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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community May 2017 Vol. 33, No. 5 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

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Finally, some warm air, and That turns your $100 dona- a little more room to breathe tion into $200, and, fingers it. Pilots use the term “ceil- crossed, your $1,000 dona- ing” when talking about the tion into $2,000. But, as sky, and now that the grey they say on public radio, any blanket of winter has lifted, donation that fits your bud- I understand the term. I get is just right. Stop and also understand more clearly think about the role this or- how the incessant lack of ganization has played in your sunshine and blue sky can life, and in this community, contribute to general malaise year after year; decide on a and perception of fewer pos- donation that is meaningful sibilities. I must be season- to you, and go online to ear- ally affected. They ought call shot.org to donate. them the Greys, instead of Your help is needed. Think the Blues. about the dedication and But here we go. Even if the the authenticity with which storm clouds come and go, Earshot offers a steady flow there is a tomorrow, and we of one-of-a-kind concert all get to play a role in it. presentations and services Jazz artists at the recent to this great community. NEA Jazz Masters awards in Consider this very newslet- Washington D.C. focused ter for instance, and its sin- new attention from the jazz responsible to us (We), the people. gular role in documenting side of the aisle on political threats We all have a voice in the system. one of the most vibrant jazz com- to end government support for arts. Please call and write to make your munities in America. Like most of Meanwhile, up in New York, the voice heard. our programs, this publication earns always-eloquent Wynton Marsa- You can act locally on another im- only half of its cost through income lis spiked it on CBS News, saying, portant level. May 10 is GiveBIG from subscriptions and ad sales. The “When we tell people our arts are Day in Seattle, an exciting new tra- rest comes from people just like not important, our wisdom is not dition, spearheaded by the Seattle you. Your support is essential, well important, we’re preparing our pub- Foundation, in which every individ- used, and deeply appreciated. Please, lic to be more ignorant so that we ual can support their favorite non- make a donation to support the Ear- can exploit them more.” profit, at any and every level. We shot Jazz magazine, and all of our Once again, we ask everyone to re- hope that Earshot Jazz is at the top other programs. We are a non-profit, member that public funding options of your list. 501(c)(3) organization. Your dona- are essential to the work of every arts To stretch your donation, the Ear- tions are tax deductible, and, best of organization. Our president cannot shot Jazz Board of Directors offers all, you can see and hear the result of institute sweeping changes without a matching challenge. Our board your generosity every month of the the approval of the Senate and Con- members have collectively and gen- year. Go to earshot.org now. gress, and those senators and con- Thank you!! erously offered to match your dona- gresspeople, as elected officials, are tion, dollar for dollar, up to $7,000. –John Gilbreath, Executive Director

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Mark Your Calendars for for jazz musicians for the 2017 event, an audience of presenters, artist man- GiveBIG! which will be held Tuesday, August agers, educators, and other colleagues. 15, in Shoreline. Artists should send Professional ensembles that perform The Seattle Foundation’s seventh an- an email, with links to their website, early, classical/contemporary, jazz, or nual GiveBIG day is May 10. On this Facebook page, or other samples world music are encouraged to apply. day of giving, maximize your gift to of their music, to Ray Bloom at No application fee is required, but ap- Earshot by participating in this com- musicdirector@northcityjazzwalk. plicants must be current CMA mem- munity giving event. You can help com, by May 15. bers at the organization level. with a donation at any level. Each Applications are due by midnight donation made between midnight 2018 CMA Conference Showcase (EST) on Sunday, June 4. Details and midnight PDT will be matched available at chamber-music.org. by Earshot’s Board of Directors. Find Applications Now Open more information at givebigseattle.org. Applications are now open for en- 5th Annual Jazz Contest for sembles to perform a 20-minute show- North City Jazz Walk Accepting case at Chamber Music America’s Women Composers Submissions 2018 national conference in New York Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra City on January 4-7. The showcases (SWOJO) is now seeking submissions The North City Jazz Walk are an opportunity for ensembles to Committee is accepting submissions market themselves and their work to Continued ON PAGE 22 In one ear

Wayne Horvitz Named Jazz “We honor Wayne Horvitz as a Jazz received “Best Solo Show 2015” and Journalists Association Hero Hero for continuing to create commu- “#1 Art Show of 2015” from Baltimore nity, fitting his life to it through all his City Paper, reviews by The Huffington Pianist/composer/educator Wayne efforts with music and musicians in Post, Artnet News, Washington Post, Horvitz was recently named Seattle’s Seattle,” writes Steve Griggs. The Root, and The Real News Net- Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Asso- work. This past fall, Rucker presented ciation. Jazz Heroes are “advocates, al- Paul Rucker Earns Guggenheim Stories From the Trees, an element from truists, activists, aiders, and abettors of this exhibition, at the 2016 Earshot jazz who have had significant impact Fellowship Jazz Festival. Using animation, new in their local communities.” The Jazz Visual artist, composer, and musician compositions, and live performance, Hero awards, made annually on the Paul Rucker recently earned a 2017 the piece re-imagined horrifying vin- basis of nominations from community Guggenheim Fellowship from the tage postcards of lynchings, in an ex- members, are presented by their local John Simon Guggenheim Memorial perience that was poignant, riveting, fans and friends in conjunction with Foundation. Often combining media, and utterly wrenching. the JJA’s annual Jazz Awards honoring integrating live performance, sound, This fall, Rucker’s work will be fea- significant achievements in jazz music original compositions, and visual art, tured at the Institute for Contempo- and journalism. his work is the product of a rich in- rary Art at Virginia Commonwealth Along with completing award-win- teractive process, through which he University in its inaugural exhibition, ning and commissioned works, in- investigates community impacts, hu- Declaration. cluding his 21 Pianos and Those Who man rights issues, historical research, “I’m honored to receive this generous Remain projects, Horvitz is an active and basic human emotions surround- award from this prestigious organiza- partner in Columbia City’s Royal ing particular subject matter. tion,” says Rucker. “I deeply appreciate Room, where he leads the Royal Room His largest installation to date, RE- Collective Music Ensemble and brings WIND, garnered praise from Balti- in regional and touring creative artists more Magazine awarding Rucker “Best seven nights a week. Artist 2015.” Additionally, REWIND Continued ON PAGE 23

4 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 U CALL FOR ARTISTs

Jazz: The Second Century Deadline June 1 Earshot Jazz seeks submissions from Seattle-area individual artists and ensembles for the 2017 Jazz: The Second Century series. The series brings the progression of jazz into creative motion on the concert stage. Projects that question and expand the conven- tions of the jazz form are wel- EARSHOTJAZZ come. Seattle-area individual artists SPRING or groups, in any instrument SERIES combination, are eligible. Sub- missions must include a recorded May 2 sample of a project that can be Gerald Clayton Trio performed in a concert setting. poncho concert hall We encourage applicants to include a letter that speaks to their musical interpretation of the meaning of jazz and of the next stage of jazz music. Individual artists or ensembles are selected by a blind-jury process. Second Century artists and ensembles perform during July May 4 2017, and are paid a competitive Helen Sung Quartet fee for the performance. poncho concert hall Please send submissions elec- tronically to 2ndcentury@earshot.org or by mail to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Place N, #309, Seattle, WA 98103. Dead- line to apply is June 1. You can direct questions and comments to Earshot Jazz at (206) 547- 6763 or [email protected]. A list Tickets & Information of past Jazz: The Second Cen- earshot.org | 206.547.6763 tury artists and ensembles can be viewed online at earshot.org.

