A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community July 2019 Vol. 35, No. 07 EARSHOT JAZZSeattle, Washington

Clarence Acox Photo by Daniel Sheehan LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR EARSHOT JAZZ A Mirror and Focus for the Jazz Community Hotel on the Corner of Art and Executive Director John Gilbreath Managing Director Karen Caropepe Commerce Programs Manager Tara Peters Marketing & Development Associate Lucienne Aggarwal Earshot Jazz Editors Lucienne Aggarwal & Seattle’s population boom is clas- Tara Peters sic “Good News/Bad News.” Even though the density of 737’s parked Contributing Writers Whitney Bashaw, Paul de Barros, Marianne Gonterman, Rayna along Marginal Way is beginning Mathis, Paul Rauch to rival that of the new condomin- ium buildings springing up around Calendar Editors Carol Levin, Jane Emerson, the city, there is no immediate sign & Tara Peters Photography Daniel Sheehan of an overall slowdown in Seattle’s Layout Tara Peters growth. And the apparent glut of Distribution Karen Caropepe, Dan Dubie & housing units is definitely not satu- Earshot Jazz volunteers rating the market and driving prices Send Calendar Information to: down. Everything is going up, ex- [email protected] cept our income. Board of Directors Danielle Leigh In the middle of this, I’m still willing to express optimism about an un- (President), John W. Comerford (Vice precedented upside potential for Seattle’s overall cultural vibrancy. Dis- President), Jon Perrino (Secretary), Sheila posable income or not, the new faces we see around the city seem to be Hughes, Chris Icasiano, Maurice James, cultural omnivores, not locked into single expressive silos, and apparently Kenneth W. Masters, Chris Nutter, Gail quite open to engage art on a more-than-superficial level. Pettis, Ruby Smith Love, Diane Wah This seems like it’d be good news for an art form like jazz that, perhaps Emeritus Board Members Clarence Acox, more than any other music, creates its own fluid, definition-defying world. Taina Honkalehto, Hideo Makihara, Peter But that news is slow to arrive to the working musicians of this city. Con- Monaghan, Kenneth W. Masters, Lola ditions for working artists, who also have increased housing and subsis- Pedrini, Paul Toliver, Cuong Vu

tence expenses, may be getting worse instead of better. Someone once said, Founded in 1984 by Paul de Barros, Gary “You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the blues.” Whatever. We also have Bannister, and Allen Youngblood. Earshot to eat and raise our families. Jazz is published monthly and is available We need to own the sensibility to support artists being exactly who they online at earshot.org. are. We have to encourage creativity in our young, and we have to honor the creatives who have brought us to the place we occupy. The more fragile Subscription (with membership): $35 3429 Fremont Place #309 the world around us appears, the more, I believe, that we have to double Seattle, WA 98103 down on the value of beauty and culture. phone / (206) 547-6763 To this end, I hope you’ll join us this month for the latest version of Earshot’s longest-running program series; Jazz: The Second Century. Earshot Jazz ISSN 1077-0984 Printed by Pacific Publishing Company Established in 1986, and maintained as a peer-juried series to showcase © 2019 Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Seattle artists performing original work in a concert setting, this year’s concerts happen on consecutive Thursdays in July, beginning July 11. De- tails on page 8. MISSION STATEMENT And join us in support of the artists, from Seattle and around the world, To ensure the legacy and progression who continue to love and nourish Jazz: America’s greatest gift to world of the art form, Earshot Jazz cultivates culture. a vibrant jazz community by engaging –John Gilbreath, Executive Director audiences, celebrating artists, and supporting arts education.

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Earshot Jazz Has Moved! Earshot Jazz is Hiring a to the creation and execution of com- Earshot Jazz is excited to announce Development & Communications pelling marketing and development we have a new office suite. Still located Manager campaigns. For a full job description in the same building, we have moved Earshot Jazz is looking to add a full- and to apply for this position please to a larger suite to accommodate our time Development & Communica- visit: indeedjobs.com/earshot-jazz/jobs staff growth and future development. tions Manager to its small team of pas- Help the Jazz Around the Sound Our new address is 3417 Fremont sionate music and event professionals. Calendar Ave N, #221 Seattle, WA 98103. Our This person would be an essential part Email news about jazz events to phone number remains the same: of shaping and managing a vibrant, [email protected]. To ensure (206) 547-6763. dynamic, and well-respected arts or- publication in the printed calendar, ganization in this critical phase of its Earshot Jazz Receives Selvage please submit no later than the 15th of growth, contributing skills and talent Fund Grant the month prior to the event. Earshot Jazz is pleased to announce receipt of a grant from The Selvage Fund at the East Bay Community ON THE RADIO Foundation. This grant is to support  jazz performances by women instru- mentalists. Earshot Jazz is thankful to 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken the Selvage Fund for this grant, which Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday recognizes our commitment to pro- NPR and late-night and prime-time jazz programs. Full schedule and info moting women instrumentalists as a at knkx.org. Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, Saturdays, 3pm, featuring regular part of our programming. 21st century jazz inspired and informed by the sounds of today, hip-hop, Correction: Scott Brown: At the funk, electronic & punk rock, followed by Robin Lloyd’s Jazz Caliente, Helm of Roosevelt Jazz 5pm, where jazz meets Latin rhythms. Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- days, 2pm, features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. For Jazz In the June 2019 issue of Earshot NW podcasts of archived programs, see jazznw.org. Jazz, we wrongly identified Michael 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, Van Bebber as a tenor saxophonist. 1am. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org. Michael Van Bebber should be identi- 91.3 KBCS, features creative and improvised music on Flotation Device fied as a trumpet player. We apologize with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson, Sundays at 10pm. The Monday for this error. night lineup includes The Caravan with John Gilbreath at 7pm, Straight No STG’s Songwriters Lab Application Chaser with David Utevsky at 9pm, Giant Steps with John Pai at 11pm, and Now Open The Shape of Modern Jazz with Gordon Todd at 1am Tuesdays. Shows can STG’s Songwriters Lab is open to be streamed anytime at kbcs.fm. 91.7 KSVR Mount Vernon students ages 14–19, at all levels of , Doctor Dee hosts two nights of jazz, Fourth songwriting experience, and all genres Corner Jazz, featuring recordings of live performance in Northwest Wash- and styles of music are welcome. The ington, Sundays, 6-7pm, and The Doctor’s Den, Mondays, 8-10pm. 102.9 KLOI-LP Lopez Island program runs from July 15–20, 11am- , Mondays & Fridays, 3pm, Joy Spring 9pm daily. Sessions are held at the with Gary Alexander, classic jazz and the Great American Songbook. Hollow Earth Radio Moore Theatre, culminating in a - Fi , hollowearthradio.org. Fridays at 6pm, biweek- nal Showcase for family and friends ly, Black Roots Radio, hosted by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as a dy- on July 20. The program costs $375 namic genre rooted in the Black American experience. Rainier Avenue Radio and scholarships are available. For , rainieravenueradio.world. Mondays and Sundays more details and the application visit at 10pm, #MoJamMondays from the Nectar Lounge. Tuesdays at 6pm, stgpresents.org. Thursdays and Sundays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 5pm, Jazz from the Cabi- nets with Big Poppy.

