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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community November 2015 Vol. 31, No. 11 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

The Earshot Jazz Festival has an the most fascinating and dynamic update for you on the “Is Jazz Dead?” cultural expressions this planet has issue. ever produced. We’ll pay tribute to No. In fact, jazz isn’t even sick – far some of the masters, check in with from it. The work we’ve seen in the some of the innovators, welcome opening half of this year’s festival is back old friends, discover more ex- the strongest, most vibrant and en- citing new work, and bask in the cre- gaging music we’ve ever heard. ative flow of this serious beauty. From the jaw-dropping fireworks This is the Earshot Jazz organiza- of the Wayne Shorter Quartet and tion operating at its highest calling: the gorgeous new compositions serving the jazz artists, audiences, by Wayne Horvitz, to the exciting and educators of this region with discovery of an artist like Edmar prime examples of the music we all Castañeda and the hip mysticism love, and enriching the cultural am- of Charles Lloyd, Earshot’s opening bience of this entire city in the pro- week was a stunner. Moving forward cess. Please join us! through the schedule, and around We’ve added a couple of events and the city with a multiplicity of con- embellished some others. Details fol- bi-annual magazine, recognizing certs, this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival low herein. And check the Earshot those who are “Shaping America’s is revealing an art form that is famil- website, earshot.org, for daily up- Cultural Landscape.” Check out the iar yet brand new, exciting yet com- dates and ticket options. Earshot Jazz profile, “Improvising forting, localized yet global in scope, We are honored that our work with the Community,” on the NEA and absolutely alive! has been recognized in the special website, arts.gov. With a couple of weeks of events 50th-anniversary celebration of the And thank you for your support! still to come, there are plenty of op- National Endowment for the Arts, – John Gilbreath, Executive Director portunities to catch up with one of with a three-page feature in NEA’s

2 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 Earshot JazZ notes A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community 2016 CMA/ASCAP Awards of the Introductory Ensemble, begins Executive Director John Gilbreath The CMA/ASCAP Awards for Ad- January 2016 and runs through May Managing Director Karen Caropepe venturous Programming recognize 2016. More information available at Program Manager Caitlin Peterkin ensembles and presenters for outstand- seattlejazzed.org. Earshot Jazz Editors Schraepfer Harvey, ing and innovative approaches to the On the Horizon Caitlin Peterkin programming of contemporary clas- Portland Jazz Festival sical, jazz, and world chamber music. February 18-28 Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, The 2016 award recipients will receive Connor Creighton, Brian Hepp, Bryan Various venues, Portland, OR Lineberry, Andrew Luthringer, Jean Mishler, $500 and a commemorative plaque, Peter Monaghan, Kathryn Sherman and will be honored in January at the Charles Lloyd Quartet, Dianne Calendar Editors Connor Creighton, Soohye Jang CMA National Conference in NYC. Reeves, Sonny Fortune Quartet, John Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic Deadline to apply is Friday, November Scofield/Joe Lovano Quartet, Ravi Photography Daniel Sheehan 13. Applications and more informa- Coltrane, Orrin Evans, Gary Peacock Layout Caitlin Peterkin tion available at chamber-music.org. Trio, Alicia Olatuja and Brian Blade & Distribution Earshot Jazz volunteers Seattle JazzED Big Band the Fellowship Band, Spanish Harlem Send Calendar Information to: Orchestra, Pat Martino Trio, Kenny 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 Ensembles Auditions Seattle, WA 98103 Barron Trio, Bobby Torres Ensemble, email / [email protected] Seattle JazzED invites students in Aaron Goldberg, David Goldblatt, grades 4-12 to audition for its Big Chano Domínguez, and more. Visit Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love (president), Sue Coliton (vice president), Band Ensembles Program on Satur- portlandjazzfestival.org for more in- Sally Nichols (secretary), John W. day, November 21, at the MLK FAME formation. Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Danielle Leigh, Community Center. Ensembles range Write Hideo Makihara, Diane Wah, Viren Kamdar from introductory ensembles for those Earshot Jazz Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, new to their instruments, to high level The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects Kenneth W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu ensembles exploring the intricacies of and shares the many ways that jazz improvisation. Students work with intersects with lives in the Northwest. Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, Earshot Jazz Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. professional musicians and educators is seeking submissions Earshot Jazz is published monthly by in a hands-on environment, and every from writers: Please email story pitch- Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is ensemble has performance opportuni- es, comments, news and announce- available online at www.earshot.org. ties. The season, with the exception ments to [email protected]. Subscription (with membership): $35 3429 Fremont Place #309 Seattle, WA 98103 In one ear phone / (206) 547-6763 Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 Jazz Radio 90.3 KEXP, kexp.org, late-night Printed by Pacific Publishing Company © 2015 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle 88.5 KPLU, kplu.org, hosts Satur- Sundays features Jazz Theater with day Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, M i ss i o n S t a t e m e n t Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz midnight, a live-performance broad- Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service Northwest, in addition to its weekday cast from the Jack Straw Productions organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a NPR and late-night and prime-time studio, produced by Doug Haire, now support system for jazz in the community into its 20th year on air. Full sched- and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. ule information is available at kexp.org monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- and jackstraw.org. providing educational programs, identifying and days, 2pm, features the artists and Sonarchy’s November schedule: filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing November 1, Lou Lou Hernandez, listenership, augmenting and complementing events of the regional jazz scene. For existing services and programs, and networking JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- electro-noise pop that ignores all the with the national and international jazz grams, see jazznw.org. community. Continued ON PAGE 23

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 3 PROFILE Skerik: A Hint of Revolution

skerik photo by michael weintrob

By Andrew Luthringer to what’s missing in today’s jazz educa- you could spend so much time learn- tion. ing how to mimic someone and stop “One of the biggest differences be- Skerik is as thoughtful a talker as he there, and not want to know who that tween contemporary jazz musicians is a player. His opinion is that learn- person was, and why they’re doing and the people that created this mu- ing jazz has degenerated into insular what they’re doing.” sic – Thelonious Monk, Charlie Park- stylistic imitation, an overemphasis on Skerik puts the focus on life experi- er, and people like that – is that the technique and a lack of context about ence to inform the music. For an art- contemporary people aren’t rebelling the ideas behind the music. He feels ist who has developed his sound and against anything. There’s not even a strongly that young musicians should concepts over many years of travel, hint, or a concept, of revolution.” not study the modern players first. It’s gigging, and hard work across the Within minutes of arriving at Sker- important to get back to the original U.S. and around the globe, he is in a ik’s backyard studio, my orderly plans sources, and it shouldn’t be hard: position to speak from experience. A for a linear interview were pretty much “I don’t get it – the information is so purely scholastic environment leaves out the window. Seattle’s “Dark Lord readily available. Listen to interviews out some real learning opportunities. of the Saxophone,” a longtime local with Charles Mingus, read things “Charlie Hunter calls it the ‘jazz icon (and 2003 Earshot Jazz North- written by Eddie Harris or Yusef La- arms race.’ Just building up all this west Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year) teef. They’re telling you all about it knowledge that has no context … had quickly veered off into a broad right there! I don’t understand how Study the world, study art; it will af- swath of topics, from musical rebellion