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PROFILE Stuart MacDonald: Tension with Convention

By Steve Griggs Over tall gin and tonics in the afternoon at the Wedgwood Broiler, Stuart MacDonald slowly relayed his story. He is trying to manage the elusive balance between a creative and conventional life. His current activity centers around a two-year Master of Music in Jazz Studies and Improvised Music degree program at the University of Washington. As a Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, he teaches Music 131, History of Jazz, to 200 students in Brechemin Auditorium every morn- ing at 10:30. He plays lead alto in the UW Big Band, studies with Cuong Vu and Ted Poor, and gigs around town with the other teaching assistants, guitarist Alex Oliverio and drummer Matt Carr. He is excited to be actively performing, composing, teaching, and studying. MacDonald, born in 1973, is a North Seattle native who rode the school bus south to Leschi Elementary as part of the Seattle School District busing so- lution to racial integration. In the fifth grade, he picked up the alto saxophone because of its cool looks. On the radio, MacDonald also admired the saxophone solo by Steve Gregory on George Michael’s 1984 hit “Careless Whisper.” At Meany Middle School, teacher stuart macdonald photo by daniel sheehan Wadie Ervin switched MacDonald to baritone saxophone. Ervin’s mentoring Latin. In 1984, he joined the Stage ter. It was the first time he had heard had a lasting impact. His handwritten Band, led by a young Scott Brown who live jazz improvisation. MacDonald note of encouragement on the back of had just replaced the retired legendary was in good musical company in the a picture of Jelly Roll Morton hangs in music educator Waldo King. During band. The ensemble included saxo- MacDonald’s home studio today. his high school years, MacDonald’s phonist Mark Taylor and trumpeter MacDonald attended Roosevelt ears perked up when saxophonist Greg Kevin Seeley. He studied with Bruce High School, where his mother taught Sinibaldi joined the band for a semes- Wilson, Don Lanphere, and Hadley

6 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 Caliman, whose sound can still be pulses. Eventually, he attended Cor- bachelor’s degree. After graduation, heard in MacDonald’s improvisation nish College of the Arts on scholarship MacDonald worked with pianist Eric today. He attended the Bud Shank for a semester in 1992. He bounced to Verlinde on the Queen of the West, a Jazz Workshop every summer and fell Berklee in 1994, where he studied with 120-passenger paddlewheel steamship under the spell of saxophone virtuoso Billy Pierce, George Garzone, and Joe cruising the Columbia River. Pete Christlieb. Viola. MacDonald spent many wee With his wife, daughter, and home In 1990, MacDonald had an epiph- hours of the night listening to jazz in Seattle, MacDonald’s conventional any while playing John Coltrane’s recordings with another Seattle saxo- local roots continue to grow. In addi- “Lazy Bird” at the Lionel Hampton phonist at Berklee, Marc Fendel. tion to every Wednesday at Tim’s Tav- Jazz Festival. His soloing skills had Migrating back to Seattle after just ern (602 N 105th St), there are many been acknowledged and his perfor- a year, MacDonald gigged as a side- opportunities to hear MacDonald per- mance was featured on the main stage. man, recording Stretch (1998) and form in May. Unable to sleep on the bus back to Se- Jamaica (1999) with the Hi Fi Kill- attle, MacDonald realized that a life ers; What a System (1999) with Clin- MacDonald in May in music, unconventional as it seemed, ton Fearon; Twice as Nice (2003) with May 4 was a possibility. the Sharpshooters; Ahead and Behind Vermillion (1508 11th Ave) While growing as a musician, Mac- (2004) with the Charlie Smith Circle; with Seth Alexander Donald was simultaneously develop- KPLU School of Jazz Volume 4 (2007) ing as a football athlete, tipping the with the Roosevelt High School Jazz May 13 scales at a muscle-bound 260 pounds. Band; and More Zero (2006) and Be- UW IMPFest at Samuel E. Kelly The same year as the jazz festival ku- tween Two Conclusions (2012) with Ethnic Cultural Center & Theatre dos, he was named Metro League De- More Zero (Chris Stover). MacDonald (3940 Brooklyn Ave NE) fensive Lineman of the Year. He was enjoyed being far from the East Coast with Andrew Cyrille fierce, fast, and focused. To stand out scene. The Pacific Northwest offered May 19 as a badass, he had tattoos inked on more leeway to develop an original Ballard Jazz Festival at Pono Ranch his forearm. sound. “Everyone here doesn’t sound (4502 Shilshole Ave NW) Two doors opened for MacDonald like Mark Turner or Chris Potter,” he with Happy Orchestra after high school. He was accepted at says. May 25 Central Washington in Ellensburg to MacDonald directed the 2nd and Piccola Cellars (112 W 2nd St, play football and won a scholarship 3rd jazz bands back at Roosevelt High North Bend) to attend Berklee College of Music School from 2005 to 2015. He picked with A to Z: A Tribute to Four in Boston. Opting for neither, Mac- up some general education credits Brothers – Travis Ranney, Mark Donald began to ping-pong around at Shoreline Community College, Taylor & Greg Sinibaldi the states, pulled by a variety of im- then transferred to UW to finish his

ART OF JAZZ ALEX DUGDALE’S FADE QUARTET Thursday, May 11, 5:30 –7:30 pm

Saxophonist and clarinetist Alex Dugdale leads the Fade Quartet playing modern and classic jazz standards.

Presented in collaboration with Earshot Jazz.

Seattle Art Museum Sponsored by: 1300 First Avenue FREE and open to the public Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. visitsam.org/performs

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 7 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Wraps Up Spring Series with Two Celebrated Pianists

gerald clayton photo by devin dehaven helen sung photo courtesy of artist

Gerald Clayton Trio Tributary synergy. Inclusive sensibilities have al- members & seniors / $10 students & Tales CD Release lowed him to perform and record with military/veterans, and available at ear- Tuesday, May 2, 8pm such distinctive artists as Diana Krall, shot.org. PONCHO Concert Hall Roy Hargrove, Dianne Reeves, Am- $10-24 brose Akinmusire, Dayna Stephens, Helen Sung Quartet and John Scofield. Clayton also has The four-time Grammy-nominated with John Ellis, Boris Kozlov & enjoyed an extended association since Terreon Gully pianist/composer brings his Tributary early 2013, touring and recording with Thursday, May 4, 8pm Tales trio to Seattle with Joe Sanders saxophone legend Charles Lloyd. PONCHO Concert Hall on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. Joe Sanders has made a name for $10-24 Gerald Clayton searches for honest himself through his versatility, dedica- expression in every note he plays. With tion, and steady pulse. He is one of the Pianist Helen Sung is poised to take harmonic curiosity and critical aware- most sought-after young bass players her place as one of the preeminent ness, he develops musical narratives of his generation and has played with voices on today’s jazz scene. Anyone that unfold as a result of both deliber- Ravi Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Jim- who caught her performance with the ate searching and chance uncovering. my Heath, Wayne Shorter, and Dave Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with The son of beloved bass player and Brubeck, among others. Wynton Marsalis last October can at- composer John Clayton, he enjoyed a Kendrick Scott is an alumnus of the test to that; she was an absolute stand- familial apprenticeship from an early famed Berklee College of Music. He out. Her music has been called soul- age. Clayton honors the legacy of his has performed with Pat Metheny, Joe ful and smart, and is characterized by father and all his musical ancestors Lovano, Terence Blanchard, and Di- irresistible grooves overflowing with a through a commitment to artistic anne Reeves, and currently plays with warm humanity that is both thrilling exploration, innovation, and reinven- the Charles Lloyd Quartet alongside and unforgettable. tion. His music is a celebration of the Reuben Rogers and Gerald Clayton. A graduate of the prestigious The- inherent differences in musical per- Tickets are $24 general / $22 Earshot lonious Monk Institute of Jazz Per- spectives that promote true artistic formance, she has worked with such