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 PROFILE Clarence Acox: Committed to Community

CLARENCE ACOX WITH THE GARFIELD JAZZ BAND PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN

By Paul de Barros divisions at both the Lionel Hampton what it should sound like, almost by and Reno competitions. Not a bad osmosis.” “We had a good year,” says Clarence year at all. If you’re counting, it marks For Siemann, Acox’s magic also Acox, director of the Garfield High Acox’s 48th at Garfield. Recruited in stems from his demeanor. An impos- School Jazz Band, sitting in the piano 1971 out of Southern University, in ing man with a broad, round face and lab at the school where he has built a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of an a deep caramel voice that have led jazz program admired across the na- effort to diversify Seattle public school people on the street to mistake him for tion. faculties, the 71-year-old New Orlea- James Earl Jones, Acox projects both Sure, Garfield’s archrival, Roosevelt, nian was hired to reinvigorate school warmth and gravity when he looks at took first place at the Essentially El- spirit with Garfield’s marching band, you straight in the eye. lington competition in May, finally but jazz followed, in 1979. Since then, “The way he walks through the tying Garfield’s record of four wins at Garfield has been a consistent winner door and expects everything of the Cadillac of student jazz competi- at regional competitions and has made you,” says Siemann. “It push- tions. But after two years of not mak- the finals of Essentially Ellington 15 es you not to let him down.” ing the finals, Garfield was back in the out of 21 years. Garfield High School is not the only running, which was a big deal. So what’s his secret? arena where Acox’s influence can be “We were pretty crushed when we “I really can’t explain it,” says Mi- felt in Seattle music. He played for 27 didn’t make it those two years,” says chael Brockman, co-founder with years with late Floyd Standifer at the graduating senior Aidan Siemann, who Acox of the Seattle Repertory Jazz New Orleans Creole Restaurant with will be taking his tenor saxophone to Orchestra (SRJO), which celebrates its the Legacy Band and has released two the San Francisco Conservatory in the 25th season this fall. “It’s a mystery. excellent CDs of his own music, Joan- fall. “But those two misses pushed us But whether it’s students or profes- na’s Dance and Indigenous Groove. to work a lot harder this year.” sionals, he conveys to the musicians And then there is the SRJO, which All that hard work also probably ex- this sense of how the music feels, and recently raised $90,000 at its spring plains why the Bulldogs won in their

4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 gala, money that will help support its deserving of significant recognition for 2019-20 season. The orchestra added his contributions.” a third venue this year, the Edmonds Such recognition has come from The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church Center for the Arts, because tickets sell many quarters, including Earshot The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists out so quickly for its shows at Benaroya Jazz, which named him Musician www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com Hall and the Kirkland Performance of the Year as early as 1991, and the Center. Acox no longer plays drums Jazz Journalists Association, which in with the SRJO—that chair is filled by 2009 singled him out as an “A Team

D’Vonne Lewis—but is still actively Member,” an award now called “Jazz Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, involved with programming. Spectac- Heroes.” In 2001, DownBeat recog- Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, ular concerts over the past few years nized Acox with an Achievement in Lessons Lessons Lessons featuring Christian McBride, Anat Jazz Education award, and he received Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location

Cohen, and Maria Schneider speak to a Mayor’s Arts Award in 2007. Acox the growing maturity and breadth of also holds an Honorary Doctorate of (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ “This community really supports young people and jazz in general.”

the band. McBride will return for the Fine Arts from Cornish College. The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church 2019-20 season with an SRJO com- As with all great teachers, the real re- The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists mission in hand, and Joshua Redman ward for Acox is hearing his students will pay a visit, as well. play well and he is deeply grateful to www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com In 2010, Acox also spearheaded the Seattle for its warm embrace. No other non-profit community school, Seattle city, he notes, has a program like Star- JazzED, with jazz mom and fundraiser bucks’ annual showcase of jazz stu- extraordinaire, Laurie De Koch. Both dents, Hot Java, Cool Jazz. Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Acox and De Koch realized that the “That Hot Java Cool Jazz project is Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, programs at Garfield and Roosevelt off the hook,” he says. “This commu- Lessons Lessons Lessons Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location were not as diverse as they could be, nity really supports young people and so they set about offering musical op- jazz in general.” (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 (206)784-6626 portunities to kids who, because of Acox, 71, retired officially in 2001, 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. 9716 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 Seattle, WA. 98103 their economic situation, race, gender, but has continued since then to direct ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ ~by appointment only~ or even a lack of music in their neigh- Garfield’s Jazz Band 1 and 2 and to borhood schools, didn’t have access to oversee the school’s jazz program. (The jazz. The program has been a huge suc- third band was led this year by reed cess. This year, it has served more than man Jacob Zimmerman). Though he 1,300 students in 11 academic-year has made no formal announcement, The Bass Church The Bass Church The Bass Church The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists The Northwest double bass specialists ensembles and introduced more than Acox won’t be at Garfield forever. Is 6,000 kids to jazz at elementary school there someone out there who could www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com www.basschurch.com assemblies. With an annual budget of step up to the plate? $960,000, De Koch is currently head- “There are a lot of people that could ing up a $12 million capital campaign possibly do it,” he says, rattling off a to erect a JazzED building by fall, list of possible replacements. Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, Sales, Rentals, 2022, on the former site of the South But right now, he’s not thinking Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, Repairs, Restorations, End bowling alley, Imperial Lanes. about retiring, he’s thinking about Lessons Lessons Lessons

Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location Convenient North Seattle Location “Without Clarence and his reputa- next year, when he’ll take the band on

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July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 PREVIEW >> NW Summer Festivals

