 15-24, 2013 ting an application was October 31. CMA’s Residency Partnership In venues throughout Portland, the The School of Jazz pairs Northwest Program high school jazz bands with profes- Portland Jazz Festival celebrates its The application deadline for Cham- sional jazz musicians, culminating in tenth anniversary in 2013. NEA Jazz ber Music America residency projects the recording, whose proceeds benefit Master Jack DeJohnette headlines this is November 16. The program sup- the schools’ music programs. More at year in a special quartet, with Ravi ports selected applicants in jazz, classi- www.schoolofjazz.org. Coltrane, Matt Garrison and George cal/contemporary and world ensemble Colligan. An incredible array of art- Chapel Space Submissions for music that are presented outside of ists feature this year, February 15-24. November traditional performance venues and in Check www.pdxjazz.com for the latest Dedicated to various contemporary community settings, with the goal of schedule announcements and festival and experimental music and sound increasing audience appreciation and information. art, the Wayward Music Series, Cha- awareness of small ensemble music.

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

CityArtist Projects Awards McPartland’s Piano Jazz, Ken Wiley’s Executive Director John Gilbreath Trumpeter/composers Samantha the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s Jazz Managing Director Karen Caropepe Boshnack and Jason Parker, vocal- After Hours and Jazz Northwest. Jazz ist/composer Jessika Kenney, drum- Northwest, Sundays, 1pm, features the Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey mer/composer Paul Kikuchi and artists and events of the regional jazz Contributing Writers Christine Beaderstadt, pianist/composer Wayne Horvitz are scene. For JazzNW program informa- Katy Bourne, Gregory Brusstar, Steve among the 31 individual artists receiv- tion, see jazznw.org. For KPLU’s full Griggs, David Marriott Jr., Peter Monaghan, ing Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. Jason Parker, Sarah Thomas CityArtist Projects awards totaling Late-night Sundays on 90.3 KEXP Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey $160,000. The CityArtist Projects pro- features Jazz Theater with John Gil- Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic gram advances new works and works- breath and Sonarchy, a live-perfor- Photography Daniel Sheehan in-development by funding different mance broadcast from the Jack Straw Layout Karen Caropepe artistic disciplines in alternating years Productions studio, produced by Distribution Karen Caropepe and volunteers – dance, music and theater in 2012. Doug Haire. Full schedule informa- Send Calendar Information to: Rucker Receives Artist Trust Grant tion is available at kexp.org and jack- 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 straw.org. Interdisciplinary sound and video Seattle, WA 98103 Sonarchy’s November lineup: No- artist, cellist and composer Paul fax / (206) 547-6286 vember 4, Afrocop late-night street email / [email protected] Rucker received the Artist Trust Con- soundtrack with Andy Sells, drums; ductive Garboil Grant. More at artist- Board of Directors Kenneth W. Masters Jayson Powell, percussion; Quinten trust.org. (president), Richard Thurston (vice- Musgrove, bass; Noel Brass Jr., keys; president), Renee Staton (treasurer), Hideo Jam Session News Collin Higgens, guitar; November 11, Makihara (secretary), Clarence Acox, Bill Broesamle, George Heidorn, Femi Lakeru, Session organizers and attendees, Noise-A-Tron, noise and beats in ser- Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu send session news and anecdotes to vice of the drone experience, with Ja- [email protected]. son Bledsoe, drums, and Lea Bledsoe, Earshot Jazz is published monthly by Jazz Radio bass, keys and samples; November 18, Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is In addition to its weekday NPR and PLY, new music for jazz quartet, with available online at www.earshot.org. Michael Owcharuk Beth late-night and prime-time jazz pro- , piano; Fleenor Paul Kemmish Subscription (with membership): $35 grams, 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz , clarinet; , 3429 Fremont Place #309 Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Marian CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 Seattle, WA 98103 phone / (206) 547-6763 fax / (206) 547-6286

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November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 BOOK REVIEW Shall We Play That One Together? – The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland

PAUL DE BARROS READING FROM SHALL WE PLAY THAT ONE TOGETHER? AT ELLIOT BAY BOOKS ON OCTOBER 19 AS PART OF THE EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL. PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN. Paul de Barros land. The 496-page biography released while plumbing the enormous archive St. Martin’s Press by St. Martin’s Press on October 16 at her New England home. “Marian is features a black-and-white cover photo a pretty crusty character,” de Barros By Steve Griggs of a young brunette McPartland at the said in a September 19 Jazz Journal- “Can’t we women make our own piano, smiling a playful glance at the ists Association webinar Writing Jazz contribution to jazz by playing like camera over her right shoulder. Biographies. “She’s not a trusting per- women,” asks pianist Marian McPart- The photo and book title embody the son by nature. She probably didn’t get land, “but still capturing the essential story de Barros tells – a poised wom- where she is by being trusting.” elements of jazz – good beat – good an enjoying herself and asking you to De Barros earned her trust. In the ideas – honesty and true feeling?” share in the fun. The title is an invita- webinar he reports that McPartland Blazing the trail for gender equality, tion 94-year-old McPartland has rou- said: “Come on over and you can look McPartland contributed this quote in tinely posed to her musical guests dur- at anything.” Jackpot! McPartland had her 1957 article “Playing Like a Man” ing the past three decades of her Na- every review ever published, journals, in the London publication Just Jazz. tional Public Radio show Piano Jazz. letters, six previous attempts at her bi- Seattle writer Paul de Barros honestly What you can’t hear, even on the ra- ography by other writers, a complete captures these female contributions, dio, is McPartland’s musical maturity discography with physical copies of all ideas and feelings in Shall We Play while swearing like a sailor. De Barros the recordings, and “thousands of pag- That One Together? The Life and Art listened to her colorful wit first hand es of transcripts of interviews.” of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPart-

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 This is an unusual situation for a Art Tatum transcriptions, her aston- jazz biographer – the subject is alive, ishment at hearing bebop on record for the subject has decades of control over the first time, Lenny Tristano’s lesson her own story, there is a complete ar- of improving her time, George Shear- chive of material, and the author needs ing’s suggestion that she become more to expand the scope and veracity of outspoken, Duke Ellington’s advice to the story by collecting more original play fewer notes and her husband, jazz source material. The bar for correct in- cornetist Jimmy McPartland, support- formation is higher than ever. De Bar- ing her independent career. ros established a brief written agree- A musical spouse supporting another ment that McPartland could review musician? McPartland verified the re- the book for inaccuracies but he would lationship via email: “Jimmy always have the final cut. encouraged me to be myself and to do In the webinar, de Barros described my own thing. He even encouraged the fine line he walked with his sub- me to have my own band. Yes, I did ject. “She offered to pay for a lot of take his advice!” things, and I kept having to tell her, McPartland’s choices evolve with ‘No.’ Marian’s pretty well off and she some asides of informed questions by used this car service for everything. de Barros about her motives. Chap- She lives out on Long Island and when ters end with McPartland at dramatic I went to see Joe Morello [the drum- precipices that keep the reader turning mer with whom McPartland had an pages. Simultaneous threads of artistic affair], may he rest in peace, he was development, discography, personal out in East Orange, and she said, ‘Oh relationships and professional growth I’ll send you out there in a car service,’ are braided with skill. and I just felt for my own integrity I “Life as we live it has no story,” de had to take the bus.” Barros said in the webinar. “It’s just a Drawing on close contact with bunch of random things that happen. McPartland and the people in her And so if you tell that story nobody life, de Barros paints a rich picture of will read it. It isn’t a story. It’s just a McPartland as artist, educator, lover, bunch of things that happened. So you step grandmother, mentor, promoter, can’t tell the story of somebody’s life band leader, and more. For example, without creating a narrative yourself. bassist Bill Douglass describes record- A biography is like a novel based on ing in 1995 with McPartland on Live fact.” at Yoshi’s Nitespot: “There’s always this Fans of McPartland will find much dialogue going on with her. There’s more to her story than anything pre- this sense of play. There are some piano viously published. De Barros says: “I Delivery Service in Seattle players I’ve played with and it’s fun but found in one of Marian’s file drawers there’s no air in it. You’re just playing an unpublished 110-page biography of Full Service to accompany them. But with Marian Jimmy McPartland that nobody but Violin Family Dealer there’s the idea of dialogue, of throw- Marian and me has ever seen. It was Serving Western & Central Washington ing it back and forth.” like a gift from the gods.” With Shall Established 1964 All this information and detail We Play That One Together?, de Barros doesn’t grind the reader to a halt. De gives us the gift of seeing McPartland’s Barros crafts a narrative that reads like generous contributions to the story of an interesting novel. Scenes are estab- jazz. BASSES lished in vivid detail – replaying Cho- So what does McPartland think pin by ear at age three, discovering her of her story told by someone else? perfect pitch at age six, a conservatory McPartland wrote in an email: “I am www.hammondashley.com professor overhearing her practicing very happy with what Paul did.”