8 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 jazz luminaries as Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Ron Carter, Jon Faddis, Wayne Shorter, and MacArthur Fel- low Regina Carter. In addition to her own band, Sung can currently be seen with the Mingus Big Band & Mingus Dynasty, T.S.Monk Band, and Terri Lyne Carrington’s “Mosaic Project.” Sung’s quartet includes John Ellis on reeds, Boris Kozlov on bass, and Terre- on Gully on drums. Ellis expresses a keen intellect and easy virtuosity as both the leader of his own projects and as an in-demand sideman. Kozlov is a two-time Grammy Award-winning acoustic and electric bassist, composer, and arranger. Gully has performed with various musicians, including Christian McBride, Ron Blake, and Stefon Harris. Tickets are $24 general / $22 Earshot members & seniors / $10 students & military/veterans, and available at earshot.org.

Coming in June Mark your calendars! Stay home for late June as we welcome back for old friends for some incredible music. It has been too many years since Ray Anderson, Gerry Hemingway, and David Murray have been here. And we’re happy to build momentum with Kris Davis, Sylvie Courvosier, and Ambrose Akinmusire. We’re bringing it home! – John Gilbreath Monday, June 19, The Royal Room BassDrumBone: Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway & Ray Anderson Tuesday, June 20, PONCHO Hall Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet Saturday, June 24, PONCHO Hall Nick Fraser, Kris Davis & Tony Malaby Tuesday, June 27, The Royal Room Sylvie Courvoisier Trio with Kenny Wollesen & Drew Gress Wednesday, June 28, Columbia City Theater Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray Tickets & information available soon.

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 9 Vermillion FIRST THURSDAYS 5-4-17 | 7:30-11PM

The Gnu Ensemble

Greg Sinibaldi

>> Vermillion PREVIEW Seth Alexander Quintet SWOJO Performs World Premiere FIRST THURSDAYS

5-4-17 | 7 :30-11PM

with Christine Jensen

The Gnu Ensemble Jensen is equally at home performing

in small and large ensemble settings. Greg Sin ibaldi The Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra

received Juno awards for Contempo-

Seth Alexander Quintet rary Jazz Album of the Year for Habi-

tat (2014) and Treelines (2011).

TH Noted for her ability to transfer the TH 1508 11 Ave – Seattle intimate sound of a quartet into larger ensembles, Jensen’s music has been performed by ensembles around the globe, including the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Germany), the UMO Big Band (Finland), and the McGill Jazz Orchestra (Montreal). She was honored with an Opus Award for Jazz Concert of the Year in 2006, from the Quebec Council for the Arts, for christine jensen photo by Mathieu Rivard leading the 18-member Christine Jen- sen Jazz Orchestra, with special guest Saturday, May 6, 7:30pm Donny McCaslin. Shorewood Performing Arts Center Over the years, she has collaborat- 17300 Fremont Ave N ed with a diverse array of musicians, Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra including Geoffrey Keezer, Lenny proudly presents special guest Chris- Pickett, Brad Turner, Karl Jannuska, tine Jensen and the world premiere François Théberge, Gary Versace, and of her newest composition Cascadian Steve Amirault. Fragments on Saturday, May 6, at the This will be the first concert led by Shorewood Performing Arts Center. Jill Townsend, SWOJO’s new co-mu- SWOJO received a National Endow- sical director. Townsend is a composer, ment for the Arts grant to commission bandleader, and music educator from this new work for large jazz ensemble. Vancouver, BC. Montreal-based saxophonist and SWOJO is an organization dedicated composer Christine Jensen has been to nurturing the musical, educational, described as “an original voice on the and artistic growth of individual mu- international jazz scene….one of Can- sicians, to encouraging women to be- ada’s most compelling composers,” by come involved in jazz performance and Mark Miller of the Globe and Mail. composition as a career or avocation, Jensen performs and records regu- and to fostering community interest in larly with her sister Ingrid. They have and appreciation of jazz as an art form. toured all over the world from Seattle’s Tickets are on sale now at Brown Paper Jazz Alley to New York’s Museum of Tickets. More information at swojo.org. Modern Art, as well as Norway and –Ed., courtesy of Marge Rosen Japan.

10 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 PREVIEW >> UW’s IMPFest IX

May 12 & 13, 7:30pm Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center & Theatre 3940 Brooklyn Ave NE Inspired by student-driven vision, the Improvised Music Project has charted new territory in Seattle’s jazz and improvised music scene for the past nine years. The IMPFest, which groups up-and-coming musicians, faculty all- stars, and globally recognized artists, is IMP’s culminating annual event. This year, famed modern jazz musicians Andrew Cyrille and Ben Monder join Bill Frisell and UW Jazz Studies faculty and students for two nights of performance at the UW’s Ethnic Cul- tural Center. Born in Brooklyn to Haitian immi- andrew cyrille photo by dominik huber ben monder photo by john rogers grants, the notable drummer Andrew Cyrille recalls being a small child and Joe Jones in 1958 and then spent the Williams, Coleman Hawkins, and accompanying his mother to commu- first half of the 1960s at New York’s Illinois Jacquet to Kenny Dorham, nity meetings, where the great hand Juilliard and the Hartnett Music Freddie Hubbard, Walt Dickerson, drummer Alphonse Cimber would of- School. Concurrently, he performed Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Nigerian ten be playing. He studied with Philly with artists ranging from Mary Lou drummer Babatunde Olatunji. In

