Dawn Clement: 2017 Festival Resident Artist Photo by Daniel Sheehan Letter from the Director Earshot Jazz a Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community September 2017 Vol. 33, No. 9 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Dawn Clement: 2017 Festival Resident Artist Photo by Daniel Sheehan Letter from the Director Earshot JazZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community

Executive Director John Gilbreath No Black, No Jazz Managing Director Karen Caropepe Program Coordinator Lydia Isayas

Earshot Jazz Editor Caitlin Peterkin

Someone once said that “jazz was Contributing Writers Halynn Blanchard, born in the American South, in Marianne Gonterman, Derek Decker, Caitlin the collision of Black, European, Peterkin and Indigenous cultures.” Of those three, I believe that jazz most firmly Layout Lydia Isayas belongs to Black America. And even Photography Daniel Sheehan though jazz is subsequently being Calendar Editor Lydia Isayas embraced by all cultures around the Distribution Karen Caropepe & Earshot Jazz world, it is done so with the clear, if volunteers implicit, understanding that jazz is Send Calendar Information to: a fundamental expression of Black 3429 Fremont Place N, #309 culture, Black experience, Black Seattle, WA 98103 lives. email / [email protected] What is most disturbing about the Board of Directors Danielle Leigh opening quote is that the referenced (President), Viren Kamdar (treasurer), “collision” is still unfolding at the “more perfect union.” And still, here Ruby Smith Love, Sue Coliton, John W. intersecting soul of American life, we are. We have a lot of work to do, Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Diane Wah, Jon in the dark and in the light, without and clearly, we can’t just bring this Perrino, Sheila Hughes regard to any stop sign or mile post. thing in to the dealer for repair. Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, We’d like to believe that we’ve If I was as hip as I’d like to be, Hideo Makihara, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola come a long way down the road, this is the part where I’d drop in Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu and that, automatically, progress the answers. I don’t have them. But Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, means enlightenment. We prac- I’ll work harder on myself. At some Gary Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. tice hard, and we get better. Our points, jazz has been an equalizer— Earshot Jazz is published monthly by chances for wreckage should be di- integrating bandstands and broad- Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle and is minished, right? I guess not. Some casts for the sake of the music, and, available online at www.earshot.org. of us would also be inclined to lay by the way, to show the rest of the recent racial collisions at the feet Subscription (with membership): $35 country that it was the right thing of our idiot/maniac bus driver, but 3429 Fremont Place #309 to do. Lionel Hampton talked about that would be short-sighted. Seattle, WA 98103 the piano, and how you had to have Donald Trump is a symptom. To phone / (206) 547-6763 the black keys and the white keys be sure, he’s a big one—an ugly to make music. That’s all nice, but Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 and festering sore on the American that’s not going to do it. We all have Printed by Pacific Publishing Company body, apparently happy to spread to get in there and do the work. © 2017 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle the infection and jack up the fever. But racial problems are at the core Black Lives Matter. of the American experiment. Bi- M i ss i o n S t a t e m e n t ographies of John Adams, Thomas And, we’ve got a jazz festival com- Earshot Jazz cultivates a vibrant jazz Jefferson, and others are very clear ing up. Stay tuned for details. community by engaging audiences, about conscious decisions to set the celebrating artists, and supporting issue of slavery aside, in order to arts education to ensure the legacy –John Gilbreath, Executive Director see a clearer (read: easier) path to a and progression of the art form.

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September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 3 Earshot Jazz Festival 2017 Earshot Jazz Festival Schedule

Sunday, October 8, KEXP Gathering Space, Tuesday, October 17, Seattle Art Museum, Monday, October 23, Jazz Alley, 7:30pm 4pm 8pm Marc Seales Band Festival Kick Off: All-School Omar Sosa Quarteto Jazz Jam / Jazz Soliloquies / Tuesday, October 24, Chapel Performance AfroCubano Space, 7:30pm Industrial Revelation Tuesday, October 17, PONCHO Concert Matt Mitchell: Music of Tim Monday, October 9, Jazz Alley, 7:30pm Hall, 7:30pm Berne / Dawn Clement Duos Tribute to Overton Berry Naomi Moon Siegel Band / Dawn Clement Duos Tuesday, October 24, Seattle Art Museum, Tuesday, October 10, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm 7:30pm Wednesday, October 18, Triple Door, 7pm & Garfield High School Jazz Band 9:30pm Thelonious Monk Birthday Wednesday, October 25, Nordstrom Recital T. S. Monk Monk on Monk Tuesday, October 10, Edmonds-Woodway Hall, 8pm High School Little Theater, 7:30pm Wednesday, October 18, The Royal Room, Brad Mehldau 7:30pm Edmonds-Woodway High Wednesday, October 25, Shorewood School Band w/ Roxy Coss Elliott Sharp plays Monk / Greg Performing Arts Center, 7:30pm Sinibaldi Wednesday, October 11, Triple Door, Seattle Women’s Jazz 7:30pm Wednesday, October 18, Nectar Lounge, Orchestra 8pm Danilo Pérez Trio PanaMonk Thursday, October 26, Chapel Performance An Evening with Will Bernard, Space, 7:30pm Thursday, October 12, The Royal Room, Skerik & Joe Doria 8pm Robin Holcomb Trio / Mikolaj Jemeel Moondoc, Nathan Thursday, October 19, Moore Theatre, Trzaska 7:30pm Breedlove, Brian Kirk / Gordon Thursday, October 26, Roosevelt High Grdina Hudson: Jack DeJohnette, Larry School Auditorium, 7:30pm Grenadier, John Medeski, John Thursday, October 12, Triple Door, 7:30pm Roosevelt High School Jazz Scofield Band w/ Matt Wilson Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet / Friday, October 20, The Royal Room, 7pm Happy Orchestra Friday, October 27, PONCHO Concert Hall, & 9:30pm 8pm Friday, October 13, Barboza, 8pm Marquis Hill Blacktet Briggan Krauss Strings & Mostly Other People Do the Saturday, October 21, PONCHO Concert Reeds Killing / The Bloodroot Hall, 8pm Friday, October 27, The Royal Room, 7pm Saturday, October 14, PONCHO Concert Kassa Overall Quartet featuring & 9:30pm Hall, 8pm Aaron Parks Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Joe Sanders Quartet Saturday, October 21, Chapel Performance Family & Friends Space, 8pm Saturday, October 14, Rainier Valley Friday, October 27 & Saturday, October 28, Community Center, 7:30pm Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee Velocity Dance Center, Time TBA Daniel Barry’s Celestial & Neil Welch Ivan Arteaga & Co. Computers Rhythms Orchestra Sunday, October 22, Seattle Art Museum, Music Dance 7:30pm Sunday, October 15, Neptune Theatre, Saturday, October 28, Seattle Art Museum, 7:30pm Ballake Sissoko & Vincent 8pm Jason Moran In My Mind Segal Matt Wilson Honey and Salt Sunday, October 22, Bake’s Place, 8pm Sunday, October 15, Columbia City Theater, Saturday, October 28, PONCHO Concert 7:30pm Johnaye Kendrick Quartet Hall, 8pm Roxy Coss Homecoming / Trombone Insurgency: Joe Syrinx Effect McPhee, Steve Swell,