4 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 fect your music. There’s a lot of things labra (featuring Andy Coe, Evan Flo- “The ‘playing with people that are to study in life that are not music, but ry-Barnes, and D’Vonne Lewis). Up- better than you’ thing can be great that will have profound effects upon coming dates include Omaha Diner, … I’ve been real lucky that the local your music.” reimagining the Top-40 canon (“If it musicians have let me play with them, Skerik also points to the importance didn’t make it to #1, we don’t play it”) like the Bandalabra guys … Playing of having a philosophy and a concept, with Charlie Hunter, Steve Bernstein, with Wayne Horvitz and Hans Teu- something beyond mere virtuosity. and Bobby Previte, and DRKWAV, ber, they’re all like teachers of mine, “A band like Talking Heads – they a trio with Adam Deitch and John mentors.” weren’t musicians who were shredding Medeski. Misplaced modesty aside, Skerik’s … they went to RISD [Rhode Island Despite his reservations about the uniquely uncompromising improvi- School of Design], they were thinking modern jazz education industry, Sker- sational cosmology is a revolutionary conceptually, they were thinking ar- ik is, like many of the best musicians, a force. Resistance is futile. tistically. That’s the kind of thinking perpetual student: Always practicing, Skerik at the Earshot Jazz Festival that’s going to make good music.” always open to whatever person or ac- On the topic of Seattle’s music scene, tivity will help his art evolve. 10/25 w/ The Westerlies @ SAM Skerik feels the energy has ratcheted 11/5 & 11/6 w/ Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ The Royal Room up, pointing to the presence of Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, and Cuong Vu as catalysts. “When the University of Washing- ton hires someone like that [Cuong Vu], it’s like a magnet, so these kids come here to study, and then they’re available to play in the community, so you start seeing them start their own groups. Then they’re little soldiers, available for other people’s concepts too … Seattle never had that before.” But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to form deep connections in a band-de- velopment sense. That kind of work takes time. Esperanza “I’m a real band person. I’m not like a Wayne Horvitz or a Bill Frisell or Spalding [John] Zorn, where I can just say, ‘OK, I have this idea, I’m going to write all the music, and here it is.’ I wish I was [laughs], it would make things a lot easier. But I really thrive off the group interaction of group creation – getting into the rehearsal room and writing stuff together … People are too busy these days, they just don’t want to in- vest in that.” Ongoing bands aside, Skerik has no trouble staying busy. This year’s Ear- shot Jazz Festival performances include a solo set opening for The Westerlies as well as an ongoing collaboration with Listen 9am-3pm Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and he just weekdays on 88.5 FM finished a tour with his group Banda-

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 5 Earshot Jazz Festival 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival through November 18

Sunday, November 1 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Saturday, November 14 Andy Clausen’s Shutter Project presents Larry Fuller Trio Seattle Art Museum, 8pm Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday Monday, November 2 Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm Cline & Jenny Scheinman Brad Linde’s straightHORN / Torsten Mueller & Phil Minton Triple Door, 7:30pm Brockman & Halberstadt Duo: Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Strayhorn Favorites Sunday, November 15 Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Sunday, November 8 Chris Potter Trio Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Tuesday, November 3 Triple Door, 7:30pm presents Garfield High School Jazz Band Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Monday, November 16 Triple Door, 7:30pm Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday Sara Gazarek & New West Guitar Wednesday, November 4 Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm Group Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Jay Clayton in and out Triple Door, 7:30pm Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm w/ Mimi Fox Tuesday, November 17 Monday, November 9 Triple Door, 8pm Hugh Masekela Thursday, November 5 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Triple Door, 7:30pm presents Paul Kikuchi: Songs of Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Wednesday, November 18 Nihonmachi Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday Hugh Masekela Panama Hotel, 6pm Edmonds Center for the Arts, 7:30pm Triple Door, 7:30pm Blades/Ciotti/Coe w/ DJ Logic / James McBride & The Good Lord Industrial Revelation Bird Band More info (206) 547- Nectar Lounge, 8pm Town Hall Seattle, 7:30pm 6763 / www.earshot.org Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Anat Cohen Quartet Skerik Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm The Royal Room, 8pm thank You! Tuesday, November 10 Friday, November 6 Anat Cohen Quartet Thank you to the Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz Play Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Hartman & Coltrane sponsors, staff, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Thursday, November 12 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Billy Strayhorn Project and more than 80 Skerik Seattle Art Museum (Forum), 5:30pm volunteers who The Royal Room, 8pm Wayne Horvitz @ 60 Art Lande Quartet The Royal Room, 8pm make the Earshot Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Friday, November 13 Jazz Festival Saturday, November 7 Larry Fuller Trio Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz Play Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm possible. Hartman & Coltrane Brad Mehldau Trio Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Town Hall Seattle, 8pm

6 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 Sunday, November 1, 8pm | seattle art museum, plestcheeff auditorium Andy Clausen’s Shutter Project

Gregory uhlmann, mitch lyon, riley mulherkar, andy clausen, gregg belisle- chi photo by sasha arutyunova $20 general | $18 members & seniors | acclaim, being named NPR Jazz “Best $11 students & military Debut of 2014.” A prodigiously talented trombon- Clausen’s latest unit is called Shut- ist, composer, and bandleader, Se- ter Project, and the quintet will be attle native son (and Roosevelt High performing new music from a forth- School graduate) Andy Clausen has coming album. Along with Clausen, been making quite a splash in recent Shutter Project features The Wester- years. A graduate of the prestigious lies’ trumpet ace Riley Mulherkar, jazz program at The Juilliard School the deep classical roots of cellist Mitch in New York, the 2010 recipient of Lyon, and the eclectic, exploratory Earshot Jazz’s Emerging Artist of the twin guitar tandem of Gregory Uhl- Year Award has kept busy performing mann and Seattle’s Gregg Belisle- with a broad range of jazz and adven- Chi. turous rock and pop royalty, including Shutter Project aims to present a new Delivery Service in Seattle Dave Douglas, Wayne Horvitz, Wyn- spin at outlining what defines a cut- ton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Feist, Syl- ting-edge chamber music ensemble in van Esso, Landlady, and My Brightest 2015, exploring the notion of individ- Full Service Diamond. ual expression in a written structure. Violin Family Dealer Serving Western & Central Washington Composition is also a central ele- Strings and brass combine in collec- ment of Clausen’s activities, and as a tive compositional and improvisatory Established 1964 founding member of the brass quar- interplay, as hints of folk music blend tet The Westerlies (also in this year’s with classical and indie rock into a festival lineup), he has been exploring cinematic Americana soundtrack, all BASSES and defining a vibrant intersection of without the conventional structure of jazz and contemporary chamber mu- linear solos. Check out Shutter Project sic. Their 2014 debut Wish The Chil- live and hear what makes Andy Clau- www.hammondashley.com dren Would Come on Home: The Music sen an essential new voice in contem- of Wayne Horvitz was met with broad porary music.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 7 festival PROFILE Billy Strayhorn, Who Made Ellington Far Greater

