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Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Tour The Pacific Northwest April 7th-13th
Beginning this Tuesday, the critically acclaimed jazz outfit, Ryan Keberle & Catharsis, will hit the road traversing the Pacific Northwest and Northern California bringing their music, what the LA Times recently described as “a potent blend of cinematic sweep and lush, ear-grabbing melodies" to both rural and urban centers. Ryan Keberle & Catharsis is: Ryan Keberle ...
Chihiro Yamanaka Trio At Blues Alley In Washington, DC, March 30
The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 30, 2015 at Blues Alley in Washington, DC. The trio, led by jazz pianist/composer Chihiro Yamanaka, a Universal Music/Blue Note recording artist, features bassist Yoshi Waki and drummer John Davis. Ms. Yamanaka’s performance, part of Blues Alley’s Japanese Jazz Series, marks her return to Blues Alley after her well-received ...
The Evergreen Classic Jazz Band: Early Tunes: 1915-1932
by Hrayr Attarian
The first incarnation of jazz that is, rightly or wrongly, referred to as Trad Jazz or Dixieland, is not merely confined to historical releases or to the Preservation Hall in New Orleans. There are still many proponents of the style spread out across the US and abroad. One such ensemble is the Seattle based ...
Wayne Horwitz: The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble
by Maurizio Zerbo
Ascoltare un CD di Wayne Horvitz è sempre un'esperienza sorprendente, grazie al suo eclettismo assai raro nel mondo del jazz. Dedicata a Butch Morris con cui il leader aveva collaborato negli anni '80, l'opera in esame ne esplora la direzione improvvisata meglio conosciuta come “conduction." Prende così forma un percorso estemporaneo fatto di ...
Jenny Scheinman: Little Bit Country
by Franz A. Matzner
A brief survey of violinist, vocalist, and composer Jenny Scheinman's recordings proves her a multi-genre experimenter, uniting a wide range of musical styles through partnerships with a diverse set of premier artists, including Jason Moran, Myra Melford, and Lou Reed. Scheinman's facility and humor was confirmed over the course of a Valentine's Day weekend performance at ...
Ancient Future Pacific Northwest Concert Tour
The pioneering world music group Ancient Future will perform four concerts as part of a rare Pacific Northwest concert tour. Celebrating its 36th year, Ancient Future is the world's first and longest running ensemble dedicated to world fusion music. They've sold over 150,000 albums and millions of samplers, and performed over 1,000 concerts. Ancient Future has ...
Devin Sinha: The Seventh Season
by Glenn Astarita
A resident of Seattle, WA, singer/songwriter Devin Sinha's Midwestern upbringing casts a folkish muse, paralleled by the rustic album cover artwork illustrating a wheat field and weather worn fence. But Sinha incorporates a touch of the forever hip Pacific Northwest Indie rock panorama as he poses an articulate view of life's experiences, here on his second ...
Jazz Contest For Women Composers!
SEATTLE WOMEN’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) announces the Third Annual Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest for Women Composers. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra with award-winning guitarist Mimi Fox in Seattle. The winner of the contest will receive a $400 honorarium, an audio recording of their piece performed live, ...
Brad Gibson: Poontet
by Vincenzo Roggero
Poontet è una piccola, sorprendente finestra aperta sulla effervescente scena musicale di Seattle. Un EP, poco più di trenta minuti di musica che raccoglie fermenti e suggestioni contemporanee e li colloca in una dimensione temporale trasversale a diverse epoche e influenzate da differenti generi. La combinazione di tastiere analogiche e tastiere digitali crea sonorità cosmiche, ideale ...
Rich Pellegrin Quintet: Episodes IV-VI
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Rich Pellegrin offered up his first installment of Three Part Odyssey (OA2 Records) in 2011. It's a musical journey inspired by travels through Europe and North Africa. Employing a superb quintet, three “Episodes" blossomed from a first rate collective approach. Pellegrin and his group follow this up with Episodes IV-VI, featuring a slightly more reflective ...