4 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 Dick Griffin / Wayfaring Tuesday, November 7, Triple Door, 7pm & Friday, November 10, Seattle Art Museum, 9:30pm 7:30pm Sunday, October 29, Columbia City Theater, The Bad Plus Lucian Ban Trio: Songs From 7:30pm Afar / Angela Draghicescu Syncopated Classics Band / Wednesday, November 8, PONCHO Concert Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints Hall, 8pm Saturday, November 11, PONCHO Concert Giulia Valle Trio Hall, 8pm Monday, October 30 & Tuesday, October 31, Dawn Clement: LineUp! Columbia City Theater, 7:30pm Wednesday, November 8, Chapel Yeah, But Is It Jazz? Performance Space, 7:30pm Saturday, November 11, Nectar Lounge, 8:30pm Artist curated, two nights, six ensembles Gato Libre w/ Satoko Fujii Taylor McFerrin / SassyBlack / Wednesday, November 1, Moore Theatre, Thursday, November 9, Chapel Performance Noel Brass Jr 7:30pm Space, 7:30pm Gregory Porter Lori Goldston & Judith Hamman Sunday, November 12, Triple Door, 7:30pm The Baylor Project Thursday, November 2, Crocodile Café, 8pm Friday, November 10, Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm Black Rock Coalition Get-Down Tickets on sale September 1 at earshot. Ranky Tanky Review & Prince Tribute org. Stay tuned for more information at earshot.org. Thursday, November 2, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Jovino Santos Neto & Martin Kuuskmann Friday, November 3, Seattle Art Museum, Access Inspiration! 8pm Burnt Sugar Arkestra We Insist: Freedom NOW Friday, November 3, PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Steel House: Edward Simon, Scott Colley, and Brian Blade

Friday, November 3, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington, Time TBA Paul Kikuchi: 9066

Saturday, November 4, PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Amina Figarova Sextet

Saturday, November 4, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30pm Sunday, November 5, Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra with Wycliffe Gordon: The Art of the Make a donation TODAY Trombone Sunday, November 5, Columbia City www.earshot.org /donate 206-547-6763 Theater, 7:30pm Anton Schwartz Quartet: Tribute to Stanley Turrentine Earshot Jazz has been Seattle’s major ambassador of jazz music over the last 32 years – presenting jazz masters Monday, November 6, Paramount Theatre, and important new artists, supporting the local scene, 7pm and educating young and old about the joys of jazz – all Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto thanks to contributions from folks like you.

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 5 PROFILE Dawn Clement: Earshot Jazz Festival Resident Artist By Mayumi Tsutakawa

The designation of “resident artist” for the annual Earshot Jazz Festival is meant to highlight an artist who has made outstanding contributions to the overall jazz ecology here in the Puget Sound area. This year, well over 60% of the individual artists in this year’s festival live in the Seattle area, and as 2017 Resident Artist, Dawn Clement stands out mightily here as a multi- talented composer, performer and vocalist. Festival-wise, Clement will perform in several concerts in a series of duo performances she devised with a wide range of musicians—some from Se- attle, some from New York City. Also, following a standing-ovation solo performance of Thelonious Monk music at the 2014 Earshot Jazz Festival, she has been chosen to present 10 solo Monk pieces for his birthday tribute concert on October 10 at the Seattle Art Museum. And, if that were not enough productivity, Earshot has invited Clement to present a concert Dawn clement photo by Daniel sheehan of her own work on November 11 at Cornish College, where she is adjunct Earshot Jazz: In your music training, My teachers taught me to be disci- instructor of piano. what was the most important thing plined, and how to practice, and I have Clement is a winner of three Gold- that led you to the creative work that built relationships with them along the en Ear Awards from Earshot voters you are doing today? way. I have learned a lot from Julian in recent years, for best performance Dawn Clement: I started classical Priester, Jane Ira Bloom, and I learn and outstanding artist (twice), among piano at 10 and started playing jazz in from students and colleagues alike. other prestigious awards. She has com- high school. I got a Cornish scholar- The most important thing is that there pleted five albums and is called upon ship for jazz performance and com- is not one thing that is most impor- to teach at institutes across the nation pleted my degree in 2000. And I just tant. It is the journey and the many (for more information, see dawnclem- finished my master’s in composition things you encounter that are impor- ent.com). Earshot Jazz met with the at Vermont College of Fine Arts. My tant. acclaimed artist to discuss her back- Cornish faculty and Vermont faculty EJ: Do you enjoy teaching, and what ground and her perspectives on jazz were so inspiring to me and I have per- do you think of today’s jazz music stu- today. formed with many of them. dents?

6 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 DC: In 2000 after I graduated I EJ: What is the legacy of Thelonious fragmented and directionless, but not joined the faculty at Cornish. Teach- Monk today? How is his influence felt? in a bad way. ing the piano lab class, I enjoy my stu- DC: The first jazz tune I ever learned dents and try to reinvent the class as I was Monk. I have been playing Monk go. I also teach private students, com- since the beginning. Obviously, the bos, high school groups, and junior Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and high school level, too. the Monk competition continue his Jazz students are different today, legacy. His legacy comes from the fact compared to when I was one. Many that his music is so accessible, everyone are very dedicated and I love their mu- can identify with it. Why? Because of SEEKING UPRIGHT BASS PLAYER sic, which shows they are interested in the ways his melodies and solos are so a lot of different things. They are not strong. The tunes get repeated, like 18-piece band based in Seattle just focused on listening to, and play- in the blues. Playing his music, I am Monday evening rehearsals in Lynwood ing, jazz in one way. They have shown not an expert but I find new things me music styles that are taking it to to bring to it. It makes sense that his rainbowcityband.com/swing the next step. Some are more original music is still performed on his 100th [email protected] and closer to music on the streets. It’s birthday. such a digital world now and they have EJ: What is the importance and di- different skills and interests than I did, rection of jazz today? for example some students can make DC: I think it has the same impor- their own records now. tance it always has had. It involves EJ: Do you enjoy solo work/perfor- improvisation, what is not written on mance? Or do you prefer ensemble the page. Some say it’s getting diluted, work/performance? Why, and what do trickling into other areas of music. you look for in ensemble partners? Various artists are figuring ways to DC: I like both solo and ensemble search out new forms. In the ‘60s, ‘70, work. Solo work is vulnerable work and ‘80s, each decade there were cer- where I stick out my hand to the audi- tain trends in jazz. But now there is ence and communicate with people. not one way of doing that, it is more I also like to play with others, and improvise with people. It keeps us all honest and in real time. The music is Dawn Clement at the 2017 conversational. It involves our reaction Earshot Jazz Festival time and skills and personalities. A October 10, Seattle Art Museum bandleader I once worked with liked that the ensemble people were all from Thelonious Monk Birthday Celebra- different backgrounds but found a tion similar reference point. What I look October 17, PONCHO Concert Hall for are players who listen deeply and are generous, forgiving in the moment, Dawn Duos (with Naomi Moon Sie- gel Band) and have a sense of humor. I also get to put my things aside when October 24, Chapel Performance I play as a side man. I play here in town Space with my quartet, and also with Julian Dawn Duos (with Matt Mitchell) Priester, when he plays here. I am playing in New York about three times a November 11, PONCHO Concert year. And other out-of-town places, Hall too. My family includes three kids so LineUp! I’m lucky to have a great husband who helps out. Full festival info at earshot.org.

