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4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 PROFILE Joe Brazil Justice for Joe

By Steve Griggs and no minutes had been taken. Pro- graduating from Cass Technical High testors believed this procedure violated School in 1946, he joined the US the Open Meetings Act enacted in Army and was stationed for a year at Attacking the Ivory Tower 1971 by the Washington State Legis- Fort Lewis in Washington. There, he A rally at the Husky Union Build- lature. performed in a band with other en- ing on the University of Washington “It’s unfortunate it had to come to listed men. They called themselves the campus kicks off “Joe Brazil G.I. Jazzmen of Geiger Field. Day.” On April 21, 1976, 350 Brazil returned to Detroit and people march to the University got a job at Chrysler as a tool- President’s Office and present a maker and inspector. He pur- written demand – before May 5, chased a home with one of his an open meeting involving testi- brothers and outfitted the base- mony from students, faculty and ment with a bar, baby grand community be held to officially piano, and chessboards. Soon, grant or deny tenure to Assistant talented local musicians and Music Professor Joe Brazil. touring artists crowded into the “I’ll accept this,” says President small room to jam. Visitors in- John Hogness, “and I’ll have an cluded trumpeter Donald Byrd, answer.” Ed Woodley, head of saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist the Black Student Union isn’t Barry Harris, bassist Doug Wat- satisfied. “We’re tired of wait- kins, and drummer Roy Brooks. ing and getting no answers.” The When saxophonist John Col- protesters head for their next trane was in town in September stop. of 1958, he stopped by to jam Behind locked doors, police with Joe Henderson and Brazil. guard the Music Building. Five A recording from the session is uniformed officers secure the available on YouTube. The tem- west door, eight at the north, po on “Sweet Georgia Brown” is and ten at the east. More stroll JOE BRAZIL clocked at a blistering 350 beats through the corridors. Class- per minute. Brazil made many es are cancelled. Outside, the recordings at his house, even crowd chants, “Justice for Joe!” this,” says Brazil. “Hopefully peo- Coltrane practicing. Brazil, a saxophonist from Detroit ple came here to learn.” Brazil is not Detroit jazz chronicler Jim Gallert who recorded with John Coltrane, vengeful. He tells the crowd that many interviewed musicians about Brazil’s teaches the History of Jazz, the most of the people voting against his tenure jams. “Everybody you can name used popular class in the School of Music. are “just dumb, not mean.” to come by those sessions,” recalls He frequently brings leading jazz art- drummer Bert Myrick in Before Mo- ists to perform in class – Earl “Fatha” The Detroit Jazz Scene town. “I talked to Trane for about an Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, hour, sitting on the basement steps.” Joseph Brazil was born in Detroit and many more. He had been denied Brazil made a space where a communi- on August 27, 1927. He studied saxo- tenure by the School of Music faculty ty of jazz artists could hang out, learn, phone at the Detroit Institute of Mu- during the previous school year. No play and build relationships free from sic and Conservatory of Music. After public notice of the meeting was given commercial constraints.

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 Brazil and Coltrane established a last- studio session in Lynnwood. Brazil sat Ward and bassist Milt Garred. Brazil ing relationship. In Alice Coltrane’s in on saxophone at the Penthouse and raised funds to bring saxophonist Joe biography Monument Eternal, pianist played flute in the studio. The live re- Henderson to Washington prisons. Kenneth Cox says that Alice McLeod cording was released as Live in Seattle One of Brazil’s students, Gary Ham- met her future husband John Coltrane and the studio date as Om. mon, received one of the first scholar- in Brazil’s basement. Brazil began to dedicate himself to ships to attend the New England Con- sharing music with young students by servatory. Brazil in Seattle using his extensive network of musical relationships to connect interested stu- Brazil got a tool-making job at Boe- Jazz Studies in Academia dents with mature artists. ing and moved to Seattle in Septem- The Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the In 1968 Garfield High School initi- ber of 1961. Two years Black Power move- later, he enrolled at the ment led white uni- University of Wash- versities throughout ington to study math the United States to and computer pro- develop Black Stud- gramming. He got a ies programs. Amer- job as a mechanical ican universities technician at the UW needed graduates to Applied Physics Lab know about Ameri- in 1965 and was pro- can culture and mu- moted to a computer- sic, including jazz. programming job in The Music Educa- 1967. tors National Con- Meanwhile, Brazil ference (MENC) made a splash on the created the National local music scene. He Association of Jazz gigged at the Seattle Educators (NAJE) World’s Fair, appeared at a 1968 meeting in with trumpeter Web- Seattle. ster Young at the Red Several jazz artists Rooster, singer Woody joined the faculties Woodhouse at the THE G.I. JAZZ-MEN OF GEIGER FIELD WASHINGTON of prominent Amer- Mardi Gras, bassist ican universities – Rufus Reid at the Checkmate, saxo- trombonist David Baker, trumpeter ated a “magnet” program which in- phonist Charles Lloyd at Seward Park, Donald Byrd, saxophonists Archie cluded fine-arts curricula. Brazil was and led the house band at the Pent- Shepp, Jackie Mclean, and Nathan hired to teach jazz. Also, Brazil taught house with pianist Jerry Gray, bassist Davis, pianists Mary Lou Williams in the Summer Emphasis on Educa- Chuck Metcalf, and drummer George and Cecil Taylor, and drummer Max tion and Knowledge (SEEK) program Griffin. The Penthouse band played Roach. Seattle’s participation in this at Garfield. He also headed the music Saturday afternoon matinee sets be- national trend brought Joe Brazil to program for the Seattle Public Schools fore national touring acts. the University of Washington. Extended Services Program (ESP). One notable group came to the Pent- Brazil joined a steering committee of house the last week of September in Black Studies at the University black leaders to address issues of jus- 1965. Coltrane was touring after the tice, schools, jobs, community educa- of Washington release of A Love Supreme. The band tion, racism, economics, and political stayed at the Frye Hotel, but Coltrane In early 1968, the UW Black Student power. He founded the Black Acad- spent the week at Brazil’s house. Col- Union (BSU) surveyed the 834 classes emy of Music, “dedicated to uplifting trane was interested in documenting in the school’s catalog. None of the the consciousness of people through the new direction of his ensemble, so School of Music classes used materi- music.” Faculty included trumpeter he paid out of his own pocket for a als by or about black people. “It was Floyd Standifer, saxophonist Jabbo live recording at the Penthouse and a audacious and outrageous,” says BSU

6 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 organizer Larry Gossett (now Chair of Brazil to take over. Drummer Gar- he got no respect. He devoted his life to the King County Council), “that all ry Owens volunteered to be Brazil’s spreading the word about the music.” the classes focused on European music teaching assistant. “Joe was the hub to Today Winston produces jazz concerts even though the most creative, inno- bring the music and history together in Los Angeles for World Stage Stories vative and distinctly American music and serve as an inspiration,” says Ow- and serves as secretary for the Califor- came from blacks.” The BSU conclud- ens. “He didn’t come to write books. nia Jazz Foundation. ed that the UW was “institutionally He came to play and teach. He taught racist.” me that I could be a revolutionary in Herbie Hancock at UW? The head of the BSU, E. J. Brisker, art – defend it, keep playing and keep At the end of the school year, the called UW President Charles Ode- hope alive.” Today Owens manages BSU demanded that the School of gaard and demanded that the univer- projects for the Seattle Department of Music engage a Jazz Ensemble in Resi- sity provide $50,000 to create a Black Neighborhoods. dence. Herbie Hancock’s Mwandi- Studies program. With no money Bassist Jeffrey Winston also worked shi ensemble was in Seattle for a jazz forthcoming, 70 BSU members and as a teaching assistant for Brazil. “Joe festival concert. Brazil held the group friends occupied Odegaard’s office. was a voice in the wilderness,” says over at the Club Ebony for a week and Odegaard agreed to the BSU’s de- Winston. “He wasn’t credentialed, so brought Hancock to speak in the His- mands, which included hiring black representatives on the music faculty, specifically saxophonists Joe Brazil and Byron Pope to teach jazz.

Jazz at the University of Washington Within a week, the Dean of the Col- lege of Arts and Sciences established a Special Curriculum Committee on Black American Culture. Brazil and Pope submitted a proposal for a Black Music curriculum to the School of Music. A single faculty position was opened. Brazil refused to compete with Pope for the job. Pope was hired to begin teaching in the fall. Pope taught the History of Jazz three days a week, gave private lessons, worked with the jazz ensemble, and performed twice on the UW Jazz concert series. At the end of the school year Pope recommended that the curriculum and faculty be expanded to include all forms of Black Music and that the program move from the School of Music to Ethnomusicology. These suggestions were ignored. Pope left the UW.

