A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community June 2016 Vol

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community June 2016 Vol. 32, No. 6 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington Letter from the Director Earshot JazZ  A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Jazz is ______Executive Director John Gilbreath Managing Director Karen Caropepe Program Manager Caitlin Peterkin

Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin Earshot Jazz Editor-At-Large Schraepfer Harvey

Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, Sara Jones, Andrew Luthringer, Peter Monaghan

Calendar Editor Caitlin Peterkin Photography Daniel Sheehan Layout Caitlin Peterkin Cover Design Beth Rocha & Josh Sin Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz volunteers

Send Calendar Information to: 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 Word. Henri Matisse said, “Jazz is rhythm Seattle, WA 98103 Jazz is… so many things, to so and meaning.” Louis Armstrong al- email / [email protected] many people, that it all has to be legedly said, “If you have to ask, right. This month, we’re kicking you’ll never know.” Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love off a new campaign to affirm the What do you think? Anything is (president), Sue Coliton (vice president), breadth of creative expansion that fair game. Initially, for instance, I Sally Nichols (secretary), John W. Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Danielle Leigh, the word JAZZ conjures. And we thought, Jazz is Monk (or Miles or Diane Wah, Viren Kamdar want to hear your solo. Mingus) or Jazz is Swing (or Chang- Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, We’ll be collecting words through es or Blue). Jazz is Seattle (or Jackson Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola this summer from people just like Street or Bud’s) but the more I con- Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu you, through sources ranging from sidered, the more open it became. institutions of higher education to Jazz is Hard, Jazz is Motion, Jazz Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, street-graffiti posts, and from jazz is Black, Jazz is Freedom Now, Jazz Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. is published monthly by fans to jazz haters. We’ll publish re- is Revelation, Jazz is Origin – Jazz Earshot Jazz Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is sponses in upcoming issues of Ear- is Old School, New School, Out of available online at www.earshot.org. shot Jazz magazine, and we’ll collect School, No Fool; In Your Face, Of and share the dialogue on earshot. Your Race, Space and Time, Out Subscription (with membership): $35 org, social media, and other, more of Line, Oh So Fine. You’ve got it 3429 Fremont Place #309 low-tech media. Give us your name, already. Seattle, WA 98103 or not, but we will give away some In this issue, you’ll see some initial phone / (206) 547-6763 festival tickets later this summer thoughts on Jazz is_____, with seri- Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 based on random excellence. Jazz is ous thanks to Beth Rocha and Josh Printed by Pacific Publishing Company YOU. Sin, for ideas and art. You’ll also see © 2016 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle On International Jazz Day, Presi- that Jazz is Summer Festivals, Jazz is dent Barak Obama said, “Jazz is Bad Luck, Jazz is Jazz Records, and fearless and true….It is the ultimate Jazz is All Around the Sound. M i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t in rugged individualism, and the Give us what comes to you. Right Earshot Jazz cultivates a vibrant jazz truest expression of community.” now. Shoot an e-mail to jazz@ear- community by engaging audiences, He also quoted Duke Ellington, shot.org. celebrating artists, and supporting who referred to jazz as the best “ba- Jazz is NOW! arts education to ensure the legacy rometer of freedom.” – John Gilbreath, Executive Director and progression of the art form.

2 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 notes 4th Annual Jazz Contest for logg. Submission deadline is June 30. genres and instrumentation; all styles Women Composers Visit swojo.org for contest details and of music encouraged to apply. Sign-up online application. deadline is July 11. More info & ap- Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra STG Songwriters Lab plication at stgpresents.org/education/ (SWOJO) is now seeking submissions songwriters. for its fourth annual composition con- STG’s Songwriters Lab, which runs Office of Arts & Culture Project test. The winner of the contest will July 18-23, is for young musicians receive a $400 honorarium, a live au- (ages 14-early 20s) interested in pursu- Funding dio recording of her composition, and ing their artistic vision as songwriters Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture the winning piece will be published. and lyricists. Under the mentorship of is now accepting applications for its The Honorable Mention composer professional musicians, students learn CityArtist Projects grant program, will receive a $100 honorarium and a creative approaches to song compo- with a deadline of July 20. The pro- live audio recording of her composi- sition and lyric writing, along with gram provides funding for Seattle- tion. The winning compositions will strategies for navigating the music based individual artists to develop and be performed and recorded live by business. STG’s Songwriters Lab en- present their work. More information SWOJO with special guest Jenny Kel- courages collaboration across music available at seattle.gov/arts. In one ear

Wayne Horvitz Named 2016 tition recently performed at the Kobe cific Lutheran University announced it Doris Duke Performing Artist Jazz Vocal Queen Contest in Kobe, Ja- was selling the radio station to KUOW pan. The finalists were LaVon Hardi- back in November. In order to “Save Seattle’s prolific pianist/composer son (winner of the adult division) and KPLU,” the community needs to raise Wayne Horvitz recently earned the Kristina Buno (winner of the high $7 million by June 30. To date, the prestigious Doris Duke Performing school division). campaign has raised nearly $6 million. Artist Award, alongside the likes of Every fall for the last 16 years, the Visit kplu.org/save-kplu to learn more Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith, winner of the Kobe Shinkaichi Jazz information or to donate today. Henry Threadgill, and others. Vocal Queen Contest has flown to Se- The award, which grants artists Jazz Radio attle to make her US debut at Dimi- $275,000 each, signifies a deeper - in triou’s Jazz Alley. Eleven years ago, the 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz vestment in the potential of dedicated Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken artists, empowering them through the began holding a jazz vocalist audition Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz freedom of unrestricted support while as the reciprocal component of this ex- Northwest, in addition to its weekday celebrating past achievement. Horvitz change. NPR and late-night and prime-time says his principal goals with this award jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz include: the completion of his projects The Beaver Sessions on Hiatus schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. 21 Pianos and Those Who Remain-Part In the wake of the Greenwood gas Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- II, both installations, and The Heart- explosion in March, neighborhood bar days, 2pm, features the artists and song of Charging Elk, a chamber opera The Angry Beaver, host to a weekly events of the regional jazz scene. For based on the novel by James Welch; Sunday jam session, has been expe- JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- recording and documenting a back riencing some unexpected delays in grams, see jazznw.org. catalog of chamber music; and taking reopening. The Beaver Sessions have 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, time to consider new projects for the therefore been postponed until the bar features Jazz Theater with John Gil- coming decade. is back in business, anticipated to be breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz sometime in mid-June. a live-performance broadcast from the Vocalists Perform in Japan Save KPLU Campaign Launches Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule The winners of the 12th annual Seat- A fundraising campaign, led by tle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist compe- KPLU itself, has launched, after Pa- Continued ON PAGE 22

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 3 jazz is...