many timeless classics that he rightly stands among the recognized greats of American composition. Easier to see, now, thanks to Hajdu’s excavation of the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration, which ran from 1939 to Strayhorn’s death, is that while Ellington com- manded the stage and the publicity, his light would have shown far less brightly without Strayhorn’s compos- ing talent, peerless in jazz. In 1938 Strayhorn met Ellington in Pittsburgh after requesting a meeting. Ellington often acknowledged Stray- horn on stage but, as Will Friedwald noted in a glowing 1996 New York Times review of Lush Life, while El- lington’s music-publishing company ostensibly employed Strayhorn, the composer “never signed a contract or received a regular salary. Instead, his rent, food, clothes, travel, and increas- ingly exorbitant bar bills were simply Billy Strayhorn photo by Carl van Vechten taken care of by Ellington.” “If it’s a big success, I have the tre- Hajdu found that Strayhorn (1915- The two stars complemented each mendous responsibility of having to 67) had certainly been more im- other, even if one publicly obscured bow,” Duke Ellington wisecracked portant to Ellington than the world the other. Aaron Bell, who played bass about music he had at his disposal knew: as his right-hand man, com- in the Ellington band, told Hajdu that thanks to his prodigious songwriter poser, arranger, and sometime on- “there’s so much more sensitivity and and arranger of 30 years, Billy Stray- stage and studio pianist, he had pro- complexity in Strayhorn’s composi- horn. lifically created works in many genres tions than Ellington’s. We could al- David Hajdu recorded the comment or that incorporated many styles into ways tell Ellington’s.” in his 1997 biography of Ellington’s highly polished gems in the Elling- The singer Lena Horne, who con- until-then-underrecognized co-com- ton songbook. Thanks to a childhood sidered Strayhorn her “soul mate,” poser, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy and youth of broad-ranging musical said that Ellington was “very loving Strayhorn. “What exactly did Billy study and exploration, Strayhorn was and very protective, but controlling” Strayhorn do?” is the question Hajdu highly accomplished in jazz song, film of Strayhorn. When, for example, it set himself, and answered in a book scores, musicals, and concert works. looked like other bandleaders might that reviewers deemed “one of the Among renowned Strayhorn tunes draw away Strayhorn’s attention, El- finest of jazz biographies,” one whose are “Isfahan,” “A Flower Is A Love- lington finagled to ensure that would “sensitivity and clarity” made it read some Thing,” and the epochal “Take not happen. with “the complexity, dimension, and the ‘A’ Train,” a fixture of Ellington By all accounts, Strayhorn was not excitement of a fine novel.” performances. Strayhorn penned so the kind of person who would have

8 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 sung his own praises. A dandyish bon monday, november 2, 8pm | chapel performance space vivant who favored silk and cashmere for its feel against his skin and who col- lected designer socks and ties, he was, Brad Linde’s straightHORN / Hajdu wrote, “bred to regard good manners as elevating,” so much so that Brockman & Halberstadt Duo: he once “purchased an etiquette guide that he read as intently as one might a novel.” Strayhorn Favorites Among measures of Strayhorn’s char- acter was that he was a confidant of Martin Luther King, Jr. There’s always $14 general | $12 members & seniors | $7 students & military a danger of overcorrection, when one Brad Linde’s straightHORN, a soprano-saxophone quartet, celebrates the cen- collaborator of twinned stars has been tennial of Billy Strayhorn with new arrangements and free improvisations on too little acknowledged. Tirelessly compositions of Duke Ellington’s three-decade collaborator. The quartet is a trio generous and open, Strayhorn both – Kate Olson of Seattle’s Ask the Ages, and many other bands; Patrick Booth, tolerated and clung to his rather ineq- a jazz-classical improviser based in Traverse City, Mich.; and Brad Linde, who uitable arrangement with Ellington. in Washington, D.C., collaborated often with the great Freddie Redd – that im- He also lived out one of his other great ports a fourth, “stray” horn from each city it performs in. For its Earshot festival songs, “Lush Life”: its lyrics sounded performance, the fourth horn is Jessica Lurie, who for many years was a fixture the tenor of Strayhorn’s life but also of Seattle’s progressive-jazz scene with the Tiptons and Living Daylights. tolled his decline. An unusually open- Starting the evening, two of Seattle’s leading jazzmen spirit up the mastery of ly homosexual jazzman, Strayhorn Strayhorn in renditions of some of his best-loved compositions. UW professor smoked and drank to excess. When he and alto saxophonist Michael Brockman is the co-leader of the Seattle Reper- succumbed to esophageal cancer at the tory Jazz Orchestra, while Randy Halberstadt is one of the finest pianists the age of 51, his true greatness was yet to region has produced. become fully apparent beyond the cir- cles of Ellington and many other jazz tuesday, November 3, 7:30pm | triple door greats and journeymen who held him in the highest regard. Garfield High School Jazz Band – Peter Monaghan

$16 general | $14 members & seniors | $8 students & military Celebrate the life and music Garfield High School’s jazz culture is so strong that it maintains multiple lev- of Strayhorn at these festival els of jazz bands in its curriculum for over 75 students. Under the leadership of events: Clarence Acox, Garfield continues to bring to young people the jazz traditions of such big bands as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Woody Herman. • NorthWest Film Forum presents The program’s Jazz Ensemble I has won every major competition on the West Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (nwfilmforum.org) Coast, including the Reno Jazz Festival, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Clark • Brad Linde’s straightHORN / College Jazz Festival and Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. Jazz Ensembles II and III have Brockman & Halberstadt Duo: also competed successfully in events around in the Northwest. Strayhorn Favorites (p. 9) Garfield is a frequent participant in the Essentially Ellington National Jazz • SRJO presents Lush Life: Band Competition and Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City, the most Celebrating Billy Strayhorn’s prestigious high school jazz competition in the United States. Since 1999, Gar- 100th Birthday (p. 13) field has been selected as one of the 15 Essentially Ellington finalists thirteen • Lush Life author David Hajdu times, including an unprecedented four first-place trophies (2003, 2004, 2009 reading and panel discussion & 2010). (p. 13) Graduates of the Garfield jazz program have gone on to study at leading music • Billy Strayhorn Project (p. 15) schools throughout the country, including the Berklee College of Music, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and Cornish College of the Arts.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 9 wednesday, november 4, 8pm | Triple Door

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10 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 Thursday, November 5, 8pm | nectar lounge Blades/Ciotti/Coe w/ DJ Logic / Industrial Revelation

$10 advance | $15 door Pete Ciotti, drummer for Humboldt Presented by Nectar Lounge County funk outfit, Motherlode, and Nectar Lounge welcomes Blades/ talent of many musical genres will be Ciotti/Coe featuring DJ Logic, and sure to show his love for afrobeat and Industrial Revelation as part of the deep funk on the Nectar stage. Earshot Jazz Festival. Wil Blades, a Jason Kibler, perhaps better known master of the Hammond B3 organ, re- as DJ Logic, brings some New York turns to Seattle after a heavy touring City poise on the turntables. His schedule promoting his 2014 release, scratching takes us back to a classic era Field Notes. The Bay Area musician has of funked-out soul, downtempo beats, shared the stage with legends of funk and trip-hop. and jazz including Karl Denson, Stan- Seattle jazz favorites Industrial Rev- ton Moore, and Billy Martin. elation will open the show. The local Guitarist Andy Coe, a frequent per- quartet has received several regional former with Seattle’s McTuff, Skerik’s accolades including The Stranger Ge- Bandalabra, and The Andy Coe Band, nius Award for Music, Seattle Weekly will return to Nectar after playing the Best Jazz Group, and numerous Ear- venue at the 10th Annual Jerry Garcia shot Golden Ear Awards. Celebration in August. Thursday, November 5 & friday, november 6, 8pm | the royal room Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik

$18 general | $16 members & seniors | $9 students & military Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (JFJO) is the acclaimed, road-sharpened trio of Brian Haas (piano/Fender Rhodes/bass Moog/synth), Chris Combs (electric guitar/lap steel guitar/synth), and Josh Raymer (drums). Beginning in 1994 as a funky octet, JFJO has performed in both large and small ensembles and jour- neyed through 16 members, 25 albums, and countless global tours. In 2013, the band downsized to a trio setting to release the first of three albums on the revered Brooklyn record label Royal Potato Family. Last October, the JFJO trio dropped an electronic, expectation-defying album Worker. Now, the trio embarks on another tour to celebrate their album release The Battle for Earth – a psychedelic musical exploration paired with an original, sci-fi jazz epic comic book. Joining JFJO is the genre-defying Seattle saxophonist Skerik. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone – often with electronics and looping – Skerik is a pioneer of a playing style dubbed “saxophonics.” The 2003 Earshot Jazz Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year was an original member of Les Claypool’s Fancy Band and Frog Brigade, and founding member of ensembles including Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, and current project Bandalabra with revered Seattle players Andy Coe, Evan Flory-Barnes, and D’Vonne Lewis.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 11 Friday, november 6, 8pm | poncho concert hall, cornish college of the arts Art Lande Quartet

