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2 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Welcome to the Earshot Jazz Festival, 2016!

We are super excited to bring you this year’s festival! Thanks for joining us! This edition is the most diverse, cre- ative, inclusive, and compelling concert series we’ve ever presented. We’ve worked especially hard to match the per- fect representation of the dynamic and ever-changing art form of jazz, with the exciting social and cultural dynamics of this ever-changing city. Jazz is a vehicle for the expansive expression of the human spirit, and the creative application of foundation and form, as is Seattle. And, in Seattle, as you know, vehicles Jam! Earshot Jazz is proud to be a vibrant and valued part of this city’s incredible cultural scene, and to be celebrating the past, present, and future of jazz – “thinking globally and acting locally,” as the National Endowment for the Arts’ 50th anniversary magazine pointed out in a recent profile titled, “Seattle’s Earshot Jazz, Improvising with the Com- munity.” The Earshot Jazz Festival has delivered 27 years of creative juice to this community. As JazzTimes magazine points out, “Every year, the Earshot Jazz Festival disrupts assump- tions, gets in your face and finds fresh synergies.” The scope of this year’s festival is amazing. Let’s do the numbers: 56 events over 35 days, presenting nearly 300 artists (not in- cluding the entire Seattle Symphony) from 17 countries, in 20 venues around the city. But that doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. We are pleased to celebrate D’Vonne Lewis as this year’s Featured Festival Artist, or, what I like to call, our Resident Resident Artist. We are excited to introduce brilliant young artists like Kris Bowers, Takuya Kuroda, and Jaimeo Brown, whose work carries the soul of jazz tradition boldly into the future. We’re happy to welcome back former residents Michael Bisio, Paul Rucker, Josh Deutsch, and, of course, The Westerlies, who have formed concepts in Seattle that are enriching the art world at large. We are also eager to begin the SOUL SPACE series, curated by Catherine Harris-White, at V2 on Capitol Hill, and to see where Cat will take us next. And we are proud to support Seattle Theatre Group in presenting funk master Maceo Parker and our beloved Bill Frisell in separate concerts at the Moore Theatre, and, at the pinnacle of this year’s program, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in the beautiful Paramount Theatre. Finally, in wrapping up this year’s festival on November 11, we are enormously proud to work with the Seattle Symphony in a massive and elegant tribute to Seattle’s ongoing jazz legacy at Benaroya Hall. The Earshot festival works inclusively to define paths and expand the possibilities for all artists, from emerg- ing and lesser-known musicians, to jazz students and today’s top jazz stars. It thrives on creative contact between Seattle audiences and a brilliant array of jazz legends, international artists, and Seattle musicians and composers. It also includes educational workshops, wonderful jazz films, and lots of hometown heroes. Please check this schedule, make some plans, and, like the artists themselves, take some chances on new possibilities. You won’t be disappointed. Enjoy the festival! Keep in touch and give us your feedback. And drop a donation in the kitty – give early and give often. Let’s keep jazz alive and thriving in Seattle! – John Gilbreath, Executive Director

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 3 Earshot Jazz 2016 Festival Lineup

Friday, October 7 STG Presents Jazz at Lincoln Thursday, October 20 Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto Center Orchestra with Takuya Kuroda Group / Frank Kohl Steve Luceno Wynton Marsalis PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Duo Paramount Theatre, 7:30pm Frode Gjerstad Trio Columbia City Theater, 8pm (Festival Friday, October 14 Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Kickoff Reception, 6pm) Brian Lynch & Thomas Friday, October 21 Saturday, October 8 Marriott: “Night of the Bill Anschell CD Release Steve Lehman Trio Cookers” Party PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Honey Ear Trio Tom Rainey & Ingrid Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri: Royal Room, 9pm Laubrock Transylvanian Concert Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Sunday, October 9 Saturday, October 15 Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Josh Rawlings Trio CD Brian Lynch & Thomas Calls Release Party Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Bake’s Place, 7pm Marriott: “Night of the Auditorium), 8pm Cookers” Fred Hersch Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Saturday, October 22 PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm SWOJO w/ special guest Bill Anschell CD Release Monday, October 10 Jenny Kellogg Party Freddy Cole Trio Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm 7:30pm Triple Door, 7:30pm D’Vonne Lewis Limited Scott Amendola & Wil Edition / Roosevelt HS Jazz Tuesday, October 11 Blades / Hunter Gather Band w/ D’Vonne Lewis Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Royal Room, 8:30pm Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 7:30pm Duo Sunday, October 16 PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Manuel Valera Trio Itamar Borochov Quartet Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Wednesday, October 12 Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Auditorium), 8pm Brian Lynch w/ Edmonds- Kris Bowers + NONVisuals: Sunday, October 23 Woodway High School Jazz Music and Art / CMD Conference Call / Bad Luck Band Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Edmonds-Woodway High School Little Auditorium), 8pm Auditorium), 8pm Theater, 7:30pm Los Hermanos Arango / Ann Monday, October 24 Georg Graewe Reynolds & Clave Gringa Chapel Performance Space, 8pm Nectar Lounge, 8:30pm Marina Albero Quartet Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Thursday, October 13 Tuesday, October 18 Auditorium), 8pm Kareem Kandi Trio Naomi Moon Siegel B’shnorkestra: Global Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum), Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Concertos 5:30pm Auditorium), 8pm PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm

4 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Tuesday, October 25 Sunday, October 30 Wednesday, November 9 Michael Bisio & Kirk Jaimeo Brown Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Knuffke Duo / Paul Rucker & Transcendence Smith Duo Hans Teuber Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Benaroya Hall (Illsley Ball Nordstrom Auditorium), 8pm Recital Hall), 8pm Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium), 8pm Sofia Rei Trio / Josh Thursday, November 10 Deutsch’s Pannonia Wednesday, October 26 Eugenie Jones: Tribute to Stroum Jewish Community Center, 8pm Ernestine Anderson Derek Gripper Thursday, November 3 Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum), PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm Matt Savage / Dawn Clement 5:30pm Thursday, October 27 & Mark Taylor Friday, November 11 SOUL SPACE: Tiffany Royal Room, 8pm Tarik Abouzied, Joe Doria, Gouché / Maiah Manser / Friday, November 4 Dan Balmer, Damian Erskine Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm SassyBlack / DJ Riz Matthew Stevens Trio V2, 8pm Royal Room, 7 & 9:30pm Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution Rez Abbasi Quartet Denise Donatelli & Anton Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Foundation Royal Room, 8pm Schwartz Quintet Auditorium), 8pm Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Friday, October 28 Saturday, November 5 Birch Pereira & The Gin Schedule subject to change. Joints Seattle Repertory Jazz Please check earshot.org Orchestra presents Miles for updates. Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil SOUL SPACE: Jaimeo Brown Evans Transcendence / Paul Benaroya Hall (Illsley Ball Nordstrom Rucker: Stories From the Recital Hall), 7:30pm Trees Denise Donatelli & Anton V2, 8pm Schwartz Quintet Earshot Jazz Renee Baker Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club, 7:30pm Chapel Performance Space, 8pm STG Presents Bill Frisell Films “When You Wish Upon a Saturday, October 29 Star” Northwest Film Forum & the Earshot The Moore Theatre, 8pm Jazz Festival present their 15th SOUL SPACE: Industrial annual film program celebrating the Revelation / D’Vonne Lewis Sunday, November 6 history, sounds, and spirit of jazz and Triplifried / DJ Riz their intersections with cinema. Visit Seattle Repertory Jazz nwfilmforum.org for tickets & info. V2, 8pm Orchestra presents Miles Dave Douglas Meets The Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Westerlies w/ Anwar Evans The Jazz Loft According Marshall Kirkland Performance Center, 2pm to W. Eugene Smith Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Dee Daniels Trio Wednesday, October 26, 7pm Auditorium), 8pm Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff (Sara Fishko, United States, 2016) Auditorium), 8pm STG Presents Maceo Parker Cool Cats Monday, November 7 with The Jones Family Wednesday, November 4, 7:30pm Singers Rokia Traoré The Moore Theatre, 8pm Triple Door, 7:30pm

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 5 to the sponsors, staff, and more than 80 volunteers THANK YOU! who make the Earshot Jazz Festival possible

FESTIVAL STAFF MAJOR SUPPORT John Gilbreath – Executive Director Karen Caropepe – Managing Director Caitlin Peterkin – Program Manager Levi Gillis – Production Manager Nick Rogstad – Production Schraepfer Harvey – Production Peter Monaghan – Brochure Editor Daniel Sheehan – Festival Photography

Carl Lierman – Poster & Brochure Design

Earshot Jazz Board of Directors Sue Coliton (president), Danielle Leigh (vice president), Sally Nichols (secretary), Viren Kamdar (treasurer), Ruby Smith Love, John W. Comerford, Chris Icasiano, Diane Wah CO-PRESENTERS Cornish Presents SPONSORS Edmonds-Woodway High School Music Boosters Nectar Lounge Nonsequitur Northwest Film Forum Roosevelt High School Jazz Band Boosters Seattle Art Museum Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Symphony Seattle Theatre Group Stroum Jewish Community Center Triple Door AND YOU! Earshot Jazz is Seattle’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit jazz support organization. Your donation helps support our concert presentations, arts communications, education, and community initiatives.

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6 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 TICKETS and info (206) 547-6763 / www.earshot.org

Tickets on sale Sites + Addresses

Bake’s Place All events are all-ages except: Nectar Lounge, Columbia City Theater, Bake’s Place 155 108th Ave NE #110, Bellevue (21+); after 9pm at The Triple Door; after 10pm at The Royal Room Benaroya Hall 200 University St (downtown), Seattle benaroya hall: Advance tickets: 206-215-4747, seattlesymphony.org Chapel Performance Space nectar lounge: Advance tickets: nectarlounge.com 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Good Shepherd Center, 4th floor (Wallingford), Seattle northwest film forum: Advance tickets: nwfilmforum.org Columbia City Theater 4916 Rainier Ave S (Columbia City), Royal Room: Advance tickets & reservations: 206-906-9920, Seattle theroyalroomseattle.com Edmonds-Woodway High School Little Theater Seattle Repertory jazz orchestra: Advance tickets: 206-523-6159, srjo.org 7600 212th St SW, Edmonds

STG Presents: Advance tickets: stgpresents.org Kirkland Performance Center 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland Triple Door: Advance tickets: 206-838-4333, tripledoor.net Moore Theatre 1932 2nd Ave (downtown), Seattle Tula’s Restaurant & JAZZ CLUB: Reservations (but not advance tickets): Nectar Lounge 206-443-4221, [email protected] 412 N 36th St (Fremont), Seattle

For all other shows: Tickets and info at earshot.org Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave (between Pike & Pine, Capitol Hill), Seattle Discounts Paramount Theatre 911 E Pine St (downtown), Seattle Earshot Jazz Members and Senior Citizens (60+) save $2 on most concerts PONCHO Concert Hall STUDENTS AND MILITARY discounts available for many events (present ID at venue) 710 E Roy St, Kerry Hall, Cornish College of the Arts (Capitol Hill), Seattle Ticket packages (available only through Earshot Jazz at 206-547-6763): Roosevelt High School Auditorium 1410 NE 66th St (Roosevelt), Seattle Save 10% when you buy tickets to at least five separate concerts Save 15% when you buy tickets to eight or more separate concerts The Royal Room 5000 Rainier Ave S (Columbia City), Seattle Jazz Festival Gold Card available for entrance to all festival events ($500 general, Seattle Art Museum $450 members; available only through Earshot Jazz at 206-547-6763). Benefits 1300 First Ave (downtown), Seattle include more than 50% savings off regular price and preferred seating for most events. Shorewood Performing Arts Center Contact Earshot Jazz for details. 1700 Fremont Ave N, Shorewood High School, Shoreline free events Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Wy, Mercer Island All events are free and open to the public. Check www.earshot.org for updates. The Triple Door 216 Union St (beneath Wild Ginger at Art of Jazz: Kareem Kandi Trio Third Ave, downtown), Seattle Thursday, October 13, 5:30pm | Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum) Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club 2214 Second Ave (Belltown), Seattle Art of Jazz: Eugenie Jones: Tribute to Ernestine Anderson V2 Thursday, November 10, 5:30pm | Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum) 1525 11th Ave (Capitol Hill), Seattle

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 7 Festival Spotlight D’Vonne Lewis: 2016 Earshot Jazz Festival Resident Artist Over the recent years, D’Vonne Lewis has become one of the most fre- quently seen and widely respected art- ists on Seattle’s music scene. Like jazz itself, Lewis’ legacy has a deep history and a brilliant future. Composer/bandleader/poet/drum- mer D’Vonne Lewis is the grandson of the “Godfather of Rock and Roll/ Soul,” 1950s-1960s Northwest organ legend, Dave Lewis. At 32 years old, D’Vonne is already considered to be the best and most versatile jazz drum- mer in Seattle. As first-call drummer to many musicians, he gigs with styles ranging from jazz, funk, hip-hop, and rock to Brazilian and African. But it is his impeccable swing and feel that connect him most logically with jazz. He attended Seattle’s Roosevelt High School and was part of the award- winning jazz band program directed D’Vonne Lewis photo by daniel sheehan by Scott Brown. As part of what has In 2006, D’Vonne received the ton and Count Basie’s big band com- become Roosevelt’s almost annual in- Golden Ear Award for Emerging Art- ing through Seattle and performing at vitations to the Essentially Ellington ist of the Year, and in 2013, received competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, nightclubs and black social gatherings Lewis received Outstanding Drum the Golden Ear Award for Instrumen- at places such as Washington Hall and Soloist awards for the years 2000, talist of the Year. other historic venues; Navy jazz bands 2001, and 2002. We’re happy to have Earshot’s John Gilbreath recently performing across the water (Bremer- D’Vonne returning to Roosevelt as a connected with D’Vonne to discuss ton); Jelly Roll Morton was even up guest clinician and featured artist with his career, jazz in Seattle, and more. this way for a bit. Then you fast-for- the Roosevelt Jazz Band on October John Gilbreath: Do you think Seattle ward to the jazz and jumpin’ music 22. is a “Jazz” town? scene on Jackson, Yesler, and Madison Aside from his work as an in-demand streets, where not only Ray Charles, sideman, Lewis works regularly with D’Vonne Lewis: Yes, but honestly I Quincy Jones, and the Holden fam- his own bands: Triplifried, D’Vonne like to think of Seattle as a great town ily played, but my grandfather Dave Lewis’ Limited Edition, and the hard- of music in general. Although, I think hitting, cutting-edge, 2014/2015 jazz and swing music definitely was Lewis, who was a pioneer in perform- Golden Ear Award- and 2014 Genius the root of it all. For instance, in the ing in “white only” establishments. I Award-winning band, Industrial Rev- earlier days you had local bands like always say jazz is life and man, were elation, all of whom will appear on Ms. Lillian [Smith]’s jazz group and they living it! So yes, of course Seattle this year’s festival. Frank Waldron’s band; Duke Elling- is a jazz town.

