September 2017 Volume 42, Number 7 NEW BAND, FAMILIAR FACES AND CLASSIC JAZZ ON SEPTEMBER 17th!! by George Swinford Above: Dave Loomis To introduce trombonist Dave Loomis new band, I can hardly do better than to quote that band s first press release. With slight editorial revisions, here it is: America is restless. It wants jazz... Traditional jazz...san Francisco jazz... from the 1940s. Luckily for America, a brand new band has just that kind of jazz. Emulating the style of the Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, from the Dawn Club and Hambone Kelly s, and the golden age of San Francisco jazz, it s the Good Herb Jazz Band (Good Herb--Yerba Buena...get it?). It consists of the usual suspects of Seattle area veterans, along with some superb musicians that may be new to you. This is raucous, fun, and exciting music that goes great with beer and barbecue, and thank God for that! Join us as we plumb the depths of newly-edited and engraved arrangements of rags, stomps, blues and more, lifted directly from Lu Watters original charts. Come join us for some real jazz, as it was meant to be played! That pretty much says it all, but just to elaborate a bit, here are the usual suspects and superb new players that will be bringing us this historical stuff: On trumpets we ll hear Dave Holo and Michael Van Bebber, echoing Lu Watters and Bob Scobey. Leader Dave Loomis will be on trombone and, completing the front line, Jacob Zimmerman will play clarinet. Paul Hagglund will play tuba and Kevin Johnston will be on banjo. Ray Skjelbred has years of Frisco-style playing behind him. His piano and Mike Daugherty s authentic drumming will complete the rhythm section. Dave Loomis acquired the entire original book of the legendary Lu Watters band. He has re-scored each arrangement on computer (mainly for legibility), corrected errors and re-done the notation so today s players can read it down more easily. He then rechecked each arrangement against the original YBJB recordings and made any necessary further corrections. Truly, this has been a labor of love! We begin our fall concert season with music from the trad revival of the 40s, that turned many of us on to jazz in the first place. Join us once again, at the Ballard Elks on Sunday the 17th, and hear the Good Herb Jazz Band lay down some of the real stuff! WHERE: Ballard Elks Lodge 6411 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle WHEN: 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. September 17 ADMISSION: $12 PSTJS members $15 non-members. Pay only at door. FURTHER INFO: Carol Rippey 425-776-5072. Or - website: www.pstjs.org. Plenty of free parking; great view & dance floor, snacks, coffee, and other beverages available.
Page 2 Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society 19031 Ocean Avenue Edmonds, WA 98020-2344 425-776-5072 www.pstjs.org UPCOMING EVENTS Elks Lodge, Ballard, 6411 Seaview Ave N.W., Seattle Sept. 17 Oct. 15 Nov. 19 Dec. 17 Good Herb Jazz Band Black Swan Classic Jazz Band Evergreen Classic Jazz Band Ray s Yeti Chasers PRESIDENT Judy Levy jazzdancer2@msn.com 425-606-1254 VICE PRESIDENT Jack Temp 425-242-0683 SECRETARY Cilla Trush paultrush@yahoo.com 206-363-9174 TREASURER Gloria Kristovich gkristo@live.com 425-776-7816 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Keith Baker kacybaker@comcast.net Verna Eriks vernaeriks@gmail.com 206-363-6171 Joanne Hargrave shorejo1@comcast.net 206-550-4664 John Heinz latitude47.8@comcast.net 425-412-0590 Edmunde Lewin 360-297-6633 George Peterson ggpeters99@gmail.com 425-453-5218 Carol Rippey trianglejazz@comcast.net 425-776-5072 George Swinford grs-pms@comcast.net 425-869-2780 MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Carol Rippey trianglejazz@comcast.net 425-776-5072 EDITOR Anita LaFranchi jazzeditor@q.com 206-522-7691 WEBMASTER George Peterson ggpeters99@gmail.com 425-453-5218 Jazz Soundings Published monthly except July and August by the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society. Anita LaFranchi, Editor, jazzeditor@q.com Ads must be submitted in a jpeg or PDF format Payment in advance to: Gloria Kristovich, P.O. Box 373, Edmonds, WA 98020-0373 Advertising Rates: Full page $100. 7 1/2 wide by 9 1/2 tall Half Page $60. 7 1/2 wide by 4 1/4 tall Quarter Page $40. 