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 7 PREVIEW>> Lakedale Resort at Three Lakes Presents Inaugural Music Festival with Brian Nova September 2–3 month leading a Sunday night jazz Lakedale Resort jam at the Triple Door’s Musicquar- 4313 Roche Harbor Rd ium—performs and records as both Friday Harbor, WA a solo artist and bandleader. He has released six recordings, and played on Lakedale Resort at Three Lakes an- Arturo Sandoval’s Grammy Award- nounces its first music festival, fea- winning album Dear Diz. Beginning turing renowned jazz guitarist Brian his jazz career in Seattle, he served as Nova. This Labor Day weekend, at- the Director of Jazz and Guitar Studies tendees will enjoy jazz outdoors, with at Seattle University from 1990–1996. performances by Nova, as well as Max Nova continues to mentor the next Holmberg, Brian Kirk, Missoni Lan- generation of professional musicians za, Dan O’Brien, Howard Paul, and through masterclasses and clinics he Stephanie Porter. conducts around the world. He has

The festival, produced by Lakedale toured with many jazz elite, including Brian Nova photo by Daniel sheehan Resort, is open to all ages and will Herb Ellis, Jimmy Smith, Arturo San- take place on Lakedale’s scenic 82 doval, Stanley Turrentine, and Kurt and music festivals. In 2011, he was acres, which feature a variety of ac- Elling. inducted into the Coastal Jazz Hall of commodations, including the Lodge, Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, Fame. He is currently President/CEO log cabins, Canvas Cabins, campsites, guitarist Howard Paul brings his years of Benedetto Guitars, and a vintage Airstream trailer. Food of expertise to Lakedale. Paul has led The festival also sees Nova perform- will be provided by Seattle’s celebrated his own trio and quartet, worked with ing with celebrated Pacific Northwest Mobile Mavens food trucks. legends including Ben Tucker and musicians. Jazz guitarist and vocalist Brian Bucky Pizzarelli, and is a recurring Drummer Max Holmberg has prov- Nova—who can also be seen this performer in Savannah’s annual jazz en a fresh force on the Seattle jazz BRIA SKONBERG Thursday, October 5, 2017 Marketing & promotion of Edmonds Center for the 7:30 pm | Tickets $19–$49 Arts is made possible, in part, by assistance from the Snohomish County Hotel-Motel Tax Fund. This Canadian singer, trumpeter, and songwriter is described by The Wall Street Journal as one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.” Elite jazz chops, artfully mixed with worldly rhythms and contemporary songwriting, result in a sophisticated pop sound closely resembling Michael Bublé, Diana Krall, ec4arts.org | 425.275.9595 and Harry Connick Jr. 410FOURTHAVENUENORTH 10% off for Seniors 62+ & Military on ECA presented events! EDMONDSWA98020

8 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 scene. A graduate of Roosevelt High School and Berklee College of Music, the young musician actively performs with the 200 Trio, The Arsonists, and The Kareem Kandi Band, and leads a weekly jam session at The Angry Bea- ver in Greenwood. He is also an educator, and has collaborated with musicians including Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Gerald Clayton, and others. Originally from Indianapolis, drummer Brian Kirk studied jazz at Indiana University under the late David Baker. Having lived in San Francisco and New York City, Kirk has played with such artists as Joe Henderson, Gladys Knight, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bobby Hutcherson, as well as the orchestras of Lionel Hampton and Count Basie. He now performs on the Seattle scene with projects including The nu Trio, is the professor of Jazz, Percussion, and Music Theory at Seattle Central Com- munity College, and is an active member of the Washington Music Educa- tors Association. Bassist Dan O’Brien has been playing professionally all over the world for the better part of five decades. He studied at the New England Conser- vatory of Music and gigged on the East Coast before moving to Seattle in 1997, where he now teaches bass at Music Works Northwest and actively performs with artists including Nova, Susan Pascal, Jay Thomas, and vocalist Stephanie Porter, also featured this weekend. Porter is a regular performer on the Seattle jazz scene, has released three well-received albums, and was named Northwest Vocalist of the Year at the 2013 Golden Ear Awards. Missoni Lanza is an emerging singer/ songwriter on the Pacific Northwest are available on the day of the event er through music. The Lakedale Music scene. With her rich, sultry vocals, she at the gate, open at 10am; prices are Festival sponsors are Sagelands Wines, has been compare to Billie Holiday, $25 per person, per day. Festival pro- Flagship Event Rentals, and Benedetto Norah Jones, and Fiona Apple. She ceeds will benefit Terry’s Kids and the Archtop Guitars. is currently working on her first full- San Francisco Study Center, which For more information, to purchase length record. provides free music programming to tickets, or to make a reservation, call Advance ticket sales are now avail- global schools and care facilities, with 360-378-2350 or visit lakedale.com. able and a limited number of tickets a mission of bringing children togeth- –Ed., courtesy of Althea Conyers Achem

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 9 PREVIEW >> The 2017 Bellhaven Jazz Festival

Saturday, September 9, 1pm Fairhaven Village Green, Bellingham Free & open to the public