Brazil in the School of Music Without a teacher for the History of Jazz class, the Acting Director for the School of Music, John Moore, urged

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 7 tory of Jazz class. Over lunch, the Di- like a stepchild. It is entirely possible rector of the School of Music, William that they do not know that he is a su- Bergsma, discussed the possibility of perior man in his field, one whose ex- having Hancock’s band in residence perience is invaluable to the program at UW. in jazz music, and the Black Studies Because there was no budget for ad- program, at this university.” ditional faculty, Bergsma turned to the The Black Studies Executive Com- Rockefeller Foundation for financial mittee recommended to Director support. Bergsma developed a com- Moore that Brazil be promoted. Carv- munity-wide plan that included stu- er Gayton, Director of Equal Oppor- dents from the Seattle Public Schools tunities for Minorities, pointed out and Cornish School of Allied Arts. that Brazil and the two other blacks Brazil’s teaching role in Seattle Public received the lowest salaries among the Schools was mentioned in the plan as school’s faculty. Brazil was promoted a prototype. The proposal requested from Lecturer to Assistant Professor in $333,889 for three years beginning in 1972 with his salary split between the the summer of 1971. School of Music and the Black Studies The Rockefeller Foundation offered program. $100,000 over a two-year period. Tensions between the School of Mu- The Foundation’s Director, Norman sic and Brazil rose. Brazil continued Lloyd, wrote, “I was impressed with to bring some of the biggest names in every aspect of the jazz proposal. There jazz to campus through his personal is a real chance that if it gets started, it connections and taped their perfor- could serve as a model, particularly for mances for student use, but the School other institutions that understand the of Music was not supportive. Director importance of jazz in our culture but Moore contacted the local Musicians have not discovered how to deal with Union to try to prevent Brazil from it in academia.” video recording McCoy Tyner’s con- The UW Archives have documents cert. declaring Brazil and others agreed “it was unrealistic to start such a large Black Composers scale project with little prospect of Brazil rubbed the faculty of the continuing” and withdrew the appli- School of Music the wrong way when cation. But other documents indicate he addressed the African American that Sam Kelly, Vice President of Mi- Cultural Festival at Whitman College. nority Affairs, said “there was no con- He mentioned emerging research that sensus opinion by the black members suggested Beethoven and Haydn had of the committee who were involved black ancestry. in submitting the proposal.” The next In 1973 Brazil proposed a course on year, Bergsma left the School of Music the life and music of Duke Elling- and the proposal was never resubmit- ton. The Seattle Times reported that ted. the School of Music said, “It possibly would accept a course on the history Cracks Widen Between Brazil of outstanding black composers, not and UW naming anyone.” Ellington died in Brazil considered resigning from the 1974. Brazil was decades ahead of his School of Music. David Llorens, the time. Today Northwest high schools Director of Black Studies, urged Brazil win national contests playing Elling- to stay and wrote a letter to support ton’s music. a promotion. “Clearly, the School of Music has been treating Mr. Brazil

8 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 The Votes Are In presented Brazil with a service award The end of Brazil’s employment at for the Black Academy of Music. UW was sealed at a meeting of the se- nior School of Music faculty on Octo- The More Things Change ber 17, 1974. The Black Studies faculty Brazil was replaced by Milton Stew- voted unanimously to grant tenure, art, a black professor from the Univer- but the School of Music voted to deny sity of Michigan. He was treated with tenure, citing a “travesty of classroom even less respect than Brazil. When teaching,” playing recordings with Stewart was denied tenure in 1982, he minimal analysis, anecdotal discus- wrote to the National Association for sions, lecturing from LeRoi Jones’ the Advancement of Colored People book Blues People, simple final exams, (NAACP). “They desperately wanted arriving late for class, and not attend- me because I was a black person with ing committee meetings. The College a Ph.D. in music who taught jazz and Council ignored the Black Studies other Afro-American music courses,” vote and unanimously agreed with the wrote Stewart. “One of their ‘reasons’ School of Music decision. Brazil’s ap- for terminating Joe Brazil was that he pointment would end after the 1975- didn’t have academic credentials. I was 76 school year. used as a foil to make what they were Open to All - Free Student petitions to retain Brazil doing to Mr. Brazil appear legitimate.” collected about 1,000 names. Brazil requested an investigation by Carver Brazil Moves On Gayton, the Director for Equal Op- portunities of Minorities, for possible Brazil moved to Bellingham then racial discrimination. “Mr. Brazil has Tacoma. He received recognition as brought the greatest array of top name an Elder of Distinction at the Pantages black jazz musicians to this campus Theater during Black History Month over the past five years than ever be- in 2007. Brazil died August 6, 2008. fore in its history,” said Gayton in a A year later, his former student Gary letter to the Director of the School of Hammon organized a concert and Sunday, April 1, 6 pm Music. “I truly do not know of anyone celebration of Brazil’s life in Flo Ware who could have been able to accom- Park. plish as much as has Mr. Brazil over People who knew Brazil remember The Randy Halberstadt such a short period of time.” him fondly. “Joe was way cool,” says Quintet organist Mikal Majeed. “He tried Because the tenure meeting was not Randy Halberstadt, piano; Clipper Anderson, to influence us in the real music. He publicly announced and no minutes bass; Mark Ivester, drums; Mark Taylor, alto introduced us to progressive jazz. Joe were kept, Brazil filed a suit in King saxophone; Thomas Marriott, trumpet County Superior Court for violation tried to hook us up with the basics.” “Everyone knew Joe,” says Hammon. of the Open Meetings Act. He did not Sunday, May 6, 6 pm ask for tenure in his suit. He asked that “Whenever I mentioned his name each faculty member who violated the back east, people opened up to me.” Jacqueline Tabor act pay the penalty named in the law Drummer George Griffin says, “Joe should have got more credit than he and her jazz band ($100) and that his tenure decision The 2011 Kobe Jazz Vocalist Winner meeting be open to the public. The did. He was a well-educated man and always had something good to say.” court dismissed the case. 100 Minutes of professional jazz Steve Griggs is researching the life and As Brazil’s career at UW drew to a Family friendly concert | Free parking impact of Joe Brazil for a book proposal. close, protests and press coverage in- He is collecting and sharing stories on- creased. Ironically, while the UW was Seattle First Baptist Church line at http://joebrazilproject.blogspot. 1111 Harvard Avenue (Seneca and Harvard on First Hill) ignoring Brazil’s role in the commu- Seattle, WA (206) 325-6051 com. Contact Steve at 206-523-4983 or nity, the King of Sweden, Carl Gustof, [email protected]. www.SeattleJazzVespers.org/GO/SJV

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 9 PREVIEW >> Earshot Jazz Open Board Meeting and Golden Ear Awards with Jay Thomas Quartet Wednesday, April 11, 5:00pm & stock of and show gratitude for the re- 7:00pm gion’s vibrant jazz ecology. The awards Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club are determined by a combination of nominations and popular vote. Nomi- Board meeting is free and open to the nees this year were selected by a poll public; Golden Ear Awards costs $10 at of Earshot Jazz readers, jazz perform- the door, $8 for Earshot Jazz members ers, audience members, journalists and and seniors; students pay half price industry professionals. There are eight Join Earshot Jazz for an open board Golden Ear Award categories, includ- meeting and a celebration of jazz in Se- ing induction into the Seattle Jazz attle on Wednesday, April 11, at Tula’s Hall of Fame. Restaurant and Jazz Club. The annual Jay Thomas, a native of Seattle, is a Earshot Jazz open board meeting and JAY THOMAS PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN versatile multi-instrumentalist (trum- community forum, which is free and pet, flugelhorn, alto, tenor, soprano open to the public, kicks off at 5pm. ings under his own name. He records and flutes). His music could be de- Then at 7pm, the Jay Thomas Quartet, and performs several times a year in scribed as lyrical without losing touch with John Hansen, Chuck Kistler and Japan, including with the East West with the blues. He is a winner of the Adam Kessler opens the Golden Ear Alliance, one of Japan’s leading big 1996 Golden Ear Award for Best In- Awards presentation. Jim Wilke, host bands. strumentalist. For over a decade, of the nationally syndicated Jazz after Thomas has worked with the Garfield – DB Hours radio program, emcees. jazz program in Seattle. Thomas has Call Tula’s for reservations at (206) Each year, the Golden Ear Awards guested on over fifty recordings by 443-4221. Tula’s Jazz Club is located recognize and celebrate the outstand- other leaders, including James Moody, at 2214 2nd Ave in Seattle’s Belltown ing achievements of the previous year Herb Ellis, Billy Higgins and Cedar neighborhood. For more information, in Seattle jazz. In the process, Seattle Walton. He also has a dozen record- visit the Earshot Jazz website at www. jazz fans and performers can take earshot.org.

