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Friday, October 19 McCaw Hall, 8pm
Ahmad Jamal
Pianist Ahmad Jamal has infused small jazz ensembles with an orchestral spirit for decades. This living legend, an NEA Jazz Master, appears with the latest of his timeless trios.
$75, $40, $35, $30 general (Gold Circle seating available)
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Friday, October 19 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Roosevelt High School Jazz Band w/ Frank Tiberi
This year, the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, which won the nation's premier prize for high school jazz, the Essentially Ellington Competition, appears with the Woody Herman Band veteran saxophonist and leader.
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Friday, October 19 Kirkland Performance Center, 8pm
T.S. Monk Sextet
Rachael Price
A student of Max Roach by age 10, and the son and bandmate of Thelonious Monk, T.S. Monk is a hard-swinging drummer and musical tour de force. Rising-star jazz siren Rachael Price also appears with her group.
Adults $29 / Sr $20 / Youth $15
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Friday, October 19 & Saturday, October 20 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Jimmy Greene Quartet
The tenor saxophonist and Jacky McLean disciple brings classical training to bear on his exuberant, original jazz.
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Saturday, October 20 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
This crowd-pleasing National Medal of Arts-winner, a New Orleans treasure, has archived the city's musical history for over a quarter century.
$40 advance; $45 day of show
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Saturday, October 20 Edmonds Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner
Thielemans brings peerless range to his signature sound on the harmonica. His seasoned collaborator on piano is the stunningly gifted Kenny Werner. Photo by Jos Knaepen
$28-38 general
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Saturday, October 20 Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
Gino Robair: I, Norton — An opera in real-time
"At the request of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton declare myself Emperor." So began the proclamation by which Joshua Norton, on September 17, 1859, became Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. Dramatically, the work takes place as the Emperor lay dying on a rain-soaked street. At that precise moment, time is suspended and his life's events pass before his eyes. The result is an opera that is rich in symbolism and metaphor, carrying a political subtext that resonates with current geo-political situations.
Presented by Earshot Jazz and Nonsequitur
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Sunday, October 21 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Red Earth
The Grammy and Tony Award winning jazz vocalist brings ten of Mali's most exciting musicians to Seattle to present the music of her stunning album, Red Earth, A Malian Journey.
$35 general / $33 discount
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Sunday, October 21 Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Codebook
On his own albums and those of pianist Vijay Iyer, this alto saxophonist forges his own voice from Ornette's ambiguity and Bird's exuberance. Codebook, its pieces informed by cryptography and number theory, includes Iyer, bassist François Moutin, and drum titan Damion Reid.
$20 general / $18 discount
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Sunday, October 21 Tractor Tavern, 8pm
The Tiptons
Now Seattle and New York-based, the all-female sax quartet (Jessica Lurie, Amy Denio, Tina Richerson, Sue Orfield, plus drummer Faith Stankevich) employs searing, on-stage chemistry to create an international stew of Eastern European melody and American experimentation. $15 general / $13 discount
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The T.S. Monk Sextet performs a fundraiser for the Central Area Senior Center on Sunday October 21, 4pm–6pm, open to the public: call 206-726-4926. |
Sunday, October 21 & Monday, October 22 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Luis Perdomo Trio
Upon moving to New York, the Venezuelan pianist quickly earned a chair in Ravi Coltrane's quartet, and has impressed mightily with his "exploratory urgency" and "energetically limber" playing (NYT). $15 general / $13 discount
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Monday, October 22 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Dafnis Prieto Absolute Quintet
This brilliant Cuban drummer has evolved a musical style that is energized sophistication. Prieto's Absolute Quintet lives up to its name, with piano, cello, violin, and the fiery alto saxophone of Yosvany Terry.
$20 general / $18 discount
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Monday, October 22 Chapel Performance Space, 7:30pm
Trevor Watts & Jamie Harris
Reuben Radding & Jane Rigler
Watts, an originator of the 1970s English free-improv scene, also pioneered the pairing of African drums and jazz saxophone. Percussionist Jamie Harris joins him in free-jazz improvisations. Bassist Reuben Radding couples lithe improvising with technical adroitness in a New York duo with flutist Jane Rigler.
$20 general/$18 discount
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Earshot Festival Films /
Northwest Film Forum present:
Tuesday, October 23–Thursday, October 25 (7pm & 9:15pm)
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Imagine the Sound (Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon...)
Complete details at www.nwfilmforum.org.
