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Steve Coleman: A Master of Creative Musical Improvisation
In his classic 1973 book “The Anxiety of Influence," the prodigious literary critic Harold Bloom argues that great poets define themselves through an Oedipal struggle in which they misread the work of their predecessors to find their own distinctive voice. Maybe the collaborative nature of jazz serves as an antidote to anxiety, because the most creative ...
Review: Branford Marsalis at Jazz Alley
Perhaps the moment that said the most about saxophonist Branford Marsalis, whose quartet began a four-night run Thursday at Jazz Alley, was the moment he left the stage, disappeared and left the spotlight to his young drummer Justin Faulkner, who delivered an inspired, disciplined solo over the Thelonius Monk tune “Rhythm-a-Ning." Even among the unsuspecting in ...
Seattle Times: Jennifer Scott Forges Jazz Art from Pop Classics
from The Seattle Times: Jennifer Scott is a musical alchemist, a singer with a gift for transforming songs often dismissed as pop dross into jazz gold. Not that she makes a particular point out of dredging up Top 40 hits, but the Vancouver, B.C.-based Scott has set herself apart from the jazz-vocalist pack with her mesmerizing ...
Seattle Times: Hot Java Cool Jazz: A Showcase of High-School Bands at the Paramount
from The Seattle Times: For the past 10 years, high-school jazz bands from Washington state have accounted for nearly one-quarter of the finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington band competition in New York City. True to form, three schools from the Seattle area are sending bands to the 15-band Ellington competition in May: Garfield, Roosevelt and ...
Marc Seales / Rochelle House at Jazz Alley
Monday, March 30 at 7:30pm Marc Seales Quintet with Special Guest Rochelle House JAZZ ALLEY 2033 6th Avenue Seattle Reservations: 206-441-9729 jazzalley.com The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents pianist Marc Seales with special guest vocalist Rochelle House for one night only. Both artists ...
Seattle Times: Tom Varner Brings Jazz French Horn to a Sacred Space
From The Seattle Times: At its best, jazz is hand-tailored music that can be shaped to fit just about any setting. For French-horn master Tom Varner, a concert in the intimate, resonant Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center offers an opportunity to design a program calibrated for a sacred space. Saturday’s performance, part of ...
Paul Kikuchi Solo at Gallery 1412
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 - GALLERY 1412 1412 18th Ave, Seattle gallery1412.org Percussionist Paul Kikuchi will perform solo compositions and improvisations centered around the drum set, and his new series of original instruments entitled topographs, this Friday at Gallery 1412 in Seattle. Paul Kikuchi is a percussionist, composer, and instrument maker from Indianola, ...
Seattle Times: For Branford Marsalis, It's All About the Group
from The Seattle Times: Branford Marsalis is one of the biggest names in jazz, a midcareer master who’s maintained an enviable level of visibility for nearly three decades. But the sardonic tenor and soprano saxophonist isn’t much impressed by personal accolades. As a musician, he’s devoted to a group concept that puts a premium on free-flowing ...
Gene Stout: It Has Been a Long and Winding -- And Totally Wonderful -- Road
From the final article by Gene Stout, Seattle PI Music Critic: My time on the music beat — from 1983 to the present — has been a wild ride, with hundreds of interviews with some pretty famous people and hundreds of concert reviews. It has been an honor to write about music in a city that ...
Branford Marsalis at Jazz Alley: March 19-22
ROOM IN ALL SHOWS! Listen to KPLU 88.5 FM Thursday, March 19th at noon, for a live duet performance and interview! The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents three-time Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis for four nights touring in support of his new release Metamorphosen. Band members joining Mr. Marsalis are Joey Calderazzo (piano), ...