Our Music

Life Blue Afrofuturism Improvisation Derogatory and dirty Real Not For The Faint Of Heart A thought

Breaking habits Blues aesthetic Revolutionary Diversity Courageous Acceptance Growth The unknown #BAM

4 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 Love the union of sound, sense, and boundlessness Movement Breaking the rules, making new rules

Persistent The sound of the city The accord of math and expression

The middle ground between tranquility and devastation Reefer Imagination in real time unnameable Intuition on the fly God Anything alchemy Spontaneous insight Spooky action at a distance Mysterious and mystical Freedom of expression and community Cannot be put in a box and is not defined Sugar in my bowl Afrofuturism by Lincoln Center or Wynton Marsalis The intangible sexual connotations and disorientation rooted in the African American experience Ain’t nothin’ but soul The future never the same An elevated plane of discourse Creative improvisation and individual authenticity Resistance Always evolving Black American Music Searching freedom Path to self discovery whimsical Transcendent Feral Protest & power Evolving Dark matter Creating community

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June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 5 Jazz is the shape of the spaces

in between the notes. Jazz

is movement through those

spaces. Jazz is the shape of the

spaces between you and me;

between you and the hardscape

of the world. Jazz is all the

spaces of the world singing to

each other. And it's the silence

in between even that.

– Krys Holmes j a son mor n p hoto by d niel sheeh

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June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 7 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Presents... Agile. Torrential. International Underground. Edgy. Intuitive. Mesmerizing.

Red Wierenga, Matt Moran, John Hollenbeck, Chris Speed, Drew Gress photo by signe maehler the thing (paal nilssen-love, mats gustafsson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten) photo courtesy of artist

John Hollenbeck’s Claudia traveled among jazz, contemporary on bass; and Paal Nilssen-Love is on Quintet classical, and pan-ethnic folk music drums of a torrential variety. Tuesday, June 21, 8pm with the agility of a seasoned com- The “Scandinavian garage jazz punk” PONCHO Concert Hall muter on the New York City subway.” trio – “the sonic equivalent of the Hulk Welcomed by KEXP In Claudia Quintet, he has ideal doing battle with Godzilla,” accord- fellow travelers: Matt Moran is a vi- ing to The Quietus – formed in 1999 This innovative group, a repeat visi- braphonist with a revolutionary ap- as a Don Cherry recording project, tor to Earshot shores, has over the last proach. Seattle-raised Chris Speed, but soon emerged as one of the most 18 years issued seven highly regarded who performs on clarinet and tenor important European jazz groups, play- discs, and along the way its percus- saxophone, is one of the leading horn sionist leader has won acclaim for his ing a variety of compositions, ranging players on the New York scene (and from free jazz to the noisiest of musi- host of compositions for band and or- also appears in the Earshot Spring Se- chestra formats. cal invention. Gustafsson and co. took ries with Endangered Blood). On ac- material not only from jazz innovators Claudia Quintet is a compelling cordion and piano is Red Wierenga, like Albert Ayler and Steve Lacy, but grouping of individual stars whose while Drew Gress and Chris Tordini also from independent thinkers from music defies categorization. Hollen- alternate in the bass chair. beck says he has all along wanted the other corners of musical free-thinking, quintet’s sound to “explore the edge The Thing / Cortex like PJ Harvey, The White Stripes, without alienating the mainstream,” as Wednesday, June 22, 6pm The Stooges, Lightning Bolt, and The a way of showing that “genre-defying The Royal Room Ex, and they developed their sound music can be for everyone.” To achieve Welcomed by KEXP in startling trio performances as well that outcome, he has deployed knowl- The Thing is the real thing, built by as in collaborations with the likes of edge of musical forms from around three towering figures in European Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, David the world, from jazz to chamber music jazz – in fact, in jazz and its progeny, Grubbs, Pat Metheny, Arto Lindsay, to varied folk forms. He orchestrates anywhere: Mats Gustafsson plays Merzbow, Christian Marclay, and compelling, idiosyncratic, ambitious multiple saxophones with live elec- Neneh Cherry. We’ll hear them in all music. DownBeat wrote that he “has tronics; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten in their pared, three-piece glory. “The

8 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 sheer power they generate from wood, drums. As Stuart Nicholson wrote in the fertile Scandinavian scene, and in metal, breath and muscle is stunning,” JazzWise, “each idea, each nuance in Food, a band with British saxophon- gasped the BBC. And was correct. the music, is an instant distillation of ist Iain Ballamy, and has appeared on Opening is Cortex, a leading Nor- countless possibilities shaped to the re- 60 albums since emerging from the wegian quartet of Thomas Johansson quirements of the moment” and “what Trondheim Conservatory of Music in (trumpet), Kristoffer Berre Alberts emerges is often profound and always the late 1990s. A seasoned composer (sax), Ola Høyer (bass), and Gard rich in meaning.” Such praise typi- with commissions to, for example, cel- Nilssen (drums), whose “avant-garde fies critics’ responses to this riveting ebrate the centenary of Edvard Grieg’s party music” has been praised for what revelation in forward-facing jazz. The death, he has the ideal compositional critics have described as the sleek, mus- trio’s conception begins, as the BBC sense for Eilertsen’s trio and its “fount cular propulsion of its agile and robust commented, with Eilertsen’s “agile, of robust tone and singing texture” high-velocity improvisations and tight supportive, and warmly propulsive” (John Kelman, All About Jazz). ensemble playing. Terje Mosnes de- sound, but that description fits his trio Endangered Blood scribed the quartet on Jazzinorge as mates, too. Eilertsen has been a mem- Sunday, July 3, 8pm “original, organic changes between ber of three ECM-associated groups: The Royal Room striking, almost naive melodics and Tord Gustavsen Ensemble, the Source, super complex, but yet completely log- and Wolfert Brederode Quartet, and Welcomed by KEXP ical abstractions.” You can hear that recorded and performed with a host of Edgy, tight, thrilling, and accessible, for yourself on their Soundcloud page big names including Lee Konitz and Endangered Blood is four long-time – or, better yet, at this Earshot Spring Tomasz Stanko, while also leading colleagues and friends who call them- Series show. several outfits of his own, including selves a “neighborhood band” on the Mats Eilertsen Trio Skydive Trio with guitarist Thomas T. strength of living within three blocks Dahl and Rubicon, a septet. Harman of each other in New York. Their close- Tuesday, June 28, 8pm Fraanje has the world’s piano music ness emerges in the music as highly PONCHO Concert Hall under his fingers, as he has demon- intuitive interplay and purpose that Here’s a not-to-miss, mesmerizing strated not only with Eilertsen, but also make Endangered Blood a highly grip- small group that breathes fresh life into groups led by trumpeter Eric Vloei- ping and coherent small combo. The the piano-trio format. With a bassist mans and American-Dutch saxophon- quartet took its names from playing at leader, it emphasizes a group dynam- ist Michael Moore, and in a trio with a seriously ill friend’s benefit concert; ic ahead of featured soloing to create cello grand master Ernst Reijseger. from there, its health flourished. With meditative, atmospheric, restrained yet (It was Eilertsen’s 2004 album with elements from bebop, post-bop, free soaring moodscapes. Joining Eilertsen Fraanje and Reijseger, Turanga, that jazz, New Orleans funeral marches, on piano is Harmen Fraanje, from announced the bassist and pianist to mariachi, and much more “all seam- the Netherlands, with the bassist’s fel- the world.) As for drummer Thomas low Norwegian Thomas Strønen on Strønen, he is all over the place on Continued ON PAGE 17

