Jazz around the Sound

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Friday May 9
BPNancy Kelly Quartet, 8
C*Vintage 1 Ensemble, Regatta Grille (1113 6th Ave.), 9:30
CMPearl Django, 7:30
EBAndrew McNight and Sean Kelly, 9
EBKathleen Donnelly and Darin Clendenin, 7
HSJazz & Sushi, 7:30
JAThe Rippingtons, 7:30, 9:30
NORent Collectors, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SRKatrina Wible, 9
SRCara Hill, 5
TUTim Armacost/Chris Fagan Quintet, 8:30

Saturday May 10
BPNancy Kelly Quartet, 8
C*Vintage 1 Ensemble, Regatta Grille (1113 6th Ave.), 9:30
C*Rik Wright Trio, El Diablo Coffee (1811 Queen Anne Ave N), 8
EBDecateur Buff, 11
EBTom Boros, 9
EBManghis Khan, 7
JAThe Rippingtons, 7:30, 9:30
NOTim Sherman Band, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUJovino Santos-Neto, CD Release, 8:30

Sunday May 11
C*Sandra Locklear, Mark Restaurant & Bar (914 SW 152nd, Burien), 11am
JAThe Rippingtons, 7:30, 9:30
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUEd Lee Jazz Band , 8
TUJazz Police Big Band, 3
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Monday May 12
MMRuby Bishop, 8
NONew Orleans Quintet, 6:30
TUJazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio, 8
UMMarc Smason Duo, 8
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Tuesday May 13
C*Jay Thomas & Friends, Sherman Clay Pianos (1000 Bellevue Way, Bellevue), 7:30
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBFree jazz jam w/Neil Welch Trio, 9
EBNate Omdal Nonet, 7
MMKarin Kajita, 8
NOHolotrad Jazz, 7
OWBebop & Destruction, 9
TUEmerald City Jazz Orchestra , 8
UMAntolin/Bellas Duo, 8
WBCity Jazz, 9:30

Wednesday May 14
C*Greta Matassa, Civica Office Commons (205 108th Ave NE), 5
C*Ben Allison & Man Size Safe, Nectar Lounge (412 N 36th St), 8
C*Ron Weinstein Trio, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
C*Gail Pettis Trio, Stanley And Seaforts (115 East 34th, Tacoma), 7
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBOghale and Marti MacEwan, 6
LFSEAllective, 9
NIBuckshot Jazz, 6:30
NOLegend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8
PCSusan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil Sparks, noon
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUBCC Jazz Orchestra w/ Hal Sherman, 8
WBJazz w/RnB, 9:30
WIRonnie Pierce, 10

Thursday May 15
AAMark Lilly , 9
AYTim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30
C*Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
C*Pete Sams Group, Toscanos Wine & Cafe Bar (437 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8
EBPenelope Donado w/ Victor Noriega & Chris Symer, 7
EBPenelope Donado/Victor Noriega/Chuck Kistler, 7
EBMark Lilly, 9
JABobby Hutcherson w/Nicholas Payton, 7:30, 9:30
LFThe Teaching, 9
MMKarin Kajita, 8
MNJason Parker Duo, 9
NOHam Carson Quintet, 7
SBDrunken Masters, 10:30
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUSonando, 8
VTGreta Matassa, 7
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Friday May 16
BPPrimo Kim Trio, 8
EBMarlee Walker Blues Jam w/Alice Stuart, 11
EBTrio Concept with Neil Welch, 8
EBMeklit Hadero/Helen Chance/Christina Orbe, 7
HSJazz & Sushi, 7:30
JABobby Hutcherson w/Nicholas Payton, 7:30, 9:30
NOPaul Green & Straight Shooters, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SRKatrina Wible, 9
SRCara Hill, 5
TUDoug Miller w/ Jay Thomas, Dave Peterson & Phil Parisot, CD Release, 8:30

Saturday May 17
BPBen Thomas, 8
C*Brad Benefield & Todd Lien, Hotwire Coffee (17551 15th Ave NE), 7:30
EBSpecial O.P.S., 11
EBPaul Harding & JuJu Detective Agency, 9
EBWright/Grasso Quartet, 7
JABobby Hutcherson w/Nicholas Payton, 7:30, 9:30
NOPaul Green & Straight Shooters, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUGreta Matassa Quartet, 8:30

Sunday May 18
AAReptet CD release, 2
C*Jack Gold-Molina Electric Trio presents: Emasculata Symphonica, Sureshot coffee house (4505 Universi, 2
C*Jack Gold-Molina Electric Trio, Sureshot (4505 University Way NE), 2
C*Pocket Change, University Street Fair (NE 47th Ave), noon
C*Pocket Change, The University District Street Fair, noon
JABobby Hutcherson w/Nicholas Payton, 7:30, 9:30
LFRicky Gene Powell, 9
NOESB Trio CD Release, Call for time
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUJim Cutler Jazz Orchestra , 8
TUJay Thomas Big Band , 4
TUGarfield High School Jazz Band, 3
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

18 Reptet Repeats
At a FREE concert, Reptet,releases its new album, "Chicken or Beef?" – good question. The afternoon show takes place at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park (1400 E Prospect St, at the north end of Capitol Hill), at 2pm (pre-concert discussion at 1:30). The powerpacked band, always thrilling live, now is John Ewing (drums/percussion), Samantha Boshnack (trumpet/flugelhorn), Tim Carey (bass), Izaak Mills (saxes/bass clarinet/flute/more), Christopher Credit (saxes/clarinet/bassoon/more), and Nelson Bell (trombone/tuba). They have been road-hardened of late into an even tighter, more driving force. Not to miss. The album, by the way, features several compositions that Boshnack wrote with a state 4Culture grant. On the basis of her earlier work, the new tunes promise to propel Reptet to greater heights, and more touring. Did we mention: The show is FREE!