On Saturday, September 9, Jud Sher- wood’s Bellingham-based Jazz Project presents the seventh annual Bellhaven Jazz Festival, an opportunity for audiences to indulge in great Northwest jazz with artists from across the region. With the support of the festival’s generous sponsors, this event is free-of- charge and open to music lovers of all ages. Guests are invited to bring their own picnic blankets or lawn chairs, check out libations from the beer and wine garden, and celebrate excellent music in historic Fairhaven Village Green. Enjoy unmatched views in this gorgeous setting and delight in a laid-back day of jazz, blues, and Latin sounds. Johnaye Kendrick, beloved Seattle jazz vocalist, opens the festival at 1pm with her quartet. She performs original compositions as well as personal interpretations of favorite jazz and blues standards. The talented multi-in- strumentalist often accompanies her- self on harmonium, violin, viola, and John Carswell photo by Fredrick Sears percussion. In 2013, she was nominat- ed for a Golden Ear Award for North- Bernadette Peters, Greta Matassa, Art Farmer. Since then, he has gar- west Vocalist of the year. A dedicated Mimi Fox, John Stowell, and others. nered critical acclaim and a loyal inter- educator, Kendrick currently serves as Matheny is renowned for his warm national following, touring extensively an Associate Professor of Jazz Voice at tone, soaring lyricism, and masterful throughout the United States, Europe, Cornish College of the Arts. technique, and is lauded as “one of the and Asia, and has released 11 albums The jazz quartet of guitarist Ed Dun- most emotionally expressive improvis- as a leader. The quartet highlights savage and flugelhornist Dmitri Ma- ers of his generation” (International timeless classics from the Art Farmer/ theny takes the stage at 2:30pm. Dun- Review of Music). An honors graduate Jim Hall songbook, modern favorites savage has performed regularly around of the Berklee College of Music, Ma- by Jimmy Webb, Pat Metheny, and the Pacific Northwest for the past 25 theny vaulted onto the jazz scene in Keith Jarrett, and favorite standards years with many artists, including the 1990s as the protégé of jazz legend of American Popular Song. With Jeff

10 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 Johnson on bass and Jud Sherwood on drums, they deliver an emotionally expressive, soulful experience. At 4pm, Blues Union transports listeners to a place of soulful and blue- sy sounds. Led by B-3 organist and singer John Carswell, the quartet also includes drummer Jud Sherwood, who has performed with Carswell throughout the region for 20 years, as well as saxophonist Josh Cook and guitarist Brian Cunningham, two Northwest musicians who perform regularly as sidemen and leaders of their own groups. Rounding out the festival’s lineup at 5:30pm is EntreMundos Quarteto, a Seattle-based band with an infectious mix of deep Brazilian roots music and world rhythms—a deft blending of funk, jazz, and soul with the classic sounds of samba and bossa nova. With the elegant and lilting vocals of Adriana Giordano, the superbly versatile Eric Verlinde on piano, and the locked-in rhythm section of Jeff Busch on percussion and Dean Schmidt on bass, EntreMundos Quarteto delivers the goods: seductive, sparkling, and substantial, light as a feather but with a deep, earthy groove, and guaranteed to move the hips and lift the soul. The 2017 Bellhaven Jazz Festival is made possible with the support of The National Endowment for the Arts, Washington State Arts Commission, The City of Bellingham, Premier Tents, Lithtex NW, Joyce & Terry Busch, Dorothy Sherwood, The Kolin Family, Peoples Bank, United Paint Specialty, Whatcom Educational Credit Union, Fairhaven Village Inn, Becky Brunk, The Boeing Company, BP, Phillips66, Ralf’s Pretzel Bakery, Boundary Bay Brewery, and Noble Wines. Visit jazzproject.org or call 360-650- 1066 for more information. –Marianne Gonterman

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 11 PREVIEW >> DjangoFest Northwest 2017

September 20–24 Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Langley, WA

The legacy of Django Reinhart and gypsy jazz—a guitar-led style inspired by traditional gypsy melodies with American and Parisian jazz influences—lives on in full force on Whidbey Island. The DjangoFest Northwest festival, hosted by the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) in Lang- ley, WA, will return for its 17th year as the largest gypsy jazz festival in North America, and the second largest in the world. Each year, thousands of fans from the world over come together both as listeners and as participants in the gypsy jazz tradition. Among this year’s most prominent performances include the Samson Schmitt/Tim Kliphuis string quintet, featuring the first US performance of Samson’s cousins Panche Weiss and Benji Winterstein; members of the Netherland’s Rosenburg Trio, a pe- rennial favorite at the Dutch Edison

Jazz awards; the return of the Robin Sabien Bosselaar photo by Matt gibbons Nolan Trio, which was the festival’s first international act in 2000; the all- the chance to learn more about playing States. Working with WICA and its female quartet Christine Tassan et les and creating gypsy jazz music them- executive director Stacie Burgua, they Imposteures from Montreal; Antoine selves. Many of these workshops are launched the inaugural DjangoFest Boyer and Samuelito, a French duo de- taught by the headlining artists, and Northwest over two days with perfor- voted to “gypsy meets flamenco”; and span topics ranging from basic tech- mances by Pearl Django and Robin 13-year-old guitar prodigy and 2017 nique to in-depth explorations of the Nolan. Today, DjangoFest Northwest DjangoFest Saga Award-winner Henry gypsy jazz style. is a five-day event, and second only to Acker, performing with his father, Vic- DjangoFest Northwest started in the Festival Django Reinhardt in its tor, and uncle, Dana. Far from strictly the year 2000, after Nicolas Lehr of prominence in gypsy jazz. following a set program, visitors will Whidbey Island attended the Festival For more information, full schedule, or also have the chance to experience un- Django Reinhardt in France that same to purchase tickets, visit djangofestnw. scheduled, fully improvised “djams” year. Lehr encountered guitarist Robin com. throughout the festival and Langley. Nolan there, and they endeavored to –Derek Decker A workshop series will allow audiences bring a similar event to the United

12 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 13 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Presents: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil

Snakeoil Quartet photo by Lynne Harty/ECM Records

Thursday, September 21, 8pm turns, settles on cliffhangers, and Noriega (clarinet), Matt Mitchell (pia- The Royal Room bucks back on course. Antagonists no), and Ches Smith (drums). 5000 Rainier Ave S and protagonists, set in the material Making their eponymous debut $10–20 of sound rather than space, pace the on ECM in 2011, Snakeoil has chal- stage of instrumentation in charac- lenged and excited audiences with Composer and saxophonist Tim terizations naturally extended from their orchestral dynamism on releases Berne’s music trades on the tradition Berne’s own ingenious reimagining of including 2015’s You’ve Been Watching of bandleaders such as James Brown, group and solo roles. Me, which, according to The Guard- Sam Rivers, and Henry Threadgill, Berne’s critically acclaimed group ian, “delivers a fascinating wealth of though follows its own multi-paneled Snakeoil, playing September 21 at The intricate musicianship.” Their fourth course: with the pace of a thriller and Royal Room, well represents the visual and newest release, Incidentals, is out the momentum of a page-turner, the personality of his music with a cast in- September 8. plot of sequenced episodes twists and cluding Berne (alto saxophone), Oscar