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 TICKET INFORMATION: WWW.EARSHOT.ORG

Evan Flory-Barnes: Folks PLEASE NOTE All events are all-ages, except shows after 9PM at the Triple Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Door and 10PM at the Royal Room. 8pm TRIPLE DOOR: Advance tickets available at 206-838-4333 & Mundell Lowe / Mike www.thetripledoor.net. Full dinner menu available. Magnelli Quartet TULA’S RESTAURANT & NIGHTCLUB: Reservations (but not advance tickets) Tula’s, 7:30pm available at 206-443-4221. Full dinner menu available. THE ROYAL ROOM: Advance tickets and reservations available at 206-906- FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 9920, www.theroyalroomseattle.com. Full dinner menu available. Mundell Lowe / Mike FOR CONCERTS AT BENAROYA HALL AND KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE Magnelli Quartet CENTER, TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THEIR BOX OFFICES: Tula’s, 7:30pm FOR CONCERTS AT LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND Evan Flory-Barnes: Thrown TOWN HALL SEATTLE: Tickets are on sale through Brown Paper Tickets at Together with Love 1-800-838-3006 and www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/9678. Royal Room, 7:30pm SITES + ADDRESSES Roosevelt & Ballard High Venues are located in Seattle unless otherwise noted School Jazz Bands BENAROYA HALL ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL 200 University Street Town Hall Seattle, 7pm (downtown) KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER 350 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3 LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 104 Seventeenth Avenue S (at Murl Allen Sanders w/ Yesler) Warren Rand THE ROYAL ROOM 5000 Rainier Avenue S (Columbia City) Tula’s, 7:30pm TOWN HALL SEATTLE 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca, First Hill) Seattle Repertory Jazz THE TRIPLE DOOR 216 Union Street (downtown) Orchestra w/ Branford TULA’S RESTAURANT AND NIGHTCLUB 2214 Second Avenue (Belltown) Marsalis THANK YOU! Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm Thank you to the sponsors, staff, and more than 80 volunteers who make the Earshot Jazz Festival possible.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 MAJOR SUPPORT IN-KIND SUPPORT Seattle Repertory Jazz The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Seattle Weekly National Endowment for the Arts KPLU 88.5FM NPR Orchestra w/ Branford The Boeing Company MarQueen Hotel Marsalis Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Renaissance Seattle Hotel Kirkland Performance Center, 3pm Washington State Arts Commission KBCS 91.3FM Chamber Music America edoceo, inc. Robert Glasper Experiment 4Culture: King County Lodging Tax Inn at Queen Anne Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Courtyard Marriott Lake Union Consulate General of The Netherlands Enterprise Rent-a-Car ArtsFund Studio Instrument Rentals

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 8PM Evan Flory-Barnes: Folks

$12 general, $10 Earshot members & seniors, $5 students Evan Flory-Barnes’ Folks is a new project with drummer D’vonne Lewis, pianist Darrius Willrich and multi-instrumentalist Bernie Jacobs. A Seattle original, the young Lewis is a multi-award winning drummer yet soft spoken about his accomplishments. He has worked steadily since before even graduating high school – with saxophonist Hadley Caliman’s band, for a short time with Willrich and Flory-Barnes; with Joe Doria’s McTuff; with Ethiopian singer Meklit Hadero; in Bandalabra; and in the house band at Teatro Zinzanni. Pianist Willrich is the co-founder of Critical Sun Recordings, where he’s re- leased urban soul albums Darrius, Love Will Visit and Can’t Get Enough. He’s a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts and is a private piano teacher and at Seattle Central Community College. In his near-forty-year career, saxophonist, flautist, vocalist Bernie Jacobs is a personality completely at-ease in his craft. He’s worked with drummer Billy Drummond and saxophonists Steve Wilson and Sam Newsome, and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. He regularly performs with Andre Thomas’ Quiet Fire and as a guest at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant and in drummer Greg Williamson’s groups. This amazing band, assembled by festival bassist Flory-Barnes, performs at the freshly retrofit-renovated Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, which cel- ebrates African American performing arts and cultural legacies for all of Seattle. Langston Hughes PAC holds an African American Film Festival each spring and many other events during the year. Students who attend workshop get free admission to evening concert. EVAN FLORY-BARNES PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN – Schraepfer Harvey

THURSDAY & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 & 2, TULA’S, 7:30PM Mundell Lowe/Mike Magnelli Quartet $14 general, $12 Earshot members & seniors, $7 students Mundell Lowe is perhaps one of the most seasoned artists performing at this year’s festival. Born in 1922, Lowe worked as a young musician on Basin Street in New Orleans. Upon moving to New York he per- formed, recorded and toured with sax- ophonists Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Ben Webster, singers Billy Holli- day, Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett, pianist Mary Lou Williams and bassist Charles Mingus. He picked up a gig on the Today Show band with bass- MUNDELL LOWE/MIKE MAGNELLI QUARTET PHOTO BY GERD LÖSER

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 ist George Duvivier and drummer Ed FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, ROYAL ROOM, 7:30PM Shaughnessy and worked with pianist Hank Jones in the NBC and CBS or- Evan Flory-Barnes: Thrown Together chestras. Eventually he composed for News and Special Events at NBC. After a move to California in 1965, with Love Lowe wrote music for movies and $14 general, $12 Earshot members & seniors, $7 students television. He developed projects Festival featured artist Evan Flory-Barnes debuts two new projects at The with singers Sarah Vaughn and Car- Royal Room. The expansive jazz creator and collaborator brought his large-scale men McRae. Recently he toured with multimedia projects to past festivals. Here, his Thrown Together with Love is pianist Andre Previn and collaborated a conglomerate highlighting the artist’s brilliant interest in working with the with several notable guitarists – Char- amazing creativity of arts talents in the city. The first set features strings Alina lie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Tal Farlow. To (violin), Brianna Atwell (viola), Maria Scherer-Wilson (cello), all often The Monterey Jazz Festival hired him heard in Jim Knapp’s Scrape ensemble, and arts and communications advocate, as music director in 1983. Like his first composer, performer, clarinetist Beth Fleenor, composer and vocalist Hanna influences – Charlie Christian and Benn (Pollens), emcee Spekulation and drummer Adam Kessler. The sec- Jimmy Raney – his sound blends with ond group is Kate Olson (sax), Jacques Willis (vibes), Andy Coe (guitar) and the sound of a tenor saxophone. D’vonne Lewis (drums). For the festival, Lowe is joined by – SH Boston guitarist Mike Magnelli – a 1970 graduate of the Boston Conser- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, TOWN HALL SEATTLE, 7PM vatory. Magnelli studied with Joe Pass and eventually became his agent and manager. Magnelli also recorded on Roosevelt & Ballard High School Jazz Burt Bacharach’s “Promises, Prom- ises” and was assistant conductor for Bands the Broadway musical Grease, starring John Travolta. Accompanying this highly creden- tialed duo are two accomplished Se- attle guitarists: Milo Petersen – gui- tarist on recordings with drummers Billy Hart, Victor Lewis and Elvin Jones – picks up the sticks for these performances. On drums, Petersen has recorded five CDs and accompa- nied Eartha Kitt, Mose Allison and traveling Broadway shows at Seattle’s Jazz Alley. Chuck Kistler began by playing guitar as an avid Frank Zappa disciple and switched to bass in 1998. He’s performed with Kurt Elling, Kevin ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND PHOTO BY BEN HENWOOD Mahogany and Peter Bernstein. His strong sense of pitch and facile left $14 general, $12 Earshot members & seniors, $7 students hand produce solo lines as light and Students from two Seattle public high schools join this year’s high-caliber line- lithe as a bebop saxophonist. up of professional performing artists: veterans of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Es- This combo is sure to produce a gui- sentially Ellington contest Roosevelt High School, directed by Scott Brown, tar feast for every ear. and first-time Ellington participants Ballard High School, tonight directed by – Steve Griggs Gary Hammon. Roosevelt returns from a two-week summer European festival tour and second place finish at New York’s Ellington contest last May. “With loads of new tal-

