A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community April 2018 Vol. 34, No. 04 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Marina Albero Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath Turn It Up! Managing Director Karen Caropepe Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin

Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, As the weather warms up around the re- Peter Monaghan, Paul Rauch gion, things are definitely heating up around Earshot Jazz. We’ve got some great concert Calendar Editors Jane Emerson, Michael events coming up, announcements on sig- McPherson & Caitlin Peterkin nificant national and regional organiza- Photography Daniel Sheehan tional awards, and our annual celebration Layout Karen Caropepe of Seattle’s incredible jazz community in a Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz volunteers hard-swinging Golden Ear Awards Party. You’ll find us with some regularity this Send Calendar Information to: month at Columbia City’s always-bustling Royal Room. We especially in- 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 vite you to join us on Monday, April 2, for the annual Golden Ear and Seattle, WA 98103 Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Awards Party. We’re emphasizing the “party” email / [email protected] aspect this year with music in a deep groove by Delvon Lamarr Organ Board of Directors Danielle Leigh Trio. Delvon has recently signed with one of the largest booking agencies (President), John W. Comerford (Vice in America, and already has dates lined up around the country, including a President), Sue Coliton (Secretary), Viren slot in the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival. Catch them locally while you Kamdar (Treasurer), Sheila Hughes, Chris still can, while you help us honor a brand-new slate of award winners. And Icasiano, Ruby Smith Love, Jon Perrino, speaking of award winners, we are delighted that our own Karen Caropepe Diane Wah has been selected as Seattle’s “Jazz Hero” this year, by the national Jazz Journalists Association. That award is very well deserved! Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, Check this issue for previews of upcoming Earshot concerts for this Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu month, most of which will be hosted at the Royal Room. We’re proud to welcome old and new friends, and reprise some of our favorite recent Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, concert presentations, as we continue to showcase the increasingly diverse Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. world of jazz. We are also proud to be involved in a very special event on Earshot Jazz is published monthly by the Triple Door mainstage on April 24, which kicks off a week of events Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s Black Panther Party. Tickets available online at www.earshot.org. for that are available through the Triple Door, with more information on Subscription (with membership): $35 our site. These April concerts are also a warm up for an incredible line up 3429 Fremont Place #309 of June events. Stay tuned. Seattle, WA 98103 Three years ago, the National Endowment for the Arts profiled the Ear- phone / (206) 547-6763 shot organization in their 50th anniversary magazine, The NEA at 50. Un- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 der the headline, “Improvising with the Community,” the magazine rec- Printed by Pacific Publishing Company ognized our commitment to thinking globally while acting locally, saying, © 2018 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle “Despite its international reputation, Earshot has remained a true com- munity organization.” That national recognition continues. We’re honored that the Earshot Jazz organization has recently been selected for special MISSION STATEMENT awards from two significant national foundations. We’ll have details on To ensure the legacy and progression those, and more, in an announcement in next month’s issue. of the art form, Earshot Jazz cultivates Please join us in support of jazz in this incredible, expanding community! a vibrant jazz community by engaging –John Gilbreath, Executive Director audiences, celebrating artists, and supporting arts education.

2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 NOTES U CALL FOR ARTISTS Buell Neidlinger: 1936–2018 and membership database. She can be Prolific bassist, cellist, and educator found at every Earshot Jazz event run- Buell Neidlinger passed away March ning the front-of-house and backstage 16 in his Whidbey Island home. hospitality. She is devoted to the com- Jazz: The Neidlinger was best known for his munity she serves, and is one of the Second Century early collaboration with iconic pianist hardest-working advocates of the art form—a true Jazz Hero. Cecil Taylor in the ‘50s and ‘60s. He Deadline May 30 made a career working within a wide From the Earshot Jazz editorial team, spectrum of musical styles, including a heartfelt congratulations to Karen Earshot Jazz seeks submissions jazz, classical, pop, and rock, perform- Caropepe! Please join us in honoring from Seattle-area individual art- ing alongside artists including The- Karen, who will be presented with the ists and ensembles for the 2018 lonious Monk, Charlie Haden, Tony award by JJA’s and KNKX’s Robin Jazz: The Second Century series. Bennett, Chuck Berry, Frank Sinatra, Lloyd, and the greater Seattle jazz The series brings the progression Roy Orbison, Barbra Streisand, and community at the annual Golden Ear of jazz into creative motion on many more. Awards ceremony on Monday, April 2, the concert stage. Projects that Performing in the Boston Symphony at The Royal Room. question and expand the conven- tions of the jazz form are wel- Orchestra, he became a founding in- Racer Sessions Return to Café come. structor in the jazz department at the Racer New England Conservatory; he then Seattle-area individual artists The beloved Café Racer has reopened moved to Los Angeles to teach at the or groups, in any instrument its doors, ushering in a new era of California Institute of Arts, and be- combination, are eligible. Sub- weekly improvised and experimental came principal bassist of the Los An- missions must include a recorded music. On March 4, Racer Sessions geles Chamber Orchestra. While in sample of a project that can be co-founders Neil Welch and Chris L.A., he was an active session player, performed in a concert setting. Icasiano performed as duo Bad Luck performing on hit records including We encourage applicants to in- to inaugurate the series on the stage Dolly Parton’s Parton’s “Coat of Many clude a letter that speaks to their where it all began more than eight Colors,” the Eagles’ “Desperado” and musical interpretation of the years ago. “Hotel California,” and the Village meaning of jazz and of the next Commemorating the return to Café People’s “Y.M.C.A.” stage of jazz music. Racer, Welch and Icasiano wrote on In 2000, Neidlinger and his wife re- Individual artists or ensembles their website: “The Racer Sessions has located to Whidbey Island, where he are selected by a blind-jury pro- always represented a weekly, artistic continued to perform regionally on cess. Second Century artists and respite out there on the Sunday hori- the cello, and occasionally on records ensembles perform during July zon. The session became a place where on the K2B2 label. This giant of jazz 2018, and are paid a competitive people of different ages and genders will be missed. fee for the performance. could take their chosen instrument Please send submissions elec- Karen Caropepe Named JJA Hero into a communal space to create with- tronically to 2ndcentury@ear- Karen Caropepe, Managing Direc- out fear. Cafe Racer itself was a natu- shot.org or by mail to Earshot tor of Earshot Jazz, has been named ral fit. Racer is the spot we chose to Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, the region’s 2018 Jazz Hero by the Jazz gather and socialize as musicians and #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Dead- Journalists Association. people. The Racer Sessions has hosted line to apply is May 30. You Since starting at Earshot in 2005, performers from across the country, can direct questions and com- Caropepe has managed the organi- and time after time we at the session ments to Earshot Jazz at (206) zation’s bookkeeping, grants admin- have received messages expressing 547-6763 or [email protected]. A istrating, marketing/PR, ticketing, gratitude for the creative and welcom- list of past Jazz: The Second Cen- desktop publishing, and much more. ing environment of our session partici- tury artists and ensembles can be In 2015, she oversaw the exhaustive pants and of Cafe Racer itself.” viewed online at earshot.org. implementations of the new website