8 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 JG: How did your formal jazz edu- Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, Brian DL: I’d like to be the known jazz cation at Roosevelt, and informal Blade, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Eric Har- musician/drummer that isn’t afraid education on the bandstand, pre- land, Lewis Nash, Chris Dave, Greg to “get his hands dirty” in all sorts of pare you for the career you’re on? Hutchinson, Billy Kilson, and Herlin projects and various styles of music, DL: First off, I’d like to say not only Riley to name a very few...and cur- not only jazz. I’d like to produce more is Scott Brown the best band direc- rently I still listen to those guys and albums and not just my own band’s. tor ever, but he was a true friend who more... I’d also like to play some kind of cool kept things real and straight up with JG: Were you aware of the Earshot jazz show with the Seattle Symphony all of his students. While I was in festival when you were young? Did performing my songs and my grandfa- high school, he stressed the impor- you plan to be playing on it? ther, Dave Lewis’ music. tance of professionalism on and off JG: What would you like Seattle of the bandstand; keeping our tuxes/ DL: Yes, I heard about the Earshot jazz to look like in 10–20 years? suits clean and sharp looking; stay- festival vaguely. I’ve probably played ing “in the pocket” (time-keeping, a it with someone while in high school DL: I’d like for it to be more clubs la all-American rhythm section); and or with the high school jazz band, but and venues full of music and late night just swingin’ hard! I can’t remember I probably didn’t realize I was playing hangs and places for musicians and everything he has instilled in me and at the festival itself. I think one of my other artist gathering-joints and jam I’m sure all of his ex-students, but I’ve first times playing it was either with sessions. Also, more homecooked/ tried to take everything to heart and the Hadley Caliman Quartet or the cooking inside the venues, so that ev- I still apply those principles in most Larry Fuller Trio. I remember know- eryone’s experience to jazz is height- of my own groups and when I’m per- ing it was a pretty big/sweet deal to ened with a variety of food. All of Se- play the local jazz festival, but I hon- forming with other groups or artists. attle should be a 52nd Street. I’ve always been humbled and estly didn’t think I would ever play it. JG: Anything else you’d like to say? learned so much whenever I get/ JG: In my mind, you’ve been on got the chance to perform and learn the vanguard of important changes DL: I’m very humbled by this op- from not only younger musicians, but in Seattle jazz, that seem to have portunity to perform in this great the elders like Hadley Caliman, Phil opened up notions of what “ jazz” city of music. It’s such a great to city can and cannot be. Can you feel the Sparks, Jim Knapp, Julian Priester, Jeff to call home. Earshot has done such a difference? Johnson, and Bucky Pizzarelli, just to great job in supporting arts in general name a few. They all possess a wis- DL: Thank you. I definitely believe -- what a blessing. I’m so grateful and dom and knowledge that can only be that there is music a person likes and thankful to the organization for sup- taught on the bandstand. If it’s a great music a person doesn’t like. It’s all mu- porting me and all of the other mu- story, a go-to musical trick or lick, how sic to me. Some of it makes you dance; sicians throughout the years. I never to conduct your business or just hang- some of it makes you prance; some of want to take that for granted. One ing out with them, they always taught it makes you snap your finger; some of love! me something beneficial that I still it makes you think you’re the greatest and always will use on the bandstand. singer... Catch D’Vonne In Action At To me, that is the greatest education I grew up listening to all styles of These Festival Events one can receive: getting thrown into music, so I’ve never really had a bias the fire...per se. It’s always a fire that against any genre of music. I really Saturday, October 22, 7:30pm Roosevelt High School Auditorium you should learn from, not get burned enjoy seeing the love and passion that from. a person puts into any kind of music D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition / Roosevelt High School Jazz Band w/ JG: What drummers did you listen that they enjoy playing. I like to think D’Vonne Lewis to most? I am joyful when playing any style of Monday, October 24, 8pm DL: I try to listen to everyone and music. I’ve played with a lot of differ- SAM (Plestcheeff Auditorium) learn something from them or about ent people, so I’d like to think whoev- Marina Albero Quartet er I’m playing with that I’ve influenced their respective style, but who did I lis- Saturday, October 29, 8pm ten to most...? Probably while in high them in some kind of way musically V2 school I listened the most to: Jo Jones, and vice versa. SOUL SPACE: Industrial Revelation / Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Buddy JG: What are your personal goals as D’Vonne Lewis Triplifried / DJ Riz Rich, Philly Joe, Elvin Jones, “young” a jazz musician in Seattle?

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 9 Earshot Jazz 2016 festival Previews

Friday, October 7, 8pm (Reception 6pm in the bourbon bar) | Columbia City Theater Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto / Frank Kohl Steve Luceno Duo (Opening Reception) $18 general | $16 members & seniors | $10 students & military (Reception by donation) The 2016 Earshot Jazz Festival kicks off in high-voltage, with a bacchanal celebra- tion at the historic Columbia City Theater. Don’t miss the extraordinary pianist Jovino Santos Neto, Brazilian native and local jazz treasure, who continues to delight audiences across the globe with impassioned performances, amazing vir- tuosity and irrepressible genius, always in- spired and colored by the richness of Bra- zilian music. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Neto moved to Seattle. Having been charmed by the city when he performed at an Ear- shot concert with Hermeto Pascoal, he became an indispensible part of Cornish College of the Arts, where he currently jovino santos neto photo by glenn nelson teaches piano and composition. He per- forms with his seasoned, award-winning Quinteto, with the indelible Chuck Dear- dorf on bass, Mark Ivester on drums, Jeff Busch on percussion, and the highly spir- ited Ben Thomas on vibraphone. The Frank Kohl Steve Luceno Duo opens the evening to celebrate the fes- tival’s launch. Accomplished guitarist Frank Kohl, who has earned praise for his supple tone and fluid technique, grew up in New York State, graduated from the Berklee School of Music, and returned to New York City, where he performed professionally and recorded his first of three CDs, Reform, with bassist Michael Moore in 1981. A Seattle resident since 1990, Kohl, a 2015 Jazz: The Second Century performer, is a busy artist who can be heard in venues throughout the Steve Luceno & Frank Kohl photo by Bob Cerelli region. Tonight he is joined by South Sound stalwart Steve Luceno on bass.

10 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Saturday, October 8, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall Steve Lehman Trio

Presented with support from In 2015, DownBeat magazine ranked Chamber Music America him as the #1 Rising Star Jazz Musi- Co-presented with Cornish cian of the Year, and he was awarded Presents a Guggenheim Fellowship. Lehman received his doctorate in Music Com- $20 general | $18 members & seniors | position from Columbia University in $10 students & military 2012. His chamber music is regularly Hailed by the New York Times as “a performed by the premiere contempo- state-of-the-art musical thinker with a rary classical music ensembles around reputation for sure-footed futurism,” the world. His exciting new release, Sé- Steve Lehman has built a career cre- lébéyone (Pi 2016), draws from modern ating innovative new music that packs jazz, Senegalese rap, live electronics, a visceral wallop. His recent octet re- and underground hip-hop to create a lease, Mise en Abîme (Pi 2014), was unique form of urban experimental- the #1 Jazz Album of the Year in the ism. Lehman joins the CalArts music NPR Jazz Critics Poll and in the Los department faculty in 2016. Angeles Times, and his previous octet The dazzling alto saxophone van- recording, Travail, Transformation and guardist appears with his steady, in- Flow (Pi 2009), was the #1 Jazz Album credibly crushing trio, bassist Matt of the Year in the New York Times. Brewer and drummer Damion Reid. steve lehman photo by willie davis

Saturday, October 8, 9 pm | Royal Room Honey Ear Trio Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military Three established musicians further their legacies in eclectic saxophone trio Honey Ear Trio. Borrowing from a wide range of styles, Honey Ear Trio plays lively genre-bending composi- tions pivoting around a jazz repertoire with tactful electronic use and fren- zied improvising. The trio is co-led by drummer Al- lison Miller, bassist Rene Hart, and saxophonist Jeff Lederer, who re- placed Erik Lawrence, the reedist on the trio’s 2011 debut Steampunk Ser- enade. The versatile, much-traveled Miller – known for her work with organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith and honey ear trio (Jeff Lederer, Allison Miller, Rene Hart) photo by jasmyne hart collaborations with popular vocalists Brandi Carlile and Ani DiFranco – has

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 11 been fiercely active as an international phonist/composer/educator captivates a sense of playfulness and elasticity, a jazz representative and bandleader for with bird-like altissimo, rapid emo- catalog praised as “eclectic yet cohe- the past decade. She has five studio tional runs and a powerful framework sive” (TimeOut). Staking their claim albums to her name with her prolific for the team’s high-personality music. as one of the boldest sax trios around, and unusual sextet Boom Tic Boom. Meanwhile, boundary-defying bassist Honey Ear Trio covers the board with Miller pairs with exploratory saxo- Rene Hart incorporates modern tech- wistful to grooving to hard-swing- phonist Jeff Lederer, described as “if nology to the traditional sound of his ing compositions. Stay tuned for the Ben Webster and Albert Ayler went out acoustic bass. group’s coming release of their second for drinks together” (San Diego Union- Together, these passionate players CD Swivel this September. Tribune). The New York-based saxo- are approaching their new music with Sunday, October 9, 7pm | Bake’s Place Josh Rawlings Trio Album Release Party $20 general The Josh Rawlings Trio, established in 2001 when they start- ed at Cornish College of the Arts together, now celebrates 15 years playing as a group in Seattle with the release of their new- est album, Swell. This sophomore album gives an honest look at the growth of their adventurous and energetic trio jazz style of playing since their debut Climbing Stairs released in 2008 at the previous Bake’s Place location. Swell features a collection of originals and exciting covers that include wonderful guest per- formances by other Seattle talent: vocalist Isabella Du Graf, trumpet player Gabriel Burbano, and tap dancer Jessie Saw- yers. Swell is an album about the ebb and flow of life and the swell of emotion and sounds that come and go. Comprised of Josh Rawlings on piano, Nate Omdal on up- right bass, and Adam Kessler on drums, the Josh Rawlings

Trio has a rich history, tight rapport, and eclectic repertoire. Nate Omdal, Josh Rawlings, Adam Kessler photo courtesy of artist Whether swinging through jazz standards or putting their in- terpretive spin on modern classics, the group brings passionate energy and musical chemistry to each and every song they play.

12 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Sunday, October 9, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall Fred Hersch Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX Hersch became the first pia- nist to ever perform a full $32 general | $30 members & seniors | week at the legendary Village $20 students & military Vanguard as a solo pianist. A select member of jazz piano pan- In 2016 alone, he was named theon, Fred Hersch is a pervasively in- a Doris Duke Artist by the fluential creative force who has shaped Doris Duke Foundation and the music’s course over more than three Jazz Pianist of the Year by the decades. Known for his solo recordings Jazz Journalists Association. as well as collaborations with vocalists, He has also been nominated horn players, and rhythm section play- for eight Grammy awards. ers alike, Hersch has established him- In addition to a strong per- self as an incredibly strong improviser, formance career, Hersch has composer, educator, bandleader, col- spent a significant amount of laborator, and recording artist. Over time in education, teaching the last few years, Hersch’s collabora- at New England Conservato- tions have included musicians such as ry, The Juilliard School, The fred hersch photo by mark niskanen guitarists Julian Lage and Bill Frisell, New School, and The Man- DownBeat of the refined, romantic pi- vocalists Jo Lawry, Nancy King, and hattan School of Music. He currently anist. This is a rare opportunity to be Norma Winstone, trumpeter Ralph teaches at Rutgers University. in a small concert hall with a gorgeous Alessi, percussionist Richie Barshay, “One of the small handful of bril- 9’ Steinway and a brilliant pianist. and others. As part of his solo career, liant musicians of his generation,” says

Monday, October 10, 7:30pm | Triple Door Freddy Cole

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX with Cole since 2007, says, “Freddy just glides through life. He’s got a lot $32 general | $30 members & seniors | of patience, warmth, a great sense of $20 students & military humor. The music is really inseparable “Blessed with warmth, timbral beau- from the person…One of the things ty, and grace” (Entertainment Weekly), that makes Freddy really great is his el- Freddy Cole delivers his songs with egance and careful, judicious editing. such sensitive maturity and elegant re- He doesn’t play a lot of notes on piano, serve that it makes listeners reexamine but the ones he plays really do make their sincerity in all matters of con- the band feel great. They’re melodic, sciousness. His pure and honest deliv- it swings, and that’s it. He doesn’t feel ery, and the warm timbre of his voice you need a lot of extra, fancy stuff.” make him one of the most formidable Tonight, Freddy Cole is joined by male jazz vocalists of his generation. guitarist Randy Napoleon and bassist The last of a musical dynasty, he has Elias Bailey, who supported him on led sparkling groups in swinging ren- his Grammy-nominated 2010 release ditions of deeply felt and stylish vo- Freddy Cole Sings for Mr. B. They will cal jazz. Guitarist Randy Napoleon, be playing a tribute to his brother, the who has been playing and recording late, great Nat “King” Cole. freddy cole photo courtesy of artist

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 13 Tuesday, October 11, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Duo Co-presented with Cornish Presents $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military It is not often that concertgoers have an opportunity to completely reconsid- er the possibilities for an instrument as common as the piano. Earshot audienc- es that have spent time with either Kris Davis or Craig Taborn in concerts past can understand that potential. We’ll go you one better – we now have the unique opportunity to hear these two innovators together, in a two-piano concert in the craig taborn & kris davis photo courtesy of artist air-tight PONCHO Concert Hall. The Forum, as well as on NPR. She holds ahead jazz trios to solo electronic im- two will just be completing a tour on the a master’s in classical composition from provisation. He was heard often in heels of Davis’ new recording, Duopoly, the City College of New York and she Tim Berne’s bands and played with that has taken them to prestigious stages teaches at the School for Improvisa- Dave Douglas, Gerald Cleaver, and around the country. tional Music. A prolific musical talent, many others. Now living in Brooklyn, The Vancouver-born pianist/compos- Davis has appeared and recorded with Taborn is as likely to be playing free er Kris Davis has played in New York many jazz leaders such as Bill Frisell, improvisation with Roscoe Mitchell as jazz venues, and is known for her ability John Hollenbeck, and Mary Halvor- he is to be playing straight-ahead jazz to seamlessly move from jazz standards son. In 2015 she was granted the Doris at New York City’s Village Vanguard. to experimental improvisations evoca- Duke Impact Award. Taborn’s 2011 composed solo piano tive of avant-garde. Sometimes lightly Craig Taborn is a remarkable pianist album Avenging Angel was critically percussive, at other times she is almost with a wide view. After an early stint acclaimed. JazzTimes ranked Taborn mathematical. Her 2011 album, Capri- as an integral part of the saxophonist in its 2013 critics’ poll as “best piano corn Climber, made “best of the year” James Carter’s ensembles, he opened player,” and in 2014 he was granted a lists in The New York Times and Art his interests to move from straight- Doris Duke Artist Award. Wednesday, October 12, 7:30pm | Edmonds-Woodway High School Little Theater Brian Lynch w/ Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Band Presented by Edmonds-Woodway boasts a prime location and a promise and Charles McPherson; Latin music High School Music Boosters for a great night of live music. icons Héctor LaVoe and Lila Downs; Brian Lynch, an honored graduate and pop luminaries including Prince. $12 general | $8 students of two of the jazz world’s most distin- A four-time finalist in the Essen- Edmonds-Woodway High School guished academies – Art Blakey and tially Ellington competition, the Music Boosters present the EWHS the Jazz Messengers and the Horace EWHS Jazz Band has also received Jazz Band with special guest, Gram- Silver Quintet – brings to his music an Gold Commendations at the Loyola my Award-winning trumpeter Brian unparalleled depth and breadth of ex- Jazz Festival in New Orleans, and is Lynch. Edmonds-Woodway, under the perience. He has received wide acclaim a regular participant in Starbucks’ an- direction of Jake Bergevin, has distin- during his long tenures with Latin jazz nual Hot Java Cool Jazz. Graduates guished itself as a thriving community legend Eddie Palmieri and straight- have attended such prestigious col- of jazz musicians, establishing Edmonds ahead master Phil Woods, and has also leges as Berklee College of Music, the itself as a jazz town. The intimate the- been a valued collaborator with jazz art- Manhattan School of Music, and USC ater at Edmonds-Woodway High School ists Benny Golson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thornton School of Music.

