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A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community September 2014 Vol. 30, No. 09 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Kenny Mandell: Couth Buzzard’s Jazz Guy Photo by Daniel Sheehan Letter from the Director Earshot JazZ  A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath “Damn the Torpedoes...” Managing Director Karen Caropepe Programs Assistant Caitlin Peterkin

Earshot Jazz Editor Schraepfer Harvey Here at Earshot Jazz, we’re at that point in our seasonal Contributing Writers Jeff Janeczko, Caitlin progression where we’re ro- Peterkin, Kathryn Sherman tating out of this sweet sum- Calendar Editor Schraepfer Harvey mer and into the fall colors of Calendar Volunteer Tim Swetonic jazz festival season. Plans that Photography Daniel Sheehan have been in the works since Layout Caitlin Peterkin early in the year have reached Distribution Dan Wight and volunteers their fullness and are about to Send Calendar Information to: hit your mailbox in the form 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 of a beautiful color brochure Seattle, WA 98103 describing another exciting email / [email protected] celebration of jazz in Seattle. John Gilbreath photo by Bill Uznay Board of Directors Ruby Smith Love In fact, the rolling change of (president), Diane Wah (vice president), Sally seasons offers another way to The annual Earshot Jazz Festival Nichols (secretary), Sue Coliton, John W. think about jazz: that change is a thrives on that fluid and exciting Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Hideo Makihara necessary aspect of continuity. string humming through the past, Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, As “America’s great gift to world present, and future. We are excited Kenneth W. Masters, Lola Pedrini, Paul culture,” jazz music has proven it- about this coming series, which Toliver, Cuong Vu self to be a bit of a trickster as it moves celebrates masters, monsters, and Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, through history: easy to love but mentors. Even the older artists on Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. difficult to pin down. Earshot Jazz this year’s festival are well-known Earshot Jazz is published monthly by is a community organization with a agents of change, and they still have Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is long view, working in service to an lessons to teach. available online at www.earshot.org. art form with a mandate for progres- We hope you’ll make plans to join Subscription (with membership): $35 sion and expansion. Whether through our festival opening on October 10, 3429 Fremont Place #309 revolution or evolution, the answer to as we join Seattle artists and audi- Seattle, WA 98103 “What is Jazz?” seems never to be ences to celebrate the birthday of an phone / (206) 547-6763 the same. I think that’s good. artist who challenged conventions, ISSN 1077-0984 As I’ve moved through history against significant odds, until he Earshot Jazz Printed by Pacific Publishing Company was acknowledged as “the genius of myself, especially these last 23 years © 2014 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle alongside the Seattle jazz scene, modern music,” opening up possi- my connection to the music has bilities for virtually all of the artists M i ss i o n S t a t e m e n t been constant, while the music it- on this year’s festival. Earshot Jazz is a non-profit arts and service self has continued to develop and Join us for the whole festival, 10/10 organization formed in 1984 to cultivate a grow. And, as jazz slowly changes, to 11/11, as we celebrate the living support system for jazz in the community spirit of jazz. Let’s find out who will and to increase awareness of jazz. Earshot it shakes up conventions and con- Jazz pursues its mission through publishing a victions, challenging even the audi- be the next Thelonious Monk, the monthly newsletter, presenting creative music, ences who love it, and the systems next Pharoah Sanders, or the next providing educational programs, identifying and to support it. But that’s good art: Evan Flory-Barnes! More soon! filling career needs for jazz artists, increasing “damn the torpedoes, full speed listenership, augmenting and complementing –John Gilbreath, Executive Director existing services and programs, and networking ahead.” with the national and international jazz community.

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PDX Student Jazz Competition Portland State University, downtown Portland, will host its first annual Jazz Forward Competition on February 20 and 21, 2015, during the 12th annual Portland Jazz Festival. The Jazz For- ward Competition joins prestigious regional student jazz competitions in the western United States, including The Monterey NextGen Festival; Lio- nel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho; Reno Jazz Festival; and Seattle Jazz Experience at Cornish College of the Arts. Students compete in five cat- egories: Vocal Soloist, Vocal Ensem- the bad plus photo by jay fram ble, Jazz Combo, Instrumental Soloist, On the Horizon intersects with lives in the Northwest. and Big Band. For more information PDX Jazz Announces Fall Series Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions on entry requirements, registration September 24-December 10 from writers: Please email story pitch- deadlines, application fees, cash prizes Performances at Jimmy Mak’s and es, comments, news and announce- and partner provisions, go to www. ments to [email protected]. pdxjazzforward.com. The Old Church feature The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman, Eric Vloeimans Help the Jazz Around the Sound Earshot Jazz Festival Trio, Dans Le Arbres featuring Chris- Calendar Volunteers tian Wallumrød w/ opening perfor- Please email news and announce- Earshot Jazz is seeking volunteers for mance from Kim Myhr. More at pdx- jazz.com. ments about jazz gigs, concerts and the 26th annual Earshot Jazz Festival, community events to jazzcalendar@ October 10-November 11. Please see Write Earshot Jazz earshot.org. earshot.org/Festival/festival.html for more information. The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects and shares the many ways that jazz

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SWOJO Composition Contest Winner events of the regional jazz scene. For Coop Sextet, new compositions by “Noir” by Jennifer Bellor of Roches- JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- the bassist, with Stephen Fandrich ter, NY, won this year’s Seattle Women’s grams, see jazznw.org. (piano), Mark Ostrowski (drums), Jazz Orchestra’s composition contest. 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, Billy Monto (alto / tenor sax), Darian “Deep Blue Sea” by Jihye Lee of Bos- features Jazz Theater with John Gil- Asplund (tenor sax) and Robby Beas- ton, MA, received honorable mention. breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, ley (trumpet / flugelhorn); September The compositions will be performed a live-performance broadcast from the 21, Raica Hardware, a synth perfor- and recorded live by the Seattle Wom- Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- mance by DJ Chloe Harris; Septem- en’s Jazz Orchestra, featuring special duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule ber 28, Jason Parker Quartet, jazz guest artist Grace Kelly, at the Triple information is available at kexp.org with a Pacific NW feel, with Parker on Door, November 4, as part of the Ear- and jackstraw.org. trumpet, Josh Rawlings (piano), Evan shot Jazz Festival. SWOJO also shares Sonarchy’s September lineup: Sep- Flory-Barnes (bass), D’Vonne Lewis that they’ve been awarded a grant from tember 7, Labyrinth and the Des- (drums) and guest tenor sax player the Washington Arts Commission and ert, maximum sound pressure and Cynthia Mullis. the National Endowment for the Arts overtones by Andrew McInnis (Juno 91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and prime- to help sustain the composition contest. 106, Casio MT-68, piano and harmo- time Mondays, features Floatation De- To learn more about Seattle Women’s nium), with text by Martin Schilde; vice with John Seman and Jonathan Jazz Orchestra, visit swojo.org. September 14, John Seman’s Lil’ Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with Da- vid Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. Jazz Radio More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm. 88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, Jazz After Years and Beyond, popular music Hours (now hosted by Jeff Hanley) from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its kuow.org/swing_years.php. weekday NPR and late-night and prime- In One Ear News time jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule. Email news about Seattle-area jazz Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- artists, for In One Ear, to editor@ear- Jeff Hanley, new host of Jazz After Hours. shot.org. days, 2pm, features the artists and Photo courtesy of PRI.