$18 general | $16 members & seniors | $9 students & military Co-presented with Cornish Presents Pianist Art Lande is known for his work as a performer, composer, improviser, and educator. Lande taught at Cornish College of the Arts in the early 1980s and now returns to the Northwest to play with his quartet, featuring Dean Johnson (bass), Dave Peterson (guitar), and Dave Coleman (drums). Lande has performed with many great jazz instrumentalists including Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, Woody Shaw, Gary Burton, and Nat Adderley. He has also had experience playing with talented vocalists, including Ernestine Ander- son, Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy, and Nancy Wilson. He recorded several records on the ECM label in the mid 1970s to early 1980s, performing across the United States and Europe. He has an impressive discography that spans several decades. In 1987, his album Hardball was nominated for a Grammy Award. Though he is best known for his work as a pianist, Lande has also performed and recorded as a drummer.

art lande photo courtesy of artist Lande now offers masterclasses at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Music and performs with several groups all across the United States.

friday, November 6 & saturday, november 7, 7:30pm | tula’s Restaurant & jazz club Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz Play Hartman & Coltrane

$18 general | $16 members & seniors | in the 1940s when Nat King Cole $9 students & military visited. Reed committed virtually Last year, with I’m a Shy Guy, this all Cole’s recordings to memory. But late-blooming, fast-rising vocalist Reed’s own rise to jazz-vocal promi- consolidated the surprise of his 2007 nence would wait 60 years. He has album debut at age 78. For the Ear- followed his acclaimed debut album, shot festival, he salutes one of the great which made him a DownBeat readers vocal-jazz albums of all time – John rising-star vocalist, with many more Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – with critics, readers, and editors nods, and tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz, a slough of albums. acclaimed for his “warm, generous Reared in Watts, Reed performed in ed reed photo courtesy of artist tone, impeccably developed solos, and talent shows with soul prodigy “Little That condemned him to four stints in infectious performance energy” (San Esther” Phillips and Bobby Nunn of San Quentin and Folsom. In and out Francisco Chronicle). Ed Reed and the Coasters, learned to sing chord of jail, he schooled himself in sessions Schwartz perform here with a par- changes from Charles Mingus while with Art Pepper, Wardell Gray, Art ticularly fine rhythm section: Dawn the jazz-great-to-be was babysitting Farmer, Hampton Hawes, and Dexter Clement, piano; Michael Glynn, his sister’s kids across the street from Gordon. Since his release from addic- bass; and D’Vonne Lewis, drums. where Reed lived, dropped out of high tion in the 1980s he has been a fixture Reed’s yearning to be a jazz vocalist school and joined the army, and be- on the San Francisco-area scene. began at his Los Angeles high school came addicted to heroin for 40 years.

12 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 saturday, november 7, 8pm | chapel performance space Torsten Mueller & Phil Minton

$5-15 sliding scale Presented by Nonsequitur and Polestar Whether you’re among those listeners yearning for European free im- provisers, or you’re simply looking for another festival adventure, this duo of exemplary practitioners of the form exploiting the pristine acoustics of the Chapel should be just the ticket. First-generation British free improviser Phil Minton is a vocalist with virtuosic technique and sensibility. His commanding presence, seemingly phil minton & torsten mueller photo courtesy of coastal jazz vancouver impossible multiphonics, and irre- Torsten Mueller, the German dou- da, and the States. “Mueller wields his pressible humor have confounded and ble bassist living in Vancouver, B.C., bow to tease the upper register,” says delighted audiences around the world is one of his instrument’s masters of Sean Patrick Fitzell. “He avoids obvi- for many decades. Glenn Astarita extended techniques in the service of ous lines, preferring to color abstractly writes, “Minton’s vocal range and abil- making exhilarating improvised mu- and shape the proceedings with thick ity to mimic echo and reverb bestows sic. It’s no wonder he has long shared notes and percussive flourishes that uncanny similarities to elements of an the stage with a who’s who of creative sound like prepared piano.” electronics-based DJ mix.” musicians from across Europe, Cana- saturday, november 7, 7:30pm | benaroya hall, illsley ball nordstrom recital hall sunday, november 8, 2pm | kirkland performance center monday, november 9, 7:30pm | edmonds center for the arts Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday $10-48 Presented by SRJO Reading + Panel Discussion SRJO joins forces with Earshot Jazz to salute the marvelous talents of “Swee’ Pea” – Ellington’s right-hand man, composer and pianist Billy Strayhorn. The Saturday, November 7, 1pm concert includes some of Strayhorn’s greatest works, including “Isfahan,” “A Elliott Bay Book Company, Flower Is A Lovesome Thing,” and, of course, “Take the A Train.” Trombonist 1521 10th Ave (Capitol Hill) Dan Marcus is featured, playing his favorite Strayhorn ballad, “Lush Life.” Free SRJO is joined by tenor saxophonist Roxy Coss, an alumna of the Garfield High School jazz band. She now lives and plays professionally in New York City. The 2015 and 2014 Downbeat Critics Polls listed her as a “Rising Star” on Lush Life author David Hajdu with Soprano Saxophone. SRJO’s Michael Brockman and Founded in 1995, the 17-piece SRJO is made up of the most prominent in- the Billy Strayhorn Project’s Ty- strumentalists, educators, and bandleaders in the Seattle area. The big band’s rone Brown in panel discussion, extensive repertoire is drawn from the 100-year history of jazz, including works moderated by Earshot Jazz Execu- by America’s most famous jazz composers, such as Fletcher Henderson, Charles tive Director John Gilbreath. Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. With live music performance.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 13 sunday, november 8, 8pm | Poncho concert hall, cornish college of the arts Jay Clayton in and out $16 general | $14 members & seniors | and taught across the world. She has $8 students & military collaborated with many big names, Co-presented with Cornish Presents including Fred Hersch, Bobby McFer- Vocalist Jay Clayton is not new to the rin, and Jane Ira Bloom. Northwest – she lived, performed, and Clayton is known and respected for taught in the area for 20 years. Now a her experience with free jazz and im- New York fixture, Clayton perennially provisation. “More than 20 years after topped vocals polls while teaching at her debut recording All Out, Clayton Cornish College. She returns to per- is still the most adventurous singer in form originals, standards, electronics, jazz, a specialist in wordless improvi- jay clayton photo courtesy of artist and poetry, plus a tribute to Ornette sation who’s also expert in distend- Coleman, with fellow Cornish players ing and finding new meanings in the MASTERCLASS Julian Priester and Dawn Clement. melodies and lyrics of classic popular Jay Clayton | Nov. 8, 12pm | An impressive vocalist, composer, songs,” writes Francis Davis of The Vil- PONCHO Concert Hall | Free and educator, Clayton has performed lage Voice. monday, november 9, 7:30pm | town hall seattle James McBride & the Good Lord Bird Band $10-70 The Good Lord Bird tells the story of Bird Band performs original and his- Co-presented by Seattle Arts & Lec- a boy named Henry Shackleford, an torical spirituals interspersed with tures and the Seattle Times enslaved 12-year-old who winds up brief, lyrical readings from the novel. James McBride was a professional traveling with John Brown during the The gospel jazz quintet consists of saxophonist for decades before he took abolitionist’s most tumultuous years. Show Tyme Brooks on drums and up writing. His most recent work of Like McBride, the young protagonist vocals, Trevor Exter on bass and vo- historical fiction, The Good Lord Bird, loves to break out into song. McBride cals, Adam Faulk on piano and vo- was the winner of the National Book created a catalogue of fictional songs cals, Keith Robinson on guitar and Award for Fiction in 2013. for him, but also relies heavily on the vocals, and McBride on saxophone spirituals of the era. The Good Lord and vocals.