14 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Wednesday, October 12, 8pm | Chapel Performance Space Georg Graewe

$18 general | $16 members & seniors | $10 students & military One of the most gifted improvisers in any kind of music, the remarkable German pianist returns to the pristine Chapel space for an un- forgettable solo piano concert. With more than 30 recordings to his name, Georg Graewe has been called “a pianist and composer of exquisite technique” (Allmusic. com) where “performing and improvising is vis- iting the past, setting an accent, against or with others” (E-Pulse Magazine). Born in Bochum, Germany, in 1956, his career began in rock bands, but quickly moved to jazz. His influences are vast and eclectic, where re- cordings by Cream, Jelly Roll Morton, Schoen- berg, and various country artists all share the same musical shelf space. He has been a leader in new music, with a va- riety of ensembles, from trios – most notably his union with Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger and American percussionist Gerry Hemingway – to chamber orchestra formats. For 11 years, Graewe directed the 10-piece chamber music ensemble, GrubenKlangOrchester, including famed instrumentalists Franz Koglmann and Theo Jörgensmann. He has played with acclaimed musicians in new music from all around the world. Innova- tors like Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Dave Douglas, and Phil Minton have joined him in- numerous recording projects and concerts that span his productive career. A prolific composer, since 2000, Graewe has composed three operas, and curated a series of 27 events presented in the European Captial of Culture RUHR.2010. His own record label, Random Acoustics, is aptly named: in Graewe’s own words, it’s about “coping with the momen- tary situation as a factor of music making.” Graewe’s music may rejoice in birthing the random into art, but there’s nothing random in buying a ticket – another “don’t miss” Earshot opportunity. georg graewe photo by kurt rade

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 15 Thursday, October 13, 5:30pm | Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum) Kareem Kandi Trio

Co-presented with Seattle Art Museum Free and open to the public The talented and versatile saxophonistKareem Kandi returns to the Brotman Forum at Seattle Art Museum with his trio. A preferred artist in the monthly Art of Jazz series, Kandi is joined by the soulful B-3 organist Delvon Lamarr and capable drummer Max Wood. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Kandi has been a sought-after per- former, composer, and educator, willing to go beyond the expected to create his own unique style. After graduating from Cornish in 2002, he has garnered praises for his hard-swinging tunes and is appreciated by enthusiastic audi- ences with his impact on the regional jazz scene. While paying tribute to traditional and timeless musical styles of jazz, blues and funk, the Kareem Kandi Trio has a sound that is fresh, innovative, and appealing.

16 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Thursday, October 13, 7:30pm | Paramount Theatre STG Presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Presented by Seattle Theatre Group $45-125 Truly a legendary artist and jazz icon of our times, Wynton Marsalis defies an introduction. As an internation- ally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator, and a leading advocate of American culture, his mu- sic spans the jazz continuum, from its New Orleans roots to bebop to mod- ern jazz. By creating and performing an immense range of brilliant new wynton marsalis / JLCO photo by frank stewart music for quartets to big bands, cham- ber music ensembles to symphony or- entrance onto the jazz scene initiated for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Or- chestras, tap dance to ballet, Marsalis the “Young Lions” movement and in- chestra. In 1996, JLCO was installed has expanded the vocabulary for jazz spired an entire new crop of brass play- as a new constituent of Lincoln Cen- and created a vital body of work that ers. A multi-award-winning composer, ter, equal in stature with the New York places him among the world’s finest his rich and expansive body of music Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, musicians and composers. places him among the world’s most and New York City Ballet – a historic Marsalis attended Juilliard in 1979, significant composers. moment for jazz as an art form and for and in 1980 joined the Jazz Messen- In 1987, Marsalis co-founded and Lincoln Center as a cultural institu- gers to study under master drummer became Artistic Director of Jazz at tion. and bandleader Art Blakey. Marsalis’ Lincoln Center and Music Director Friday, October 14, 8pm | Chapel Performance Space Tom Rainey & Ingrid Laubrock $18 general | $16 members & seniors | Buoyancy, continued to highlight their $10 students & military “undeniable rapport…as their lines Two of the most fascinating musi- and ideas weave and develop through cians in the free improvisation scene close conversation” (FreeJazzBlog). appear in duo tonight at the Cha- Originally from Germany, Laubrock pel. Ingrid Laubrock, DownBeat’s was an active saxophonist and com- 2015 soprano saxophone rising star, poser in the UK for 20 years, before and Tom Rainey, a drummer “who moving to Brooklyn. She has collabo- swerves between avant-garde notions rated with artists including Jason Mo- and a mainstream sensibility” (L.A. ran, Mary Halvorson, and Tyshawn Times), improvise with captivating in- Sorey, and leads several of her own tuition. projects. After collaborating together for many Born in L.A., percussionist Rainey years, these New York-based real-life moved to NYC in 1979, where he re- partners debuted their 2014 record- mains an active sideman and leader, ingrid laubrock & Tom Rainey photo by peter Gannushkin ing And Other Desert Towns in 2014 to working with artists including Tim strong acclaim. This year’s follow-up, Berne, Mark Helias, and Joe Lovano.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 17 Friday, October 14 & Saturday, October 15, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Brian Lynch & Thomas Marriott: “Night of the Cookers”

brian lynch photo by tomoji hirakata thomas marriott photo by daniel sheehan

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX tet, joins forces with Thomas Marriott, Rosemary Clooney, Les Brown and His seven-time Golden Ear Winner, winner Band of Renown, and many others. $22 general | $20 members & seniors | of the Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet With more than two dozen recordings $10 students & military Competition, and member of Maynard produced between the two of them, What happens when you mix Thomas Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau Band, to and hundreds of album credits to their Marriott’s “serious chops and a luxuri- whip up audiences in a trumpet extrava- names, both men are not only players of ant sound”(JazzTimes) with “a master- ganza. distinction, composers, producers, and ful soloist...offering peerless, flawless Lynch’s surefire recognition in both leaders, but well-versed collaborators. improvisations”(L.A. Times)? You get a the bop and Latin worlds, having played Backed by artists Marc Seales on “Night of the Cookers,” a collaboration with such notables as Benny Golson, piano, Matt Jorgensen on drums, of two of the top-ten rated trumpet play- Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Charles McPher- and Chuck Deardorf on bass, a night ers in the world. son, along with Latin icons Héctor La- with “deep confident tone and liquid Brian Lynch, Grammy Award-win- Voe and Lila Downs, will blend flavors phrasing”(Jazziz) boiled up with “pas- ner and graduate of two of jazz world’s well with Marriott’s extensive experi- sionate, brilliant solos, peppered with elite academies, Art Blakey and the Jazz ence touring the world with the Tito high notes”(Seattle Times) has gotta be Messengers and the Horace Silver Quin- Puente and Chico O’Farrill Orchestras, tasty.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 7:30PM | Shorewood Performing Arts Center SWOJO w/ special guest Jenny Kellogg

$20 general | $18 members & seniors | composition contest, and the honor- and to foster community interest in $10 students & military able mention composition “Smoking and appreciation of jazz as an art form. Monkeys” by Lauren McKinley. Since the first rehearsal in January of Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra SWOJO, co-founded by Barbara 2000, the band has performed at clubs, with special guest, renowned trom- Hubers-Drake and Ellen Finn, was jazz festivals, and concert halls on two bonist Jenny Kellogg, presents a con- formed to nurture the musical, educa- continents and performed with many cert that celebrates contemporary jazz tional and artistic growth of individu- distinguished artists including Don written by women composers. The eve- al musicians, to encourage women to Lanphere, Mimi Fox, Becca Duran, ning also features the world premiere become involved in jazz performance/ Susan Pascal, Greta Matassa, Kelley of “The Whale” by Miseung Kang, composition as a career or avocation, Johnson, Hazel Leach, Jill Townsend, winner of SWOJO’s fourth annual Ingrid Jensen, and Grace Kelly.

18 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Saturday, October 15, 8:30pm | The Royal Room Scott Amendola & Wil Blades / Hunter Gather

Welcomed by KEXP $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military Described as “lean and mean” and “one of the liveliest acts in the Bay Area” by Forrest Dylan Bryant of Jazz Observer, the duo of drummer Scott Amendola and organist Wil Blades is living proof that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. This col- laboration formed with the ambitious goal of emulating the big band sound – with only the two of them. Through their tenacity and knowledge of how their instruments blend, they created their own cover of Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite. Amendola and Blades have since branched out to develop- ing original material, exploring diverse scott amendola & wil blades photo by lenny gonzalez genres running the gamut from avant- garde and funk to bebop and rock. on tenor sax, Cameron Sharif on key- conventions. Their work incorporates Opening the show is the Seattle band board, Ronan Delisle on guitar, and genres spanning from indie rock to Hunter Gather, which also appeared Chris Icasiano on the drums, Hunter Afro-Caribbean, all while encompass- in Earshot’s Jazz: The Second Centu- Gather seeks to channel the funda- ing the ad libbing upon which jazz is ry concert series earlier this summer. mental spirit of jazz while also boldly based. Consisting of frontman Levi Gillis bending and experimenting with the

Sunday, October 16, 8:30pm | Nectar Lounge Los Hermanos Arango / Ann Reynolds & Clave Gringa

Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS As Tomas Peña wrote in the journal notable artists like Jane Bunnett, Her- Jazz de la Pena, Los Hermanos Arango meto Pascoal, Diane Schuur, Billy $12 advance | $15 day of show plays “with an insuperable rhythmical Cobham, Marcus Miller, and Steps Cuban bassist Feliciano Arango strength and a harmonic richness.” Ahead, they have proven themselves as and his siblings Eugenio (percussion), They produce a musical moment that musical world citizens. Ignacio (guitar), and Cristina (vo- imbues the jazz genre with a flavor The show opens with Seattle’s own cals), of Guanabacoa, Cuba, combine both new and very, very old. Cuban band sensation Clave Gringa, the driving percussion, joyful vocals, Since their creation in 2003, they led by Ann Reynolds. Herself a pas- Afro-Cuban folklore, and native cos- have built an international reputa- sionate student of Cuban music, she tumes of their homeland with a ver- tion at festivals and concerts like the composes new pieces that fuse a pal- sion of funk jazz that creates an ecstat- Montreaux Jazz Festival, the North ette of Cuban styles with American ic merger of art forms that cannot help Sea Jazz Festival, and Lincoln Center jazz into a sound that also invites the but inspire movement. in New York. Sharing the stage with audience to move.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 19 Sunday, October 16, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Kris Bowers + NONVisuals: Music and Art / CMD

Welcomed by KEXP $22 general | $20 members & seniors | $10 students & military Jazz in its second century is increasingly exciting in its mission to positively chal- lenge exactly what it is and can be. Pianist and film composer Kris Bowers has never been afraid to step outside any genre’s tradi- tional boundaries to create other evolutions of music. This rich and eclectic sensibility is evident from the very first notes of his com- positions, as well as his own playing; as a result, his skill and musicianship has been sought after by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Marcus Miller, José James, Ludacris, Chris- tian Rich, Jay Z, and Kanye West. For this performance, Bowers teams up with artist Christian Hannon, a New York-based digi- tal artist who has merged his interests in art and technology into an audio-visual experi- ence called projection mapping. Paired with live music, Hannon projects his own mov- ing images onto 3D sculptures to create an exceptional concert experience, which Han- non himself has likened to “playing light,” similarly to how one might play music. Opening the evening is CMD, a multidisci- plinary collective orchestrated by saxophon- ist Ivan Arteaga and digital musician Mar- cin Pączkowski, both long-standing pillars of the local improvisational scene. Stand- ing for “Computers, Music, and Dance,” CMD includes Greg Sinibaldi on baritone sax, Chris Icasiano on drums, and dancer Allison Burke. Using accelerometer sen- sors worn by the musicians that detect mo- tion and send signals back to Pączkowski’s computer, the group performs compelling graphic scores that are emotive and unafraid to envelop the spaces in which they are per- formed.

Kris Bowers photo by Lauren Desberg

20 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Sunday, October 16, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Itamar Borochov Quartet Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS meeting of East and West. Thoroughly Supported by the Consulate entrenched in the jazz tradition, General of Israel to the Pacific his dark tones blend Arab and pan- Northwest African sensibilities. He is one of the several prominent Israeli jazz artists $22 general | $20 members & seniors | setting the scene in New York and $10 students & military around Europe. A veteran of the group Yemen Blues, Now based in New York City, Itamar Borochov also has chops in rock, clas- Borochov came to the United States sical, and tonight’s mainstream jazz. from the integrated Israeli city of Jaffa, Borochov just released his new album known for its vibrant spice markets Boomerang, written in Paris and on the and long-standing cultural influence beaches of Miami, this month. in the Middle East. Donning a His quartet includes pianist Michael Hamsa medallion around his neck, his King, bassist Avri Borochov, and music provides a soundscape for the Itamar Borochov photo by Dana Meirson drummer Jay Sawyer.

Tuesday, October 18, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Naomi Moon Siegel

$18 general | $16 members & seniors | Tonight, the composer, trombonist, Woolstenhulme (guitar), Eric Eagle $10 students & military and multi-instrumentalist presents (drums), Keith Lowe (bass), Ryan music from her fantastic new album, Burns (piano/keyboards), Alex Guy Trombonist Naomi Moon Siegel has Shoebox View, a travelogue of folk mel- (viola), Samantha Boshnack (trum- become a solidly appreciated educator odies, fantastical soundscapes, and lyr- pet), Ivan Arteaga (alto saxophone), and performer in Seattle’s vibrant mu- ical, powerful, accessible jazz. Helping Greg Sinibaldi (baritone saxophone), sic scene since moving here in 2008. her create celebratory, cinematic space and Thione Diop (percussion). So much so, that the announcement is the impressive ensemble of Sean of her recent move to Montana caused ripples of surprise, sadness, and genu- ine support through the community. A versatile and productive player around the Pacific Northwest, Siegel was known for her own Sun Chaser band, the Syrinx Effect duo she de- veloped with soprano sax player Kate Olson, and an impressive list of glob- ally oriented large ensembles playing African and Latin music. She received the Golden Ear Award for Emerging Artist in 2012 and has been solid part of Wayne Horvitz’s Royal Room Col- lective Ensemble. She is constantly working on new recording and music- education projects.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 21 Thursday, October 20, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall Takuya Kuroda Group

Welcomed by KEXP Co-presented with Cornish Presents $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military The brilliant trumpeter from Kobe, Japan, is one of the more exciting new soul-jazz figures emerging from a re- surgence of the legendary Blue Note Records label. Takuya Kuroda came to America to study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He graduated from the prestigious program in 2006, and in the decade since, he has been crafting his sound in New York City with the likes of Junior Mance, José James, Akoya Afrobeat, and Greg Tardy. Kuroda’s 2014 release, Rising Son, was produced by José James (whose vocals are featured on the Roy Ayers composition “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”). His brand-new recording Zigzagger further seasons his signature soul-jazz and post-bop sound with lib- eral elements of hip-hop and contem- porary culture. For his first Earshot festival appear- ance he brings musical contemporaries Takeshi Ohbayashi, keys; Rashaan Carter, bass; Adam Jackson, drums; and Craig Hill on tenor saxophone.

