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Jahari Stampley at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
Jahari Stampley Jazz Alley Seattle, WA January 30, 2024 There are certain immutable facts that present themselves to you when engaging with 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute International Competition winner, Jahari Stampley. First, he is a brilliant pianist, with prodigious talent and a commanding presence. Secondly, he is a large personality, ...
David Ambrosio's Civil Disobedience: 50 Years in the Making
by Paul Rauch
Modern jazz has never been more prolific. Nonsense you say? With most recording and touring jazz musicians coming out of institutions of higher learning these days, jazz listeners can encounter top line players in virtually any major city in the United States. What's happening in New York is happening in Seattle, Denver, Detroit or Cleveland in ...
Rebirth Brass Band Perform With Sol Roots And Gordon Sterling At The Hamilton Live
Closing out 2023 with a bang, New Orleans musical heavyweights Rebirth Brass Band appear for a two night run at The Hamilton Live in Washington D.C, also featuring the fierce funk/soul guitarist Sol Roots on December 30th, and the talented group Gordon Sterling & The People on December 31th. Rebirth Brass Band Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band ...
The Heavy Hitters Live at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
The Heavy Hitters Jazz Alley Seattle, Washington December 12, 2023 At first glance, this gig's title gives the impression of an all-star lineup of established players running through the changes of straight ahead standards in a friendly setting. There was some semblance of that, with the band boasting an assemblage ...
Eric Hilton: from Thievery Corporation to Corazón Kintsugi
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on downtempo electronic music godfather and Thievery Corporation co-founder Eric Hilton. Eric joined us a few weeks after the September release of Corazón Kintsugi (Montserrat House), his album with longtime Thievery vocal collaborator Natalia Clavier. Eric produced, arranged, and played the majority of the instruments on the 9-track ...
MagiCircle Featuring Paoli Mejias
by Jack Gold-Molina
MagiCircle Featuring Paoli Mejias North City Bistro Shoreline, Washington October 20, 2023 MagiCircle featuring Santana conga player Paoli Mejias performed two sets of Brazilian-and Caribbean-influenced jazz to an intimate crowd at North City Bistro located northeast of Seattle. Drummer and leader Jeff Busch introduced the band and then the music started ...
Jeremy Pelt Quintet at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
Jeremy Pelt Quintet Jazz Alley Seattle, WA November 7, 2023 At forty seven years of age, trumpeter/composer Jeremy Pelt came of age as a musician in the mid-1990's as a young member of the Mingus Big Band. He benefited greatly during that time and in the years that followed, from the ...
Detroit Jazz Festival 2023: A Tribute to a Great Jazz City
by Paul Rauch
Detroit Jazz Festival 2023 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI September 1-4, 2023 Opening night is always a gas. Whether it takes the form of the annual rite of spring in baseball, the long anticipated opening of a Broadway play, or for that matter, the opening salvo of a world ...
Scenes from the 2023 DC Jazz Festival
by Matt Hooke
An embassy may seem like an unusual place to kick off the 2023 DC Jazz Festival, but it made for a good indication of the international and collaborative atmosphere fostered by the annual event. The DC Jazz Festival opening night at the House of Sweden, the embassy for Sweden and Iceland, began with a ...
Al Di Meola at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
by Jack Gold-Molina
Al Di Meola Acoustic Trio Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Seattle, WA June 15, 2023 On Thursday June 15th Al Di Meola brought an acoustic trio to Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle to perform a set of flamenco influenced jazz. The musicians in his group included Di Meola playing guitar, Italian flamenco ...