14 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 A late bloomer on the New York jazz Pianist and composer Matt Mitchell has said. “When playing, especially, I and improvised scene who did not trades his time outside of Snakeoil in a am not trying to reach into a particu- pick up the alto until college, Berne dizzying array of other ensembles, in- lar bag.” Eloquent but straight-to-the- has nevertheless managed to establish cluding Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird point, Smith’s playing has been the in the past 20 years a reputation as a Calls, and the Dave Douglas Quin- cornerstone to projects led by Terry formidable composer, producer, in- tet. Recipient of the 2015 Doris Duke Riley, Marc Ribot, John Tchicai, and strumentalist, bandleader, and owner Impact Award, Mitchell has shown a the experimental rock group Xiu Xiu. of his self-established label, Screwgun deep understanding of contemporary One of the original members of Snake- Records. trends in music through his interdis- oil, Smith belies the group’s spectacle Brooklyn-based multi-instrumental- ciplinary approach to the keyboard. of sounds, which never seems to drown ist and reed specialist Oscar Noriega He’ll be featured on this year’s Earshot the intense, individual, and indivisible brings a scorching passion to the group Jazz Festival, playing a solo tribute to voices of its members, sure to present on clarinets, echoing the influences of Tim Berne on October 24 at the Cha- an unrepeatable performance. some of his collaborators such as Dew- pel Performance Space. For tickets and more information, visit ey Redman, Lee Konitz and Anthony “I do not concern myself with style earshot.org. Braxton. or genre,” percussionist Ches Smith –Ian Gwin

Town Hall Seattle and Earshot Jazz present an Inside/Out birthday tribute to John Coltrane- jazzy, funky ragas from

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Tickets: $20/$15 for Town Hall members Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave, Seattle Buy tickets and learn more: TownHallSeattle.org

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 15 PREVIEW >> Brooklyn Raga Massive: John Coltrane Birthday Tribute

Global Rhythms photo by Adrien Tillman

Saturday, September 23, 7:30pm “Leaders of the Raga Renaissance” by Now a 501(c)(3) non-profit, BRM’s Plymouth Church Seattle the New Yorker, BRM creates original first seeds as a humble music collective 1217 6th Ave composed music by BRM member began in 2012 in a Prospect Heights $15–20 musicians and represented ensembles, dive bar with a weekly concert series presents over 70 concerts annually and jam session. Over the years, this On what would have been John with an ongoing weekly concert and ongoing weekly event has helped to Coltrane’s 91st birthday, Town Hall raga jam session series and specialty cultivate a vibrant community of mu- Seattle and Earshot Jazz welcome the concerts, and co-presents an annual sicians and music lovers, all while em- globally recognized artists’ collective 24 Ragas Live festival. bracing new artists and opening doors Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM) to BRM features both traditional In- for cross-cultural collaboration reflec- play unique homage to the legendary dian classical performances as well as tive of the current Brooklyn musical jazz saxophonist. cross-cultural Raga-inspired music. landscape. Melding chamber ragas, funk, pop, In particular, the culturally inclusive The inclusive and spontaneous na- jazz, western classical, and African nature of BRM has not only built a ture of BRM is apropos in celebrating traditions, BRM will bring Coltrane strong community, but has become an the legendary Coltrane, whose ideas back into being. The performers in- incubator of new music collaborations went on to shape jazz, improvised, and clude Jay Gandhi (bansuri), Pawan with sounds indigenous to Brooklyn. experimental music as we know it to- Benjamin (saxophone), Trina Basu (vi- As collective member David Ellenbo- day. olin), Brandee Younger (harp), Marc gen states, “There is something magi- Presented by Town Hall Seattle & Ear- Cary (piano, Rhodes), Neel Murgai cal happening right now. There is a shot Jazz new generation of musicians who are (sitar), Sameer Gupta (drums, tabla), For tickets and more information, disciples of some of the greatest living Rashaan Carter (bass) and Michael visit townhallseattle.org. To learn about Indian Classical musicians, but who Gam (bass), Arun Ramamurthy (car- Brooklyn Raga Massive, visit brooklyn- also speak the languages of jazz, funk, natic violin). ragamassive.org. BRM is a collective of forward-think- reggae—not as outsiders, but as insid- ing musicians rooted in and inspired ers of both traditions.” –Caitlin Peterkin by Indian classical music. Hailed as

16 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 Feature Jazz Travels: Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer Music Festival Lakeside stages, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & BadBadNotGood, impromptu collaborations, youngsters, and a full moon in the Kootenay Rockies

Now crossing the quarter-century mark, the well-established Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival is recognized as one of the most beautiful destination music events in British Columbia. This year was no different; in fact, it was the biggest and best yet, says executive director Paul Hinrichs of the sold-out event. Kaslo, B.C., is the largest city on Kootenay Lake despite having more feet of beaches than number of resi- dents. The preferable route from Se- attle to the rejuvenating Kaslo hub will take you through Ellensburg and Spokane, leading you another 120 miles north of the U.S. border into the Kootenay mountain region. Wind- ing rural roads feature the occasional bridge amidst powerful snow-capped scenery and glassy waters. Frequent re- Dancer joins A Tribe Called Red On Stage photo by Louis BockneR gional buses trace the route, averaging a public transport rider an hour and The result of this year’s creative turning for a second unique set Sun- a half between Kaslo and its southern bookings—and upping the artist bud- day night upon Charles Bradley & “Queen City,” Nelson, a semi-Victori- get—was big Canadian features like His Extraordinaires disappointing, an, bohemian lake town nestled in the jazz futurists BadBadNotGood, long but understandable, cancellation due Selkirk Mountains of southeast B.C. running rock-and-roll foursome The to health concerns. Once in Kaslo, the all-ages August Sheepdogs, sonic fivesome The Tequila One of the festival’s biggest gets this festival reps a fantastic array of local Mockingbird Orchestra, northern in- year was New Orleans-based Pres- food trucks and pop-up shops, a cool strumentals and throat singing by The ervation Hall Jazz Band, who played beer garden, a beach dance floor, and Jerry Cans, and inventive hip-hop/ their rapturous encore while march- a docked lakeside stage behind which tribal beats band A Tribe Called Red. ing through a dancing audience on we saw a full moon rise above Mt. Lo- From the States, Mexican-American the sandy shore. That was this year’s ki’s stunning silhouette. blues rock legends Los Lobos (“La highlight for Hinrichs, who described Celebrating the diversity of the 6,000 Bamba”) and California bluesman watching them play at his festival as “a attendee three-day event, the directors Sonny Rhodes made the trip. Dave life-affirming moment”Nelson ( Star). infuse their one-size-fits-all weekend Matthews Band’s saxophonist Jeff For those hanging out between with a diverse lineup of jazz, blues, Coffin played in In Orbit, featuring heavy-hitting sets, jazz workshops, a funk, rock, folk, world music, “etc.,” Jaco’s bassist son Felix Pastorius, re- balloon artist, and yoga classes were on from the region and beyond.