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 11 1964 he formed an 11-year association Having served for a time as artist-in- IMPFest IX with Cecil Taylor, a gig that brought residence at Antioch College, Cyrille Friday, May 12, 7:30pm him new acclaim and established him is now a faculty member at The New Ben Monder and Bill Frisell with UW in the vanguard of jazz drumming. School in New York City. His ster- students and faculty Starting in 1969, Cyrille played with ling work has earned him a number many notable drummers including of grants and awards, mostly notably Saturday, May 13, 7:30pm Kenny Clarke, Milford Graves, Don from Meet the Composer. Cyrille is Andrew Cyrille with UW students and Moye, and Rashied Ali. Since leaving currently a member of the group, Trio faculty Taylor’s group, he collaborated with 3, with Oliver Lake and Reggie Work- Tickets are $20 general / $10 top-flight peers David Murray, Muhal man. students & seniors (62+) and are Richard Abrams, Mal Waldron, and “There’s so much clarity in his play- available at tickets.artsuw.org or others. He was the drummer on Billy ing,” says guitarist Bill Frisell of Cy- (206) 543-4880 Bang’s A Tribute to Stuff Smith, nota- rille. “It doesn’t swallow you up. And ble for being the last studio session of he strikes this perfect balance between Sun Ra. instigating something and also re- sponding to what’s going on around him. That’s the most amazing feeling in music, and Andrew’s got that really strong.” A jazz guitarist and composer in the New York area for 30 years, Ben Monder has performed with a wide variety of artists, including Jack McDuff, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Guill- ermo Klein, and Maria Schneider. He has conducted clinics and workshops around the world, and served on the faculty of the New England Conserva- tory from 2002-2005. The recipient of a Doris Duke Artist Award in 2014, Monder continues to perform original music internationally with his own quartet, trio, and in an ongoing duo project with vocalist Theo Bleckmann. He has appeared on over 130 CDs as a sideman, and released five recordings as a leader: Hydra (Sunnyside, 2013), Oceana (Sunnyside, 2005), Excavation (Arabesque, 2000), Dust (Arabesque, 1997), and Flux (Songlines, 1995). In 2015 Monder recorded wispy guitar textures and abrupt chord bursts on David Bowie’s 25th and final studio album Blackstar. For more information about IMPFest IX or to purchase tickets, visit the Uni- versity of Washington School of Music website: music.washington.edu. –Marianne Gonterman

12 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 PREVIEW >> Ballard Jazz Festival Returns for its 15th Year

May 17-20 Museum at 7:30pm. (The Various venues, Ballard Swedish Pancake Jazz Brunch will not happen The 15th annual Bal- this year.) Headliners for lard Jazz Festival returns the evening concert in- to downtown Ballard clude the esteemed saxo- Wednesday, May 17, phonist Chico Freeman through Saturday, May and Northwest-based 20. Featuring live modern group Scenes (John Stow- American music across 11 ell, guitar; Jeff Johnson, venues, the favorite four- bass; John Bishop, drums; day event is a project of and Rick Mandyck, saxo- Origin Records run by phone). jazz drummers John Bish- Featuring over 100 musi- op and Matt Jorgensen. cians, the Ballard Jazz Fes- Longtime fans will be glad tival is known for bringing to find the full roster of in a small portion from classic events the festival out of town, but mostly is known for, delivered drawing from Northwest with a fresh feel and some artists, particularly those choice new talent. based in Portland and Se- Per tradition, the sched- attle. ule kicks off with two “Both John and I are un- themed evenings at Conor chico freeman photo by Lois Gilbert abashed champions of the Byrne Pub: the Brother- [jazz] scene here,” says Jor- hood of the Drum on downtown Ballard, including outdoor gensen. “The most important thing for Wednesday evening (with bands led venues Peddler Brewing Company and us is highlighting the talent here, and by drummers) and the Guitar Summit Pono Ranch. The Jazz Walk is always a augmenting that with the out-of-town on Thursday (with bands led by gui- highlight of the festival, but this year, artists [who then] are called upon to tarists). This year, featured Wednesday as the festival turns 15 and Origin Re- collaborate with the local talent. That’s night drummers include Gary Hobbs, cords turns 20, the Walk plays a spe- what’s inspiring for us.” Greg Williamson, and Chris Icasiano, cial role in featuring performances by Ballard Jazz Walk ticket options and Thursday night guitarists include artists that have been part of the Ori- include an all-inclusive festival pass Brad Shepik, Dan Balmer, and Cole gin family throughout the last two de- ($100, purchased in advance), or indi- Schuster. Both events are 21+ and kick cades. These include George Colligan, vidual tickets to separate events (start- off at 8pm. Gary Hobbs, the Origin Uber band, ing at $13, purchased in advance). Friday night brings the beloved Bal- Phil Parisot, Greta Matassa, Gail Pet- Local sponsors include Verity Credit lard Jazz Walk – the original solo tis, Bill Anschell, Todd Bishop, Clay Union, HomeStreet Bank, TriStar Re- event that the festival ultimately grew Giberson, Matt Jorgensen, and John alty, and more. out of – starting at 6:30pm. Debut- Bishop. Tickets and more info at ballardjazz- ing in 2002 with five bands across The final day of the festival on Satur- festival.com. five venues, the Ballard Jazz Walk day wraps up with the annual Main- – Sara Jones now features live jazz at 10 sites across stage Concert at the Nordic Heritage

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 13 PREVIEW >> Building Community, One Festival at a Time The 2nd Annual Couth Buzzard Books Jazz Festival

May 26-29 games; to form a book Couth Buzzard Books club, language group, or 8310 Greenwood Ave N New York Times discus- sion group; or, most im- With a sports jacket portant for the local mu- over his t-shirt and long sic scene, to play and hear silver hair, topped by a live music. fedora, Theo Dzielak, The model is work- owner of Couth Buz- ing. After the shocking zard Books, has the air of Greenwood gas explosion a true jazz guy. And he last year that made inter- is. A long time local jazz national news headlines, flutist, and former writer destroying four business- for Earshot Jazz under es and damaging many Paul de Barros, Dzielak’s others, Couth Buzzard Seattle jazz roots go back. Books’ business just con- “Jazz is such a beautiful, tinues to grow. evolved music,” he mus- Kenny Mandell photo by Daniel Sheehan Kenny Mandell, local es, and his love of the art sax player, teacher, and form manifests on a con- community, where folks could come bandleader, says that the stant basis through his bookstore. in for not only a vast array of both new “store itself invites eccentric charac- For Theo Dzielak had a vision. Rec- and used books, vetted by him for taste ters.” Mandell describes many cof- ognizing that the old model for book and interest, but also for a good cup fee shops as places for people to sit by shops was no longer viable, he designed of coffee and a treat; to meet up with themselves with their own laptops, Couth Buzzard Books to be a hub for other locals and have a chat; to play in their own little bubble. But Couth

14 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 Buzzard Books fosters chance meet- positions. Sunday afternoon sees the ings and forge new relationships. regular jam followed by an evening of From the moment Dzielak and Man- straight-ahead jazz, finishing off with The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church dell met, they became instant pals, experimental jazz on Monday. The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists and, ironically, it was only much later The Couth Buzzard Books motto is: www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com that they discovered they both had “Building Community: One Book, had the same music teacher, Mike One Drink, One Note At A Time.”