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PROFILE Couth Buzzard Jazz Sessions

By Caitlin Peterkin At two o’clock in the afternoon on the third Sunday of August, the back space of Couth Buz- zard Books was filled with lo- cals coming together to enjoy a friendly jazz jam. Paulette, a tap dancer, clacked around the store as she made to greet people, fa- miliar and new faces alike. Jose, an 81-year-old saxophonist, faced the wall as he warmed up his fingers on his instrument. And in the corner, prone on the floor behind his owner, was Buddy, the 12-year-old Lhasa Apso–Shih Tzu mix. Many Greenwood residents fre- quent this neighborhood bookstore, part of the vibrant Seattle jazz scene. Its motto: “Building Community, One Book, One Cup, One Note at a Time.” Neighborhood resident Kenny

Mandell, saxophonist, compos- kenny mandell photo by daniel sheehan er, and educator, is now in his third year of facilitating a variety As the jam progressed, however, mu- In fact, each variation of the band of jazz sessions at “The Couth.” The sicians, music appreciators, and store played off each other well. With vet- most veteran of these sessions is Jazz patrons alike gathered around the per- eran Couth jammers and newcomers First Friday, which typically features formance space, filling up seats and alike, the store was treated to a deli- Mandell’s band Ronin, with longtime spots onstage. cious afternoon of bossa nova Black friend and collaborator, drummer As he played saxophone and con- Orpheus to jazz standards. Don Berman. Last year, they added gas, Mandell shouted out or pointed The jam session exemplified the two jam sessions: the straightahead to who would solo next, effortlessly warmth and friendliness of the Couth jam, which takes place on the third transitioning between musician and Buzzard and all the jazz happenings at and fourth Sundays of each month, conductor. A young newcomer from the bookstore. It’s an intimate, family- and a free improv jam, which is held Oregon stood next to Jose, and though oriented place with a strong sense of on the second Sunday of each month. The first open jazz jam of August saw the two saxophonists had never played community, which is what store owner a healthy-sized audience. A Charles together, the jam allowed them to im- Theo Dzielak’s goal was all along. Mingus piece was the first played of provise off each other, tossing solos “Theo was trying to make not just a the afternoon, to a crowd of about six. back and forth and playing off each bookstore, but a community center,” other well. Mandell says.

6 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 On top of providing a friendly, quality jazz scene, Couth Buzzard has a Jazz at “The Couth” variety of new and used books, assort- ment of coffee, wine, and beer, and Friday, September 5, 7:30pm excellent homemade baked goods, Jazz First Fridays – Jump Ensemble w/ Gregg Robinson, Mark Filler, Marty and hosts open mic nights, poetry Hasegawa readings, and more, indeed creating (Ronin will play October 3, 8pm) a strong community center in Green- Sunday, September 7, 7pm wood – though it’s well worth a trip The Couth ‘Tet Little Big Band Public Rehearsal even if you’re not from the ‘hood. I made my way over to the book- Sunday, September 14, 7pm store to catch up with the man behind Creative Improvised Music Jam Session the Couth Buzzard jazz scene, Kenny Mandell. Sunday, September 21 & Sunday, September 28, 2pm Q: How did the Couth Buzzard jazz Open Jazz Jam scene get started? A: I think it started by just becoming a person in the neighborhood. I live five blocks from here, and started coming in and became friends with Theo. We both come from the East Coast, so we had that in common, and he’s a poet, musician, bookstore guy so we’ve become very good friends. I knew he was having music here, but it was mostly folk-y stuff, open mic kind of things – the usual kind of cof- feehouse stuff. I said, well, how about hosting some jazz? And it wound up he loves jazz. I convinced him to allow Ronin, my group, to play here the first Friday of every month, and we’ve done that for three and a half years now, before I broached the idea of having jam sessions here. Q: What are the Couth Buzzard jam sessions like? A: My goal was to make it really friendly, really inclusive of all levels. I teach a lot and I invite my students, whether they be adult or 10 years old, to come and play with the house band. As time has gone on, I’ve realized that part of the reason jazz is not really popular is because people are kind of intimidated by it. So I’m trying to make jazz in this community more listener friendly, seeing kids playing in

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September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 7 Feature Jazz Jams and Hangs

couth buzzard jam photo by caitlin peterkin By Kathryn Sherman as “friendly and non-competitive.” jam, organized by Seattle record label Focusing on standards and blues, the Table & Chairs, welcomes musicians On any given night of the week in Couth Buzzard Books jams provide of all walks and styles to share their the Emerald City, you can venture a supportive environment with easily voice, creating a truly free sharing of into a hole-in-the-wall cafe, club, or recognizable tunes, creating an ideal ideas that transcends genre. corner bar and find jazz innovation at setting to grow more comfortable and every turn. From standards and blues Nectar Lounge further confidence in your playing. to groove-oriented improvisation with Mondays, 9pm (doors open at new works inspired and composed en- Café Racer 8pm) tirely in the moment, tunes for every Sundays, 8-10pm 412 North 36th Street style and taste comprise Seattle’s local 5828 Roosevelt Way NE nectarlounge.com jazz jams. racersessions.com 21+ Couth Buzzard Books Hosted by a different musician or “Mo Jam Mondays” at the Nectar Jazz jam, last two Sundays of each group each week, the Racer Sessions Lounge have garnered a reputation month, 2pm provide a venue for collective impro- as the place to be Monday nights. Improv jam, second Sundays, 7pm visation based on specific concepts or This “groove-oriented, no limits im- 8310 Greenwood Avenue N approaches. Each session begins with prov jam” hosted by the Morganica buonobuzzard.com a performance of original music from Quartet (Morgan Gilkeson, drums; the host, transitioning smoothly into Dylan Hughes and Marina Christo- If you’re seeking an active yet gentle a jam session driven by ideas that pher, bass; Zach Zarrow, keyboard; way to ease into the Seattle jazz scene, the artist presents. This month, the Ian Hughes, guitar) features a differ- this may be the jam for you. Led by curators will be Bryan Smith (Sept. ent special guest each week. With his area musician and teacher Kenny 7), Spontaneous Rex (Sept. 21), and “eclectic collection of funk and mod- Mandell, this jam has been described Christian Pincock (Sept. 28). This ern jazz,” DJ Tibor keeps the energy