10 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 PREVIEW >> April Weekend with Wolter Wierbos

I first saw Dutch trombonist Wolter (CDs) arranged nearly 30 feet across Wierbos solo in an October 2005 Ear- the gallery wall, the bamboo lifts and shot Jazz presentation at the now closed falls in buckets of water, like the in- Consolidated Works, home at the time haling and exhaling on a harmonica. to an early iteration of Trimpin’s Sheng The crowd obstructs bits of the score, High. Stop. Read that sentence again; which results in improvised tones from it contains the ingredients of a rare and the Trimpin system. Wierbos impro- vanished magic formula, completely vises on the whole thing in long tones. unplanned, unique to that space and Really. Amazing. those artists. This April, the humorous – Schraepfer Harvey and stunningly virtuosic Dutch trombonist engages Seattle audiences in Where’s Wierbos four rare appearances: three concerts and a workshop. Thursday, April 12, 5:30pm The formidable improviser performs Seattle Art Museum solo trombone with a musicality and Art of Jazz: Seattle JazzED New authenticity characterized by decades Works Ensemble, directed by of performances around the globe. Wayne Horvitz, with special guest Since 1979, he has performed in cre- Wolter Wierbos ative improvised ensembles from Cu- Free and open to the public WOLTER WIERBOS mulus (Ab Baars and Harry de Wit), the Gerry Hemingway Quintet and Wierbos pairs up with Wayne Hor- vitz’s adventurous and skilled Seattle Friday, April 13, noon the Frank Gratkowski Quartet to his Cornish College of the Arts, PONCHO own band, Celebration of Difference, JazzED ensemble. It promises to be an Concert Hall in theater, dance, television and film. energizing evening for the young music students and improvisers, in a great Wolter Wierbos workshop He’s performed with Henry Threadg- Free and open to the public ill, the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Or- contemporary setting underneath Cai chestra (led by Alexander von Schlip- Guo-Qiang’s white Tauruses, Inoppor- Wierbos brings his life of music ex- penbach) and the European Big Band tune: Stage One. periences and distinctive approach (led by Cecil Taylor), and he is a key, to improvisation to Cornish for this Thursday, April 12, 8pm trombone workshop. The public and active member of the renowned In- Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center stant Composers Pool (ICP) Orches- all instrumentalists are encouraged to tra with Misha Mengelberg and Han Wolter Wierbos and Julian Priester attend. Bennink. Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the door; Earshot Jazz members and Friday, April 13, 8pm In 2005 at ConWorks, Wierbos, may- seniors receive $2 discount; students pay half price. Tickets available at www. The Royal Room be thirty minutes into a solo trombone brownpapertickets.com 1-800-838- improvisation, just walks off the stage 3006. Wolter Wierbos solo and with the and into the Trimpin installation. Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet Both consummate musicians and Admission is free; donations directly Without hesitation, a rapt audience skilled trombonists, Wierbos and support the artist follows and crowds the piece, lengths Priester perform together in the re- Wierbos performs music by Herbie of reed-outfitted bamboo attached cently retrofitted Langston Hughes to a light-activated pulley system. To Nichols with Wayne Horvitz’s bop-era Performing Arts Center. Wierbos also tribute ensemble. Trimpin’s score of reflective surfaces performs solo.

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 11 PREVIEW >> Tenth Anniversary Ballard Jazz Festival Ballard’s Boutique Jazz Festival

By Schraepfer Harvey features broader intersections from Venue Conor Byrne is home again on Origin’s relationships. Guitarist Bob- this year’s festival to two long-stand- The Ballard Jazz Festival enters its by Broom and drummer Kobie Wat- ing Ballard Jazz Festival programs tenth year of programming in 2012 kins are among a Chicago contingent – the Brotherhood of the Drum and and celebrates abiding partnerships on the record label (saxophonist Geof the Guitar Summit. Both are a kind with that neighborhood. “Ballard is Bradfield too), and Philadelphia pia- of jazz hang and showcase, allowing well-appointed for the production,” drummers, Wednes- Origin Records drum- day, and guitarists, mer and festival co- Thursday, to possi- artistic-director Matt bly feature surprise Jorgensen says. Since debuts and sudden the festival’s beginning partnerships in shar- in 2003, Jorgensen and ing new material. drummer and Origin But a singular Records founder John neighborhood atmo- Bishop have brought a sphere propelled by jazz light to old-town jazz? Really, that’s Ballard with presen- once a year, on the tations of Seattle jazz Ballard Jazz Walk, the musicians other touring model for jazz walks. artists. This year, the walk Jorgensen calls it a is an eclectic mix of “scruffy, musician-run” more than 100 area but boutique festival, jazz artists in a dozen qualities easily seen and venues on Ballard Av- neighborhood specific. enue and vicinity. Jorgensen expresses a See the Ballard Jazz sentiment one might DENNIS CARROLL, BOBBY BROOM, KOBIE WATKINS PHOTO BY CHAD MCCULLOUGH Festival schedule hear from a local Bal- below and the walk lard shopkeeper: “It’s about the re- nist Orrin Evans, who features on the schedule in the sidebar. lationships that John [Bishop] and I upcoming Human Spirit release Dia- have … the way our lives intertwine logue: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival, with the artists we know.” Those Bal- Wednesday, April 18 & contributes to the sound that long- lard boutique qualities play out in one Thursday, April 19 time collaborators and friends Thomas of Saturday’s programs at the Nordic Conor Byrne (21+), 8:00pm Marriott, Mark Taylor and Matt Jor- Heritage Museum: a Swedish Pan- gensen have shaped on Origin Records cake Jazz brunch and classic Volvo over the last decade. Brotherhood of the Drum and Saab car show in the parking lot, In part, shaping that sound has hap- hosted by Michael Shrieve with the Kora Band performing two pened right in the neighborhood, and brunch seatings. & Guitar Summit the festival celebrates that artistic con- Saturday’s Orrin Evans Quartet and The featured drummers on the stant in the neighborhood that makes Bobby Broom Trio main-stage con- Brotherhood of the Drum are Kobie a regular investment in presenting cert, later that night at the museum, Watkins, Eric Eagle, Todd Bishop live music nearly seven nights a week.

12 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 and Thomas Campbell, Evan Woodle, from 2005-2010. He’s performed and Blue’s Wonderful! (2011). His Upper Kristian Garrard and Christopher Ica- recorded Kenny Burrell, Stanley Tur- West Side Story, all original composi- siano, of King Tears Bat Trip. rentine, Charles Earland, Miles Davis, tions, is forthcoming. He’s with Clark Kobie Watkins has toured with Son- Kenny Garrett and Dr. John, among Sommers (bass) and Kobie Watkins ny Rollins and Kurt Elling. He’s often many others. Broom now focuses on (drums). a feature on guitarist Bobby Broom’s his own music, with his Bobby Broom Guitarist Tim Young performs with releases on Origin Records. His solo Trio and the Deep Blue Organ Trio. Andy Roth (drums), Keith Lowe (bass) release, Involved, debuted in 2009. He He’s released much of that work on and Paul Moore (Rhodes). and Bobby Broom are part of the Chi- the Origin label: Bobby Broom Plays for John Stowell and Dave Peterson pair cago contingent in the Origin family Monk (2009), The Way I Play (2008), up with Jeff Johnson (bass) and John of artists. Song and Dance (2007), and Deep Bishop (drums). Eric Eagle is a Washington trans- plant, via Nashville. He studied music at the University of Washington and Lineup for the Ballard Jazz Walk in the prestigious jazz studies program Conor Byrne Pub Mark Hunter, Evan Woodle) at William Paterson College, with 5140 Ballard Ave NW (21+) Neil Welch’s Sleeper Ensemble (Neil Welch, Horace Arnold, John Riley and Rufus Human Spirit Greg Sinibaldi, Ivan Arteaga, Natalie Hall, David Balatero, Vincent LaBelle) Thomas Marriott, trumpet; Mark Taylor, Reid. He’s a dedicated drum instruc- Bad Luck (Chris Icasiano, Neil Welch) tor and is heard with Wayne Horvitz’s saxophone; Orrin Evans, piano; Phil Sparks, bass; Matt Jorgensen, drums Paratti Craft Bar Sweeter Than the Day and on pick-up Wayne Horvitz Quartet featuring 5463 Leary Ave NW (21+) gigs around town. Tim Young Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto Portland drummer Todd Bishop is a Wayne Horvitz, keyboards; Tim Young, guitar; Jovino Santos Neto, piano; Chuck Deardorf, teacher and performer steeped in jazz, Joe Doria, Hammond B3; Eric Eagle, drums bass; Ben Thomas, vibes; Jeff Busch, percussion the avant-garde and indie rock. His New York Fashion Academy 2010 Serge Gainsbourg tribute 69 An- S5201 Ballard Ave NW (All Ages) Leif Erikson Lodge nee Erotique garnered critics’ praise, Chad McCullough-Geof Bradfield 2245 NW 57th Street (All Ages) and his new release Little Played Little Group Pearl Django Bird features music by Ornette Cole- Chad McCullough, trumpet; Geof Bradfield, saxophone; Clark Sommers, bass; Kobie Cornish Vocal Jazz Ensemble led man. He has six releases on Origin Johnaye Kendrick Records. Watkins, drums Bassist and composer Luke Berg- Jeff Baker Quartet Cornish Contemporary Big Band Jeff Baker, vocals; Justin Nielsen, piano; led by Jay Thomas man formed King Tears Bat Trip for Clark Sommers, bass; Kobie Watkins, drums the Racer Sessions in February 2010. Egan’s Ballard Jam House Lock ’n’ Keel 1707 NW Market Street (All Ages until The now 7-piece ensemble is domi- 5144 Ballard Ave NW (21+) nated by four drummers, inspired by 11:00pm) Todd DelGiudice Quartet Scenes Trio the rhythms of Haitian Vodou music, Todd DelGiudice, saxophone; Jon Hamar, John Stowell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop with Bergman on guitar, Neil Welch bass; John Hansen, piano; drums Peter Daniel Quartet on tenor sax, and Brandon Lucia on Bad Albert’s Chango, Lucia’s custom-software 5100 Ballard Ave NW (All Ages) Cornish Latin Ensemble computer instrument. KTBT’s self- Gail Pettis Quartet Skarbos titled debut recording was released Clipper Anderson Trio 5323 Ballard Ave NW (All Ages) on cassette by Hanged Man Records Gail Pettis, vocals; Clipper Anderson, bass; Dave Peterson Trio Brad Boal, drums; Darin Clendenin, piano in January 2012, and upcoming vinyl Aster Coffee Lounge and digital releases are on Debacle Re- Salmon Bay Eagles 5615 24th Ave NW (All Ages) cords and Table & Chairs. 5216 20th Ave NW (All Ages) Jose Gonzales Trio Thursday’s Guitar Summit features Todd Bishop Group Jose Gonzales, piano; Lionel Kramer, drums; Bobby Broom (Chicago), Tim Young Todd Bishop, drums; Richard Cole, saxes; Michael Marcus, bass Paul Gabrielson, bass; piano (Los Angeles), John Stowell (Portland) Tables and Chairs Label Show- Copper Gate and Dave Peterson (Seattle). 6301 24th Ave NW (21+) case Bobby Broom is a veteran of the Son- WA (Gregg Keplinger and Simon Henneman) Jon Alberts, Tad Britton, Dean ny Rollins bandstand in the 1980s and Chemical Clock (Cameron Sharif, Ray Larsen, Schmidt