$8.50 General / $6 Senior/Child / $5 Member
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Tuesday, October 23 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Oliver Mtukudzi
With his driving ensemble, Zimbabwe's great cultural export, "Tuku" Mtukudzi, blends traditional Korekore drumming with mbira and jit styles to create an inimitable form respectfully dubbed "Tuku music."
$25 advance / $28 day of
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Tuesday, October 23 Chapel Performance Space, 7:30pm
Gust Burns/Greg Campbell/
Reuben Radding/Wally Shoup
Gust Burns Trio
Shoup has long paced the sax vanguard, lately with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, as well as vaunted improvisors from all over. He finds ideal partners in bass virtuoso Reuben Radding, blistering drummer Greg Campbell, and piano tearaway Gust Burns (whose trio with Campbell and lyrical bassist Jeff Johnson opens).
$15 general / $13 discount
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Tuesday, October 23 & Wednesday, October 24 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Marc Cary Trio
This energizing pianist's star is hotly on the rise. He leads a snarky trio through a flurry of elastic jazz by way of a studied love of hip-hop and deep digressions into adventurous territory. $15 general / $13 discount
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Wednesday, October 24 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Scott Amendola Band
Nels Cline Singers
Fresh from the Bonnaroo Festival, drummer Amendola and scorching Wilco guitarist Cline deliver a double hit. The singerless Nels Cline Singers is a critically acclaimed rock/jazz must-hear. Amendola's band, as on his recent, electro-acoustic Believe, includes Cline, guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise), and violinist Jenny Scheinman (Bill Frisell's groups).
$22 general / $20 discount
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Thursday, October 25 Seattle City Hall, noon-1pm
Bill Anschell Trio
One of the finest of the city's many fine jazz pianists, a perennial gem.
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Thursday, October 25 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
David SÁnchez Quartet
With palpable charisma, Sánchez's huge tenor-sax tone flares with the musical passion of his native Puerto Rico, often in jazz interpretations of mountainous works by Latin American composers. $24 general / $22 discount
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Thursday, October 25 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Roberta Piket/Billy Mintz Trio
Hailed as a revelation at last year's festival, pianist Piket and drummer Mintz return with acclaimed bassist Ratzo Harris.
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Thursday, October 25 PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
Anat Cohen Quartet
Dawn Clement Trio
With two discs this year, this New York-based Israeli saxophonist/clarinetist is winning high praise for explorations of South American, Afro-Cuban, classical, and jazz music. Opening, Cornish-based pianist Dawn Clement packs huge imaginative punch with her trio.
$18 general / $16 discount
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Earshot Festival Films / Northwest Film Forum presents:
Friday, October 26—Thursday, November 1 (7pm & 9:15pm)
Let's Get Lost (Chet Baker)
Complete details at www.nwfilmforum.org.
$8.50 General / $6 Senior/Child / $5 Member
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Friday, October 26 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Jacky Terrasson, solo
Sachal Vasandani
French pianist Jacky Terrasson has charmed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. His new album, a musical self-portrait called Mirror, furthers the growing legend. Appearing with his group, Chicago native Vasandani is an emerging jazz vocalist whose remarkable presence and extreme elasticity of phrasing hold great promise.
$22 general / $20 discount BUY ONLINE AT TRIPLEDOOR.NET
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Friday, October 26 PONCHO Concert Hall, 8pm
John Hollenbeck’s Refuge
Solo or in large-ensemble soundscapes, Hollenbeck wields percussion like a shrewd lyrical poet. Ace organist Gary Versace and vocalist Theo Bleckman join the can't-miss, boundary-bashing Guggenheim Fellow.
$18 general / $16 discount
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John Hollenbeck holds a free presentation at Cornish College, 206-726-5151, open to the public, the afternoon of his October 26 performance. |
Friday, October 26 & Saturday, October 27 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Jean-Michel Pilc Trio featuring Ari HoenigPilc, a former French rocket scientist, constructs dazzling piano work of dense harmonics, speed-of-sound technical facility, and otherworldly propulsion. On afterburners: bassist Thomas Bramerie and stunning drummer Ari Hoenig.
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Saturday, October 27 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Garfield High School Jazz Band w/ Houston PersonThe Garfield band, local-favorite past Essentially Ellington winner, renews its summer Centrum-workshop collaboration with revered tenor saxophonist Houston Person, once an Etta Jones mainstay and long treasured in his own right.