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 17 site. The festival also brought in U.S. Slam Poetry Champion Shane Koyc- zan to perform rebel rhymes alongside delicate band arrangements. Another notable collaboration occurred when famous Canadian children’s music performer Fred Penner was spontane- ously joined onstage by Nelson-based performance troupe Circus Acts In- somniacs dressed as acrobatic uni- corns. A substantial makeup of the audience was off-shift volunteers, the festival staff boasting nearly 400 helpers. Shawna, a volunteer I talked to, briefed me on how she came to volunteer: she’d just moved here from southern city Castlegar and was trying to plug Lakeside Main stage at Kaslo Jazz FesT photo by Louis Bockner into the town that she now calls home. “I’ve never had this type of com- val for the last 16 of the 25 total years We flocked with the majority to the munity. You go to the dairy store and of the festival. The Venezuelan-born Friday finale of three native producers have a ten-minute conversation with Texan makes the annual exodus from from Ottawa, cleverly going by A Tribe a stranger,” she said of her experience Austin, this year even bringing her Called Red. ATCR’s inventive mix of settling into the 1,000-resident town. horses on the drive with her. hip-hop, electronic technique, and As for her volunteer slot at the festival, “I’m a music appreciator and festivals samples from aboriginal culture cre- she said, “I’m having a great time; the are a great place to regenerate,” said ates the sort of music one would think kids are kept busy, and I can read my Perez. of if describing the contemporary evo- book.” Music kicked off Friday, August 4, lution of the powwow. Long-listed for While a hefty majority of attendees with Los Lobos, Sonny Rhodes, eight- the Polaris Music Prize for their new- were local “Koots,” several folks had piece Kootenay Soul band and R&B est album, the boys are gaining a glob- made even greater trips than ours singer Velle, and Nelson’s own jazzy al audience for their energetic sets that across the states to be at the annual house/global bass all-female DJ group uniquely weave powwow melodies B.C. event. Festivalgoer Shivaun Perez Meow Mix sampling lively folk melo- through danceable drumming. has been a staple attendee at the festi- dies, Americana, and world beats.

18 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 The conclusion of our first night in Sunday night show. BBNG has toured Kaslo led to a leisurely walk back to the globe with content from their be- the Southbeach campground around loved 2014 record of brash yet refined the bend of the venue’s shore. Spills angular jazz improvisations, lush bal- of happy concertgoers took the same lads, krautrock, and futuristic hip-hop path, some continuing into the cracks tinged rhythms, and they’ve collabo- of Kaslo town for the Jazz Fest spon- rated with some of the most innovative sored after-party. artists working today. Saturday events opened early with lo- The well-attended final day show cal acts and Fred Penner entertaining held a few extra devout audience mem- families in the heat of the afternoon. bers clutching the band’s vinyl they’d Dope Soda, a fresh concoction of six gotten signed earlier that day. top jazz, rock, and reggae musicians “BBNG is the reason I’m here,” ex- from Vancouver Island, serenaded pressed audience member and fellow swimmers and paddle boarders who musician Erich Hintz. “They don’t were reprieved of the forest fire smoke really tour in B.C. or play in Canada that day. very often anymore; mostly they’re be- Jazz lovers rejoiced for the anticipated ing booked on European tours.” sounds of Preservation Hall Jazz Band Hintz laughed: “You’ve got to be re- playing that night. Undeniably, the ally good to get people to dance to 7/8 New Orleans collective were in their and 15/16 times.” own league, producing the tightest Earlier that day, folks trekked in for tunes of the lineup. Dressing the role, early sets by Canadian swing duo Blue the cats donned a mismatch of fedo- Moon Marquee and versatile crossover ras, ties, button downs, and sunglasses duo Moontricks. Following BBNG’s past sunset. memorable set, Canadian vocal soul- True to their New Orleans and Af- stress Erica Dee proved led a band of ro-Cuban roots, the group bounced her own after years supporting artists between percussion vessels—mul- such as Mos Def, Questlove, and Beats tiple tambourines and a drumline Antique. bass drum—and a full assortment of Grounded by Felix’s distinctly Pasto- tuned brass. Keyboardist Kyle Roussel rius bass movement, Nashville saxman sported an electric tone to his Roland, Jeff Coffin led In Orbit in a sensitive, interestingly mistakable for the glides free flowing second set on Sunday, of a classic Gibson. during which the band resurrected Bandleader Ben Jaffe (bass, tuba) The Jerry Cans’ violinist and textural made a huge impression on the elat- throat singer for even more imagina- ed crowd. He thanked the crowd for tive music full of great grooves. bringing their kids: “That’s the best The Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival is, sim- part, some of those kids dancing out ply put, at the top of its game as far there!” as big small festivals go. Killer artists Roussel added, “We want to thank and perfect setting aside, it would lack all the kids for dragging their par- its magic if it weren’t for the unbeliev- ents out here too.” Just having played ably pleasant locals, cool young fami- Coachella and Bonnaroo this year, the lies, and relaxed campers that support New Orleans legends more than left it—and welcome newcomers—year their mark during their only Western on end. Canadian date this year. –Halynn Blanchard Next to the huge talents of PHJB, the four young stars of BadBadNot- Good put on a comparably impressive

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 19 Jazz Around The Sound September 9 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 NL Mo’Jam Mondays, 8:30pm LA Rob Scheps with Phil Sparks Trio, 5pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm RO Eastside Jazz Club Jazz Extravaganza #13, BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm 7:30pm CZ Hopscotch, 7:30pm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 RR Dave King Trucking Company, 8:30pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Dylan Hayes Big Band, 5pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm NC Paula Santoro, 7pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm SW The Dylan Hayes Project // Cavalerie, 7pm RR Greenblatt Generations Band, 8pm TU Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, 7:30pm TU Thomas Marriott Quartet, 7:30pm RR The Royal We, 10pm VI Kate Olson Ensemble, 9pm VI Max Wood Trio, 9pm SB Joe Doria Presents,9:30pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 TU Tim Kennedy Band, 7:30pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 BZ Steve Griggs Ensemble presents Blues for John LE Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, EL Paul Richardson, 6pm T. Williams, 1pm 8pm MK Triangular Jazztet, 7pm OS Hopscotch, 8pm NC Frank Anderson, 8pm NL Skerik Band (Skerik, Andy Coe, Tarik Abouzied, SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm OS Shawn Schlogel, 8pm Damian Erskine) +Banda Magda, 8pm SB Cubano y Latina, 7pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm PG Jazz at PG, 8pm SY Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, SB Cubano y Latina, 7pm SB Rippin Chicken,9:30pm 8pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch, 10:30am TD Sweetspot Combo, 5pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am TU Bill Anschell Standards Trio W/ Jeff Johnson & TU Eric Verlinde Trio, 7:30pm TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm Gary Hobbs, 7:30pm VI Bar Tabac, 9pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm VI Monty Banks, 9:30pm VI Kareem Kandi,9:30pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 VS MEZZE Music Project summer concert aboard AT Max Holmberg Trio, 6pm The Virgina V Steamship, 7pm SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AT Max Holmberg/Reuel Lubag Trio, 6pm AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and 200 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks, and guests, 9pm SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Trio, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and 200 BO Sunday Blues Jam, 3pm Tom Brighton and Beth Wulff, 6pm Trio, 9pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm BO Sunday Blues Jam, 3pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam Hosted By Stuart Zobel, EU Jam Session, 8:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm 2pm OS Jonas Myers, 7pm CZ Open Jazz Jam with Kenny Mandell, 2pm HA Bossa Nova, 6pm PC Rob Scheps/Greg Williamson Quartet w/ John MV The Keith Henson Octet, 5pm RR Jacob Zimmerman: A night of jazz from the 20s Hansen & Essiet Okon Essiet, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am and 30s, 6pm RR Raul Midón, 8pm TD Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch, 10:30am TD Michel Navedo, 5pm TU Big Band Jazz: Jazz Police, 4pm TD Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm TU Dmitri Matheny Group Jazz Noir w/ Bill TU Big Band Jazz: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm Anschell, Phil Sparks & Mark Ivester, 7:30pm 7:30pm VI Lennon Aldort, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio,9:30pm VV Cornish@Amazon Summer Concert Series: VI Ron Weinstein Trio,9:30pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Lucas Winter Trio, 12pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 CC EntreMundos Jam, 10pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 CC EntreMundos Jam, 10pm MT Jazz Night, 9pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm MT Jazz Night, 9pm