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May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 15 PREVIEW >> 2017 Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival

May 31-June 4 has carved out his own niche in blues. Various venues, Bellevue, WA Harris has recorded many old songs of the blues tradition while also creating Celebrating its 10th anniversary, an original vision of the blues by add- the 2017 Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festi- ing influences from reggae, soul, rock val will host over 40 live concerts in and West African music. downtown Bellevue that feature top A handful of more Seattle favorites regional artists, leading student musi- fill out the lineup: Grammy-nom- cians, and headlining music masters inated composer/keyboardist Josh Catherine Russell and Corey Harris. Rawlings, sultry vocalist Gail Pettis, The Eastside festivities take place over leading sax man Kareem Kandi, 2016 the course of five days, running from Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Wednesday, May 31, through Sunday, Anschell, Pacific Northwest legend June 4. Overton Berry, Pearl Django’s revered This year’s four-day schedule high- guitarist Tim Lerch, violinist Geoffrey lights Catherine Russell and The Co- Castle, and rock-n-jazz monsters The rey Harris Band at the Meydenbauer Stonecutters. Center Theatre. Catherine Russell is Additionally, the festival presents a one-of-a-kind musician and vocal- catherine russell photo courtesy of artist noteworthy performances by rock- ist who has toured, performed, and ing fusion soul band Radio Raheem recorded with greats such as David and a unique vocal approach, Russell and Mediterranean-inspired trio The Bowie, Paul Simon, and Cyndi Lau- is one of the leading performers of Rumba Kings. Formed in 2011, Radio per. Russell was nominated for a 2017 American Popular Song. Raheem has been garnering accolades Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album The Corey Harris Band is best de- for their danceable genre fusion mu- for her record Harlem On My Mind. scribed as “Blues with all the roots & branches” – a group led by a man who Mastering sparkling acoustic swing Continued ON PAGE 22

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Yielding his contemplative, vintage instrument, Kohl’s wheelhouse is in his balladry as heard on the album’s second killer set of originals “With Tears of Joy” and “Richman Poor- man.” Poised throughout, Kohl’s style is subtly bluesy with hints at roots in Wes, George, and Martino. The sidemen shine on Victor Young’s “Love Letters,” and the live recorded “My Romance” (Rogers and Hart) flaunts the rhythm section’s synergy. The two tunes border Kohl’s “Late The power trio led by Alex Chadsey Frank Kohl Night,” which hosts a smooth dose of (piano/keyboards/compositions) re- solo drums. flects the depth of Latin influences in Rising Tide Kohl wraps up his work with a solo Seattle, particularly the Afro-Cuban take of another Young classic, “Beau- Pony Boy Records and Afro-Brazilian with bossa and sam- tiful Love.” Elegant in its simplicity, ba rhythms. Chadsey’s compositions Rising Tide is the fourth album of Se- this recording – like the album – floats are musically diverse, expressing a deep attle guitar godfather Frank Kohl. The along so nicely that the listener may be humility and revealing his quest for record is crisp and comfortable; Kohl’s tempted to overlook the level of skill genuine musical connection. I found thoughtful production glides listeners required for such convincing ease. myself singing along to the vocal har- seamlessly through a handful of new Rising Tide, as suggested by its name, monies on “For the Rekkerd,” and was compositions, handpicked standards, is full of swinging swells and percus- stopped momentarily in contemplation a singular live recording, and a dessert sive nuance. Kohl’s album is an art- listening to the beautiful “Salif.” of solo guitar to highlight Kohl’s re- ful pendulum between convincing A stroll down a back alley, the per- markably nimble, pure tones. emotional inflections and masterful cussion reflecting the sounds of the Since 1990, Kohl has been a Seattle technique, the product of decades of busy streets fill “Michel” and “Rio jazz fixture, while still regularly re- musicianship. Pescadores,” and with a few brush turning to New York to record and – Halynn Blanchard perform with his quartet. This time strokes Jeff “Bongo” Busch directs us from the cool blue Nordic-inspired as a bandleader, Kohl is joined by his duende libre New York quartet: bassist Steve La- jazz and warm chanting of “Forgotten Spina, drummer Jon Doty, and pianist well” to beautifully lyrical bass solos and brother Tom Kohl. duende libre by Farko Dosumov. Dosumov departs Rising Tide comes out of the gate with Self-released to the funk outer-world in “Funkina- two of Kohl’s original grooves, “Rock tion” where 808’s and sub-bass com- and Roll” and the title track. The for- duende libre is a long walk through a bine modern urban pop and hip-hop mer invokes a tactful repurpose of the new city, where the sights and colors elements, which set the stage for the unmistakable melody of Turrentine’s of the Pacific Northwest mix passion- R&B-forward “Razzle Dazzle.” “Sugar.” The two tunes make room for ately with the rhythm and soul of ev- Chadsey, Dosumov, and Busch are lyrical solos by both Kohl brothers. erywhere, creating an experience that Seattle music. Don’t miss this album. is deeply striking and original. – Edan Krolewicz

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound April

LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm 5 Monday, May 1 3 Roxy Coss: Chasing the Unicorn MQ Cinco de Mayo Party! w/ Kareem Kandi Band, CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30pm CD Release 8pm MQ Marco de Carvalho Trio, 7pm Musician/composer Roxy Coss has become one of MQ Happy Hour: Ranger & the Re-Arrangers, 5pm MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9pm the most unique and innovative saxophonists of her NC Johnny Pinetree & the Yellin’ Degenerates, 8pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm generation. Originally from Seattle and now a fixture RR Cinco de Mayo Fiesta w/ Alma y Azúcar, 8pm RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 7:30pm on the New York scene, Coss has performed extensively SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm around the United States, Canada, and Europe. Coss SO Michel Navedo & Brazil Novo, 8pm TU Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble, 7:30pm recently released her third album as a leader, and TD Herb Alpert tribute featuring Bobby Medina, 7pm first release on the Posi-Tone Record label, Chasing TU Kelley Johnson Quartet, 7:30pm Tuesday, May 2 the Unicorn. It features her on tenor and soprano VI Bad News Botanists, 9pm BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8pm sax and bass clarinet, alongside her working quintet. CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm In addition to six original compositions by Coss, the EL Paul Richardson, 6pm album includes tunes by Wayne Shorter and Joe Saturday, May 6 JA Bill Charlap Trio, 7:30pm Henderson, a Paul McCartney tribute, a Willie Nelson BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm MQ The Black Clouds, 8pm adaptation, and a Lionel Loueke original. $10-20 CH Seth Nehil + Cameron Shafii + RM Francis, 8pm NC Daniela Spielmann w/ EntreMundos Quinteto, CM ChoroLoco, 7pm 9pm Thursday, May 4 JA Eliane Elias, 7:30pm NL Bazooka Picnic & Unsinkable Heavies, 8pm MQ Paul Green Jazz/Blues Quartet, 9pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm NC LaVon Hardison, 8pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom PO Earshot Jazz Presents Gerald Clayton Trio: SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm Brighton and Beth Wulff, 6pm “Tributary Tales” with Joe Sanders & Kendrick SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm Scott, 8pm SH SWOJO featuring Christine Jensen, 7:30pm EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm TU Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Marc Seales, Chuck SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm JA Eliane Elias, 7:30pm Deardorf, Mark Ivester, 7:30pm TU Tim Kennedy Group, 7:30pm NC Frank Anderson, 7pm PO Earshot Jazz Presents Helen Sung Quartet with VI The New Triumph, 9:30pm Wednesday, May 3 John Ellis, Boris Kozlov & Terreon Gully, 8pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm SB Aqua Soul, 10pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm TE Los Buhos, 7:30pm Sunday, May 7 JA Bill Charlap Trio, 7:30pm TU Ann Reynolds’ Clave Gringa, 7:30pm AB The Beaver Sessions, 9pm MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm CC Parlour Snakes, 6pm NC Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30pm VI Sidecar, 9pm NL VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ with Clinton Fearon and CR Racer Sessions, 8pm DJ Darek Mazzone, 7:30pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm PG Jazz at Paragon, 8pm Friday, May 5 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm RR Roxy Coss: Chasing the Unicorn CD Release, BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm FB Seattle Jazz Vespers: Eugenie Jones Jazz, 6pm 7:30pm CH Seattle Composers’ Salon, 8pm HA Dina Blade Bossa Nova, 6pm SB Rippin Chicken, 10pm CM The Carolena Matus Trio at the Crossroads Market JA Eliane Elias, 7:30pm TD Anat Cohen, 7:30pm Stage, 7pm MC Crayfish Boil w/ Marc Smason & Friends, 12pm TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30pm CZ Jazz First Fridays: Seth Alexander & Tonal Vision, MV Jazz LIVE: The Dmitri Matheny Group w/ guest UC Helen Sung Quintet, 7pm 7:30pm vocalist Holly Pyle, 5pm VI Bar Tabac, 9pm JA Eliane Elias, 7:30pm RR Garfield High School Choir, 4:30pm

