Results for "Seattle"

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Article: Extended Analysis

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Live in Seattle

by Jason West
September 29, 2006

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer GroupLive in SeattleOrigin Records2006 As can be the case on special occasions, this live recording is ripe with sonic excitement, spontaneity, and the ubiquitous impression that something extraordinary is happening right before one's ears.That undoubtedly was the feeling of those ...

News: Performance / Tour

SWOJO w/special guest Jill Townsend Sept. 20

August 16, 2006

SEATTLE WOMEN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) with special guest Jill Townsend Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30pm The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) will perform an all-ages concert at the Triple Door Mainstage in Seattle on Wednesday, September 20, featuring music composed, arranged and conducted by Jill Townsend. Vancouver0based arranger/composer Jill Townsend is the principal composer and conductor ...

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News: Recording

Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group's CD Live in Seattle Released

July 20, 2006

Winner of the 2005 Golden Ear Award for Seattle's best concert of the Year, the Live in Seattle album has just been released by Origin Records. This performance by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer group has Dr. Mike Matheny of Radioio saying it “might be the best release of 2006." The album is being featured in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Live in Seattle

Read "Live in Seattle" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 18, 2006

Vibraphonist Joe Locke and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer have been working together for some time as the New Sound Quartet, which has released two discs in Japan. But while that group--clearly the precursor to this quartet--focused out of necessity on a primarily standards-based repertoire, Live in Seattle provides a far better and more accurate representation of its ...

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Article: Live Review

ICP Orchestra in Seattle, WA

by Bill Bennett
May 7, 2006

ICP Orchestra Seattle, WA March 25, 2006 New Dutch Swing is the phrase coined by critic Kevin Whitehead - who wrote a book of the same name - to describe the music of the ICP (Instant Composers Pool) Orchestra, the Willem Breuker Kollektief, Bik Bent Braam and other members of the ...

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Article: Live Review

The Jim Knapp Orchestra at the L.A.B. Performance Space in Seattle

by Bill Bennett
February 24, 2006

Jim Knapp Orchestra L.A.B. Performance Space Seattle, WA January 9th, 2006 The Jim Knapp Orchestra inaugurated a first Monday of the month series at the Seattle Drum School's intimate and acoustically friendly L.A.B. Performance Space with a superb concert of Knapp originals and arrangements on January 9th, 2006. The sound ...

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Article: Live Review

2005 Ballard Jazz Festival, Seattle, WA

by Bill Bennett
February 2, 2006

The Ballard Jazz Festival Youth Big Band Eric Alexander/Peter Bernstein Group Joe Locke Quartet Ballard Jazz Festival Mars Hill Church Performance Hall November 19, 2005 The Mainstage Concert that concluded the third annual Ballard Jazz Festival featured a delightful spectrum of the music. There was ...

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Article: Live Review

Seattle Improvised Music Festival Fundraiser

by Bill Bennett
December 19, 2005

Seattle Improvised Music Festival Fundraiser Gallery 1412 December 4, 2005 7:00 p.m. The original concept of one minute improvised solos by 40 musicians fascinated me from the first time I saw the fliers, certainly an intriguing idea. How in the world that many players could fit into Gallery 1412 ...

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Article: Live Review

Pat Metheny Trio+1: First Stop Seattle

by Ryan Burns
October 13, 2005

Pat Metheny Trio+1 September 7, 2005 Jazz Alley Seattle, WASeptember 7-9, Jazz Alley hosted the first stop of Pat Metheny's current Trio+1 tour. Playing for the first time at Seattle's longest running jazz club (3rd internationally), Metheny performed six sold-out shows along with band members Christian McBride, Antonio Sanchez, ...

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Article: Download Review

Das Vibenbass: Live at Tost in Seattle

by Mark Sabbatini
April 16, 2005

As the ESPN maniacs put it, “That's a top 10 nominee. The debut live concert download by the Das Vibenbass quartet is a marvel of modernistic jazz that, frankly, is a pain in der arsch to review since decent writers avoid clichés like “riveting “breathtaking and “astonishing. But since new postings are still mostly ...