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Saturday, October 27 Town Hall, 8pm
MusafirMusafir (Hindi and Urdu for "traveler") plays the music of the Rajasthan desert of North India, the "gypsy homeland" of the Roma. They create a transcendent blend of music, dance, and performance art.
Advance $22 ($19 discount), door $25 ($22 discount).
Discount available for Earshot and Town Hall Members, Seniors and Students
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Saturday, October 27 Harvest Moon Jazz Cruise aboard the Steamship Virginia V, 4 -7pm
Sunday, October 28 Ballard Elks, 12:30pm
Sunday, October 28 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Butch Thompson TrioJazz-historian pianist Thompson has enjoyed four decades of renown in a panoply of settings, including as a regular on A Prairie Home Companion. He joins the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society and Seattle trad specialists Holo Trad Jazz in varied combos at Ballard Elks, and brings his trio to Tula's.
LATE-BREAKING ADDITION: Celebrating the full Harvest Moon and the 85th anniversary of the pristinely renovated steamship with an evening cruise on Lake Union and Lake Washington, with Classic Ragtime and Traditional Jazz by historian, pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson.
>> Note correction to brochure: Ballard Elks show is on Sunday Oct 28.
BALLARD ELKS: TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR MORNING OF EVENT $13 general / $11 discount
TULA'S: CALL 206-443-4221 FOR RESERVATIONS & $15 general / $13 discount
S.S. VIRGINIA V: CALL 206-624-9119 FOR RESERVATIONS, $50 per person / $90 per couple
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Sunday, October 28 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Cedar Walton TrioFor half a century, from his playing on Coltrane's seminal Giant Steps to stints with Lee Morgan, the Jazz Messengers, and beyond, pianist Cedar Walton has crafted a gorgeous and peerless urban idiom.
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Sunday, October 28 Seattle Art Museum, 8pm
Cuong Vu TrioFew trumpeters inspire as much excitement as this richly melodic Pat Metheny sideman and recent add to the UW jazz faculty. He premieres Earshot-commissioned work for his heralded trio with drummer Ted Poor and remarkable bassist Stomu Takeishi.
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Monday, October 29 Triple Door, 7pm
Willem Breuker Kollektief’s FaustThe Dutch sax giant's legendary, seriously whimsical ensemble accompany F.W. Murnau's 1926 silent masterpiece with an adventurous interplay of circus fun and serious big-band chops. $20 general / $18 discount BUY ONLINE AT TRIPLEDOOR.NET
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Monday, October 29 Tractor Tavern, 8pm
SunshipGregg Keplinger & Rick Mandyck
A night of reverential mayhem: Sunship, inimitable experimenters fortified by sound alchemist Stuart Dempster, plus two more Seattle innovators, drummer Gregg Keplinger and electric guitarist Rick Mandyck.
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Monday, October 29 & Tuesday, October 30 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Michael Bates’ Outside Sources New York bassist Michael Bates's growing boldness as a composer earmarks 2007 as a banner year. This Vancouver International Jazz Festival standout plays at the crossroads of structural experimentation and indisputable charisma. Michael Bates, double bass, Russ Johnson, trumpet, Quinsin Nachoff, saxophone/clarinet, Jeff Davis, drums.
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Tuesday, October 30 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Fred Hersch TrioThe herald pianist Fred Hersch — "a pristine pianist with a poet's soul" (Boston Globe) — celebrates his recent Night and the Music with bassist Ben Street and drummer Nasheet Waits. $22 general / $20 discount BUY ONLINE AT TRIPLEDOOR.NET
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Tuesday, October 30 Tractor Tavern, 8pm
Buell Neidlinger StringlickersThe Whidbey Island-based superbassist set out with Cecil Taylor, then sailed on to redraw the boundaries of bluegrass. He releases his new CD, which barely cages an untamed jazz and string-band menagerie.
$20 general / $18 discount BUY ONLINE
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Jazz writer Jeff Levenson conducts an oral-history interview of Lorraine Gordon,
owner of NY's fabled Village Vanguard, at the Experience Music Project's JBL Theater, Tuesday, October 30, at 5:30pm, open to the public. |
Wednesday, October 31 Town Hall, 8pm
Festival in the Desert:
Tinariwen / Vieux Farka TourÉ
Seattle's African show of the year. The Tuareg rebel band, Tinariwen, lately a huge hit in Europe (and Rolling Stones opener), rides in with riffing, electrified Saharan fervor that resounds with the roots of American blues. Also unearthing blues roots with his high-powered band is Malian singer/guitarist Vieux Farka Touré, son of guitar legend Ali.