mats eilertsen, thomas Strønen, harmen fraanje photo by cf wesenberg endangered blood (oscar noriega, trevor dunn, jim black, chris speed) photo courtesy of artist

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 9 PREVIEW >> Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival Returns for Its Ninth Year

Shemekia Copeland photo by Suzanne Foschino Etienne Charles photo courtesy of artist

June 1-5 respected assistant professor of jazz in past years at the Bellevue Jazz & Various venues, Bellevue, WA studies at Michigan State), and Lee Blues Festival] to, the next day, seeing Oskar (a longtime, famed performer these young students performing some The ninth annual Bellevue Jazz & who does a unique crossover blend of of the same music you saw the night Blues Festival returns to the Eastside blues and jazz). before. It’s just a really nice bridge of Wednesday, June 1, through Sunday, Along with its nationally renowned talent between these youth and these June 5. The favorite local event will artists, the event also features a wide professionals.” feature 48 performances by national array of rich Northwest talent, both The majority of the festival perfor- artists, local groups, and middle and in professionals McTuff, Jacqueline mances are free, and the shows that re- high school ensembles across 14 venues Tabor, the Joe Cook Blues Band, and quire tickets or cover charges are listed (the festival’s most ever), primarily in more, and in local middle and high on event’s schedule page online. Most downtown Bellevue, in both free and school combos. In the student show- of the 14 venues are walkable in the ticketed performances. Venues include case on Saturday and Sunday, the area between Bellevue Way, NE 8th Bake’s Place, Paddy Coyne’s Bellevue, festival welcomes students from 12 Street, and NE 4th Street; two sites the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, middle and high schools, including on the outskirts are Bellevue Brewing and Cypress Lounge and Wine Bar at Bellevue High School, Mercer Island Company and the Bellevue Club. the Westin. This year, all venues wel- High School, and Evergreen Middle “As downtown Bellevue continues come all ages – a first for the festival. School. to expand, it’s great to see the desire Debuting as a two-day jazz event in It is the mix of all the performers growing for live music in these bars 2008 and adding blues to its repertoire that distinguishes the Bellevue Jazz & and restaurants downtown,” says last year, the Bellevue Jazz & Blues Blues Festival for Mike Ogliore, Vice Ogliore. Festival has grown significantly in the President for Events & Operations last nine years. This year, for the first – Sara Jones at the Bellevue Downtown Associa- time, the fest welcomes industry giants View the event’s sponsors, purchase tick- tion. When asked his favorite part of Shemekia Copeland (just nominated ets, and find more information at bellev- the event, Ogliore said, “Going from for a Grammy for best blues album), uedowntown.com/events/bellevue-jazz- a headliner performance like Booker Etienne Charles & Creole Soul (a well- blues-festival/overview. T. Jones or Mingus Big Band [acts

10 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 PREVIEW >> Coastal Jazz’s 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival June 24-July 3 son, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Various venues,Vancouver, BC Sarah McLachlan, and American jazz vocalist and Grammy winner Grego- In its 31 years of production, Brit- ry Porter. A collaboration of singer- ish Columbia’s biggest and most ac- songwriters Case/ Lang/ Veirs – with claimed music festival has learned a avant-rock icon Neko Case and music thing or two about how to amass and legend k.d. lang – is also on the bill, educate Northwest music listeners. as is 12-piece blues-rock, tour-de-force Running this summer from June 24 Tedeschi Trucks Band driven by through July 3, Coastal Jazz and TD powerhouse R&B vocals and master Music’s Vancouver International Jazz guitarist Derek Trucks (The Allman Festival will cover a wonderful range Brothers Band). of artists, from the mainstream to the hiromi photo by sakiko nomura “We are very much an international avant-garde up-and-coming. festival. We are looking at artists and All-star groups Joe Lovano Quartet progressive jazz-fusion threesome has bands performing in other countries… and Oliver Jones Trio make up some been called “one of the most exciting [and] putting musicians from different of the festival’s biggest jazz names, groups working in any genre today” cultures together on stage,” says the while kicking off the festival is the (DownBeat) and continues to mesmer- festival’s Media Director/Co-Founder explosive pianist/composer Hiromi, ize audiences with fierce precision and John Orysik. “Collaborations have al- herself worth the trip across the bor- energetic interplay. ways been at the heart of what we do.” der. The Japanese phenomenon brings A handful of world-renowned vocal- The festival will host a series to spot- with her an exceptional pairing of ists headline at this summer’s hetero- light French jazz, while another focus electric bass master Anthony Jackson geneous festival, including neo-soul is put on prominent figures from the (Chick Corea, Steely Dan) and hard- icon and five-time Grammy win- UK jazz scene, including free-im- hitting percussionist Simon Phillips ner Lauryn Hill, Britain’s five-time (Al DiMeola, David Gilmour). This Grammy Award nominee Joe Jack- Continued ON PAGE 23