Takuya Kuroda photo by Hiroyuki Seo

22 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Thursday, October 20, 8pm | Chapel Performance Space Frode Gjerstad Trio

$18 general | $16 members & seniors his primary projects Valentine | $10 students & military Trio and The Lightbox Orchestra, and is a member of many ongo- Norwegian saxophonist Frode ing collective projects and infre- Gjerstad, much applauded in quently convening ensembles. He’s earlier Seattle appearances, per- worked with Joe McPhee, Peter forms with Chicago-based cellist Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark, and prolific avant-garde composer Wilbert DeJoode, Torsten Muller, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Norwe- Michael Zerang, and others. gian bassist Jon Rune Strøm. Young Norwegian bassist Strøm is With more than 100 records co-founder of Stone Floor Records, as leader/co-leader, Gjerstad is a a Norwegian independent label for Norwegian pioneer in improvised free jazz and improvised music. He music. The multi-reedist’s life-long performs with the Universal In- storied international collaborations dians Trio (Stone Floor Records, – John Stevens, Hamid Drake, Clean Feed Records), with compa- William Parker, Michael Zerang, triot drummer Tollef Østvang, sax- Kevin Norton, Steve Swell, Peter ophonist John Dikeman, and guest Brotzmann, Derek Bailey – moved performer Joe McPhee. closer to home as younger Norwe- This drummer-less trio’s stark gian improvisers found a path. His gestures and focused intention first all-Norwegian trio began in are stripped-of-artifice to reveal 1998, with Paal Nilssen-Love on a depth-of-mutual-engagement, drums. Here, Gjerstad continues that can stimulate our own inward with two expert international im- journey. Maybe that reflection provisers. frode gjerstad photo courtesy of artist lends a strengthened goodwill that Chicago-based cellist Lonberg- ter. He’s a former student of Anthony will serve us all outside the rare Holm has played and studied music Braxton, Morton Feldman, Bunita moments in the atmospherically fit from the Juilliard School to the gut- Marcus and Pauline Oliveros, leads Chapel Performance Space.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 23 Friday, October 21, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls

Presented with support from Chamber Music America $24 general | $22 members & seniors | $10 students & military Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthap- pa, among the leading jazz innovators of his generation, honors Charlie “Bird” Parker in a quintet of today’s top New York artists. Performing fast-moving original music that has been termed “a whirlwind of activity” (New York Times), Mahanthappa is backed by a strong ensemble: 2014 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Compe- tition third-place winner Adam O’Farrill, San Diego-based pianist Joshua White, bassist Thomson Kneeland, and one of New York’s hottest drummers, Dan Weiss. Reimagining Parker’s iconic bebop through an Indian raga, avant-garde lens all his own, Mahanthappa loosely bases each composition of Bird Calls on one of Parker’s songs or solos. The attentive ear will catch the ensemble’s reconfigurations of certain melodies and harmonies – the most explicit being a recognizable seven-note sequence of “Parker’s Mood”– but should far from ex- pect a conventional tribute. Mahanthappa is a revered confluence of culture, an astonishing soloist and jazz composer who has never limited himself by those descriptors. He has lead seven proj- ects and worked extensively alongside pia- nist Vijay Iyer and drum legend Jack De- Johnette. Praised past projects have includ- ed a marriage of Indian classical music with an electric funk, plugged-in prog lineup. In 2013, the fusion maestro joined microton- alist guitarist David Fiuczynski to craft the bicultural music of Gamak, an album that dwells in the cracks between notes of the western scale, and was admirably compared to both Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Stooges (Los Angeles Times).

rudresh mahanthappa photo by jimmy katz

24 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 8PM | Chapel Performance Space Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Concert

Maneri, who has performed with Ce- cil Taylor, Joe Morris, Gerald Cleaver, John Lockwood, and more, was only five when he began studying the vio- lin. He was later given full scholarship as the principal violinist at Walnut Hill High School to the New England Conservatory of Music. Transylvanian Concert, which de- rives influences from jazz and Euro- pean chamber music, is largely com- prised of compositions by Ban which range from ballads to blues to a the traditional spiritual “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen.”

Lucian ban & mat Maneri photo by Claire stefani, ecm records All About Jazz praised the original live recording, released on ECM, it $18 general | $16 members & seniors | Born in Romania, pianist and com- for its “unanticipated beauty,” calling $10 students & military poser Lucian Ban began his classical it “vulnerable but ultimately revelato- piano and composition training at the ry.” The Guardian gave Transylvanian Tonight, we are pleased to present age of seven. He studied at the Bucha- Concert four stars, calling it “a set of this re-scheduled performance of the rest Music Academy before moving to sometimes brooding and rather clan- critically acclaimed Transylvanian New York in 1998 to study at the New destine music” that “has its own kind Concert by the remarkable pianist School. In New York, he met Brook- of melancholy beauty, and plenty of Lucian Ban and the legendary violist lyn-born violinist/violist and leading wayward exuberance.” Mat Maneri. jazz innovator Mat Maneri. Friday, October 21 & Saturday, October 22, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Bill Anschell CD Release Party Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX the Emerald City, Anschell was away from Seattle for 25 years. Lured right $20 general | $18 members & seniors | out of school into what Anschell him- $10 students & military self calls the life of a “jazz vagabond,” Pianist Bill Anschell, on the cusp of he became drawn to Atlanta, where the release of his new CD, celebrates he served as Jazz Coordinator of the with two nights of performances with Southern Arts Federation and created his quartet of Brian Monroney, gui- “JazzSouth,” an internationally syndi- tar, Chris Symer, bass, and Brad cated radio show. Boal, drums. His performance career took off in JazzTimes wrote, “No matter where Atlanta, where his trio played at ma- Anschell plays on the keyboard, he jor festivals, including the 1996 Sum- sounds like no other pianist.” mer Olympic Games, The Montreux Seattlelites should count themselves Atlanta Festival, and four extensive lucky to possess an artist of this caliber tours of South America. After form- in their town. Originally hailing from ing a musical partnership with vocal- bill anschell photo by daniel sheehan

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 25 ist Nnenna Freelon, they, too, enjoyed ent of numerous Gold Ear Awards. His last three CDs all made Jazz- several international festivals and Eu- Many of his compositions have ap- Week’s national “Top 50” chart, and ropean tours. peared on television programs includ- his 2009 collaboration with saxophon- Anschell has played with jazz greats ing “The West Wing,” “The Wire,” ist Brent Jensen was described by Ca- including Ron Carter, Benny Golson, and the PBS movie The Old Settler. dence as “startlingly beautiful, surpris- and Russell Malone, and is the recipi- ing, and powerful.” Saturday, October 22, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Manuel Valera Trio Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX With more critically acclaimed CDs than fingers on his hand, Valera is al- $24 general | $22 members & seniors | ways blending styles and forms that $10 students & military mix elements of jazz, R&B, fusion, All About Jazz has nothing but praise and funk with the tastes of his beloved for Grammy-nominated pianist and Cuba. composer Manuel Valera: “His sound Awarded grants for composition is fresh, inviting and evocative,” it pro- from Chamber Music America’s New claims, and brings “a vitality and new- Jazz Works and the ASCAP Young ness to the idioms of jazz and Latin Jazz Composer Award, and having jazz.” performed in festivals and concerts Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, in over 30 countries, Manuel is much Valera has shot to the top in New York sought after as both a composer and a City’s modern jazz scene, playing and performer. writing with such notables as Arturo Don’t miss him with his trio, E.J. Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Brian Strickland, “technically brilliant and Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Jeff “Tain” forward-thinking” (All About Jazz) manuel valera photo by jimmy ryan Watts, John Benitez, Samuel Torres, drummer and Hans Glawischnig, Joel Frahm, and Yosvany Terry. first-call New York bassist. Saturday, October 22, 7:30pm | Roosevelt High School Performing Arts Theater D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition / Roosevelt High School Jazz Band w/ special guest D’Vonne Lewis $18 general | $10 students Soloist winner at the Essentially El- Lewis kicking and pushing the group, lington Festival at Lincoln Center for the night’s music is guaranteed to be A monstrously masterful drummer the years 2000, 2001, and 2002. beyond great. and a ubiquitous presence in a mul- The Roosevelt High School Jazz The show will also feature another titude of bands around the Pacific Band, under the direction of Scott one of Lewis’ exciting projects, the Northwest, D’Vonne Lewis is this Brown who has led the group for more D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition. The year’s Earshot Jazz Festival Resident than 30 years, is one of the premier band offers up hard-driving grooves Artist. This evening’s concert is a spe- high school ensembles in the country. and spectacular musicianship shaped cial homecoming of sorts: Lewis grad- A hard-swinging unit that can outpace and propelled by a stellar band: the uated from Roosevelt High School in many of the nation’s college bands, muscular saxophone of Cliff Colón, 2002, and will be a featured guest (and Roosevelt has competed in the finals at deep groove from Dean Schmidt on inspirational presence) with this year’s Essentially Ellington 16 times, and has bass, Jacques Willis’ versatile voice edition of the band. During his time won first place three times. As director on vibraphone and the masterful Eric at the school, Lewis received a slew of Scott Brown says: “We’re going to have Verlinde on piano. awards, including Outstanding Drum a great band this year!” With D’Vonne

26 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Sunday, October 23, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Conference Call / Bad Luck

Conference Call’s Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda & Gebhard Ullmann photo by Scott Friedlander Bad Luck (Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch) photo courtesy of artist

Conference Call is supported by sidered one of the leading personalities Percussionist/composer Ulrich joined the Berlin Senate Cultural Affairs in both the Berlin and international the quartet in 2015. He’s a Swiss jazz Department music scenes, Ullman and has received and improvisation musician and art several awards for his work, includ- historian, Zurich born and raised. $18 general | $16 members & seniors | ing the Julius Hemphill Composition Trained on piano and self-taught on $10 students & military Award (1999), and has recorded more drums since 1972, Ulrich is one of the For 17 years, German woodwind vir- than 50 CDs as a leader or co-leader most sought after Swiss improvising tuoso Gebhard Ullmann (bass clari- for prestigious labels throughout the musicians and composers. net, bass flute, saxes), pianist Michael US and Europe. The ever-evolving, road-ready Seattle Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda, and, Pianist/composer Michael Jefry Ste- sax/electronics and drum duo of Neil now, drummer Dieter Ulrich have vens performs extensively in Europe Welch and Chris Icasiano opens. been among the finest improvising and North America. He has released Now a 10-year collaboration, with units around, interpreting original over 80 CDs featuring his original four albums under their belt, duo Bad compositions with startling flair and music. He’s performed or recorded Luck has created an incredibly diverse drive. with Dave Douglas, Dave Liebman, array of music. Their melodies, impro- Ullmann studied medicine and mu- Han Bennink, Charles Moffett, Gerry visations and compositions are con- sic in Hamburg and moved to Berlin Hemingway, Matt Wilson, Leo Smith, structed from the ground up, includ- in 1983, where he became a lead- Cecil Bridgewater, Herb Robertson, ing electronic loops, creating a band ing force in the musicians’ organiza- Mark Feldman, and Dominic Duval. sound much larger than the sum of its tion JazzFront Berlin and later held Bassist/composer Joe Fonda has de- parts. Welch and Icasiano are found- a teaching assignment for saxophone veloped an extensive international ing members of the famed Racer Ses- and ensemble at the University of Mu- reputation over the last several years sions weekly performance series. They sic Hanns Eisler for about a decade. with the world-renowned Anthony are also founding members of the arts Since 2014, he is the head of the Ger- Braxton. He is a co-founder of the organization Table & Chairs, which man Jazz Musicians’ Union. In 2015, erstwhile FAB Trio, featuring Barry produces music events and educational Ullmann was listed in the DownBeat Altschul and Billy Bang. programs. Critics Poll in three categories. Con-

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 27 WEEK 1 FRIDAY SATURDAY W e e k b y w e e k OCTOBER 7 OCTOBER 8 Festival Kickoff Reception w/ Frank Steve Lehman Trio Kohl Steve Luceno Duo 8pm, PONCHO Concert 6pm, Columbia City Hall, Cornish College a t t h e e a r s h o t Theater Boubon Bar

Jovino Santos Neto j a z z f e s t i v a l Quinteto Honey Ear Trio 8pm, Columbia City 9pm, The Royal Room Theater WEEK 2 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 9 OCTOBER 10 OCTOBER 11 OCTOBER 12 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 14 OCTOBER 15

Brian Lynch w/ Brian Lynch & Thomas Brian Lynch & Thomas Kris Davis & Craig Fred Hersch Edmonds-Woodway Kareem Kandi Trio Marriott: "Night of the Marriott: "Night of the Freddy Cole Taborn Duo 8pm, PONCHO Concert High School Jazz Band 5:30pm, Seattle Art Cookers" Cookers" 7:30pm, Triple Door 8pm, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College 7:30pm, EWHS Little Museum, Brotman Forum 7:30pm, Tula's Restaurant 7:30pm, Tula's Restaurant Hall, Cornish College Theater & Jazz Club & Jazz Club

STG Presents Jazz at Josh Rawlings Trio Lincoln Center Tom Rainey & Ingrid Scott Amendola George Graewe Album Release Party Orchestra with Laubrock & Wil Blades / 8pm, Chapel 7pm, Bake's Place Wynton Marsalis 8pm, Chapel Hunter Gather Performance Space Bellevue 7:30pm, Paramount Performance Space 8:30pm, The Royal Room Theatre

SWOJO w/ special guest Jenny Kellogg Celebrate Women in Jazz! 7:30pm, Shorewood Performing Arts Center WEEK 3 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 16 OCTOBER 17 OCTOBER 18 OCTOBER 19 OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER 21 OCTOBER 22

Itamar Borochov Naomi Moon Siegel Bill Anschell Bill Anschell Takuya Kuroda Group Quartet 8pm, Seattle Art CD Release Party CD Release Party 8pm, PONCHO Concert 7:30, Tula's Restaurant & Museum, Plestcheeff 7:30, Tula's Restaurant & 7:30, Tula's Restaurant & Hall, Cornish College Jazz Club Auditorium Jazz Club Jazz Club

Kris Bowers + D'Vonne Lewis Limited Lucian Ban & Mat NONVisuals: Music and Edition / Roosevelt Frode Gjerstad Trio Maneri: Transylvanian Art / CMD High School Jazz Band 8pm, Chapel Concert 8pm, Seattle Art w/ special guest Performance Space 8pm, Chapel Museum, Plestcheeff D'Vonne Lewis Performance Space Auditorium 7:30pm, RHS Auditorium

Rudresh Mahanthappa Los Hermanos Arango / Manuel Valera Trio Bird Calls Ann Reynolds & Clave 8pm, Seattle Art 8pm, Seattle Art Gringa Museum, Plestcheeff Museum, Plestcheeff 8:30pm, Nectar Lounge Auditorium Auditorium

28 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 WEEK 4 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 OCTOBER 24 OCTOBER 25 OCTOBER 26 OCTOBER 27 OCTOBER 28 OCTOBER 29 Michael Bisio & Kirk SOUL SPACE: Conference Call / SOUL SPACE: SOUL SPACE: Industrial Marina Albero Quartet Knuffke Duo / Paul Jaimeo Brown Bad Luck Derek Gripper Tiffany Gouché / Maiah Revelation / 8pm, Seattle Art Rucker & Hans Teuber Transcendence / 8pm, Seattle Art 8pm, PONCHO Concert Manser / SassyBlack / D’Vonne Lewis Museum, Plestcheeff 8pm, Seattle Art Paul Rucker: Stories Museum, Plestcheeff Hall, Cornish College DJ Riz Triplifried / DJ Riz Auditorium Museum, Plestcheeff From the Trees Auditorium 8pm, V2 8pm, V2 Auditorium 8pm, V2

FILM Dave Douglas Meets B’shnorkestra: The Jazz Loft Birch Pereira & The Westerlies with Global Concertos According to Rez Abbasi Quartet The Gin Joints Anwar Marshall 8pm, PONCHO Concert W. Eugene Smith 8pm, The Royal Room 7:30pm, Tula’s Restaurant 8pm, Seattle Art Hall, Cornish College 7pm, Northwest Film & Jazz Club Museum, Plestcheeff Forum Auditorium