Chateau Ste. Michelle Concert Vancouver Island MusicFest Jazz in the Valley Series July 12–14 July 26–28 June 13–September 21 Comox Valley Fairgrounds, Downtown Ellensburg, WA Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA Colin James, Tom Cochrane with Jacqueline Tabor, Ecstasy in Num- Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Chicago, Mi- Red Rider, Robben Ford, Bobby bers, Mark DuFresne, Bob Bruya chael McDonald and Chaka Khan, Rush, Asani, Black String, Morgan Project, Mel Peterson, Orville John- Norah Jones, Gipsy Kings featuring Davis, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, son, Michael Powers, and more. Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo, Adonis Puentes, Pia Salvia, and more. (888) 925-2204, jazzinthevalley.com Elvis Costello & The Imposters and (250) 871-8463, islandmusicfest.com. Oregon Festival of American Blondie, Diana Krall, and more. BLUES ON Festival Music (425) 488-1133, ste-michelle.com. July 13 July 24–August 3 Britt Pavilion Series Old Town Tacoma, WA The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, June 13–September 15 Little Bill & the Blue Notes, Nick Mar- Eugene, OR Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR don Blues Trio, Lady A’s Back-Porch A two-week celebration of the Age of Chase Rice, Third Eye Blind, Lit- Blues, Stacy Jones Band, and more. Swing featuring six matinee concerts, a tle Rover Band, Kris Kristofferson bluesontacoma.com. mid-festival jazz party, an all-new pro- duction of the 1955 musical comedy & The Strangers, Michael Franti Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Damn Yankees, films, talks, and more. & Spearhead, Mandolin Orange, July 19–21 Taj Mahal Quartet & Marc Cohn Cathedral Park, Portland, OR (541) 434- 7000, theshedd.org ft. Blind Boys of Alabama, John Chance Hayden, Tyrone Hendrix, Vancouver Wine & Jazz Butler Trio with Trevor Hall, The Karen Lovely, Dina y los Rumbe- Festival Beach Boys, Diana Krall, and more. ros, Devin Phillips Trio, and more. August 23–25 (800) 882- 7488, brittfest.org. (503) 709-3366, jazzoregon.com. Esther Short Park, Vancouver, WA Marcia Ball, Reggie Houston, BECU ZooTunes Bite of Seattle the Triveni Ensemble with spe- June 16–August 28 July 19–21 Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA Seattle Center, Seattle, WA cial guest Bobby Torres, the Lao Cody Johnson, Whitey, John Michele D’Amour and the Love Tizer Trio, Claudia Villela, John Prine, B-52’s, Feist, Rhye, Taj Ma- Dealers, Darren Motamedy, E. Pruitt Jorgenson Gypsy Jazz, and more. hal, Marc Cohn, Blind Boys of Ala- & Brandon Willis, Hurricane Hitch, (360) 906 0441, vancouverwinejazz. bama, Wood Brothers, and more. Scott Lindenmuth Group, Michael com zoo.org/zootunes Powers with Ronnie Bishop, and more. DjangoFest NW Blaine Harbor Music Festival (425) 295-3262, biteofseattle.com. September 18–22 Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, (formerly Drayton Harbor) Jazz Port Townsend July 7–13 Whidbey Island, WA July 21–28 Pearl Django and Hot Club of Blaine Performing Arts Center, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA Troy, Richard Smith and Rory Hoff- Blaine, WA Anat Cohen and Marcello Gon- man, Aurore Voliqué with Angelo Greta Matassa, Nick Biello, Greg çalves, Equal Time, Brothers of Brass Debarre, Mathieu Chatelain, Gis- Hopkins and the Festival Big Band, ft. Terell Stafford and Marquis Hill, mo Graf Trio with Simon Plant- student showcases, and more. Geoffrey Keezer and Gillian Mar- ing and Ludovic Beier, and more. (360) 820- 8312, blaineharbormusic- got, Centrum All Star Big Band, di- (360) 221-8268, wicaonline.org festival.org. rected by John Clayton, and more. (360) 385- 3102, centrum.org.

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PORT TOWNSEND John Clayton, Artistic Director JULY 25–27 Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES at McCurdy Pavilion 18 and younger free if reserved in advance FRIDAY, JULY 26, 7:30 P.M. Tickets $48, $38, $28 Anat Cohen, clarinet; Marcello Gonçalves, 7-string guitar Equal Time Akiko Tsuruga, organ; Graham Dechter, guitar; Jeff Hamilton, drums SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1:30 P.M. Tickets $56, $43, $32 Brothers of Brass Terell Stafford and Marquis Hill, trumpets Mayo Mastery Michael Mayo, vocal Centrum All Star Big Band directed by John Clayton, featuring Akiko Tsuruga, organ and Gerald Clayton, piano SATURDAY, JULY 27, 7:30 P.M. Tickets $48, $38, $28 Geoffrey Keezer, piano; Gillian Margot, vocal Piedmont Blues, “A Search For Salvation” by Gerald Clayton, featuring René Marie, vocal JAZZ IN THE CLUBS Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m.–11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 26 & 27, 10 p.m.–12:30 a.m. FORT WORDEN STATE PARK VENUES Admission with wristband: $25 per night Anat

MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING Cohen Stephen Sklar - (360) 385-2243 arts.wa.gov TICKETS FOR EVENTS AT CENTRUM.ORG OR CALL (800) 746-1982

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BETH FLEENOR, RAY LARSEN, HALEY FREEDLUND PHOTO BY COLLENE MCCARTER

July 11, 18, 25, 7pm Chapel Performance Space 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Earshot’s annual juried series, Jazz: The Second Century, returns this July at the Chapel Performance Space with three evenings of innovative music. 33 years ago, the newly founded Earshot Jazz organization presented its first programming initiative, a concert series called New Jazz/New City, hosted in the New City Theater on Capitol Hill. While its name has evolved over the years—from New Jazz/New City, to the Earshot Spring Series, to Voice and Vision, and now Jazz: The Second Century—it has always remained true to our core values of cultivating community and supporting the progression of the genre. For the Second Century Series, Seattle artists are selected by a peer panel through a blind jury process to perform original work in a concert setting that is questioning and expanding the conventions of the jazz form. This year’s panel of four gathered in early June to review the entries. After care- ful consideration and deliberation, the jury selected six ensembles. Their choices reflect our city’s current dialogue surrounding the art form, in all its nuances and subtleties. Thank you to all of the enterprising musicians who submitted work, to our panel for their thoughtful curation, and to the audience members who support the series.

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Friends & Heroes machismo, and perfectionism,” her Haley Freedlund–Trombone take on jazz offers something more James Falzone–Clarinet tender. Her narrative output takes Tom Varner–French horn the shape of longer melodic ideas, Abbey Blackwell–Acoustic bass repetition, and thematic composing. Evan Woodle–Drums Her Friends & Heroes is comprised of Haley Freedlund is a musician root- mainstays of Seattle’s creative impro- ed in improvisation and a composer vised music scene. Freedlund’s music rooted in songwriting. In a musical is like the first stretch of morning, landscape that she describes as “often limbs reaching, eyes open to the light dominated by a mix of athleticism, of a new day.

XAVIER LECOUTURIER AND DYLAN HAYES PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

DX-Tet Dylan Hayes–Piano the Jim Knapp Orchestra. “My com- Xavier Lecouturier–Drums positions are brought to life through Jared Hall–Trumpet my arrangements and I enjoy arrang- Nicole McCabe–Alto sax ing for all of the various instruments, Rex Gregory–Tenor sax which is why I am drawn to writing Stuart MacDonald–Baritone sax for larger ensemble’s such as big band Martin Budde–Guitar or octet,” says Hayes. His octet, DX- Michael Glynn–Bass tet, is co-led by Xavier Lecouturier. Recent Cornish College of the Arts Both originally from the Bay-area, the graduate Dylan Hayes has been gain- two are long-time friends and collabo- ing momentum as a sought-after pia- rators. Their music draws from a wide nist, composer, and bandleader. No- range of genres including hip-hop, tably, Hayes recently took the reins of pop, funk, and jazz.

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FrancescoJAZZ Francesco Crosara–Piano Osama Afifi–Acoustic and electric bass Steven Bentley–Drums and percussion Pianist Francesco Crosara’s eclectic brand of jazz was born from early clas- sical studies in harmony and compo- sition at the Conservatory of Rome, steeped in the tradition of Italian and European romantic musical heritage, and honed by exposure to mainstream jazz and world music. His style is heav- ily influenced by improvisation and bouncy lyrical expressions drawn from FRANCESCO CROSARA PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST jazz and Latin vocabularies. Crosara’s compositions are considerate of their audience, providing a source of joy, comfort, escape, and healing. Crosara believes jazz is a collective experience and a “living language” that distills a multitude of identities, backgrounds, and personalities.

