Jazz Now! Seattle

Forty minutes of music  and with a special surprise — Jason is back in full force but without his trusty sidekick, so the reunion will have to wait another week… Six tracks for six very cool shows this week… and be sure to checkout this week’s offerings as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, too! Track 1: Tim Kennedy – “Mingus in Springtime” from “Where We Live” Show: Sat. 10/27 – Tim Kennedy Trio Halloween Party at Vito’s 9pm Track 2: Ron Weinstein – “Beatrice” from “Gardens of the Future” Show: Sun. 10/26 – Ron Weinstein Trio at Vito’s (also Sun Nov 4) Track 3: Jim DeJoie – “The Same Drain” Show: Wed. 10/31 – Jim DeJoie’s Joiephonic at Tula’s Track 4: Ghidra – “Hard Boiled On The Wharf” from “The Sound of Speed” (Sol Disk) Show: Thur. 11/1 – Wally Shoup Quartet and Syrinx, Too at Lucid Track 5: Vunt Foom – “Jetlag” from “Sub Valve Release” Show: Sat. 11/3 – Vunt Foom at Musiquarium Track 6: Jim Knapp Orchestra – “Kennewick Man” from “Secular Breathing” (Origin Records) Show: Sun. Nov 4 – Jim Knapp Orchestra at The Royal Room TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

Fifty minutes packed full of music and with minimal talking — Dave’s been sick so his voice is almost gone, so the talking is kept to the bare essentials… Eight tracks for six very cool shows this week… and be sure to checkout this week’s offerings as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, too! 1. Chad McCullough: Three Pillars from “Dark Wood, Dark Water” 2. Steve Treseler: Redemption from “Resonance” Show: Chad McCullough and Steve Treseler — Tula’s on Wednesday, 10/24 3. Chris Morton: On Green Dolphin Street Show: Chris Morton — Boxley’s on Thursday, 10/25 4. Dan O’Brien: Luna Tucumana from “Inside Out” Show: Dan O’Brien with Erid Reid — Boxley’s on Friday, 10/26 5. Operation ID: Think Accessories from “Legs” 6. Hardcoretet: Urban Tribes from “Do It Live” Show: Table and Chairs Showcase — The Royal Room on Friday, 10/26 7. Katy Bourne: Get Out of Town from “As The Fates Decide” Show: Katy Bourne — Boxley’s on Saturday, 10/27 8. Anton Schwartz: Alligator Strut from “Radiant Blue” Show: Anton Schwartz — Loft Concert at Anton’s Loft on Saturday, 10/27 TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

While the Earshot Jazz Festival did start on Friday, there’s a ton of great music going on this week that’s not part of the festival, so take a listen and weigh your options… as it turns out, there’s a whole pile of great gigs going on at Boxley’s this week, plus a few a little closer to town… enjoy! TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

There’s so much local music as part of this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival we just can’t fit it in to one special episode! We’re so excited to preview ALL the local artists and ensembles featured on this year’s festival, but it’s gonna take more than one to do it, so stay tuned for more… and if you look below, we’ve posted the complete festival schedule for the next ten days… enjoy Part I of our Earshot Jazz Festival preview!   FRI Oct 12 Tribute to Clarence Acox w Garfield HS Band & Guests ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL AT BENAROYA HALL, 7:30PM  BUY NOW Lorraine Feather & Russell Ferrante TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 SAT Oct 13 Lorraine Feather & Russell Ferrante TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 Danilo Perez Trio / Andy Clausen’s WishboneILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL AT BENAROYA HALL, 8PM BUY NOW Ab Baars & Ig Henneman CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE, 7:30PM   BUY NOW SUN Oct 14 Luciana Souza Trio / Dave Peck TrioTRIPLE DOOR, 7PM   BUY NOW Matthew Shipp Trio / Trio X: New York is NOW SEATTLE ART MUSEUM PLESTCHEEFF AUDITORIUM, 7:30PM BUY NOW Jon Hamar Quintet w/ Rich Perry & Todd DelGiudice TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 MON Oct 15 Tatsuya Nakatani CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE, 7:30PM BUY NOW TUES Oct 16 Bettye LaVette TRIPLE DOOR, 7:30PM  BUY NOW Human Spirit TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 WED Oct 17 Human Spirit TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 Vijay Iyer Trio / Cuong Vu’s Triggerfish ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL AT BENAROYA HALL, 7:30PM  BUY NOW THUR Oct 18 Evan Flory-Barnes 2+2 CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE, 7:30PM BUY NOW FRI Oct 19 Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin PONCHO CONCERT HALL, CORNISH COLLEGE, 8PM  BUY NOW Phil Dadson Ensemble CHAPEL PERFORMANCE SPACE, 7:30PM   BUY NOW Paul de Barros ELLIOTT BAY BOOKS, 7:30PM FREE George Colligan Organ Trio TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 SAT Oct 20 George Colligan Organ Trio TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 Buster Williams Quartet / Ernie Watts with Marc Seales Trio SEATTLE ART MUSEUM PLESTCHEEFF AUDITORIUM, 7:30PM   BUY NOW SUN Oct 21 Arga Bileg SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM, 7:30PM   BUY NOW Lionel Loueke Trio / Dos y Mas SAM PLESTCHEEFF AUDITORIUM, 7:30PM   BUY NOW Gregoire Maret TULA’S, 7:30PM RESERVE NOW: 206-443-4221 TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