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 13 Oregon-based John Stowell is an features Kane Mathis on the kora, a On Saturday evening’s concert, in-demand teacher, clinician of jazz traditional 21-string harp from West Broom performs with Dennis Carroll guitar and frequent performer. Dave Africa. Mathis has studied with the (bass) and Kobie Watkins (drums) and Peterson has been teaching at Cornish famous Jobarteh (Diabate) family pianist Orrin Evans leads Geof Brad- College of the Arts since 1977 field (tenor saxophone), Clark and is a frequent performer in Sommers (bass) and Matt Jor- Seattle and elsewhere. gensen (drums). Born in Trenton, NJ, raised Friday, April 20 in Philadelphia, acoustic pia- Multiple venues, 6:30pm nist Orrin Evans studied at Ballard Jazz Walk Rutgers University and privately with Kenny Barron. See sidebar Evans recorded his first CD as a leader for his own Black Saturday, April 21 Entertainment label in 1994, Nordic Heritage Museum and signed with Criss Cross Swedish Pancake Records in 1997, where he re- Jazz Brunch with The leased 6 albums over the next Kora Band, 11:00am 8 years. His latest recordings, Faith in Action and Captain Bobby Broom Trio & Black Big Band, were released Orrin Evans Quartet, on the Los Angeles-based Posi- 7:30pm Tone label in 2010 and 2011. Tickets are $10-$48, avail- Saturday programming is at ORRIN EVANS PHOTO BY JIM LEVITT able online at ballardjazzfes- the Nordic Heritage Museum. tival.com or by phone at 206- It begins with two seatings 219-3649. Tickets for the jazz walk and in Gambia and is honored with rec- for the Swedish Pancake Jazz Brunch, main-stage concert also can be purchased ognition from Malamini Jobarteh, including a classic Volvo and Saab in advance at Sonic Boom Records, 2209 the Gambian minister of culture, car show in the parking lot. Perform- NW Market St. An all-access festival pass and the president of Gambia. Chad ing the brunches is The Kora Band, is available for $110, including tickets McCullough (trumpet), Brady Mil- pianist and composer Andrew Oliver’s to all events, a t-shirt, reserved seating, lard-Kish (bass) and Mark DiFlorio project exploring intersections of jazz and a CD. and West African music. The group (drums) are also featured in the group.

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14 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 PREVIEW >> House Concert Scene

By Libby Graham For those of you who yearn for an alternate listening experience or wish to augment what is offered by local nightclubs and restaurants, house concerts are truly the way to go. They provide an exciting, affordable op- portunity to see stellar local and national artists perform in an intimate setting. I find that these wonderful musicians are more SHEILA JORDAN AND CAMERON BROWN PHOTO BY LIBBY GRAHAM NICOLAS BEARDE PHOTO BY LIBBY GRAHAM relaxed in this kind of environment, allowing freer expression Ivy Nugent and gifted vocalist Ju- A third hugely popular house con- and excellence in their craft. There are lie Olson in a beautiful West Seattle cert series, currently in its sixth year, is four fabulous vocal jazz house concert setting in the Arroyos neighborhood. hosted by Lance and Laurie Haslund series to choose from, each unique in They have hosted the show for two in their wonderful Burien home. their own way. years now and give it a very elegant They are well-respected musicians in I have been closely affiliated with yet cozy touch. Together, Nugent and this area and feature mainly classical, JazzVox, jazz fanatic Nich Anderson’s Olson have cultivated a dedicated fol- Americana and swing as well as eclec- series, now in its fifth year, featuring lowing and are known for treating tic jazz artists. Their warm welcome premier vocalists from around the their guests and artists with a gentle has most recently been extended to world accompanied by first-rate in- touch. Acclaimed local favorites Alma Canadian-born vocal jazz songbird strumentalists from the Seattle area. Villegas and Greta Matassa, as well Jennifer Scott and Portland-based He has presented such luminaries as as nationally known prodigy Nicolas singer extraordinaire Nancy King, as velvet baritone virtuoso Kevin Ma- Bearde, have graced their stage, and well as fabulous local chanteuse Gail hogany, bebop jazz veteran Sheila upcoming concerts include Dallas- Pettis. The Haslunds generously ac- Jordan, primal hipster Bob Dorough, born maven Kellye Gray on April 21 commodate a spread of delicious foods vivacious San Francisco singer Mad- and Seattle’s own enchanting song- to savor and encourage patrons to eline Eastman and lauded LA-based stress Stephanie Porter on June 2. bring an appetizer or dessert and bev- vocalist/composer John Proulx. Fresh Visit jazzscapes.com for all the latest erage to share. They choose not to have jazz sensation and Berklee Professor concert and artist information and to a website and communicate via email Jeremy Scott Ragsdale will make his reserve your seats. with their series followers – contact highly anticipated appearances on If the caliber of talent and the fes- them at [email protected] to be April 20 and 22. Anderson’s fantastic tive atmosphere weren’t enough, you added to their mailing list and to revenues are in Auburn, Camano Island, are also treated to a succulent buffet at serve your seats early, as they typically and Seattle, making it easily accessible both the JazzVox and JazzScapes congo fast! for folks to attend. Please visit jazz- cert series. All homemade recipes and A fourth outstanding house concert vox.com for more information and to special creations are lovingly prepared series, located in central Seattle’s Col- make reservations. by cuisine connoisseurs. A selection of man neighborhood, is the Teahouse Another quality house concert series wine is also served at these gatherings. Concert Series hosted by jazz aficiona- is JazzScapes, held by budding pianist CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 15 NOTABLE BOOK Music as Adventure The Collected Writings of Wally Shoup

Published by Nine Muses Books through this compilation of his writings, aspersions on the writer or the article into his working ideologies. (an otherwise insightful critique of the Renowned alto saxophonist Wally You can hear Shoup at a monthly gig at Ken Burns series), the question jumped Shoup is dedicated to the art of free Vito’s, with frequent collaborators Gust out, revealing an all-too-predictable improvisation. Shoup grew up in take on the merits and demands of Charlotte, NC, in the 1950s, and free playing, indicative of a general came to incorporate the sound and attitude, not just this writer’s. intent of black free jazz, European Implied in the question is the no- free improvisation, noise, punk and tion that free playing has no rules, blues into his horn. For more than no right or wrong, no structure, 30 years, he’s performed in that and no rigor, so it doesn’t matter spirit with groups and combina- what happens – anything can be tions, including Nels Cline, Thur- just as good or bad as anything ston Moore, Bill Horist, C. Spencer else. Also implied is the obverse; Yeh, Chris Corsano, Toshi Maki- that there’s no such thing as “suc- hara, Bob Rees, Paul Kikuchi, Greg ceeding” at free drumming/play- Campbell, Gust Burns and Reuben ing. Nothing could be further Radding. He performed at the in- from the truth. augural Seattle Improvised Music For starters, one can easily fail at Festival, and has since been a for- free drumming by playing in any mative figure in the improvisation manner that dominates or obliter- community here. He was named one ates fellow playing partners. The of Seattle’s 50 most influential musi- former usually happens by assum- cians by Seattle Metropolitan maga- ing everyone wants a strong groove zine in 2008. Also a career visual (when they might not); the latter, artist, his paintings are informed by by playing too loud, insensitively the “sophisticated primitivism” of or heavy-handed. Secondly, one Paul Klee, Jean Dubuffet and the can fail at free drumming/playing COBRA school. Rock surfaces, mi- by either missing or unknowingly croscopic realities, human faces and obstructing the general flow of the the rhythms of trees are prime influ- music, failing to discern, through ences on his work. Burns, John Seman and Mark Ostroski. listening, where the music is headed, In Music as Adventure, Shoup, the Below is the opening passage from the by going off on tangents which have author, presents a musical weltanschau- chapter “How One CAN Fail at Free no relationship to the music being ung familiar to like-minded musicians, Drumming” from Music as Adventure. made at that moment. In a word, not collaborators and devotees. It’s a world – SH being present with the music, not being where, in music, intent can matter more aware or concerned with the other mu- than success or pleasure and where cri- How One CAN Fail at Free sicians, not having the ability to move tique of unexamined consumption can Drumming the music forward. be common. An advocate of self-actual- Free playing, it should be pointed ization and freedom from dogma and A recent article in a local jazz rag out, simply means playing music automation, Shoup gives us a glimpse, posed the question how can one “fail” without specific prior agreements. at free drumming? Without casting (The word free is a misnomer because