Kissyface Kevin Nortness–Tenor sax Troy Schiefelbein–Bass Mike Gebhart–Drums Multi-instrumentalist and composer Kevin Nortness has been contributing to the Seattle performance arts com- munity since 1993. He is most well- known for his ten-year stint as a resi- dent composer and performer with the Degenerate Art Ensemble. He has also contributed to Teatro Zinzanni, Mois- ture Festival, 14/48 Festival, and was the musical director for the Vashon Youth Theater. Nortness’ Kissyface trio draws on the talents of young im- KEVIN NORTNESS, MIKE GEBHART, TROY SCHIEFELBEIN PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST provisers Troy Schiefelbein and Mike Gebhart (The Sky is a Suitcase). Kis- syface has been featured on Sonarchy Radio, which is recorded at Jack Straw Cultural Center and airs on KEXP.

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Open to All - Free

Last Concert of the Season

JEREMY SHASKUS PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN XAVIER LECOUTURIER PHOTO BY STEVE KORN Jeremy’s Pyramid Scheme Xavier Lecouturier Quartet Jeremey Shaskus–Alto sax Xavier Lecouturier–Drums John Salzano–Tenor sax Ben Feldman–Bass Nathan Breedlove–Trumpet Lucas Winter–Guitar Marc Smason–Trombone Gus Carns–Piano Jerome Smith–Tuba Ari Joshua–Guitar 21-year old drummer and composer Sunday, July 7, 6pm Will Lone–Drums Xavier Lecouturier has quickly been Saxophonist and composer Jeremy making a name for himself on the Jake Bergevin Quartet Shaskus agrees with Wynton Marsa- scene since graduating from Cornish lis’ claim that jazz is a “melting pot.” College of the Arts. Jazz, to Lecou- Jake Bergevin Returning for the second year in a turier, is a “beautiful and continuing trumpet, vocals, flugelhorn row, Jeremy’s Pyramid Scheme has re- story of freedom, diversity, and expres- w/ cruited three more members to grow sion.” His music draws from his expe- Tim Carey, bass its enterprise to a septet. Shaskus’ ex- rience as a Mexican-French-American John Sanders, piano panded vision is “inspired by old Yid- and is a manifestation of a myriad of Milo Petersen, drums dish melodies, contemporary styles, influences from his mother’s love of the Mexican rock band MANA, to his and a great desire to compose for larger 100 Minutes of professional jazz ensembles.” This is a group of well-es- father’s love of Sting, the Foo Fighters, Family friendly concert / Free parking tablished musicians who can seriously and Donny Hathaway, to his brother’s Seattle First Baptist Church play and take play seriously. Come see playing of Chopin, to his friend’s love of rap and hip-hop. 1111 Harvard Avenue what the Pyramid Scheme cooks up. (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) Tickets are available on a sliding scale Our guess? High-energy, improvised Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 cuts, a little sweet, mostly salty. for $5–15 at earshot.org and at the door. www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 PREVIEW >> The 2019 Seattle Lindy Extravaganza

July 19–21 Various venues, Seattle From July 19 through 21, the Savoy Swing Club, Seattle’s vintage dance non-profit organization, presents the 2019 Seattle Lindy Extravaganza (SLX): a swing dance event dedicated to the club’s mission of preserving and promoting the enjoyment and cultural heritage of Lindy Hop, supporting the existing Lindy Hop community, and nurturing the growth of rising danc- ers. Whether you’ve been dancing for years, or just learned to tie your shoes, LINDY EXTRAVAGANZA PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAVOY SWING CLUB Savoy Swing Club is a space that wel- comes and meets folks where they’re Josh Roberts (drums), and Stefan ing Ng, Collazo, Ruby, Van Bebber, at in the name of dance. The weekend Schatz (drums). and Ryan Donnelly (bass), and finally showcases some of the best live music, After Saturday’s afternoon classes, the Closing Dance and Award Cere- Seattle venues, classes, and competi- drummer Josh Collazo and band, the mony at the Century Ballroom featur- tors. Four on the Floor, welcome back Alva ing Jim Ziegler (trumpet/vocals) and The Extravaganza boasts a plethora and Hodge, as well and introduce Ray his band the Swing All Stars, with fan of instructors from Hungary to New Skjelbred (piano) and Mike Van Beb- favorites Collazo, Hodge, Ruby, and York to Seattle, and everywhere in ber (trumpet) to play the Midsum- Doyle. between, who specialize in Lindy mer Ball at Washington Hall where With a rise-and-shine jam packed Hop and street dance styles. Spinnin’ attendees are encouraged to dress as schedule, it’s easy to get lost in the swingin’ tunes each night are four live the inner flowery nymph in all of us. swing of things. Slow down and take bands and a few DJ’s, including Savoy Saturday is the only day of the Ex- it in. Meet the folks who have gath- Swing’s own president, Sean Dunn. travaganza that has a double feature ered from near and far to share in the SLX thoughtfully interacts and coex- of social dancing, with back-to-back beauty of dance, the strength of long- ists with Seattle’s own history and ac- late-night dances. Following the ball distance friendships, and the legacy of tivates city treasures, including Volun- at Washington Hall, dancing contin- swing. teer Park, Washington Hall, the Cen- ues at Velocity Dance Center from –Rayna Mathis 12:30am–3am featuring Greg Ruby’s tury Ballroom, and many more. For more information visit Krazy Kats with Ruby (guitar), Doyle, Kicking off the weekend, Friday savoyswing.org. The Seattle Lindy Ex- Alex Guilbert (piano), and Jonathan night at the Aria Ballroom features travaganza and its host, the Savoy Ng (violin). This is definitely the day a night where two tenors go head to Swing Club, are committed to equity, you’ll want to take a nap, or slam back head, The Dueling Tenors: Alva Meets diversity, inclusion, and to making the a coffee or two beforehand. Doyle featuring Albert Alva (tenor dance floor and our city’s scene a safe SLX closes out with their final day- saxophone), Jonathan Doyle (clarinet/ and respectful community. Read more time classes, a social dance downtown saxophone), Jen Hodge (bass/vocals), about its safe space policy online at at Westlake Park with Jonathan Ng savoyswing.org/conduct. and the Rain City Swing band featur-

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 PREVIEW >> Jazz Under the Stars

with Steve Yamasaki on saxophone, Trent Leurquin on bass and Nonda Trimis on drums, cook up their own fresh sound of jazz favorites and cre- ative originals. Expect to hear some- thing for everyone to enjoy. Two vocalists are featured in early August, with award-winning singer and composer Eugenie Jones appear- ing on August 1, followed by Kobe Jazz Award winner Nancy Erickson on August 8. The Vienna/Bergeron Brazilian Quintet concludes the program on