18 Free Jazz for Free
Imagine it is 1970 and our fair town is the hip place it could then be. The Ave was a haven for real beatniks and they would never, ever pass by a coffeehouse show of free jazz as if it was important only to get to shopfronts where one could only shop. That is the vibe of the Sureshot coffee house on select Sunday afternoons such as one in April when the Jack Gold-Molina band performed free jazz FREE OF CHARGE and it was, to be honest, a little depressing to see how few passersby took the opportunity to stop and drop in. The music was hot and it was seeping generously out onto the Ave. Why just saunter by? Well, perhaps we can do better for this show, a performance by the drummer/composer, joined by Paul Kemmish (bass) and Chris Pugh (guitar) of the intense guitar/drums symphony "Emasculata Symphonica." It is a FREE performance, and the coffee sold at Sureshot is sure and hot, and it is an ALL-AGES show. It begins at 2pm, and it is FREE OF CHARGE.

Monday May 19
JAKelly Harland, 7:30
MMRuby Bishop, 8
NONew Orleans Quintet, 6:30
TUVocal Jam w/ Kelley Johnson , 8
UMMarc Smason Duo, 8
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Tuesday May 20
C*Greta Matasa & Roosevelt Jazz Band Quintet , 6
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBM.J. Bishop/Eva Tree/Anna Coogan, 7
JAHerb Alpert & Lani Hall, 7:30
MMKarin Kajita, 8
NOHolotrad Jazz, 7
OWBebop & Destruction, 9
TURoadside Attraction, 8
UMAntolin/Bellas Duo, 8
WBCity Jazz, 9:30

Wednesday May 21
C*Ron Weinstein Trio, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBVocal jazz jam w/Carrie Wicks, 8
JAHerb Alpert & Lani Hall, 7:30
LFSEAllective, 9
NIBuckshot Jazz, 6:30
NOLegend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8
PCSusan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil Sparks, noon
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUGale Dubrow w/ Randy Halberstadt & Jeff Johnson, CD Release, 8
WBJazz w/RnB, 9:30
WIRonnie Pierce, 10

Thursday May 22
AYTim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30
C*Pete Sams Group, Toscanos Wine & Cafe Bar (437 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8
C*Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
EBEd Johnson and Novo Tempo, 9
EBJohnny Butler Trio, 7
JABobby Caldwell, 7:30, 9:30
LFThe Teaching, 9
MMKarin Kajita, 8
NOHam Carson Quintet, 7
SBDrunken Masters, 10:30
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUPocket Change Large Group, 8
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Friday May 23
C*Branford Marsalis Quartet, Meydenbauer Center (11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue), 8
CMDel Rey & Craig Flory, 7:30
EBHaney, Carletti, Blunck, Haning & Smason, 11
EBKaty Bourne and Randy Halberstadt, 9
EBMark Taylor and Ryan Burns, 7
HSJazz & Sushi, 7:30
JABobby Caldwell, 7:30, 9:30
NOStickshift Annie, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SRKatrina Wible, 9
SRCara Hill, 5
TDBluestreet Jazz Voices, 8
TUSusan Pascal Quartet, 8:30

Saturday May 24
AA, Call for time
C*Freda Payne, Kirkland Performance Center (350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland), 2, 8
C*Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Meydenbauer Center (11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue), 8
C*Kevin Mahogany w/ Phil Kelly Big Band, Edmonds Center for the Arts (410 Fourth Ave. N, Edmonds), 7:30
EBMichael Owcharuk Trio w/ Beth Fleenor, 9
EBAlyse Black & Societe Eclairee, 11
EBKarin Blaine, Kenyon Curtiss, Ken Strong, Don Berman, 7
EBMichael Owcharuk Trio w/Beth Fleenor, 8
JABobby Caldwell, 7:30, 9:30
NOStickshift Annie, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SREmily McIntosh & Karin Kajita, 8
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUKelley Johnson Quartet, 8:30
VTGail Pettis Trio, 5

24 Satie & the Ukraine
The Michael Owcharuk Trio will welcome clarinetist Beth Fleenor in this performance at Egan's Ballard Jam House, at 9pm; cover $5. For this gig, Owcharuk, one of the most promising up-and-coming jazz composers in the region, will not only present his catalog of original music, but also will play some new trio compositions as well as his take on the Erik Satie piece, "La Balancoire." And, the band will be joined by Beth Fleenor on clarinet to present and improvise around original arrangements of traditional Ukrainian folk tunes. The arrangements are for clarinet, bass, drums and accordion, which Owchuruk, best known as a pianist, has begun to play in public. The evening, he promises, will be one of "fun, high-energy music mixing joy and melancholy as only the Slavs can."