16 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 no one is free of what s/he’s already very difficult to find or develop. It re- – the subject of the original question learned.) As a consequence, the music quires not only letting go of control – who, when faced with the difficulties can only develop as far as the players (or supervision) but also trusting that of free playing, seemed to feel a need allow it to; as such, it’s a negotiated instinct and intuition will produce to defend proven traditions against form of music making. No one auto- something wonderful and truthful, guys like himself.) matically assumes or is given the upper something that stands on its own. For For those who have worked at it – at hand. All the various roles/structures those who don’t work at it, this doesn’t not only the collective expression but usually determined by composition or happen – formless, aimless, nebulous also at their own individual abilities convention are up for grabs. Rather music results. (i.e. instrumental skills) to foster such than creating a situation where no one Just the sort of thing that sends peo- collectivity – it has yielded (and con- can fail, this wide-open field of pos- ple back to composition and/or con- tinues to yield) a huge body of great sibilities places even greater demands vention, ridiculing free playing in the music. on the players. process, wondering how someone can More about Wally Shoup at www. Structure is invented and maintained fail at something for which there are speakeasy.org/~wallyshp/wshoup/, where according to the player’s ability to cre- no standards. (The sort of thing that Music as Adventure is also available for ate in real time. Some are definitely breeds neo-cons like Stanley Crouch download. more suited to this than others, in much the same way that some paint- ers need preliminary sketches to work from, while others prefer a white can- vas. With so many choices and no blue- print to follow, the musician’s respons- es vary according to their personalities. Some seal themselves off by holding SUMMER AT on to a free language come what may (i.e., no matter what their partners are doing); others, by shadowing the CORNISH most assertive voice (through echoing JAZZ 2012 or playing close counter-point); others by becoming very assertive, usually through volume, repetition, playing known riffs, whatever will get the at- Exploring Hard Bop Vocal Jazz tention of fellow players. All these so- July 9 – 13 July 16 – 20 lutions – to the challenge of playing Jazz Fundamentals The ABC’s of Latin Jazz without prior agreements – have their July 9 – 13 July 23 – 27 value, but, if over-done, can fail in one way or the other by bringing inflexibil- Advanced Jazz Workshop Jazz Big Band July 16 – 20 July 30 – August 3 ity to an otherwise dynamic and elas- tic environment. Successful free playing occurs when Study with the renowned Cornish jazz faculty and the music moves organically, on its visiting artists including JD Allen, Dawn Clement, Chuck Deardorf, Denney Goodhew, John Hollenbeck, own terms, in surprising and unpre- Wayne Horvitz, Johnaye Kendrick, Jovino Santos Neto, dictable ways, free of coercion. This Jay Thomas, and more! demands a truly collective mind-set, bent on both cohesion and unfettered expression. I make this statement not as dogma, but as an ideal – something to aspire to. REGISTER: CORNISH.EDU/SUMMER/MUSIC Rather than being either easy or 206.726.5031 fail-proof, this mind-set is, in fact,

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 17 JAZZ AROUND THE SOUND april

MN Hash#tag Trio w/ Ari Joshua,04 10pm SUNDAY, APRIL 1 TUESDAY, APRIL 3 NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm BH Count Basie Orchestra, 2pm BX Future Jazzheads session, 7pm, 9pm RR Varmint, 8pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm, 8pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm VI Brazil Novo, 9pm C* Saltwater Octet w/ Cheryl Jewell (Blue Horse JA Carmen Lundy, 7:30pm Gallery, 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 5pm MN The Schwa, 9pm FRIDAY, APRIL 6 C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8pm BX Kareem Kandi Trio, 7pm, 9pm 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am NO Holotraband, 7pm C* IMP Presents (Cafe Solstice, 4116 University CR Racer Sessions, 8pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm Way), 7 DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm RR Tim Kennedy’s Jam Session Royale, 9:30pm C* Wally Shoup & Paul Kikuchi LP release (Wall of FB Randy Halberstadt Quintet, 6pm RR Mike Dumovich with Diminished Men, 7pm Sound, 315 E Pine St), 7pm FG Monktail session, 9pm SB Mc Tuff Trio, 10pm CA Dan Kramlich Trio plays grunge, 7:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm VI The Jason Parker Quartet, 9pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, JA Hiromi: The Trio Project ft Anthony Jackson, 6:30pm Simon Phillips, 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 CH Clifford Dunn w/ Anne LaBerge, 8pm MN Raindrop Quartet, 6pm BX John Hansen, 7pm, 9pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm MN Evan Flory-Barnes Group, 9pm CH Scrape w/ Bill Frisell, 8pm JA Christian McBride and Inside Straight, 7:30pm, PG Nikki Schilling, 5pm For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org 9:30pm RR Jim Knapp Orchestra, 7:30pm JA Carmen Lundy, 7:30pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm RR Seattle JazzED Intermediate Ensemble, 6:30pm LJ Slum Gum, 9:30pm LB Greta Matassa, 7pm SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm NC Sandy Carbary & Tim Lerch Duo, 8pm SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm TU Reggie Goings Quintet, 3pm RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm RR Threat of Beauty w/ Evan Flory-Barnes, Jacques TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm RR Honey Ear Trio w/ Allison Miller, 7pm Willis, Dylan Rieck, Eric Peters, 8:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm SF Passarim Quintet ft Leo Raymundo w/ Francesca RR Rubato Hug w/ Evan Flory-Barnes, Beth Fleenor, VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm Merlini, 8pm Michele Khazak, Eric Peters, 10pm WA Leif Totusek’s Freestyle Candela, 8pm VI The Brad Gibson Trio, 9pm SF John Sanders & Saul Kline, 9pm MONDAY, APRIL 2 THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VI Casey MacGill, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm SATURDAY, APRIL 7 MN Paul Kemmish Upright Trio w/Ron Weinstein & BX Janette West, Eric Verlinde Duo, 7pm, 9pm BX Graye & Green Quartet, 7pm, 9pm Tom Zgonc, 9pm C* How Now Brown Cow (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th C* Scrape w/ Bill Frisell (Open Space, 18870 103rd MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm St), 9:30pm Ave SW, Vashon Island), 8pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm CH Scrape w/ Bill Frisell, 8pm C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, RR The Seattle Conduction Band, 8pm For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm JA Christian McBride and Inside Straight, 7:30pm, 9:30pm

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AV Agua Verde, 1303 NE Boat St, 206-545-8570 DT Darrell’s Tavern, 18041 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, NC North City Bistro & Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th, BC Barca, 1510 11th Ave E, 325-8263 542-2789 Shoreline, 365-4447 BH Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 206-215-4747 EB Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St, 206- NH Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St, 206- BX Boxley’s, 101 W North Bend Way, North Bend, 425- 789-1621 789-5707 292-9307 FB Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 206- NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563 C* Concert and Special Events 325-6051 OW Owl ’n’ Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777 CA CMA Gallery & Performance Space, 4501 Interlake FG Faire Gallery Cafe, 1351 E Olive Way, 206-652-0781 PA Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, 206-682-1414 Ave N #9, 206-354-4985 GB El Gaucho Bellevue, 555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, PB Paratii, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406 CB Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave NW, 206-784- 425-455-2734 PG Prohibition Grill, 1414 Hewitt Ave, Everett, 425-258- 3640 HS Hiroshi’s Restaurant, 2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726- 6100 CD St. Clouds, 1131 34th Ave, 206-726-1522 4966 PH 418 Public House, 418 NW 65th St, 206-783-0418 CE Cellars Restaurant and Lounge, 2132 1st Ave, 206- JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729 PO PONCHO Concert Hall, Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy St 448-8757 KC Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, RR The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave S, 206-906-9920 CG Copper Gate, 6301 24th Ave NW, 706-3292 Kirkland, 425-828-0422 SB Seamonster Lounge, 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824 CH Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, LA Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave NE, 206-525-2238 SE Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, 654-3100 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor LB Lakeside Bistro, 11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891 SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807 CL Cypress Lounge & Wine Bar, 600 Bellevue Way NE, LJ Lucid Jazz Lounge, 5241 University Ave NE, 402- SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St, 206-622-6400 Bellevue, 425-638-1000 3042 SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188 CM Crossroads Bellevue, 15600 NE 8th St, Bellevue, MN Mona’s, 6421 Latona Ave NE, 206-526-1188 TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221 425-644-1111 MT Mac’s Triangle Pub, 9454 Delridge Way SW, 206- VI Vito’s, 927 9th Ave, 682-2695 CR Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282 763-0714 WA Waid’s Haitian Cuisine & Lounge, 1212 E Jefferson CY Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 11010 NE 8th, Bellevue, MX MIX 6006 12th Ave S, 767-0280 St, 206-328-6493 425-828-9104 WR White Rabbit, 513 N 36th St, 588-0155

