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Barbie Anaka Debuts New Album, "Speechless" With Triple Door Performance on January 6th
SEATTLE SONGSTRESS DEBUTS NEW ALBUM, “SPEECHLESS" WITH TRIPLE DOOR PERFORMANCE Seattle's own Barbie Anaka performs at The Triple Door on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 7:30pm in celebration of the release of her third album, entitled “Speechless". A triple threat as a contemporary jazz singer/songwriter/producer, Anaka enjoyed success with her first two recordings, “In Love With ...
Take Five With Jaiman Crunk
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jaiman Crunk: Jaiman was born into a musical family in the San Francisco Bay Area. His great grandparents were vaudeville performers-one grandfather was a singer and the other one was a guitarist. He was given his first guitar at the age of five. He remembers his grandfather playing and teaching him many other ...
Anat Cohen at Kennedy Center Jazz Club
by Franz A. Matzner
Anat Cohen has received no shortage of accolades of late and her rise is a testament to her stunning capacities on clarinet and saxophone. She is no stranger to Washington, DC audiences either, packing clubs and concert halls from Bohemian Caverns to the Sixth and I Synagogue. Most recently, Cohen filled the Kennedy Center's Jazz Club, ...
Jaiman Crunk "Encounters" CD Release
With a vast lineup of some of the greatest names in jazz performing a diverse and ambitious set of original compositions, composer and guitarist Jaiman Crunk presents an auspicious debut recording. Tied together by Crunk's compositions, his choice to have, for instance, multiple bass players—including Ron Carter, John Patitucci, and Buster Williams—had less to do with ...
2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition
by Franz A. Matzner
It can never be said that the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz does anything halfway. Held annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, this year's competition and gala concert was ambitious and extravagant--equal parts a celebration of jazz drumming, a salute to women's past and present contributions to the art form, and a promotion for ...
Changes at KPLU
Seattle-Tacoma, WA) Beginning October 28, 2012, 88.5 KPLU’s Sunday program schedule will change between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. KPLU’s Assistant General Manager/Director of Content Joey Cohn said the station is discontinuing broadcasts of Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland from 2 to 3 p.m. The 94 year-old McPartland hasn’t recorded a new show for over two ...
Human Spirit Kicks Off Their West Coast Tour
Starting Monday, October 15, Human Spirit will kick off their West Coast Tour which starts nearly on the one-year anniversary of their live recording which resulted in their current release, Dialogue, on Origin Records. Joining them will be pianist Orrin Evans and bassist Essiet Essiet who are also featured on the CD. Seattle appearances include a return engagement at the Earshot ...
Fulbright In Brazil, Daniel Barry Music
Composer, multi-instrumentalist and SWOJO director Daniel Barry premieres new music written during his recent three-month Fulbright residency in Brazil, Oct. 15, 8pm at the Royal Room (206) 906-9920. He performs with two bands. the Walk All Ways is Daniel Barry (trumpet), Jim DeJoie (woodwinds), Alicia DeJoie (voilin), Brad Hawkins (cello), Steve Rice (accordion), Chris Symer (bass), ...
Lorraine Feather & Russell Ferrante To Perform At Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival
On October 12th & 13th vocalist Lorraine Feather and pianist Russell Ferrante will perform (as a duo) for two nights at Tula’s in Seattle, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. She has received seven Emmy nominations as a songwriter. She began ...
Barrett Martin: Musical Artifacts and Seattle Punk
by Jack Gold-Molina
Barrett Martin's primary instrument is the drums, but he has also been known to play upright bass, as well as many different types of ethnic percussion instruments that he has studied formally, often traveling to their countries of origin to seek out Griots and teachers. His musical credits include Seattle bands Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, ...