In addition to the Earshot Jazz Festival starting at week’s end, we’ve got FOUR other special jazz events in this weeks episode: a birthday, a Monk-a-thon, a faculty confab, and a CD release party — enjoy the show! Stay tuned for our special episode that previews the Earshot Jazz Festival… Complete show notes are a-comin’… TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

It’s the two-year anniversary of Jazz Now! Seattle, and we’re celebrating by giving you one gig for every day of the week this next week, and two for Friday — plus we get a call from our wayward co-host, Jason Parker… enjoy! Buy This CD Track 1: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder “Every Step of the Way” from “Live at Tost” Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder is back into their every Monday night residency at The White Rabbit in Fremont… as they say on their website: new songs, new place, new vibes, same address! Featuring Joe Doria on Hammond B-3, Danny Godinez on guitar, John Fricke on trumpet and Farko Dosumov on bass, this band is equally at home playing rock, jazz, funk, fusion and more. Their time together as a unit clearly shows on this groovy tune. Upcoming show: Monday, October 1st at The White Rabbit, 9:30pm Buy This CD Track 2: Tess Guerzon “Cheek to Cheek” from “Heart Songs” Vocalist Tess Guerzon brings here crew of regular sidemen to The Royal Room for a birthday gig this coming week dubbed “Tess Guerzon and Friends”. Sure to be a festive atmosphere in one of the best rooms in Seattle for live music of any kind. Upcoming show: Tuesday, October 2nd at The Royal Room, 8pm Visit His Site Track 3: Michael Owcharuk Trio – “Spinnin’” Pianist and accordionist Michael Owcharuk brings his trio to Vito’s, a venue quickly re-establishing itself on the local music scene, particularly in the jazz community. Upcoming show: Wednesday, October 3rd at Vito’s Visit Their Site Track 4: Clave Gringa – “Songo Borracho” Clave Gringa is a Seattle-based Latin jazz ensemble showcasing the compositions of Ann-ita Reynolds, along with fellow bandmates Daniel Berry, Dan O’Brien, Edsson Otero, and Ernesto Pediango. Ann-ita Reynolds is a regular with the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, so you may have heard her before, but this is the podcast debut of Clave Gringa… Upcoming show: Thursday, October 4th at Tula’s Buy This Album Track 5: The Schwa “Western Shirts and the Creaking Chair” from “Cosmonaut Cowboy”  The Schwa came together after a years long courtship of a rotating cast of Seattle’s all-star improvisers, eventually settling on percussionist Bob Rees, multi reedist Chris Credit, and upright bassist Geoff Larson. Vibraphonist Justin Sorensen conceived of an idea for a band that would fuse together ambient music and avant garde jazz in hope of better understanding time, place, and emotion. As a composer Sorensen uses the muse of common occurrences in daily life to strengthen his connection to place. The Northwest, famous for its dark, gray, rain soaked months are perfect for The Schwa as they aim to find all that is beautiful within them. Upcoming show: Friday, October 5th at The Royal Room, 8:30pm Click to Buy Track 6: Reptet “Milky Shakes” from “At The Cabin” One of our favorites on the show, this is a composition of trumpeter Samantha Boshnack with Isaak Mills, Chris Credit on alto, Nelson Bell on tuba, Tim Carey on bass and John Ewing on drums. A super fun band on a great double-bill this Friday. Upcoming show: Friday, October 5th at The Royal Room, 9:30pm Click to Buy Track 7: Bill Anschell with Brent Jensen “What Is This Thing Called Love?” from “We Couldn’t Agree More” Bill Anschell brings his new Standards Trio — with Jeff Johnson on bass and D’Vonne Lewis on drums — to Tula’s Friday night. The group is fairly new, so no recordings as yet, but here he is playing a great Cole Porter standard in duo format with saxophonist Brent Jensen. Upcoming show: Friday, October 5th at Tula’s TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

