Roy Parnell (1943-2006) - Earshot Jazz

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
JA Hiromi, 7:30
JU Sandra Locklear & Inner Circle Quartet, 8
MA PK & Tom Swafford, 7:30
TD Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, 7:30
TU Gail Pettis Trio, 8
1/2 SANDRA LOCKLEAR
Seattle-based vocalist-pianist Sandra Locklear
records a new CD during these two evenings at
Jubilante in Renton, with her Inner Circle Quartet:
Jack Klitzman on horns, Mike Barnett on bass and
Steve Korn on drums. The show also features
guest vocalist Jim Locklear. Sandra Locklear
sings standards and originals with great emotion
and proficiency, honed during years of singing
in Europe, Canada, the Northwest, and Alaska,
and influenced by the likes of Astrud Gilberto,
Laura Nyro, Carol King, Shirley Horne, and Nina
Simone. The club is all-ages until 10pm.
1/3/4/11 GAIL PETTIS
You have four opportunities to hear this
nominee for last year’s Golden Ear Award for
best vocalist. Gail Pettis, originally from Gary,
Indiana, and schooled in the art of the jazz
vocal locally by Dee Daniels and Greta Matassa,
and an admirer of the likes of Bobby Caldwell
and Kevin Mahogany, goes from strength to
strength, performing a winning, crowd-involving
style of vocal jazz. In these pages last July, Todd
Matthews wrote of Pettis that “A performance
provides Pettis the opportunity to process, learn,
reflect, and quite often unpack a tune in search
of its core feeling and emotion. It’s a goal that
Pettis frequently achieves, and with a soulful
grace that makes the process seem almost
effortless.” She told Matthews: “As I experience
it, the currency of jazz is emotion. That’s what
you give and hopefully get back.” She is at Tula’s
on March 1, the Sorrento Hotel’s elegant Fireside
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AA Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Seattle
AF Affairs Cafe, 2811 Bridgeport Way West, University Place, (253) 565-8604
BF Benaroya Hall, 3rd and Union Downtown Seattle, 215-4747
BJ Beacon Pub, 3057 Beacon Ave S, 726-0238
BP (425) 391-3335
C* Concerts and Special Events
CC Charlie’s at Shilshole, 7001 Seaview Ave NW, 783-8338
CF Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 861-8233
CF Copperfield’s Restaurant, 8726 S Hosner, Tacoma, (253) 531-1500
CM Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 NE Eighth St, Bellevue, (425) 644-1111
CV Café Venus and Mars Bar, 609 Eastlake Ave E
CZ Cutter Point 7520 27th St. W. University Place, (253) 565-4935
FB Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca at Harvard on First Hill
GT Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave
GR Grazie Rist., 23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy SE, Bothell, (425) 402-9600
HS Hiroshi’s, 2501 Eastlake Plaza, 726-4966
IB Il Bistro, 93-A Pike St, 682-3049
JA Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave, 441-9729
JB Jazzbones, 2803 6th Ave, Tacoma, (253) 396-9169
JF Johnny’s, Fife exit 137 off I-5 at Motel 6, (253) 922-6686
JU Jubilante Restaurant, 305 Burnett Ave S, Renton (425) 226-1544
JW Julia’s of Broadway, 300 Broadway, 860-1818
KR Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, (425) 893-9900
LA Latona by Green Lake, 6432 Latona NE, 525-2238
LU Luigi’s Grotto, 102 Cherry, 343-9517
18 • Earshot Jazz • March 2006
Room on the 3 rd and 4 th , and at Bake’s Place
Providence Point, on the Eastside, on the 11 th .
1 HIROMI
Still only in her mid-20s, this extremely gifted
Japanese pianist inherited a wealth of knowledge
about jazz from her mentor, Ahmad Jamal,
and from other piano greats. She blended it
with everything from the classics to funk, and
emerges as one of the most promising talents
in modern piano jazz, as evidenced by her 2003
debut CD Another Mind. Hiromi Uehara was a
child classical-music prodigy who discovered
jazz in her teens. At 17, she had a now-fabled
chance meeting with piano legend Chick Corea
who, on hearing her, invited her to perform with
him in concert the next day. In 1999, Hiromi
enrolled at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
She says: “I really don’t have barriers to any type
of music. I could listen to everything from metal
to classical music to anything else.” And: “I love
Bach, I love Oscar Peterson, I love Franz Liszt,
I love Ahmad Jamal. I also love people like Sly
and the Family Stone, Dream Theatre, and King
Crimson... Basically, I’m inspired by anyone who
has big, big energy.” At Jazz Alley.