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 In 2017, original owner Kurt Geissel performed and recorded live by the Se- and wraps up on November 10 with announced he would be selling Café attle Women’s Jazz Orchestra with a Kevin Woods’ Tribute to Miles Davis. Racer, causing a stir in the community special guest during the 2018 Earshot Sudden Valley Jazz performances it served. Now under new ownership, Jazz Festival in Seattle. Submission take place at 3pm in the Sudden Val- the café celebrated its grand reopen- deadline is June 30. See swojo.org for ley Dance Barn in Bellingham. Seat- ing early in March. As the community details and online application. ing is limited, and drinks are available has welcomed back the café with open The contest was created to encourage for purchase at the concert. Both series arms, so too has the establishment the composition and performance of tickets ($70) and single concert tickets welcomed the artists and musicians the highest quality jazz ensemble liter- are available at fswl.org. who had found a home there. ature playable by high school, college, Mark Your Calendars for GiveBIG! As good improvisers do, the creators and professional bands. This project of the Racer Sessions were able to keep supported in part by Seattle Office of The Seattle Foundation’s eighth an- the series afloat, finding various venues Arts & Cultural Affairs, 4 Culture, nual GiveBIG day is May 9. On this throughout the city to host on Sunday and The Seattle Foundation. day of giving, maximize your gift to evenings. But as of March 4, the series Earshot by participating in this com- Sudden Valley Jazz Kicks Off 2018 munity giving event. You can help has returned, for the foreseeable fu- Season ture, to its hallowed ground. Upcom- with a donation at any level. Each do- ing events this month include: April 1, Bellingham’s Friends of the South nation made between midnight and Nathie Katzoff; April 8, Tom Scully/ Whatcom Library kicks off its 2018 midnight PDT will receive a prorated Jeb Polstein Duo; April 15, Griffin Sudden Valley Jazz series on Saturday, portion of the matching funds. Find Boyd; and April 22, Fenja Frances. April 14, with New York reedman more information at givebigseattle.org. Racer Sessions are held at 8pm at Evan Arntzen, along with his brother, Jack Straw Cultural Center Café Racer (5828 Roosevelt Way NE), guitarist/banjo player Arnt Arntzen, Announces 2018 Artist Support and are always free, all-ages, and open in a quintet that will be playing both Program to the public. swing and Dixieland music for listen- ing and dancing. Then, on May 5, Jack Straw Cultural Center is proud Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Olympia-based vocalist LaVon Hardi- to announce the artists who have re- Composition Contest son performs with her quintet of Eric ceived awards in its 2018 Artist Sup- Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Verlinde (piano), Osama Afifi (bass), port Program. Twenty artists/artist (SWOJO) is now accepting scores for Jeff Busch (percussion), and Jerome teams were selected by a panel to com- its sixth annual jazz composition con- Smith (tuba, trombone). The series plete projects in the Jack Straw studios. test. The winning and honorable men- takes a hiatus through the summer, The 2018 Jack Straw Artist Support tion composers will receive an hono- before starting up in the fall on Octo- Program Residents include: Kay Ray, rarium and their compositions will be ber 6 with Jeff Busch’s Magic Circle, whose project is audio production for

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 the documentary film In Her Hands: tion this winter and the inaugural ex- west. Deadline for submission is April Key Changes in Jazz, exploring ob- hibition will be yehaw. 20. stacles facing women in jazz today as The title of the exhibition, yehaw, is All Indigenous creatives who apply women around the U.S. are fighting drawn from the Coast Salish story of will be included in the exhibition. The for auditions, creating opportunities, Native people from all tribes uniting exhibition will be a collective portrait and being role models for young mu- around a common cause and lifting of Native America, including creatives sicians; Marge Rosen/SWOJO, who up the sky together. In the spirit of of all ages and stages in their careers, will produce recordings of winner and the story, this exhibition will celebrate from many tribal affiliations, working honorable mention compositions from the depth and diversity of Indigenous in a variety of creative mediums. ye- Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra’s an- art made in the Pacific Northwest. In haw celebrates all Native makers, and nual international jazz composition preparation for the exhibition, cura- actively challenges the false divides contest for women composers; and tors Tracy Rector (Seminole/Choc- between fine art and craft, Urban and saxophonist Wally Shoup, who will taw), Asia Tail (Cherokee Nation), Reservation, contemporary and tradi- record four different trios. For more and Satpreet Kahlon opened a call for tional. For more information, includ- about the Artist Support Program, artwork in any media by Indigenous ing guidelines, eligibility, and the ap- visit jackstraw.org. creatives living in the Pacific North- plication please visit yehawshow.com. Additionally, through June 17, a spe- cial exhibit of Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith, will be on dis- A Jones Jazz Production play in the Jack Straw Atrium Gallery. Instrumental Ladies of Jazz Instrumental Ladies of Jazz, a show- case of Seattle jazz women, continues at the Caffe Musica in Greenwood. A worldwide celebration of jazz! Coming up, Ann Reynolds (piano) will be joined by Amy Denio (clarinet, alto sax) on April 20; Leah Pogwizd (bass) on May 18; and Kate Olson (so- prano sax) on June 15. Presented by Caffe Musica, Instru- mental Ladies of Jazz is a series dedi- cated to showcasing women instru- mentalists who play jazz in Seattle. Worldwide celebration! World-class talent! Performances are the third Friday of BAINBRIDGE Bainbridge Is. each month, from 7 to 9pm, at Caffe Museum of Art 27 550 Winslow Way E. Musica (14300 Greenwood Ave N). Tickets Volunteer at the Ballard Jazz APRIL BrownPaperTickets Festival 6 - 9 PM event/3335212

The Ballard Jazz Festival (May 16– Pianist/Overton Berry; Singer/Songwriter, Eugenie Jones; Saxophonist/Flutist, Mark Lewis 19) is seeking volunteers for the annu- SEATTLE al event. Interested volunteers should The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Way, fill out the online form at ballardjazz- 28 festival.com, or contact Volunteer Co- Tickets TheSTRANGERTickets ordinator Paul Rauch at volunteer@ APRIL 6 - 8:30 events/51858531 ballardjazzfestival.com. events/51858671 9– 10:30 PM Call for Indigenous Creatives Legendary Trombonist/Julian Priester, Eugenie Jones; Legendary Pianist/Overton Berry The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Featuring Bruce Phares on bass and D’Vonne Lewis on drums! is opening a new arts and cultural hub Bainbridge Event Sponsors #jazzday More Info: www.eugeniejones.com on the third floor of King Street Sta- Masters Law Group, Perennial Vintners, Amelia Wynn Winery, Rolling Bay Winery, Eagle Harbor Wine

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 PROFILE Marina Albero: With Open Arms

MARINA ALBERO PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN

By Paul Rauch composer; her mother, Laura Tapias, point she had acquired considerable a highly regarded performer in music prowess in classical piano and percus- The city of Seattle has always em- and theater. They traveled to Seattle to sion. She had studied jazz drums at 12, braced Marina Albero with open rehearse a play to be presented at the and began jazz piano in earnest at 14. arms; it is as if it was meant to be that ‘92 Olympic Games in Barcelona. For Inevitably, she left for Cuba, where her she would make the life journey from a young girl from Barcelona, it was an brother was living, and studied clas- Barcelona, Spain, to the Emerald City. eye-opening experience. sical piano at the conservatory there Since she moved here in 2014, Albero “Seattle was my first port in Ameri- with noted teacher, Teresita Junco. has embraced Seattle in return, with ca,” recalls Albero. “Being a 12-year- Albero returned to Seattle on her stunning live performances in a vari- old girl, it was an important thing, own as an 18-year-old woman. She was ety of musical settings. Her virtuosity coming to America for the first time. welcomed warmly once again, staying on piano, hammered dulcimer, and I had this idea that America was the with family friends, including Norm vibraphone is enhanced by a vibrant land of opportunity, so I came here Langill. Langill was working with a musical spirit that is unique and tran- with big eyes. I knew America from Belgian family, setting up the first tent scendent. the movies. When I came here and I in the creation of Teatro Zinzanni, Albero first arrived here when she saw the size of the cars, even the size of which has since become a Seattle in- was 12, traveling with her musical the people, it was then real.” stitution. It made a connection that family. Her father, Marià Albero, was At 15, Albero wanted to return, ea- would result in Albero becoming a a historic musician, singer, actor, and ger to travel and see the world. At this