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AB The Angry Beaver EY Empty Sea Studios SE Seattle Art Museum AN Anchor Pub & Restaurant (Everett) FB Seattle First Baptist Church SH Shorewood Performing Arts Center BC Barca HA Harissa SO Hotel Sorrento BD Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley SP The Spar BP Bake’s Place (Bellevue) JU The Junction at 144th (Woodinville) ST Stage 7 Pianos (Kirkland) BT Brass Tacks LA Latona Pub BU Buenos Aires Grill SY Salty’s on Alki MC Marcela’s Creole Cookery CB Century Ballroom SW Stone Way Cafe MK Mollusk CC Capitol Cider TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Wallingford MQ Musicquarium @ Triple Door CH Chapel Performance Space TD Triple Door MT Mac’s Triangle Pub CM Crossroads Bellevue (Bellevue) TE Tempero do Brasil Restaurant MV Marine View Church (Tacoma) CR Cafe Racer TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop (Shoreline) CT Columbia City Theater UC Unity Center (Bellingham) NE Neptune Theatre CZ Couth Buzzard Books VI Vito’s NL Nectar Lounge DT Darrell’s Tavern WI Whidbey Island Center for the Arts EB Elliott Bay Pizza (Mill Creek) OW Owl ’N Thistle EL El Gaucho Bellevue (Bellevue) PG Paragon All venues located in Seattle unless otherwise noted. EM Easy Monkey Tap House (Shoreline) RR The Royal Room Visit earshot.org/jazz-around-the-sound/ for more EU EuroPub SB Seamonster Lounge event info.

18 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 SO Cara Francis with Darin Clendenin Sorrento Saturday, May 13 Sunday Jazz Brunch, 10:30am BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am Curtain Call CH Gamelan Pacifica: Lou Harrison at 100 Years: TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5:30pm The Seattle Connection, 8pm weekly recurring performances TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm CM Brendan Wires, 7:30pm TU U Prep Jazz Bands & Combo, 4pm EY Gustavo Alonso López& Special Guests present MONDAY VI Bob Hammer, 6pm Punto Lejano, 8pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30pm CC EntreMundos jam, 9:30 NC Eric & Encarnacion, 8pm Monday, May 8 RR Plan B, 5pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 9 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm SO Frank Clayton, 8pm RR Salute Sessions, 10 RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU Bill Anschell Standards Trio w/ Jeff Johnson & TU Dave Marriott’s Triskaidekaband, 7:30pm D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30pm TUESDAY VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm Tuesday, May 9 VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30pm BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8 BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm 13 Gamelan Pacifica: Lou EL Paul Richardson, 6pm Harrison at 100 Years: The EL Paul Richardson, 6 JA Stanton Moore, 7:30pm Seattle Connection OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 NC Diane Fast & Randy Halberstadt: Tribute to Joni Gamelan Pacifica honors the centenary of the great Mitchell, 7pm American composer Lou Harrison, widely considered SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm one of America’s most original musical innovators. RR Jared T. Hall: Hallways Album Release, 8pm This rare chance to experience a live performance WEDNESDAY RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm of Harrison’s works for gamelan and percussion will EL Paul Richardson, 6 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm feature Gamelan Pacifica, Pacific Rims Percussion TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm Quartet, and special guests Jennifer Caine Provine MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 (violin), Heather Bentley (viola), Paul Taub (flute), Wednesday, May 10 Bonnie Whiting (percussion), Maria Scherer Wilson, PG Jazz at Paragon, 8 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm cello. $5-15 JA Stanton Moore, 7:30pm THURSDAY MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm Sunday, May 14 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 NC Adriana Giordano & Kiko Frietas, 7pm AB The Beaver Sessions, 9pm PG Jazz at Paragon, 8pm BD Annie Eastwood & Friends, 5:30 CC FADE Quartet, 6pm SB The Dip, 10pm CM Sunday Brunch w/ Red & Ruby, 12:30pm EL Paul Richardson, 6 SW Roosevelt High Jazz Night, 7:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Ensemble / CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm EU EuroJam Session, 8 Newport High School Jazz, 6:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm UC Milo Petersen Trio, 7pm SB Aqua Soul, 10 HA Dina Blade Bossa Nova, 6pm VI Brazil Novo, 9pm JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30pm FRIDAY MC Crayfish Boil w/ Marc Smason & Friends, 12pm Thursday, May 11 SB Cephalopod, 9pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm SB Jazz Brunch, 11am BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom SO Jazz Brunch, 10:30am LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 Brighton and Special Guest, 6pm SP Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, SB Funky 2 Death, 10 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm 7pm EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am SATURDAY JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30pm TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5:30pm NC Guitar Summit w/ Carl Tosten, Eric Tingstad & TU Jazz Police, 4pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7 Tim Farrell, 7pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm SB Aqua Soul, 10pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10 SE Art of Jazz: Alex Dugdale’s FADE Quartet, 5:30pm Monday, May 15 SUNDAY TU Greta Matassa Showcase, 7pm CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30pm AB Beaver Sessions, 9 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9pm VI Jennifer Kienzle, 9pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8 RR Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, 7:30pm Friday, May 12 RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm TU Ph Factor Big Band, 7:30pm HA Dina Blade Bossa Nova, 6 CH Zachary Watkins: High Vibration Resonance, 8pm CM Phantoms of Soul, 7pm Tuesday, May 16 SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Spyro Gyra, 7:30pm BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8pm TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5 LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm NC Rod Cook & Toast, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 RR Ray Skjelbred’s Yeti Chasers, 5pm JA Larry Fuller Trio, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm TU En Canto, 8:30pm RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 VI Kate Olson Ensemble, 9pm SB Hot Rod, 8pm

