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CONCERT REVIEW: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall at Jazz Alley
By BILL VIRGIN
Herb Alpert could easily have capitalized on his legacy of helping to create the soundtrack of the American ’60s by hitting the casino, state fair and symphony pops circuit with a reconstituted Tijuana Brass and a “then I had a hit with. . . ” show.
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Bill Champlin leaves Chicago and heads to Seattle
Singer-guitarist Bill Champlin, who recently went rogue after nearly three decades with jazz-rock band Chicago, is currently on tour with his new album, “No Place Left to Fall” (Dream Makers), his first solo CD in more than 10 years.
The album includes a 70-minute bonus DVD that includes a documentary on the making of the album [...]
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“Lombardi’s Live” offers an intimate showcase for local jazz
I recently dropped by Lombardi’s Italian restaurant, where jazz artists from Seattle’s Pony Boy Records have been serenading diners with modern and retro jazz since early October in a series dubbed “Lombardi’s Live.”
The music series at the popular Ballard restaurant at 2200 N.W. Market St. began a month after Pony Boy’s sixth annual jazz picnic [...]
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Earshot Jazz Festival opens today
Celebrating its 21st year, Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival offers three weeks of traditional and cutting-edge jazz from here and abroad.
Perhaps the most exotic is Turkish vocalist Saadet Turkoz, who performs Thursday at the Asian Art Museum.
The festival opens tonight with the Garfield High School Jazz Band (winner of the recent Essentially Ellington competition in New [...]
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Seattle City of Music Awards makes its debut
In light of Seattle’s spotty history with music-awards shows, it’s impossible to predict how long the Seattle City of Music Awards will last.
But Wednesday night’s inaugural event at Showbox at the Market suggested that a second annual awards show will be eagerly anticipated next fall.
The Showbox event began with a Hollywood-style, red-carpet stroll by local [...]
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Bumbershoot is a wrap: the photographic evidence
The 2009 Bumbershoot festival came to a close with the last wailing guitar riffs from Modest Mouse Monday night at the Bumbershoot Mainstage.
It may go down as the wettest Bumbershoot of the last two decades, with showers and/or rain much of the weekend.
But festivalgoers braved the weather for some amazing performances, from Sheryl Crow to [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Diana Krall at Chateau Ste. Michelle
The title of Diana’s Krall’s current album is “Quiet Nights,” a phrase that also describes her two-night stand at Chateau Ste. Michelle.
The second show Sunday night was a low-key but very classy affair featuring the jazz singer and pianist and her talented band — drummer Jeff Hamilton, bassist Robert Hurst and guitarist Anthony Wilson — [...]
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Stanley Jordan: four nights at Jazz Alley
On tour following the release of his first major album (as a bandleader) in more than a dozen years, jazz guitarist and “touch virtuoso” Stanley Jordan is playing Aug. 27-30 at Jazz Alley, for a total of five shows. Tickets: $23.50 at Jazzalley.com or 206-441-9729.
Jordan’s new album is “State of Nature” from Mac Avenue Records; [...]
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Bite of Seattle is for music fans too
Who gets the better deal at Bite of Seattle? Music fans or food lovers?
Actually both. The annual eat-a-thon today through Sunday is packed with food booths and music stages, so you can grab a meal (or two or three) and take in a show at one of four stages at the 28th annual festival.
Here are [...]
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Summer music ‘print and save’
Summer always brings a glut of shows to the Seattle area, rain or shine.
Here’s a list of upcoming concerts at the Woodland Park Zoo, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Marymoor Park, The Gorge and other outdoor venues, as well as the arenas, big theaters and even a few clubs.
The summer is packed with concerts, fairs and festivals, [...]
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