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 prominent member of the performing United States to create a new chapter in cal relationship, and a great friend- troupe there some 16 years later. their musical and family lives. In April ship as well. Her quintet with Teuber, During her previous trip here, she of that year, they were introduced to bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, drummer had discovered the hammered dul- the Seattle jazz audience at the Bal- D’Vonne Lewis, and percussionist Jeff cimer at Dusty Strings in Fremont. lard Jazz Festival in a spectacular duo Busch, have delivered riveting per- Her return trip performance. formances at Tula’s Jazz Club and, as included purchas- “Jazz has been the door Dominguez, the part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, at the ing a larger in- historic flamenco Seattle Art Museum. She also appears strument known that opened up my mind jazz pianist, and in duo with bassist Jeff Johnson, and in Spain as the Albero on vibes in musical associations with musicians psalterium. It was and my technique, by and psalterium, including Farko Dosumov, Chuck an instrument opened for iconic Deardorf, Ben Thomas, Adriana Gior- she had all to her being able to play and saxophonist Son- dano, and Thomas Marriott, to name own, not overseen ny Fortune. It re- but a few. by a teacher or improvise how I want.” mains one of the Albero’s versatile piano style can tran- mentor. Albero’s most memorable scend genre or conform to an identifi- genre-expanding insights and applica- performances in the 15-year history of able form. Underlying it all is a love tion to a variety of musical forms have the festival. Once again, Seattle was for improvisation that has been greatly since made her recognized as a true opening its arms and embracing her. impacted by American jazz music. pioneer of the instrument. “That’s my relationship with Seattle,” “I started as a jazz student when I was After her studies at the conservatories she says. “It’s like this friend you have fourteen, and it was a big help to me, in Barcelona and La Havana, Albero that you haven’t seen in 20 years, and because I come from the classical or began performing with legendary per- they welcome you.” self-taught world, so jazz was the per- formers such as Chano Domínguez, With Serena now a freshman study- fect way to understand harmony, even Pepe Habichuela, Mariona Sagarra, ing jazz vocals at in classical mu- Glen Velez, and Carlos Saura. Her vir- the New School sic,” says Albero. tuosity and creative spirit now in full in New York and “Seattle….is like this “Jazz has been the bloom, Albero was making inroads Marcel a budding door that opened into a variety of musical forms, includ- saxophonist as a friend you have that you up my mind and ing jazz, flamenco, traditional, and sophomore in high my technique, by haven’t seen in 20 years, classical. All of these influences are school, Albero can being able to play clearly heard in her current approach now focus a bit and they welcome you.” and improvise how both as an improviser and composer. more on her career. I want.” Her piano style is equally influenced Her children will Aside from her by Bill Evans as it is by Chano Domin- always be her heart, and she looks back 2008 release in Spain, #1, Albero has guez or Teresita Junco. Through it all, at the past 20 years with amazement. developed a large following without a there is a radiance that transcends the “I wouldn’t exchange that for any significant recent recording. She has music and touches her audience. fame or career goal,” she states happily. plans to record this summer, as well as In 1999, motherhood became the “Now when I see my kids and see that pursue several projects including her primary focus for Albero, upon the they are good-hearted, generous, em- association with flamenco guitarist, arrival of her daughter, Serena. Three pathetic, good musicians, good think- Luis Gallo. years later came her son Marcel. Al- ers, I’m glad I got to see and build What path Albero’s career will fol- bero threw herself into motherhood some of that personality. Now I feel I low going forward is uncertain. What with the same generous and loving can concentrate on my career and not is certain, however, is that the journey spirit that her music embraced. She feel like I’m missing out on something along whichever path she chooses, will had been the beneficiary of great men- in my life.” possess characteristics of love, passion, torship for this task, from father Marià Albero has been holding down the devotion to family, and the never-end- and mother Laura. Her extended fam- piano chair at Teatro Zinzanni since ing pursuit of beauty. While Seattle ily was equally supportive. her arrival, under the directorship of has undoubtedly embraced her warm- In 2014, Albero and then partner Hans Teuber. Apart from Zinzanni, ly, she in turn continues to embrace us Chano Dominguez, moved to the the two have formed a special musi- with her unique creative vision.

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 PREVIEW >> Chris Speed Trio with Dave King & Chris Tordini

Sunday, April 1, 8:30pm (doors open 8pm) The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S

Presented by Earshot Jazz The riveting trio of Chris Speed, Dave King, and Chris Tordini is a showcase for three New York veterans at the peak of their form. They deploy their considerable chops judiciously, creating a unit where Speed’s tenor sax is in pinpoint balance with Tordini’s kneading bass and the shifting, propulsive percussion of King, best known from the Bad Plus trio. As heard on two CD releases, Re- ally OK in 2014 and Platinum on Tap in 2017, the Speed/King/Tordini trio turns far more to earlier jazz styles than Speed is often thought to do. And yet, the band’s sound is thoroughly of-the- moment thanks to sustained inven- tiveness and the dynamics among the CHRIS SPEED PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST three players. Speed explores his tenor sax’s low- with many different combinations Bloodcount. (Jim Black did, too.) Like to-mid range of acoustic power, but of emerging-generation jazz leaders. Human Feel, the quartet (sometimes the high end of its expressiveness. In Indeed, he first came to attention quintet) balanced gamely between grainy, somewhat plangent, serpen- here while growing up on the East- established jazz expectations and un- tine lines punctuated by light staccato side. There he met later-frequent col- leashed avant-garde gestures. It could gusts, Speed’s contributions create laborators, drummer Jim Black and be as sinewy or singing or muscular as embracing invitations to his listeners’ saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo, with it was pulsing and corpuscular. attention—as gifts offered rather than whom he and guitarist Kurt Rosen- On tenor sax and clarinet, Speed provocations imposed. winkel would form Human Feel in would become one of the most-sought The effect is most winning. Playing Boston in the late 1980s. That quartet accompanists on the New York scene. generally mid-volume, Speed draws recorded a series of acclaimed, fresh al- He worked with the likes of trumpeter listeners to the intricacies of state- bums beginning in 1992, when Speed Dave Douglas, pianist Myra Melford, ments that, from a less-evolved solo- moved to New York, two years after saxophonist John Zorn, and bassist ist and composer, might appear oddly graduating from New England Con- Mark Dresser. He maintained ties to underdetermined. servatory. his Seattle roots in the band Pachora, Speed and his vast and varied talents In Manhattan, Speed joined alto which included Jim Black and another are, of course, well known to Seattle and baritone saxophonist Tim Berne’s Seattle-reared musician, guitarist Brad jazz audiences. He has visited often, fully committed and much-praised Shepik, a graduate of Cornish College.

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 The popular quartet, with Icelandic Speed can count on robust uplift in bassist Skúli Sverrisson, epitomized a the Speed/King/Tordini trio. Since mid-nineties to mid-noughties fasci- 2000, as the drummer of Bad Plus, nation on the New York scene with Dave King has been an unlikely phe- Eastern European strains. nomenon in jazz: something of a rock All those associations brought Speed star. He’s solidified that standing be- often to Seattle, where his appearances yond the Bad Plus, too, in bands al- have comprised a sort of highlight reel most too many to tally—with Bill of his impressive progression. Frisell, John Zorn, Tim Berne, Craig In 2008, for example, he returned Taborn, not to forget his own Dave with an intrepidly explorative quar- King Trucking Co. (with Chris tet Endangered Blood, another col- Speed), and with multiple other units laboration with Jim Black, formed to beyond jazz. raise money for a then seriously ail- Thanks to his invention, flair, and ing D’Angelo. When the band visited command, King is one of the busiest again in 2016, Earshot Jazz co-found- players in New York jazz circles. Chris er and Seattle Times jazz critic Paul Tordini is rapidly becoming another. de Barros aptly summed up Speed’s He has toured and recorded in Clau- “eclectic interests, which include off- dia Quintet and others bands with the kilter time signatures; the shadowy likes of saxophonists Greg Osby, Steve moods and rich reed colors of Duke Lehman, and Andrew D’Angelo, and Ellington’s ‘jungle band’ period … ; drummers Ari Hoenig, Jim Black, and Ornette Coleman’s skittering energy; Tyshawn Sorey. His playing is “mus- and the ceremonial repetitions of min- cular, yet sympathetic,” as Audiophile imalism.” Audition aptly described it, with richly It is perhaps the “shadowy moods” hued timbre, measured power, and that are most prominent in the Speed/ ever-supportive invention. King/Tordini trio. In fact, Speed’s de- The “nimble” Speed/King/Tordini velopment of a yearning, searching, trio, wrote Peter Margasak in Chicago gently proferred style has been long Reader, who rated Platinum on Tap his coming, including in a series of collab- fifth-favorite album of 2017, embraces orations that have drawn less attention jazz tradition while it tweaks it. Speed to him than his signature bands. You has “never been a grandstanding play- hear it, for example, in his work with er, but now he’s so far beyond the need the innovative chamber-jazz group, to show off that he just lives in the mu- John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet. sic like a second skin.” You can also hear it on Speed’s duo In London Jazz News, Brian Marley recording Ruins (2014) with Italian was similarly complimentary: “Even drummer Zeno de Rossi, or on Lama- when Tordini and King are busily çal (2013), where he sat in with Portu- pushing and pulling the music around guese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva’s in interesting ways,” he wrote, Speed trio, Lama. But you can also go back “delivers his improvisations with wry and hear it emerging on his 1999 quar- insouciance in a style reminiscent at tet album with trumpeter Cuong Vu, times of Lester Young. Surely you can’t Deviantics, even when the album is at get more jazzlike than that.” its most up tempo and up beat. –Peter Monaghan It has something of the worshipful Tickets for Chris Speed Trio are $18 saint John Coltrane and also of Albert adult, $16 Earshot members and senior Ayler in quieter moments of his utter- citizens, $10 students and military and ing in tongues. Certainly Speed quests are avaialble at earshot.org. into that sort of expressive territory.