1 STRINGS PACKED IN
In the small but music-friendly Matt’s in the
Market, upstairs from where Patti Summers’
place used to be, two fine string players, violinist
Tom Swafford and bassist PK share their dulcet
airs.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
C* Ben Thomas & Tangent Project, Seattle City
Hall, 600 4th Ave, noon
C* Jeff Hamilton Trio, Bruce Paulson, Wenatchee
Jazz Workshop, Wenatchee High School, 7:30
C* Jon Pugh jam for teens, Roy’s Place, 4918
196 th St SW, Lynnwood, 7
JA Monty Alexander & Spirit of Jamaica, 7:30 &
9:30
TD George Kahn, 7:30
TU Greta Matassa vocal workshop, 8
2 VIBES, MAN
Seattle vibraphonist Ben Thomas plays
swinging, pulsing jazz that has captured the
attention of critics far afield. In Jazz USA, John
Barrett, Jr. praised Thomas’s second album,
The Mystagogue, for its “power -it’s here by the
truckload. While Ben Thomas brings his mallets
down hard, his band stretches in serpentine,
Zappa-like themes. There’s tons of sustain on
the title track, endless harmony for the drums
to crash against.” Similarly, in All Music Guide,
Adam Greenburg praised his “contemporary
take on the vibes that’s still influenced by the
various masters.”
2 GRETA MATASSA
Greta Matassa, a perennial favorite among fans
of jazz vocals, leads a vocal workship at Tula’s.
She is “stratospherically gifted,” as Earshot Jazz
said, and has repeatedly won best-jazz-vocalist
awards in Seattle, including this year’s Golden
Ear Award for best Northwest vocalist. She has
a varied and get-after-it style, and is a student
of all the greats. At Tula’s at 8.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
C* Pran, Ballard IOOF, 1706 NW Market, Seattle,
7:30
C* Katy Bourne Quartet, Columbia City BeatWalk-
Revival Lighting, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 7
C* Garfield High School Big Band Dance, Swedish
Club, 1920 Dexter Ave N, 7:30
C* Michael Biller & Joe Casalini Duo, Columbia
City Art Gallery, 4864 Rainier Ave S, 7
HS Jon Hamar Trio, 8
MA Matt’s in the Market, 94 Pike St #32, 467-7909
MK Mr. Lucky, 315 1st Ave N Seattle, 282-1960
NE Norm’s Eatery, 460 N. 36th, (206) 547-1417
NO New Orleans Restaurant, 114 First Ave S, 622-2563
OU On the House, 1205 E Pike, (206) 324-3974
OW Owl ‘n Thistle, 808 Post Ave, 621-7777
PC Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 6th Ave, (206) 622-4865
PM Pampas Club, 90 Wall St, 728-1140
PN Poncho Concert Hall at Cornish College of the Arts, 710 E Roy St.
RD Richmond Beach Deli, 632 NW Richmond Beach Road, Shoreline, (206) 546-0119
RZ Rendezvous, 2320 2nd, 441-5823
SA The Spar, 2121 N 30th, Tacoma, (253) 627-8215
SB Seamonster Lounge 2202 N 45th St, 633-1824
SF Serafina, 2043 Eastlake Ave E, 323-0807
SQ Scarlet Tree Restaurant, 6521 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-7153
SR Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison, 622-6400
ST Suite G, 513 N 36th St, 632-5656
SU Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 784-4480
SY Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW, 526-1188
TA Tempero Do Brasil Restaurant, 5628 University Way, 523-6229
TB Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, 4918 Rainier Ave. S. 721-3501
TD The Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333
TO ToST, 513 N 36th St, 547-0240
TU Tula’s, 2214 2nd Ave, 443-4221
WB Wasabi Bistro, 2311 2nd Ave, 441-6044