18 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 C* el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, RR PSCS Music Showcase, 7pm SUNDAY, APRIL 15 Chris Jimenez (el Quetzal Bar, 3209 Beacon Ave TU Earshot Jazz open board meeting, Golden Ear BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm, 8pm S), 9pm Awards, Jay Thomas Quartet, 5pm, 7pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm CD Jose Gonzales Trio, 8pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm CH Jay Hamilton & the Turtling Dithers, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm CM Portage Bay Big Band, 7pm THURSDAY, APRIL 12 JA McCoy Tyner w/ Gary Bartz, 7:30pm JA Christian McBride and Inside Straight, 7:30pm, BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm MN Pants on Fire, 9pm 9:30pm BX Zachary Kellogg 4 w/ John Hansen, Jon Hamar, PG Nikki Schilling, 5pm KC Kyle Eastwood, 8pm Greg Williamson, 7pm, 9pm RR Washington Composers Orchestra (WACO), 8:30pm MN Supersones, 10pm C* How Now Brown Cow (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th RR JazzED New Works Ensemble, 7:15pm PO Rudresh Mahanthappa & Cornish Jazz Ensemble, St), 9:30pm RR Brendon Williams Jazz Orchestra, 6:30pm 8pm C* Wolter Wierbos & Julian Priester, 8pm SF Anne Reynolds, 6:30pm RR Crack Sabbath, 9pm C* Julianne Thoma Quartet (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 SF Alex Guilbert Duo brunch, 11am RR Ryan Burns, Mark Taylor, 6pm West Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am SF Leo Raymundo Trio, Ft Sue Nixon, 9pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm SR Kelley Johnson, 7:30pm JA McCoy Tyner w/ Gary Bartz, 7:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am LB Lakeside Bistro jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 7pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm MN Farko Collective, 10pm VI The James Band, 9:30pm NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm MONDAY, APRIL 16 SE Art of Jazz: Seattle JazzED New Works Ensemble GB Primo Kim, 6pm SUNDAY, APRIL 8 directed by Wayne Horvitz w/ Wolter Wierbos, JA Jon Cleary’s Philthy Phew, 7:30pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm, 8pm 5:30pm MN Travis Hartnett Trio, 8pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm VI Kaylee Cole, 9pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm FRIDAY, APRIL 13 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm JA Christian McBride and Inside Straight, 7:30pm BX Milo Petersen Trio, 7pm, 9pm MN Evan Flory-Barnes Group, 9pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm 6:30pm SF Pasquale Santos brunch, 11am CH Natalie Lerch & Guinevere Saenger, 8pm CURTAIN CALL SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am CL How Now Brown Cow, 8pm weekly recurring performances TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm JA McCoy Tyner w/ Gary Bartz, 7:30pm, 9:30pm MONDAY VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm GB Primo Kim, 6 LB Jacqueline Tabor w/ Bill Anschell, 7pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30 MONDAY, APRIL 9 LJ Kareem Kandi Band, 9:30pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30 BX Carolyn Graye’s Singer Soiree session, 7pm, 9pm NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9 GB Primo Kim, 6pm PO Wolter Wierbos workshop, Noon WR Spellbinder, 9:30 MN Paul Kemmish Upright Trio w/ Kate Olson & Tom RR Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet w/ Wolter Wierbos, Zgonc, 9pm 9:30pm TUESDAY MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30 NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm RR Painting the Town Red, 8:30pm MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8 PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm RR Wolter Wierbos solo, 8pm NO Holotradband, 7 RR Racer at the Royal Room, 8:30pm SF Djangomatics Duo, 9pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10 SF John Sanders & Saul Kline, 9pm VI Rat City Brass Band, 9pm SB McTuff Trio, 10 WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm WEDNESDAY SATURDAY, APRIL 14 NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox TUESDAY, APRIL 10 AV Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Isaac Castillo, 1pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7pm, 9pm BX Greg Williamson Quartet w/ guest vocalist, 7pm, RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30 CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm 9pm THURSDAY EB Douglas Detrick Cartography Quartet w/ Bill C* John Zorn: Treatment for a Film in 15 Scenes BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9 Marsh, Keith Lowe, Paul Kikuchi, 9pm (Grand Illusion, 403 NE 50th St), 9pm CE Babma Brazil w/ Kiko Freitas, Dinho C* Eli Rosenblatt Trio & Correo Aereo (Empty Sea For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org Costas, Teo Schantz, 9:30pm JA Curtis Salgado Big Band, 7:30pm Studios, 6300 Phinney Ave N), 8pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30 MN The Schwa, 9pm C* el Mundo Mejor w/ Marc Smason, Craig Hoyer, NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7 MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8pm Chris Jimenez (el Quetzal Bar, 3209 Beacon Ave NO Holotraband, 7pm S), 9pm FRIDAY OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm CD Jim O’Halloran Quartet w/ Bill Anschell, Dean HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30 RR Tim Kennedy’s Jam Session Royale, 9:30pm Schmidt, Jacques Willis, 8pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5 SB Mc Tuff Trio, 10pm CH The Sinking of the Titanic by Gavin Bryars, NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8 7:30pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 SATURDAY CR Ask the Ages, 9pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am BX Darin Clendenin & Friends, 7pm, 9pm JA McCoy Tyner w/ Gary Bartz, 7:30pm, 9:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6 C* Sandy Carbary & Bill Chism (Pike Place Bar & LB Julian Smedley w/ Alison O’Dell, 7pm Grill, 90 Pike St), 6pm MN Tor Dietrichson’s Global Village, 10pm SUNDAY C* WWU Faculty Jazz Collective (Blue Horse Gallery, RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6, 8 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm SF Jose Gonzales Trio, 9pm CR Racer Sessions, 8 JA Curtis Salgado Big Band, 7:30pm SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Karin Kajita, 7:30pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8 LJ Tony Lewis Trio, 9:30pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am GB Primo Kim, 6 MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm VI Barrett Martin Group, 10pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8 PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6 RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 19 RR The Seattle Conduction Band, 8pm MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 10pm FRIDAY, APRIL 20 WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm BX David Friesen Trio, 7pm, 9pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm C* Ballard Jazz Walk (New York Fashion Academy, TUESDAY, APRIL 17 RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm 5201 Ballard Ave NW), 6:30pm BX Future Jazzheads session, 7pm, 9pm RR Sweeter Than the Day, 8pm C* UW Jazz at Huskyfest: Marc Seales Group, Burn CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm RR Robin Holcomb Band, 7pm List, Hardcoretet (Red Square, UW campus), 8pm CY Mike Allen, Miles Black, Adam Thomas, Julian C* Sonja Lee Band (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 West MacDonough, 7:30pm THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm JA Tuck and Patti, 7:30pm BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm CA Middle school and high school jam session, MN The Schwa, 9pm BX Tony Foster Duo, 7pm, 9pm 6:30pm MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8pm C* How Now Brown Cow (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th CH Tiffany Lin & Adrienne Varner, 7:30pm NO Holotraband, 7pm St), 9:30pm HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm C* Chris Eger Band (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 West JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30pm, 9:30pm RR Josh Deutsch Quintet, 7pm Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm SB Mc Tuff Trio, 10pm CB The Guitar Summit, 8pm LB Coreena Brown w/ Jimmy Holden, 7pm CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm NC David George Quartet, 8pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30pm, 9:30pm NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8pm BX Dan Kramlich, 7pm, 9pm LB Lakeside Bistro jam w/ Jon Sheckler, 7pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm C* WWU Faculty Jazz Collective (Blue Horse Gallery, LJ Roots, Vibes & Rhythm, 9:30pm RR Evan Flory-Barnes, 8:30pm 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm MN Hash#tag Trio w/ Ari Joshua, 10pm SF Jerry Frank, 9pm CB Brotherhood of the Drum hosted by Michael NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm VI Casey MacGill, 8pm Shrieve, 8pm VI The Ron Weinstein Trio, 9pm JA Tuck and Patti, 7:30pm SATURDAY, APRIL 21 BX Aria Prame Quartet, 7pm, 9pm C* Kellye Gray (JazzScapes, West Seattle), 7:30pm C* Marc Smason, Lamar Lofton (Gilbert’s Deli, 10024 Main St, Bellevue), 11:30am CH Thingamajigs Performance Group and Portable Sanctuary, Pacific Exchange concert, 8pm JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30pm, 9:30pm LB Kelley Johnson w/ John Hanson, 7pm MN Tim Carey Group, 10pm NH Swedish Pancake brunch w/ the Kora Band, 11am NH Bobby Broom Trio & Orrin Evans Quartet, 7:30pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm SF Leo Raymundo Trio, ft Sue Nixon, 9pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm VI The Witness, 10pm SUNDAY, APRIL 22 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm, 8pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm JA Lalah Hathaway, 7:30pm KC Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, 3pm LJ TransLUCID, 6pm MN Pants on Fire, 9pm PG Bob Strickland Jazz Jam, 5pm SF Jerry Frank, 6:30pm SF Alex Guilbert Duo, 11am SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm MONDAY, APRIL 23 BX Carolyn Graye’s Singer Soiree session, 7pm, 9pm C* King For Two Days (Grand Illusion, 403 NE 50th St), 9pm GB Primo Kim, 6pm MN Davee C & CD Littlefield, 9pm MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm RR The Schwa, 8pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm TUESDAY, APRIL 24 BX Future Jazzheads session, 7pm, 9pm