8 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 entremundos photo by marc hoffman courtesy of adriana giordano high between sets. “My jam forces Owl ‘n Thistle everyone out of their box; they are Tuesdays, 10pm forced to make it up and take chances. 808 Post Avenue This creates a very open and expres- owlnthistle.com sive environment where all musicians 21+ are expressing themselves and taking This longstanding jam session is chances musically,” says drummer and straight ahead jazz, often hosted by bandleader Gilkeson. Eric Verlinde on piano and Jose Mar- Delivery Service in Seattle Capitol Cider tinez on drums. This jam was founded Mondays, 9:15pm by a group called Bebop and Destruc- Full Service 818 East Pike Street tion – a name that’s no misnomer for Violin Family Dealer capitolcider.com the atmosphere the group conceived. Serving Western & Central Washington 21+ Featuring stellar musicianship, this Established 1964 weekly event promises to act as a Should you be looking for something memorable learning experience for all slightly different, the EntreMundos musicians, young and old. Verlinde session at Capitol Cider puts a spin on and Martinez keep the ball rolling, BASSES the traditional jam scene. Described and the jam as open as possible. Pia- as “the most diverse and groovy se- nist Verlinde recommends that young ries of jam sessions,” this jam never www.hammondashley.com fails to bring new ideas forward. With hosts Adriana Giordano (vocals), Eric 6 Steps to Attending Jam Verlinde (keyboard), Dean Schmidt Sessions (bass), Jeff Busch (drums), Ernesto Pe- diangco and Tor Dietrichson (percus- STEP 1: Go to as many jam sessions sion), this session “brings a groove-cen- as you can. tered link between the worlds of jazz, Brazilian, Latin, blues, R&B, funk, STEP 2: Listen. and much more.” Vocalist Giordano STEP 3: Introduce yourself to the says, “The styles change throughout musicians and share in the commu- the evening, and we do a really good nity. job keeping it balanced and interesting in terms of energy. While we have a STEP 4: Repeat. six-piece house band with some of the STEP 5: Practice – at home – favor- most sought after musicians in Seattle, ite tunes, the heads, rhythmic hits, we get to play and learn from other improvisation, and musicianship. musicians with different levels of pro- ficiency.” STEP 6: Show up, ready to socialize and perform well together.

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 9 players “spend time learning tunes. sic. Practice your chops so that you can Go out to sessions and make a note of sit in at the jam sessions.” The commu- the songs that are being played … Ul- nity loves music and collaboration, so timately, you want to learn all of the get out there and join in the fun! songs that you can, but first it’s a good idea to check out the songs that are be- Tula’s ing played in your local jam sessions.” 2214 2nd Avenue tulas.com Boxley’s All-ages until 10pm First Tuesdays, 7pm – Vox at the Box Wednesdays, 5&7pm – Future Jazz Tula’s Jazz Club is a staple in the Se- Heads attle jazz scene and has been referred to by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis as 101 W North Bend Way a “cool place.” Tula’s hosts live music boxleysplace.com nearly every evening, featuring nu- Boxley’s provides two jams, both of merous big bands during the week and which act as great opportunities for smaller combos on the weekends. Not students in the area. Vox at the Box, only is this local club a great place to one of the few specifically vocal jams enjoy swingin’ music and meet other in the area, provides a great place for musicians, but if you know the band, new vocalists to develop and hone you might even be able to sit in for a their skill and technique. It is hosted few tunes. W E E K D A Y S once a month by Courtney Cutchins, with Eric Verlinde (piano), Chris Sy- mer (bass), and Ray Price (drums). Nearby Sessions 9am CAR AVAN Future Jazz Heads is another unique Darrell’s Tavern, Sundays, 8pm global beats jam, giving middle and high school students the opportunity to spend 18041 Aurora Avenue N time on stage working alongside and darrellstavern.com playing with professionals. Jazz Monster Jam Sunday is host- noon THOM HARTMANN ed each week by bassist Kevin Mc- PROGRAM Ship Canal Grill Carthy’s Quartet or another group. progressive talk Wednesdays, 7:30-10:30pm With pinball, pizza, free pool, and 3218 Eastlake Avenue East beer, this tavern is not just a cool shipcanalgrill.com place to sit in, but also to hang. 3pm MUSIC + IDEAS global beats/news features Led by Seattleite and Cornish Col- Blue Moon Tavern, First and lege of the Arts faculty member Jay third Thursdays, 4-7pm Thomas, this all-ages jam provides another ideal venue for students and 712 NE 45th Street bluemoonseattle.wordpress.com 5pm DEMOCRACY NOW! young musicians to share the stage progressive news Bi-weekly jam session hosted by with professionals. The band, The drummer Dave Abramson. Cantaloupes, includes drummer Adam Kessler, bassist Chuck Kistler, and pia- Egan’s – Vocal Jam, nist John Hansen, promising to make 6pm HARD KNOCK RADIO Wednesdays, 9pm urban culture for a fun and exciting jam every week. The Seattle scene is welcoming and 1707 NW Market Street encouraging of all musicians, whether ballardjamhouse.com you’re looking to sit in or just to listen. This is another jam focused The best thing you can do to get in- specifically on vocals. Hosted by Julie Olson with Darin Clendenin volved in the scene is to “be present,” Listen online (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass), drummer Morgan Gilkeson says. “You and Brian Kirk (drums). www.kbcs.fm have to go to shows, support local mu-

10 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 PREVIEW >> Seattle Lindy Exchange 2014

September 12-14 Various venues The first Seattle Lindy Exchange was in October of 1999. As one of the early Lindy Hop events in the country, Seattle was one of the pioneers that laid the groundwork for the Lindy Exchange phenomenon that has swept the globe. Lindy Exchanges call globally upon dancers and musicians to convene in a host city to do what they do: dance and play music. No classes, no competitions – just lots of live music and social dancing. The event aims to showcase the local jazz music, dancers, and venues unique to each city. By this cur- rency, Seattle is rich; our local musical talent is the envy of jazz lovers across the country, our social dance scene remains unparalleled, and our beautiful venues are as rich in history as they are exceptional. At the Seattle Lindy Exchange, musicians are the special guests. Every year, the bands formed for the exchange reflect the quality of swingin’ musical talent from Seattle, and this year we are happy to welcome musicmakers from New Or- leans (Charlie Halloran, trombone, and Cassidy Holden, bass) and New York (Gordon Au, trumpet, and Dennis Lichtman, reeds) to join the party! Seattle Lindy Exchange is honored to welcome such purvey- ors of fine swinging: Greg Ruby and his Rhythm Runners, Seattle native Brittany Johnson swings out with Joshua McLean of New Orleans to the musical stylings of local musician, Dave Holo’s HoloTradBand. photo by paul kammer