NANCY ERICKSON PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST August 15. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Cassio Vianna is the Director of Jazz Thursdays, July 11–August 15, The first show on July 11 brings pia- Studies and Assistant Professor of Mu- 7–9pm nist David Deacon-Joyner and his trio sic at PLU. The composer, pianist, ar- Mary Baker Russell Outdoor to the stage. Joyner is a composer, ar- ranger, and educator has participated Amphitheater ranger, lecturer, and professor with as a performer and clinician at festivals Pacific Lutheran University, over 30 years’ experience at the Uni- and conferences in Brazil, Paraguay, Tacoma, WA versity of North Texas and Pacific Lu- China and the United States. Saxo- theran University. Having performed phonist and co-leader Tom Bergeron Now in its 21st year, the cherished all over the world, he collaborates fre- has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz Under the Stars concert series quently with saxophonist Pete Christ- Anthony Braxton, among many oth- launches on July 11, to be continued lieb, award-winning vocalist LaVon ers, in concerts across the globe. Vo- every Thursday evening through Au- Hardison, and the Tacoma-based Grit calist Rosi Bergeron, bassist Clipper gust 15. City Jazz Octet. Anderson, and drummer Mark Ivester Originally conceived by Pacific Lu- Saxophonist Dmitri Matheny and join them for this final concert in the theran’s Department of Music faculty his group reveal their magic on July series. as an opportunity to showcase the 18. Celebrated for his warm tone, soar- As an additional highlight, Associate region’s top jazz players, Jazz Under ing lyricism, and masterful technique, Professor of Music Paul Tegels offers the Stars (JUTS) comprises six out- Matheny has received several pres- an intermission performance on the door performances for listeners of all tigious music awards, including the world-famous Fuchs pipe organ in the ages. It is a loyally attended summer 2016 NW Instrumentalist of the Year Lagerquist Concert Hall. highlight, set in a charming, intimate Golden Ear Award as well as Best New Pack your lawn chairs, picnic blan- outdoor venue with state-of-the-art Artist in the 1999 JazzTimes Readers kets, and picnic food. Coffee will be sound. Guests are invited to visit the Poll. Joining Matheny are Northwest available. Wine, beer, and snacks are campus observatory for stargazing favorites Randy Halberstadt (piano), also available for purchase. All con- after the final three performances in Phil Sparks (bass), and Mark Ivester certs are free and open to the public. August. In the unlikely event of unco- (drums). –Marianne Gonterman operative weather, concerts are moved On July 25, it’s The Dan Duval Good For more information, visit plu.edu. into Lagerquist Concert Hall. Vibes Quartet. Vibraphonist Duval,

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 PREVIEW >> Jazz Al Fresco: July & August

MacGill Quartet (July 18, Hing Hay Park), tango move-makers The Ben Thomas Tango Trio (July 30, West- lake), salsa musicians Mambo Cadil- lac (August 8, Freeway Park), vintage swing revivalists Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints (August 15, Freeway Park), among many others. Dancing begins at 6pm, with a free lesson during the first hour. Full schedule information is available at danceforjoy.biz. Interbay Golf Center BBQ Jazz WHITNEY MONGÉ PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST GAIL PETTIS PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN 2501 15th Ave W Summer at SAM: Art of Jazz summer. Produced by the Downtown Seattle Association and presented by Every Monday from July 8 to July Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Virginia Mason, this series continues 29 brings BBQ and jazz to Interbay Western Ave a 42-year tradition of supporting free Golf Center. Starting July 8 with en- live music for Seattle workers, resi- chanting singer Gail Pettis, this sum- For the summer months, the Art of mer’s BBQ jazz calendar also includes Jazz series moves to the Seattle Art dents, and visitors. Bands and sched- ules have not been listed yet, but the Leah Natale & Ambience (July 15), Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. the bluesy Stickshift Annie with Kim- July 18 features the future funk fu- series is typically jam-packed with no- table musicians from the area. ball & the Fugitives (July 22), and sion stylings of High Pulp, named Scott Lindenmuth (July 29). Free, NW Alternative Group of the Year for Full schedule of acts will be available at downtownseattle.org. first-come-first-served concert seat- the 2018 Golden Ear Awards. Next ing starts at 5pm, with music from up on August 8, local chanteuse and Dancing til Dusk 5:30–8:30pm. More information at soul powerhouse Whitney Mongé will premiergc.com/-bbq-jazz. showcase her lush vocals and minimal Hing Hay, Westlake, Freeway & blend of rhythm and blues rock from Occidental Parks Jazz on the Lawn at 6:30-8 p.m. The Art of Jazz series is Dancing til Dusk is back again of- Cedarbrook Lodge sponsored by KNKX 88.5 & Earshot fering a smorgasbord of free outdoor Jazz and is part of the Summer at SAM 18525 36th Ave S dancing, music, and dance lessons events schedule. Admission is free. on Tuesdays and Thursdays around For the eighth consecutive year, Downtown Summer Sounds Seattle parks. It begins on July 11 in the Cedarbrook Lodge presents Jazz Hing Hay Park as Curley Taylor & on the Lawn on Friday, July 12, a Downtown Seattle Zydeco Trouble from Louisiana rip single-night summer concert event Formerly known as the Out to Lunch roar through. The 14 different events suited for jazz and culinary aficiona- concert series, Downtown Sum- include nights with honkey tonk dos alike. The evening opens with the mer Sounds brings free local music swingers The Billy Joe Show (July 16, exceptional Forman-Finley Band ac- to downtown Seattle throughout the Occidental Square), swing band Casey companied by Cherrie Adams, and

14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 is headlined by the renowned gypsy jazz troupe Pearl Django. Copperleaf Restaurant features small plates and appetizers and regional sips from the vine, along with craft cocktails and beer. More info & tickets available at cedarbrooklodge.com. Summer Concerts at Ballard Locks 3015 NW 54th St This long-running series on the grounds of the botanical gardens and bustling Ballard Locks features an eclectic mix of performances ranging BIRCH PEREIRA AND THE GIN JOINTS PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST from big band and blues to Brazilian samba and Latin-funk fusion. Hap- pening every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm in July and August, plus a special event on July 4th with the Seattle Civ- ic Band, all shows are free to the pub- lic. The 2019 series includes: West Se- attle Big Band, Coal Creek Jazz Band, The Tempos, High Class Brass Quin- tet, Michael Clune & Moodance, and many more acts encompassing old- time swing, blues, jazz, samba and marching band music. Full lineup at ballardlocks.org. ZooTunes at Woodland Park Zoo 5500 Phinney Ave N Trademark Seattle summer tradition BECU ZooTunes returns this year with a wide range of musicians from various genres, including jazz, folk, country, rock and blues. Some shows are already sold out—including John Prine and the B-52s—but there’s still room for Cody Johnson and Whitey Morgan (July 21), crooner Feist and Rhye (August 11), classic blues per- formers Taj Mahal & Marc Cohn featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama (August 15), and The Wood Brothers with Colter Wall (August 25). Ticket prices vary and are available online, along with full schedule and more in- formation, at zoo.org/zootunes.

