Two venues doing positive things for the Seattle scene: One of the great new additions to my list of places to be, the Seamonster Lounge is a great gathering spot for local heavies and for music that sometimes falls in those gaps between jazz, funk, and rock. Featuring weekly appearances by the McTuff trio, Nathan […]
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Roy Hargrove Quintet at Jazz Alley
A couple of weeks ago I went to see Roy Hargrove at Jazz Alley. I knew beforehand that this was going to be straightahead, post-bop type stuff, not his neo-soul band RH Factor, which I would love to see live someday, but I realized that it had been quite a while since I had seen […]
Cafe Amore
The jam at Cafe Amore has been going on for a bit now, but until last night I had only been able to stop by quickly. The band was D’vonne Lewis on drums, Mark Bullis on bass, a piano player who goes by Gus, John Terpin on trombone, and the always entertaining Ronnie Pierce on […]
Congratulations to Bad Luck
Bad Luck is a drums and saxophone duo with Chris Icasiano and Neil Welch, two classmates of mine from the University of Washington days, who have taken off on an amazing path of music-making since then. Chris has gone on to work in a diverse range of settings, from free jazz to rock to West […]
Hardcoretet CD Release
What a ride it’s been for the last month or so… After sweating and working hard for our tour, we had a couple of days to great ready to present our hard work to Seattle at the official CD release at Tula’s as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. The vibe there was definitely different […]
Hardcoretet Tourblog, day 5 and Conclusion
So after Skinny’s Lounge in NoHo we headed home to Jon’s house. Jon had already left for the East coast, because Slumglum was playing over there to participate in a program where they may become music ambassadors to another part of the world! Very cool. Anyway, we had already said our goodbyes, but Erin left […]
Hardcoretet Tourblog, Day 4
With one more full day in L.A., and a set time of 11:30 pm, the band had some time to bum around the city a bit. First things first: TACO TRUCK! Jon showed us to his personal favorite, which was, of course, amazing, and even more so because of where we went to eat them: […]
Hardcoretet Tourblog, days 2 and 3
Bocci’s Cellar Monday night began as possible tragedy but ended in triumph. We arrived to the gig to find another band set up inside…the gig had been double booked! Fearless leader Abouzied was on the case: Eventually it was determined that the other band would play a set, and we would follow, so we settled […]
Hardcoretet tour, day 1
Hardcoretet took off early yesterday morning for our West coast mini-tour, San Francisco bound! The minivan was a bit of a tight squeeze: but we made it work! Most of the guys had gigs the night before, so I had planned on taking driving duties the first leg of the trip, which basically was this: […]
Another Great Group Part 2
Once again, Seattle music blew me away. I’ve talked about playing with Scott Morning in Soul Kata before, mostly describing his ability as a section player, but that’s not how I originally got to know him. Scott’s always been a great improviser and composer, bringing together all of his musical tastes to make one stew, […]