STG Presents Maceo Renee Baker Parker / The Jones 8pm, Chapel Family Singers Performance Space 8pm, The Moore Theatre WEEK 5 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 30 OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 1 NOVEMBER 2 NOVEMBER 3 NOVEMBER 4 NOVEMBER 5 Jaimeo Brown STG Presents Bill Frisell Transcendence Earshot Jazz declares Matt Savage / Dawn Matthew Stevens Trio “When You Wish Upon 8pm, Seattle Art HALLOWEEN ALL SAINTS DAY November 2nd a Clement & Mark Taylor 7 & 9:30pm, The Royal a Star” Museum, Plestcheeff day of rest! 8pm, The Royal Room Room 8pm, The Moore Theatre Auditorium

Sofia Rei Trio / Josh Denise Donatelli & Denise Donatelli & Deutsch’s Pannonia Anton Schwartz Quintet Anton Schwartz Quintet 8pm, Stroum Jewish 7:30pm, Tula’s Restaurant 7:30pm, Tula’s Restaurant Community Center & Jazz Club & Jazz Club

SRJO presents Miles FILM Ahead: Miles Davis & Cool Cats Gil Evans 7:30pm, Northwest 7:30pm, Benaroya Hall, Film Forum Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall WEEK 6 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 NOVEMBER 7 NOVEMBER 8 NOVEMBER 9 NOVEMBER 10 NOVEMBER 11 SRJO presents Miles Vijay Iyer & Wadada Tarik Abouzied, Joe Eugenie Jones: Tribute Ahead: Miles Davis & Leo Smith Duo Doria, Dan Balmer, Rokia Traoré ELECTION DAY to Ernestine Anderson Gil Evans 8pm, Benaroya Hall, Damian Erskine 7:30pm, Triple Door Don't forget to vote 5:30pm, Seattle Art 2pm, Kirkland Illsley Ball Nordstrom 7:30pm, Tula’s Restaurant Museum, Brotman Forum Performance Center Recital Hall & Jazz Club

Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution Dee Daniels Trio 8pm, Benaroya Hall, S. November 6, 8pm Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 29 Earshot jazz Festival Films presented by the Northwest Film Forum + Earshot Jazz Festival Northwest Film Forum & Earshot Jazz team up to present this annual film program that shed light on the vibrant history of this great American art form, and the lives of some of its greatest composers and performers. More info at nwfilmforum.org. Seattle Premiere! The Jazz Loft in still pictures by the gentle and un- ton, Juilliard instructor and classical According to W. Eugene Smith stable genius, former LIFE Magazine composer, becomes a jazz guru; the October 26, 7pm photographer W. Eugene Smith, who 50s give way to the 60s; Smith begins (Sara Fishko, United States, 2016) lives in the loft space next door. to record his own phone calls and Between 1957 and 1965 in New Meanwhile, Thelonious Monk stops visits from the local police; the world York, dozens of jazz musicians jam by for three weeks of rehearsals; drum- changes – and Smith gets evicted. night after night in a dilapidated Sixth mer Ronnie Free gets hooked on hard Cool Cats Avenue loft, not realizing that much of drugs, having been turned on by a November 4, 7:30pm what they play and say to each other drummer who was his boyhood idol Cool Cats tells the story two jazz gi- is being captured on audio tape and years before; loft-resident Hall Over- ants who are forced to relocate to a musical smalltown. In the mid-1960s, tenor saxophone stars Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon leave behind America and its fierce po- litical climate – as well as a long trail of heavy alcohol and heroin abuse. They are in desperate need of help as they travel to Europe. When they reach Copenhagen, they find what they need: A caring welfare system and an even more caring, jazz-loving population who greets the two tenor sax players as musical saviors. They are getting paid after jobs, they are treated with respect, and the Danish women are more than happy to make the mu- sicians feel at home. They are even given free rehab sessions, sometimes lasting several months. In turn, Webster and Gordon help Copenhagen transform into one of the most attractive and busy jazz cities in Europe by their presence alone. But it soon turns out that all the attractions of the small, fairy tale-like Scandina- vian capital pose a threat to their mu- sic – and their lives. They each have to decide how to survive. The film’s visual backbone consists of Ben Webster’s own 8MM foot- age which resurfaces here for the first time. Furthermore, the film contains numerous extremely rare clips with the two jazz greats.

30 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Monday, October 24, 8pm Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Marina Albero Quartet

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military Born into the family band Grallers de Banyoles-Estampida Medieval, Ma- rina Albero has been steeped in the sounds of Barcelona since childhood. As a young girl, extensive training in percussion and piano in both Spain and Cuba sent her on the road to early achievement and success. As a youth, Albero played European festivals and was awarded the annual prize for tal- ented youth in Brussels. Festival travels led to recording proj- ects with players like Silvio Rodríguez and further tours in Catalonia, Spain, and Portugal with the band Barnha- bana, conducted by Grammy winner Barbarito Torres. Accomplished on not only the piano, but the vibes and hammered dulcimer as well, this versatile musician delved into the flamenco art form. After participating in several fla- menco shows and performing with many renowned flamenco dancers and companies, including the Ballet Na- cional De España, Albero moved to Seattle. Once here, she quickly found a warm welcome among Seattle play- ers and immediately formed a brand new band. Top Northwest bassist Evan Flory- Barnes, drummer D’Vonne Lewis, and saxophonist Hans Teuber join her for a blending of sounds from her na- tive land with jazz, flamenco, tumbao, and even some Middle Eastern influ- ences. This mélange creates an evening of innovative surprise and beauty.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 31 Monday, October 24, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall B’shnorkestra: Global Concertos Co-presented with Cornish Presents $18 general | $16 members & seniors | $10 students & military This evening, trumpeter and compos- er Samantha Boshnack’s 14-person ensemble B’shnorkestra (conducted by Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Joshua Kohl) embarks on a journey across five continents. Global Concertos, which premiered last May, is an evening of music featuring an international tour de force of soloists accompanied by her beloved alternative chamber orchestra, each showcasing an instrument and tradition: Thione Diop, West Afri- B’shnorkestra photo by bruce clayton tom can talking drum; Christos Govetas, Greek clarinet; Srivani Jade, North the B’shnorkestra, strings and percus- Room Collective Music Ensemble, or Indian vocals; Julio Jauregui, Latin sion orchestrate the soaring melodic her other groups, Reptet and the Sa- American piano; and Thomas Marri- and tightly punctuated horn lines she’s mantha Boshnack Quintet. ott, American jazz trumpet. In Global celebrated for, taking this new work to Tonight’s performance also features: Concertos, each artist brings their in- a cinematically inspired place. Chris Credit and Kevin Nortness, dividual voice to the B’shnorkestra to Boshnack, who originates from New woodwinds; Alex Guy and Alina To, create a new “all world” sound. York and has called Seattle her home- violins; Brianna Atwell, viola; Maria B’shnorkestra premiered in 2011 base for over a decade, is a stalwart Scherer Wilson and Daniel Mul- with support from 4Culture, Meet and steady hand in the regional music likin, cellos; Tim Carey and Scott the Composer, and the Seattle Office community. She can often be heard Teske, upright bass; Adam Kozie and of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Bold and as a composer or performer contribut- Greg Campbell, drums/percussion; undulating, there is a majestic grand- ing to such projects as the Washing- and Lalo Bello, congas. ness to Boshnack’s compositions. In ton Composers Orchestra, the Royal

32 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Tuesday, October 25, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke Duo / Paul Rucker & Hans Teuber

intuitive sense of formal construction Theirs is a world of introspective im- when improvising. provisation, exploring small gestures, Michael Bisio, with 85 recordings quiet timbres and the full range of in his discography, is a former Seattle possibilities in their instruments, yet stalwart who currently spends most of without the avoidance of form and his time in New York, where he works repetition that defines some impro- frequently in duo with the iconic pia- vised music. Rucker says, “We actually nist Matthew Shipp. His partner for will embrace melody, we’ll embrace this show is the stunning cornetist the groove. There are a lot of possibili- Kirk Knuffke, whose own credits in- ties when you don’t limit yourself to a clude 15 recordings as a leader or co- certain type of ‘free improv.’” leader and collaborations with Roswell Rudd, William Parker, Myra Melford, Tootie Heath, Mary Halvorson, and many others. Bisio’s bass playing is in- tensely physical, with a thick, rubbery

michael bisio photo by peter gannushkin tone, and he pulls an absurdly large set of sounds out of the instrument. $18 general | $16 members & seniors | Knuffke is a master-in-the-making, as $10 students & military comfortable with the outer reaches of the avant-garde as he is with swinging, Two sublimely telepathic improvis- in-the-pocket tradition. ing units will grace the stage at Seattle The reunion of Paul Rucker on Art Museum, exploring the complexi- cello and Hans Teuber on saxophone ties and possibilities inherent in the is highly anticipated, and no doubt duo format. Both groups share a com- an event worth waiting for (their su- mon sense of free-form flexibility when perb album Oil was released in 2003). kirk knuffke photo by ken weiss navigating structure, balanced with an

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 33 Wednesday, October 26, 8pm | PONCHO Concert Hall Derek Gripper

Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS Co-presented with Cornish Presents $16 general | $14 members & seniors | $8 students & military Derek Gripper is a prolific composer and arranger for solo acoustic guitar, with almost a dozen albums to his credit. Al- though he’s studied all genres of classical guitar, he is becoming best known as a translator of the centuries-old music of the griots, West African storyteller/poet mu- sicians. In particular, he has focused on the work of the undisputed master of the Kora, Toumani Diabaté, who dazzled and charmed Earshot festival audiences in an unforgettable concert in 2008. Diabate, in the top echelon of Mali’s fertile musical heritage, revolutionized Kora music at the age of 21 by creating and recording music for the 21-string “hunter’s harp,” with all three musical lines played together with just four fingers on one instrument. Gripper, a white South African guitarist, has painstakingly transcribed and pub- lished Diabaté’s intricate music, sharing it with a worldwide audience, and calling Diabaté the “Segovia of Malian stringed instruments.” Gripper released his ninth album collecting that music, One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali, late in 2012. Says Banning Eyre of Afropop World- wide, the online encyclopedic source of Afropop music, “The result is astounding, not just for its technical brilliance, but its musicality. Gripper executes these pieces with the precision and attention to detail one might expect from a great classical musician…It’s hard to imagine a more impressive and passionate rendering of Malian music on classical guitar.”

derek gripper photo courtesy of artist

34 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Thursday, October 27, 8pm | V2 SOUL SPACE: Tiffany Gouché / Maiah Manser / SassyBlack / DJ Riz

Welcomed by KEXP and collaborator, having worked Co-produced with Space. with Mary Lambert, The Eso- Theory terics, and Pollens. “Manser lay- ers her smoky, seductive voice $18 general | $16 members & se- with electronic noises, strings, niors | $10 students & military and piano, sounding at once Three of the most distinctive like something coming out emerging vocalists in jazz-soul/ of a Victrola and the speakers pop comprise this groove- at a Belltown nightclub” (The driven, female-powered lineup: Stranger). L.A. artist Tiffany Gouché SassyBlack self-describes her performs sinewy, rich exten- sound as hologram funk. The sions of the art form, and cites new spacey soul album of Cath- D’Angelo and R. Kelly as influ- sassyblack photo courtesy of artist erine Harris-White, titled No Maiah ences; “noir pop” artist talents to match. The soulful force has More Weak Dates, resembles Manser strives to fuse the digital and collaborated with fellow southern Cal- R&B fused with obscure psych-mood the organic in every aspect of her mu- ifornian upstart Iman Omari, and she jams. She releases her first solo project SassyB- sic; and Seattle’s creative force has shared the stage with free-spirited after emerging on the scene as one-half lack (Catherine Harris-White) spreads genre-benders Willow Smith, KING, of queer AfroFuturist hip-hop dream positive vibrations worldwide through and Jesse Boykins III. The beat-mak- duo THEESatisfaction. The singer’s her own “electronic psychedelic soul.” ing songstress is eagerly welcomed influences stem from her diverse pas- On her way to reigning over West back to Seattle after making her debut sions, which include activism against Coast R&B, Tiffany Gouché exudes in this city this past July. institutional racism, science fiction, a commanding sensuality through her Singer/songwriter/instrumentalist spirituality and Michael Jackson. DJ Riz powerhouse, rich alto vocals. Gouché Maiah Manser, who celebrates her up- Opening the night is , music complements her own stunning per- coming Second Skin EP, has earned a scholar and veteran on-air KEXP pres- formances with piano and production name for herself both as a solo artist ence.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 35 Thursday, October 27, 8pm | The Royal Room Rez Abbasi Quartet

Welcomed by 91.3 KBCS of Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kiran Ahluwalia, Johannes Weidenm- $18 general | $16 members & seniors | ueller, and Dan Weiss, which was cho- $10 students & military sen by DownBeat magazine as one of Born in Pakistan, Rez Abbasi grew the best albums of the decade. Their up in Los Angeles and soaked up the second album, Suno Suno (2012), is a music of Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, work of spiritual music from Pakistan, Pat Metheny, and Bill Frisell. Now on the Enja label. He also just released a fixture in best-jazz-guitarist polls, an electrifying new album Behind the Abbasi “sounds like no one who has Vibration, with his “Junction” ensem- gone before him,” as he performs with ble, this spring. “sheer genius,” his music “so vivid… Abbasi was twice awarded the that it can almost be tasted” (All About Chamber Music America New Jazz Jazz). Works Grant for his compositional With 12 albums of mostly original work. Voted #1 Rising Star Guitar- compositions under his belt, Abbasi ist in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll continues to find new groups of musi- and placed in the Top 10 Guitarists in rez abbasi photo by john rogers cians to help his musical vision come 2015’s poll, Rez Abbasi continues to to life. In 2009 he recorded Things to push boundaries. cludes Mark Shim (tenor saxophone), Come (Sunnyside) with his “Invoca- Tonight he performs with his rivet- Ben Stivers (keyboardist), and Kenny tion” ensemble, a star-studded group ing “Junction” ensemble, which in- Grohowski (drums).

Friday, October 28, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX After premiering an album entitled Dream Man earlier this year, The Gin $20 general | $18 members & seniors | Joints have and continue to play shows $10 students & military up and down both coasts. The mu- Born out of a love of the early years sic is a collection of more traditional of swing, country, and rock ‘n’ roll, and stripped-down arrangements in Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints is a a period where many artists are tak- band whose sound transports you to ing similar steps to wax nostalgic and the time of speakeasies, honky-tonks, revive more vintage, soulful sounds. and rock ‘n’ roll joints. With upright However, what makes this music stand bassist and vocalist Birch Pereira out is not just the arranging or the skill at its center, the band features many of those playing, but the recognizable of Seattle’s most skilled and versatile passion that each contributing player musicians who share a desire to of- has for the eras that this music thrived fer a fresh angle on the previous gen- in prime. Techniques and tones uti- eration’s music. Tonight’s performance lized by the ensemble prove an obvi- features drummer Adrian Van Baten- ous effort to emulate and pay respects burg, clarinetist Jacob Zimmerman, to those that came before them, result- and guitarist Daniel Rainard. ing in performances that act like aural time traveling experiences. birch pereira photo courtesy of artist

36 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Friday, October 28, 8pm | V2 SOUL SPACE: Jaimeo Brown Transcendence / Paul Rucker: Stories From the Trees

Welcomed by KEXP Stories From the Trees presented with support from MAP Fund $20 general | $18 members & seniors | $10 students & military It is difficult to imagine a more finely tuned double bill than the combination of Jaimeo Brown Transcendence and Paul Rucker. Both artists share a committed al- legiance to a fertile convergence of collabo- ration, education, political activism, and nuanced aesthetic expression, making this a can’t-miss event. A nimble and versatile drummer and con- ceptualist, Brown has collaborated with art- ists as varied as Stevie Wonder, Carlos San- tana, Q-Tip, and Pharoah Sanders. Aided by partner Chris Sholar’s malleable guitar work and Jaleel Shaw’s blazing saxophone, Brown has collected raves from across the globe for his latest album, the bracingly original Work Songs. The music juxtaposes field recordings and influences ranging from J Dilla to Bernard Purdie to John Coltrane, which Brown deploys to advance his own fresh take on jazz, Afrofuturism, and the global village, in an effort to “use history, art and technology to inspire and advance culture.” Sharing the bill is a Seattle treasure: com- poser, cellist, and visual artist Paul Rucker. Recipient of numerous awards and commis- sions, Rucker will be presenting an element from his recent triumphant REWIND ex- hibition, an interactive performance instal- lation called Stories From the Trees. Using animation, new compositions, and live per- formance, the piece will re-imagine horrify- ing vintage postcards of lynchings, an expe- rience that is likely to be poignant, riveting, and utterly wrenching.

