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Tad Britton: The Coolest Thing in the World
by Jason West
In a recurring nightmare Dracula climbs a tree adjacent to Tad's bedroom window. Each moment in the dead of night brings the vampire closer until the boy, seized with terror, jumps out of bed, clutches his drumsticks, runs to the window and hurls his two wooden stakes at the Prince of Darkness. Tad Britton's drumsticks saved ...
Jay Thomas and Wataru Hamasaki: Accidentally Yours
by Jason West
Jay Thomas, Wataru Hamasaki, and Geoffrey Keezer divide the lion's share of jazz improvisation on this May, 2004 session taped at Ironwood Studios in Seattle, and while Thomas (a veteran Northwest trumpeter gaining international attention) and Keezer (whose resume includes stints with Art Farmer and Ray Brown) are well-established players, Hamasaki is a virtual unknown. Now ...
Dave Peck: Good Road
by Jason West
Dave Peck Good Road Let's Play Stella 2005 Extended intros and cadenzas, embellished harmonic signposts, hints of melodic foreshadowing, frenetic bursts of rhythmic energy, and pregnant moments of ballad magic drive Good Road to the edge of the proverbial cliff and blissfully over.Seattle pianist and composer Dave Peck ...
Ivan Lins at Jazz Alley
by Jason West
Those with high expectations of Ivan Lins were likely disappointed with his opening night performance at Jazz Alley on Friday, May 6. A bad cold severely hampered Lins' singing voice, confining it to rare moments of musical brilliance; and while his illness was unfortunate, his lack of professionalism onstage was much harder to forgive.At age ...
Romanian Jazz Education Summit
by Jason West
The first-ever Romanian Jazz Education Summit will begin June 26, and last until July 3, 2005. All jazz music educators in Romania will attend. The purpose of this summit is to provide intensive/detailed instruction of American jazz education techniques for Romanian educators through the assistance of dedicated American jazz educators.The approximately 100 educators and/or selected ...
Bill Royston: Portland Jazz Festival Stretches Out
by Jason West
When it comes to putting on a successful jazz festival Bill Royston could double as King Midas. As Artistic Director of the Portland Jazz Festival, Royston started with a vision, pitched it to civic leaders, got the support of hotel operators, partnered with area schools and universities, won major corporate sponsorship and rekindled interest in Portland's ...
Brasil! The Music of Hermeto Pascoal and Friends
by Jason West
Jovino Santos Neto, Paul Taub & the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto with special guests Virginia Dziewonski and Paris Hurley Cornish College of the Arts March 5, 2005 Cornish College of the Arts music faculty member Jovino Santos Neto--composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist--is first and foremost a student of his country's rich ...
Charlie Haden & Quartet West at the Portland Jazz Festival
by Jason West
Charlie Haden & Quartet West Portland Jazz Festival February 18, 2005 Last February, Wayne Shorter and his quartet played the Portland Marriott ballroom, christening the city's inaugural jazz festival with a performance that over the next 12 months remained a source of inspiration for musical circles on both sides of the Willamette ...
Charlie Haden Quartet West at the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival
by Jason West
Last February, Wayne Shorter and his quartet played the Portland Marriott ballroom, christening the city's inaugural jazz festival with a performance that over the next twelve months has remained a source of inspiration for musical circles on both sides of the Willamette River. This year it was Charlie Haden's turn to make waves. The venerable Grammy-winning ...
Hank Jones: Havin' Fun
by Jason West
Hank Jones last performed at Jazz Alley in the summer of 2002, appearing each night of his week-long residency buttoned up in a black tuxedo. On that Saturday evening, July 20, the venerable 84-year-old was warmly welcomed by his first-set audience as he took the stage and settled himself at the piano bench, looking less like ...