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 ent and a strong core of veteran leader- coln Center’s Band Director Academy jazz scene, studied at the New England ship,” Brown writes, “this year’s band last June, enjoys his role, too. He writes Conservatory of Music, toured with is sure to be swinging!” about the work: “The challenge in jazz organist Big John Patton, returned to Brown, a trombonist, loves his job. comes in … communicating the emo- Seattle and recorded Fangs in 2005 “As a director, I am blessed to have so tion of the music from the page to the with saxophonist Hadley Caliman. many wonderful musicians attending player to the audience.” Tonight at Town Hall, both bands Roosevelt High School. When every- These band directors draw on the draw on the rich canon of big band one in the band is ‘on the same page’ pool of professional freelance regional music – Duke Ellington, Count Basie, musically and spiritually, there is noth- artists to mentor their students. Brown Sammy Nestico, Neal Hefti – and ing better than to hear them swinging hired saxophonist Stuart MacDonald Roosevelt includes compositions by their tails off!” as assistant director. MacDonald grad- some of the student performers. Ballard jazz band director Michael uated from Roosevelt in 1991. James Brown writes: “We hope you’ll hear James, one of five band directors from enlisted saxophonist Gary Hammon the precision, AND feel the spirit!” throughout the nation selected to re- to help develop his band. Hammon – SG ceive a full scholarship to Jazz at Lin- emerged from the Seattle funk and free

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, TULA’S, 7:30PM Murl Allen Sanders w/ Warren Rand Open to All - Free

$14 general, $12 Earshot members & seniors, $7 students Murl Allen Sanders describes his music as zyfusico – a fusion of jazz, pop and zydeco. He sings and performs on accordion, piano and harmonica. Join- ing him are Seattle bassist Clipper Anderson, Tacoma drummer Mark Ivester and Portland saxophonist Sunday, November 4, 6 pm Warren Rand . “This is a high-energy Seattle Jazz Vespers proudly presents ensemble combining modern and tra- ditional aesthetics,” Sanders writes. Five families making Sanders’ accordion repertoire stretch- music together! es across many musical genres – Latin, swing, funk, even orchestral. His Ac- cordion Concerto No. 1 premiered in Sunday, December 2, 6 pm 2003 at University of Washington’s Meany Hall. A grant from Seattle’s Of- The Legacy Band fice of Arts and Cultural Affairs sup- with Clarence Acox ported his Accordion Concerto No. 2 MURL ALLEN SANDERS and special guest vocalist that premiered in 2007. The program Danny Quintero for this festival performance doesn’t include an orchestra but does include origi- nal material, straight-ahead jazz and some blues. As a student, Sanders played jazz piano at Nathan Hale High School and Se- 100 Minutes of professional jazz Family friendly concert | Free parking attle Community College. He earned a bachelor of arts in music education at the University of Washington. Now he teaches privately, performs, records movie Seattle First Baptist Church soundtracks and has won awards for his compositions. 1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 Sanders writes, “If you haven’t heard jazz accordion, come to this show!” – SG www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL, 7:30PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER, 3PM Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra w/ Branford Marsalis

SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN BRANFORD MARSALIS PHOTO BY STEPHEN SHEFFIELD Presented by Seattle Repertory Jazz ney Bechet, and King Oliver to mod- and an authority on the music of Duke Orchestra ern interpretations of jazz classics such Ellington, and drummer Clarence New Orleans Night Out as “Basin Street Blues” and “Do You Acox, award-winning conductor of $59-65 Know What It Means to Miss New the Garfield High School jazz bands. NEA Jazz Master and three-Gram- Orleans.” SRJO includes many of the region’s my winner Branford Marsalis joins The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra best-loved jazz soloists and bandlead- the all-star big band on a tour of the is co-directed by saxophonist and ar- ers. music of his hometown – from early ranger Michael Brockman, long-time – SH; SRJO brass bands to Louis Armstrong, Sid- member of the UW School of Music

10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, TRIPLE DOOR, 7PM & 9:30PM Robert Glasper Experiment

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT PHOTO BY MIKE SCHREIBER $24 general, $22 Earshot members & Casey Benjamin hails from South Ja- seniors, $12 students maica, Queens. He performs on saxo- This year’s festival ends with Blue phone and vocoder – the voice synthe- Note pianist Glasper’s kind of slap, sizer first used in WWII for encrypted with Derrick Hodge (bass), Mark communication. Benjamin went to Colenburg (drums) and Casey Ben- school at LaGuardia High School of jamin (sax, vocoder). Music, Art and Performing Arts, fol- Fresh on the heels of Black Radio and lowed by The New School for Jazz and Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP, Contemporary Music. Glasper brings a quartet of East Coast- Philadelphia native Derrick Hodge ers with their dials tuned to gospel, began on guitar at age 7, switched to hip-hop, rap, jazz, rhythm and blues electric bass and finally to upright bass and rock. Do they cross genres? Well, before attending Temple University, Kanye West and Yasiin Bey, aka Mos where he studied jazz composition Def, crashed a recent New York club and performance. He’s studied with date. bassist Christian McBride, and under Glasper was born in Houston, at- the mentorship of composer Terence tended the city’s High School for Blanchard, Hodge developed into a Performing Arts and then The New performer and composer for film WEEKDAYS School for Jazz and Contemporary soundtracks. He composed, performed Music in Manhattan. He hooked up and produced two Grammy-winning 9am global beats + jazz with singer Bilal Oliver and mixed recordings – one for Best Large Jazz with Mos Def, Q-Tip, Kanye, J Dilla, Ensemble Album and another for Best noon roots + folk Erykah Badu, Jay-Z and Talib Kweli. Rap Album. His early recordings cover tunes by Glasper’s band plays original songs, 3pm variety music + ideas Herbie Hancock and Duke Ellington. with creative angles on popular rep-

St. Louis drummer Mark Colenburg ertoire – Mongo Santamaria, Sade, 5pm progressive news + analysis attended Mannes School of Music in David Bowie, Nirvana. “We all have Manhattan on scholarship, where he musical ADD,” Glasper says, “and we 6pm urban culture + commentary studied with Lenny White, Joe Cham- love it.” bers, Michael Carvin, Carl Allen and – SG Andrew Cyrille. Listen online: www.kbcs.fm

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 VENUE PROFILE  Vito’s on First Hill Serving up eclectic piano-centric jazz