$28 general / $26 discount
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Wednesday, October 31 Tractor Tavern, 8pm
McTuff
Halloween in the embrace of 60s soul jazz: Seattle-based tear-it-ups Skerik (saxes), Joe Doria (Hammond organ), Andy Coe (guitar), and D'Vonne Lewis (drums).
$12 general / $10 discount BUY ONLINE AT TICKETWEB
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Wednesday, October 31 & Thursday, November 1 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Eric Person & Meta-Four
The acclaimed New York saxophonist, at the helm of the ambitious quartet Meta-Four, shows why he has been called on by trumpeter Dave Douglas, World Saxophone Quartet, and rockers Vernon Reid and Ben Harper.
$15 general / $13 discount
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Thursday, November 1 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
John Abercrombie Quartet
In a rare appearance behind his new ECM release, the guitarist appears with his acclaimed, all-star "Third Quartet" — drummer Joey Baron (Masada), bassist Marc Johnson (Bill Evans), and violinist Mark Feldman.
$28 general / $26 discount
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Thursday, November 1 Seattle City Hall, noon-1pm
Michael Brockman Trio
The co-leader of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, on alto sax, leads his sparkling trio.
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Friday, November 2 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Billy Childs Sextet
Two-time Grammy-winning pianist Billy Childs is a West Coast musical treasure, a "sleeper" whose six-piece jazz chamber group best demonstrates his vast talents as a composer. $24 general / $22 discount
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Friday, November 2 Chapel Performance Space, 7:30pm
Iva BittovÁ
The versatile vocalist/violinist's "personal folk music" blooms in a fertile delta of Eastern European, classical, and rock traditions.
$15 general / $13 discount BUY ONLINE
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Friday, November 2 Kirkland Performance Center, 8:00pm
Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini is one of the most eloquent and versatile masters of the unaccompanied acoustic jazz guitar. His command of the instrument is intimate and powerful. He weaves soft, seductive jazz arrangements that cherish the melodies and harmonies of great songs.
$29 adult, $15 youth BUY ONLINE AT KPCENTER.ORG
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Friday, November 2 & Saturday, November 3 Tula's Restaurant, 8:30pm
Aaron Goldberg Trio
The Brooklyn-based pianist, a Thelonious Monk Competition winner who toured with Joshua Redman and Wynton Marsalis, leads a sophisticated trio that boasts a stellar, rhythm section: bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland.
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Saturday, November 3
Kevin Mahogany’s Big Joe Turner Tribute CANCELLED
Saturday, November 3 Triple Door, 7:30pm
Elspeth Savani and Orchestra Zarabanda NEW
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Saturday, November 3 Chapel Performance Space, 8pm
October Trio w/ Brad Turner
Evan Arntzen (sax), Josh Cole (bass), and Dan Gaucher (drums) took the CBC's Galaxie Rising Stars Award at Vancouver International Jazz Fest 2006. With standout trumpeter Brad Turner, they occupy the cutting edge of our neighbor to the north.
$15 general / $13 discount
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Saturday, November 3 Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 4 Kirkland Performance Center, 3pm
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra:
Great american songbook iv
UW sax professor Michael Brockman and ace drummer/educator Clarence Acox direct this local big band of all-star instrumentalists for "Great American Songbook IV," featuring vocalists Greta Matassa, Bernie Jacobs, James Caddell, and others.
November 3 at Nordstrom Recital Hall:
Reg $35 / Sr $29 / Student $21 BUY ONLINE
November 4 at Kirkland Performance Center: Adult $34 / Sr $30.50 / Youth $15 BUY ONLINE
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The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra holds a Jazz 4 Kids performance the afternoon of Sunday, November 4, at the Kirkland Performance Center. |
Sunday, November 4 Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm
Jason Moran: Bandwagon
The pianist, now a Blue Note staple, innovates with startling pre-recorded elements and finds an ideal vehicle in Bandwagon, with drummer Nasheet Waits and bassist Taurus Mateen. $24 general / $22 discount
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Sunday, November 4 Moore Theater, 8pm
John Zorn’s Moonchild w/ Trevor Dunn, Joey Baron
& Mike Patton
Zorn, the one-off, mammoth talent, demonstrates his legendary production skills in this project. He conducts and mixes the sounds of Moonchild, a trio of bassist Dunn, the torrential Baron (drums), and vocalist Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle…) who taps the zeitgeist of rock exploration and decibel-heavy release.
$32 general / $30 discount
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