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 PREVIEW >> YOU’RE INVITED! Golden Ear & Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Awards Party

Monday, April 2, 7pm The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S Each year, the Golden Ear Awards recognize and celebrate the outstand- ing achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle jazz fans and performers can take stock of and show gratitude for the region’s vibrant jazz ecology. Join us for the awards party on Mon- day, April 2, 7pm, at the Royal Room in Columbia City. Beloved radio host Jim Wilke will be on hand to emcee the night’s events, and KNKX’s Robin Lloyd will be in attendance to present a special Jazz Journalists Association

award to one of Earshot Jazz’s very DELVON LAMARR PHOTO COURTESY OF KNKX PUBLIC RADIO own. Be ready to boogie, as the always hot, always hip Delvon Lamarr Or- Tickets by donation. Advance tickets Reservations are available for guests who gan Trio (Delvon Lamarr, Hammond are available at earshot.org. Tickets do are dining, and can be arranged directly B-3, Jimmy James, guitar, David Mc- not guarantee seating; seating is avail- with The Royal Room at reservations@ Graw, drums) bookends the ceremony able first come, first served. theroyalroomseattle.com. with two great sets.

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benefiting JazzClubsNW.org PREVIEW >> Kavita Shah & Francois Moutin

Friday, April 6, 6pm The Royal Room

Presented by Earshot Jazz New York-raised, world-traveled vo- calist Kavita Shah has created a rich personal style informed by her study of the vocal traditions of several corners of the world, including Brazil, West Africa, and the India of her heritage. DownBeat’s Best Jazz Vocalist in 2012, and winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award in 2013, she has since released the ac- claimed 2014 albums Visions and, this year, Interplay. FRANCOIS MOUTIN AND KAVITA SHAH PHOTO BY JACOB BLICKENSTAFF She appears here with New York- based French bassist, her collaborator a distinctive path. She asked guitarist Covering so anthemic a song— on Interplay, Francois Moutin, who is and vocalist Lionel Loueke to produce and starting her debut album with not only highly accomplished in bass her debut, Visions, on the French Na- it—demonstrated Shah’s intrepid performance, but also schooled in ar- ïve label; he also appeared on three of artistic spirit as well as striking, con- cane physics and mathematics (but the tracks. It was, according to Bill vincing vocal range. The album also that—his earning a Ph.D. in physics Milkowski in DownBeat, a “breathtak- had Shah’s version of Joni Mitchell’s at the age of 24—is another story). ingly beautiful collaboration.” Shah, “Little Green,” two short Indian ra- A much-in-demand bassist who has he wrote, “soars with understated maj- gas, and Loueke’s West Africa-steeped performed and recorded with Rudresh esty while alternately singing in Portu- “Oju Oba.” Mahanthappa, Michel Portal, Frank guese, Spanish, and English.” She also Where Shah had, on Visions, accom- Wess, Jan-Michel Pilc, Franco Ambro- won raves from French-language jazz paniment from 13 musicians from setti, and many others, in 2005 Mou- critics, a remarkable tip of the hat giv- around the globe, on her new release, tin won a leading French jazz award en that she had taken on Edith Piaf’s Interplay, she is alone with Moutin, together with his twin brother and “La Vie en Rose.” other than for guest appearances by frequent musical collaborator, Louis On Visions, Shah announced her ar- pianist Martial Solal and NEA Jazz Moutin, a drummer. rival with a bold first track: a rendition Master Sheila Jordan, Shah’s mentor. Interplay demonstrates what you can of Cape Verdean vocalist Cesária Evo- The predominant duo setting creates expect from them in their early-start ra’s mournful, signature evocation of engaging immediacy, and that pro- (6pm) Seattle concert: enchanting ren- loss, impermanence, and persistence, vides a preview of what to expect at ditions of standards like “You Go to “Sodade.” For their setting of it, she their Royal Room performance. My Head” and “Falling in Love,” as and Loueke deployed tabla, kora, Lat- Shah is nothing if not expansive in her well as originals and interpretations in percussion, violins, and bass. The artistic ambitions. She displays a win- of songs from some of the traditions result was a fresh, wispy sonic cloud ning compositional sense in her singing, Shah has studied. that hovered over a seaspace of North, and clearly in her song cycle for seven Shah made clear at the outset of her South, East, and West. voices, Folk Songs of Naboréa, premiered recording career that she would tread in New York in 2017, which moved

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11  Nate Chinen to place it on his NPR Top 10 Jazz Performances of the year.  Shah became interested in jazz as a  result of living in Manhattan next door to saxophonist Patience Hig-  gins, with whom she later performed. At first, however, she studied classical  piano, and sang a variety of styles of music in the award-winning Young  People’s Chorus of New York City.  She then studied at Harvard Univer- sity, pursuing her interests in Latin-    American literature and music. She  researched Afro-Brazilian music and  politics, with fieldwork in Brazil, and won a Harvard thesis prize as well as  another for artistic accomplishment. She went on to a graduate degree in AN EVENING OF JAZZ, HIP-HOP, SOUL, AND SUPPORT jazz voice from Manhattan School of Music, and continues to study voice th and composition. g the 50 Ann From all that she has come away ratin iver leb sar capable of creating compelling ar- Ce of the y rangements and approaches to vocal performance, but always bearing her

SEATTLE CHAPTER BLACK PANTHER PARTY! learning lightly. With a variety of ar- tistic grants, she has traveled widely to expand her range. (She has also begun Tuesday, April 24, 7pm Featuring to write about her explorations on her The Triple Door, 216 Union St Songs of Life: A Musical Journey of blog, The Folkalist.) Love and Strength Shah has by now performed with In Tribute to Mary J Blige, with musicians around the world. In ad- Ashanti Proctor, Arzelia Jones Jr. dition to Loueke and Jordan, she has a.k.a. Z, Patricia Stanford, La Tanya collaborated with the likes of saxo- Horace. Co-produced by Om Johari. phonist Greg Osby, Indian percussion Also appearing: masters, “Ethio-jazz” founder Mulatu Astatke, and Malian kora master Ya- Seattle-based musical excellence of couba Sissoko. Overton Berry, Darrius Willrich & When at home in New York, she Shaprece leads a Brazilian trio, a jazz quintet, and the 13-piece 3rd World Orquestra Tickets: $50 at www.thetripledoor.net for tabla, kora, rhythm section, and This event supports anniversary celebration events. strings. She has premiered many works for chamber groups, big band, and jazz philharmonic. The SCBPP Anniversary project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund Expect great things! award from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods –Peter Monaghan The Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party was founded in April 1968 Tickets are $16 adult, $14 Earshot and the continuing legacy along with the 50th Anniversary will be celebrated members and senior citizens, $10 stu- with a week of FREE activities, April 26-28, in Seattle. dents and military and are avaialble at Learn more at www.seattlebpp50.com earshot.org.