14 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 Monday, November 9 & tuesday, november 10, 8pm | poncho concert hall, cornish college of the arts

Anat Cohen Quartet New night added! clarinetist has established herself as a and performed the music of Louis leading voice in jazz moving forward. Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Sidney Nat Hentoff observed that Anat Co- Bechet, and their pan-American con- hen “tells stories from her own experi- temporaries. Her reputation spread as ences that are so deeply felt that they one of the most engaging of modern are very likely to connect listeners to jazz musicians, and one of a group of their own dreams, desires, and long- Israelis spicing the New York scene. ings.” Recognized with nine consecutive With her touring quartet – key- Jazz Journalist Association awards for boardist Jason Lindner, bassist Tal clarinetist of the year and multiple Mashiach, drummer Daniel Freed- DownBeat critics and readers polls man – she demonstrated this year on honors, she achieves a rare accomplish- Luminosa, her seventh album, why ment in jazz: seamlessly merging early DownBeat would call her “a wood- and recent styles, and geographically wind revelation of dark tones and de- diverse forms, into personal expres- anat cohen photo by jimmy katz licious lyricism, but also a dynamic sion. bandleader.” Sold out Nov. 10. Please call (206) $30 general | $28 members & seniors | The Tel Aviv-born US transplant be- 547-6763 for more great events. $15 students & military gan clarinet studies at 12, also plays Co-presented with Cornish Presents tenor saxophone, and studied at Berk- MASTERCLASS Conversant with modern and tradi- lee College. In New York, she joined Anat Cohen | Nov. 10, 12pm | tional jazz, classical music, Brazilian Brazilian ensembles like Duduka PONCHO Concert Hall | Free choro, and Argentine tango, the Israeli Da Fonseca’s Samba Jazz Quintet,

thursday, november 12, 5:30pm | seattle art museum, brotman forum Art of Jazz: Billy Strayhorn Project Free Co-presented with Seattle Art Museum and 88.5 KPLU Vocalist Tyrone Brown hails the music of William Thomas “Billy” Strayhorn, the composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who is celebrated for his almost-30-year collaboration with Duke Ellington. Brown, Nate Omdal (director/ bass), Michael Owcharuk (piano), and Jacques Willis (drums) play arrangements of classics like “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and “Lush Life.”

thursday, november 12, 8pm | the royal room Wayne Horvitz @ 60 $18 general | $16 members & seniors | in three settings: solo piano with elec- and a new Seattle sextet in which he, $9 students & military tronics; his Snowghost trio, where Eagle, and Harper appear with three Here’s the third of three events mark- Eric Eagle, a drummer adept in many expansive innovators: trumpeter Ray ing Wayne Horvitz’s 60th birthday genres, and Geoff Harper, who is Larsen and saxophonists Ivan Artea- and his considerable contributions to among the region’s most cherished ga and Greg Sinibaldi. Seattle jazz culture. bassists, complement Horvitz’s pro- Horvitz says Snowghost, and then its In a fascinating triple bill, the re- cessed piano and synthesizer with re- sextet extension, stem from a record- nowned keyboardist/composer plays sults he says have surprised even him; ing trip he, Eagle, and Harper made to

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 15 Whitefish, Montana, last year. Months pretty bad-ass,” says Horvitz. “Piano This is an evening that promises later, while listening to the tape, he re- trio but the piano is processed and transporting music from a master Se- alized it ended with a recording of a amplified and I also play synthesizer. attle’s jazz world has welcomed, val- live gig they had done after the studio Sounded beautiful. I was frankly sort ued, and embraced for now more than session, a sort of house concert. “It was of taken aback.” 20 years. friday, november 13, 8pm | town hall seattle Brad Mehldau Trio $26 general | $24 members & seniors | $13 students & military | $36 preferred seating Presented by Earshot Jazz & 88.5 KPLU One of the greatest of modern jazz pianists, prodigiously inventive, equally riveting whether exploring formal structures or improvising with aban- don, has for more than two decades excelled in trio performance, since 2005 with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums. Pianist Brad Mehldau has forged a brad mehldau trio (larry grenadier, brad mehldau, jeff ballard) photo courtesy of international music network unique path which embodies the es- sence of jazz exploration, classical ro- Bassist Larry Grenadier attended Drummer Jeff Ballard grew up in manticism, and pop allure. His leader- Stanford University, where he received Santa Cruz, California. He toured ship across domains has grown quietly a degree in English Literature. After with Ray Charles from 1988-90, as he has transformed the paradigm moving to the East Coast, he played in moved to New York in 1990, and since of jazz and classical performance. In the Gary Burton Band, touring the US has played and recorded with Lou recent years, he’s expanded his inter- and Europe. He moved to New York Donaldson, Danilo Pérez, and Chick national exposure in genre-crossing City and played with Joe Henderson, Corea, to name a few. Currently, as commissions and notable collabora- Betty Carter, Pat Metheny, and the well as being a member of this trio, tions with Pat Metheny, Renée Flem- John Scofield Group. When not tour- he is co-leader of the collective group ing, Chris Thile, Joshua Redman, and ing and recording with the Brad Mehl- FLY, featuring Mark Turner and Larry more. dau Trio, Grenadier tours and records Grenadier, and Joshua Redman’s Elas- with the Pat Metheny Trio. tic Band. friday, november 13 & saturday, november 14 | tula’s restaurant & jazz club Larry Fuller Trio $18 general | $16 members & seniors | Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Larry Full- Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Herb Ellis, $9 students & military er began his musical studies at age 11, John Clayton, John Heard, Jimmy The always-in-demand New York pi- immediately showing a talent for jazz. Witherspoon, Eddie Harris, Anita anist who “swings like a beast” returns At 13, Floyd “Candy” Johnson, a vet- O’Day, Steve Allen, Regina Carter, to Seattle, where from 1988 to 1993 eran of the Count Basie and Duke El- Nicholas Payton, and John Legend. he was Ernestine Anderson’s music di- lington Orchestras, took Fuller under Today, Fuller performs as bandleader. rector. He excels in the hard-driving his wing, hiring him for regular pay- His self-titled album dropped last year, traditions of mainstream jazz, as he ing gig. In his early years, he became and received consistent praise. All About demonstrated with legendary bassist a regular on the Midwest jazz circuit. Jazz says: “Chops, class, and in-the- Ray Brown’s Trio, and John Pizzarelli. Fuller has performed with Harry pocket ensemble playing are all on full “Sweets” Edison, Stanley Turrentine, display. There’s plenty to marvel at.”