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 11 and returning favorites, Casey MacGill and his Or- chestra, and Solomon Doug- las. Friday, September 12, Washington Hall, 8:30pm Main Dance featuring Solomon Douglas Solomon Douglas is a staple of Seattle and the Seattle Lindy Exchange. He is a jazz pianist and bandleader, whose various bands have played at more than 50 exchanges, camps, workshops, and other events in North America, Asia, and Aus- tralia in the past 10 years. His experience as a swing The rhythm runners photo by reed george dancer and dance instructor gives him an understanding performing at concert and swing unique among musicians of the music dance venues in the region, and mak- Seattle Lindy Exchange that swing dancers and blues dancers ing a full-length studio recording of like to dance to. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 the new work. Unofficial SLX kick-off party Friday, September 12, Venue TBA, Sunday, September 14, Century Bands and Price TBA 1am Ballroom, 9:30pm Russian Center, 704 19th Ave E Saturday, September 13, Casey MacGill’s Orchestra Friday, Sept 12, 2014 Washington Hall, 9:30pm Jazz Dance Film Fest, 6pm Sunday, September 14, Westlake Casey has long been a SLX favor- Main Dance feat. Solomon Park, 1pm ite, and has been playing music from Douglas, 8:30pm Greg Ruby’s Rhythm Runners L.A. to Seattle for longer than most Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave of us can remember. He steers the The Rhythm Runners have convened band from his piano bench, alternately Friday Late Night Dance feat. under auspicious circumstances to de- cruising along and sweating feverishly, Greg Ruby’s Rhythm Runners, liver Prohibition-era jazz to the Pacific switching intuitively between the uku- 1am Northwest. With musicians hailing lele and the piano and the cornet, sing- Venue TBA from New York, New Orleans and Se- ing and scatting, sometimes all within Saturday, Sept 13, 2014 attle, this group of five horn and string the same song. He has been singing Main Dance feat. Greg Ruby’s players performs music rooted in the and arranging vocal harmonies for Rhythm Runners, 9:30pm sounds of early jazz. over 40 years, in a career that stretches Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave As the 2014 Seattle Lindy Exchange from Los Angeles (Mood Indigo; fea- Sunday, Sept 14, 2014 featured band, The Rhythm Runners ture films Frances and Swing Shift) to Greg Ruby’s Rhythm Runners, will debut new work by guitarist Greg Spokane (The Spirits of Rhythm and 1pm Ruby at the historic Washington Hall the neo-swing classic CD Jump), to Westlake Park, 401 Pine St in Seattle. The creation and presenta- Broadway (the musical Swing!) and fi- tion of these compositions are gener- nally to Seattle (most recently with the Casey MacGill’s Orchestra, ously funded by the King County arts Blue 4 Trio). 9:30pm foundation 4Culture. During a tour, Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St the group will be headlining the open- –Courtesy of Elisabeth Dingivan, Se- ing night of DjangoFest NorthWest, attle Lindy Exchange

12 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 PREVIEW >> DjangoFest NorthWest

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley September 17-21 In the introduction to an anthol- ogy recording of Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Frank Vignola quotes guitarist Tony Mottola: “A day without hearing a guitar being played is like a day without sunshine.” Western Washingtonians know all about days without sunshine. And, with our city’s musical history, most of us also know a thing or two about the guitar. So, if you’re looking for a few solid days of not having to go without hearing one (and, given the dates, a reasonably good chance of sunshine too), head to DjangoFest rhythm future quartet photo by andy cambria NorthWest at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, September 17- sent to concentration camps) and blew Friday evening’s concert features the 21. away American jazz greats like Louis Tcha Limberger trio with guitarist Now in its fourteenth year, Django- Armstrong and Duke Ellington – even Benjamin Clement and bassist Csikos Fest NorthWest is a five-day-long fes- after suffering an injury in a fire that Vilmosmost. Described as a “walking, tival dedicated to the life and legacy paralyzed two fingers on his left (fret- singing pillar of Gypsy knowledge of Django Reinhardt. The schedule board) hand. What’s more, Django’s and culture … [that] blends influ- includes a host of performances and uniqueness was such that his style ences from all the myriad and various workshops featuring world-class art- spawned its own name – Gypsy jazz – styles of Gypsy song,” Limberger will ists who continue to keep Reinhardt’s and a devoted, worldwide following as be sure to wow audiences with his vir- legacy alive more than six decades af- strong today as it ever was. ter his death. The festival’s main event is doubtless Django Reinhardt, of course, was Saturday evening’s Gypsy jazz “super FESTIVAL PASSES the Sinté Gypsy/Roma musician born band” concert with Dutch guitarists in a travelling caravan in Belgium and Stochelo and Mozes Rosenberg, Bel- Standard Weekend Pass: $275.50 raised in encampments outside Paris gian violinist Florin Niculescu, and (Includes Friday) who took that city’s musical world by bassist Simon Planting. It’s a rare – Premium Weekend Pass: $313.50 storm in the 1920s and 30s. To say in fact, singular – opportunity to see (Includes Friday) that he was a rare individual is to un- these players (all considered among the derstate the obvious. His musical tal- best at their craft) perform together. Standard Festival Pass: $342.00 ent (and determination) kept him out (According to the festival’s website, no Premium Festival Pass: $380.00 of harm’s way during Hitler’s reign other performances featuring this line (when over a half-million Roma were up are scheduled in North America.)

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 13 tuosic skill on both violin and guitar. PERFORMANCE Local Gypsy jazz heroes Pearl Djan- SCHEDULE go, who’ve played every DjangoFest NorthWest ever held, will help set the Wednesday, September 17 ambience for Limberger’s trio this year $25 with a set in the Friday matinee slot. 3 Cent Stamp | Greg Ruby’s The Rhythm Future Quartet featur- Rhythm Runners ing Jason Anick and Olli Soikkeli takes the stage Sunday afternoon. The Wall Thursday, September 18 Street Journal has described Soikkeli $45 as a “riveting” guitarist who’s “among Ivan Peña Quintet | Robin Nolan Trio with Kevin Nolan and Simon the worthiest current day successors to Planting the legacy of the great Django,” while Anick has been lauded by the Boston Friday, September 19 Globe as possessing a “compositional Matinee, $35 voice [that] is as distinctive as his vir- Richard Smith | Pearl Django tuosic playing.” Got chops? Indeed they do, and they’ll likely be on full Friday, September 19 display after the Leah Zeger Quartet Evening, $60-50-40 (Premium, with Gonzalo Bergara warms up the Standard, Value) stage. Trio Dinicu | Tcha Limberger Trio Guitarist Robin Nolan and his trio, Saturday, September 20 featuring Kevin Nolan on rhythm guitar and Simon Planting on bass, hit the Matinee, $55-45-35 (Premium, Standard, Value) stage Thursday evening. They’re sure Joscho Stefan with Special to leave the audience with no doubt as Guest Richard Smith | Gonzalo to why George Harrison championed Bergara – El Cuarteto Argentino Nolan’s music when his (Harrison’s) gardener played him a CD he picked Saturday, September 20 up after hearing Nolan play in Am- Evening, $70-60-50 (Premium, sterdam. His most recent recording, Standard, Value) Gypsy Blues, has been earning Nolan Stochelo and Mozes Rosenberg steady accolades since its 2013 release. with Florin Niculescu and on Ivan Peña’s quintet featuring strings, bass Simon Planting horns, and reeds opens. Sunday, September 21 All this merely scratches the surface Matinee, $45 of a truly global affair. Whidbey Is- Leah Zeger Quartet with Special land may not be Paris, but with 15 per- Guest Gonzalo Bergara | Rhythm formances and 19 workshops (covering Future featuring Jason Anick and just about every Gypsy jazz topic you Olli Soikkeli can imagine, and all open to the public), DjangoFest NorthWest is sure to Sunday, September 21 be both a fitting tribute to where this Evening, $65-55-45 (Premium, music came from and a fine display of Standard, Value) where it’s headed. Quinn Bachand – Saga Award Recipient | Brothers in Djams Full schedule, including list of work- with Stochelo & Mozes, Robin shops, and tickets available at djangofest. & Kevin, Gonzalo & Maki, Tcha, com/home/djangofest-northwest2014. Florin, Joscho, Quinn – Jeff Janeczko

