The JPQ had a blast on The Marty Riemer Show this morning. It was great to see Marty and Chris Mays, two of my old pals from my days at 103.7 FM The Mountain, and to meet Jodi Brothers at long last. Marty and Jodi got fired from The Mountain earlier this year, but that […]
Gigs
The JPQ is going to be the featured guest on the Marty Riemer Show tomorrow morning! I used to work with Marty at a radio station in Seattle and he was always one of my favorite people in the business. He and I have both moved on from that station, and now he continues to […]
Listen to the song that started this project while you read on: Three Hours by Jason Parker Quartet I’m so thrilled about my next show with the Jason Parker Quartet. Our Nick Drake tribute project has been in the works for almost two years now and it will finally see the light of day! I […]
Writing this post the other day got me thinking about all the reasons I love playing weddings. It was actually hard for me to narrow it down to a list of 10 reasons! I know many musicians who don’t like playing weddings. I’m not one of those musicians. Weddings make up a big part of […]
This post is inspired by a post from pianist George Colligan about his first gig as a jazz piano player. George is a phenomenal pianist who has recently jumped into the blogging fray. You should definitely check out his new blog, Jazztruth. I mention the following tune in this post so I thought I’d put […]
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of playing with the Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble at a wonderful festival in Seattle called Sounds Outside. The festival is in its fifth year and is presented by the Monktail Creative Music Concern, “a collective of composers, musicians and artists based in Seattle, WA who thrive on the […]
UPDATE: I received a respose from James Keblas in the Mayor’s Office and he told me that the post shouldn’t have been made and he took it down. He said he totally supports all musicians getting paid, thanked me for my letter, and said he was going to call the hotel to talk to them […]
The Inside/Out Jazz Awards brought the Seattle Jazz community together at Benaroya Hall on May 31st to celebrate all that is good about our scene. The night was a huge success all around, with 13 amazing performances of music, dance and spoken word, and awards handed out in 13 categories (see below for photos and […]
Fresh on the heals of my highly successful tour with The Jason Parker Quartet, I decided to give a free touring seminar on Ustream today. I had such a great time talking with all sorts of wonderful musicians about what worked and what didn’t. It was an amazing experience to have us all in one […]
Lucid Jazz Lounge is proud to present the first “Inside/Out Jazz Awards” at Benaroya Hall on Monday, May 31, 2010. The concept for the I/O Awards sprang from the same idea as Lucid – that the Seattle jazz community needs to build itself from the inside out. Over the last year plus, this is what […]
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