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 11 PREVIEW >> Bad Luck w/ Erik Blood & Prom Queen Christopher Icasiano Rethinks & Redefines the “Jazz Audience”

genres. These three Seattle acts take that evoke the warmth between two us on a journey from the avant-garde bodies and the dizziness of love, sex, to moody electronic soundscapes to or other substances. dreamy desert surf pop. The common Prom Queen churns out “sickly thread is carefully crafted songs that sweet pop tracks inspired by pinup tell intriguing stories and bust out of girls and 1960s house-wives,” writes careful classification. Seattle Weekly. “A multi-instrumental- “In booking this show, I wanted to ist with sultry vocals and a killer retro continue pushing the boundaries and style, Prom Queen pulls you in with defying concertgoers’ expectations of her sugary disposition – and keeps you live music,” says Icasiano. with her edgy girl power.” Bad Luck is the duo of Icasiano and Booking a diverse, cross-genre bill, Bad Luck (Christopher Icasiano & Neil Welch) photo courtesy of artist saxophonist Neil Welch. Their style according to Icasiano, is important in Friday, June 24, 8pm is built on virtuosic chops and deep today’s jazz world. Barboza (21+), 925 E Pike St / $8 knowledge of jazz, but influences range “The music evolves every day,” he far beyond to hip hop, metal, folk, and says. “And in the same way that the Christopher Icasiano, Seattle drum- free improvisation of all flavors. music evolves, I think it’s important to mer and Table & Chairs co-founder, Erik Blood creates music that lives reflect that evolution in how it’s pre- brings an eclectic bill of experimental/ in the magic hour. His production is a sented. Jazz music that’s intended only avant-garde music to one of Seattle’s nuanced secret told only to his co-con- for a jazz audience is destined to never mainstream music venues. spirators (Shabazz Palaces, Moondog- grow…or, at the very least, grow at a Featuring Bad Luck, Erik Blood, gies, THEESatisfaction). After two very slow pace. I’m trying to rethink and Prom Queen, this all-local lineup albums and a film score, Blood is delv- and redefine who the ‘jazz audience’ is, at Barboza on Friday, June 24, repre- ing further inward, into the dream, and who it could be.” sents a perfectly eclectic meeting of and returning with tales and melodies -Ed., courtesy of Christopher Icasiano

12 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 13 PREVIEW >> 2016 Northwest Summer Festivals Bellevue Jazz Festival Hiromi: The Trio Project, Polyrhythmics, Dan Jazz Port Townsend June 1-5 – Various venues, Bellevue, WA Brubeck Quartet, Evan Parker w/ Torsten July 24-31 – Fort Worden State Park, Port McTuff, Lee Oskar & Special Guests, Etienne Mueller/Meredith Bates/Peggy Lee, Marc Townsend, WA Charles, Shemekia Copeland, and more. Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, and more. JD Allen, Sean Jones, George Colligan, (425) 453-1223, www.bellevuedowntown.com (888) 438-5200, (604) 872-5200 Harish Raghavan, Matt Wilson, Akiko www.coastaljazz.ca Chateau Ste. Michelle Concert Tsuruga, Graham Dechter, Jeff Hamilton, Jeff Series TD Victoria International Clayton, Terell Stafford, Gerald Clayton, John Clayton, Kendrick Scott, and more. June 4-September 16 – Chateau Ste. JazzFest (360) 385-3102, www.centrum.org/jazz-port- Michelle, Woodinville, WA June 24-July 3 – Various venues, Bob Dylan & His Band w/ Mavis Staples, Lyle Victoria, BC townsend-the-workshop/ Lovett & His Large Band, Festival of Jazz: Joe Jackson, Gregory Porter, Oliver Jones Jazz in the Valley Nellie McKay, Bobby Caldwell, Madeleine Trio, Joe Lovano Classic Quartet, Jacky July 29-31 – Downtown Ellensburg, WA Peyroux Trio, Jonathan Butler and Gerald Terrasson Trio, Laila Biali Trio, Marianne Junior Cadillac, Kim Archer Band, Pearl Albright, and more. Trudel Quartet ft. Ingrid Jensen, and more. Django w/ Gail Pettis, Industrial Revelation, (425) 488-1133, www.ste-michelle.com (250) 388-4423, www.jazzvictoria.ca Clinton Fearon, Lenny Price & Friends, Duffy Britt Pavilion Series Taste of Tacoma Bishop Band, and more. June 4-September 20 – Britt Pavilion, June 24-26 – Point Defiance Park, (888) 925-2204, (509) 925-2002 Jacksonville, OR Tacoma, WA www.jazzinthevalley.com Eric Burdon & The Animals, Diana Ross, The Geoffrey Castle, Cherie Blues, Scott Piano Guys,Gipsy Kings, Michael Franti & Lindenmuth Trio, Brandon Willis, Stickshift Oregon Festival of American Spearhead, and more. Annie with Kimball & the Fugitives, and more. (800) 882-7488, www.brittfest.org Music (425) 295-3262, www.tasteoftacoma.com August 9-13 – The John G. Shedd Institute Yakima Blues & Brews Bash for the Arts, Eugene, OR June 11 – Historic North Front Street, Chinook Fest Summit “G.I. JIVE: Good Cheer From Home, Yakima, WA July 8-10 – The Summit at Snoqualmie, 1939-45,” celebrating the role of popular Rebirth Brass Band, Scott Pemberton Snoqualmie Pass, WA entertainment during WWII, including films, Polyrhythmics, Happy Orchestra, Dirty Trio, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the lectures, and an all-new production of the Revival, Whitney Mongé, and more. Roadmasters, and more. 1944 musical On The Town. (503) 427-1676, www.chinookfest.com (509) 576-6772, www.yakimablues.com (541) 434-7000, www.theshedd.org America’s Classic Dixieland Vancouver Island MusicFest July 8-10 – Comox Valley Fairgrounds, Jazz and Oysters Jazz Festival August 13 – Wilson Field, Ocean Park, WA Courtenay, BC June 23-26 – St. Martin’s University, The James Danderfer Quintet feat. George Marcus Pavilion, Lacey, WA Tal Wilkenfeld, Jim Byrnes, John Prine, Colligan, Jacob Miller & the Bridge City Yve Evans, St. Louis Rivermen, Bob Schulz Cécile Doo-Kingué, Daniel Lapp, The Crooners, The Thara Memory Superband Frisco Jazz Band, Joep Peeters, Grand Ragpicker String Band, The Twenty Fourth Dominion Jazz Band, Ivory and Gold Jazz Street Wailers, and more. feat. Tahirah. Band, Uptown Lowdown, and more. (250) 871-8463, www.islandmusicfest.com (360) 665-4466, www.watermusicfestival.com (360) 943-9123, www.olyjazz.com Bite of Seattle A Case of the Blues “Reboot” TD Vancouver International July 15-17 – Seattle Center, Seattle, WA August 20 – Sarg Hubbard Park, Jazz Festival Cara Francis Trio, Paul Richardson & Yakima, WA June 24-July 3 – Various venues, Friends, Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Tayla Lynn with Eric Tingstand, Aaron Vancouver, BC Michael Powers, and more. Crawford, Leather Soul Band. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Tedeschi Trucks Band, (425) 295-3262, www.biteofseattle.com (509) 453-8280, www.yakimagreenway.org