Photo of Gaye Anderson by Daniel Sheehan In this special episode 16, we remind you about and preview the celebration of life for Gaye Anderson happening every night this week at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant. We’d love to hear your stories about Gaye and the New Orleans — call us and leave your story at 206-984-2410. The show is short and sweet — just like Gaye was… hope you enjoy… 6:30 p.m. Monday: The New Orleans Quintet 7 p.m. Tuesday: Holotradband (Track 1) 8 p.m. Wednesday: The Legacy Quartet (Track 2) 7 p.m. Thursday: The Skelbred/Jackson Quintet (trad) and the Ham Carson Quintet (swing) 8 p.m. Sept. 28: Flexicon (Track 3) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 29: Blues, with Little Bill and the Blue Notes, Dick Powell, Chris Stevens, Jet City Flyers, Junkyard Jane, Tim Sherman, Stickshift Annie, Kimball Conant, Eric “Two Scoops” Moore, Nick Vigarino, the Fabulous Roofshakers and others to be announced. 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30: Blues, with Alice Stuart, Patti Allen with John Hanford, Pat Hues, Tom Erak, Mark DuFresne, Leslie Milton, Eric Verlinde and Elnah Jordan, Filé Gumbo and others to be announced. TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

Tons of music in this week’s show — over 75 minutes! We hope you dig our selection of this week’s jazz offerings in Seattle… Steve Korn with Mark Taylor and Rob Davis – Tangents, from “Points in Time” SHOW: Mark Taylor, Rob Davis, and Matt Jorgensen trio play the music of John Coltrane — Tula’s, Saturday Sept. 22nd Jim Knodle’s Sidewinder – Pigmeat, from Sonarchy Radio SHOW: Sidewinder at Mona’s,  Saturday Sept. 22nd Jovino Santos Neto – Current, from “Current” SHOW: All Nations Orchestra premieres “All Nations” by Jovino, Volunteer Park, 4pm, Sunday Sept. 23rd Ask The Ages – Journey into Satchidananda(live) SHOW: Ask the Ages at Mona’s,  Sunday Sept. 23rd Industrial Revelation – No Tears for the Wolf, from “Live at The Eastside” SHOW: Industrial Revelation at The Comet, Wednesday Sept. 26th Chad McCullough - Imaginary Folk Songfrom “Imaginary Sketches” SHOW: Chad McCullough Chamber Science Lab at Tula’s, Monday Sept. 24th Kora Band – Over-Caffeinated and Underfed, from “Cascades” SHOW: Kora Band at Jazz Alley, Thursday Sept. 27th Larry Fuller – Reflections in Dfrom “Sacred Music of Duke Ellington” SHOW: The Royal Room presents Piano Starts Here: The Music of Duke Ellington, The Royal Room,  Wednesday Sept. 26th TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

We managed to get an episode up just in the nick of time — enjoy this short and sweet episode featuring some upcoming gigs and their performers this week, including a couple of sets at Vito’s, and a closing set featuring drummer Brad Gibson… plus we debut the new album from pianist Alex Guilbert…   Click to Buy 1. Carolyn Graye – “The Footprints” From the CD Poems By Denise Levertov (Pony Boy Records) Carolyn is equally adept as a vocalist and pianist. Her latest CD is a very cool collection of tunes based on the poems of Denise Levertov. Surrounded by a first-call band of Phil Sparks on bass, John Stowell on guitar, Hans Teuber on sax and clarinet, Gary Hobbs on drums and percussion and Jim Knapp on trumpet, she lays down beautiful foundations for the poems. This track features great playing by all and a short poem at the very end of the track. Upcoming gig: 9/18 at Egan’s, 7pm Buy this music 2. Tim Kennedy – “Mingus in Springtime” From the CD Where We Live (self-produced) Tim will be bringing his trio to Vito’s this next week… you’ll have to go to the gig to find out who the sidemen are, but it’s a safe bet one of his two compadres in Gravity will be there… Upcoming gig: 9/20 at Vito’s, 9pm Buy this music 3. Sonando – “Wild Flower” From the CD Tres (Origin Records) Here’s another frequently gigging band that we haven’t featured much on the podcast, and in light of heir upcoming gig, it was time to do it again! Fred Hoadley has been leading the band Sonando for years, bringing killer Latin Jazz to the Pacific Northwest. Upcoming gig: 9/20 at Tula’s, 7pm Get This New CD 4. Alex Guilbert — “Everywhere Stranger” From the album “On The Ground” (self-produced) Pianist Alex Guilbert is a regular at the New Orleans on Tuesdays with the Holotradband and also appears on rotation at Serafina, but it’s rare to hear him in trio format — thankfully he’s released a fabulous new record we are debuting here today, with more to come in the future. Get This on MP3 5. Gibson and Gibson — “5 on 4″ From the album “The Amber Tone” (self-produced) Brad Gibson is a busy drummer in town as a sideman and leader, bringing his trio to Vito’s later this week. Here him here with a fabulous quintet of fellow Gibson Clark Gibson, Jon Hamar, Brian Bermudez, and Dawn Clement. Upcoming gig: 9/19 at Vito’s, 9pm Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast about remembrances of Gaye Anderson — we’d love to hear from you at 206-984-2410. See you next time!     TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}

We’re previewing The Ninth Annual 2012 Pony Boy Jazz Picnic in our latest special episode and we’re playing all twelve featured artists and bands! Tons of music, not much talk — perfecto, right? TweetShare It!#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}