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 PREVIEW >> Lionel Loueke Trio

Thursday, April 19, 7 & guitar player play anything close 9:30pm to what I was hearing from him. The Royal Room …The scope of the choices he made expressing himself. It was as Presented by Earshot Jazz though there was no territory that Lionel Loueke, who last month was forbidden.” thrilled Seattle fans in his appear- If Loueke readily admits that ance here with Herbie Hancock’s his approach was shaped early band, tells an amusing anecdote in his jazz schooling by not re- about how making a living as a ally knowing what it was he was musician has worked out better hearing, that soon changed. He than his parents feared. rapidly gathered techniques and When he was growing up in stylistic pointers that he threaded Benin, in West Africa, his par- into a highly distinctive personal ents hoped he would go into law style that starts with the popular or some other profitable or secure rhythms of his native Benin and professional because, after all, Afropop and adds much more. While at Berklee, for example, “music isn’t a job because pretty LIONEL LOUEKE PHOTO BY MATHIEU BITTON much everybody plays something his trio mates in the trio Gilfema, in Africa,” he told the Financial Green were often improvising, Loueke Hungarian drummer Ferenc Ne- Times last year. learned pieces from the albums note meth and Italian/Swedish bassist Mas- But the guitarist and vocalist, who for note—he played the cassettes with simo Biolcati, introduced him to the has soaked in a vast array of styles from weak batteries, which slowed the tape, complex, shifting time signatures of West Africa and the West, has come to get the notes, and then plugged in central European folk music. While to command broad acclaim in many the player to learn to mimic the play- listening attentively throughout rock walks of jazz and popular music. And ers’ speed and delivery. and jazz—as his recordings dem- so, when he regularly returns to Benin, After playing in hotels for three years, onstrate—he was stretching himself to visit his family, he finds in the living he moved to Ivory Coast in 1990 to on the road and in recording stu- room an enlarged photograph of not- study classical music history and the- dios with a host of leaders eager to so-wayward son with President Barack ory, but ended up spending part of his have him along. Those have included Obama. education teaching jazz to his tutors. Wayne Shorter, George Garzone, Jeff Born in 1973, Loueke was at first a He moved to Paris to attend the “Tain” Watts, Charlie Haden, Vinnie percussionist, but began playing guitar American School of Modern Mu- Colaiuta, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Bar- in his mid to late teens, at first focus- sic from 1994 to 1998, and then was ron, and Jack DeJohnette. Loueke has ing on “African pop.” He discovered awarded a scholarship to Berklee Col- also recorded with vocalist, and fellow jazz via albums by George Benson lege of Music. He graduated in jazz Beninese, Angelique Kidjo, as well as and others, relying on audio cassettes performance in 2000, and was selected pianist Robert Glasper’s jazz/hip-hop- that a friend obtained from the French by the likes of Herbie Hancock, Ter- exploring Experiment. Cultural Centre in the port city of ence Blanchard, and Wayne Shorter to With Nemeth and Biolcati, who ac- Cotonou. attend the Thelonious Monk Institute company him in Seattle, he has de- Not realizing, initially, that Benson at UCLA from 2001 to 2003. Of hear- veloped, during their now 20 years of and other jazz greats like Wes Mont- ing Loueke for the first time, Hancock gomery, Charlie Christian, and Grant said: “I flipped. I’d never heard any CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13  PREVIEW >>    7th Annual North Bend Jazz Walk      

 Saturday, April 21, 6pm-Midnight Founding member of North Bend     Various venues, North Bend, WA Jazz Walk and owner of Boxley’s Jazz  Club, Danny Kolke encourages at- This April 21, the beloved annual tendees to check out Boxley’s Pro-Am  North Bend Jazz Walk returns, prom-    Big Band’s performance to capture the      ising a celebration of highly antici-      essence of this community celebration       pated, local musicians in a picturesque      of the genre of jazz.  setting at the base of Mount Si. Now  “The spirit of North Bend Jazz Walk   in its seventh year, the North Bend culminates in this concert from 9 pm Jazz Walk will continue its tradition to midnight; great student players are of immersing nearby award-winning Open to All - Free side-by-side their high-quality mentors high school big bands into its multi- on stage,” says Kolke of the 16-piece For those who love jazz with an generational lineup. big band that features a mix of profes- inspirational message! From the Jazz Walk’s hours of 6pm sionals, band directors and students. Join us for a secular concert by professional jazz to midnight, a dozen venues in North musicians in the beautiful historic gothic sanctuary. One ticket allows access to all shows Bend’s historic downtown district will and venues. Ticket holders will be able host live music events. Participating to walk the couple-block radius from venues include: North Bend The- th Season venue to venue and enjoy the best of 15 ater, Wildflower Wine Shop & Bistro, what the local jazz scene has to of- Twede’s Café, Valley Center Stage, fer. All ticket proceeds benefit local Pioneer Coffee, Snoqualmie Valley jazz education, live performance, and Moose Lodge, Birches Habitat, Geor- scholarships. gia’s Bakery, Chaplin’s, and Chang The North Bend Jazz Walk is sup- Thai. All venues are family-friendly ported by JazzClubsNW, a member- and all-ages. supported, non-profit organization The 2018 North Bend Jazz Walk will dedicated to supporting live music once again feature great jazz talent. performance and education in many No concert on April 1 due to Easter This year’s lineup includes: Endemic communities. Only 31 miles from Ensemble; Chris Symer, Johnaye Ken- downtown Seattle, North Bend has Next Concert drick, Bill Anschell; Greg Ruby & Sunday, May 6, 6 pm become a musical destination featur- the Rhythm Runners; Bernie Jacobs ing live music four nights a week at the Quartet; Katy Bourne; Kelly & Sage JazzClubsNW performance stage at Dave Desrochers and Eisenhour; Kelley Johnson and John the old North Bend fire station. Fam- Hansen; Aria Prame & Carrie Wicks Seattle Jazz Quartet ily friendly dining is also on site and (“Night-n-Gale”); Janette Tuttle with provided by Wildflower Wine Shop & 100 Minutes of professional jazz Ed Weber, Dan O’Brien, Marty Tut- Bistro. Family friendly concert / Free parking tle; Eli Miesner, Michael Barnett, Chris Fagan; Danny Kolke, Michael Tickets are $25 adult / $15 youth in Seattle First Baptist Church Glynn, Greg Williamson with Tracy advance, $30 / $20 at the door. Ticket 1111 Harvard Avenue Knoop; top level, high school jazz en- Pickup at Umpqua Bank Community (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) sembles, including the Mount Si High Room (146 W 2nd St, North Bend). Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 School Jazz Ensemble; and Boxley’s Visit northbendjazzwalk.com for tickets and the full schedule. For more about www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV Pro-Am Big Band. JazzClubsNW, visit jazzclubsnw.org.

