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Jazz: The Ultimate in Undead
Among my collection of articles musing on the death or waning days of jazz, my favorite (so far) appeared in the spring 1997 issue of the Wilson Quarterly. Embellished with an engraving of Wynton Marsalis's face pasted atop a lace-cuffed frock coat and cocooned in a Mozart wig, the article, “Has Jazz Gone Classical?" hits the ...
Golden Ear Nominations
The 2009 Earshot Golden Ear Award Nominations are up and you can vote online at the Earshot website. The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, February 15th at The Triple Door featuring the music of Greg Williamsons A-Y-P Large Ensemble. And the nominees are... 2009 NW Recording of the Year: Rochelle House, Water ...
Seattle Jazz Community Haiti Quake Relief Fundraiser
The tragic earthquake in Haiti has hit close to home for the Seattle jazz community. David Pierre-Louis, owner of LUCID Jazz Lounge and one of the biggest supporters of jazz in Seattle, flew to Haiti on Thursday to search for his family and the family of friends. Thankfully he was able to find his mother, who ...
Seattle Jazz Artists Head to Europe
As we had previously mentioned, Ray Vegas East/West Trumpet Summit, featuring Seattle musicians Thomas Marriott, Jeff Johnson and Matt Jorgensen, just returned from a week in Switzerland performing at Marians Jazzroom. Next week will see more concerts throughout Europe featuring Seattle jazz musicians. Trumpeter Chad McCullough has four up-coming shows (three of which feature John Bishop ...
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 ...