14 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 15 FOR THE RECORD Choice Recent, Local Releases

strumental traditions into a cohesive whole. Though the eclectic approach on Shoebox View invokes touchstones such as producer (and former Seattle resident) Tucker Martine’s work and Jon Hassell’s “Fourth World” con- cepts, Siegel’s musical worlds are less quirky than Martine’s, and seem de- void of the self-consciously intellec- tual theorizing of Hassell’s approach. Siegel is also not concerned with overt displays of virtuosity, but with creat- eted group of contributors, including ing and inhabiting a musical space. sterling work from saxophonist Mark There’s a welcome sense of openness, Naomi Moon Siegel Taylor and drummer Steve Banks. an almost dimensional quality to the Janusz’s songwriting (about half the music, as well as a centered, patient Shoebox View tunes are originals) is stylistically var- calm and connection to the rhythms ied, and like Costello, he has a lyrical Break Open Records of nature. Shoebox View is an aural ear for storytelling. balm that satisfies the body and soul, Highlights include the unexpected Naomi Moon Siegel is a composer while still providing grit and diversion harmonic turns in the album opener and trombonist of intuitive conception for the brain. and thoughtfully focused execution, “French Kiss,” as well as a couple of whose skillful presence has graced the – Andrew Luthringer the more stripped down numbers: bandstand with a wide variety of Se- “That’s All,” with Janusz’s vocals attle’s most creative musicians. Sadly Victor Janusz Band backed by the the chiming guitar of for the local scene, she is planning a Leif Totusek, and the album’s closer, move to Montana, but is leaving a new Living in a Blue State “A Song to Love” featuring just Janusz album, Shoebox View, as parting gift Self-released and his piano. before she begins her next act. – AL Anchored front and center by the Victor Janusz has made a name for richly resonant and enveloping sound himself as a modern cabaret-style Birch Pereira & the Gin of Siegel’s trombone, Shoebox View is singer and skilled pianist, with a broad warm and welcoming post-genre mé- repertoire and a flair for the dramatic Joints lange of trance-inducing global tim- and theatrical (including a success- bres and cinematically rustic textures. ful semi-biographical one-man show, Dream Man Siegel’s compositions are brought to “Hands Solo: Pianoman”). Vocally, Self-released life by a varied crew of sensitive collab- Janusz’s richly expressive voice displays orators such as drummer Eric Eagle, a debt to Frank Sinatra as well as obvi- Over the years (and decades), there guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme, and ous affinity for Elvis Costello. have been recurring cycles of popu- Wayne Horvitz. The album manages On his new album Living in a Blue larity for many varieties of traditional to deftly blend uncluttered melodies, State, Janusz expands his music into a country, early rock & roll, and “retro- environmental sound, and varied in- broader band sound with a multi-fac- swing,” sometimes driven as much by

16 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 ever, are clearly not about shtick, gim- locked-in groove, but Pereira makes it micks, or ironic detachment. This is a sound easy. His high tenor is delicate top-shelf unit of superb musicians, and but authoritative, and always in the on their new album Dream Man, they pocket, and the stripped-down but su- explore a keenly curated repertoire of perbly effective arrangements are spot classic sounds, steeped with an obvi- on. ous affinity and love for the music. Able to blend Willie Dixon, Hank Birch Pereira is an almost eerily ver- Williams, Fats Waller, and much more satile bassist, arranger, and singer, as into a single tasty brew, The Gin Joints seemingly at home with the electronic obviously have a distinctive skill at beats and synth textures of his band deftly exploring the sometimes treach- Theoretics as he is wandering the erous seams between country, swing dusty roads of American vernacular and the roadhouse, while finding the music with The Gin Joints. It’s a fairly timeless essence of great songs from fashion as by sound musical intent. rare upright bass player who can sing any era. Highly recommended. Birch Pereira and The Gin Joints how- great lead vocals while laying down a – AL

Earshot Series, from page 9 drummers around; in addition to En- emerged as a member of Tim Berne’s dangered Blood, he leads his own trio Snakeoil quartet, plays with an in- lessly strung together” (All About as well as post-rock/jazz group Alas spired sense of purpose, and in Endan- Jazz), its “high-energy, melody-driven No Axis. Bassist Trevor Dunn has gered Blood perfectly complements themes exploded into all-out jams, featured in various Mike Patton and tenor saxophone and clarinetist Chris hammered home by Jim Black’s ag- John Zorn projects for skills equally Speed, another stand-out on the cur- gressive drumming,” as TimeOut NY as honed on electric bass as on upright rent scene, playing with Craig Taborn, said of one of its gigs. Speed and Black acoustic; among his more surprising Uri Caine, and John Hollenbeck’s have, of course, appeared together in accomplishments is to have played, long running Claudia Quintet. many bands, but of all those, said Chi- with the rock band, Melvins Lite, 51 – Peter Monaghan cago Reader, “Endangered Blood is gigs in 50 states and DC in 51 days in Tickets and more information available the one where their contrasting styles an (apparently unsuccessfully) attempt at earshot.org. Earshot Jazz members & flower most fully and fit together most at inclusion in the Guinness Book seniors (60+) receive $2 off general ad- organically.” Well more than a decade of World Records. Alto saxophone mission. Full-time students and military/ ago, drummer Jim Black established and bass clarinetist Oscar Noriega himself as one of the most inventive veterans receive half-off admission.