VITO’S PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN

By Gregory Brusstar mering in the light and classic red ber Tim Carey, bass, and long-time banquettes at the shadowy perimeter. collaborator Jeff Busch, drums and Drawn into the comfortable dark- A pleasant discovery: there is no cover percussion. Santos Neto has packed ness at Vito’s, a street-level haunt be- charge. Imagine that. the place. I am glad to have reserva- neath an older apartment building on The musicians play in a mirror-lined tions. People are clustered at the bar, First Hill, you enter the mix of music, corner at floor level, with space around too. Women are dancing with arms conversation and movement. it for dancing. On this particular Fri- held high, hips gyrating. You settle in and order a drink. You day night, the dynamic Grammy-nom- The music is richly energetic, cutting feel like you’ve stepped back in time inated Brazilian pianist and composer through the clamor of people. This is to the Rat Pack-era 1960s, when jazz Jovino Santos Neto charges hard into part of the intended ambiance. Bands clubs were noisy, party places. Inside, Latin rhythms. He is accompanied by that thrive here understand this is no the walls and ceilings are dark with a fellow Cornish College faculty mem- recital. large island bar, booze bottles shim-

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 “The trick to playing the room is the Michael Owcharuk Trio, and the ing out for a cocktail. On Sunday, a to realize it’s a lounge atmosphere,” Ari Joshua Trio; R&B and soul singer group of people from a nearby senior says co-owner Greg Lundgren. “In a Darrius Willrich; Herb Alpert-style center come to listen to Ruby Bishop lounge, the music is a soundtrack for Rat City Brass; the unique pop group over dinner.” the room. It’s designed to be talked Lushy; the lazy-twangy Yada Yada The menu at Vito’s is distinctly Ital- over and flirted over. Some bands can Blues band; talented emerging singer ian and the food is excellent, fresh and get overwhelmed by noise. But the Jimmie Herrod; and the funk-fusion well presented. I had the pan-seared bands we have here respond well to the band Satellite Four. scallops with pancetta, garlic, spinach energy of the room. It’s a challenge, The themes of diversity and eclecti- and tomatoes. The drinks are excep- but it’s really cool when it works.” cism definitely reverberate here among tional. Prices are reasonable, with most It certainly works for Jovino Santos entertainers and customers alike. entrees under $20. The wine list can Neto’s group. “I love that we can have girls in their satisfy the casual sipper or the snobby “I really enjoy it there,” Santos Neto 20s sitting shoulder to shoulder with quaffer looking to drop a C-note. says. “It’s a lively party place. In the guys in their 60s,” Lundgren says. “We Owners Lundgren and Scott have location between Capitol Hill and the have hipsters, doctors from the hospi- been friends since college and became city, you get a wide age range, from tal across the street, and mothers go- business partners shortly after. Lund- college kids to business men. The acoustics are good, too, either by ac- cident or by design. It surrounds you.” The revived Vito’s recently celebrat- apply online at ed its second anniversary under the WWW.CORNISH.EDU/MUSIC ownership of Greg Lundgren and Jeff or call 800.726.ARTS Scott, artistic entrepreneurs with a flair for originality and eclecticism. Lund- gren and Scott took seven months to redesign the space true to the original Vito’s. The large horse-shoe bar is the centerpiece. There’s the red banquette seating along the walls and, of course, the grand piano. “There was always a grand piano at Vito’s,” Lundgren says. “So we had to get one. We made the entertain- ment piano-centric. Along with jazz, we have some blues, some R&B, and some lounge singers. Musically, we want diversity in age and style.” Accordingly, the calendar at Vito’s JAZZ AT includes this variety of talented art- ists: classic solo pianists Jerry Zim- merman and Ruby Bishop; blues and boogie jazz man Casey MacGill; Latin CORNISH. stylists Jovino Santos Neto and Brazil Novo; straight-ahead bands like the Ron Weinstein Trio, the Jason Parker Quartet, and the Brad Gibson Trio; nouveau lounge singers Honey Cas- tro, Ivory Smith, Julie Cascioppo, Jen- Cornish College of the Arts offers nifer Kienzle and Sara Edwards; jazz a bachelor of music in composition, innovators Wally Shoup (sax), Burton instrumental or vocal performance. Greene (piano), Rik Wright (guitar),

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 gren, a Bellevue native, studied sculp- staged social events in the roomy loft scure Seattle artists. It is known as a ture and furniture design and has a space they leased in the south Lake quiet place (rarely music) with com- degree in architecture from Southern Union area. (It has since been demol- fortable seating and top-notch mixed California Institute of Architecture. ished.) Hundreds of people flocked to drinks where an eclectic group of After earning the degree, he returned their parties and events. The gallery people, including artists, get together to Seattle and worked on his own art sparked their idea to eventually open a to chat. In short, this tongue-in-cheek projects while employed as a stained- bar that showcased local art. experiment became a business model glass designer. Scott, originally a Chi- Thus was born The Hideout bar, for the two creative entrepreneurs: al- cagoan, earned degrees in English lit- which the two artist/businessmen cohol sales fund artistic endeavors. erature and theater at the University of opened in 2005. What began as a wild “We’ve sold more art in the bar than Washington and stayed in Seattle to concept – an art gallery that also was we ever did in the art gallery,” Lund- work at film-making. a bar – was more successful than they gren said, an eyebrow raised. Being active in the local arts com- had imagined. Located a few blocks After the bar idea took off, the op- munity back in the early 1990s, the away from Vito’s, The Hideout has portunity to purchase and renovate friends got together to create an art high walls that are lined frame-to- Vito’s came up. It seemed like an op- gallery called Vital 5 Productions and frame with edgy paintings from ob- portunity that they couldn’t let slip away. It was the history of the place that exerted a pull on Lundgren. “My attraction to the building was its cultural history,” Lundgren says. “So much has happened there over the years. It could easily have been erased or have become a fast-food restaurant. We couldn’t let that happen.” Originally opened in 1953, Vito’s was an Italian restaurant and lounge that attracted a diverse crowd of Se- attleites including professionals, poli- ticians, priests (it’s near St. James Ca- thedral), and organized-crime figures. Framed collages of old photos found in the basement recall the good old days there. Into the 1970s and beyond, the bar traveled through a series of ill-fated it- erations. It was eventually abandoned in 2008 after a gang-related murder took place there. Afterwards, when the space was dormant, Lundgren and Scott made a proposal to the building’s owner to breathe life back into Vito’s. Their plan won out over the other bid- ders. “After having success with our bar, we were ready to do it again and take it bigger,” Lundgren says. “Every month we get better at what we do. We’ve just warmed up our engines and we’re in it for the long haul.”

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 PROFILE Tim Kennedy My Role I Gotta Fulfill

By Katy Bourne featured the music of Thelonious Harold Mabern. Through the years, Monk. He’s since taken on a more ac- Kennedy’s musical trajectory has in- Tim Kennedy is a Seattle-based pia- tive role that includes introducing the cluded two tours of Asia and stints in nist, songwriter, producer, and one program and the guest pianists, giving Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New third of the popular electro/pop band a historical background of the chosen York City, where he lived and played Richie Aldente. A working musician composer, and performing the open- for 11 years. in every sense While living in of the word, his the Big Apple, regular gigs in- Kennedy met clude a weekly the great pia- jazz jam for nist John Hicks, Microsoft em- who became his ployees and mentor. Ken- Sunday morn- nedy eventually ings at the Eb- found his way enezer A.M.E. back to the Pa- Zion Church, cific Northwest where he is the and has lived in accompanist for Seattle for five the gospel band. years. Tim is also the Although he’s host and co- immersed in curator for the multiple proj- Royal Room’s ects, Kennedy new Piano has found a mu- Starts Here se- sical home in ries, which fea- Gravity, the jazz tures local art- TIM KENNEDY PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN trio and produc- ists playing the tion team that works of some of history’s greatest jazz ing song to kick off the set. Kennedy he co-founded with his best friends, pianists. also works with The Royal Room co- bassist Ian Sheridan and drummer To say that Tim Kennedy lives, owner and jazz musician Wayne Hor- Claudio Rochat-Felix. Kennedy de- breathes, sleeps and dreams music vitz to curate the series, which takes scribes them as “like brothers” whose would be an accurate summation of place on the last Wednesday of every collaboration has an instantaneous this affable artist. Or as he says: “I do other month. The next performance, ease, which translates into the music. music every day, all day. It’s my role I scheduled for November 28, will fea- “You get into some truth playing with gotta fulfill.” ture the music of Bill Evans. people you’re really familiar with,” he Kennedy has a deep reverence for says. He cites the examples of Duke jazz history and has made an exhaus- Born and raised in Bellevue, Ken- Ellington, John Coltrane and Miles tive study of his predecessors, so his in- nedy started playing piano when he Davis, all of whom had ongoing core volvement with the Piano Starts Here was 12 years old. He graduated from groups: “It takes the band to another series is a natural extension. He played William Paterson University, where level.” on the first show of the series, which he studied with Pete Malinverni and