14 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 2014 Earshot Jazz Festival

Friday, October 10, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm Sunday, October 19, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm Saturday, November 1, Chapel Performance Monk 10/10 Boban & Marko Markovic Space, 8pm Orkestar Battle Trance Friday, October 10 & Saturday, October 11, Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club 7:30pm Sunday, October 19, PONCHO Concert Hall, Saturday, November 1, Nordstrom Recital Larry Fuller Trio Cornish College of the Arts, 7:30pm Hall, 7:30pm; Sunday, November 2, Lew Tabackin Trio | Ben Flocks Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm Saturday, October 11, Chapel Performance Trio Seattle Repertory Jazz Space 8pm Orchestra “Quincy and Ray on John Seman’s Lil Coop Quintet | Monday, October 20, Triple Door, 7pm Jackson Street” Gregg Belisle-Chi Garfield High School Jazz Band Sunday, November 2, EMP Level 3, 7:30pm Sunday, October 12, PONCHO Concert Hall, Wednesday, October 22, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Industrial Revelation | Cuong Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Vu & Ted Poor Tri Minh Quartet: Sounds from Jacky Terrasson Trio Sunday, November 2, Triple Door, 7pm & Hanoi Thursday, October 23, PONCHO Concert 9:30pm Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Monday, October 13, Triple Door, 7:30pm Greg Osby Quartet True Blues: Corey Harris & Taylor McFerrin Alvin Youngblood Hart Friday, October 24, Royal Room, 8pm Monday, October 13, Tula’s Restaurant and Monday, November 3, Barboza, 8pm Jazz Club, 7:30pm Jessica Lurie/Living Daylights Reunion | Syrinx Effect Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Oliver Groenewald Newnet Band Friday, October 24, Tula’s Restaurant and Tuesday, October 14, Triple Door, 7:30pm Jazz Club, 7:30pm Tuesday, November 4, PONCHO Concert Carmen Lundy Group Kareem Kandi Organ Trio Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Wednesday, October 15, Chapel Hal Galper Trio w/ Jeff Johnson Saturday, October 25, PONCHO Concert & John Bishop Performance Space, 8pm Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Eric Vloeimans: Oliver’s Barry Altschul 3dom Factor Tuesday, November 4, Triple Door, 7:30pm Cinema Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Sunday, October 26, Seattle Art Museum, 8pm featuring Grace Kelly Thursday, October 16, Triple Door, 7pm & Daniel Barry’s Celestial Rhythm 9:30pm Orchestra Thursday, November 6, various times, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba locations, artists Wednesday, October 29, EMP Level 3, 7:30pm Sax in the City Thursday, October 16, PONCHO Concert Eric Revis Quartet | Kate Olson Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Sextet Friday, November 7, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm Johnaye Kendrick Group Pharoah Sanders Quartet Thursday, October 30, PONCHO Concert Friday, October 17, Royal Room, 8pm Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Friday, November 7 & Saturday, November Amy Denio & OU Dave Liebman New Quintet 8, Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club, 7:30pm Anton Schwartz Quintet Friday, October 17 & Saturday, October 18, Friday, October 31, Royal Room, 6/8/10PM Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club, 7:30pm Royal Room Halloween Party Saturday, November 8, Roosevelt High Thomas Marriott: Urban School Auditorium, 7:30pm Friday, October 31, Downstairs @ Town Hall Roosevelt High School Jazz Band Folklore Seattle, 8pm Saturday, October 18, Town Hall Seattle, 8pm Chad McCullough: Spin Quartet Sunday, November 9, Café Racer, 7:30pm Racer Sessions + Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Friday, October 31 & Saturday, November 1, Quintet: Sound Prints Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club, 7:30pm Monday, November 10, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 8pm Saturday, October 18, Chapel Performance Frank Catalano Quartet Space, 8pm Saturday, November 1, Royal Room, 8pm Miguel Zenón Quartet William O. Smith: Compositions Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | Tuesday, November 11, Musicquarium @ and Improvisations McTuff Triple Door, 7:30pm Earshot Jazz Festival Wrap-up Schedule subject to change. Check www.earshot.org for updates. Party

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 15 PREVIEW>> Northwest Fall Jazz Fests

Britt Pavilion Pender Harbour Jazz Festival June 7-September 11 – Britt Pavilion, September 19-21 – Pender Harbour, BC Jacksonville, OR George Cables Trio, Wil Campa Y Su Orquestra, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Laura Crema Quartet, PK3, Ben Henriques Galactic, Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus with Quartet, Dan Brubeck Quartet, and more. Buddy Guy, and more. www.phjazz.ca (800) 882-7488, www.brittfest.org Glacier Jazz Stampede Bumbershoot Arts Festival October 3-5 – Eagles Club, Kalispell, MT August 30-September 1 – Seattle Center The Fat Babies from Chicago, Dave Bennett Bootsy Collins, Polyrhythmics, McTuff, Evan & the Memphis Boys, Evergreen Classic Jazz Flory-Barnes + Infinity Upright!, and more. Band, Ray Skjelbred, Chris Calabrese, John (206) 701-1482, www.bumbershoot.org Goodrich, Dave Wright, Paul Asaro, and more. (406) 892-2115, www.glacierjazzstampede.com Seattle Lindy Exchange September 12-14 – Century Ballroom, Oregon Coast Jazz Party Washington Hall, Westlake Park October 3-5 – Newport Performing Arts Center, Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, Newport, OR Greg Ruby’s Rhythm Runners, Casey Benny Green Trio, Darrell Grant’s MJ New, MacGill’s Orchestra, and Solomon Douglas. Swing Shift Jazz Orchestra, and more. www.seattlelindyexchange.org (541) 265-ARTS [2787], www.coastarts.org Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival Earshot Jazz Festival September 5-7 – Penticton, BC October 10-November 11 – Seattle, WA Tom Rigney & Flambeau, The Terrier Pharoah Sanders, Joe Lovano and Dave Brothers, Gator Nation, Draga’s Dragons, Douglas Quintet:, Boban and Marko Markovic The Original Wildcat Jass Band, and more. Orkestar, Tri Minh Quartet, Bassekou Kouyate & (250) 770-DIXI, www.pentasticjazz.com Ngoni Ba, Dave Liebman, Barry Altschul, Anton Schwartz, Greg Osby, Miguel Zenon, and more. North Bend Jazz Walk (206) 547-6763, www.earshot.org September 13 – Various venus, North Bend, WA Southern Oregon Music Chuck Deardorf & Gene Argel, Kelly Eisenhour Festival Trio, Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes, Danny October 10-12 – Jacksonville, OR Kolke Trio & Guests, Bernie Jacobs Quartet, Blue Street Jazz Band, Bob Draga, Cornet Jennifer Kienzle Duo, Leah Stillwell Duo, Chop Suey, Dave Bennett & The Memphis Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, and more. Boys, High Sierra Jazz Band, High Street Band, www.northbendjazzwalk.com Lena Prima Band, and more. DjangoFest NorthWest (866) 448-1948, www.somusicfest.org September 17-21 – Whidbey Island Center Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree for the Arts, Whidbey Island, WA October 15-19 – Sun Valley, ID Stochelo and Mozes Rosenberg with Florin Barnhart-Midiri Quartet, Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Niculescu, Tcha Limberger Trio, Rhythm Band, Blue Street Jazz Band, Bob Draga & Future Quartet, Gonzalo Bergara-El Cuarteto Friends, Boise Straight Ahead, Bruce Innes Trio, Argentino, Robin Nolan Trio, and more. Gator Nation, High Street, and more. (800) 638-7631, www.djangofest.com (877) 478-5277, www.sunvalleyjazz.com