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 19 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm Saturday, May 20 TU Rick Mandyck Quartet feat. Thomas Marriott, EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm 7:30pm JA Shemekia Copeland, 7:30pm CM Northwest Folklife: Kouyate Arts, 6:30pm RR A benefit for the Seattle/King County Coalition CZ Lil Sara & the Night Owls, 7:30pm on Homelessness with: Simon Henneman/Wayne Wednesday, May 17 EB Annie Eastwood and Chris Stevens Duo, 7pm Horvitz Quintet play Marc Ribot’s “Los Cubanos EL Paul Richardson, 6pm JA Shemekia Copeland, 7:30pm Positizos” / Entremundos Quarteto / Todo Es, JA Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Ensembles, RR Coffee Shop Jam, 10:30am 8pm 6:30pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm SB Aqua Soul, 10pm MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TE Los Buhos, 7:30pm PG Jazz at Paragon, 8pm ST JAZZ UNLIMITED presents Yoginis World Jazz TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm RR Funk Church, 10pm Group, 7:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm RR Piano Starts Here: Earl Hines/Mary-Lou Williams, SW Balkan Night, 7pm VI LaVon Hardison, 9pm 7:30pm TD René Marie, 7pm SB Unsinkables, 10pm TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Chuck Deardorf & Eric Eagle, TU Greenblatt Generations Band, 7:30pm Friday, May 19 7:30pm UC Matt Wiener Quartet, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm VI Birch Pereira & Friends, 9:30pm VI Brad Gibson Presents, 9pm JA Shemekia Copeland, 7:30pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm Thursday, May 18 SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm 20 René Marie BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm SW Susan Carr Ensemble, 7pm James Gore’s “Jazz in the City” presents vocalist BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Dave Captein & Eric Eagle, René Marie. In a span of two decades, 11 recordings Brighton and Beth Wulff, 6pm 7:30pm and countless stage performances, Marie has VI Max Wood Trio, 9pm cemented her reputation as not only a singer but also a composer, arranger, theatrical performer and teacher. Guided and tempered by powerful life lessons and rooted in jazz traditions laid down by Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and other leading ladies of past generations, she borrows various elements of folk, R&B and even classical and country to create a captivating hybrid style. $35-45

Sunday, May 21 AB The Beaver Sessions, 9pm AN Bob Strickland Jazz Couriers Jam, 5pm CC Forman-Finley Band, 5:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm CZ Music Improv Session w/ Kenny Mandell, 7pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm HA Dina Blade Bossa Nova, 6pm JA Shemekia Copeland, 7:30pm MC Crayfish Boil w/ Marc Smason & Friends, 12pm NL TOO MANY ZOOZ with Willdabeast, 8pm RR Garfield Jazz Jam, 5pm RR Nathan Hale High School Jazz Concert, 7:30pm SB Red Water Trio, 7pm SO Jazz Brunch, 10:30am SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5:30pm TU UW Jazz Band, 5:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra / Jackson High School Jazz 3, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm Monday, May 22 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30pm MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU Nelda Swiggett’s Megabopolis, 7:30pm Tuesday, May 23 BP The Crowtet, 8:30pm BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm JA Bria Skonberg, 7:30pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm

20 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm Sunday, May 28 RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm SB Michael Owcharuk, 8pm TU Alex Dugdale Band, 7:30pm AB The Beaver Sessions, 9pm TD Billy Childs Quartet, 7:30pm CM Sunday Brunch: Sounds of Swing Nontet, 12:30pm TU Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes, 7:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm Tuesday, May 30 CZ Couth Buzzard Jazz Fest, 1pm BU Adam Kessler Trio, 8pm Wednesday, May 24 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm HA Dina Blade Bossa Nova, 6pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm JA Bria Skonberg, 7:30pm JA Euge Groove, 7:30pm JA Ballard High School, 7pm MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm JU Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives, 1pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm PG Jazz at Paragon, 8pm MC Crayfish Boil w/ Marc Smason & Friends, 12pm RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm SB Westsound DFC, 10pm SO Jazz Brunch w/ Eli Meisner Duo, 10:30am SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm TD Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Critical Mass Big Band, 7:30pm TU Entremundos Quarteto w/ Marina Albero, 7:30pm TB Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO, 5:30pm UC Thomas Marriott Quartet, 7pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm Wednesday, May 31 VI Ben von Wildenhaus, 9pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm JA Mountlake Terrace HS Jazz Ensembles, 7:30pm Thursday, May 25 MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm Monday, May 29 NE Jean Luc Ponty, 8pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30pm PG Jazz at Paragon, 8pm Brighton and Kimball Conant, 6pm CZ Couth Buzzard Jazz Fest, 1pm TU Clipper Anderson Quartet, 7:30pm CH Alumni Alchemy: UW Alumni Composers & MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9pm UC Kevin Woods Quartet, 7pm Guests, 7:30pm NL Mo Jam’ Mondays, 8:30pm VI Seth Alexander Quartet, 9pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm EU EuroJam Session, 8:30pm JA Euge Groove, 7:30pm RR Mokoomba, 8pm www.tulas.com SB Aqua Soul, 10pm TU Delvon Lamarr’s disORGANized Hammond B-3 / MAY Chuck Bergeron Jazz Group, 7:30pm For reservations call 206.443.4221 or2214 email Second [email protected] Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 All ages until 10pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm nd 2214www.tulas.com; 2 Avenue, for Seattle, reservations WA 98121 call (206) 443-4221 Over 50 single malt scotchesmay 2017 VI Grace Love, 9pm SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Friday, May 26 BIG BAND JAZZ LATIN JAZZ SUSAN PASCAL BP Rod Cook & Toast w/ Suze Sims, 9pm STEVE TIM KENNEDY KELLEY QUARTET w/ BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm MESSICK’S GROUP SMITH/ ANN JOHNSON MARC SEALES ENDEMIC 7:30PM $12 STAELENS REYNOLDS’ QUARTET CHUCK CH Alumni Alchemy: UW Alumni Composers & ENSEMBLE BIG BAND CLAVE GRINGA 7:30PM $18 DEARDORF Guests, 7:30pm 7:30PM $15 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $12 MARK IVESTER CM Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, 7pm 7:30PM $18 CZ Couth Buzzard Jazz Fest, 7:30pm 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 JA Euge Groove, 7:30pm U PREP JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm BANDS & NEWPORT H.S. GRETA GRETA BILL ANSCHELL RR Marley’s Ghost, 6:30pm COMBOS DAVE EMERALD opens for MATASSA MATASSA STANDARDS 4PM MARRIOTT’S CITY JAZZ JIM SISKO’S SHOWCASE QUARTET TRIO with RR SabroSon: Salsa y Sabor, 9pm TRISKAIDEKA- ORCHESTRA BELLEVUE 7:00PM $12 7:30PM $18 JEFF JOHNSON, SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm JIM CUTLER BAND 7:30PM $10 COLLEGE JAZZ D’VONNE LEWIS TD Divinity Roxx, 8pm JAZZ ORCHESTRA 7:30PM $13 ENSEMBLE 7:30PM $18 TU Thomas Marriott presents the 5th Annual Miles 7:30PM $10 6:30PM $10 Davis Birthday Celebration, 7:30pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 VI Yada Yada Blues Band, 9:30pm BIG BAND JAZZ RICK LATIN JAZZ DAVE PECK DAVE PECK BIG BAND JAZZ MANDYCK GREENBLATT TRIO TRIO JAZZ POLICE QUARTET GENERATIONS FRED w/ DAVE w/ CHUCK Saturday, May 27 4-7PM $5 pH FACTOR featuring BAND HOADLEY’S CAPTEIN DEARDORF BP 313 Soul feat. Darelle Holden, 7pm BIG BAND THOMAS 7:30PM $15 SONANDO ERIC EAGLE ERIC EAGLE BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm No Evening 7:30PM $10 MARRIOTT 8:00PM $10 7:30PM $20 7:30PM $20 CH Elgar / Campbell-Horist-Rea / Greg Kelley, 8pm Performance 7:30PM $12 CM Portage Bay Big Band, 7pm 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 UNIVERSITY OF CHUCK THOMAS THOMAS CZ Couth Buzzard Jazz Fest, 12pm WA JAZZ BAND NELDA JAY THOMAS ENTREMUNDOS BERGERON MARRIOTT MARRIOTT EM Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball & the Fugitives, 8pm 5:30PM $8 SWIGGETT’S AND THE QUARTETO JAZZ GROUP presents presents JA Euge Groove, 7:30pm JACKSON HIGH MEGABOPOLIS CANTALOUPES w/ MARINA opens for 5th ANNUAL 5th ANNUAL NC duende libre CD Release, 8pm SCHOOL JAZZ 3 7:30PM $12 7:30PM $10 ALBERO DELVON MILES DAVIS MILES DAVIS RR Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers”, 8pm opens for 7:30PM $12 LAMARR’S BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm JIM CUTLER disORGANized CELEBRATION CELEBRATION SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm JAZZ ORCHESTRA HAMMOND B-3 7:30PM $25 7:30PM $25 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $12 SW Schuyler Asplin Quartet, 7pm 28 29 30 31 TD Naomi Wachira, 8pm BIG BAND JAZZ TU Thomas Marriott presents the 5th Annual Miles BIG BAND JAZZ ALEX CLIPPER Davis Birthday Celebration, 7:30pm DUGDALE CRITICAL ANDERSON VI Afrocop, 9:30pm JIM CUTLER BAND MASS QUARTET VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm JAZZ ORCHESTRA 7:30PM $15 BIG BAND 7:30PM $12 WI Jason Anick & Jason Yeager Quartet, 7:30pm 7:30PM $10 7:30PM $10