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 Roughly a year and a half ago, Ken- nedy, Sheridan and Rochat-Felix as- sumed alter egos and formed the Julian Priester, trombone quirky dance band Richie Aldente.  The band combines old school funk David Haney, piano and soul with contemporary hip-hop and puts on frolicking stage shows that include costume changes, disco Primitive Art Orchestra  balls and playful interaction with the crowd. Debut CD, For the Ladies, Blanket for the moon quickly helped the band build a strong and loyal following. Two singles from the disc – “Cougar Hunt” and “Give It   to the DJ” – will be released on a vinyl One Night Only! 45 later this month. Richie Aldente has recently added a new member, “Masters at work and play,  whose music is irrepressibly Sheridan’s brother Geoffrey, and just individual without ever being wrapped up recording its second CD. about their mastery or  While Kennedy’s roots are firmly in individuality.” jazz, he shows his versatility in a will- Cadence Magazine ingness to sink into a variety of genres, including gospel, pop, hip-hop, soul  and jazz. Regarding the mélange of his musical efforts, he says casually, “It all  speaks the same to me.” When asked Come hear some of Seattle’s to describe his good friend, Rochat- best improvisers playing exciting Felix says: “He has a great capacity for new music in an intimate setting. wonder and a high level of curiosity.   Tim is the most fearlessly creative per- son I know.” When he’s not performing or record- ing, Kennedy is busy practicing, com- posing or simply experimenting at the   piano; seeing how certain chords and 8PM Tuesday, November 13, The Royal Room melodies work together; and forever 5000 Rainier Ave. South, Seattle, WA. searching for new sounds. Kennedy $8 in advance, $10 at the door.  has high aspirations, especially in re- gards to his songwriting. He’d love  to write for other people. Among his New Recording Project: goals is to win a Grammy, someday. But beneath any ambition lies an en- BLANKET FOR THE MOON  during devotion and a sensibility that  The above event is a companion show to the group’s music is a vital cornerstone of the cul- crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com. The purpose ture. “Everybody’s got a responsibil- of the campaign is to record and produce a new CD of ity,” he explains. “I got a responsibil- Primitive Art Orchestra with Julian Priester.  ity to play it, play it right, and keep it pure. Be in tune. Play the rhythms  right. Other people have a responsibil- For more info, visit ity to come out and experience. Music www.martincrowdfund.com is the basis of our society. Everyone needs to realize their role.”

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 November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND november 11 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 LB Julie Cascioppo, 7 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 LJ Midnight Soul, 11:30 TD Steve Forbert, 8 BL Piano Lounge w/ Scot Ranney, 7 NC Michael Martinez, 8 TD Vunt Foom (Musicquarium), 10 C* Earshot Jazz Festival: Evan Flory-Barnes NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 TU Earshot Jazz Festival: Murl Allen Sanders w/ (Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 RR Earshot Jazz Festival: Evan Flory-Barnes: Thrown Warren Rand, 7:30 17th Ave S), 8:00 Together with Love, 7:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 SF Djangomatics Duo, 9 VI The James Band, 10 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 TD Spyn Reset (Musicquarium), 10 TD Katy Lin & Moonlight Riders (Musicquarium), 5 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 CH TBA, 8 BX Danny Kolke, 3 TD Berlin w/ Terri Nunn, 8 JA Manhattan Transfer, 7:30 C* Dan Duval Quintet (Luther’s Table 419 S 2nd St, TO Earshot Jazz Festival: Roosevelt & Ballard High LB Lakeside jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, Renton), 7:30 School Jazz Bands, 7:00 Pavel Shepp, 6:30 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st TU Earshot Jazz Festival: Mundell Lowe/Mike LB Jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, Pavel Ave), 6 Magnelli Quartet, 7:30 SHepp, 6 C* Marc Smason & Jim Parfitt (Kaffeeklatsch, VI Casey MacGill, 8 LJ Syrinx Too, Wally Shoup Quartet, 7:00 12513 Lake City Way NE), 11am NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 CR Racer Sessions, 8 RR Jelly Rollers & All-Star Guests, 8 BH Earshot Jazz Festival: Seattle Repertory Jazz DT Kevin Mccarthy Jam Session, 8 TD David Wilcox, 7:30 Orchestra w/ Branford Marsalis (Nordstrom GB Primo Kim, 6 TU Earshot Jazz Festival: Mundell Lowe/Mike Recital Hall), 7:30 JA Manhattan Transfer, 7:30 Magnelli Quartet, 7:30 BL Pearl Django, 8 KC Earshot Jazz Festival: Seattle Repertory Jazz VI Jimmie Herrod & Friends, 9 BX Kelly Eisenhour Quartet, 7, 9 Orchestra w/ Branford Marsalis, 3:00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 C* Marc Smason & Michael Barnett (Gilbert’s Deli, PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 BB Ronin 3, 7:30 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am PG Bob Strickland jam, 5 BL Art Walk, 7 C* SRJO Jazz4Kids Concert (Benaroya/ Nordstrom RR Jim Knapp Orchestra, 7:30 BX Frank Kohl Trio, 7, 9 Recital Hall, 200 University St), 4 RR Washington Middle School Fiddle Group, 6:30 C* Marc Smason w/ la Banda Gozona (Olympic C* Kevin Mccarthy w/ Andy Roben (Sullivan’s SF Jazz Brunch w/ Pasquale Santos, 11am Sculpture Park Paccar Pavillion, 2901 Western Steakhouse, 621 Union St), 6 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am Ave), 6 C* Swing Dance w/ Dina Blade & Swingin’ in the TD Daniel Rapport Trio (Musicquarium), 8 C* Ronin: Kenny Mandell & Don Berman w/ guest Rain Quartet (Swedish Cultural Center, 1920 TD Earshot Jazz Festival: Robert Glasper Experiment, (Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N), Dexter Ave N, 8:30 7:00 , 9:30 7:30 CH Paul Hoskin, Jenny Ziefel, Greg Powers, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8 JA Manhattan Transfer, 7:30 & 9:30 TU Reggie Goings Jazz Offering, 3 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 LB Pourquois Pas, 7 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 JA Manhattan Transfer, 7:30 & 9:30 RR African Music Nite w/ Guillaume Mpacko, 9 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9 SR Gail Pettis, 7:30

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BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, ET Electric Tea Garden, 1402 Pike St, 206-568- PB Paratii, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406 206-436-2960 3922 PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, 425- BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 206-325-8263 GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, 258-6100 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 206-215-4747 Bellevue, 425-455-2734 PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 206-783- BL Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W Holly St, Bellingham, HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726- 0418 360-671-2305 4966 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206-906- BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 9920 425-391-3335 KC Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, Kirkland, 425-828-0422 | 1824 425-292-9307 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 206-654- C* Concert and Special Events LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 206- 3100 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, 772-6891 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 206-448-8757 LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 206-622-6400 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 402-3042 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 206-838-4333 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor 206-763-0714 TO Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, 206-652-4255 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 206-523- MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 5282 NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 DL District Lounge, 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, 206- Shoreline, 365-4447 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155 634-2000 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- WV Wild Vine Bistro, 18001 Bothell Everett Hwy, DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 2563 Bothell, 425-877-1334 542-2789 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st JA Average White Band, 7:30 & 9:30 Ave), 6 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 GB Primo Kim, 6 LB Victor Janusz & Kim Maguire, 7:30 LJ Manghis Khan, 6 The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 LJ Tetrabox, 12 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto Pediagco, 9 LJ Soyaya, 9 www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com RR Zero-G 2nd Anniversary: Fundamental Forces, NC David George Trio, 8 Trimtab, Moraine, 8 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 TD Lunasa, 7:30 RR Geisa Dutra, Rio Con Brio, Brazillionaires, TU Beth Winter Cornish Vocal Showcase, 7:30 ChoroLoco, 8:30