Calendar Key

AB The Angry Beaver EU EuroPub SB Seamonster Lounge AT Aca Las Tortas (Bothell) HA Harissa SG Stage 7 Pianos BC Barca LA Latona Pub SW Stone Way Cafe BD Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill LE Lief Erikson Lodge SY Salty’s on Alki BO 192 Brewing Co (Kenmore) MK Mollusk TD Triple Door BT Brass Tacks MT Mac’s Triangle Pub TS Town Square Park (Federal Way) BZ Blanche Lavizzo Park MV Marine View Church TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club CC Capitol Cider NC North City Bistro VA Various Venues (Burien) CB Capps Club NL Nectar Lounge VI Vito’s CR Cafe Racer OS Osteria la Spiga VS Virginia V Steamship on Lake Union CZ Couth Buzzard Books PC Picolla Cellars VV Van Vorst Plaza DT Darrell’s Tavern PG Paragon WU WJMAC at Bellingham’s Unity Spiritual Center EJ Egan’s Ballard Jam House PP Pike Place Bar & Grill at the Market All venues located in Seattle unless otherwise noted. EL El Gaucho Bellevue RO Resonance at SOMA Towers Visit earshot.org/jazz-around-the-sound/ for more EM East Monkey Taphouse RR The Royal Room event info.

20 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 NL Mo’Jam Mondays, 8:30pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Curtain Call BZ Steve Griggs Ensemble presents Sound in CB Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, Stone, 1pm weekly recurring performances 7pm OS The Walking Hat Trio, 8pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm RR Pierre Bensusan, 7pm SB Cubano y Latina, 7pm MONDAY RR The Anderson Brothers: BIRD LIVES!, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am RR Wayne Horvitz trio featuring Geoff Harper, TS Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, CC EntreMundos Jam, 9:30 10pm 4pm SB Joe Doria Presents,9:30pm TU Susan Pascal Quartet W/ Bill Anschell, Chuck MT Triangle Pub Jam, 9 TD GoGo Penguin, 7:30pm Deardorf & Matt Jorgensen, 7:30pm TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 8pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and 200 TUESDAY MK Triangular Jazztet, 7pm Trio, 9pm PG Jazz at PG, 8pm BO Sunday Blues Jam, 3pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 RR Maracuja // Arango, 8pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm TD Some’tet, 5pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam Hosted By Stuart Zobel, TU David Marriott Triskaideka Band, 7:30pm 2pm WEDNESDAY VI Brazil Novo, 9pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 TD Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm MK Jeff Ferguson’s Triangular TU Big Band Jazz: UW Studio Jazz opens for Jim AT Max Holmberg Trio, 6pm Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm AT Max Holmberg/Reuel Lubag Trio, 6pm Jazztet, 7 VI Bob Hammer, 6pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks, and guests, 9pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio,9:30pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, THURSDAY Tom Brighton and Bill Chism, 6pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm CC EntreMundos Jam, 10pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil EU Jam Session, 8:30pm MT Jazz Night, 9pm OS Jonas Myers, 7pm NL Mo’Jam Mondays, 8:30pm Sparks, 9 RR Mike Dillon Band // Mark Lettieri Trio, 8pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm TU Delvon Lamar disORGANized Organ Trio, RR Tom Varner’s late Birthday Party Concert: New BD Annie Eastwood & 7:30pm Works for Nonet and a brand new Quartet, VI Jennifer Kienzle, 9pm 7:30pm Friends, 5:30 VV Cornish@Amazon Summer Concert Series: TU pH Factor Big Band, 7:30pm James Falzone’s Musique Actuelle, 12pm EU EuroJam Session, 8 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm RR I’m the One: The Music of Annette Peacock / FRIDAY EM Bill Chism and Friends with Annie Eastwood, Opening Set by Robin Holcomb (Solo), 7:30pm 8pm RR The Royal We, 10pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm SB Joe Doria Presents,9:30pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm TU Line Up! Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement, 7:30pm Sparks, 5 TD Tim Kennedy, 9pm TU Marc Seales Group, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 SB Funky 2 Death, 10 VI Afrocop, 9pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm SATURDAY Committed to providing very playable, great sounding instruments, within your budget. SB Cubano y Latina, 7 High quality string repairs Best rental instruments available SB 700 Saturdays, 10 Professional set up and restoration SUNDAY AB Beaver Sessions, 9 CR Racer Sessions, 8 TD Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, Pick up and delivery in Washington State 7 Luthiers 7:30 Since 1964 970 5th Ave NW VI Bob Hammer, 6pm Suite 100 Issaquah WA 98027 www.HammondAshley.com VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

