Results for "Seattle"

Article: Interview

Thomas Marriott: Balance in Life and Music

by Paul Rauch
September 21, 2016

If one should by chance be curious of what is happening with jazz in the city of Seattle, and the Pacific Northwest, one would do well to check out what trumpeter Thomas Marriott is up to. Thomas has established himself as one the most exciting artists to emerge on the national jazz scene in the past ...

Article: Profile

Tula's Jazz Club: A Seattle Tradition in the Making

by Paul Rauch
September 7, 2016

Life in the Pacific Northwest is hauntingly similar to jazz music itself, from that which is inward, deep in the recesses of our collective soul, to the outward expressionism as a ray of sunlight, an exaltation of joy, harmony expressed in the deep, deep blue of sentient life, and of our enlightened sky. High notes expressed ...

Article: Catching Up With

Dmitri Matheny: Flugelhorn Evangelist

by David Becker
September 1, 2016

The flugelhorn can be a difficult mistress. Players may find themselves endlessly explaining the differences between their axe and the trumpet, why their instrument seldom sounds like Miles Davis in a bad mood and why most horn players treat it as a specialty tool. But when someone with the authority of bebop legend and flugelhorn champion ...

Article: Interview

Marina Albero: The Sweetness of the Edge

by Paul Rauch
August 26, 2016

Marina Albero burst onto the Seattle jazz scene in April of 2014, playing a brilliant set on vibraphone in a duo with flamenco jazz master, pianist Chano Dominguez. That evening we were not only introduced to her music, but to our new neighbor, as she was moving her family to Seattle from Barcelona. Since that time ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Mercedes Nicole

by AAJ Staff
August 16, 2016

About Mercedes Nicole Soft-spoken Mercedes Nicole has an intimate and alluring stage presence that reaches out beyond the limits of time and space. Her voice is haunting and arresting, wrapping itself like a comforter around the human experience, encouraging uplift, seeking not only triumph but healing. She is that exquisite mix of a Mezzo-Soprano & ...

Article: Album Review

John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet: Basement Blues

Read "Basement Blues" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 4, 2016

Basement Blues is the third Origin Records CD offering from the John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet, following Shot Through With Beauty (2009) and Live Beauty, (2013). Guitarist Stowell's approach is distinctive--silvery chords and pinprick single notes that reverberate from the rafters. Saxophonist Zilber is a flawless, soulful technician on soprano and tenor saxophones. Bassist John Shifflett and ...

News: Recording

Trumpeter David George Releases A New Jazz Take On "Bohemian Rhapsody"

June 27, 2016

Trumpeter David George has released a fresh jazz interpretation of “Bohemian Rhapsody" unlike anything you've heard before. The track features David George on trumpet in an intimate conversation with Earshot Magazine’s Vocalist of the Year nominee, Kate Voss, intertwining George’s improvisational prowess with Voss’s stunning vocals. Every nuance of George’s fresh interpretation of Bohemian Rhapsody is ...

News: Recording

Kinga - Canada's Hot New Vocalist - Releases "Guess Who I Saw Today"

June 13, 2016

Guess Who I Saw Today, the latest album release from Canadian rising star vocalist Kinga, is available now! Kinga has long been a favorite in Canada and recently signed with Arena Jazz, a division of Seattle-based Arena Music Promotion, to produce and release her groundbreaking album worldwide. “Guess Who I Saw Today" features elegantly tailored arrangements ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

by Dave Wayne
May 30, 2016

A good chunk of the jazz-consuming public first became aware of Cuong Vu's virtuoso trumpet playing via his work with the Pat Metheny Group during the 2000s. For those of us already familiar with Vu's work, the move seemed a bit out-of-character, as the young trumpeter was a prominent player in the hyper-adventurous downtown NYC scene ...

Article: Album Review

Maggie Laird: One More Manhattan

Read "One More Manhattan" reviewed by Jim Olin

by Jim Olin
May 28, 2016

Washington State-based singer/songwriter Maggie Laird traveled to Nashville to record her new EP, One More Manhattan, and the stylistic electicism and rootsy authenticity of that legendary music city echoes in every track. Produced by Fett from Nashville's Azalea Music, One More Manhattan unveils Laird's versatility, from vocal jazz to country to pop. Laird balances it all ...