Upcoming Events
(update 7/28/2010)

August 2010

Centrum  - Port Townsend, Washington
7/25-8/1 “Jazz Port Townsend” workshop/festival
8/1-8 “Port Townsend Acoustic Blues” workshop/festival

8/3 "Notes from the Underground", David Friesen with John Gross and Greg Goebel,  Mission Theater

8/5 Kate Davis Band, “Live CD Recording”,Jimmy Mak’s

8/6 Nancy King/Steve Christofferson, Bijou Café

8/7 “Fremont Fest", Mitzi Zilka Trio, Jay Harris & the Moon by Night Trio, Zimba Dance Exhibition, Laura Cunard Trio w/ Dick Berk, Andre St. James Trio, Big Easy Band, NE Fremont District

8/7 Patrick Lamb/Tower of Power Rhythm Section, Jimmy Mak’s

8/7 Washington Park Amphitheater hosts the “Washington Park Summer Concert Series,” JAZZ WOMEN, The Quadraphones, Janice Scroggins, Ward Griffiths and Leah Hinchcliff, more, 6 pm, free.

8/8 “Louis Armstrong Birthday Tribute”, Tony Starlight’s Supperclub Lounge

8/28 Blue Cranes, “Observatories-Portland Release Show”, Alberta Rose Theater

“2010 Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival,” Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington
8/27 Mavis Staples, Robert Moore & the Wildcats, Norman Sylvester Blues Band w/Janice Scroggins
8/28 David Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Brubeck Brothers Quartet, John Hammond
8/29 Rippingtons, Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Portland State University Jazz Faculty Sextet, Tim Wilcox Jazz Quartet, John Gross Trio w/David Frishberg

Future Events

Jazz Alley, Seattle
9/1 Quincy Jones Presents the Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
9/2-5 Stanley Jordan Trio
9/7-12 Dr. John & the Lower 911
9/14-15 Kyle Eastwood
9/16-18 Jeff Lorber Fusion with Eric Marienthal, Jimmy Haslip & Will Kennedy
9/20 Sadao Watanabe
9/21-22 Geri Allen w/Oliver Lake, Don Byron, Dwayne Dolphin & Jeff Tain Watts
9/23-26 Tower of Power
9/28-29 Elaine Elias
9/30-10/3 Nancy Wilson
10/5-6 Nearly Dan w/ Tom Scott
10/7-10 Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Wayne Henderson
10/14-17 Billy Cobham Palindrome Tour
10/21-24 Manhattan Transfer
10/26-27 Spencer Day
11/30-12/4 Ahmad Jamal
12/7-8 Mike Stern Band w/Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers & Tom Kennedy
12/9-12 Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

9/4-6 Bumbershoot. Seattle;  Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, more.

9/14-11/20 San Francisco Jazz Festival, Esperanza Spalding, Roy Haynes, Arturo Sandoval, Yellowjackets, Jeff Lorber Fusion, more

9/17 Chick Corea Freedom Band - Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Annual Benefit for Music for the Heart

Jimmy Mak’s
9/3 Ed Bennett Band, “CD Release-En Route”,
9/16 & 9/17 Les McCann w/ Javon Jackson Band
9/22 Curtis Fuller w/ Mel Brown Quartet

9/8-12 Music Fest NW

9/17–19 “53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon” Features Legendary Jazz Icons, Visionary New Artists, Classic Collaborations, International Array of Multi-Cultural Performances.
Headliners Include Harry Connick, Jr., Dianne Reeves, Freedom Band with Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, and Roy Haynes; Ahmad Jamal, Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Roy Hargrove Big Band, Billy Childs with the Kronos Quartet, Septeto Nacional de Cuba, Delbert McClinton, Trombone Shorty, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Chris Potter Underground, Nellie McKay, Marcus Roberts, Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, Gretchen Parlato, Jake Shimabukuro, Fred Hersch, and Many More

10/1-3 “Jazz at Newport” Acts announced as of press time include, Dave Captein, John Clayton, Bill Cunliffe, Jim Douglas, Bruce Forman, Alvester Garnett ,Greg Goebel, Benny Green ,Holly Hofmann, Halie Loren, Mary Ann McSweeny ,Jeremy Pelt, Houston Person, Randy Porter, Todd Strait, Swing Shift, Roseanna Vitro, John Wiitala.

10/23 Avishai Cohen, Winningstad Theater

2/18-27 Portland Jazz Festival

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