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Photos: Matt Jorgensen in the Studio
Matt Jorgensen spent Monday in the studio working on a new CD of original music. Joining him was Thomas Marriott - trumpet; Mark Taylor - saxophone; Corey Christiansen - guitar and Dave Captein - bass. UPDATE: We forgot to credit photographer Tim Tyler for these photos. And they were taken at Two Sticks Audio in Seattle. ...
McCoy Tyner Has Come a Long Way Since His Coltrane Days
For all the years that have passed and all the music McCoy Tyner has made since he went out on his own, his membership in one of jazz history's greatest groups remains a calling card. Now 70, Tyner will always be the pianist in the original John Coltrane Quartet, which he was a part of from ...
This Weekend on Jazz Northwest
The Seatle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays Part 2 of a Tribute to Stan Kenton on Jazz Northwest (88.5 KPLU) on Sunday, September 13 at 1 pm. Classic Kenton repertoire from the 40s to the 70s by the sometimes controversial band leader and arranger is featured in this concert recorded at the Kirkland Performance Center. The program ...
Pony Boy Jazz Picnic This Sunday
Pony Boy Records Sixth Annual JAZZ PICNIC Sunday, September 13, noon to 5:00 Sandpoint Magnuson Park Garden Amphitheatre 7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle, WA Enter at Sandpoint Way & 74th.v FREE, donations accepted at the the tip jar Summer is making a reprise in Seattle, so pack a ...
Jazz Trumpeter Thomas Marriott Looks Forward to the Past with Tribute to Horace Silver
In the compressed, sometimes circular history of jazz, the freshest ideas often come from the past. Many young musicians, looking to push their music forward, are now mining the music of the late 1950s and '60s, the birth of what we think of as modern jazz. A quintet led by trumpeter Thomas Marriott, 33, will attempt ...
Jazz at Bumbershoot
Bumbershoot is primarily a pop-music festival, and the jazz programming this weekend reflects those priorities with groups like the Olympic Sound Collective and The New Mastersounds — bands that incorporate jazz elements into danceable songs that contain bluesy riff and funky grooves. Seattle saxophonists Mark Taylor and Steve Griggs and their groups are the only straight-ahead ...
Travis Shook Meets Jazz Comeback Head on at Tula's
The jazz pianist Travis Shook, a curiosity to some who remember his name, a cautionary tale for others, lives in rural, upstate New York, far from the city and the place he first greeted fame. People don't recognize him much these days, and for a long time he preferred it that way. “I'm 40 and I ...
Labor Day Jazz This Weekend
The big end-of-summer weekend is coming up and lots of live jazz happening for those who are staying in town. TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Friday: Richard Cole Quartet Saturday: Kelley Johnson Quartet Sunday: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra BUMBERSHOOT, SUNDAY, SEPT 6 Northwest Court Stage 2:30pm: Steve Griggs ...
Acclaimed British Vocalist at Jazz Alley in Seattle for Four Nights
Is there another art form in which longevity offers as many creative dividends as jazz? While the gruesome pantheon of players cut down in their prime dominates the music's mythos, consider the honor roll of remarkably productive autumnal improvisers. Among tenor saxophonists alone, the octogenarian club includes James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Red Holloway, Benny Golson, Von ...
The Music of Horace Silver at the New Orleans
PREVIEW: SUNDAY, SEPT 6 THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER THE NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT 114 1st Avenue South 8:00pm Reservations: 206-622-2563 Trumpeter Thomas Marriott leads an all-star lineup of musicians in a musical tribute to pianist and composer Horace Silver on Sunday, September 6th, 2009 at the ...