WR Spellbinder, 9:30 SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 SR Megan McConnel, 7:30 Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 TD Flamenco De Raiz, 8 Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, BL Jam w/ Scot Ranney, 7 TD Jason Sees (Musicquarium), 10 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 TU Thomas Marriott Quartet, 7:30 Lessons Lessons Lessons Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location ET Monktail session, 8 VI Ari Joshua Trio, 9

JA Clayton Brothers Quintet, 7:30

LJ Burlesque & Live Music, 9 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 BL House of Tarab Egyptian Music & Bellydancing, 8 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 9716 Phinney Ave. N. BX Greta Matassa, 7, 9 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. NO Holotradband, 7 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 C* Marc Smason & Michael Barnett (Gilbert’s Deli, OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ RR Election Night Party, 5 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am SB McTuff Trio, 10 C* Kevin Mccarthy w/ Andy Roben (Sullivan’s TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 7:30 Steakhouse, 621 Union St), 6 C* Lucy Woodward (Bremerton’s Admiral Theatre, JA Average White Band, 7:30 VT Careless Lovers, 9 515 Pacific Ave, Bremerton), 8 LJCURTAIN Listening Party (Deveraux), CALL 7 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 C* Emily Braden w/ Dan Gaynor (Jazzvox Northgate, PGweekly Nikki Schilling, recurring 5 performances BL Classical Night, 7 jazzvox.com), 8 RR Scrape,The 7:30 B ass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church BX Future Jazzheads session, 7 CH Evyind Kang, 8 The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists MONDAY C* Brazilian Jam w/ Jeff Busch (Cafe Con Leche, DL Peter Daniel 3, 9 GB Primo Kim, 6 2901 1st Ave S), 9 JA Average White Band, 7:30 & 9:30 www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 JA Clayton Brothers Quintet, 7:30 LB Butch Harrison, 7 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 LJ Poetic Grooves w/ Verbal Oasis and Alvin L.A. LJ Jam Session w/ Black Stax, Semi-overweight PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Horn, 9 Production, Caffeine, Klyntel, 9 Ernesto Pediangco, 9 LJ Zizzy Zi Zixxy, 6 LJ Monkey Beat, 6 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 LJ Ernestro Pediangco & Friends, 12 Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9 TUESDAY Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, RR Jessica Lurie Ensemble, 7:30 SR Kay Bailey, 7:30 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 SF Passarim Quintet w/ Leo Raymundo & Francesca SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am C* Careless LoversLessons (Via Tribunali, 913 E Lessons Lessons Merlini, 8 TD Flamenco De Raiz, 8 PikeConvenient St), 9 North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location

TD Aaron Zimmer (Musicquarium), 5 ET Monktail session, 8 TD FELSEN (Musicquarium), 10 TD Grand Hallway w/ Alive in the River & Owl TU Susan Pascal Quartet, 7:30 (206)784-6626MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 Pussycat, 7:30 NO Holotradband, 7 TU Seattle Teen Music, 2 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. TU Smith/ Staelens Big Band, 7:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Seattle,OW Jam WA. w/ 98103 J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9 ~byRR appointmentTim Kennedy only~ session, 9:30 ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 10 EYVIND KANG: TIME MEDICINE SB McTuff Trio, 10 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Presented by the Wayward Music Series at the WEDNESDAY BL Piano Lounge, 7 Chapel Performance Space, genre-defying violist and NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 BX Duality Duo with V. Sielert, 7, 9 composer Eyvind Kang presents a new work with an PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 ensemble of local giants: Stuart Dempster, trombone, THURSDAY CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 percussion; Ahmad Yousefbeigi, Greg Campbell, and BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 The Bass Church The Bass Church Dave Abramson, percussion; Moriah Neils, double The Bass Church JA Average White Band, 7:30 & 9:30 CE ThBabmae North wBrazilest do uw/bl eDinho bass sp Costas,ecialists 10 The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists LB Jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, Pavel bass; Taina Karr, oboe, English horn. Time Medicine CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 Shepp, 6 will explore the challenges and complexities of musical LB wLakesideww.b ajam,ssc 6hurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com LJ Jason Goessl Quartet, Wally Shoup Quartet, 9 time and how time is communicated to musicians NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 and the audience. A Kang performance is a genuine LJ Joey Walbaum, Keys & Soulful, 6 FRIDAY NC Jazz Pearls, 7 event, and with this lineup, it is one that should not HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 be missed. $5-15 sliding scale suggested donation at LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 RR David Haney, Marc Smason, Frank Clayton, Greg the door. 8pm. NO Thomas Sales, Marriott’s Rentals, Flexicon, 8 Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Campbell, 8 SE Jessica Lurie Ensemble, 5:30 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 SATURDAY Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, TD Shock Twins w/ Dan Rodriguez, 8 BP Goh Kurosawa’s Sharp Three w/ Eric Robert, 7 SY Victor Janusz, Lessons 9:30am Lessons Lessons TU Kelly Johnson Jazz Workshop, 7:30 BX Danny Kolke, 3 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st Convenient North Seattle Location VI Kaylee Cole, 9 SUNDAY Ave), 6 C* Racer Sessions, 8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 C* Marc Smason & Jim Parfitt (Kaffeeklatsch, (206)784-6626DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 BL Dance Night, 8 12513 Lake City Way NE), 11am 9716GB PhinneyPrimo Kim, Ave. 6N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. BP Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 8 C* Emily Braden w/ Dan Gaynor (Jazzvox Camano, Seattle,SY Victor WA. Janusz,98103 9:30am Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 BX Dan Kramlich Heavy Metal Trio, 7, 9 jazzvox.com), 6 ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 C* Penelope Donado & Dave Peterson (Cafe Paloma, CR Racer Sessions, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 93 Yesler, Pioneer Square), 7:30 DT Kevin Mccarthy Jam Session, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 10 CH Seattle Modern Orchestra plays John Cage, 7 GB Primo Kim, 6

