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All Jason Parker Quartet CD Sales Donated to Haiti Quake Relief Through Jan. 22nd
As you know, there is severe devastation in Haiti right now in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that hit the island. This is a tragedy not only for the people in Haiti but also for those around the world that have family and friends there. One of our own is just such a person. David, ...
Keyboardist Ryan Burns CD Release Show Announced
Keyboardist Ryan Burns' new group will perform at Tula's Nightclub in Seattle, WA Thursday March 11, 2010 in conjunction with Burns' first electric CD as a leader. The recording Birds (2010 OddBird Records) prominently features analog keyboards such as Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, and Moog Synthesizer. The recording of all original material also features bassist Geoff ...
Brett Watanabe's Top 10 of 2009
from KBCS' RadioActivity newsletter: Nicole Mitchells Black Earth Strings: Renegades, Delmark Vijay Iyer: Historicity, Act Music + Vision Charles Tolliver Big Band: Emperor March-Live at the Blue Note, Halfnote Victor Noriega: Fenceless, Pony Boy Matt Wilson: Thats Gonna Leave a Mark, Palmetto Joe Lovano: Folk Art, ...
John Gilbreath's Best of 2009
from KBCS' RadioActivity newsletter: Robert Glasper: Double Booked, Blue Note Issa Bagayogo: Mali Koura, Six Degrees Rudresh Mananthappa: Kinsmen, PI Recordings Rokia Traore: Tchemanche, Nonesuch Thomas Marriott: Flexicon, Origin Gretchen Parlatto: In a Dream, Oblique Sound John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: Eternal Interlude, Sunnyside
Jazz Music is for Everyone!
By Jason Parker [Reposted from his One Working Musician blog] My wife recently emailed me a link to a blog post by Natalie Christie, The Tiny Soprano. Christie's post is about learning and mastery and resonated with me as a musician. In this post was a link to a TED talk by Benjamin Zander, conductor of ...
Duke Ellington's Sacred Music Holds Sacred Place in Seattle's Jazz Community
Earshot's annual performance of Duke Ellington's sacred music is unique to Seattle. It's a magnum opus involving more than 50 performers on stage, and it was instrumental in the formation of the now-accomplished Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. In 1965, the Pulitzer Prize's three-member music jury voted unanimously to award Duke Ellington a special citation for his ...
Seattle Times: Top Jazz CDs of 2009
Top jazz CD releases of the year include discs by Seattleites Thomas Marriott ("Flexicon") and Ernestine Anderson ("A Song for You"). Like the alleged corpse vociferously protesting in Monty Python's “Holy Grail," the compact-disc format refuses to accede to its seemingly imminent demise. Even as CD sales continue to plunge, musicians devote considerable time and money ...
Concert of Sacred Music by Duke Ellington - December 26
Concert of Sacred Music by Duke Ellington - December 26 Posted 18 December, 2009 in Seattle Jazz - comments Concert of Sacred Music by Duke Ellington Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra + NW Chamber Chorus + vocalist Everett Greene Saturday, December 26, 2009 Town Hall Seattle, 7:30 pm 1119 ...
Hadley Caliman CD Release Party This Saturday
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 TULAS JAZZ CLUB 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle 8:00pm, $15 Reservations: 206-443-4221 featuring: Hadley Caliman - saxophone Thomas Marriott - trumpet Eric Verlinde - piano Phil Sparks - bass Matt Jorgensen - drums Saxophonist Hadley Caliman celebrates the release of ...
Cocoa Martini: Unique, Elegant Jazz Vocals
from The Seattle Times: The concept behind the vocal jazz group Cocoa Martini seems both familiar and novel, three women who sing songs that most of us know well, backed by a quartet. When performing, the three singers, who straddle age 50, dress in elegant, evening dresses and take turns singing most of the songs, harmonizing ...