16 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 Couth Buzzard, from page 7 So he asked why don’t we get together A: I’m just part of the community some people who can really play. – I’m the Couth Buzzard Jazz Guy! the jam sessions. The age range can be We hand-picked the band, got 10- Couth Buzzard is becoming part of from 12 to 81! 12 players, decided to have a public the scene, that’s my goal, just to meet The straight-ahead sessions have re- rehearsal performance. Theo loves it more people. Inclusion is the word … ally taken off. I bring all these fake because he used to be a recording en- music should be a part of everybody’s books and real books, encourage gineer. He said it’s great to see the pro- life in a real way, whether you program people to play a couple tunes with cess, see a band getting together. It’s it, listen to it, play it. the house band. It got so popular we unique in a sense. August 1 was our Hopefully it will just get more of an added another session, so it’s the third first one. People thought it was great. audience. A big part of motivation for and fourth Sundays of every month, Everyone reads really well, it sounded me, outside of playing, is to help the been so for the last year and a half. I good, the majority of players wrote us Couth Buzzard survive. Having an have different house bands, a pool of afterwards that it was really fun – even independent business in these times, people, whoever’s available. I try to sell though it was 98 degrees in there! especially in books, is hard, so to bring them on the community aspect of it, Q: How do you see yourself in Se- in audience is giving it recognition and having fun. Everyone who’s come here attle’s jazz scene? business. has had a really good time. In the midst of that, I thought, well, with my background in free improv, let’s try that as well. I wanted it to be different than others, so what I came THE HOLLER SESSIONS up with is to limit each piece to eight minutes. One of my arguments with FRANK BOYD free improv is that they can go on ad CREATED & PRODUCED IN nauseam, so this puts a framework on PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEAM it, some structure. At first I thought it might make people uncomfortable, but it’s worked much better than I hoped for. Each session can really be different. We have a harp player, a classical violinist, all sorts of musicians show up. Q: How did the latest jazz session, “The Couth ‘Tet,” come to be? A: Don Berman actually came up with that. When I direct my own student workshops – middle school, high school, adult groups – it’s about five to eight players in a group, including me. We do a 10-week session of rehears- als then perform, and for one performance a drummer flaked out on me, so I asked Don if he could fill in – I knew he could just step in and play, he reads very well. A couple weeks later, Don says, “You know, that was really great, and you have all these arrange- ments.” I have great classic material, Thelonious Monk, Coltrane, Miles TOWARD A MORE VISCERAL EXPERIENCE OF JAZZ. Davis, Duke Ellington, on and on. January 2015 ontheboards.org

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Jazz Around The Sound September 09 Monday, September 1 TD WAA Showcase: The Duhks, Fernando TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 Varela, Kneebody, 7:30 VI The New Triumph, 9 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike TD The Hot McGandhis (Musicquarium), 9 St), 9:30 TU Max Hatt / Edda Glass Quartet w/ Clipper Saturday, September 6 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar, 412 N 36th St), 9 Anderson & Brad Boal, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 C* Bellwether on the Bay (16 Bellwether Way, VI Rik Wright, 9 PM Paul Richardson, 6 Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham), 1 C* Leif Totusek (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona Tuesday, September 2 4 Jewish Women of Tin Pan Ave NE), 7 Alley CH Rhys Tivey w/ Chris Icasiano, Tim Carey, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Jazz and blues singer and storyteller Pamela Rose Gregg Belisle-Chi, 7:30 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 delivers a live theatrical concert celebrating Jewish CM Jet City Jazz Band, 7 SB McTuff Trio, 11 women songwriters from the earliest days of jazz and JA Rachelle Ferrell, 7:30, 9:30 SB Andrew Endres Collective, 9 blues. This journey through the American songbook, NC Eugenie Jones, 8 TU Jay Thomas Usual Suspects Big Band, 8 including Tin Pan Alley, Broadway musicals, bebop, RR En Canto, 9 and Hollywood, was featured twice at the Monterey SB Eric Hullander Band, 7 Wednesday, September 3 Jazz Festival. Rose performs the program Thursday, September 4, 7:30pm, at the Stroum Jewish SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 Community Center. Tickets are $8 for SJCC members/ SY Victor Janusz, 10am PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 students/youths/seniors and $12 for guests. TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30 SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes jam, 8 Friday, September 5 6 Trumpeter Rhys Tivey TA Max Hatt / Edda Glass, 7 NYC-based trumpeter, vocalist, and composer TU Smith/Staelens Big Band, 7:30 BB Jazz First Fridays Jump Ensemble, 8 Rhys Tivey marked a bold debut with the release of VI Jerry Zimmerman, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 progressive jazz album No Voice No More. The album BX Vern Sielert Dektet, 7, 9 exposes his quartet’s firm roots in jazz and blues Thursday, September 4 C* Los Buhos w/ Marc Smason (El Quetzal, improvisation while blending dynamic overtones 3209 Beacon Ave S), 7 of memorable melody and cinematic composition. BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 CH Seattle Composers’ Salon w/ Paul Gillespie, New material incorporates indie-influenced lyrics BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4 Jessika Kenney, Jim Knapp, Angelique and vocals. This performance will feature Seattle C* Jewish Women of Tin Pan Alley w/ Pamela Poteat, 8 musicians Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitar), Chris Icasiano Rose (Stroum Jewish CC, 3801 E Mercer (drums), and Tim Carey (bass). Openers The Sky Is CM Correo Aereo, 7 Way, Mercer Island), 7:30 a Suitcase plays original free-form compositions and DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 C* Eric Fridrich (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 improvisations, with Michael Gebhart (drums), Carmen JA Rachelle Ferrell, 7:30, 9:30 Latona Ave NE), 7 Rothwell (bass), Levi Gillis (tenor sax), and Ray Larsen, LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 EB Jacob Zimmerman Quintet, 7 (trumpet). The exciting double bill is September 6, RR Eugenie Jones & D’Vonne Lewis, 8:30 7:30pm, Chapel Performance Space. Admission is by JA Rachelle Ferrell, 7:30, 9:30 SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 $15 suggested donation at the door. PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TD Mark Sexton Band (Musicquarium), 9 SB Steve O’Brien Trio, 7 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5