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 PREVIEW >> Chinatown Discovery: The Louisa Hotel and the Club Royale Walking Tour: Thursday, July 18, 5:30pm Wing Luke Museum 719 S King St Back in January, 2016, I received an email from Tanya Woo, owner of the historic Louisa Hotel in the China- town International District, asking if I knew anything about a vintage jazz club in the basement of the building. In the process of remodeling, she had discovered the words “Club Royale” written above the stairwell leading to the basement, some stunning art deco murals of fashionable folks in top hats and furs, and a floor plan indicating the venue once had boasted a stage and dance floor. This was exciting news! One of my sources for Jackson UNCOVERED MURAL PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL DE BARROS Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in side was the Blue Heaven (a space later rather a ring of white petty gangsters. Seattle had told me there were “secret occupied by the Wah Mee); on the Federal agents relentlessly raided the tunnels” between Chinatown’s Prohi- east, connected by a secret passageway, Club Royale, finally shutting it down bition Era jazz clubs and what later be- was the Club Royale, popularly known for good on New Year’s Eve, 1932. came the Wah Mee Club, which had as the “Bucket of Blood” and once de- Though the Club Royale appears to been in this building, but I had never scribed by The Seattle Staras “colorful, have existed for only two-and-a-half once found any evidence of this. I im- flourishing and fashionable.” The place years, the Hotel Louisa is a going mediately replied that I would love to appears to have opened in August, concern. Purchased by Tanya Woo’s see the murals. Thus began a research 1930, a year after Charlie Louie set up father, the late Paul Woo, in 1963, it project, funded by King County’s shop across the street at the Chinese re-opened last month with 84 units 4Culture, about one of Seattle’s most Gardens. Both places offered liquor, of low-income housing, with memen- mysterious jazz venues. food, gambling, and jazz. tos of the past woven into its design. The Club Royale was housed in a In his autobiography, the great New At 5:30pm Thursday, July 18, as part 1909 building located at the south- Orleans clarinetist Joe Darensbourg of the Wing Luke Museum’s annual west corner of South King Street and recalled playing the Club Royale with JamFest, I’ll be leading a free walking Seventh Avenue South and named Seattle saxophonist Gerald Wells. tour of historic Chinatown Interna- originally for its Scandinavian own- Newspapers also report that a well- tional District jazz clubs, including a ers—Louis Tagholm, John Nelson known local pianist, Anson “Polly” viewing of the Club Royale stairwell and Niels Jensen—who operated it as Butler, was arrested there during a raid murals. Attendance is limited to 25. If a working man’s hotel catering to la- conducted by Federal “dry agents.” you are interested, please sign up now borers in the Alaska canneries. Though the place was sometimes at Louisahotelseattle.com. During Prohibition, the basement called the Hong Kong Chinese Soci- hosted two speakeasies. On the west –Paul de Barros ety, the owners were not Chinese, but

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 PREVIEW >> 2019 Jazz Port Townsend

July 25–27 Fort Worden, Port Townsend Summer in Seattle means catching a ferry and getting out of the city for a couple of days—windows down, sunglasses on, heading up the road to the quaint peninsula town of Port Townsend, a town known for its views of the Puget Sound. But in July, ears and eyes turn to another stage. Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend Fes- tival nests in Fort Worden, a 433- acre idyllic former military base, and brings incredible acts from around the country for three days of musical bliss. This year the festival runs from July 25 to July 27 and begins Thursday TERRELL STAFFORD PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST ANAT COHEN PHOTO BY SHERVIN LAINEZ with Jazz in the Clubs, an à la carte series of concerts in venues throughout ham Dechter with Jeff Hamilton on to the land and culture of the musical the Fort Worden grounds that lasts drums. All accomplished in their own styling Piedmont Blues and its defin- through the weekend. A $25 daily right, the jazz trio together create soul- ing characteristics of ragtime rhythms, wristband acts as a pass to the venues. ful and surprising movements. fingerpicking and low, storied lyrics. Wander the grounds of Fort Worden Saturday afternoon begins with the Marie, a Grammy-nominated vocalist from 8 to 11pm and happen upon the brass-band street performers Brothers and Piedmont native, sings the vocals different all-age concerts. of Brass, featuring Terell Stafford and for this sprawling epic that weaves in Main stage shows are on Friday night Marquis Hill on trumpets, following music and an assemblage of projected and Saturday through the afternoon in the tradition of New Orleans street film, new and archival photography, and night at the McCurdy Pavilion, music. The quippy Mayo Mastery is and Southern folklore. a balloon-hangar-turned-arena that Michael Mayo, a talented, emotional DownBeat called Marie’s perfor- seats 1,200. jazz vocalist. Then, Centrum All Star mance “masterful” and Clayton at the Friday night begins with Anat Cohen Big Band directed by John Clayton, helm has picked up praise from The and Marcello Gonçalves. Equipped billed as the “hottest big band in the New York Times and The Wall Street with only a seven-string guitar and a Northwest,” takes the stage featuring Journal. clarinet, Cohen and Gonçalves craft a Akiko Tsuruga from Equal Time and Preceeding the Jazz Festival is a con- richly textured orchestra of two. The standout pianist Gerald Clayton. cordant weeklong workshop for jazz duo traverses multiple musical terri- Saturday night is packed with Gram- and blues musicians. Now in its 33rd tories in a soundscape informed by a my-nominated Geoffrey Keezer on year, students work with renowned tal- milieu of styles made unique by their piano and vocalist Gillian Margot. ents chosen by Artistic Director John collaboration. “Piedmont Blues: A Search For Sal- Clayton. They are followed by soul jazz en- vation” by Gerard Clayton and fea- –Whitney Bashaw turing vocalist René Marie will close semble Equal Time, comprised of or- Tickets and informatione available at Saturday night. The show is a tribute ganist Akiko Tsuruga, guitarist Gra- centrum.org.

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 FOR THE RECORD

Kassa Overall Playlist,” with celestial vocals Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to by Judi Jackson), or yearning love (“Do You,” with Theo Jazz Croker). Self-released I love this line from Over- all’s caustic riff on the stan- If you were following jazz in Se- dard, “What’s New”–“Next attle in the last century, you prob- lifetime, please stay away ably heard about standout Gar- from me.” I’m not so crazy field High School drummer Kassa about the rippling electronic Overall. If you tuned in during clichés on “Do You,” nor do this era, you may have seen him the bumping interruptions playing with the late Geri Allen or and silvery synths add much tapping his laptop with Jon Batiste to the Lundy remix. But this & Stay Human on “The Late Show is a stupendously smart al- with Steven Colbert.” bum that Seattle jazz fans can After more than a decade in New be very proud of. And by the York, Overall has become a force way, that’s Seattle’s own Lau- to contend with, both as a jazz ren Du Graf reciting the title’s drummer and hip-hop producer- controlled chaos, sometimes creating intriguing suggestion. MC. His debut full-length, Go Get Ice ecstatic atmospherics (“The Sky Div- Cream and Listen to Jazz, melds those er”) or heartfelt tributes (“When Will –Paul de Barros two sources in a bold and seductive They Learn,” with Carmen Lundy), way. and at others delivering raps about Kassa Overall performs A master of warm, soulful mixes— Jungian archetypes (“La Casa Azul,” sometimes with bedroom eyes— with Roy Hargrove), friends fallen Saturday, July 20, at the Overall kneads live jazz instruments (“Mark Sampson”) or living (“My Capitol Hill Block Party on the (trumpet, saxophone, drums, piano) Friend,” with Arto Lindsay), institu- Vera Stage. Tickets and informa- into electronic textures and beats with tionalized racism (“Prison and Phar- tion at capitolhillblockparty.com. a canny balance of pop tightness and maceuticals”), love lost (“What’s New With You”), fame (“Who’s On The

