Hello Folks, Our new album “Freebird and Other Jazzy Things” is now available on iTunes and Amazon. If, despite my ruthless spamming, you did not attend our CD release event at Boxley’s, you Seattle friends have the opportunity to hear The Young Lizards at Tula’s this Tuesday, March 4th at 7:30 p.m. Cuts from the …
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the recipients of the 2012 Jazz Masters Award, “the nation’s highest honor in jazz.” This lofty honor bestows the grand sum of $25,000 on each of the five recipients, embarrassingly low for the likes of Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, two of this year’s five recipients. Incidently, …
Hello jazz friends, I hope you will join me this week as Glorious Power Trio teams up with visiting New York jazz giants Dave Berkman and Tim Armacost. Please come welcome these two monsters to the jazz scene here in the Northwest. Gig number 1 will be at Egan’s Ballard Jam House on Thursday, March … Continue reading
I will be playing with Glorious Power Trio with special guest Tony Foster at Piccola Cellars this Saturday, January 14th at 7:00 pm. This concert is sponsored by the Boxley Music Fund which is a really great friend to jazz education and performance here in the Northwest. Glorious Power Trio has been getting deep into some really interesting material … Continue reading
The new tools of the trade are both bewildering and useful. Bewildering in terms of the amount of time and bandwidth a person could spend creating profiles, initializing widgets, uploading media, analyzing stats and so on. Useful in terms of creating impressions (although who knows how deep or lasting) among the multitude of thrifty jazz … Continue reading
{Insert Obvious Here} The internet has changed the way music is produced, marketed, “sold”, and consumed forever. When I say “sold”, I should really say “obtained” because purchasing music has become optional. But if you feel guilty and don’t buy into your anti-establishment neighbor’s argument that downloading MP3s for free is cool because you’re just … Continue reading
Hey Pacific Northwest jazz friends, fans and aficionados, please join us for the first annual Olympia Jazz Walk tomorrow, Saturday, August 27th! Dave Peterson and I will be in power-duo mode from 7pm to 10pm at the Olympia Downtown Association. At 10pm we will roll up the street to join the Count Basie alumnus and … Continue reading
Hello Seattle friends, I’ll be playing with the Nate Parker Trio at Piccola Cellars on Wed, June 29th at 7:30pm. This concert is sponsored by the Boxley Music Fund, a great friend and supporter of live jazz music and music education in the Northwest. I will be joined by drummer Greg Williamson and bassist and leader, … Continue reading
Hello Pacific Northwest Jazz Friends, I will be playing at this year’s 2015 North Bend Jazz Walk on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 from 7 to 10 pm. The jazz walk you will remember features dozens of Northwest jazz stars (like me) at over 20 venues, all for one low, low price. Kind of like speed-dating … Continue reading
Hello Pacific Northwest Friends, I’m heading up to the North Bend Jazz Walk shortly to play with jazz masters Clarence Acox and Steve Luceno. If you are among the very few Seattle vicinity residents who have not (despite the juggernaut of spam and advertising) HEARD about this event, please check it out. Nearly every restaurant, … Continue reading
Hello, Pacific Northwest jazz friends. I will be playing with the PONY BOY RECORDS JAZZ ALL-STAR BIG BAND at the North Bend Jazz Walk tomorrow (Saturday, September 14th) at 9:00 p.m. in the North Bend Theatre. WE WILL BE JOINED BY SERIOUS JAZZ TENOR MONSTER PETE CHRISTLIEB!! Please come by and see us and the … Continue reading