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AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 545-8570 CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, PL Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920 BB Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave N, Bellevue, 425-828-9104 PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle, 2505 1st 436-2960 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Ave, 728-1337 BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 Shoreline, 542-2789 RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 906- BD Bad Albert’s, 5100 Ballard Ave NW, 782-9623 DU Duos Lounge, 2940 SW Avalon Way, 452- 9920 BN Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St, 675-9116 2452 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633- BP Bake’s Place Bellevue, 155 108th Ave NE, EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market 1824 Bellevue, 425-454-2776 St, 789-1621 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave, 654-3100 BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807 425-292-9307 LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 525-2238 SG Ship Canal Grill, 3218 Eastlake Ave E, 588- C* Concert and Special Events MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, 8885 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd 763-0714 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526- Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 1188 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, 177th St, Shoreline, 365-4447 TA Tempero do Brasil Restaurant, 5628 University Bellevue, 425-644-1111 NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622- Way NE, 523-6229 CN Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, 324-7263 2563 TD Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523- OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 5282 PD Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, 443-3241 VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695

18 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 Sunday, September 7 TU Mordy Ferber Trio w/ Chuck Kistler, Greg Williamson, 7:30 BB Couthtet Little Big Band Public Rehearsal, 7 Curtain Call VI Brazil Novo, 9 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 weekly recurring performances C* Steve Griggs Ensemble: Cup of Joe Brazil Friday, September 12 (University Library, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE), 2 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Aline Vida & Band (Everett Public Library BX Mordy Ferber Trio, 7, 9 MONDAY Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave, Everett), 2 C* Seattle Lindy Exchange: Greg Ruby’s CR Racer Sessions: Bryan Smith, 8 Rhythm Runners (Washington Hall, 153 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 14th Ave), 1am Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9 JA Rachelle Ferrell, 7:30, 9:30 C* Seattle Lindy Exchange: Solomon Douglas C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar PM Paul Richardson w/ Josephine Howell, 6 (Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave), 8:30 Lounge, 412 N 36th St), 9 SF Shawn Mickelson Duo, 6:30 CH Neil Welch + John Teske Duo, 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am PM Paul Richardson, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Diane Schuur Allstar Band, 7:30, 9:30 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TUESDAY VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 9 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 TU Rob Scheps Quartet w/ John Hansen, Jeff Johnson, Reade Whitwell, 7:30 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Monday, September 8 VI Casey MacGill, 8 SB McTuff Trio, 11 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike Saturday, September 13 WEDNESDAY St), 9:30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar, 412 N 36th St), 9 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 Bruce Barnard, Alex Conga, 1 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 PM Paul Richardson, 6 BX North Bend Jazz Walk, 6 PD Casey MacGill, 8 C* Jazz Night School: Anton Schwartz clinic RR Koto Jazz / Ron Weinstein Trio, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes TU David Marriott Big Band, 7:30 (3916 S Morgan St), 10:30am C* Seattle Lindy Exchange: Greg Ruby’s jam, 8 Tuesday, September 9 Rhythm Runners (Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave), 9:30 THURSDAY BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 C* Leif Totusek (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, C* Eugenie Jones, Tesla Love Party (Tesla Ave NE), 7 9 Motors, 435 Westlake Ave N), 7 CH Paul Hoskin solo, 8 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 JA Diane Schuur Allstar Band, 7:30, 9:30 SB McTuff Trio, 11 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SB Jacques Willis, 7 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8 SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 FRIDAY SG Jeanie Mishler & Hopscotch, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Wednesday, September 10 SY Victor Janusz, 10am BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 TD Billy Brandt (Musicquarium), 9 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 TU Tom Collier Quartet w/ Marc Seales, Carmen Jazztet, 7 C* Stranger Genius Awards showcase: Erik Rothwell, Steve Korn, 7:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Blood, Industrial Revelation, Amber Kai Sparks, 5 Morgan & Garrett Kelly (Frye Museum, 704 Sunday, September 14 Terry Ave), 5:30 SATURDAY BB Free Improv w/ Kenny Mandell, 7 C* Table & Chairs: Ivan Arteaga (Vermillion, BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am 1508 11th Ave), 8 C* Seattle Lindy Exchange: Greg Ruby’s PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 Rhythm Runners (Westlake Park, 401 Pine SUNDAY SB Eric Hullander Gang, 10 St), 1 SB Basement Baby, 7 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6 C* Steve Griggs Ensemble: Panama Hotel Jazz SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes jam, 8 CR Racer Sessions, 8 (Greenlake Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr N), TU Jim Cutler Quartet, 7:30 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 2 VI Brad Gibson Quartet, 9 CN Seattle Lindy Exchange: Casey MacGill’s PM Paul Richardson & Josephine Howell, 6 Thursday, September 11 Orchestra, 9:30 CR Racer Sessions, 8 SY Victor Janusz, 10am BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ JA Diane Schuur Allstar Band, 7:30, 9:30 7:30 Bill Chism, 6 PM Paul Richardson w/ Josephine Howell, 6 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 SB Travis Hartnett, 6 C* Eric Fridrich (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 Latona Ave NE), 7 SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwizd, 6:30 CM Dina Blade & Hans Brehmer, 6:30 SY Victor Janusz, 10am JA Diane Schuur Allstar Band, 7:30, 9:30 TU Jazz Police Big Band, 3 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU UW Jazz Band, 7:30 SE Art of Jazz: Janis Mann, 5:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 19 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 TU Roadside Attraction Big Band, 7:30 C* Annie Eastwood w/ Kimball & the Fugitives (Pike Place Bar & Grill, 90 Pike St), 6 Monday, September 15 16 LA Rosenboom 5 & Netcat C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike The Daniel Rosenboom Quintet is an electrifying the Arts, Langley), 8 St), 9:30 ensemble that brings together some of the Los Angeles JA Amina Figarova, 7:30, 9:30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar, 412 N 36th St), 9 creative music scene’s most distinctive instrumental PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 voices: Daniel Rosenboom (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, JA 15th Sister City Jazz Day with Rie SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes jam, 8 and flugelhorn), Gavin Templeton (saxophones, flute, Takahashi, 7:30, 9:30 TU D’Vonne Lewis and Limited Edition Trio, and bass clarinet), Alexander Noice (electric guitar and 7:30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 FX), Kai Kurosawa (Bear Trax and FX), Dan Schnelle PM Paul Richardson, 6 (drums). Seattle trio netcat, with Brandon Lucia TU Mach One Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 (Chango/drums), David Balatero (cello) and Andrew Thursday, September 18 Olmstead (keys), opens the Seattle debut of this BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Tuesday, September 16 critically acclaimed modern jazz-rock outfit, Tuesday, BN Blue Moon session w/ Dave Abramson, 4 September 16, 8pm. Tickets are $10 advance at BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 strangertickets.com or $12 at the door. CY Eastside Jazz Club, 7:30 C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for JA Amina Figarova, 7:30, 9:30 the Arts, Langley), 8 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Wednesday, September 17 C* Eric Fridrich (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 RR Daniel Rosenboom Quintet / netcat, 8 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 Latona Ave NE), 7 SB McTuff Trio, 11 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 SB Spontaneous Rex, 8 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 SB Evan Flory-Barnes, 10 TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8 VI Jason Parker Quartet, 9 Friday, September 19 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Greg Williamson Trio, 7, 9 C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley), 3, 8 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 RR Wil Blades Trio, 8:30 SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9 TU Dan & Tatum Greenblatt Quintet, 7:30 Saturday, September 20 BX Five Trumpets & Rhythm, 7, 9 C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for Esperanza the Arts, Langley), 3, 8 C* Leif Totusek (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona Spalding Ave NE), 7 CH Susan Alcorn + Wally Shoup, 8 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 SB 6 Demon Bag, 10 SB Eric Hullander Band, 7 SF Sue Nixon Quartet, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Marc Seales, Phil Sparks, D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30 VI Rabia Shaheen Qazi, 9:30