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound June

TU David Arteaga Quartet featuring guests Jeanie VI Don’t Move, 9:30pm 6 Wednesday, June 1 Mishler and Billy Brandt, 7:30pm VI Tarantellas, 6pm BP Bellevue Jazz Festival: McTuff, 9pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm VI Rabia Qazi, 9pm Sunday, June 5 JA Tuck and Patti, 7:30pm BP Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival: Kelly Ash Band, NC Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30pm Friday, June 3 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm BP Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival: Paul Green & CC Savani Latin Jazz Quartet, 5:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm Straight Shot, 9pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm RR Jazz Night School, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm RR The Jelly Rollers, 10pm CH Julio Lopezhiler & Friends, 8pm FB Jacqueline Tabor Quartet, 6pm SB Rippin Chicken, 10pm CM Climate Change, 7pm HA Dina Blade, 6pm TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30pm EG Blues Manouche, 7pm JA Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, 7:30pm VI Michael Owcharuk Trio, 9pm JA Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5pm Thursday, June 2 MQ Billy Brandt, 8:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:30pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm MQ Happy Hour: Smoke and Honey, 5pm TU North Seattle College, 7:30pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill Chism, 6pm NC Katy Bourne Trio, 8pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm BP Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival: Lee Oskar & RR Alma y Azúcar, 9pm Special Guests, 9pm RR Jazz Night School, 6pm Monday, June 6 BP Javier Anderson, 8pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm TU Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, 7:30pm 9:30pm CC Holy Pistola, 8:30pm VI The New Triumph, 9pm JA Edmonds-Woodway High School, 7:30pm EG Jacob Zimmerman Quintet, 7pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm Saturday, June 4 NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9pm GD Kareem Kandi Band, 8pm BP Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival: Mark DuFresne RR Action Figure/ Delilah Pearl and the Mantarays, JA Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, 7:30pm Band, 8pm 7:30pm MC Shena Van Spronsen, Marc Smason & guests, BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm RR The Salute Sessions (Salute to Mingus), 10pm 6:30pm CS Anacortes Waterfront Festival: Stickshift Annie TU Tim Kennedy Trio, 7:30pm NC Finn Hill Jazz, 7pm w/ Kimball Conant & the Fugitives, 1pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm EG 5th annual Bruce Cockburn Tribute, 7pm Tuesday, June 7 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm EG Mark Christian Miller w/ Randy Halberstadt, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm RE Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival: Eastside Jazz Chuck Deardorf, and Greg Williamson, 9pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm Club & Resonance Present Jacqueline Tabor JA Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, 7:30pm EU EuroJam Session w/ Jeff Busch, 8pm and Friends, 7pm NC Nancy Erickson & Paula Byrne, 8pm JA The Bad Plus, 7:30pm RR Cornish Summer Program: The ABC’s of Latin PN Kareem Kandi Band, 8pm MQ Marco de Carvalho Trio, 6:30pm Jazz Composition, 4pm RR Jazz Night School, 3pm NC Women for Wine Sense Dinner, 7pm RR JFortino (NYC) & Elaine Bonow (SEA), 8pm RR Rockin Teenage Combo/ Maurice and His Thing, OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm SB Marmalade, 10pm 10pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm TU David Arteaga Ensemble, 7:30pm TU Bill Anschell Trio, 7:30pm RR Delvon Lamarr Trio, 10pm Calendar Key

AN Anchor Pub & Restaurant (Everett) GD Grumpy D’s Coffee House PN Pono Ranch Restaurant & Bar BC Barca GN G. Donnalson’s (Tacoma) PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College BD Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill HA Harissa Mediterranean Cuisine PP Pike Place Bar & Grill BH Benaroya Hall JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley PT Point Defiance Park (Tacoma) BP Bake’s Place (Bellevue) KC Kirkland Performance Center (Kirkland) PY Puyallup Meeker Days Festival (Puyallup) BR BREW (Bothell) LA Latona Pub RE Resonance at SOMA Towers (Bellevue) BS B Sharp Coffee House (Tacoma) LC Lake City Farmers Market RN Renaissance Seattle Hotel BT Brass Tacks MC Marcela’s Creole Cookery RR The Royal Room CB Century Ballroom MO Moore Theatre SB Seamonster Lounge CC Capitol Cider MQ Musicquarium @ Triple Door SE Seattle Art Museum CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd MT Mac’s Triangle Pub SY Salty’s on Alki Center TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Wallingford CI C.I. Shenanigans (Tacoma) MV Marine View Church (Tacoma) TD Triple Door CM Crossroads Bellevue (Bellevue) NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop (Shoreline) TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club CR Cafe Racer NL Nectar Lounge CS Cap Sante Marina (Anacortes) OD Old Edison Inn (Bow) VE Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar CZ Couth Buzzard Books OW Owl ’N Thistle VI Vito’s DT Darrell’s Tavern PD Pink Door WT Waving Tree Winery (Kirkland) EG Egan’s Ballard Jam House PF Phinney Farmers Market All venues located in Seattle unless otherwise noted. EU EuroPub PH Panama Hotel Visit earshot.org/jazz-around-the-sound/ for more FB Seattle First Baptist Church PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle event info.