Sunday May 25
C*Gail Pettis Trio, Dockside Bistro (501 Columbia St NW, Olympia), 6
JABobby Caldwell, 7:30, 9:30
NOTribute to Bobby Holden, Call for time
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUJim Cutler Jazz Orchestra , 8
TUFairly Honest Jazz Band , 3
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Monday May 26
MMRuby Bishop, 8
NONew Orleans Quintet, 6:30
TUJazz Jam w/ Darin Clendenin Trio , 8
UMMarc Smason Duo, 8
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Tuesday May 27
C*Les Mystere de Voix Bulgares, Town Hall (1119 8th Ave), 8
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBJump Ensemble, 7
EBJulian Priester/Dan Blunck/David Haney/Ken Paine, 11
MMKarin Kajita, 8
NOHolotrad Jazz, 7
OWBebop & Destruction, 9
TUKelley Johnson Jazz Workshop, 8
UMAntolin/Bellas Duo, 8
WBCity Jazz, 9:30

Wednesday May 28
C*Ron Weinstein Trio, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
C*Katy Bourne, Verrazanos (28835 Pacific Highway S), 7
DCEric Verlinde, 7
EBVocal jazz jam w/Carrie Wicks, 8
EBUniversity Prep Jazz Combos, 6
LFSEAllective, 9
NIBuckshot Jazz, 6:30
NOLegend Band w/ Clarence Acox, 8
PCSusan Pascal/Murl Allen Sanders/Phil Sparks, noon
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUGreta Matassa Jazz Workshop, 8
WBJazz w/RnB, 9:30
WIRonnie Pierce, 10

Thursday May 29
AYTim Kennedy & Friends, 9:30
C*Pete Sams Group, Toscanos Wine & Cafe Bar (437 29th St NE, Suite A, Puyallup), 8
C*Jeff Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton, Thaiku (5410 Ballard Ave NW), 8
EBWally Shoup Trio, 9
EBIsabella DuGraf w/Logan Strosahl & Brian Kinsella, 7
JADr. Lonnie Smith w/Peter Bernstein, 7:30, 9:30
LFThe Teaching, 9
MMKarin Kajita, 8
NOHam Carson Quintet, 7
SBDrunken Masters, 10:30
SROmdal/Owcharuk Duo, 6
TUTony Bonjorno Vocal Showcase, 8
WBBrazilian Jazz, 9:30

Friday May 30
BPJay Roberts & Don Mock, 8
C*Reuel Lubag Trio, Grazie (23207 Bothell Hwy), 7
EBElise Kloter & Karin Kajita, 9
HSJazz & Sushi, 7:30
JADr. Lonnie Smith w/Peter Bernstein, 7:30, 9:30
NOLil Bill & Bluenotes, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SRKatrina Wible, 9
SRCara Hill, 5
TDPocket Change Quartet, The Musicquarium, 9
TUGreta Matassa Quintet w/ Milo Petersen, 8:30

Saturday May 31
BPBelinda Underwood & Benny Green, 8
CHHeartsong of Charging Elk, 8
EBEcstasy In Numbers, 9
EBJazz Poets, 7
JADr. Lonnie Smith w/Peter Bernstein, 7:30, 9:30
LFGreg Sinibaldi Goat, CD Release, 9
NOLil Bill & Bluenotes, Call for time
PMStephanie Porter, 8
SRGail Pettis Trio, 7:30
SYVictor Janusz, 10am
TUHadley Caliman Quartet, 8:30

Sunday June 1
C*Katy Bourne, Dockside Bistro (501 Columbia St NW, Olympia), 6
JADr. Lonnie Smith w/Peter Bernstein, 7:30, 9:30

Wednesday June 4
EBCyrille Gosselin & Students, 6

4 Cyrille Gosselin & Students
French guitarist Cyrille Gosselin is a pleasure to listen to as he interprets standards like "St. James Infirmary," "Don't Get Around Much Any More," and "Besame mucho." He does venture at times into post-Django styles, but predominantly he evokes Parisian boulevards and cafés on both acoustic and electric jazz guitar. Gosselin came to live in Seattle in 2002, after an earlier career in a progressive rock band. The Lubeck Heads, which he says took its leads from the likes of Pink Floyd, Genesis, Clapton, and "all the great blues names." He has played on the Seattle blues and jazz scenes, including in a jazz duet, Orinewa, with vocalist Nikko Olajoyegbe, and in the Fred Radke Big Band. There, he met the guitarist and singer Billy Brandt, with whom he now has a trio that also includes Felix Serneus on tenor saxophone and flute. He has also recently completed another musical story album with Eric & Anne Benoist (from the Lubeck Heads) called "Agath." For this early-evening show at the always pleasant and affordable Egan's Ballard Jam House, Gosselin presents and accompanies his students.

Saturday June 14
EBRachichi, 7

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