September 2017 • Earshot Jazz • 21 MK Triangular Jazztet, 7pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm PG Jazz at PG, 8pm VI Marina Albero Trio,9:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm PP Stickshift Annie with Kimball Conant and the EJ Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble, 7pm Fugitives, 6pm SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm RR Piano Starts Here: The Music of Hank Jones/ AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and 200 SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm Teddy Wilson, 7:30pm Trio, 9pm TU John Coltrane Birthday Celebration W/ Rob SB Unsinkables,9:30pm BO Sunday Blues Jam, 3pm Davis, Tim Kennedy, Phil Sparks, & Matt TU Greta Matassa Student Showcase, 7:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm Jorgensen, 7:30pm VI Brad Gibson Presents, 9pm CZ Open Jazz Jam With Kenny Mandell & Friends, VI Yada Yada Blues Band,9:30pm 2pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am AT Max Holmberg Trio, 6pm TD Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm AT Max Holmberg/Reuel Lubag Trio, 6pm TU Big Band Jazz: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, BZ Steve Griggs Ensemble presents Panama Hotel BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks, and guests, 9pm 7:30pm Jazz,1:00 pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, VI Bob Hammer, 6pm OS Drew Baddeley, Nikki Asay, Ed Masters, 8pm Tom Brighton and Beth Wulff on keys, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio,9:30pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm SB Cubano y Latina, 7pm EU Jam Session, 8:30pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SW Balkan Night, 7pm OS Jonas Myers, 7pm CC EntreMundos Jam, 10pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am RR Tim Berne’s Snakeoil: Incidentals, 8pm MT Jazz Night, 9pm TU John Coltrane Birthday Celebration W/ Rob TU Hot Latin Jazz: Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm NL Mo’Jam Mondays, 8:30pm Davis, Tim Kennedy, Phil Sparks, & Matt VI Rik Wright, 9pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm Jorgensen, 7:30pm TU Doug Beavers Latin Jazz Sextet, 7:30pm VA Highline Jazz Festival, 3pm TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Wayne Horvitz trio featuring Geoff Harper, 10pm SB Joe Doria Presents,9:30pm TU Peter Daniels Band, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 EL Paul Richardson, 6pm MK Triangular Jazztet, 7pm PG Jazz at PG, 8pm SB Westsound DFC,9:30pm TU Greta Matassa Vocal Showcase, 7:30pm VI Ben von Wildenhaus, 9pm WU Tamir Hendelman Trio at WJMAC, 7:30pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT Max Holmberg Trio, 6pm AT Max Holmberg/Reuel Lubag Trio, 6pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks, and guests, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood and Friends with Larry Hill, Tom Brighton and Kimball Conant, 6pm EL Paul Richardson, 6pm EU Jam Session, 8:30pm OS Jonas Myers, 7pm PC Tamir Hendelman Trio at PC, 7:30pm TU Greta Matassa Big Band Showcase, 7:30pm VI Erika and the Bad Cats, 9pm VV Cornish@Amazon Summer Concert Series: Matt Sircely, 12pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10pm TU Stephanie Portet Quintet, 7:30pm VI Johnny Astro, 9pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 BT Live Jazz Trio, 6pm OS Raymond Larsen, Josh Hou, Abbey Blackwell, 8pm SB 700 Saturdays, 10pm SB Cubano y Latina, 7pm SG Maggie Laird Quartet, 7:30pm SY Victor Janusz live @ Alki Brunch,10:30am TU Alex Dugdale w/ John Hansen, Greg Feingold & Max Holmerg, 7:30pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm

22 • Earshot Jazz • September 2017 In One Ear, from page 3 in Lloyd’s Jazz Caliente, 5pm, where son, Sundays at 10pm. The Monday jazz meets Latin rhythms. night lineup includes The Caravan verse ensembles that cover new music, Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- with John Gilbreath at 7pm, Straight theater music, improvised music, and days, 2pm, features the artists and No Chaser with David Utevsky at jazz. She is a founder and co-leader events of the regional jazz scene. For 9pm, Giant Steps with John Pai at of the United Women’s Orchestra in JazzNW podcasts of archived pro- 11pm, and The Shape of Modern Jazz Germany, and has received numerous grams, see jazznw.org. with Gordon Todd at 1am Tuesdays. scholarships, composition awards, and 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, Shows can be streamed anytime at commissions around the world. features Jazz Theater with John Gil- kbcs.fm. Urquhart is a Canadian jazz pianist breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, 91.7 KSVR Mount Vernon, Doctor and composer based in Edmonton, Al- a live-performance broadcast from the Dee hosts two nights of jazz, Fourth berta. Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- Corner Jazz, featuring recordings of The compositions will be premiered duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule live performance in Northwest Wash- and recorded live by the Seattle Wom- information is available at kexp.org ington, Sundays, 6-7pm, and The en’s Jazz Orchestra featuring special and jackstraw.org. Doctor’s Den, Mondays, 8-10pm. guest Sherrie Maricle of DIVA at the Sonarchy’s September schedule: 102.9 KLOI-LP Lopez Island, Shorewood Performing Arts Center on September 3, The Machine That We Mondays & Fridays, 3pm, Joy Spring October 25. Composers will be in at- Built, an instrumental/orchestra ap- with Gary Alexander, classic jazz and tendance. proach to the music of Jimi Hendrix the Great American Songbook. Jazz Radio performed by a large ensemble; Sep- Hollow Earth Radio, hol- tember 10, BreathPlay, an impro- lowearthradio.org, Fridays at 6pm, 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz vised music/sound art performance by biweekly, Black Roots Radio, hosted Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Christopher Yohmei Blaudel (shaku- by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz hachi) and Byron Au Young (water, a dynamic genre rooted in the Black Northwest, in addition to its weekday Chinese percussion, er-hu, voice, pia- American experience. NPR and late-night and prime-time no); September 17, Norm Chambers, Hollow Earth Radio is Seattle’s free- jazz programs. Full schedule and info solo electronics and field recordings in form online radio station that supports at knkx.org. service of a well-calibrated ambience; the local music communities in the Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, September 24, Myrrum, new electric greater Pacific Northwest and tries to Saturdays, 3pm, featuring 21st cen- music driven by jazz, fusion, and ex- create an open, encouraging stage for tury jazz inspired and informed by the perimental thinking. underrepresented voices. More at face- sounds of today, hip-hop, funk, elec- 91.3 KBCS, features creative and book.com/blackrootsradiojl and hol- tronic & punk rock, followed by Rob- improvised music on Flotation Device lowearthradio.org. with John Seman and Jonathan Law-

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A $35 basic membership in Earshot brings Letter From the Director: the newsletter to your door and entitles you to Earshot JazZ discounts at all Earshot events. Your member- No Black, No Jazz______2 MEMBE r s h IP ship also helps support all our educational programs and concert presentations. Notes______3 Type of membership In One Ear______3 Individual ($35) Additional tax-deductible donation ______Household ($60) Patron ($100) Sustaining ($200) 2017 Earshot Jazz Festival Schedule_____4 Other Dawn Clement: Earshot Jazz Festival Sr. Citizen – 30% discount at all levels Canadian subscribers please add $5 additional postage (US funds) Resident Artist______6 Regular subscribers – to receive newsletter 1st class, please add $10 Preview: Lakedale Resort ______8 for extra postage Contact me about volunteering Preview: ______The 2017 Bellhaven Jazz Festival ______10 NAME ______Preview: DjangoFest Northwest 2017____12 ADDRESS ______Preview: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil______14 CITY/STATE/ZIP ______Preview: Brooklyn Raga Massive- John PHONE # EMAIL

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