Chris Sholar & Jaimeo Brown photo by Rebecca Meek

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 37 Friday, October 28, 8pm | Chapel Performance Space Renèe Baker ing Musical Director for the Chicago techniques, from ghostly glissandos Modern Orchestra Project and a and crystallizing harmonics to sinewy member of the Association for the Ad- double stops and pneumatic pizzicato” vancement of Creative Musicians. As a (All About Jazz). Throughout much of composer, she has written for solo in- her work, one principle returns over struments, ballet, opera, and large en- and over again: a style she refers to as sembles. She has also composed works “comprovisation.” It is in this style that with visual scores, creating a conduct- she blends classical and jazz influences ing style that she calls Cipher Conduit – composed and improvised elements Linguistics (CCL/FLOW). Her inno- come together, an idea around which Renèe Baker photo by Mike Baker (3rdEyePhotographic) vative compositional and conducting The Chicago Modern Orchestra Proj- Presented by Nonsequitur perspectives have allowed her to work ect was created. Baker describes them with many innovative ensembles all as a “polystylistic orchestral organiza- $5-15 over the world. tion that grew from the plums of clas- Violist, composer, and conductor Re- As a violist, Baker has gained ac- sical music as well as jazz.” This show, nèe Baker is constantly pushing mu- claim as a founding member and prin- which caps a residency of collabora- sical boundaries, and tonight she in- cipal violist of Chicago Sinfonietta, tions with an ensemble of Seattle mu- spires an ensemble of 10 top-flight Se- where she played for 26 years. She is sicians, promises to be an engaging attle improvisers. Baker is the found- renowned for her “plethora of string experience for all. Saturday, October 29, 8pm | The Moore Theatre STG Presents Maceo Parker / The Jones Family Singers

Presented by Seattle Theatre before embarking on a solo career in the 1990s. Group A member of the North Carolina $41-52 Music Hall of Fame since 2011, he has also performed with De La Soul, Best known for his work with James Prince, Dave Matthews Band, and Brown throughout the 1960s, and more. In 2012, Parker received the with Parliament-Funkadelic in the Lifetime Achievement Award from 1970s, alto saxophonist Maceo Park- Victoires Du Jazz in Paris, and earli- er is one of those singular figures who er this year he was honored with The have developed to virtually define an North Carolina Heritage Award. entire genre. Tonight the funky men- The Jones Family Singers, subjects tor brings his new band and legend- of the feature documentary The Jones ary talent to The Moore Theatre, with Family Will Make A Way, consists of an opening performance by The Jones five sisters, two brothers, and their fa- Family Singers. ther. The group has been impressing Born to a musical family in North at churches and festivals for over 20 Carolina, Parker and his brother joined years. In 2014, Rolling Stone named James Brown’s band in 1964, with them one of SXSW’s 25 must-see acts. which he played on and off through That same year, they releasedThe Spir- 1975 when he joined George Clinton’s it Speaks, which was recorded at Jim Parliament-Funkadelic. Parker re- Eno’s Public Hi-Fi studio in Austin, joined James Brown in the mid-1980s maceo parker photo by ines kaiser TX, to analog tape.

38 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Saturday, October 29, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Dave Douglas Meets The Westerlies with Anwar Marshall

dave douglas photo by austin nelson The Westerlies (riley mulherkar, Andy Clausen, Willem De Koch, Zubin Hensler) photo By Michael George

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX Douglas, centered in New York City, a model of do-it-yourself moxie, initia- is an impressive musician in several dis- tive, and artistic freedom.” $24 general | $22 members & seniors | ciplines. He has worked as a trumpet- Originally all from Seattle, the mem- $10 students & military er, composer, educator, and entrepre- bers of brass quartet The Westerlies are neur. As a trumpeter and composer, he now based in New York City. Made Brass fans – this is for you! Come join has been the bandleader on more than up of two trumpet players (Riley the party with trumpeter Dave Doug- 40 recordings, and has been awarded Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler) and las, brass quartet The Westerlies, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron two trombone players (Andy Clausen Philadelphia drummer extraordinaire Copland award, and two Grammy and Willem de Koch), they combine Anwar Marshall. After debuting in nominations. He has been a Jazz Art- improvisation and compositional ele- March in New York, this fresh collab- ist in Residence at the Royal Academy ments to push the boundaries of tradi- oration embarks on a West Coast tour of Music in London, and is currently tional jazz and create a fresh, modern this fall, performing new music, com- the Artistic Director of the 2016 Ber- sound. NPR Music describes their style posed by Douglas for The Westerlies, gamo Jazz Festival. Frank Alkyer of as “folk-like and composerly, lovely that explores great American themes in a DownBeat describes Douglas as “the and intellectually rigorous.” They just rich panoply of warm brass sounds. unassuming king of independent jazz, released their self-titled second album.

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Saturday, October 29, 8pm | V2 SOUL SPACE: Industrial Revelation / D’Vonne Lewis Triplifried / DJ Riz

Welcomed by KEXP $18 general | $16 members & seniors | $10 students & military Seattle’s ever-evolving master drum- mer D’Vonne Lewis is this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival Resident Artist, and his artistry will be featured in at least five ensembles over three different nights of music. Tonight’s show kicks off with Triplifried, a band he started “to acknowledge the strong, southern roots I and the rest of the band have.” With support from Jacques Willis on vibraphone and Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, Lewis aims to explore vibes and grooves from Louisiana all the way to D.C., “a Seattle sushi roll bat- ter-dipped in cornmeal!”

Next up is the beloved Industrial Industrial Revelation (D’Vonne Lewis, Ahamefule J. Oluo, Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes) photo by Kelly O Revelation, who recently hit their 10-year anniversary as a band. Along vibes and electronic textures, vintage legend, he’s also a writer, facilitator with Lewis and Flory-Barnes, IR also soul and fusion, and heartfelt melo- and sonic sage. It’s an understatement features Ahamefule J. Oluo on trum- dies leavened with the timeless spirit to call him a musical encyclopedia – pet and Josh Rawlings manning the of New Orleans. he’s a sound archeologist and a groove keys. The riveting ensemble’s music Closing out the evening will be DJ ethnographer, revealing synergies and spans genres and eras: anthemic and Riz. Riz Rollins is not only a mas- linkages that resonate deeply with lis- psychedelic rock flavors, soundtrack terful DJ, Seattle treasure and living teners and music fans of all stripes. Sunday, October 30, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Jaimeo Brown Transcendence

Welcomed by KEXP pression. He has collaborated with art- John Coltrane, which Brown deploys ists as varied as Stevie Wonder, Carlos to advance his own fresh take on jazz, $20 general | $18 members & seniors | Santana, Q-Tip, and Pharoah Sanders. Afrofuturism and the global village-- $10 students & military Aided by partner Chris Sholar’s an effort to “use history, art and tech- “If you want to know what is impor- malleable guitar work and Jaleel nology to inspire and advance culture.” tant to a people, listen to their mu- Shaw’s blazing saxophone, Jaimeo Simultaneously experimental and sic....” Brown Transcendance has collected uncompromising yet warmly accessi- Jaimeo Brown is a nimble and versa- raves from across the globe for their ble, the music of Jaimeo Brown Tran- tile drummer and conceptualist, with latest album, the bracingly original scendance is both a riveting reflection a committed to a fertile convergence Work Songs. The music juxtaposes and a vital counterbalance for today’s of collaboration, education, political field recordings and influences rang- complex and often troubling world. activism and nuanced aesthetic ex- ing from J Dilla to Bernard Purdie to

40 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Sunday, October 30, 8pm | Stroum Jewish Community Center Sofia Rei Trio / Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia

Co-presented with Stroum Jewish Community Center $25 general | $20 members & senior With beautiful clear tones, strong and evocative of many places in South America, the Buenos Aires vocalist and songwriter Sofia Rei does not stick with traditional instrumentation; she has a way with electronic modern- ism too. Now based in New York, she recently collaborated with John Zorn, sofia rei photo by emra islek josh deutsch photo by jesse winter and has worked with Bobby McFerrin, the Klezmatics, Pedrito Martinez, and Geoffrey Keezer, with whom she col- laborated on a Grammy nominated al- bum. Rei also teaches at Berklee Col- lege of Music and the New England Conservatory. Her most recent album, De Tierra Y Oro, spans jazz, world mu- sic, and contemporary rhythms, which she describes as her “philosophical wanderings.” Here, she performs with Jorge Roeder (bass) and Tupac Man- tilla (drums). Opening the night, accomplished former Seattleite and trumpeter/com- poser Josh Deutsch, a regular in So- fia Rei’s touring group, showcases his own Pannonia, with violinist Zach Brock, trombonist Ryan Keberle, bassist Gary Wang, and percussionist Ronen Itzik, and Rei as guest narra- tor/vocals. Tonight, they perform “tra- ditional folk music from an imaginary place” and present the West Coast pre- miere of The Road to Pannonia, a tril- ogy that brings the mythology of Pan- nonia to life. Deutsch has performed around the country as a sideman and bandleader. He recently performed with Latin Grammy-winning extraor- dinaire Lila Downs at the Montreal Jazz Festival. He is also a jazz educator, teaching and playing at the University of Oregon summer jazz camp, and co- runs The Queens Jazz OverGround.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 41 Thursday, November 3, 8pm | The Royal Room Matt Savage / Dawn Clement & Mark Taylor

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX Bösendorfer piano artist, which puts him on the same roster as piano greats $16 general | $14 members & seniors | Quincy Jones, Vladimir Ashkenazy, $8 students & military and even Franz Liszt. The Boston Globe calls him “The Key A prolific composer, he wrote the Master.” And having already toured majority of the music on his albums, the world and played on such stages as much of which has been used com- the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, mercially. He also scored the music Birdland, and festivals too numerous for the full-length documentary film, to count, 24-year-old Matt Savage is Sound of Redemption: The Frank Mor- indeed a master. gan Story. Savage’s professional jazz career start- Diagnosed with autism as a child, ed at the age of 10 and has involved Savage involves himself in fundrais- music-making with Chick Corea, ing and advocacy efforts like Autism matt savage photo courtesy of artist The Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Speaks’ “Light Up the Blues” concert Wynton Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, and event in Hollywood, and dedicates a Closing the evening are local leg- more. Famed tenor sax player Jimmy portion of his time to teaching at a ends-in-the-making Dawn Clement Heath says that Savage is “the future school for children and adults with and Mark Taylor, who parse their of JAZZ.” With 11 recordings under autism and other developmental dis- celebrated LineUp! ensemble down to his belt, he also lays claim to being a abilities. piano-sax duo.

Friday, November 4, 7 & 9:30pm | The Royal Room Matthew Stevens Trio Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX His playing has been met with criti- $20 general | $18 members & seniors | cal acclaim. He was placed in the Ris- $10 students & military ing Star Guitar Category of the 63rd Annual DownBeat Critics Poll and According to NPR, “Of the young his performances have been lauded guitarists on New York’s jazz scene, in DownBeat Magazine, NPR, Jazz- few are as highly tipped as Matthew Times, Billboard, the New York Times, Stevens ,” who brings his trio to The and more. Royal Room stage for two intimate, In 2015, he released his debut album rocking shows at this year’s festival. as a bandleader under Whirlwind Re- Born in Toronto in 1982, one of Ste- cordings. Titled Woodwork, it received vens’ earliest influences was Seattle’s own Jimi Hendrix. After graduat- positive reviews from DownBeat Mag- ing from Berklee College of Music in azine, All About Jazz, and more, and 2004, Stevens began to show up every- was described as “an amalgamation of where, as an essential element of the modern jazz and neo-fusion elements important new work by strong young which showcase...sonic versatility and artists like Christian Scott, Terri Lyne savvy producing chops” in LA Weekly. Carrington, Kendrick Scott, and, no- Its iTunes feature review praises Ste- tably, Esperanza Spalding, in whose vens’ “immense melodic gifts and de-

matthew stevens photo by Katherine Brook Emily’s D+Evolution project Stevens ceptively intricate playing.” is key.

42 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 43 Friday, November 4 & Saturday, November 5, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Denise Donatelli & Anton Schwartz Quintet

Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX award wins/nominations. Her last Her confidence, slightly smoky tone, three recordings were nominated for and rhythmic sensibility remind one $24 general | $22 members & seniors | Grammys in the Best Vocal Jazz Al- of vocalists Diana Krall, Ella Fitzger- $10 students & military bum category. In 2012, she was voted ald, and Carmen McRae. For fans of smooth, sultry vocals Jazz Vocalist of the Year by the Los The “virtually impossible to resist” with an instrumental jazz sensibility, Angeles Jazz Society and has been fea- (Buffalo News) saxophonist, composer, don’t miss Denise Donatelli, playing tured in the DownBeat Critics Poll as and educator Anton Schwartz, who with Anton Schwartz (sax), Randy a Rising Jazz Vocalist for the last four splits his time between Seattle and the Porter (piano), Michael Glynn (bass), years. After establishing herself as a Bay Area, performs regularly up and and Matt Jorgensen (drums). musician to be reckoned with on the down the West Coast. Vocalist Denise Donatelli has an Atlanta scene, she moved to Los An- impressive resume of recordings and geles, where she has worked ever since. Saturday, November 5, 8pm | The Moore Theatre STG Presents Bill Frisell “When You Wish Upon a Star” Presented by Seattle Theatre Group $28-39 It’s hard to imagine a more disarm- ingly authentic major artist than Bill Frisell. It is also kind of refreshing to know that a distinctive individual, like Bill, can continue to unveil new artis- tic output, with remarkable collabora- tors all around the world – especially on an instrument as ubiquitous as the guitar – and retain the purity and heart of his own artistic identity. It is entirely right that Bill Frisell should Delivery Service in Seattle live here in Seattle. We’re happy to call him a friend, and pleased to join STG Full Service in presenting music from his recent re- Violin Family Dealer cording, When You Wish Upon a Star. Serving Western & Central Washington Born in Baltimore and raised in Col- bill frisell photo by jimmy katz Established 1964 orado, Frisell studied music at both the University of Northern Colorado leased his thoughtful debut record, and Berklee College of Music. His first In Line, with Norwegian bassist Arild big break came when Pat Metheny Andersen, in 1983. BASSES recommended him for a recording ses- Since then, he has released over 30 sion that he was unable to attend. Fol- albums as a leader, and has continu- www.hammondashley.com lowing that successful session, Frisell ally increased his list of remarkable became an in-house guitar player for collaborators to include Elvis Costello, prestigious ECM Label, where he re- Yo-Yo Ma, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Tous-