20 • EARSHOT JAZZ • April 2012 C* King For Two Days (Grand Illusion, 403 NE 50th CH Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble w/ Karin GB Primo Kim, 6pm St), 9pm Stevens Dance, 7:30pm JA Kenny G, 7:30pm, 9:30pm CG Suffering F#ckheads, 8:30pm For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org MN Raindrop Quartet, 6pm JA Bettye LaVette, 7:30pm EB Caldo Quintet, 7pm MN Evan Flory-Barnes Group, 9pm MN The Schwa, 9pm JA Kenny G, 7:30pm, 9:30pm PG Nikki Schilling, 5pm MX Mock, Kim, Willis, 8pm MN Danny Godinez & Friends, 10pm RR Tom Varner Nonet, 7:30pm NO Holotraband, 7pm RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm RR Whitman Middle School Jazz Band directed by OW Jam w/ J Martinez & E Verlinde, 10pm SF Tim Kennedy Trio, 9pm Joel Orsen, 6:30pm PA Esperanza Spalding, 8pm SR Overton Berry, 7:30pm SF Anne Reynolds & Tobi Stone, 6:30pm RR Ryan Burns, Saul Cline, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am SF Danny Ward brunch, 11am RR Tim Kennedy’s Jam Session Royale, 9:30pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm SY Victor Janusz, 9:30am SB Mc Tuff Trio, 10pm VI Ari Joshua Trio, 10pm TU Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 8pm VI Wally Shoup Quartet, 9pm VI Ruby Bishop, 6pm SUNDAY, APRIL 29 VI Ron Weinstein Trio, 9:30pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 BX Danny Kolke Trio, 6pm, 8pm BX Randy Halberstadt, 7pm, 9pm C* Chamwino Connect benefit w/ Susan Pascal, Murl MONDAY, APRIL 30 C* King For Two Days (Grand Illusion, 403 NE 50th Allen Sanders, D’vonne Lewis (Green Lake United GB Primo Kim, 6pm St), 9pm Methodist Church, 6415 1st Ave NE), 4:30pm MN Paul Kemmish Upright Trio, 9pm C* WWU Faculty Jazz Collective (Blue Horse Gallery, C* Traditional Jazz Society scholarship fundraiser MT Triangle Pub jam w/ Pavel Shepp, 8:30pm 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm w/ Halleck Street Ramblers (Blue Horse Gallery, NO New Orleans Quintet, 6:30pm JA Bettye LaVette, 7:30pm 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 6pm PB Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch, 9pm MN Joe Doria’s Fog, 9pm CR Racer Sessions, 8pm WR Spellbinder, 9:30pm NO Legacy Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8pm DT Kevin McCarthy session, 8pm PH 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-felix, 9pm RR Royal Jazz Session, 9:30pm RR In A Silent Way: The Music of Electric Miles Davis w/ Bobby Previte, 7pm VI Jerry Zimmerman, 7pm THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Tula’s Jazz Calendar APRIL 2012 BC Adam Kessler w/ Phil Sparks, 9pm Tula’s Restaurant and Nightclub Reservations: 206-443-4221 BX Alexey Nikolaev, Michael Marcus Duo, 7pm, 9pm 22142214 SecondSecond Ave,Avenue, Seattle, Seattle, WA 98121 WA 98121 aprilTULAS.COM 2012 C* How Now Brown Cow (Scarlet Tree, 801 NE 65th www.tulas.com; for reservations call (206) 443-4221 St), 9:30pm SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY C* King For Two Days (Grand Illusion, 403 NE 50th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JAZZ JAM St), 9pm Reggie Goings BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ Katie King Marc Greta C* Michael Gonzales Quartet (Blue Horse Gallery, Quintet with Jay Smith/ 301 West Holly St, Bellingham), 7pm 3-7pm $10 Vocal Seales Matassa Jim Cutler Greta Thomas Staelens CG Fu Kun Wu Trio, 8:30pm Showcase Group Quartet Jazz Orch. Matassa Big Band 7:30-11PM $10 8pm $5 Big Band 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11:30PM $15 JA Kenny G, 7:30pm, 9:30pm 7:30-11PM $10 7:30-11PM $5 7:30-11PM $10 LB Lakeside Bistro jam w/ Eric Verlinde, 7pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MN Istvan & Farko, 10pm BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ Greta Meadowdale NO Ham Carson Quintet, 7pm Open board Matassa High School VI The Jason Parker Quartet, 9pm Jim Cutler Dave Emerald Meeting Greta Clinic w/ Jazz 5PM Free FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Jazz Marriott City Jazz Matassa West Linn H.S. 3-6PM $10 Orchestra Golden Ear Student Open to public BX Bryant Urban’s Blue Oasis, 7pm, 9pm 8-11PM $5 Big Band Awards 3-6PM Susan 7:30-11PM $5 Orchestra 8-11PM $5 w/ Recital Pascal C* Edgar Meyer (Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Jay 7-11PM $10 Thomas Tacoma), 7:30pm Thomas Marriott Quartet 7:30-11:30PM $15 CA Middle school and high school jam session, Quartet 7PM $10 Quartet 6:30pm 7:30-11:30PM $15 CH Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble w/ Karin 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Stevens Dance, 7:30pm Jay Thomas JAZZ JAM BIG BAND JAZZ BIG BAND JAZZ HOT LATIN JAZZ Seattle Teen Music For event preview, see calendar at www.earshot.org Big Band with the Hal Barney 4-7PM $5 Fred 2-5PM $5 HS Jazz & Sushi, 7:30pm Darin Roadside Sherman’s Hoadley’s McClure Greta JA Kenny G, 7:30pm, 9:30pm Jim Cutler Clendenin Attraction Bellevue CC Quartet LA Latona happy hour w/ Phil Sparks, 5pm Jazz 7:30-11PM $8 Jazz Band Sonando 7:30-11:30PM $15 Matassa Orchestra Trio 7:30-11PM $7 8-11PM $10 LB Dina Blade w/ Marco de Carvalho, 7pm 8-11PM $5 7:30-11PM $10 Quintet NO Thomas Marriott’s Flexicon, 8pm 7:30-11:30PM $15 RR Shuffleboil, 8:30pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Easy Street RR Piano Royale, 5:30pm Chris Greta Band The Little Carol Stephanie Marc SF Pasquale Santos, 9pm 4-7PM $8 McCarthy Matassa Neilsson SR Nikki DeCaires w/ Kiko Frietas, 7:30pm Big Band Porter Seales Jim Cutler Trio 7:30-10:30PM Jazz CD Release Jazz Orch. 7:30-10:30PM 7:30-11PM $10 Quartet Group $10 Workshop 7:30-11:30PM $15 7:30-11:30PM $15 SATURDAY, APRIL 28 8-11PM $5 $10 7:30-11PM $10 AV Marc Smason, Brian Flanagan, Isaac Castillo, 1pm 29 30 BX Bernie Jacobs Quartet, 7pm, 9pm Fairly Honest C* WTF Fest: John Sinclair & Ask the Ages (Comet, Jazz Band Chris 922 E Pike), 9pm 3PM $5 McCarthy C* Pearl Django (Blue Horse Gallery, 301 West Holly Jim Cutler Trio St, Bellingham), 7pm Jazz 7:30-10:30PM Orchestra $10 8-11PM $5

April 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 21 Notes, from page 2 rican American performing arts and opening and closing films of the festi- cultural legacies, with additional focus val are The Last Fall and Restless City. mic retrofitting and electrical and inte- on arts and cultures of the African and Come experience the upgraded build- rior renovation project. Details on the Black Diaspora. Earshot Jazz rekindles ing and this festival’s vital presence in project and budget are at www.seattle. LHPAC community presenting part- the city’s cultural landscape. Festival gov/parks/centers/langston.htm. For- nerships upon the building’s re-open- information at www.langstonarts.org. merly a synagogue, the historic land- ing, with Wolter Wierbos and Julian Corrections mark is under the care of the Seattle Priester performing on April 12. On Department of Parks and Recreation, April 14-22, LHPAC’s 9th annual Jovino Santos Neto’s parents are both with the Langston Hughes Performing Langston Hughes African American from Rio de Janeiro, not Puerto Rico Arts Center, established there in 1969, Film Festival features film premieres, and Cape Verde, as printed in March steering programming that celebrates, filmmaker appearances, panel dis- 2012. nurtures, presents and preserves Af- cussions and community events. The