20 Century Ballroom Dinner, Jazz, Dance Jazz vocalist Greta Matassa, and trio, and tap dancer Jovon Miller first came together a few years back to play and dance for a friend in the Bellingham area. Now, they’re bringing the show to the Century Ballroom. “In the Moment”: Jazz Tap and Song plays Saturday, September 20, 7:30pm. Tickets are $55, Listen 9am-3pm including dinner and the show, or $20 advance/$25 weekdays on 88.5 FM day-of, for show only. More at centuryballroom.com.

20 • Earshot Jazz • September 2014 Sunday, September 21 VI Lamar Lofton, 9 DU Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular Jazztet, 7:30 JA Eliane Elias, 7:30, 9:30 BB Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2 Thursday, September 25 LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 PL Penelope Donado w/ John Hansen & Jeff C* DjangoFest NW (Whidbey Island Center for BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Johnson, 7 the Arts, Langley), 3, 7 BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton w/ SF John Sanders & Sue Nixon, 9 C* Mezcla: Jazz All-Stars from Cuba (Stroum Bill Chism, 6 TD The Djangomatics (Musicquarium), 5 Jewish CC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 TU Stephanie Porter Quartet, 7:30 Island), 3 C* Eric Fridrich (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona Ave NE), 7 C* Steve Griggs Ensemble: Cup of Joe Brazil Saturday, September 27 (W. Seattle Library, 2306 42nd Ave SW), 2 CH Zero-G Concerts: Tribute to Charlie Haden, 8 CN Casey MacGill & His Hi Five, 9 JA Eliane Elias, 7:30, 9:30 AV Los Buhos w/ Laura Oviedo, Marc Smason, CR Racer Sessions: Spontaneous Rex, 8 PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 Bruce Barnard, Alex Conga, 1 DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 TD A Cedar Suede (Musicquarium), 9 BN Industrial Revelation, 9 JA Earl Klugh, 7:30, 9:30 TU Thomas Marriott Tribute to Horace Silver w/ BX Bernie Jacobs, 7, 9 PM Paul Richardson w/ Josephine Howell, 6 Marc Seales, Phil Sparks, Matt Jorgensen, C* Leif Totusek (Thurston’s Bistro, 6421 Latona RR Zooma Bella, 8 7:30 Ave NE), 7 SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am C* Miles Black Octet (Sudden Valley Dance SF Alex Guilbert, 6:30 Friday, September 26 Barn, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham), 3 SY Victor Janusz, 10am BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 CH Eric Barber, Ammon Swinbank, Mike TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 CH Steve Peters’ birthday, 8 Gebhart, 8 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 JA Eliane Elias, 7:30, 9:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6

21 Afro-Cuban Mezcla Fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz, Mezcla’s music is a genuine celebration of the culture and musical roots of Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles. The sizzling sounds of Mezcla (which means “mixed” 2214 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 in Spanish) have been heard at the Sonoma Jazz www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 SEPTEMBER 2014 Festival and regularly at Yoshi’s in Oakland. Attend this international performance Sunday, September 21, 3pm, at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. Advance tickets are $20 for members/students/youths/ seniors and $25 for guests; tickets at the door are $25 for SJCC members/students/youths/seniors and $30 for guests.

Monday, September 22 C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St), 9:30 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar, 412 N 36th St), 9 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 PM Paul Richardson, 6 RR Mack Fisher / Olli Hirvonen, 8 TD The Bad Plus, 7 TU Ann Reynolds & Clave Gringa CD Release Party, 7 Tuesday, September 23 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 JA Lisa Fischer, 7:30, 9:30 OW Owl jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 SB McTuff Trio, 11 TD The Bad Plus, 7, 9:30 TU PH Factor Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 Wednesday, September 24 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 BX Future Jazz Heads, 5, 7 JA Lisa Fischer, 7:30, 9:30 PD Casey MacGill & Friends, 8 RR Piano Starts Here: Interpretations of Bartok, 8 SG Jay Thomas & the Cantaloupes jam, 8 TU Greta Matassa Showcase, 7

September 2014 • Earshot Jazz • 21 NC Katy Bourne Quartet, 8 SF Ann Reynolds & Leah Pogwizd, 6:30 RR Jorge Alabe/ En Canto/ Choroloco, 9 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am SF Shawn Mickelson Trio, 9 SY Victor Janusz, 10am State of the Art acoustics SY Victor Janusz, 10am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 and technology. We are TU Matt Jorgensen John Coltrane Birthday VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 digital from capsule to Celebration, 7:30 VI Ruby Bishop, 6 cone. No converters in the VI Casey MacGill Trio, 9:30 process. Remarkable Monday, September 29 dynamic range. In a word, Sunday, September 28 “NATURAL”. A retreat C* EntreMundos jam (Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike setting. Accommodations BB Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2 St), 9:30 available. Jazz is our BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 C* Mo Jam Mondays (Nectar, 412 N 36th St), 9 specialty. We might even C* Steve Griggs Ensemble: Panama Hotel Jazz MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 trade you for time. Record (Columbia City Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S), 2 PM Paul Richardson, 6 some of our material and CR Racer Sessions: Christian Pincock, 8 SB Tim Kennedy, 10 we’ll record some of DT Darrell’s Tavern session, 8 TU James Knapp Orchestra, 7:30 yours. JA Eliane Elias, 7:30, 9:30 Mount Dallas PM Paul Richardson w/ Josephine Howell, 6 Tuesday, September 30 San Juan Island RR Garfield Jazz Jam, 6 SB McTuff Trio, 11 360-370-5694 RR Nelda Swiggett Stringtet CD Release Party, SB Natural Selection, 8 EclecticLadyLandRecording.com 7:30 TU Critical Mass Big Band, 7:30 SB Tim Kennedy, 9

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