May 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 21 Bellevue, from page 16 sic. The band is made up of leading middle school ensembles from around past the lake. Festival events are pro- Northwest musicians and fronted by the Puget Sound. Schools playing duced in part by non-profit organiza- Seattle jazz, soul, and gospel mainstay this year include Edmonds-Woodway tion Bellevue Downtown Association Josephine Howell. The Rumba Kings High School, who was selected to and sponsored by the City of Bellevue, are producer/bassist Johnny Bacolas, perform at the Essentially Ellington Microsoft, Washington Federal, Bel- guitarist George Stevens, and guitar- Competition & Festival in NYC, and levue Arts Museum, KNKX 88.5 FM, ist Teddy Adams. Sharing a vision of Bellevue High School, who recently Bellevue Reporter, 425 Magazine, and writing and recording soulful Medi- performed at Hot Java Cool Jazz at Gravity Creative. terranean-inspired music, the trio cre- Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. A total of For tickets and full lineup see online at ates a passionate and romantic style 12 schools perform between the final bellevuedowntown.com/events/bellevue- that is infused with Flamenco, Span- two days at the Bellevue Arts Museum. jazz-blues-festival or call 1-800-838- ish, Greek, and Italian styling. Celebrating community and the cre- 3006. Since year one, the festival has also ative power of live jazz and blues mu- –Halynn Blanchard hosted a non-adjudicated student sic, Bellevue’s premier annual music showcase to feature high school and showcase is Seattle’s excuse to venture Notes, from page 4

for its fifth annual composition contest, this year a drum feature. The winning compositions will be performed and recorded live by SWOJO with special guest Sherrie Maricle of DIVA. Submission deadline is June 18. The contest was created to encourage the composition and performance of the highest quality jazz ensemble liter- ature. This project is supported in part by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture, and the Seattle Foundation. Visit swojo.org for contest details and online application.

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22 • Earshot Jazz • May 2017 In One Ear, from page 4 this support and your continued inter- David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Hollow Earth Radio, hollowearthra- est in my work.” Pai. The Caravan with John Gilbreath dio.org, Fridays, 6pm, biweekly, Black is back on Mondays at 7pm. A rotation Roots Radio, with Jordan Leonard, Jazz Radio of programmers (Gordon Todd, John promotes jazz as a dynamic genre rooted Midgley, and Megan Sullivan) host in the Black American experience. 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz Mat- “The Sound of Modern Jazz,” Tuesday Hollow Earth is Seattle’s freeform inee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Wiley’s mornings at 1am. More about jazz on online radio station that supports the the Art of Jazz, and Jazz Northwest, in KBCS at kbcs.fm. local music communities in the Pacific addition to its weekday NPR and late- 91.7 KSVR Mount Vernon, Doctor Northwest and tries to create an open, night and prime-time jazz programs. Dee hosts two nights of jazz, Fourth encouraging stage for underrepre- Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, Corner Jazz, featuring recordings of sented voices. More at facebook.com/ Saturdays, 3pm, featuring 21st cen- live performance in Northwest Wash- blackrootsradiojl and hollowearthra- tury jazz inspired and informed by the ington, Sundays, 6-7pm, and The dio.org. sounds of today, hip-hop, funk, elec- Doctor’s Den, Mondays, 8-10pm. tronic & punk rock, followed by Rob- in Lloyd’s Jazz Caliente, 5pm, where jazz meets Latin rhythms. Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- Open to All - Free days, 2pm, features the artists and Jazz Unlimited th Season! presents events of the regional jazz scene. For 15 JazzNW podcasts of archived programs, see jazznw.org. 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, Yoginis World Jazz Group features Jazz Theater with John Gil- breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, Brazilian and American Jazz a live-performance broadcast from the Yogi McCaw/piano Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- Samia Panni/vocals duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule Sunday, May 7, 6 pm Bob Antolin/reeds-guitar information is available at kexp.org Tor Dietrichson/percussion and jackstraw.org. Eugenie Jones Group Sonarchy’s May schedule: May 7, Eugenie Jones (vocals), Darrius Willrich Saturday, May 20, 2017 Big Crinkly Trio, an ideal trio bal- (piano), Greg Feingold (bass), D’Vonne 7:30p/$10 cash cover ance in a jazz music setting, with Pete Lewis (Drums) & Ernesto Pediangco Turner (drums), Doug Lilla (electric (percussion) Refreshments available bass), and Jim Knodle (trumpet); May 14, Rahikka, meditative atmospheres Paul Ki- through electronics; May 21, Sunday, June 4, 6 pm kuchi’s Bat of No Bird Island, a new www.stage7pianos.com ensemble piece inspired by a family memoir and a 78rpm record collection, Jovino Santos Neto 11831 124th Ave NE with Tari Nelson-Zagar, Maria Scherer Quinteto Kirkland, WA 98034 Wilson, Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist, Stu- art Dempster and Rob Millis; May 28, 100 Minutes of professional jazz 405N, exit 20A, bear right, Vicki Ray Scot Ray , 20th century new Family friendly concert / Free parking turn left on 124th Ave NE music for prepared piano, slide guitar Across from Ford of Kirkland looping, and fine-tuned listening. Seattle First Baptist Church 91.3 KBCS, late Sundays and prime- 1111 Harvard Avenue > look for THE ALLEY sign < (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) follow signs to Stage 7 Pianos time Mondays, features Floatation De- Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 vice with John Seman and Jonathan fb: jazzunlimited98034 Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

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