In One Ear, from page 3 House, from page 15 bring Gordon in for the clinics, and several streaming audio formats. This dos Reggie Bardach and her husband an anonymous donor from one dis- month’s shows will also be available as Richard Wells. Founded in 2004 with trict agreed to cover most costs. Even podcasts shortly after they air. Doug an inaugural concert by renowned so, the districts will work together on Haire is the producer and mixes these jazz vocalist Jay Clayton and the late, organizing the event and split ticket live shows. On April 1, Sonarchy pres- great trumpeter Floyd Standifer, this revenues from the concert. Often over- ents Yesod, for a set of fourth world special series has become the spring shadowed by the high schools to their music employing current technology and summer event worth waiting for, west, both Mercer Island and Bothell and various cultures. Group mem- held in Bardach’s lovely backyard gar- have vibrant jazz programs, with Mer- bers are Ahmad Yousefbeigi, percus- den. Concerts take place in the late cer Island’s rhythm section recently sion and cajon; Bill Wolford, banjo, afternoon on Sundays in August, and taking first place at a national youth guitar, trumpet and mandolin; and there is time for refreshments, social- jazz band competition. Tickets for the Jerry Schroeder, bass. April 8, Non izing and enjoying the garden as well May 2nd concert are available at www. Grata, fourteen improvisers convened as an array of incredible music. For mihsband.com for $10. by bassist John Seman, create music the last two years, they have also pre- Jim Wilke’s Jazz NW April Lineup that is huge, haywire and engaging. sented smaller, intimate indoor house April 15, Mutant Data Orchestra concerts featuring local artists, such as Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest program present John Bain’s cracked electron- superb singer and pianist Dawn Clem- features the artists and events of the ics with Otis Fodder, samples; Ange- ent and revered vocalist and educator regional jazz scene. The radio pro- lina Baldoz, trumpet; James Reyn- Greta Matassa. Please visit their web- gram airs Sundays on 88.5 KPLU at olds, saxophones; Mishka Morris, site at teahouseconcerts.com for more 1pm and is also available online in an cello; Ffeg, synth; and Carl Farrow, information. archived podcast. See jazznw.org for processing. This reprised set was first With the advent of spring, folks will schedule and weekly updates. heard in 2002. April 22, Zero Goose be more than ready to get out and Sonarchy April Lineup offers new jazz music from a unique enjoy the wealth of remarkable talent Sonarchy is recorded live in the stu- combination of players, including in such a variety of warm and invit- dios at Jack Straw Productions, Se- Ryan Burns on Fender Rhodes and ing abodes. This flourishing jazz house attle. This hour-long broadcast fea- bass, Jason Goessel on guitar, Mark concert scene is definitely here to stay tures new music and sound art made Taylor on saxophone and Tom Zgonc in Seattle, and you are sure to relish in the Pacific Northwest. Sonarchy on drums. April 29, the Wally Shoup all that these one-of-a-kind concert ex- is now into its 17th year of airing on Quartet has four veteran improvisers periences have to offer – we’ll see you KEXP. The broadcast can be heard showcasing the power of freely impro- there! live every Sunday evening at midnight vised music. Shoup leads on alto saxo- Libby Graham is an Earshot Jazz at 90.3 FM and on www.KEXP.org. phone, Gust Burns joins on piano, volunteer and devoted music fan. She It is also available in its entirety for along with John Seman on bass and blogs jazz concert reviews at jazzfox9. two weeks following the broadcast in Mark Ostrowski on drums. blogspot.com.

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(425) 776-6362 | info@scottlindenmuth.com | www.scottlindenmuth.com Charlie Smith – Accepting students for jazz com- Samantha Boshnack – Experienced trumpet tech- position and arranging, theory and piano. Leader nique, improvisation and composition instructor Pascal Louvel – GIT grad, Studied with R. Ford and arranger for Charlie Smith Circle. (206) w/ music degree. All ages, levels. Studios in and N. Brown. (206) 282-5990 | www.Seattle- 890-3893 | [email protected] GuitarTeacher.com Central District/Capitol Hill and Issaquah. (206) David L. Smith – Double bass and electric bass. 789-1630 | [email protected] Greta Matassa – Award winning, Earshot Jazz Teaching all styles and levels. BM Eastman Ryan Burns – Piano, bass, guitar instruction best vocalist. Private instruction and workshops. School of Music, MM Univ. of Miami. (206) at Burien School of Music. (206) 679-4764 | (206) 937-1262 | [email protected] | 280-8328 | [email protected] www.gretamatassa.com [email protected] Ev Stern’s Jazz Workshop – 18 years of jazz en- Julie Cascioppo – Coaching to improve your Yogi McCaw – Piano/improvisation/composition/ sembles, classes, lessons. All ages, instruments, performance on all levels with jazz/cabaret home recording. North Seattle. (206) 783-4507 levels. (206) 661-7807 | [email protected] | singer Julie Cascioppo. (206) 286-2740 | www. | [email protected] evstern.com juliesings.com Wm Montgomery – Instruction in jazz piano, Jacob Stickney – saxophone. Rhythm, sight-read- Frank J. Clayton – Basic to advanced double bass, improv (all instruments), ear training, theory, ing, musicianship, harmony, arr. and composi- drums and ensemble. 23 years playing and per- composition. Seattle (Magnolia Village). (206) tion. [email protected] 282-6688 | [email protected] forming in NYC. Studies at Berklee, Manhattan Tobi Stone – Saxophone/clarinet. All ages/levels. and Juilliard schools. (206) 779-3082 Cynthia Mullis – Saxophone instruction with a Attention to tone, technique, theory, improvisa- Darin Clendenin – Accepting students for study creative, organic approach to jazz style, theory, tion. BM, 10 years teaching/performing. Member in jazz piano. (206) 297-0464 | www.darinclen- improvisation and technique. (206) 675-8934 | Reptet & Tiptons. (206) 412-0145 cynthiamullis.com denin.com Ryan Taylor – Guitarist with extensive perfor- Johnny Conga – Latin percussion, congas/bongos/ Nile Norton, DMA – Jazz vocal coaching, all mance/teaching background. For information call timbales. Styles in Latin jazz, salsa, rumba, the levels. Convenient Pioneer Square studio loca- (206) 898-3845 | [email protected] clave and more. [email protected] tion. Recording and leadsheet transcriptions. (206) 919-0446 | [email protected] | www. Andre Thomas – Intermediate to advanced tech- Peter Cramer – Voice, saxophone, and piano pri- npnmusic.com niques for the modern drummer as applied to vate instruction. Honors BM Cornish ’07. (612) jazz and bebop. (206) 419-8259 308 5248 | www.petercramermusic.com Susan Palmer – Guitar instructor at Seattle Uni- versity, creator and lead instructor of The Rock Jay Thomas – Accepting select students on Anna Doak – Double bass instructor, professional Project at Cornish College, author of The Guitar trumpet, saxophone, flute. Special focus on performing/recording bassist. Studio in north Lesson Companion method book series and improvisation and technique. (206) 399-6800 Seattle. (206) 784-6626 | [email protected] online videos. Email for private lessons and jam Byron Vannoy – Jazz drum set instruction and Becca Duran – Earshot vocalist of 2001; MA. classes in jazz/blues/rock styles: leadcatpress@ rhythmic improvisational concept lessons for all Learn to deliver a lyric; study tone production, gmail.com instruments. (206) 363-1732 | byron_vannoy@ phrasing, improvisation, repertoire. All languag- Susan Pascal – Jazz vibraphone improvisation hotmail.com es. (206) 548-9439 | www.beccaduran.com and technique, beginning through advanced. Debby Boland Watt – Vocal instruction in jazz, William Field – Drums, all styles. Member of AFM (206) 795-9696 | [email protected] | improvisation and Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra. Local 76-493. City of Seattle business license susanpascal.com Cornish BM: Vocal Jazz and MFA: Improv & dba Sagacitydrums. (206) 854-6820 Ronnie Pierce – Instruction in sax, clarinet, flute. Comp. (243) 219-5646 | www.debbywatt.com David George – Instruction in trumpet. Brass and (206) 467-9365 or (206) 374-8865 Patrick West – Trumpet Instruction. 20+ years jazz technique for all students. Home studio in Bren Plummer – Double bass instruction: jazz and experience teaching. All ages and levels ac- Shoreline. Cornish graduate. (206) 365-4447 classical. BM (NEC), MM, DMA (UW). Experi- cepted. Emphasis on technique and improvisa- | [email protected] | www.david- enced freelance jazz and orchestral player. (206) tion. (425) 971-1831 georgemusic.com 992-9415 | [email protected] Garey Williams – Jazz drum instruction. (206) Steve Grandinetti, MSEd – Jazz drum set instruc- Josh Rawlings – Cornish graduate and prof. gig- 714-8264 | [email protected] tion. Studied with Justin Di CioCio. Centrum ging musician. Learn jazz/pop music, improv, Greg Williamson – Drums and rhythm section; Blues Festival faculty member. (360) 385-0882 song-writing and the business. All ages and lev- jazz and big band; private studio for lessons, | [email protected] | www.reverbnation.com/steveg- els welcome. (425) 941-1030 (mobile) | josh@ clinics and recordings. (206) 522-2210 | greg@ randinetti joshrawlings.com ponyboyrecords.com Beth Winter – Vocal jazz teacher, technique and To be included in this listing, send up to 15 words, to Earshot Jazz, 3429 Fremont Pl N #309, repertoire. Cornish jazz instructor has openings Seattle WA 98103; fax (206) 547-6286; [email protected]. for private voice. (206) 281-7248

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