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 FOR THE RECORD

Xavier Lecouturier Winter’s “Striations” features Carrier Sharma cutting loose on EWI, and Winter’s rapid fire single Origin Records note solo filtered into workable 21-year-old drummer/com- parts by Lecouturier’s vibrant poser Xavier Lecouturier playing, and Carns’ loose fitting, has been making a definite tasteful harmony. impression on the jazz scene Lecouturier’s “Waiting” fea- in Seattle. As a student at tures trumpeter Marriott’s Cornish College of the Arts, trademark tone, and melodic he made his way to jam ses- sensibility, accentuated by a fine sions, and acquainted himself bass interlude from Feldman. A with the best players in town, more orchestral feel comes across eventually landing in the during Feldman’s very modern quintet of trumpeter Thomas sounding composition, “Event Marriott. His debut album as Horizon.” band-leader, Carrier is a col- While each tune has its unique lection of compositions forged during grad, Santosh Sharma on tenor saxo- qualities, there is a collective this period of rapid self-discovery. phone and EWI. commonality between them that es- Lecouturier is surely the driving The opening “Aube” is a Lecoutu- tablishes an expression of intimate force behind this recording, but there rier selection that features Sharma and space and time, reflecting this period is a collective feel to the record, with Winter carrying the melody between of both self-awareness, and commu- major contributions from guitarist the layered harmony of Carns, Feld- nity association. Carrier is not only a Lucas Winter, pianist Gus Carns and man, and Lecouturier. Winter’s single brilliant beginning for Lecouturier, it bassist Ben Feldman as both musicians note melody line and subsequent solo is a standard to be upheld by a collec- and composers. Marriott is part of the highlights his major contribution to tion of fine young players we should collective as well, adding a veteran the session. The same can be said about be hearing from often down the road. presence to the proceedings, along the title track, with the album’s most –Paul Rauch with the young and talented Roosevelt memorable melody contained within.

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July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND July 07

MONDAY, JULY 1 SB Proud & Nasty Jam Session, 10pm TD Harpdog Brown & The Uptown Blues Band, 8pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm FRIDAY, JULY 5 TU Bill Anschell Standards Trio w/ Jeff Johnson, EB Tom Kellock, 6pm D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30pm CZ Jazz First Fridays, 7:30pm ES Eric Verlinde, 6pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm JA The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, EB Tom Kellock, 6pm 7:30pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm SUNDAY, JULY 7 NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release (early show), RR Cold Spell / Modern Bridges, 7:30pm 7:30pm AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and the JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release (late show), 200 Trio, 9pm TUESDAY, JULY 2 9:30pm CR Racer Sessions: Illegal Son, 8pm KE Rick Kitaeff & Bruce Barnard Jazz Duo, CZ Choro Music Jam, 2pm BP Billy Stapleton/Annie Eastwood Duo, 8pm 6:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm NC Stephanie Porter Quartet, 8pm ES Eric Verlinde w/ Josephine Howell, 6pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release Celebration, TU Bruce Phares Reunion Quartet, 7:30pm FB Seattle Jazz Vespers: Jake Bergevin Quartet, 7:30pm VI Jovino Santos Neto, 9pm 6pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release, 7:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm SATURDAY, JULY 6 RR Wayne Horvitz-Sara Schoenbeck Duo / Sweeter Than the Day ft. Tim Young, 7pm BH Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue w/ Son WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 TD Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm Little, 8pm TU Brian Monroney Quartet, 7:30pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm CM Cascadia Big Band, 7pm VI Lennon Aldort, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm EB Frank S. Holman III, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release Celebration, ES Daniel Davison, 6pm 7:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release (early show), MQ Darrell Holden Quartet, 5pm 7:30pm MONDAY, JULY 8 NC Jazz Jam w/Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30pm JA Acoustic Alchemy: CD Release (late show), CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8pm 9:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm VI Bar Tabac, 9pm NC Paul Miranda Syndicate: Tribute to Amy ES Eric Verlinde, 6pm Winehouse, 8pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm THURSDAY, JULY 4 OS Shawn Schlogel Trio, 8pm RR Centerpiece Jazz Band, 7:30pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9pm

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AB The Angry Beaver FB Seattle First Baptist Church RR The Royal Room BB Bella’s Bistro & Bar FW Town Square Park (Federal Way) SA Samson Estates Winery BC Barca GH Judson Street, Gig Harbor, WA SB Sea Monster Lounge BH Benaroya Hall JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley SP Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture BP Bake’s Place Bellevue KE Kelnero Park CC Capitol Cider KR Knife Room TA Jazz Under the Stars (Tacoma) CH Chapel Performance Space LA Latona Pub TD Triple Door CM Crossroads Bellevue MP Mercerdale Park TU Tula’s CR Cafe Racer MQ The Triple Door MQ Stage and Lounge TW Tagaris Winery CZ Couth Buzzard Books NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop VI Vito’s DT Darrell’s Tavern NL Nectar Lounge VP Volunteer Park Amphitheater EB El Gaucho Bellevue OS Osteria la Spiga WA Wedgwood Art Festival EG Egan’s Ballard Jam House OW Owl ‘n’ Thistle WW Whisky West ES El Gaucho Seattle PG Paragon

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 TUESDAY, JULY 9 KE Rick Kitaeff & Bruce Barnard Jazz Duo, 6:30pm BP Billy Stapleton/Annie Eastwood Duo, 8pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm CURTAIN CALL EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm MQ Kareem Kandi Band, 9pm weekly recurring performances ES Daniel Davison, 6pm NC Joan Penney Quintet, 8pm JA Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, 7:30pm NL PBJam Fest: Day 1, 5pm NC Naomi Siegel, 7pm TU Kelley Johnson Band, 7:30pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30pm TW Duende Libre & Frank Anderson, 7pm MONDAY SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm VI Kate Olson, 9pm TU Tim Kennedy Quintet, 7:30pm VP BKO Quintet, 7pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30 EB Tom Kellock, 6 WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 SATURDAY, JULY 13 ES Eric Verlinde, 6 CH Twenty Six Minutes Equals One Day, 8pm CM Maia Santell & House Blend, 7:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30 EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm EB Frank S. Holman III, 6pm WW Whiskey West Jazz Jam, 7 ES Daniel Davison, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm JA Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, 7:30pm JA Steve Tyrell (early show), 7:30pm TUESDAY MQ Frank Kohl Trio, 5pm JA Steve Tyrell (late show), 9:30pm NC Stone Trio w/Melyssa Stone, 7pm NC Duo Flamenco w/Eric & Encarnacion, 8pm BP Billy Stapleton & Annie PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8pm NL PBJam Fest (Day 2), 5pm Eastwod, 6 RR Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, 7pm OS Jonas Myers/Raymond Larsen Duo, 8pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6 TU Raphael Zimmerman Quintet, 7:30pm TU Thomas Marriott Quartet, 7:30pm ES Daniel Davison, 6 VI Tim Kennedy, 9pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm VI Kareem Kandi, 9:30pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30 THURSDAY, JULY 11 WA Clave Gringa Quartet, 10am SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm SUNDAY, JULY 14 WEDNESDAY ES Daniel Davison, 6pm AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and the EB Eric Verlinde, 6 JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm 200 Trio, 9pm ES Daniel Davison, 6 MP Mostly Music in the Park: Duende Libre, CR Racer Sessions, 8pm PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8 6:30pm CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm NC Tim Lerch & Jamie Findlay, 7pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm WW Triangular Jazztet, 7 OS Shawn Schlogel, 7pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm THURSDAY SB Proud & Nasty Jam Session, 10pm ES Eric Verlinde w/ Josephine Howell, 6pm TU Overton Berry & Bruce Phares, 7:30pm JA Steve Tyrell, 7:30pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 VI Jennifer Kienzle, 9pm KE Karin Kajita, 6pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6 RR Columbia City Beatwalk: GoodyBagg, 7pm FRIDAY, JULY 12 SA Bellingham Youth Jazz Band, 4pm ES Daniel Davison, 6 CM Michael Powers, 7pm TU Richard Cole Quartet w/ Chris Symer, Bill OS Shawn Schlogel, 7 EB Tom Kellock, 6pm Anschell & John Bishop, 7:30pm SB Proud and Nasty, 10 ES Daniel Davison, 6pm VI Mack Grout, 6pm JA Steve Tyrell (early show), 7:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm FRIDAY JA Steve Tyrell (late show), 9:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6 ES Daniel Davison, 6 KE Rick Kitaeff & Bruce Barnard, 6:30 LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SATURDAY EB Frank S Holman III, 6 New! Daily pick up and delivery in Seattle ES Daniel Davison, 6 and North Lake Washington areas 7 Luthiers, double bass set up and SUNDAY restoration experts, and makers on site AB Beaver Sessions, 9 Free consultation in shop or by CR Racer Sessions, 8 appointment in Seattle DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 Lessons EB Tom Kellock, 6 Since 1964 ES Eric Verlinde w/ Josephine 970 5th Ave NW Howell, 6 Suite 100 Issaquah WA 98027 www.HammondAshley.com VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