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 SF Anne Reynolds & Burt Boice, 6:30 ET Monktail session, 8 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 SF Jazz Brunch w/ Danny Ward, 11am JA Graham Dechter Quartet w/ Jeff Hamilton, 7:30 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 BL Piano Lounge w/ Alexa Peters, 7 TD Optical : Reprise - Orcas & Loscil, 7:30 NO Holotradband, 7 BP Dee Daniels, 8 TU Jazz Police, 3 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 C* Sugar Pants, Fundamental Forces, Operation ID TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 RR Blanket for the Moon, 8 (Mars Bar, 609 Eastlake Ave E), 9 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SB McTuff Trio, 10 CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 VT Careless Lovers, 9 CH TBA (slot currently being booked, visit C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 waywardmusic.blogspot.com if interested), 8 Ave), 6 BL Classical Night, 7 JA Graham Dechter Quartet w/ Jeff Hamilton, 7:30 GB Primo Kim, 6 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7 LB Jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, Pavel MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 C* Brazilian Jam w/ Jeff Busch (Cafe Con Leche, Shepp, 6 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 2901 1st Ave S), 9 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto Pediagco, 9 JA Graham Dechter Quartet w/ Jeff Hamilton, 7:30 RR Third Thursday Twang w/ the 1 Uppers, 8 TU Dave Marriott Big Band, 7:30 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 SR Zarni de Wet, 7:30 WR Spellbinder, 9:30 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 TD Kasumai Africa w/ Thione Diop, 7:30 RR Songwriter Circle Series, 7 TD The Gloria Darlings (Musicquarium), 5 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 TD Vespers w/ Zach Fleury, 7:30 TD Schwa (Musicquarium), 9 BL Jazz Jam, 7 TU Hal Sherman’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 TU Sarah Slonim & All Grooves, 7:30 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 8 VI Michael Owcharuk Trio, 9 CH Avram Fefer w/ Evan Flory-Barnes and Greg Campbell, 8 15 KASUMAI AFRICA W/ THIONE DIOP Senegalese percussionist Thione Diop, descended from an ancestral line of griot drummers, is celebrated for his powerful and expressive percussion performances. A master of the djembe, sabar, tama, and djun djun, Diop moved to Seattle in the late 1990s to teach and perform. Kasumai Africa is Diop’s collaboration with traditional African and American jazz performers, demonstrating the African roots of American jazz and traditional Brazilian music. The first set will be traditional African music and dance. The second set will be an experimentation of Afro-jazz fusion with a finale of the two joining together as one. 7:30pm. $20. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 BL Dancing w/ Still Bill Band, 8 BP Dee Daniels, 7 BX WWU Faculty Band, 7, 9 CH Karen Bentley-Pollick: New music for violin/viola and electronics, 8 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 & 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 LB Mary Ellen Hearn, 7 NC Stephanie Porter & Friends w/ Overton Berry, 8 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 RR Country Hamms & Caleb Klauder Country Band, 8:30 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 SR Brazil Novo, 7:30 TD Over the Rhine, 8 TD Danny Godinez (Musicquarium), 5 TD Blackberry Bushes Stringband (Musicquarium), 10 TU Dave Peck Trio, 7:30 VI Jovino Santos Neto, 8 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 BL Chris Eger Band, 8 BX Mark Elf, 7, 9 C* Marc Smason & Michael Barnett (Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am C* Kevin Mccarthy w/ Andy Roben (Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 621 Union St), 6 C* Nicolas Bearde (West Seattle Jazzscapes House Concert Series), 7:30 CH John Teske, 8 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 & 9:30 LB Thelxie Eaves’ Bistro Jazz Jam Trio, 7 NC Sandy Carbarry & Tim Lerch, 8 RR Annie Ford Band, Davidson Hart Kingsbury, 9

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 SF Leo Raymundo Trio w/ Sue Nixon, 9 TU Clipper Anderson’s Road Home Group, 7:30 LB Zarni De Wet’s Keys & Vocals w/ Bass, 7 SR Overton Berry, 7:30 VI Brad Gibson, 9 NC Greta Matassa & Darin Clendenin, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TD Over the Rhine, 8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am BL Dancing Music, 8 TD Spoonshine (Musicquarium), 10 TD Paperboys, 8 BX Chris Clark Duo, 7, 9 TU Dave Peck Trio, 7:30 TU Greta Matassa Quintet Featuring Jeff Busch HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Percussion, 7:30 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 & 9:30 VI Casey MacGill Trio, 10 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 WV Nikki Schilling, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LB Thelxie Eaves’ Bistro Jazz Jam Trio, 7 VI Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolators, 10 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 BP Mary Kadderly, 7 SF John Sanders & Saul Cline, 9 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 BP Ledward Ka’apana, 8 TD Paperboys, 8 BX Danny Kolke, 3 BX Danny Kolke, 3 TU Kelley Johnson Quartet, 7:30 C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st VI Lushy, 9 Ave), 6 Ave), 6 C* Marc Smason & Jim Parfitt (Kaffeeklatsch, C* Marc Smason & Jim Parfitt (Kaffeeklatsch, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 12513 Lake City Way NE), 11am BL Dancing Music, 8 12513 Lake City Way NE), 11am CR Racer Sessions, 8 BX tba, 7, 9 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Kevin Mccarthy Jam Session, 8 C* Kevin Mccarthy w/ Andy Roben (Sullivan’s DT Kevin Mccarthy Jam Session, 8 GB Primo Kim, 6 Steakhouse, 621 Union St), 6 GB Primo Kim, 6 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 C* Marc Smason & Michael Barnett (Gilbert’s Deli, JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 PG Nikki Schilling, 5 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am PG Bob Strickland jam, 5 RR Silent Film: Woman of Tokyo w/ Wayne Horvitz JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 & 9:30 PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5 Jazz Quartet, 7:30 RR Washington Composers Orchestra, 7:30 RR Washington Middle School Jazz Band, 6:30 SF Jerry Frank, 6:30 SF Jazz Brunch w/ Pasquale Santos, 11am SR Red Jacket Mine, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am

TD Susanna Hoffs, 7:30 NOVEMBER TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 4 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 november 2012 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Specials 1 2 3 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 EARSHOT JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: Mundell Lowe/ Mundell Lowe/ Murl Allen Ave), 6 Make dinner reservations and arrive by 7:00PM Mike Magnelli Mike Magnelli Sanders w/ GB Primo Kim, 6 to receive a $5 discount on your cover charge Quartet Quartet Warren 7:30PM $14 7:30PM $14 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 Rand Note: No Tula’s discounts for EARSHOT JAZZ events! 7:30PM $14 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto Pediagco, 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RR Royal Roost Collective Music Ensemble & Empty Reggie Goings Beth Winter BIG BAND BIG BAND Kelley Thomas Seattle Teen Boat, 8 Jazz Offering Presents JAZZ JAZZ Johnson Marriott Music 3-7PM $10 Jay Thomas 2-5PM $5 TU Cascadia Big Band, 7:30 Cornish Vocal Smith/ Jazz Quartet ***** Showcase Big Band Staelens Workshop 7:30PM $15 ***** WR Spellbinder, 9:30 7:30PM $5 Jim Cutler 7:30PM $10 Big Band 7:30PM $5 Susan Pascal TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Jazz Orch. 7:30PM $10 Quartet 8:00PM $5 7:30PM $15 BL Jazz Jam, 7 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ET Monktail session, 8 Jazz Police BIG BAND BIG BAND BIG BAND Sarah Slonim Dave Peck Dave Peck JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 3-7 $5 JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ & Trio Trio MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 ***** Dave Marriott Emerald City Hal Sherman’s All Grooves 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 NO Holotradband, 7 Jim Cutler Big Band Jazz Bellevue 7:30PM $5 Orchestra College Jazz OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 Jazz Orch. 8:00PM $5 7:30PM $5 Orchestra RR Cactus Truck, Diminished Men, 8 7:30PM $10 SB McTuff Trio, 10 TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 VT Careless Lovers, 9 Jay Thomas BIG BAND BIG BAND Clipper CLOSED Kelley Greta Big Band JAZZ JAZZ Anderson’s Johnson Matassa WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 4-7PM $5 Cascadia Big Roadside Road Home Quartet Quartet 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $15 BL Classical Night, 7 ***** Band Attraction Group Jim Cutler 7:30PM $8 7:30PM $10 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7 7:30PM $5 Jazz Orch. C* Brazilian Jam w/ Jeff Busch (Cafe Con Leche, 8:00PM $5 2901 1st Ave S), 9 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 & 9:30 25 26 27 28 29 30 NC Nrg Quartet, 7 Fairly Honest Lonnie Mardis BIG BAND Greta Katie King Stephanie NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 Jazz Band & The SCCC JAZZ Matassa Vocal Porter 3-7 $5 Jazz Music Works Jazz Showcase Quartet PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 ***** Orchestra Big Band Workshop 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $15 RR Beth Whitney, Ian McFeron, 8 Kelu Band 7:30PM $5 7:30PM $5 7:30PM $10 TD Fawcett Symons & Fogg (Musicquarium), 8:30 Featuring TD Istvan & Farko (Musicquarium), 5 X-Kid 8:00PM $10 TD Brent Amaker, 8

