On the upside, a beloved local jazz educator and a jazz nonprofit and its director will be honored at Bumbershoot at today's Mayor's Arts Awards ceremony -- and the three-day spree does continue to present good regional jazz. Excellent national soul, blues and world-music groups, and a peek at a cool new blues fiction film, are on the menu, as well.
Jazz -- Northwest Court
Local record company Origin is back at it again, booking creative jazz groups on the Northwest Court stage Sunday, a pleasant place to quaff a beer and soak up the sounds. Guitarist Dave Peterson and bassist Chuck Deardorf provide a flowing, open-ended, often blues-inflected blend (at noon); pianist Victor Noriega, who sometimes uses Filipino folk songs as source material, adds the saxophones of Mark Taylor and Stuart MacDonald to his trio (1:30 p.m.); Portland pianist Darrell Grant (3 p.m.) and Seattle's favorite jazz singer Greta Matassa (4:30 p.m.) present material from new CD releases; and New Yorker Sam Yahel, best known for his work with Josh Redman, plays organ with Seattleites Taylor and drummer Matt Jorgensen (6 p.m.).
For more information contact All About Jazz.