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 PREVIEW >> Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Ellington’s Such Sweet Thunder Saturday, April 21, 7:30pm Between musical pieces, actors Hana Nordstrom Recital Hall Lass and Darragh Kennan from SSC will join SRJO on stage to present spo- Sunday, April 22, 2pm ken selections from Shakespeare. The Kirkland Performance Center weekend of concerts is part of Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare Festival taking Monday, April 23, 7:30pm place throughout March and April. Edmonds Center for the Arts One of the nation’s most exciting arts Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and culture festivals, with each itera- (SRJO) teams up with Seattle Shake- tion, Seattle Celebrates unites organi- speare Company (SSC) to present one zations across a variety of mediums to of the most distinctive jazz concerts of present works on a single theme. This the year. year, nearly 25 of Seattle’s theater, Presented in three performances, the dance, music, and film organizations concerts showcase Duke Ellington’s join together to present a city-wide cel- suite of 12 works that he composed in ebration of The Bard. This collabora- tribute to playwright William Shake- tion showcases Seattle’s rich cultural speare, Such Sweet Thunder. Inter- landscape and defines it as one of the spersed with the music are selections premier arts destinations in the coun- from the Shakespeare plays and son- try. For more information about the nets that inspired Ellington. festival series, visit seattlecelebrates.org. “To quote the Bard, ‘all the world’s Now celebrating its 23rd season, the a stage, and all the men and women 17-piece SRJO is co-directed by saxo- merely players,’” says Michael Brock- phonist and arranger Michael Brock- man, SRJO co-Artistic Director. “I man, long-time faculty member of the don’t think he meant saxophone and UW School of Music and an authority trumpet players, but we aim to do both on the music of Duke Ellington, and Shakespeare and Ellington justice.” drummer Clarence Acox, award-win- Written in 1957, Duke Ellington’s ning conductor of the Garfield High masterful jazz suite Such Sweet Thun- School bands. SRJO includes many of der not only takes its name from the region’s best-loved jazz soloists and Shakespearean text (“such sweet band leaders: trumpeters Jay Thomas thunder” is a line from A Midsummer and Thomas Marriott; bassist Phil Night’s Dream), but also its themes and Sparks; saxophonists Mark Taylor, topics. The suite’s 12 sections include Sidney Hauser, Bill Ramsay, Travis 11 instrumental portraits of characters Ranney, and Alex Dugdale; trombon- from Shakespeare, followed by a final ists Dan Marcus, Scott Brown, and piece evoking the playwright himself. Bill Anthony, guitarist Milo Petersen Working with his longtime collabora- and pianist Randy Halberstadt. tor Billy Strayhorn, Ellington created Tickets are $15–49 and are available the suite soon after he and his band at srjo.org or by calling (206) 523-6159. appeared at the Stratford Shakespeare –Ed., courtesy of SRJO Festival in Ontario.

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 PREVIEW >> Jaimeo Brown Transcendence featuring Chris Sholar and Jaleel Shaw Sunday, April 22, 7 & 9:30pm he says. He did that growing up on a The Royal Room Native American reservation in Mon- tana and in the San Francisco Bay Presented by Earshot Jazz Area, and pursued his search in music Perhaps you’ve worried, from time from there and afar. During 14 years to time, when you’ve heard the ump- in New York, he had such experiences teenth recombination of the source as traveling the world as a U.S. State materials of jazz, amounting to just Department-sponsored musical educa- more of the same-old, same-old, that tor. the well has been tapped out. Way back, he happened to hear re- Then along comes a Jaimeo Brown. cordings of quilters from the isolated The drummer/composer’s power- African-American community of Gees ful recordings, Transcendence (2013) Bend, Alabama, site of an old cotton and Work Songs (2016), create riveting plantation. That was the germ for his music from many sources within the exploration of the songs and lives of African-American experience. Among Black and immigrant laborers, stone- his music’s startling features is its thor- masons, churchgoers, prisoners of the oughly fresh use of field recordings, jailhouses and work gangs, coal min- with which he points a way forward to ers at their ceaseless toil, and “gandy the possibilities of a multimedia-forti- dancers” who hauled and laid train fied future-jazz. tracks through the valleys. CHRIS SHOLAR AND JAIMEO BROWN PHOTO BY REBECCA MEEK Brown’s music brings together biog- As Brown demonstrates on his re- raphy and revelation. cordings, he also has been attentive to Enabling him to create music that is “If you want to know what is impor- the lives and songs of Chinese immi- at once ethnographic and thoroughly tant to a people, listen to their music,” grants, and of children. convincing as living and breathing

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April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 PREVIEW >> Seattle’s Black Panther Party 50th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, April 24, 7pm boardist, Darrius Willrich; and sub- ing, angering and racially motivated Triple Door lime vocalist, Shaprece. acts against Blacks in Seattle. At one Founded in 1968, the Seattle branch point, the Chapter membership ap- The Seattle Chapter of the Black Pan- of the Black Panther Party was the first proached 300. The Chapter founding ther Party celebrates its 50th anniver- chapter formed outside of the state of raised the level of struggle, resistance, sary on Tuesday, April 24, at the Triple California. A year and a half before the and Black consciousness in the city. Door. Join the Party for a special eve- start of the Seattle chapter, the Black During its most formative period, ning of jazz, hip-hop, and soul music Panther Party was born in Oakland, the Seattle Chapter sponsored free to support a week of events around the California, with the goal to prevent breakfast programs for all children, city, honoring the legacy of Seattle’s police brutality as well as establish a education programs, and established Black Panther Party. new social, political, and economic the first free medical clinic in Seattle’s The night will feature a tribute to order, heavily based upon Marxist Black community, originally named Mary J. Blige, “Songs of Life: A Musi- doctrine, to improve the Black com- the Sydney Miller Free Medical Clin- cal Journey of Love & Strength,” per- munity. ic, after a fallen Seattle Panther, and formed by some of Seattle’s finest wom- The Seattle Chapter of the Black later known as the Carolyn Downs en artists, including vocalists Ashanti Panther Party was founded by a col- Family Medical Clinic, still in opera- Proctor, Arzelia Jones Jr. a.k.a. Z, Pa- lection of Seattle activists including tion today. The 50th anniversary cel- tricia Stanford, and La Tanya Horace, brothers Aaron and Elmer Dixon in ebration is in honor of the Chapter’s fronting a band that includes Erin Ru- 1968, following a series of events that founding and the continuing legacy of bin (keys), Brittany Davis (keys), Nia included the assassination of Martin self-determination. Neal (drums), Masa Kobayashi (bass), Luther King, Jr., and the murder of Jessica Lurie (sax), Kathy Moore (gui- Tickets are $50, which will help support Bobby Hutton days later. Hutton was tar), and Naomi Siegel (trombone). the week’s free events, and are available the first member of the Black Panther Co-produced by Om Johari. at thetripledoor.net. Visit seattlebpp50. Party to die at the hands of Oakland Also appearing are jazz legend, pia- com for more information. police; along with a series of frustrat- nist Overton Berry; soul/jazz key- NEW YORK

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18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 ON THE RADIO  88.5 KNKX tronic & punk rock, followed by Rob- breath, 1am. Full schedule informa- 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz in Lloyd’s Jazz Caliente, 5pm, where tion is available at kexp.org. Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken jazz meets Latin rhythms. 91.3 KBCS Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- 91.3 KBCS, features creative and Northwest, in addition to its weekday days, 2pm, features the artists and improvised music on Flotation Device NPR and late-night and prime-time events of the regional jazz scene. For with John Seman and Jonathan Law- jazz programs. Full schedule and info JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- son, Sundays at 10pm. The Monday at knkx.org. grams, see jazznw.org. night lineup includes The Caravan Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, 90.3 KEXP with John Gilbreath at 7pm, Straight Saturdays, 3pm, featuring 21st cen- 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, No Chaser with David Utevsky at tury jazz inspired and informed by the features Jazz Theater with John Gil- 9pm, Giant Steps with John Pai at sounds of today, hip-hop, funk, elec- 11pm, and The Shape of Modern Jazz with Gordon Todd at 1am Tuesdays. Shows can be streamed anytime at kbcs.fm. 91.7 KSVR 91.7 KSVR Mount Vernon, Doctor Dee hosts two nights of jazz, Fourth Corner Jazz, featuring recordings of live performance in Northwest Wash- ington, Sundays, 6-7pm, and The Doctor’s Den, Mondays, 8-10pm. 102.9 KLOI-LP 102.9 KLOI-LP Lopez Island, Mon- days & Fridays, 3pm, Joy Spring with Gary Alexander, classic jazz and the Great American Songbook. Hollow Earth Radio Hollow Earth Radio, hollowearthra- dio.org, Fridays at 6pm, biweek- ly, Black Roots Radio, hosted by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as a dynamic genre rooted in the Black American experience. Hollow Earth Radio is Seattle’s free- form online radio station that supports the local music communities in the greater Pacific Northwest and tries to create an open, encouraging stage for underrepresented voices. More at face- book.com/blackrootsradiojl and hol- lowearthradio.org.

