Jazz Northwest

Thomas Marriott's new working band played the February concert in the Art Of Jazz series presented by Earshot Jazz at The Seattle Art Museum. Playing for a standing room only audience, the quintet played compositions by members of the group including Marriott, saxophonist Rick Mandyck and pianist Tim Kennedy. Geoff Harper completes the group on bass and Xavier LeCouturier on drums. Thomas Marriott enjoys a bi-coastal career and touring when he's not at home in Seattle. In addition to leading his

Pianist Overton Berry has been a fixture on the Northwest jazz scene since the 60s, playing in coffee houses, jazz clubs and concert halls as well as touring abroad, particularly the Far East.

A pair of quintet performances recorded last Summer and not previously broadcast are the focus on this week's show. The first set is with an all-star quintet assembled for a concert in conjunction with the Seattle Public Library's Rhythm in Colors celebration of Seattle Jazz exhibition last Summer. Johnaye Kendrick, Julian Priester, Dawn Clement, Phil Sparks and D'vonne Lewis perform a set of jazz classics and standards. The second set on this program was recorded on the opening night of Centrum

A pair of new releases combining jazz groups and classical string quartets inspired this week's show. Vancouver guitarist and composer Bill Coon has composed and arranged for combined jazz quartet and string quartet in his new CD, Departure by the BC Double Quartet, and bassist and composer Rufus Reid fronts his jazz trio with the Sirius Quartet in a new vinyl album, Terrestrial Dance. This show opens with the Kronos Quartet playing music by Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk. The Kronos Quartet was

Saxophonist Gary Hammon brought his quintet to the Seattle Art Museum's Art of Jazz concert in January. The program includes original music by Hammon and trumpeter Erik Esvelt and two jazz standards. Others in the group include Mike Eskenazy, guitar, Todd Gowers on bass and Mike Eppert at the drums. Gary Hammon grew up in Seattle's Central District and began playing saxophone as a junior at Garfield High School and began gigging around Seattle clubs as a young musician. He went on to study music

This week on Jazz Northwest, we'll sample two new releases with former Seattle musicians now active in New York City, pianist Carmen Staaf and trumpeter Riley Mulherkar. We will also hear songs from Nancy Erickson and the 200 Trio from recent recording sessions in small, intimate clubs in Shoreline and Ballard, and share some of our best bets for live jazz in the coming week. Never miss an episode again. Subscribe to Jazz Northwest with iTunes or Google Play now. More Info Carmen Staaf Nancy

With our first show of the new year, we're sharing some of our favorite albums from 2017 and debuting some new releases. The new album by Canadian saxophonist, PJ Perry who's been active in Vancouver, Toronto, New York and since 1975, he's called Edmonton, Alberta home. His latest release, recorded live at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, features great sound and fleet mastery. Also new is Cory Weeds & Jeff Hamilton Trio's release Dreamsville. Finally, we will listen to Seattle drummer Phil

Seattle's world music trio dunde libre played the December Art of Jazz concert at The Seattle Art Museum and was recorded for this weeks program. The trio plays original music inspired by the musical cultures of Spain, Brazil, Cuba and the Caribbean. The fusion trio includes Alex Chadsey, piano and electric keyboard, Farko Dosumov, electric bass and Jeff "Bongo" Busch on drums and percussion. The group takes its name "duende libre" from a concept of the great Spanish author Federico Garcia Lorca

Seattle's world music trio dunde libre played the December Art of Jazz concert at The Seattle Art Museum and was recorded for this weeks program. The trio plays original music inspired by the musical cultures of Spain, Brazil, Cuba and the Caribbean. The fusion trio includes Alex Chadsey on piano and the electric keyboard. Farko Dosumov performing on the electric bass and Jeff Busch on drums and percussion. The group takes its name from a concept of the Spanish author Federico Garcia Lorca. The

Time once again to turn on the Christmas lights, put a Santa cap on the microphone and settle in for a seasonal sampler of musicians from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. With the beginning of winter, the shortest days of the year and multiple holiday traditions and celebrations, this is our celebration with a sampling of resident musicians in the Pacific Northwest. This year's show includes Bobby Medina, Karin Plato, David Friesen, Dave Frishberg, Thomas Marriott, the SRJO, Primo Kim,