The JPQ was featured on the long-running Sonarchy Radio show on KEXP this past weekend. If you missed the broadcast Sunday night, click the play button below to stream the show. My thanks to Doug Haire for having us on. And as always, much love to my amazing band: Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes, D’Vonne Lewis […]
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Hello from sunny New York City! I’m in the Big Apple to celebrate my nephew’s 3rd birthday and can’t believe how beautiful it is here. Yesterday we took a walk in Central Park, where the sun was shining, the cherry blossoms were blooming, and the street musicians were out in force! I’m looking forward to […]
The Zubatto Syndicate, Owcharuk 5 and Water Babies, three bands from different corners of Seattle’s Jazz scene, will take the stage at Seattle’s famed Crocodile Cafe this Thursday. The Croc, as we locals call it, opened just as the Grunge revolution was taking flight, and was home to early concerts by Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, […]
The Jason Parker Quartet hits the road on May 6, 2010 for our first ever tour! We’ll be traveling up and down the West Coast hitting some great jazz clubs along the way. I’ve been wanting to take this band on the road for three years and I’m thrilled to finally be able to do […]
I’m super excited that my friend Andrew asked my band Water Babies to open for his band Zubatto Syndicate at Seattle’s famed Crocodile Cafe on April 15th. For you non-Seattlites, The Croc, as we call it, opened just as the Grunge revolution was taking flight, and was home to early concerts by Nirvana, Pearl Jam, […]
As I mentioned in my last post, there’s been some negative talk about jazz musicians playing tribute shows to other jazz musicians recently. Journalist Phil Freeman discussed the idea in this Twitter conversation, jazz blogger Peter Hum took a little shot in this post, and trombonist Vincent Gardner wrote the most extensive piece on the […]
Every jazz trumpet player in the world has some kind of relationship with Miles Davis. Love him or hate him, study him or eschew him, we’ve all had to deal with Miles in some way. He’s that much of a giant. In a career that spanned 50 years, Miles was at the forefront of many […]
I was so proud to participate in the Seattle Jazz Community Haiti Quake Fundraiser last Wednesday. I played at LUCID Jazz Lounge with four of my great friends, and there were 6 other bands in 6 different venues up and down University Avenue in Seattle. Overall we raised more than $4000 which will be sent […]
I had a truly remarkable “full-circle” moment last Friday that I’ve been wanting to share with you. You can read some of the backstory here. The short version is that 35 years ago I had a life-changing experience when Dizzy Gillespie and his band descended on my elementary school and played a short show for […]
The tragic earthquake in Haiti has hit close to home for the Seattle jazz community. David Pierre-Louis, owner of LUCID Jazz Lounge and one of the biggest supporters of jazz in Seattle, flew to Haiti on Thursday to search for his family and the family of friends. Thankfully he was able to find his mother, […]
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