April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND April 04 SUNDAY, APRIL 1 SB 5 Stories Jazz, 8pm JA Tower of Power – 50th Anniversary Tour, AB Jazz at the Beaver with Max Holmberg and the SB Joe Doria Presents, 9:30pm 7:30pm 200 Trio, 9pm SY Justin Kausal-Hayes, 5pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6pm TU Tim Kennedy Band, 7:30pm MQ Sweetspot Combo, 5pm CR Racer Sessions w/ Nathie Katzoff, 8pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 MQ The Hot McGandhis, 9pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam Hosted by Stuart RR Kavita Shah & François Moutin Duo, 7pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm Zobel, 2pm SY The Dave Holo Trio, 5pm MQ Rochelle House, 5pm CZ Jazzworks Showcase, 6pm TU Alex Dugdale Fade Quartet, 7:30pm PG Paragon Hang Jazz Open Mic, 8pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm VI Yada Yada Blues Band, 9:30pm QA Chicago 7, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm SB Danny Godinez and Friends, 9:30pm SATURDAY, APRIL 7 JA Ruben Studdard, 7:30pm SC Kevin Woods Quintet featuring Gary Smulyan, AK Frank Kohl, 7:30pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm 7pm EG Overton Berry Ensemble with D’Vonne Lewis, RR Chris Speed Trio w/ Dave King & Chris Tordini, TH Live Jazz w/ Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Eric Jeff Davies, and Bernie Jacobs Jr., 7 & 9pm 8:30pm Eagle, 8pm EL Frank S Holman III, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Eric Verlinde Trio, 7:30pm HS Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints, 7pm TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5pm VI Bar Tabac, 9pm JA Tower of Power – 50th Anniversary Tour, 7:30 TU Steve Treseler, 7:30pm & 9:30pm VI Lennon Aldort, 6pm WK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm MQ Marina Christopher, 8:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm WW Future Jazz Heads, 6pm TU Bill Anschell Quartet with Brian Monroney, WW Jazz Jam Session, 7:30pm THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Chris Symer, Brad Boal, 7:30pm MONDAY, APRIL 2 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks and Guests, 9pm VI Michael Owcharuk Trio, 9pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm EG Jacob Zimmerman Group, 7pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm SUNDAY, APRIL 8 MT Jazz Night, 9pm FT Mark Lewis w/ Milo Petersen, 8pm AB Jazz at the Beaver with Max Holmberg and the NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm JA Tower of Power – 50th Anniversary Tour, 200 Trio, 9pm RR Golden Ear Awards Ceremony featuring Delvon 7:30pm CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6pm Lamarr Organ Trio, 7pm MQ Afrocop, 9pm CR Racer Sessions w/ Jeb Polstein / Tom Scully RY Steve Luceno Quartet, 8pm TU Jory Tindall, 7:30pm Duo, 8pm ST Jonathan Doyle Trio, 8pm VE Neil Welch & Seth Alexander Quartet, 8pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm CZ Open Jazz Jam w/Kenny Mandell, 2pm TUESDAY, APRIL 3 VI Nate Omdal Ensemble, 9pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm WS Los Buhos, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm JA Lydia Pense and Cold Blood with Special JA Tower of Power – 50th Anniversary Tour, Guest Fred Ross – 50th Anniversary!, 7:30pm FRIDAY, APRIL 6 7:30pm NE Omara Portuondo, 8pm BM Circular Reasoning / Freudian Slurp / Ten Man MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm OW Tuesday Jazz Night, 9pm Brass Band, 9pm MV Andy Narell, 5pm RR Casa de la Trova hosted by SuperSones, 8pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am

Calendar Key

AB The Angry Beaver DT Darrell’s Tavern NL Nectar Lounge SY Salty’s on Alki AK Anelia’s Kitchen (La Conner) EC Edmonds Center for the Arts OW Owl ‘n’ Thistle TA The Tasting Room BC Barca EG Egan’s Ballard Jam House PG Paragon TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria– BH Benaroya Hall EL El Gaucho (Bellevue) PO PONCHO Concert Hall Wallingford BI Bainbridge Island Museum of FT Fremont Tavern QA Queen Anne Beerhall TD Triple Door Art Auditorium (Bainbridge GE Geo’s Cuban & Creole Café RR The Royal Room TH Thaiku Island) HS Hotel Sorrento RY Rhythm & Rye (Olympia) TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club BM Blue Moon Tavern JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley SB Seamonster Lounge UB Umpqua Bank Community CC Capitol Cider KC Kirkland Performance Center SC WJMAC at Sylvia Center for the Room (North Bend) CF Caffe Musica LA Latona Pub Arts (Bellingham) VE Vermillion Art Gallery + Bar CM Crossroads Bellevue (Bellevue) MQ Musicquarium at the Triple Door SE Seattle Art Museum VI Vito’s CR Café Racer MT Mac’s Triangle Pub SL The Stables WK Whisky West CZ Couth Buzzard Books MV Marine View Church (Tacoma) ST Smith Tower WS Wine Station DI Dillinger’s Cocktails & Kitchen NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop SV Sudden Valley Dance Barn WW Wildflower Wine Shop in The (Olympia) NE Neptune Theatre (Bellingham) Old North Bend Firehouse (North Bend)

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5pm FT Mark Lewis: Overton Berry Birthday Concert!, TU Jazz Police, 4pm 8pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm JA Kenny G, 7:30pm & 9:30pm CURTAIN CALL VI Bob Hammer, 6pm SB Kareem Kandi, 9:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm SE Art of Jazz: Gail Pettis, 5:30pm SL Secret Jazz Club Concert, 7pm weekly recurring performances MONDAY, APRIL 9 TU Delvon Lamarr’s disORGANized, 7:30pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm DI Cara Francis Duo, 6pm VI Jennifer Kienzle, 9pm MONDAY EL Tom Kellock, 6pm MT Jazz Night, 9pm FRIDAY, APRIL 13 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30 CM The Three Guitars, 7pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm EL Tom Kellock, 6 RR Pete Zimmer Quartet, 8pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm GE Bolero Night at Geo’s with Alfredo Polier and RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9 Ann Reynolds, 7pm RY Johnaye Kendrick, 8pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30 JA Kenny G, 7:30 & 9:30pm ST Latin Jazz with Marina Albero, 8pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10 TUESDAY, APRIL 10 PO The Namlú’u Jazz Band, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Joe Casalini and Michael Biller, 6pm TUESDAY MQ Brad Gibson Trio, 5pm RR Tumbao, 9pm OW Tuesday Jazz Night, 9pm TA Duende Libre Featuring Chava Mirel, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6 PO Pivot Convocation Series: Gregg Belisle- Chi, TU Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints, 7:30pm OW Tuesday Jazz Night, 9 12pm VI Frank Vitolo Ensemble, 9pm SB 5 Stories Jazz, 8 SB 5 Stories Jazz, 8pm SATURDAY, APRIL 14 SB Joe Doria Presents, 9:30pm AK Rich Hinrichsen SB Joe Doria Presents, 9:30 TD Branford Marsalis Quartet, 7:30pm CM 2nd Act: The Sonny Byers Band, 7:30pm TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm EL Frank S Holman III, 6pm WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 HS LaVon Hardison, 7pm JA Kenny G, 7:30 & 9:30pm EL Paul Richardson, 6 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Rat City Brass, 8:30pm PG Paragon Hang, 8 JA Jackson High School Jazz Ensembles, 7pm RR Small Change, 5pm MQ Jacques Willis Trio, 5pm WW Future Jazz Heads, 6 SV Sudden Valley Jazz: Brothers Arntzen Dance PG Paragon Hang Jazz Open Mic, 8pm Bash, 3pm RR Comfort Food, 8pm TU Susan Pascal’s Soul Sauce: The Music Of Cal THURSDAY SC Bellingham’s Dixieland All Stars, 7pm Tjader feat. Jay Thomas with Fred Hoadley, BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 TD Branford Marsalis Quartet, 7:30pm Chuck Deardorf, Mark Ivester, Tom Bergersen, TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Orchestra / 7:30pm EL Paul Richardson, 6 Snohomish High School with special guest VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm FT Mark Lewis & Friends, 8 Nathan Eklund, 7:30pm VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30pm VI Kate Olson Ensemble, 9pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 WW Future Jazz Heads, 6pm SUNDAY, APRIL 15 AB Jazz at the Beaver with Max Holmberg and the FRIDAY THURSDAY, APRIL 12 200 Trio, 9pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks and Guests, 9pm CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm CM Sunday Brunch: Sweet Spot Combo, 12:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SATURDAY EL Frank S Holman III, 6 SUNDAY AB Beaver Sessions, 9 New! Daily pick up and delivery in Seattle CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6 and North Lake Washington areas CR Racer Sessions, 8 7 Luthiers, double bass set up and DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 restoration experts, and makers on site EL Tom Kellock, 6 Free consultation in shop or by appointment in Seattle MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7 Lessons SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5 Since 1964