16 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 saturday, november 14, 7:30pm | triple door Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline & Jenny Scheinman staggering, and include such luminaries as Bill Frisell, Wadada Leo Smith, Madeleine Peyroux, John Scofield, and Rodney Crowell. Fresh off recent tours with Regina Carter and his long-running duo with guitarist/groove machine Char- lie Hunter, Amendola has also built an impressive resume as a bandleader and composer. Starting in 1999 with Scott Amendola Band, he has released a string of creative and eclectic solo al-

scott amendola band (jeff parker, jenny scheinman, scott amendola, nels cline, john shifflett) bums with shifting bands of collabora- photo courtesy of artist tors, including the unit he will bring $26 general | $24 members & seniors | extended to include not just the West to the Earshot Jazz Festival. It’s a pow- $13 students & military Coast, but the entire US. Amendola erhouse ensemble of long-time associ- It was written long ago in the now- is justifiably revered coast to coast for ates, who have been playing together defunct San Francisco Bay Guardian his relaxed and funky groove, and for off and on since 1998: the contrasting weekly, but the wisdom still stands: “If a broad conceptual base of poly-genre yet complementary guitar titans Nels Scott Amendola didn’t exist, the San freedom anchored by prodigious chops Cline and Jeff Parker, renowned vio- Francisco music scene would have to that never overshadow the feel and sty- linist Jenny Scheinman, and the for- invent him.” listic integrity of whatever music he’s midable Bay Area bass wizard John Certainly it’s true that virtually every driving on a particular night. Shifflett. The breadth of firepower notable Bay Area creative musician has Just as comfortable providing sensi- and stylistic flexibility in this group crossed paths with drummer and com- tive support for a singer-songwriter will make for a riveting and groove-in- poser extraordinaire Amendola, but as he is bashing a rock wall of avant- tensive evening of music for adventur- that quote could now be comfortably noise, Amendola’s sideman credits are ous listeners, a party with a purpose.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 17 sunday, november 15, 7:30pm | triple door Chris Potter Trio $26 general | $24 members & seniors | $13 students & military Saxophonist Chris Potter – on his way to becom- ing a living legend – lights up our closing week in a burning trio with Drew Gress (bass) and Adam Cruz (drums). Potter’s name has already been cemented in the leg- acies of jazz as one of the key faces of his generation. His vocabulary is fluent and deep in both old school and new school. He has performed or recorded with many of the leading names in jazz, such as Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, John Scofield, the Mingus Big Band, Jim Hall, Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Ray Brown, and many others. He’s led bands with many other contemporary masters. As “one of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet” (DownBeat), he’s done just about everything you can do as a jazz musician. Yet Potter is never satisfied. There is always room to explore, learn, and grow. And for a saxophone, it’s hard to open things up for the uncharted more than the sax, bass, and drum trio setting. Potter, as accomplished and experienced as he is, will be playing right alongside bandmates that are equally so. They’re every bit of the word “prolific” and are highly sought after. Since immersing himself in jazz as a teenager, Gress has worked alongside the likes of Cab Calloway and Buddy Hackett, chris potter photo by tamas talaber as well as contemporaries including Tim Berne and Tom Rainey. Though best known for his work with Danilo Pérez, Cruz has also performed, toured, and recorded with artists including Charlie Hunter, Chick Corea, Steve Wilson, and the Mingus Big Band. His debut album as a leader, 2011’s Milestone, received critical praise from DownBeat and JazzTimes. monday, november 16, 7:30pm | triple door Sara Gazarek & New West Guitar Group $20 advance | $25 door | $30 front row Presented by Triple Door Seattle-born jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek has established herself as one of today’s great musical storytellers. Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz says, “Gazarek balances fancy free notions, effervescence, carefree whims, fragile emotions, precocious pondering and humor in her work.” She effortlessly blends jazz influence with soft, contemporary stylings, appealing to wide audiences. Los Angeles-based guitar trio New West Guitar Group is made up of John Storie, Will Brahm, and Perry Smith. DownBeat’s Bill Milkowski says their collaboration involves “shimmering arpeggios, collectively strummed chords… tight cracking interplay and complementary playing.” Their juxtaposition of through composed and improvised sections,

18 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 electric and acoustic guitars, and beautiful simplicity and virtuosic display keeps their style fresh and their audiences guessing. These two acts come together to perform work from NWGG’s newest release, titled Send One Your Love. The album features five of today’s most impressive jazz vocalists, one of which is Gazarek. On the album, Gaza- rek gives a “hauntingly gorgeous performance” of the classic ballad “I Fall in Love Too Easily” and “a moving rendition” of James Tay- lor’s “Secret o’ Life.” The project’s goal is to tell “a story about the highs and lows of love through the timeless tradition of guitar sara gazarek photo courtesy of artist and voice.”

tuesday, november 17 & wednesday, november 18, 7:30pm | triple door Hugh Masekela $30 advance | $35 door | $40 front row Jazz Band was formed. Masekela be- Presented by Triple Door gan to hone his now-signature Afro- Legendary South African trumpeter Jazz sound in the late 1950s during Hugh Masekela is an innovator in the a period of intense creative collabora- world music and jazz scene and con- tion, before moving to New York in tinues to tour the globe as a performer, 1960 and enrolling in the Manhattan composer, singer, producer, and activ- School of Music. ist, enjoying world renown for almost There, the young Masekela immersed 50 years after rising to prominence as himself in the New York jazz scene a voice of opposition to apartheid rule where nightly he watched greats like in his homeland. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and The- Best known for his Grammy-nom- lonious Monk. Under the tutelage of inated hit single, “Grazing in the Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, Grass,” which sold over four million Masekela was encouraged to develop copies in 1968 and made him an in- his own unique style, feeding off Afri- ternational star, he later played an in- can rather than American influences – tegral role in Paul Simon’s tour behind his debut album, released in 1963, was Graceland, which was one of the first entitled Trumpet Africaine. pop records to introduce African mu- His subsequent solo career has sic to a broader public. spanned five decades, during which he Born in the Witbank, South Africa, has released over 40 albums and has in 1939, Masekela received his first worked with such diverse artists as trumpet at the age of 14, from Father Harry Belafonte, The Byrds, Marvin Trevor Huddleston, the deeply re- Gaye, and the late Miriam Makeba. spected advocator of equal rights in his Sold out. Please call (206) 547-6763 country. Soon after, the Huddleston for more great events.

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 19 Jazz Around The Sound November 11 Sunday, November 1 MQ Crossrhythm Sessions, 9 4 OneBeat: Seattle MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 AB Beaver Sessions, 9 OneBeat’s first public Seattle show launches in BP Kiki Valera y los Guaibaros, 7pm NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 funky fashion with 25 musicians from 17 countries, BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 PM Paul Richardson, 6 and guest performances from Seattle’s Owuor Arunga BX Vox at the Box Vocal Jam, 7:30 SB Johnny and the Moles, 10 (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Physics) and hip-hop CR Racer Sessions, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 artist Draze, at the historic Columbia City Theater. A DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 sonic celebration of our theme of place-making and JA Victor Wooten and J.D. Blair, 7:30 Tuesday, November 3 how music can enrich a community, connect with the MQ HWY 99 Blues Presents: Casey MacGill, 8pm BP Keith Lowe & Billy Stapleton Duo, 6pm past and set a vision for the future of a neighborhood PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 and city, this evening features a range of styles and SB EKO, 10 JA Eric Alexander and The Harold Mabern Quartet, original works, weaving an energetic musical portrait of the places (and instruments) our artists live and love. SE Andy Clausen’s Shutter Project, 8 7:30 More at 1beat.org/onebeat-seattle/. SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 MQ Michel Navedo, 8pm SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 NC Tim Carson Trio, 7 Thursday, November 5 SY Victor Janusz, 10am OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 SB McTuff, 11 TD Aubrey Logan, 7:30pm BD Annie Eastwood w/ Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, SB RL HEYER and friends, 8 TU Jump Ensemble, 3 and Bill Chism, 6 TD Garfield High School Jazz Band, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 BP Javier Anderson, 6 TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BT 200 Trio, 7 Wednesday, November 4 BX Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 1 Aubrey Logan JA Take 6, 7:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 7:30 LN OneBeat Impact, 7 Aubrey Logan is an award-winning artist with vocals CT OneBeat:Seattle, 8 NC Diane & Bob All Request Night, 7 that range from deep and electric, to delicate and NL Blades/Ciotti/Coe w/ DJ Logic / Industrial vulnerable. She breaks traditional genre barriers by JA Eric Alexander and The Harold Mabern Quartet, Revelation, 9 combining jazz vocals with R&B, neo-soul, pop and 7:30 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 a touch of rock. Tickets and information available at MQ The Workshop, 8:30pm PH Paul Kikuchi: Songs of Nihonmachi, 6 thetripledoor.net. NC Jazz Jam w/Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30 RR Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SB The Butts, 10 Monday, November 2 SB Adrian Xavier All Star Dub, 10 TU Ann Reynolds Clave Gringa, 7:30 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 8 CH Brad Linde’s straightHORN / Brockman & TD Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra w/ Mimi Fox, 8 Friday, November 6 Halberstadt Duo: Strayhorn Favorites, 8 TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm

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AB Angry Beaver, 8412 Greenwood Ave N, 782- EB Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, NL Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St, 632-2020 6044 624-6600 OW Owl ’N Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 545-8570 EC Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 Edmonds, 425-275-4485 PG Pike Place Bar & Grill, 90 Pike St, 624-1365 BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 782-9623 EG Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market PH Panama Hotel, 605 1/2 S Main St, 223-9242 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4747 St, 789-1621 PI Pies & Pints, 1215 NE 65th St, 524-7082 BP Bake’s Place, 155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, EM Easy Monkey Taphouse, 17537 15th Ave NE, PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy 425-391-3335 420-1326 St BT Brass Tacks, 6031 Airport Way S, 397-3821 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, RN Raging River Cafe & Club, 33723 Redmond- 325-6051 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, Fall City Rd SE, Fall City, 425-222-6669 GD Grumpy D’s Coffee House, 7001 15th Ave NW, 425-292-9307 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- 783-4039 CB Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, 324-7263 9920 H2 H2O, 314 Commercial Ave, Anacortes, 360- SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- CC Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St, 397-3564 755-3956 1824 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, LN Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, SH Shuga Jazz Bistro, 317 Main Ave. S, Renton, Bellevue, 425-644-1111 104 17th Ave S, 684-4757 274-3074 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523- MQ Musicquarium @ Triple Door, 216 Union St, SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526- 5282 838-4333 1188 CT Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S, MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, TC Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, 4411 Stone 722-3009 763-0714 Way N, 633-3800 CZ Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, MV Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Dr NE, TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 436-2960 Tacoma, 253-229-9206 TO Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, 652-4255 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 Shoreline, 542-2789 177th, Shoreline, 365-4447 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695

20 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 BP Paul Green and Straight Shot, 9pm PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 BX Bryan Carter Trio, 7:30 PO Jay Clayton in and out, 8 CM Michele D’Amour & the Love Dealers, 7 SB Cephalopod, 10 Curtain Call CZ Jazz Friday – Jump Ensemble, 7:30 SB Clarkia Cobb Band, 8 weekly recurring performances EX OneBeat School of Music, 2:30 SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwidz, 6:30 GD Los Buhos, 7 SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 JA Take 6, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am MONDAY LA Latona Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 MQ Happy Hour: Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints, TU Jazz Police, 3 CC EntreMundos jam, 9 5pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 NC Rod Cook & Toast, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 PO Art Lande Quartet, 8 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 RR Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SB Live Funk, 10 Monday, November 9 TD Crossrhythm Sessions SE OneBeat @ SAM Remix, 8 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9 (Musicquarium), 9 SF Eli Meisner Duo, 9 EC SRJO presents Lush Life: Celebrating Billy TU Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz play Hartman and Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday, 7:30 TUESDAY Coltrane, 7:30 MQ Crossrhythm Sessions, 9 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 BP Keith Lowe & Billy Stapleton Saturday, November 7 NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 Duo, 6pm BH SRJO presents Lush Life: Celebrating Billy PM Paul Richardson, 6 CN West Coast Swing Social, 9 Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday, 7:30 PO Anat Cohen Quartet, 8 BT Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 PO Master Class: Jay Clayton, noon OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BX Katy Bourne Quartet, 7:30 SB The Halvornaughts, 10 SB McTuff, 11 CH Torsten Mueller & Phil Minton, 8 TO James McBride and The Good Lord Bird Band, CM Jocelyn Pettit, 2 7:30 WEDNESDAY CM Route 66, 7 TU David Marriott presents Triskaidekaband, 7:30 EB Book Reading & Panel with David Hajdu, 2 BP Javier Anderson, 6 JA Take 6, 7:30 Tuesday, November 10 BX Future Jazzheads, 6, 7:30 MQ Jelly Rollers, 9pm BP Keith Lowe & Billy Stapleton Duo, 6pm PD Casey MacGill, 8 NC Anissa Jazz Quartet, 8 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 SB 6 Demon Bag, 11 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 THURSDAY SB Eric Hullander Jazz, 8 PO Anat Cohen Quartet, 8 SF Sue Nixon Jazz Quartet, 9 PO Master Class: Anat Cohen, noon BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil TU Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz play Hartman and SB Kimball Conant and the Fugitives, 8 Sparks, 9 Coltrane, 7:30 SB McTuff, 11 BD Annie Eastwood w/ Larry Hill, TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8 Sunday, November 8 Tom Brighton, Bill Chism, 6 AB Beaver Sessions, 9 Wednesday, November 11 BP Javier Anderson, 6 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BP Javier Anderson, 6 BT 200 Trio, 7 BX Instrumental Jam, 7:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 MQ Lady Delilah Beaucoup & Bissou, 8:30pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2 NC Meridienne, 7 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 JA Take 6, 7:30 PI Marc Smason Trio, 8 FRIDAY KR SRJO presents Lush Life: Celebrating Billy SB Suffering Fuckheads, 10 Strayhorn’s 100th Birthday, 2 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm MV Jazz LIVE: Darren Motamedy, 5 7:30 BT Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SB Live Funk, 10 SUNDAY AB Beaver Sessions, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