18 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm SB RL Heyer Band, 8pm MQ Shady Bottom, 9pm TD Cyrille Aimée, 7:30pm NC IvyLane, 8pm Curtain Call TU Jay Thomas Big Band, 8pm RR Le Cabaret Royale with Delilah Beaucoup & weekly recurring performances TU Northwest School Jazz, 7pm Bissou and SuperSones/ Guest Burlesque Star: Cherry Manhattan/ Burlesque Vixen: Effie Du Wednesday, June 8 Bois, 8:30pm MONDAY BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm BS Kareem Kandi Band w/ Dmitri Matheny, 8pm TD LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, 8pm CC EntreMundos jam, 9:30 EG Egan’s Vocal Jam, 9pm TU Johnaye Kendrick Quartet, 7:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 EG Egan’s Vocal Showcase, 7pm VI Tim Kennedy Trio, 9pm JA The Bad Plus, 7:30pm NL Mo Jam Mondays, 9 Saturday, June 11 NC Meridienne, 7pm RR Salute Sessions, 10 PD Casey MacGill, 8pm BP Pickled Okra, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm BS Hopscotch, 8pm TUESDAY PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm RR The Jelly Rollers, 10pm CZ Lil Sara & the Night Owls, 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm SB DLO3, 10pm JA Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy Meets Romantic CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra, Warrior Electric Tour, 7:30pm 7:30pm NC Four, 8pm EU EuroJam Session w/ Jeff Busch, 8 VE Table & Chairs Second Wednesdays, 8pm PH Panama Hotel Jazz, 2pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 VI Jason McCue, 9pm RR Chris McCarthy Collective, 4pm RR Smoota/ Crack Sabbath, 10pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 Thursday, June 9 RR The Sugar Beats/ The Nobodies/ The Others, BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm 7pm RR Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, 10 BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill Chism, 6pm SB Emerald Flame, 8pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm TD Bluestreet Jazz Voices, 8pm JA Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy Meets Romantic TU Randy Halberstadt Trio, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY Warrior Electric Tour, 7:30pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm LC One Love, 4pm VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm NC Rochelle House, 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm Sunday, June 12 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm CC Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces at CC, PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Naomi Moon Siegel Shoebox View Album 5:30pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8 Release Show w/ KO SOLO, 7pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm SB Marmalade, 10pm CZ Improv w/ Kenny Mandell, 7pm RR The Jelly Rollers, 10 SE Happy Orchestra, 5:30pm CZ Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm TD LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, 8pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm THURSDAY TU Katie King Jazz Showcase, 7:30pm HA Dina Blade, 6pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm JA Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy Meets Romantic VI Jennifer Kienzle, 9pm Warrior Electric Tour, 7:30pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill MV Jazz LIVE: John Stowell, Hans Teuber, Jeff Chism, 6 Friday, June 10 Johnson, and John Bishop, 5pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm RR Columbia City Beatwalk ft. Swindler, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm SB Cephalopod, 10pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 CM Microsoft Jumpin’ Jive Orchestra, 7pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy Meets Romantic TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 Warrior Electric Tour, 7:30pm TU Edmonds College, 7:30pm SB Marmalade, 10 VI Casey MacGill, 5:30 FRIDAY BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SB Funky 2 Death, 10 SATURDAY BT Live Jazz Trio, 7 SUNDAY CR Racer Sessions, 8 DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 19 TU Jazz Police, 4pm RR Delvon Lamarr Trio, 10pm VI Brad Gibson Presents, 9pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8:30pm RR Honk! Misfits Prefunk ft. Butt Dial//Oddjob VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm Ensemble//The Debaucherauntes, 8:30pm Thursday, June 16 SB Celestial Navigation, 8pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm Monday, June 13 SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill Chism, 6pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm 9:30pm CM Dusty Strings Presents Birch Pereira & the Gin JA Anthony Strong Trio, 7:30pm Wednesday, June 15 Joints, 6:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm JA Joshua Redman Quartet w/ Aaron Goldberg, NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9pm JA Fred Hersch and Anat Cohen Duo, 7:30pm Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson, 7:30pm RR The Salute Sessions (Salute to Mingus), 10pm NC Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints, 7pm MQ Joe Doria Trio, 9pm SB Halvornauts, 10pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm NC Gypsy Reeds, Strings & Skins, 7pm TD Maxence Cyrin, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm TU David Marriott’s Triskaidekaband, 7:30pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PP Stickshift Annie with Kimball Conant and the RR Cornish Summer Program: Jazz Arranging and Tuesday, June 14 Fugitives, 6pm Composing Jazz Voice, 4pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm RR Leni Stern Trio/ Todd Clouser w/ Tarik Abouzied, RR Tim Carey Septet with Isabella Du Graf, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm Damian Erskine & Galen Clark, 7:30pm SB Marmalade, 10pm EU EuroJam Session w/ Jeff Busch, 8pm RR The Jelly Rollers, 10pm TD An Evening with Robben Ford, 7:30pm JA Fred Hersch and Anat Cohen Duo, 7:30pm SB The Unsinkable Heavies, 10pm TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm NC Arthur Murray School of Dance, 7pm TD An Evening with Robben Ford, 7:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm VI Kristin Chambers, 9pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm TU Eric Verlinde Trio w/ Jeff Busch & Dean PM Paul Richardson, 6pm Schmidt, 7:30pm Friday, June 17 BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm CH Grex + Citizens Band, 8pm JA Joshua Redman Quartet w/ Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm MO STG Presents: Gregory Porter, 7:30pm NC Paul Green Quartet w/ Andy Shaw, 8pm RR The Georgetown Orbits & Friends, 8:30pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm VI Milky’s Way, 9pm Saturday, June 18 BH Big Band Bossa Nova, 7:30pm BP Acapulco Gold, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm JA Joshua Redman Quartet w/ Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson, 7:30pm NC Trish Hatley Quartet w/ Darin Clendenin, 8pm Esperanza PY Dan Duval Good Vibes Quartet at Meeker Days Festival in Puyallup, 1pm Spalding RR Hildegard (NOLA), 7pm RR The Cumbieros, 10pm TU Susan Pascal Group w/ Marc Seales, Dave Peterson & Tim Carey, 7:30pm VI Max Wood Trio, 9:30pm VI Tarantellas, 6pm Sunday, June 19 AN Bob Strickland’s Jazz Couriers Jam, 5pm BP New Age Flamenco, 6pm CC Father’s Day with The Anissa Quintet, 5:30pm CR Improvisation is for Everyone, 6:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm GR Marc & Abby’s 65th Birthday Party, 6pm HA Dina Blade, 6pm JA Joshua Redman Quartet w/ Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson, 7:30pm KC Big Band Bossa Nova, 2pm OD Stickshift Annie, Kimball and the Fugitives with Listen 9am-3pm Dan Duggin, 5:30pm RR HONK! Fest West Wrap Party, 7pm weekdays on 88.5 FM SB Ari Joshua Band, 10pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5pm