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April 2018 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 CR Racer Sessions w/ Griffin Boyd, 8pm RR Christian Pincock’s Scrambler, 8pm WW Future Jazz Heads, 6pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam Hosted by Stuart RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm Zobel, 2pm ST Traditional, Classic, and Vintage Jazz THURSDAY, APRIL 19 CZ Music Improv Session w/ Kenny Mandell, 7pm with Greg Ruby Band, 8pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks and Guests, 9pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm TUESDAY, APRIL 17 FT Mark Lewis w/ Michael Powers, 8pm JA Kenny G, 7:30 & 9:30pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm JA Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, 7:30pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm JA Roberto Fonseca, 7:30pm RR Lionel Loueke Trio, 7 & 9:30pm RR JazzED: New Works Ensemble, 4:30pm NC Delilah Pearl & The Mantarays, 7pm SB Tim Kennedy Present, 9:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am OW Tuesday Jazz Night, 9pm TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5pm SB 5 Stories Jazz, 8pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra / Glacier Peak High SB Joe Doria Presents, 9:30pm VI Paul Gabrielson Trio, 9pm School, 7:30pm TU LineUp! Dawn Clement & Mark Taylor, 7:30pm FRIDAY, APRIL 20 VI Bob Hammer, 6pm CF Instrumental Ladies of Jazz – Amy Denio and VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 Ann Reynolds, 7pm MONDAY, APRIL 16 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm CM Michael Powers, 7pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm MQ 200 Trio, 8:30pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm PG Paragon Hang Jazz Open Mic, 8pm HS Frank Clayton, 7pm JA Roberto Fonseca, 7:30pm SC Josh Bruneau Quintet, 7pm JA Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, 7:30 & MT Jazz Night, 9pm TU Clave Gringa, 7:30pm 9:30pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm VI Tim Kennedy Trio, 9pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm WK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm RR High Pulp // Shakewell, 8:30pm TU Greta Matassa Quintet with Alexey Nikolaev, 7:30pm VI Michael Owcharuk Trio, 9pm SATURDAY, APRIL 21 BH Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder”, 7:30pm CM LaVon Hardison Quartet, 7pm EL Frank S Holman III, 6pm HS Delilah Pearl & the Mantarays, 7pm JA Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, 7:30 & 9:30pm TU Jacqueline Tabor, 7:30pm UB North Bend Jazz Walk, 6pm SUNDAY, APRIL 22 AB Jazz at the Beaver with Max Holmberg and the 200 Trio, 9pm CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6pm CM Sunday Brunch: Brian Butler, 12:30pm CR Racer Sessions w/ Fenja Frances, 8pm CZ Open Jazz Jam With Kenny Mandell & Friends, 2pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm HS Jazz Brunch w/ Kay Bailey, 10:30am JA Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, 7:30pm KC Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder”, 2pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm NL Huntertones + Swatkins Positive Agenda (featuring Trevor Larkin), 8pm RR Jaimeo Brown Transcendence ft. Chris Sholar and Jaleel Shaw, 7 & 9:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm TU Kelley Johnson Jazz Showcase, 3pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm MONDAY, APRIL 23 CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm ED Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder”, 7:30pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2018 MT Jazz Night, 9pm RR Zony Mash // Sweeter Than The Day // The Loueke, from page 13 NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm Robin Holcomb Band, 8pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30pm ST Bebop Jazz with Jacob Zimmerman, 8pm VI Lushy, 9:30pm playing together on and off, a distinc- TUESDAY, APRIL 24 SATURDAY, APRIL 28 tive “global jazz” style, crowd-pleasing EL Paul Richardson, 6pm EL Frank S Holman III, 6pm both for its energy and its immediacy. JA Dayme Arocena, 7:30pm HS Swing 3PO, 7pm That can be heard on their two releases OW Tuesday Jazz Night, 9pm JA Eliane Elias – Album Release – Music From on ObliqSound, Gilfema (2005) and SB 5 Stories Jazz, 8pm Man Of La Mancha, 7:30 & 9:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 9:30pm RR International Jazz Day Concert! Julian Gilfema + 2 (2008), as well as two re- TU David Marriott’s Triskaidekaband, 7:30pm Priester, Overton Berry, Eugenie Jones, Bruce leases on Blue Note, Karibu (2008) and Phares, D’Vonne Lewis, 6:30 & 9:30pm Gaia (2015), as well as on 2010’s Mwa- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 TU Marc Seales Band, 7:30pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm liko with a larger caste of collaborators. JA Dayme Arocena, 7:30pm VI Max Holmberg Trio, 9:30pm Of Gaia, John Fordham wrote in PG Paragon Hang Jazz Open Mic, 8pm RR Jazz Night School featuring Big Band Blue, SUNDAY, APRIL 29 The Guardian that “the band switch 7:30pm AB Jazz at the Beaver with Max Holmberg and the between Hendrix-like wails, kora- SB Cole Schuster Organ Band, 9:30pm 200 Trio, 9pm like chimes, and power-trio rock in a SC Michael Van Bebber Quartet, 7pm CC Sunday Night Jazz Flights, 6pm TU Ph Factor Big Band / CSU, 7:30pm CM Sunday Brunch: Carl Tosten, 12:30pm blink,” in riveting music that at times VI Wally Shoup, 9pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm explodes with “metallic African poly- WW Future Jazz Heads, 6pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm rhythms,” at times with “hard-rock EL Tom Kellock, 6pm THURSDAY, APRIL 26 JA Eliane Elias – Album Release – Music From chords,” and then with “a bluesy terse- BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks and Guests, 9pm Man Of La Mancha, 9:30pm ness suggestive of John Scofield.” EL Paul Richardson, 6pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm The Gilfema releases are just a small FT Mark Lewis & Randy Halberstadt, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Eliane Elias – Album Release – Music From TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5pm part of the rapidly swelling discogra- Man Of La Mancha, 7:30pm TU Greta Matassa Student Showcase, 3pm phy of Lionel Loueke, but essential SB Bad News Botanists, 11pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm ones, in a power-trio setting that offers SL Secret Jazz Club Concert, 7pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm a front-row view of directions jazz is TU Thomas Marriott Quintet with Rick VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm Mandyck, Tim Kennedy, Geoff Harper, Xavier taking in the hands of a master guitar- Lecouturier, 7:30pm MONDAY, APRIL 30 ist with a global view of elements that VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm VI Rik Wright, 9pm EL Tom Kellock, 6pm can freshen it. MT Jazz Night, 9pm –Peter Monaghan FRIDAY, APRIL 27 NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm BI International Jazz Day Concert – Bainbridge, RY Daniela Spielmann & EntreMundos, 8pm Tickets are $20 adult, $18 Earshot 6pm ST Jazz in the Next Generation with Garfield High members and senior citizens, $10 stu- EL Tom Kellock, 6pm School Jazz Combo, 8pm JA Eliane Elias – Album Release – Music From dents and military and are avaialble at Man Of La Mancha, 7:30 & 9:30pm earshot.org. LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm

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