November 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 SF Ann Reynolds & Burt Boice, 6:30 NC Jyl & Chris Leininger, 7 In One Ear, from page 3 SF Jazz Brunch w/ Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am RR Yada Yada Blues Band, 8 TD World Party, 7:30 TD Lee Dewyze, 7:30 bass; Max Wood, drums; November TD Gregg Belisle-Chi Trio (Musicquarium), 8 TU Katie King Vocal Showcase, 7:30 Bill Horist TU Fairly Honest Jazz Band, 3 VI Rik Wright, 9 25, , solo prepared-guitar TU Kelu Band w/ X-Kid, 8 improvisations. VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 BL Dancing w/ Sonja Lee Band, 8 Late Sundays and prime-time Mon- VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BX Trio ala Box, 7, 9 days on 91.3 KBCS feature Floatation MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 C* Dina Blade & Greg Glassman (Harissa C* Paul Richardson (El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st Mediterranean Cuisine, 2255 NE 65th), 6:30 Device with John Seman and Jona- Ave), 6 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 than Lawson; Straight, No Chaser GB Primo Kim, 6 JA Roy Hargrove Quintet, 7:30 & 10 with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 LB Martine Bron, 7:30 John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch & Ernesto Pediagco, 9 NC Scott Lindenmuth Trio, 8 at kbcs.fm. RR Frankly Monday, 8 NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 TU Lonnie Mardis & SCCC Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 RR Bushwick Book Club Seattle w/ Jack Straw Saturday’s at 7pm, Amanda Wilde’s WR Spellbinder, 9:30 Productions, 8:30 The Swing Years and Beyond features SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 popular music from the 1920s to the TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 BL Jazz Jam, 7 VI Darrius Willrich Trio, 9 1950s. More at kuow.org/swing_years. CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 ET Monktail session, 8 php. MX Burns, Kim, Willis, 8 NO Holotradband, 7 OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 RR Soul on Blast for Bike Works, 8 SB McTuff Trio, 10 Earshot Jazz pr E s E n t s TU Jazz Music Works Big Band, 7:30 VT Careless Lovers, 9 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 BL Classical Music, 7 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra BX Future Jazzheads session, 7 + vocalists Everett Greene & Nichol Eskridge C* Brazilian Jam w/ Jeff Busch (Cafe Con Leche, 2901 1st Ave S), 9 + NW Chamber Chorus NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 RR Piano Starts Here: Music of Bill Evans w/ Dave Peck, Joe Doria, Randy Halberstadt, 8 TD Type A!, 7:30 TU Greta Matassa Jazz Workshop, 7:30 Duke ellington’s VI Wally Shoup Trio, 9

28 PIANO STARTS HERE: BILL EVANS Curated by Wayne Horvitz and Tim Kennedy, the Sacred MuSic ongoing Piano Starts Here series highlights the work of some of the most prolific and talented composers and pianists in jazz history. Each presentation features some of Seattle’s most gifted pianists in an improvised solo-piano tribute to the selected master. This month Saturday Dave Peck, Randy Halberstadt, and Joe Doria will take on the music of Bill Evans. Evans’s conceptual december 22, 2012 approach to the traditional piano trio revolutionized the format, and his emotive, impressionistic approach to the piano has influenced generations of musicians. 7:30pm Piano Starts Here will both honor and explore Evans music, all on the Royal Room’s Steinway B grand Town Hall Seattle piano. $8 advance, $10 at the door. 8pm. Tickets available at the Stranger Tickets. 1119 Eighth Ave (at Seneca) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 $15-$34 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Tickets available at BL Piano Lounge w/ Julianne Thoma, 7 brownpapertickets.com CE Babma Brazil w/ Dinho Costas, 10 1.800.838.3006 CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 CH TBA (slot currently being booked, visit waywardmusic.blogspot.com if interested), 8 Earshot Jazz JA Roy Hargrove Quintet, 7:30 & 10 p: 206.547.6763 LB Jam w/ Thelxie Eaves, Michael Berman, Pavel w: www.earshot.org Shepp, 6

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • November 2012 JAZZ INSTRUCTION Osama Afifi – Upright/electric bass instruction. Ed Hartman – Yamaha artist; jazz, Latin, percussion Gary Rollins – Guitar and bass guitar instruction. Worked with Kurt Elling, Nnenna Freelon, Tribal (drumset, vibraphone, marimba, congas) at The 30+ years teaching. Student of Al Turay. Mills Jazz, Yanni, Vanessa Paradis. (206) 877-2285 | Drum Exchange. FREE intro lesson. (206) 545- Music, Burien, Shoreline. (206) 669-7504 | www.myspace.com/osamaafifi 3564 | [email protected] | drumexchange.com garyleerollins.com Clipper Anderson – NW bassist, studio musician, Mark Ivester – Faculty at Cornish College and PLU. Murl Allen Sanders – jazz piano and accordion composer. PLU faculty. Private students, clinics, Drumset instruction available in Seattle, Bellevue, instructor interested in working with motivated all levels, acoustic/electric. (206) 933-0829 | Tacoma and Gig Harbor. (253) 224-8339, mark@ intermediate level young people. (206) 781-8196 partpredominant.com [email protected] | www.clipperanderson. Anton Schwartz – Improvisation & Saxophone. com Kelley Johnson – Earshot best jazz vocalist, Specialty: the step from theory knowledge to great Bob Antolin – Saxophone and improvisation (all international vocal competition winner. Lessons solos. Intermediate & advanced students. West instruments): jazz and world focus; NE Seattle. and workshops, voice and improvisation. (206) Seattle. (510) 654-3221. antonjazz.com 323-6304 | www.kelleyjohnson.com (206) 355-6155 | [email protected] Marc Smason – Trombone, jazz vocal and dijeridu. Jon Belcher – Jazz drum set instruction. Studied Larry Jones – drum set lessons, all levels. Under- Professional trombonist/vocalist since 1971. Has with Alan Dawson. Author Drumset Workouts stand the physical possibilities associated with taught in schools and privately. www.marcsmason. books 1 & 2. 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Beginning through teaching David L. Smith – Double bass and electric bass. advanced. (425) 776-6362 | info@scottlinden- Teaching all styles and levels. BM Eastman School Samantha Boshnack – Trumpet technique, improvi- muth.com | www.scottlindenmuth.com sation and composition. All ages, levels. Studios of Music, MM Univ. of Miami. (206) 280-8328 | in Central District/Capitol Hill and Issaquah. (206) Pascal Louvel – GIT grad, Studied with R. Ford and [email protected] N. Brown. (206) 282-5990 | www.SeattleGuitarT- 789-1630 | [email protected] Ev Stern’s Jazz Workshop – 18 years of jazz en- eacher.com Ryan Burns – Piano, bass, guitar instruction at sembles, classes, lessons. All ages, instruments, Burien School of Music. (206) 679-4764 | ryan@ Greta Matassa – Award winning, Earshot Jazz best levels. (206) 661-7807 | [email protected] | burienschool.com vocalist. Private instruction and workshops. (206) evstern.com 937-1262 | [email protected] | www. Jacob Stickney – saxophone. 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(206) 714-8264 | [email protected] wire.net | www.davidgeorgemusic.com 992-9415 | [email protected] Greg Williamson – Drums and rhythm section; jazz Steve Grandinetti, MSEd – Jazz drum set instruc- Josh Rawlings – Cornish graduate and prof. gigging and big band; private studio for lessons, clinics tion. Studied with Justin Di CioCio. Centrum Blues musician. Learn jazz/pop music, improv, song-writ- and recordings. (206) 522-2210 | greg@ponyboy- Festival faculty. (360) 385-0882 | [email protected] ing and the business. All ages and levels. (425) records.com | www.reverbnation.com/stevegrandinetti 941-1030 | [email protected] Beth Winter – Vocal jazz teacher, technique and Tony Grasso – Trumpet technique, composition, Bob Rees – Percussionist/vibraphonist. All ages. repertoire. Cornish jazz instructor has openings for improvisation. All levels. 25 years teaching experi- Emphasis on listening, rhythm, theory, and private voice. (206) 281-7248 ence. 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