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Matt Jorgensen: Seattle's New Sound
by Franz A. Matzner
Originally from Seattle, drummer, composer, and bandleader Matt Jorgensen began pursuing music relatively late. After only a few years of study during college, he picked up and left home to throw himself into the New York jazz scene. Now, ten years later, he’s formed a critically acclaimed ensemble, released his fourth album, and is co-owner of ...
Ray Vega Quintet at the KC Jazz Club
by Matt Merewitz
It's usually a bad thing to review a musician's live show and not own at least one of his records. Especially when his discography as a sideman is easily accessible in most record shops. Unfortunately, I do admit this was the case for myself in going to review Ray Vega's Latin Jazz Quintet at the Kennedy ...
Sakesho: Carribean Jazz Hits D.C.
by Franz A. Matzner
Blue's Alley April 8, 2004 You never know what to expect when you head out for a night of jazz, and to me that’s the best part of the jazz world. The music has become so diverse, so multi-cultural, and so stylistically varied that on any given evening even the most seasoned listener is ...
Saxophonist Paul Carr: DC's Mister PC
by Matt Merewitz
Paul Carr is a saxophone and flautist deeply rooted in the hard-bop and blues tradition of jazz. He has a guttural “Texas Tenor” sound which stems from his childhood years growing up in Houston, Texas. While he has a stunning jazz improvisatory vocabulary, his ability to move an audience is his greatest asset. Arriving in the ...
Ron Blake's MUSIC T'REE Flourishes Across Genres
by Matt Merewitz
A radio host throws on one of Ron Blake's discs ' perhaps his latest effort for Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records, Lest We Forget. Chances are - you dig. But who was that? Many of you have seen or heard this saxophonist live or on record, but there is no name to go with a sound. Don't ...
Origin Arts: The Tsunami from Seattle
by C. Michael Bailey
In general, the median quality of Jazz Music is several orders of magnitude greater than that of Popular Music. To this writer, this is best evidenced by the flood of music spilling out of my mailbox on a daily basis. Amazingly, the vast majority of music that I listen to is of a very high quality. ...
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra with guest Clark Terry
by Jason West
Beneroya Recital Hall, Seattle WA October 28, 2000 A veteran of the Count Basie and Duke Ellington orchestras, Clark Terry delivered five decades of musicianship and a timeless sense of humor to Seattle, entertaining a packed house of 500-plus fans who filled Beneroya Recital Hall. High notes mirrored sightgags as the venerable ...
Pat Martino Trio at Jazz Alley
by Roy Strassman
Pat Martino Trio Jazz Alley Seattle, WA October 31, 2000Amidst good tidings, packed house and festive d'cor, replete with onstage Christmas tree, the Three Jazzmen journeyed to the West, Seattle's Jazz Alley, thereby annunciating the holy rebirth of jazz guitar-organ funk. The jazzmen in question are none other ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio in Seattle
by Christopher Jones
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio in SeattleDimitriou’s Jazz Alley August 8th, 2000 I don’t have many pet peeves, but this is one of them: Why is it that so many jazz musicians, when performing live, neglect to say much of anything to the audience? Is this a phenomenon passed down from the bebop era, a ...
Tula's: Seattle Jazz Club
by Jason West
On the east side of Second Avenue, between Blanchard and Bell St., there's something for everyone. For the rockers there's The Crocodile; for the mods there's The Lava Lounge; for margaritas there's Mama's Mexican Kitchen; an for the best local jazz six nights a week, there's Tula's.With blinds drawn and only a modest blue ...
