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Rue Cler by Marc Seales

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Album Title: People & Places
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025

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About the Album

His expansive, deeply lyrical and blues-drenched approach to modern jazz has made Seattle pianist Marc Seales a favorite sideman of touring luminaries for decades. In particular, long associations with Mark Murphy, Larry Coryell and Ernie Watts turned into albums, tours and lasting friendships. Seales returns the invite on People & Places by making a trip to saxophonist Ernie Watts’ home turf in Los Angeles, teaming with him and Watts’ longtime bandmate, bassist Bruce Lett, and taking advantage of the locale to reconnect with drummer Moyes Lucas, Jr., who goes back with Seales to the early ‘80s in Seattle. While pulling together a collection of originals that span the last 30 years, along with a take on Wayne Shorter’s “Palladium,” the album’s through line slowly became apparent—it's all about the people & places, and the collaborations found & nurtured through the years. Though retired after an inspired 38-year career at the University of Washington, Seales continues on that fruitful path.

Tracks

Rue Cler; Palladium; Prelude; For You My Dear; The Muddy Chicago Blues; The Gingi; Ascending Truth; Home Light.

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People & Places by Edward Blanco

Date featured

September 15, 2025

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