3 5/8 wide by 4 1/4 tall Gigs for Local Bands BELLINGHAM TRADITIONAL JAZZ SOCIETY 1st Saturday, 2-5 pm VFW Hall 625 N. State St., Bellingham, WA Sept. 2 Louisiana Joymakers Oct. 7 Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band Nov. 4 Market Street Dixieland Jass Band Dec. 2 Crescent City Jazzers BURIEN JAZZ WALK September 23, 3-11pm PEARL DJANGO 6:20-7:20PM 909 / 913 Courtyard The World Jazz Stage 909 SW 152nd St. 206-243-7909 UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND 3:20 4:20pm EVERGREEN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND 10 11pm St Elizabeth s Church The Dance Hall 1005 SW 152nd St. 206-243-6844 holotradband 4:30 5:30 THE YETI CHASERS 7:50 8:50 Classic Eats Potpourri 918 SW 152nd St. 206-763-6800 DAVE HOLO TRIO Salty s on Alki 1936 Harbor Avenue. SW Seattle, WA 98126 206-937-1600 http://saltys.com/seattle Sept. 1 5-8pm Sept. 15 5-8pm OLYMPIA JAZZ SOCIETY Sept.10 Washboard Cutups Oct. 8 Hume Street Preservation Jazz Band Nov. 12 Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band Lite Dec. 10 Evergreen Classic Jazz Band PEARL DJANGO Sept. 9 9pm We will be part of Lokalfest in Poulsbo, WA This KNKX sponsored event begins at 3:00 pm in the Pavilion on the Poulsbo Waterfront. Sept. 23 6:20pm Burien Jazz Walk (See above for more info) JACOB ZIMMERMAN & HIS PALS Sept. 3 6-8pm Royal Room, Seattle, WA For more info visit: http://theroyalroomseattle.com/ Sept. 29 7:30-9:30pm Third Place Commons, Lake Forest Park On Your Dial... Sunday 3-6 pm Art of Jazz, Ken Wiley, KPLU 88.5 FM Deadline is the 10th of the month for the next month s issue
Page 3 Members and Board, I too must write a thank you to our Puget Sound Jazz Society Members and the Board. Members, in participating in our raffles you sent: Liam Anderson a Bass player, who has been playing / studying for 5 years on the bass. He s from Snohomish, WA and attends Snohomish High School and Jai Lasker a guitar player, who has been playing / studying for 5 years on the guitar. He lives in Lynnwood, WA and attends Edmonds-Woodway High School. Board members, you all so readily came forward to help me in the decision of a camp to take the place of our Heebee Jeebee Camp which ended last year. After many emails, and many phone calls to camps from Canada, California, and back East, we decided this year on the Shoreline Jazz Camp. Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Summer Camp. I met with Lorie Hofman, Executive Director and corresponded with Kellie Lie Arts Educational Manager. I attended the 1 st of two culminating concerts the morning of August 11 th and was so impressed. Verns Eriks stated in her email: Hi Joanne, I just got back from the 7pm jazz concert. Boy, was that fun!! These kids are good musicians, about nine different ensembles, then they all played in about 4 different big band groups. It was a real treat! We have to continue supporting them. I also talked with Kelly for a few moments. I am still receiving notes of new camps being formed, so I will keep looking for next year. In Gratitude. Sincerely, Joanne Hargrave To the Board of the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society I am the gratuitous recipient of a scholarship for the Shoreline Jazz Camp organized by the Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council. I would like to thank you for your generous donation to assist me in attending camp. This jazz camp has given me a new outlook and new perspectives on jazz. The band leaders have shown me numerous different perspectives on playing, practicing, and soloing, all of which I plan to incorporate in my future years of playing jazz. The individual instructors each have a wealth of knowledge that they are eager to share, and I have learned how to improve my personal playing and sound as well as how to interact in different situations playing with other people. Whether you are in 7 th grade or a graduate, the Shoreline Jazz Camp has something to offer for everyone. It has been a wonderful camp, Thank you again for the opportunity and financial assistance. Sincerely, Liam Anderson To the Board of the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society I received a scholarship for the Shoreline Jazz Camp, organized by Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council. Thank you for your generous donation to assist me in attending camp. This week has been invaluable for my education as a jazz musician, I had the chance to play with amazing musicians (both the pres and my fellow students) and that alone taught me more than I could have hoped for, the camp forced me to push myself to my own limits as a sight-reader, rhythm guitarist, accompanist, and improviser. The week has opened my mind to new ways of thinking when it comes to a traditional jazz setting. I ve learned exercises and workouts to not only warm-up, but to also push my chops. My work with Dave and Jim has really made me more comfortable with high-level literature. I was lucky enough to make it to the top combo and big band I had fun pushing myself to greater heights as a musician. Again, thank you for everything. You ve gifted me the chance to do Sincerely, Jai Lasker