20 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm RR Grateful Dead: Europe ’72 ft. Andy Coe and Sunday, June 26 VI Ron Weinstein, 9:30pm Keith Lowe (Night 2), 8:30pm BP Geoffrey Castle Trio, 7pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm Monday, June 20 TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30pm CZ Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, VI Marco de Carvalho, 9pm 9:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm Saturday, June 25 HA Dina Blade, 6pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9pm BP 313 Soul ft. Darelle Holden, 8pm JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm RR Father Daughter, 7:30pm BR Bradbury & Oates, 7pm PT Taste Of Tacoma: Stickshift Annie with Kimball RR The Salute Sessions (Salute to Mingus), 10pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm Conant and the Fugitives, 4:30 pm SB Hydroplane, 10pm CH Wind Talkers, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Ph Factor Big Band, 7:30pm EG Dorothy Rodes, Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson, TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5pm Robert Rushing, 7pm TU Cozmotion Guitar Trio, 3pm Tuesday, June 21 JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm NC Greta Matassa Quartet, 8pm VI Ron Weinstein, 9:30pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm SB Hammond B3 Fest, 10pm Monday, June 27 EU EuroJam Session w/ Jeff Busch, 8pm SB Plutons, 8pm BR Bradbury & Oates, Jazz Duo, 7pm JA Stanton Moore Trio with Special Guest Cyril TD Grace Love in: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Soul, 8pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, Neville, 7:30pm TU Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 7:30pm 9:30pm NC Kader Sunday & Jim McLaughlin, 7pm VI James Band, 9:30pm JA Ana Popovic, 7:30pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm WT Beija Flor, Jazz Unlimited 4th Saturday, 7:30pm PO John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet, 8pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9pm RR Delvon Lamarr Trio, 10pm RR The Salute Sessions (Salute to Mingus), 10pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm TU The Line Up w/ Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement, 7:30pm Wednesday, June 22 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm CI Carolena Matus and Randy Halberstadt at CI, 6pm EG Egan’s Vocal Jam, 9pm EG Egan’s Vocal Showcase, 7pm JA Stanton Moore Trio with Special Guest Cyril Neville, 7:30pm NC Homestretch Bluegrass, 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm RR The Jelly Rollers, 10pm RR The Thing / Cortex, 6pm TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm VI Rik Wright, 9pm Thursday, June 23 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill Chism, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm CM The Ginger Ups, 6:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm NC Elspeth Savani Latin Jazz, 7pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm RN Carolena Mátus and Randy Halberstadt – RLife Live, 6pm RR Cornish Summer Program: Advanced Jazz and Contemp. Songwriting and Recording, 4pm RR Grateful Dead: Europe ’72 ft. Andy Coe and Keith Lowe (Night 1), 7:30pm SB Marmalade, 10pm TU Max Holmberg Trio, 7:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm Friday, June 24 BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm CM The Fabulous Roof Shakers, 7pm JA Acoustic Alchemy, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm MQ Freudian Slurp, 8:30pm NC Pearl Django, 8pm PF One Love, 5pm

June 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 21 TU Jazz Misfits, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm In One Ear, from page 3 PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm Tuesday, June 28 RR The Jelly Rollers, 10pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm SB Westsound Deep Funk Club, 10pm information is available at kexp.org CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm TU Thomas Marriott Quartet w/ Rick Mandyck, EU EuroJam Session w/ Jeff Busch, 8pm 7:30pm and jackstraw.org. JA Ana Popovic, 7:30pm VI Wally Shoup Quartet, 9pm Sonarchy’s June schedule: June 5, NC Songwriter Showcase, 7pm Interference Patterns, first heard on OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm Thursday, June 30 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm Sonarchy in 1996, rhythm, noise and PO Mats Eilertsen Trio, 8pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill Chism, 6pm theatre through synths, tapes, loop- RR Delvon Lamarr Trio, 10pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm ers, and experimentation; June 12, SB Michael Owcharuk Presents, 8pm NC ELAS, 7pm Jake Svendsen, piano jazz music as TU Nancy Erickson Quartet, 7:30pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm Jake swings widely through the de- PM Paul Richardson, 6pm Wednesday, June 29 TU Greta Matassa presents Swing with a Big Band, cades, joined for two tunes by Logan BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm 7:30pm Heine on alto sax.; June 19, Unsink- CC How Short, 8:30pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm able Heavies, soul jazz with Nathan NC Tell It On The Road Tour 2016 feat. Evan Spicer (Hammond B3, clavinet), Ben Hulse, Abby K, and Runaway Satellite, 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm Bloom (guitar), Jason Gray (bass), Art Brown (alto sax, flute), and Grant Schroff (drums); June 26, Kyle Han- son, Kyle’s technique for the accordion is “alternating transverse oscillation of the bellows,” a new frame of reference W E E K D A Y S supported by Lori Goldston (cello) and Mark Hillard Wilson (classical guitar). 91.3 KBCS, late Sundays and prime- 9am CAR AVAN time Mondays, features Floatation De- global beats vice with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. A rotation of programmers Gor- noon THOM HARTMANN don Todd, John Midgley, and Megan PROGRAM Sullivan host “The Sound of Modern progressive talk Jazz,” Mondays at 7pm. More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm. 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS global beats/news features tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at Delivery Service in Seattle kuow.org/swing_years.php. 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! Hollow Earth Radio, hol- progressive news lowearthradio.org Full Service , Fridays at 6pm, Violin Family Dealer biweekly, Black Roots Radio, hosted Serving Western & Central Washington by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as a dynamic genre rooted in the Black 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO Established 1964 urban culture American experience. Hollow Earth Radio is Seattle’s freeform online radio station that supports the local mu- BASSES sic communities in the greater Pacific Northwest and tries to create an open, Listen online encouraging stage for underrepresent- www.hammondashley.com ed voices. More at hollowearthradio.org. www.kbcs.fm

22 • Earshot Jazz • June 2016 Vancouver, from page 11 certs will be of no cost to the public. This includes a student performance provising saxophonist Evan Parker in the park, following a nine-day resi- and favored British pianist Alexan- dency of free student workshops led by der Hawkins. A trio to watch for is Chicago-based experimental jazz cel- the masterfully hypnotic Mammal list, composer, and educator Tomeka Hands, UK’s baseless trio reimagin- Reid. Additionally, late night jam ses- ing their influences of Pharoah Sand- sions will tail scheduled performances ers and traditional North Indian and at Frankie’s Jazz Club in the heart of African music with heady melodies Vancouver. and cyclical minimalism. – Halynn Blanchard A new innovation series hosts inter- continental collaborations, and initi- For a full schedule of events, tickets, and ates jetsetters like Polish rising stars more info, visit coastaljazz.ca. Discounts trumpeter/composer Piotr Damasie- are available for attendees under the age wicz and lyrical keys master Marcin of 30 and for series packages. Wasilewski. Opening the innovation series are some of Scandinavian music’s most commanding figures as The Thing, a sonic force of Sweden’s Mats Gustafsson (sax, live electron- ics) and Norway’s Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums). Norway’s Mats Eilertsen Trio will also grace the 10-day lineup with contemporary European jazz. A cast of Vancouver artists and impro- visers are brought together to debut “Echo Painting,” new compositions by Vancouver jazz legend Peggy Lee. An- other three of Vancouver’s most creative voices pioneer in parallel to New York’s guitar titan Mary Halvorson on the final festival day. Noteworthy fusion instrumental bands are set to take over a cozy black box stage tucked off in a hip corner of the city (Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street). Among the groups are Seattle’s Polyrhythmics, New York’s Moon Hooch, and Japan’s risk-taking ensemble Soil & Pimp “Sessions.” This series concludes with JUNO Award-nominated drummer Dan Brubeck and his Vancouver- based group. Priding itself on its inclusivity and accessibility, the Vancouver Jazz Fes- tival has something for everyone re- gardless of age. Of a nearly 400 total performances, approximately 150 con-

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