44 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 saint, Lucinda Williams, Joe Henry, musicians” of the films and TV shows bum was given 4 ½ out of 5 stars on Buddy Miller, and many more. that are “embedded so deeply into the All About Jazz, who called it “music Released in early 2016 on Okeh Re- fabric of what fires up my musical that will likely assume even greater cords, When You Wish Upon a Star pays imagination.” Featuring Petra Haden freedom and collective/collaborative tribute to “the countless, anonymous, (vocals), Thomas Morgan (bass), and expansion in a live context.” uncredited, unsung, extraordinary Matt Chamberlain (drums), the al-

Saturday, November 5, 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall Sunday, November 6, 2pm | Kirkland Performance Center SRJO presents Miles Ahead: Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Presented by Seattle Repertory mentations to create one of the most The SRJO, founded in 1995, is a Jazz Orchestra celebrated jazz albums of all time. This 17-piece big band jazz ensemble dedi- concert will highlight several trumpet- cated to preserving and celebrating the $15-49 ers from SRJO, including Jay Thomas, unique American art form of large en- Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Thomas Marriott, Michael Van Beb- semble jazz. Its performers consist of performs a rousing tribute to the semi- ber, and Andy Omdahl, as they bring some of Seattle’s most passionate and nal 1957 collaboration between Miles works such as “Maids of Cadiz” and experienced jazz musicians, playing Davis and Gil Evans, Miles Ahead. The “My Ship” to life, along with other an extensive repertoire drawn from all album merged Davis’ brassy bravado works rarely performed. across jazz’s 100-year history. with Evans’ novel orchestral instru-

Sunday, November 6, 8pm | Seattle Art Museum (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Dee Daniels Trio Welcomed by 88.5 KNKX There are few in the Northwest who Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. have not fallen in love with the engag- But a focus on the Vancouver area $24 general | $22 members & seniors | ing range and passionate performances brought opportunities to teach, and $10 students & military of Dee Daniels. Born in the Bay Area, even an honorary Doctorate Degree and with gospel and R&B roots, Dan- from Capilano University, where she iels is a music leader, augmenting the established a vocal scholarship. She’s performances and teaching quality of been a lead performer in symphony the Jazz Port Townsend Festival, Lio- pops programs with many major city nel Hampton International Jazz Festi- orchestras, and has delivered stirring val in Boise, and the Frank De Miero performances with the Jazz Vespers at Jazz Festival in Edmonds. St. Peter’s Church in New York City, As a younger singer, Daniels honed as well as Newark and Saskatoon. her style with a five-year period living Her album work over the years, in- in the Netherlands and Belgium. Back cluding her 2007 album JAZZINIT in the States and in Canada, attention and more recent album Choose Me, to Daniels increased quickly, resulting simultaneously reflects strength, versa- in appearances and recordings with tility, and creativity. jazz greats Toots Thielemans, Clark Tonight, she performs with an en- Terry, John Clayton, and others. semble of local talent: Tony Foster The range of her international work (piano), Chuck Deardorf (bass), and includes performing throughout Afri- Greg Williamson (drums).

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October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 45 Monday, November 7, 7:30pm | Triple Door Rokia Traoré

Rokia Traoré photo by matthieu zazzo Presented by Triple Door and emotional voice but also for her and traditions, Traoré will draw au- stunning live performances that range diences in with a striking translation $30-40 from up-tempo guitar-led pop to from emotion to song, including tran- Defying the conventions of world haunting and melancholy ballads. On scriptions of some of Toni Morrison’s music, Malian singer/songwriter her 2016 release, Né So, Traoré turns prolific writings. With her unmistak- Rokia Traoré dismisses the notion of to friends John Parish (PJ Harvey, able vocals, stunning stage presence, genre, effortlessly blending the sounds Eels), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), and deep West African well of music, of Mali with blues, rock, jazz, and and Devendra Banhart to help her ex- the Malian singer provides a dazzling folk. One of the most inventive artists press her deep sadness at the state of concert experience. A Seattle favorite, in Africa today, Traoré is remarkable turmoil in her native Mali. Lament- she returns with the testimonies to the not just for the range of her powerful ing her homeland’s loss of life, culture, soul and endurance of her homeland.

46 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 Wednesday, November 9, 8pm | Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith Duo Co-presented with Live @ The legendary trumpeter and Benaroya Hall composer Wadada Leo Smith exemplifies creative vitality as an $28 general | $26 members & se- ongoing force, setting new direc- niors | $12 students & military tions in innovative contemporary This concert promises to be music. A boldly original figure in a stunning, not-to-be-missed American jazz, he was a founding highlight in the festival. The member of the Association for the brilliant Vijay Iyer is a Grammy- Advancement of Creative Music. nominated pianist, composer, His compositions have been per- bandleader, electronic musician, formed by the AACM Orchestra educator, and writer whose ar- and the Kronos Quartet. tistic vision redefines jazz and Smith received the prestigious creative American music. Iyer’s Billy Strahorn photo by Carl van Vechten 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award, career has bridged the arts, hu- was recognized as “Composer of manities, and the sciences, and ates a unique voice in diverse musical the Year” at the 19th Annual Jazz his compositions reach across genres contexts while reaffirming the place of Journalists Association Jazz Awards, and disciplines. Fueled by his impas- music not just as entertainment but as and was honored with 2016 Mohn Ca- sioned explorations of varied musical an essential part of human society. reer Achievement Award by the Ham- communities, practices, histories, and The recipient of a Ph.D. from the mer Museum at UCLA. theories, his creative work rewards the University of California at Berkeley, The latest collaborative work by Iyer listener with richly varied, improvisa- Iyer performed at dozens of music and Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm with tion-driven music. festivals and jazz clubs nationally and Each Stroke (ECM), is dedicated to the Iyer’s compositions feature elaborate around the world. In January 2014, late Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, melodic constructions and intricate he joined the Harvard University De- known for her drawings and photog- rhythmic techniques influenced by partment of Music as the Rosenblatt raphy. South Indian classical music, West Af- Professor of the Arts. Recent honors “Iyer and Smith may represent two rican drumming, contemporary Euro- include a 2013 MacArthur fellowship different generations of artists but pean composers, and 20th century Af- and the 2015 DownBeat Critics’ Poll both are at their creative peaks,” says rican American piano masters. He cre- award for Jazz Artist of the Year. All About Jazz of their collaboration. Thursday, November 10, 5:30pm | Seattle Art Museum (Brotman Forum) Eugenie Jones

Co-presented with Seattle Art Museum Free and open to the public This year’s 2016 Golden Ear Award, Vocalist of The Year winner,Eugenie Jones, teams up with pianist Peter Adams, bassist Greg Feingold, guitarist Cole Schuster, and drummer Brian Smith to dedicate a night to the late Ernestine Anderson. Jones’ debut album Black Lace Blue Tears won the Golden Ear Award for “Recording of the Year” in 2013. Of her second album, Jazziz Magazine says, “Seattle-based vocalist Eugenie Jones may have been a latecomer to the jazz world, but she displays the seasoned sensibilities of a jazz lifer on her sophomore release, Come Out Swingin’.” She has attracted positive attention from DownBeat, Jazz Weekly, All About Jazz, and many more jazz journals. Critical Jazz reviewer Brent Black says Jones is “full of passion and raw emotion….[she is] that rare breed of artist that sidesteps pretentiousness and allows the music to take center stage.” Another must hear.

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 47 Friday, November 11, 7:30pm | Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Tarik Abouzied, Joe Doria, Dan Balmer, Damian Erskine $20 general | $18 members & seniors | Change, and modern jazz-fueled Joe Doria Trio, The Drunken Mas- $10 students & military Hardcoretet. Currently, the drummer ters, Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet, produces new big band Happy Or- and Spellbinder, featuring renowned In a rocking Northwest grouping, chestra, which was awarded 4Culture’s drummer Michael Shrieve of Santana. renowned Seattle drummer Tarik 2015 Arts Project Grant and nominat- Two of Portland’s most acclaimed Abouzied calls on old friends Joe ed as Earshot Jazz’s 2015 Alternative music educators and master disciples Doria on Hammond B-3, Portland Jazz Group of the Year. of their instruments – Damian Erk- guitar legend Dan Balmer, and badass With roots together in Seattle’s hall- sine and Dan Balmer – complete the bassist Damian Erskine for a memo- mark funk/jazz Hammond organ trio quartet. Balmer impresses as one of rable close to this year’s festival. McTuff, Abouzied pairs up again with only five Oregonians to be honored Renowned for his taut, tough back- organ icon Joe Doria. The go-to keys with membership in both The Oregon beats, Abouzied is a veteran of such master is hardly in need of an intro- Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz So- celebrated Seattle jazz-funk outfits as duction, continually stunning his au- ciety of Oregon Hall of Fame, and has McTuff and Happy Orchestra. Abouz- diences with his ability to add depth been hailed as “the model of what a ied has produced six albums collective- and dimension to every song he per- contemporary guitarist should be” ly between his groups, which also in- forms. Doria is a backbone member to (Los Angeles Times). clude instrumental funk septet Pocket a handful of groups including his own Friday, November 11, 8pm | Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution Presented by Seattle Symphony $21-30 The Seattle Symphony presents the per- fect collaboration to close out Seattle’s jazz festival. This evening of orchestral and en- semble works celebrates Seattle’s jazz legacy with an homage to iconic producer Quincy Jones, who began his stellar career in jazz and popular music at Garfield High School and appeared as a trumpeter and band leader on Seattle’s fabled Jackson Street. Appropriately, the award-winning Garfield Jazz Band, under Clarence Acox, joins the orchestra for tunes from the Jones “book.” The phenomenal Seattle-resident trumpeter Cuong Vu plays a new composition with the symphony. And, because November 11 is the birthday of Jones’s contemporary, the much-loved and recently departed treasure Ernestine Anderson, vocalist Grace Love sings some of “Stine’s” favorites. And don’t miss an opening performance by a Seattle JazzED combo, in the Benaroya Hall lobby! Billy Strahorn photo by Carl van Vechten

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MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill,10 Tom Brighton with Saturday, October 1 AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, guitarist Bill Chism, 6pm BH Basie Bash: New York, 1937, 7:30pm 9:30pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30pm (Nordstrom Recital Hall) RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm TU Deborah Mia Shelton CD Release, 7:30pm EU EuroJam Session, 8pm CM Kings of Swing, 7pm JA Catherine Russell – Harlem on My Mind, EG Market Street Dixieland Jazz Band, 7pm Tuesday, October 4 7:30pm EG Sirens of Swing, 9pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm NC St John & the Revelations, 7pm JA Marcus Miller, 7:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm NL Skerik’s Bandalabra w/ The True Loves, 8pm NC Pearl Django, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm JA Chick Corea Trio featuring Eddie Gomez and PM Paul Richardson, 6pm TU Greta Matassa Quartet, 7:30pm Brian Blade, 7:30pm SB Marmalade, 9pm NC Victor Janusz & Nora Michaels, 7pm TU Gabriel Barbano Quintet EP Release, 7:30pm Sunday, October 2 OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm VE Neil Welch Trio / Seth Alexander Trio / Hound Dog Taylor’s Hand, 8pm AB The Beaver Session, 9pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm RR The Suffering F*ckheads, 10pm CC Bossa In Wonderland, 5:30pm RR Worst Pop Band Ever / Gregg Belisle-Chi’s Friday, October 7 CR Racer Sessions, 8pm Miserere Nobis, 7:30pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm CZ Blues Open Jam, 7pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm TU Tim Kennedy Trio, 7:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm HA Bossa Nova w/ Dina Blade, 6pm Wednesday, October 5 CM Jacqueline Tabor Jazz Band, 7pm JA Marcus Miller, 7:30pm CO Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto / Frank Kohl & AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm KC Basie Bash: New York, 1937, 2pm Steve Luceno Duo, 6pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm MQ Cuban Music Night!, 7pm CZ Jazz First Fridays, 7:30pm RR Richard Sears Sextet ft. Tootie Heath: NC Jazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 7:30pm EG Dorothy Rodes, Bill Anschell, Chris Symer, Altadena CD Release, 7:30pm NL Crystal Beth & The Boom Boom Band, Surf Byron Vannoy, 7pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm Monk & Nosretep, 8pm JA Catherine Russell – Harlem on My Mind, SY Victor Janusz, 10am PD Casey MacGill, 8pm 7:30pm TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm LA Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm NC Joan Penny Jazz, 8pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm RR Jazmarae Beebe CD Release, 9pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm SB Rippin Chicken, 10pm SB Funky2Death, 10pm TU Serena Dominguez, 7:30pm TD Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra, 7pm Monday, October 3 TU Danny Green Trio w/ Anton Schwartz, 7:30pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm Thursday, October 6 MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 8pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm Saturday, October 8 NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm

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AB The Angry Beaver EW Edmonds-Woodway HS Little Theater (Edmonds) RR The Royal Room AN Anchor Pub & Restaurant (Everett) FB Seattle First Baptist Church RV Rendezvous AT ACT Theatre HA Harissa SB Seamonster Lounge BC Barca JA Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley SE Seattle Art Museum BD Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill KC Kirkland Performance Center (Kirkland) SJ Stroum Jewish Community Center (Mercer Island) BH Benaroya Hall LA Latona Pub SW Shorewood Performing Arts Center (Shoreline) BP Bake’s Place (Bellevue) MO Moore Theatre SY Salty’s on Alki BT Brass Tacks MQ Musicquarium @ Triple Door TA The Tasting Room BW BREW (Bothell) MT Mac’s Triangle Pub TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, Wallingford CB Century Ballroom MV Marine View Church (Tacoma) TD Triple Door CC Capitol Cider NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop (Shoreline) TE Ted Brown Music (Tacoma) CH Chapel Performance Space NL Nectar Lounge TH Town Hall Seattle CM Crossroads Bellevue (Bellevue) OD Old Edison Inn (Bow) TU Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club CO Columbia City Theater OW Owl ’N Thistle V2 Velocity: V2 CR Cafe Racer PA Paramount Theatre VE Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar CZ Couth Buzzard Books PD Pink Door VI Vito’s DT Darrell’s Tavern PG Paragon EB Elliott Bay Pizza (Mill Creek) PM Pampas Room, El Gaucho Seattle WD Watershed Pub & Kitchen EG Egan’s Ballard Jam House PN Pono Ranch Restaurant & Bar WT Waving Tree Winery (Kirkland) EL Elliott Bay Pizza (Mill Creek) PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts All venues located in Seattle unless otherwise noted. EM Easy Monkey Taphouse (Shoreline) PP Pike Place Bar & Grill Visit earshot.org/jazz-around-the-sound/ for more EU EuroPub RO Roosevelt High School Auditorium event info.