July 2019 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 MONDAY, JULY 15 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 MQ Duende Libre, 5pm NL Big Brass Extravaganza, 8pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm OS Shawn Schlogel, 7pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm SB Proud & Nasty Jam Session, 10pm ES Eric Verlinde, 6pm JA Pete Escovedo Orchestra w/ Leah Tysee: SP Art of Jazz: High Pulp, 6:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm 85th Birthday Celebration!, 7:30pm TU Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 7:30pm NC Michael Hershman, 7pm TUESDAY, JULY 16 PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8pm FRIDAY, JULY 19 RR Piano Starts Here: Chicago in the 20s, BP Billy Stapleton/Annie Eastwood Duo, 8pm 7:30pm BB Dan Duval Good Vibes Trio, 7pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm SB Lord Shambleton, 8pm CH Holland Andrews & Bardos/Miranda, 8pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm TU Duende Libre, 7:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm JA Pete Escovedo Orchestra w/ Leah Tysee: VI Brad Gibson Presents, 9pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm 85th Birthday Celebration!, 7:30pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin (early show), NC Brent Jensen, 7pm THURSDAY, JULY 18 7:30pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin (late show), SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9pm 9:30pm TU RL Heyer Goldtooth, 7:30pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm KE Rick Kitaeff & Bruce Barnard Jazz Duo, ES Daniel Davison, 6pm 6:30pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin, 7:30pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm KR Nordo Jazz Lounge: Brad Shigeta, 8pm MQ Victor Horky’s Silk Road Swing, 5pm TU Jovino Santos Neto, 7:30pm VI Max Holmberg, 9pm VP Ganesh Rajagopalan, 7pm SATURDAY, JULY 20 EB Frank S. Holman III, 6pm EG Duende Libre feat. Frank Anderson, 9pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm FW Federal Way Rhythm & Brews Festival, 12pm GH Dan Duval Good Vibes Trio: Gig Harbor Art Festival, 4pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin (early show), 7:30pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin (late show), 9:30pm TU Susan Pascal Quartet w/ Bill Anschell, Chuck Deardorf & Mark Ivester, 7:30pm VI The Tarantellas, 6pm SUNDAY, JULY 21 AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and the 200 Trio, 9pm CR Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell, 8pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam, 2pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm ES Eric Verlinde joined by Josephine Howell, 6pm JA Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin, 7:30pm KE Karin Kajita, 6pm TU Heather Keizur Quartet “A Night In Paris”, 7:30pm VI Alex Guilbert, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm MONDAY, JULY 22 CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm ES Eric Verlinde, 6pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm

22 • EARSHOT JAZZ • July 2019 TUESDAY, JULY 23 SUNDAY, JULY 28 TUESDAY, JULY 30 BP Billy Stapleton/Annie Eastwood Duo, 8pm AB Jazz at the Beaver w/ Max Holmberg and the BP Billy Stapleton/Annie Eastwood Duo, 8pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm 200 Trio, 9pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm CR Racer Sessions: Idit Shner, 8pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm JA Ranky Tanky, 7:30pm CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell & Friends, JA Philip Lassiter’s Philthy Funk, 7:30pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30pm 2pm NC Songwriter Showcase, 7pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm OW Jazz Jam, 9:30pm TU Kate Olson Ensemble, 7:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm ES Eric Verlinde joined by Josephine Howell, TU Critical Mass, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 6pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, 7:30pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 KE Karin Kajita, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm CH The Alchemy of Improvisation: Will Lone, TU Jay Thomas Quintet, 7:30pm JA Ranky Tanky, 7:30pm Abbey Blackwell, Daniel Salka, 8pm PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm TU pH Factor Big Band, 7pm MONDAY, JULY 29 ES Daniel Davison, 6pm VI Ben Von Wildenhaus, 9pm CC Cider Jam Mondays, 9:30pm JA Philip Lassiter’s Philthy Funk, 7:30pm EB Tom Kellock, 6pm PG Jazz Jam & Open Mic, 8pm THURSDAY, JULY 25 ES Eric Verlinde, 6pm TU Ben Feldman Trio, 7:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm BC Adam Kessler, Phil Sparks & guests, 9pm EB Eric Verlinde, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, 7:30pm NC Clarkia Cobb, 7pm OS Shawn Schlogel, 7pm SB Proud & Nasty Jam Session, 10pm TA Dan Duval Good Vibes Quartet, 7pm TD Paris Chansons, 7:30pm TU Xavier Lecouturier DX-Tet CD Release, 7:30pm VI Ron Weinstein, 9pm FRIDAY, JULY 26 EB Tom Kellock, 6pm ES Daniel Davison, 6pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (early show), 7:30pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (late show), 9:30pm KE Rick Kitaeff & Bruce Barnard Jazz Duo, 6:30pm LA Happy Hour Jazz w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm Wednesdays NC Lorrie Ruiz Band, 8pm RR Painting the Town Red: The Music of Billie Holiday (early show), 6:30pm July 24 & Aug 14 RR Painting the Town Red: The Music of Billie Holiday (late show), 9:30pm 6:00 pm TU Marc Seales Band, 7:30pm VI Yada Yada Blues Band, 9pm VP Emi Meyer, 7pm Free, fun, family-friendly, farmers market concerts SATURDAY, JULY 27 in picnic perfect Columbia Park, Columbia City! EB Frank S. Holman III, 6pm jazznightschool.org ES Daniel Davison, 6pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (early show), 7:30pm JA Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (late show), 9:30pm NC Rod Cook & Toast, 8pm TU D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 6pm WW Mezze Music Project: Brooklyn Meets Bavaria, 7:30pm

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