June 2019 Volume 44, Number 06 MARC CAPARONE’S FEWSICIANS WILL CLOSE OUR SPRING SEASON! by George Swinford On June 16, trumpeter Marc Caparone For our June session Marc has Marc has said that the group’s musical will lead four local sidemen in the final con- chosen to lead four outstanding North- style will call to mind the hot jazz recorded cert of our spring season. To reiterate from west jazzmen, well-known to us all. by small bands of the ‘20s and ‘30s. Think his profile in last month’s Jazz Soundings, With Marc on trumpet we’ll be hearing of groups such as those led by Jimmie Marc last played for a PSTJS audience Ray Skjelbred on piano, Jacob Zimmer- Noone, Red Allen, Joe Sullivan, and Louis 25 years ago, as a 20 year-old sideman in man on reeds, Josh Roberts on guitar Armstrong. Clint Baker’s New Orleans Jazz Band. In (and maybe banjo as well), and Matt Join us at the Ballard Elks on June the intervening years, he’s been part of a Weiner on bass. For the second month 16th for the last concert before our sum- succession of well-known traditional jazz in a row the rhythm section of our mer break. Tell your friends and bring bands, including the recently disbanded featured group won’t include drums. them along. Expect a memorable session High Sierra. To get an idea of Marc’s play- Not to worry! As Jonathan Doyle’s band of listenable, danceable small-group jazz! ing style, catch him on YouTube with Dave convincingly demonstrated last month, Stuckey’s Hot House Gang. (https://m. piano, bass, and guitar can provide youtube.com/watch?v=K3Ot0dEtrWU). plenty of foot-stomping rhythm. WHERE: Ballard Elks Lodge 6411 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle WHEN: Left: 1 pm - 4:30 pm - June 16 Jacob ADMISSION: Pay only at door. Zimmerman $12 PSTJS members $15 non-members. Right: Free admission for those under 21 who Marc accompany a person paying admission. Caparone FURTHER INFO: Carol Rippey 425-776-5072. Or - website: www.pstjs.org. Plenty of free parking; great view & dance floor, snacks, coffee, and other beverages available. Jazz Soundings June 2019 Page 2 Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society Gigs for Local Bands AMERICA’S CLASSIC JAZZ FESTIVAL 19031 Ocean Avenue Edmonds, WA 98020-2344 5300 Pacific Ave SE. Lacey, Washington 425-776-5072 www.pstjs.org 98503 http://www.olyjazz.com/festival-information2/ UPCOMING EVENTS June 27-30 Fat Babies Elks Lodge, Ballard, 6411 Seaview Ave N.W., Seattle Grand Dominion Jazz Band Ray’s Cubs June 16 Marc Caparone’s Fewsicians Evergreen Classic Jazz Band Sept. 15 Evergreen Classic Jazz Band Uptown Lowdown Oct. 20 Jen Hodge All Stars Nov. 17 Jacob Zimmerman and His Pals Dec. 15 Dave Loomis’ Good Herb Jazz Band BELLINGHAM TRADITIONAL JAZZ SOCIETY Jan. 19, 2020 Ray Skjelbred’s Yeti Chasers 1st Saturday, 2-5pm VFW Hall 625 N. State St., Bellingham, WA PRESIDENT Jim Blokzyl [email protected] June 1 Evergreen Classic Jazz Band 253-344-1247 DAVE HOLO TRIO VICE PRESIDENT Bill Julius [email protected] 360-943-4492 Salty’s on Alki 1936 Harbor Avenue. SW. Seattle, WA 98126 SECRETARY Cilla Trush [email protected] (206) 937-1600 http://saltys.com/seattle 206-363-9174 June 7 5 - 8pm TREASURER Gloria Kristovich [email protected] June 21 5 - 8pm 425-776-7816 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OLYMPIA JAZZ SOCIETY Keith Baker [email protected] 425-823-4635 2nd Sundays 1-4pm Elks Lodge 1818 Fourth Ave E. Olympia, WA Sharon Dooley [email protected] 425-640-0640 June 9 Tom Jacobus, Evergreen Classic JB Joanne Hargrave [email protected] 206-550-4664 Myra Karp [email protected] 206-284-9203 PEARL DJANGO Patrick Monteith [email protected] 206-979-1324 June 8 8pm Morso Wine Bar 9014 Peacock Hill Avenue at John Ochs [email protected] 206-932-8313 North Harborview Drive at the head of the bay, Carol Rippey [email protected] 425-776-5072 Gig Harbor, WA, 98332; 253-530-3463 Michael Shilley [email protected] 206-890-6237 July 12 Jazz on the Lawn at Cedarbrook Lodge in SeaTac MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR details soon -- see website below Carol Rippey [email protected] 425-776-5072 Aug. 2 7:30pm San Juan Community Theater 100 Second MUSIC DIRECTOR Street - Friday Harbor, WA; Phone: 360-378-3210 John Ochs [email protected] 206-932-8313 Aug. 3 TBD Anacortes Arts Festival - see website below Aug. 10 TBD Whidbey Island Winery - see website below EDITOR Aug. 30 TBD Orcas Island Jazz Festival at the Orcas Island Anita LaFranchi [email protected] 206-522-7691 Theater - see website below for more information. WEBMASTER Editors note: As of publication, many of the times have not been George Peterson [email protected] 425-890-8633 determined - please see website for more info http://www.pearldjango.com/files/calendar.htm JAZZ SOUNDINGS RAY SKJELBRED W/ MATT AND JACOB Published monthly except July and August by the June 12 8pm The Pink Door 1919 Post Alley Seattle, WA Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society. Anita LaFranchi, Editor, [email protected] Ads must be submitted in a jpeg or PDF format Mail (in advance) check (payable to PSTJS) to: G. Kristovich, P.O. Box 373, Edmonds, WA 98020-0373 Advertising Rates: On Your Dial........ Full page $100. 7 1/2” wide by 9 1/2 “ tall Half Page $60. 7 1/2” wide by 4 1/4 “ tall Sunday Quarter Page $40. 3 5/8 wide by 4 1/4 “ tall 3 -6 pm Ken Wiley’s Art of Jazz on KNKX - 88.5FM Deadline is the 10th of the month for the next month’s issue Jazz Soundings June 2019 Page 3 MATT WEINER!! by John Ochs Marc Caparone’s Fewsicians this month. He invited me to play with the band, and Even so, if a bandleader wants to book I stayed with them for two years. Trum- him on a Saturday or Sunday, he or she peter Jon-Erik Kellso and reed player better do so early because, as any given Dan Levinson were frequent guests with weekend approaches, his calendar is usu- the Neutrinos, and I learned New Or- ally too full to accept last-minute engage- leans music from them. I also met drum- ments. mer Kevin Dorn in 1996. He made me a Weiner was born on April 11, 1971, cassette tape with tons of Eddie Condon and grew up in the Boston area. His stuff, which he was into.” father was also from Boston, and his One of his New York contacts led mother from New York City. As he Matt first to Austin, Texas and then ul- recalls, there was not a lot of music in the timately Seattle: “I played with guitarist home, but he did study piano long enough Whit Smith in New York. He teamed up to make a lasting impression: “I took pia- with violinist Elana James to form a trio no lessons when I was little and learned called the Hot Club of Cowtown. They basic theory and chords which turned out moved to Austin in the late 1990s. He to be extremely valuable later on.” called me in 1999 and asked me to join In addition to piano, Matt listened the band. I played there for a year and to rock music and taught himself to play met my wife Delia MacFadden. She was electric bass: “I didn’t start playing in from Seattle and wanted to move back Above: Matt Weiner a real band until college. I played elec- home, so I followed her in 2000.” tric bass in a five-piece band that played For a while, Weiner played with Matt Weiner is one of the busiest mostly funk and rock music. We were the Asylum Street Spankers, a popular freelance musicians in Seattle. During good enough to play at the Black Rose, a Austin-based Western swing band whose a typical week, he can be found play- popular pub in Boston.” schedule had him commuting back and ing double bass with a multitude of In 1989, Matt began his studies in forth from Seattle for weeks at a time. talented performers. On Tuesday, he’s Cambridge, MA at Harvard University as Whenever he returned to Seattle, he kept at the Il Bistro in the Pike Place Market a major in English Literature. In his junior busy checking out the local music scene, with Jacob Zimmerman and His Pals. year, he auditioned for the school’s big a quest which led him one Sunday night On Wednesdays and Thursdays, he co- band: “I didn’t play acoustic double bass to the Old Town Ale House in Ballard. leads two different all-star trios at the until I was 21. The college had two levels “I saw the Evergreen Classic Jazz Band Pink Door on Post Alley. On alternate of bands, like a junior varsity and varsity play. Craig Flory, the clarinetist, noticed Fridays, he plays bass and rhythm gui- band, and I wanted to play in the varsity. me right away. ‘You’re too young to be in tar with Dave Holo’s Trio at Salty’s at The other guy going for the job was an here,’ he said. He told me he and drum- Alki from 5 to 8 p.m. Those early eve- electric bass player, so thinking the band mer Mike Daugherty were playing with ning hours at Salty’s often afford him director would prefer acoustic, I rented a guitarist Del Rey and the Yes Yes Boys, opportunities to rush off afterward and double bass and made the gig even though and she was looking for a bassist.