November 2015 • Earshot Jazz • 21 Thursday, November 12 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Jeff Johnson & Eric Eagle, OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 7:30 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 SB Fundamental Forces, 8 BD Annie Eastwood w/ Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, SB McTuff, 11 Sunday, November 22 and Bill Chism, 6 TD Hugh Masekela, 7:30 AB Beaver Sessions, 9 BP Javier Anderson, 6 TU Roadside Attraction, 7:30 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BT 200 Trio, 7 BX Instrumental Jam, 7:30 BX Pearl Django, 7:30 Wednesday, November 18 CR Racer Sessions, 8 CM Carl Tosten, 6 BP Javier Anderson, 6 CZ Open jazz jam w/ Kenny Mandell & Friends, 2 JA Keiko Matsui, 7:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 7:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 NC Sue Nixon & John Sanders, 7 CM Bellevue High School Jazz Combos, 6 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 NC The Debutones, 7 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 RR Wayne Horvitz @ 60, 8 PD Casey MacGill, 8 SB Crystal Beth and the Boom, 11:30 SB Marmalade, 10 PG Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball Conant and the SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 SE Art of Jazz: Billy Strayhorn Project, 5:30 Fugitives, 6 SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 TU David Arteaga Ensemble, 7:30 SB unsinkable Heavies, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am Friday, November 13 TD Hugh Masekela, 7:30 TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 TU Greta Matassa presents “Sing with a Big Band” TU Easy Street Band, 4 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm Showcase, 7 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 BX John Hansen + special guest, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 JA Keiko Matsui, 7:30, 9:30 Thursday, November 19 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 LA Latona Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 MQ Happy Hour: Ranger & the Re-Arrangers, 5pm BD Annie Eastwood w/ Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, Monday, November 23 MQ The Scotch Tops, 9pm and Bill Chism, 6 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9 SB Live Funk, 10 BP Javier Anderson, 6 MQ Crossrhythm Sessions, 9 TO Brad Mehldau Trio, 8 BT 200 Trio, 7 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 TU Larry Fuller Trio, 7:30 BX Boxley’s Pro-Am Big Band, 7:30 NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 Saturday, November 14 MQ Kareem Kandi Band, 9pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 NC Annie Reed, 7 SB Rippin Chicken, 10 BP Darelle Holden, 9pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU Roosevelt HS Jazz w/ Michael Van Bebber, 7 BT Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 SB Marmalade, 10 BX Gail Pettis Quartet, 7:30 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 Tuesday, November 24 EM Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball Conant and the BP Keith Lowe & Billy Stapleton Duo, 6pm Fugitives, 8 Friday, November 20 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 JA Keiko Matsui, 7:30, 9:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 SB Blackout Media All Starts, 11 BP Shaggy Sweet, 9 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 SB Jacques Willis Presents, 8 BX Greg Williamson Quartet, 7:30 SB McTuff, 11 SF Tim Kennedy Duo, 9 CM Pearl Django, 7 SB Michael Owcharuk Presents, 8 TD Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline & Jenny JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30, 9:30 TU Kelley Johnson Showcase, 7:30 Scheinman, 7:30 LA Latona Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TU Larry Fuller Trio, 7:30 MQ Happy Hour: Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints, 24 Kelley Johnson Showcase Sunday, November 15 5pm Kelley Johnson is an international award winning jazz NC Lavon Hardison Quartet, 8 AB Beaver Sessions, 9 vocalist who is known and respected as an arranger, SB Eric Hullander Jazz Band, 8 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 poet and lyricist with a personal body of recordings. SB Live Funk, 10 BX Vox at the Box Vocal Jam, 7:30 She has served as a professor at Cornish College of SF Michael Martinez Duo, 9 CR Racer Sessions, 8 the Arts and Director of the Seattle Metropolitan Urban TU Dave Peck Trio w/ Jeff Johnson & Eric Eagle, DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 League’s Children’s Jazz Chorus. Reservations (but not 7:30 JA Keiko Matsui, 7:30 advance tickets) available at 206-443-4221. PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 20-29 Taj Mahal Trio SB Biddadat, 8 Wednesday, November 25 The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley SB Tim Kennedy and Friends, 10 BP Javier Anderson, 6 presents the Taj Mahal Trio performing 8 nights and SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwidz, 6:30 BX Future Jazzheads, 7:30 13 shows. Band members include Taj Mahal (vocals, SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30, 9:30 guitar, piano, banjo and more), Bill Rich (bass) and SY Victor Janusz, 10am MQ Kristin Chambers w/ Dawn Clement, 8:30pm Kester Smith (drums). One of the most prominent and TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 NC Adriana Giordano & EntreMundow Quarteto Pre influential figures in late 20th century blues and roots TD Chris Potter Trio, 7:30 Thanksgiving Show, 7 music, Taj Mahal is a 2014 recipient of the Americana TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 PD Casey MacGill, 8 Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award along VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SB Secret Thanksgiving Show, 10 side such luminaries as Jackson Browne, Loretta Lynn VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TU Rick Mandyck, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop, 7:30 and Flaco Jimenez. Tickets and more information monday, November 16 available at jazzalley.com. Thursday, November 26 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9 BC Barca with Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 MQ Crossrhythm Sessions, 9 Saturday, November 21 BD Annie Eastwood w/ Larry Hill, Tom Brighton, MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 BT Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 and Bill Chism, 6 NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 BX Jay Thomas & the Canteloupes, 7:30 BT 200 Trio, 7 PM Paul Richardson, 6 CM Little Bill & The Blue Notes, 7 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SB Ari Joshua Band, 10 H2 Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball Conant and the SB Marmalade, 10 TD Sara Gazarek & New West Guitar Group, 7:30 Fugitives, 8 TU PH Factor, 7:30 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30, 9:30 Friday, November 27 NC Andre Feriante & the Bohemian Entourage, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm Tuesday, November 17 SB Ask the Ages, 8 BP Rod Cook and Toast with Special guests, BP Keith Lowe & Billy Stapleton Duo, 6pm SF Sue Nixon Jazz Quartet, 9 vocalist, Suze Sims, 9

22 • Earshot Jazz • November 2015 BX Nick Hampton & Reuel Lubag, 7:30 CM Hook Me Up, 7 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 MQ Happy Hour: Ranger & the Re-Arrangers, 5pm NC Ellis Brothers & Jake Ransom, 8 RN Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball Conant and the Fugitives, 9 SB Live Funk, 10 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30 Saturday, November 28 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm BP Mark DuFresne Band, 9pm BT Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7 CM The Fabulous Roofshakers, 7 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30, 9:30 NC Shear Jazz Salute to Modern Jazz Quartet, 8 SB Forrest Rousch Select, 8 SF Frank Reynolds Duo, 9 TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 Sunday, November 29 AB Beaver Sessions, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 BX Jake Bergevin Small Big Band, 7:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 JA Taj Mahal Trio, 7:30 PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 SF Lennon Aldort, 6:30 SH Shuga Jam Sundays w/ Eric Verlinde, 7:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TC Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30 TU Hot Minute, 7:30 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 Monday, November 30 CC EntreMundos Jam, 9 MQ Crossrhythm Sessions, 9 MT Triangle Pub Jam, 8:30 NL Mo Jam Mondays, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6 SB Industrial Revelation, 10 TU Kerry Wallingford Ensemble, 7:30

In One Ear, from page 3 jazz from Delvon Lamarr (B3 organ), 91.7 KSVR, ksvr.org, Skagit Valley Ben Bloom (guitar), and Ollie Klomp Community Radio, broadcast from pop requirements, with Ryan Tranum (drums); November 29, Dave Webb, the Skagit Valley College Campus, (sampler), Kate Olson (bass clarinet, electric guitar and pedalboard leads to features jazz host Dr. D, Mondays, flute), Alan Gutierrez (circuit-bent a virtuosic hour of cinematic music. 10pm-midnight. keys, vocals), and Daniel Comiskey 91.3 KBCS, kbcs.fm late Sundays 94.9 KUOW, kuow.org, Saturdays, (text/poetry); November 8, FHTAGN, and prime-time Mondays, features 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the a 12-piece experimental spatial sound Floatation Device with John Seman Swing Years and Beyond, popular ensemble, led by Blake DeGraw, ex- and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No music from the 1920s to the 1950s. ploring alternative conducting tech- Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant More at kuow.org/swing_years.php. niques, aleatory music operations, and Steps with John Pai. A rotation of pro- In One Ear News improvisation; November 15, Erin grammers Gordon Todd, John Midg- Jorgensen, drawing from French ley, and Megan Sullivan host “The Email news about Seattle-area jazz pop, marimba nod rock, and acoustic Sound of Modern Jazz,” Mondays at artists to [email protected]. psychedelic sadcore reflections from 7pm. More about jazz on KBCS at her voice, effects, and marimba; No- kbcs.fm. vember 22, Rippin’ Chicken, soul

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