50 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm CH Georg Graewe, 8pm CM Acoustic Fantasy, 7:30pm EW Brian Lynch w/ Edmonds-Woodway High CZ Lil Sara & the Night Owls, 7:30pm School Jazz Band, 7:30pm Curtain Call JA Catherine Russell – Harlem on My Mind, JA Benny Golson Quartet, 7:30pm weekly recurring performances 7:30pm NC Meridienne, 7pm MQ Paul Green Jazz/Blues Quartet, 9pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm NC Four, 8pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm MONDAY PO Steve Lehman Trio, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Honey Ear Trio, 9pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm CC EntreMundos jam, 9:30 SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm RR Peter and Will Anderson, 7:30pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30 TD Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra, 7pm RR Swindler, 10pm TU Susan Pascal Quintet w/ Marc Seales, Dave SB Delvon Lamarr Trio, 10pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 9 Peterson, Chuck Deardorf, Mark Ivester, TU Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Ensemble, RR Salute Sessions, 10 7:30pm 7:30pm WD Watershed Pub & Kitchen: Live at the Shed – TUESDAY Brunch Music with How Short, 12pm Thursday, October 13 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6 WD Watershed Pub & Kitchen: Live at the Shed – BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm Night Music with Ayron Jones, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton with CB West Coast Swing Social, 9 guitarist Bill Chism, 6pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10 Sunday, October 9 BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30pm AB The Beaver Session, 9pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 AT The Holler Sessions, 7:30pm CM Little Bill & Rod Cook, 6:30 pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10 BP Josh Rawlings Trio Album Release Party, 7pm EU EuroJam Session, 8pm CC Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, 5:30pm JA McCoy Tyner, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY CR Racer Sessions, 8pm NC Frenchy Toast, 7pm CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm PA STG Presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm with Wynton Marsalis, 7:30pm PD Casey MacGill, 8 FB Scott Lindenmuth Group, 5pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm HA Bossa Nova w/ Dina Blade, 6pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8 JA Catherine Russell – Harlem on My Mind, SB Marmalade, 9pm PM Paul Richardson, 6 7:30pm SE Art of Jazz: Kareem Kandi Trio, 5pm MQ Cuban Music Night!, 7pm TU New Triumph, 7:30pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8 MV Danny Green Trio w/ Anton Schwartz, 5pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm OD Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the THURSDAY Fugitives – CD Release, 5:30pm Friday, October 14 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9 PO Fred Hersch, 8pm BP Paul Green & Straight Shot, 9pm SB Cephalopod, 10pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BD Annie Eastwood Trio w/ Bill SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm Chism, 6 SY Victor Janusz, 10am CH Tom Rainey & Ingrid Laubrock, 8pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30 TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm CM Kaffeine, 7pm TU Jazz Police, 4pm JA McCoy Tyner, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm LA Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm EU EuroJam Session, 8 VI Bob Hammer, 6pm NC David Arteaga & Jean Mishler, 8pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm SB Funky2Death, 10pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8 TU Brian Lynch & Thomas Marriott: “Night of the PM Paul Richardson, 6 Monday, October 10 Cookers”, 7:30pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, SB Marmalade, 10 9:30pm Saturday, October 15 JA The Quebe Sisters, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm FRIDAY MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 8pm CZ Jump Monkeys, 7:30pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm EG Boxwell / Feldman Group feat. Kareem Kandi, NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm 9pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 6 RR FATHER DAUGHTER, 7:30pm EL Annie Eastwood and Chris Stevens Duo, 7pm RR The Salute Sessions, 10pm JA McCoy Tyner, 7:30pm LA Happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 TD Freddy Cole Trio, 7:30pm NC Gail Pettis w/ Jovino Santos Trio, 8pm SB Funky 2 Death, 10 TH Steve Griggs Ensemble performs Listen to RR Scott Amendola & Wil Blades / Hunter Gather, Seattle, 7:30pm 8pm SATURDAY TU David Marriott’s Triskaidekaband, 7:30pm SB Happy Orchestra Trio, 10pm BI Saturday Evening Jazz, 6 SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm Tuesday, October 11 SB Matt Chamberlain & Brian Haas, 11:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm SW Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra with special SB Jazz Brunch, 12 CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm guest Jenny Kellogg Celebrate Women in JA Benny Golson Quartet, 7:30pm Jazz!, 7:30pm SUNDAY NC Overton Berry & Bruce Phares, 7pm TE Kareem Kandi Band w/ Julian Priester, 3pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm TU Brian Lynch & Thomas Marriott: “Night of the CR Racer Sessions, 8 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm Cookers”, 7:30pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8 PO Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Duo, 8pm RR Talon, 7:30pm Sunday, October 16 SB Jazz Brunch, 12 RR The Suffering Fuckheads, 10pm AN Bob Strickland’s Jazz Couriers Jam, 5pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am SB Celestial Navigation, 8pm CC Ted Dortch Quartet, 5:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5 TD Tal Wilkenfeld w/ Steven Taylor, 7:30pm CZ Choro Music Open Jam w/ Stuart Zobel, 2pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 TU Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm CZ Music Improv Session w/ Kenny Mandell, 7pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm Wednesday, October 12 HA Bossa Nova w/ Dina Blade, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm JA McCoy Tyner, 7:30pm

October 2016 • Earshot Jazz • 51 MQ Cuban Music Night!, 7pm Tuesday, October 18 PP Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the NL Los Hermanos Arango / Ann Reynolds & Clave BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm Fugitives, 6pm Gringa, 8pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm RR Swindler, 10pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm JA Carolyn Wonderland, 7:30pm SB unsinkable Heavies, 10pm SB McTuff w/ Will Bernard, 10pm NC Johnny Pinetree & the Yellin’ Degenerates, TU North Sound Big Band, 7:30pm SE Kris Bowers + NONVisuals: Music and Art / 7pm CMD, 8pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm Thursday, October 20 SY Victor Janusz, 10am PM Paul Richardson, 6pm BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm RR The Suffering Fuckheads, 10pm BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton with TU Itamar Borochov Quartet, 7:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm guitarist Bill Chism, 6pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm SE Naomi Moon Siegel, 8pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm TD Terry Bozzio, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm TU The Line Up w/ Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement, CH Frode Gjerstad Trio, 8pm 7:30pm EU EuroJam Session, 8pm Monday, October 17 JA Burt Bacharach, 7:30pm CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, Wednesday, October 19 NC Airmail Special, 7pm 9:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm JA Jim Knapp Orchestra, 7:30pm JA Carolyn Wonderland, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 8pm NC Amy Read & Ryan Mefferd, 7pm PO Takuya Kuroda Group, 8pm MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm RV Sister Kate’s The Séance, 6pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm SB Marmalade, 9pm TD Kandace Springs, 7:30pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm TU Fred Hoadley’s Sonando, 8pm TU Ph Factor Big Band, 7:30pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm Friday, October 21 BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm CH Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Concert, 8pm CM Ranger & The Re-Arrangers, 7pm JA Burt Bacharach, 7:30pm LA Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm NC Bossa In Wonderland, 8pm SB Funky2Death, 10pm SE Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls, 8pm TA Marc Smason Ensemble w/ Nelda Swiggett, Michael Barnett, Laura Oviedo, 7pm TU Bill Anschell CD Release Party, 7:30pm Saturday, October 22 BP 313 Soul feat. Darelle Holden, 7pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm BW Bradbury & Oates, Jazz Duo, 7pm CM Hook Me Up!, 7pm JA Burt Bacharach, 7:30pm NC Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder, 8pm RO D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition / Roosevelt High School Jazz Band w/ special guest D’Vonne Lewis, 7:30pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm SE Manuel Valera Trio, 8pm TU Bill Anschell CD Release Party, 7:30pm Sunday, October 23 CC Brandon Willis, 5:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm CZ Open Jazz Jam w/ Kenny Mandell, 2pm DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm HA Bossa Nova w/ Dina Blade, 6pm JA Burt Bacharach, 7:30pm RR Jazz, Etc., 6pm RV Sister Kate’s The Séance, 6pm SB Comfort Food, 10pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm SE Conference Call / Bad Luck, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm TU Easy Street Band, 4pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm Monday, October 24 CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, 9:30pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 8pm

52 • Earshot Jazz • October 2016 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm Saturday, October 29 JA Gerald Albright, 7:30pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm RR Open Readings with the Seattle Composers PO B’shnorkestra: Global Concertos, 8pm EM Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Alliance, 12pm SE Marina Albero Quartet w/ D’Vonne Lewis, Evan Fugitives – CD Release, 8pm RV Sister Kate’s The Séance, 6pm Flory-Barnes & Hans Teuber, 8pm GD Dan Duval Good Vibes Trio, 7:30pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm TU Jay Thomas “Midnight Blue” w/ The JA Gerald Albright, 7:30pm SE Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, 8pm Cantaloupes & Friends, 7:30pm MO STG Presents Maceo Parker / The Jones SJ Sofia Rei Trio / Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia, 8pm Family Singers, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 10am Tuesday, October 25 NC Carlos Cascante Latin Dance Night, 8pm TB Kevin Connor Swing Trio, 5:30pm BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm NL Tauk w/ McTuff & Spyn Reset, 8pm TU Chris Amemiya’s Jazz Coalescence, 7:30pm CB West Coast Swing Social, 9pm SB Jazz Brunch, 12pm VI Bob Hammer, 6pm JA The Cookers, 7:30pm SE Dave Douglas Meets The Westerlies with VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm NC Songwriter Showcase, 7pm Anwar Marshall, 8pm OW Jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 10pm TU Stephanie Porter Quintet, 7:30pm Monday, October 31 PM Paul Richardson, 6pm V2 SOUL SPACE: Industrial Revelation / D’Vonne CC Jam Session Mondays with Entremundos, RR The Suffering Fuckheads, 10pm Lewis Triplifried / DJ Riz, 8pm 9:30pm SB Joe Doria Presents, 10pm MQ Brian Nova Jazz Jam, 8pm SB Michael Owcharuk Presents, 8pm Sunday, October 30 MT Triangle Pub jam, 8:30pm SE Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke Duo / Paul BP Overton Berry/Bruce Phares Duo, 7pm NL Mo’ Jam Mondays, 8:30pm Rucker & Hans Teuber, 8pm CC Forman-Finley Band with Cherrie Adams, TU Adriana Giordano Brazilian Music Trio, TU Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble CD 5:30pm 7:30pm Release, 7:30pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm TU Steve Messick’s Endemic Ensemble: CD DT Darrell’s Tavern Jazz Jam, 8pm Release Party for “Tangled”, 7:30pm HA Bossa Nova w/ Dina Blade, 6pm Wednesday, October 26 BP Gotz Lowe Duo, 6pm JA The Cookers, 7:30pm NC Jazz Decree, 7pm PD Casey MacGill, 8pm PG Jazz Open Mic, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm PN B-JAM! Jazz Jam, 8pm PO Derek Gripper, 7pm SB Westsound Deep Funk Club, 10pm TU Greta Matassa Jazz Showcase, 7pm Thursday, October 27 BC Adam Kessler & Phil Sparks, 9pm BD Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill, Tom Brighton with guitarist Bill Chism, 6pm BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 7:30pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm BW Bradbury & Oates, Jazz Duo, 7pm EU EuroJam Session, 8pm JA Gerald Albright, 7:30pm NC Creatures of Bad Habits, 7pm NL The Cumbieros w/ DBST, Breaks & Swells, 8pm PD Greg Ruby & Maggie Kim, 8pm PM Paul Richardson, 6pm RR Rez Abbasi Quartet, 8pm SB Marmalade, 9pm TU Jacob Zimmerman Quartet, 7:30pm V2 SOUL SPACE: Tiffany Gouché / Maiah Manser / SassyBlack / DJ Riz, 8pm VI Casey MacGill, 5:30pm Friday, October 28 BP Stapleton & Wilhelm, 6pm BT Live Jazz Trio, 7pm CH Renée Baker, 8pm CM Phantoms of Soul, 7pm JA Gerald Albright, 7:30pm LA Happy Hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm NC Adriana Giordano & EntreMundos Quarteto, 8pm NL Big Sam’s Funky Nation w/ TubaLuba & Spencer Glenn Band, 8pm RV Sister Kate’s The Séance, 6pm SB Funky2Death, 10pm SE la Banda Gozona, 7pm TU Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints, 7:30pm V2 SOUL SPACE: Jaimeo Brown Transcendence / Paul Rucker: Stories From the Trees, 8pm WT Bill Anschell @ Jazz Unlimited, 7:30pm

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Earshot Jazz Festival Volunteers Earshot Jazz is seeking volunteers for the 28th annual Earshot Jazz Festival, October 7-November 11. Please see earshot.org/festival-volunteers-2016/ for more information. Jack Straw Artist Residency Jack Straw Artist Residency pro- grams offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an op- portunity to explore the creative use of sound through residences in their recording studios and participation in various presentation programs. Art- ists may apply to only one program per year. Deadline is 5pm on Monday, October 31. Applications and more information available at jackstraw.org. Chamber Music America Opportunities Nominations for the 2017 CMAc- claim Award are now open. CMA members are invited to submit a nom- ination for the award, which brings national recognition to an individual, ensemble, or organization whose work in small ensemble music has had a sig- nificant cultural impact on a local or regional community. Deadline to sub- mit nominations is October 7. The deadline to submit for CMA’s Presenter Consortium for Jazz is Oc- tober 30. Registration for CMA’s 2017 Nation- al Conference – to be held January 12-15 in NYC – is now open. Early- bird registration ensures discounted access to dozens of expert-led panels and workshops, performances, and exhibits, and countless opportunities to network with other chamber music professionals and enthusiasts. More info and applications available at chamber-music.org.

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Jazz Radio turing Zimmerman on alto sax and of programmers Gordon Todd, John 88.5 KNKX hosts Saturday Jazz clarinet, Ray Skjelbred on piano and Midgley, and Megan Sullivan host Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken poems, and Matt Weiner on string “The Sound of Modern Jazz,” Tuesday Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, and Jazz bass; October 9, Gems, deep, dance- mornings at 1am. More about jazz on Northwest, in addition to its weekday able grooves full of twists and turns, KBCS at kbcs.fm. NPR and late-night and prime-time with Dan Rapport and Gary Palmer, 94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, fea- jazz programs. synthesizers, and Adrian Van Baten- tures Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sun- burg and Jacob Evans, drums; Octo- Years and Beyond, popular music days, 2pm, features the artists and ber 16, The Fabulous Party Boys, from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at events of the regional jazz scene. Jazz horn-heavy funk party with Elliot kuow.org/swing_years.php. NW October schedule: October 2, Gray (keys), Tazlyn Gue (vocals), Jon Hollow Earth Radio, hol- three piano trios with Gerald Clay- Hansen (tuba), Ray Larsen (trum- lowearthradio.org, Fridays at 6pm, ton, George Colligan, and Taylor pet), Jason Cressey (trombone), Scott biweekly, Black Roots Radio, hosted Eigsti at Jazz Port Townsend; October Macpherson (sax), Marshall Petryni by Jordan Leonard, promotes jazz as 16, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (drums), and Andy Short (guitar); a dynamic genre rooted in the Black “Basie Bash” opening concert; Octo- October 23, Zhongyu, Far East-in- American experience. ber 30, Kareem Kandi Band at Art of fluenced avant-rock wtih Jon Davis Hollow Earth Radio is Seattle’s free- Jazz. For JazzNW podcasts of archived (composer, guzheng, chapman stick), form online radio station that supports programs, see jazznw.org. Jim DeJoie (sax, flute, clarinet), Alica the local music communities in the 90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, DeJoie (electric violin), Dennis Rea greater Pacific Northwest and tries to features Jazz Theater with John Gil- (guitar), and Randy Doak (drums); create an open, encouraging stage for breath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, October 30, Brad Anderson, dystopic underrepresented voices. More at face- a live-performance broadcast from the space music and soundscapes. book.com/blackrootsradiojl and hol- Jack Straw Productions studio, pro- 91.3 KBCS, late Sundays and prime- lowearthradio.org. duced by Doug Haire. Full schedule time Mondays, features Floatation De- In One Ear News information is available at kexp.org vice with John Seman and Jonathan Email news about Seattle-area jazz and jackstraw.org. Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with artists, for In One Ear, to editor@ear- Sonarchy’s October schedule: Octo- David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John shot.org. ber 2, Jacob Zimmerman and His Pai. The Caravan with John Gilbreath Pals, jazz from the 20’s and 30’s fea- is back on Mondays at 7pm. A rotation

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