Page 4 AMERICA S CLASSIC JAZZ FESTIVAL, 2017 PART 1 by Doug Parker This year s A.C.J.F. was, as always (maybe more than ever) an artistic, and, we are happy to report, also a financial success, thanks to the generosity of individual and corporate sponsors. This ensures not only that there will be another festival in 2018, but enough money was raised to enable the Greater Olympia Dixieland Jazz Society to make a VERY generous contribution to the cause of sending deserving young music students to the jazz camp (a humorous sidelight to this will be mentioned later). The quality of music was excellent, with each of the bands this writer heard having a character of its own. It was impossible to hear them all - the decision had to be made - go to venue A to hear band X, or to venue B to hear band Y, or to venue C to hear band Z. (Your writer must confess that due to the abnormally HOT weather that weekend, he accidentally-on-purpose avoided the tent, which unfortunately resulted in missing some good sets). There was a wide variety of sounds, all under the umbrella of Our Kind of Music - the righteous New Orleans (by way of Great Britain) four-beat sounds of the Grand Dominion Jazz Band, the good time two-beat of the High Sierra Jazz Band (perhaps they have inherited the title of America s Favorite Jazz Band from the famed Firehouse Five Plus Two!) - the Boston sound of the Wolverines, in the tradition of the Yankee Rhythm Kings and the Paramount Jazz Band, featuring Jimmy Mazzy s excellent singing and banjo-picking - the CanUS band, with their unorthodox instrumentation of two reeds and a trumpet in the front line (no trombone, except for the set on which they were joined by CanUS alumnus Jim Armstrong, now with the Grand Dominion band) - the unique sounds of Ivory and Gold, with Jeff (piano) and Anne (flute) Barnhart joined by great banjoist/guitarist and great guy Eddie Erickson - the hot dance music of Josh Duffee s Graystone Monarchs, with sidemen selected from the various festival bands. And our three great Pacific Northwest bands, the Black Swan band from Portland (unfortunately, on the set your correspondent heard, talented and entertaining vocalist Marilyn Keller had not yet arrived) - the Evergreen Classic Jazz Band from Seattle, with a fine mixture of veteran players (leader-bass man Tom Jacobus, pianist Ray Skjelbred, cornetist-reed man Steve Wright, trombonist Dave Loomis and drummer-singer Mike Daugherty) joined by two talented young men, who will be the subject of my next paragraph - and, of course the Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, great as always, especially with the addition of Turk Murphy s longtime cornetist Bob Schulz on most sets. Notes from the Prez September is here and we re celebrating with a brand new band. Yes, we all will miss Bob Schulz and his merry band, but I m sure the Good Herb Jazz Band will fill the bill very nicely. After much deliberation your Board voted not to continue asking for sponsorships in order to cover the travel and performance expenses for the Bob Schulz Band this year. Change is the word for this year. We have our election in December and have a few empty chairs on the Board. Now is your chance to help make the decisions for the Society. Please let me know in writing (email) if you d like to be added to the ballot. We need to have 12 people on the board. We have four meetings each year when decisions are discussed and made. New ideas are always welcome so we d like to hear from you. The other change is that I will be stepping down from the Presidency in December. My recent health situation makes it impossible to continue. It s been 13 wonderful years and I ve enjoyed each one of them to the fullest. The Board members have been great covering the bases I used to manage and I thank them sincerely. I ll still be at our Sunday Jazz at the Elks whenever I can, I m not totally giving up on the great music and wonderful friends but trying to be a responsible patient. Cheers, Judy Look for Part II next month!
Page 5 Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society 19031 Ocean Ave., Edmonds, WA 98020-2344 Please (enroll) (renew) (me) (us) as a member or members Name Address City, State Zip Code Phone E-Mail Check when renewing if your address label is correct Dues for 12 months: Single $25 Couple $40 Lifetime single $200 Lifetime Couple $350 Patron $500 (One or two lifetime membership) Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the performance and preservation of traditional jazz. Your membership and contributions are tax-deductible. Thank you. WELCOME NEW MEMBER: SHERIANNE M. CALDWELL PLEASE SHARE YOUR FAVORITE JAZZ MEMORY WITH US! We re looking for new Members YOU can help with little effort and that s by bringing just one of your friends or family members into our club. If WE ALL do that, our membership will double. You may put your memories down on paper and mail to: P S T J S 19031 Ocean Ave, Edmonds, WA. 98020 or email your stories to: jazzdancer2@msn.com. Red X on your Jazz Soundings mailing address label with your name on it - means it s time to renew your membership. TWO red XX means last chance to Renew Now!
Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society 19031 Ocean Ave. Edmonds, WA 98020-2344 Address service requested Non-profit Org U..S. Postage Paid Seattle, WA Permit 1375 BANDS, CONTACTS AIN T NO HEAVEN SEVEN Leader: Terry Rogers terryrrogers@comcast.net 206-465-6601 BOURBON STREET ALL STARS Leader: Jeff Winslow (360) 731 0322 drjwjazz@gmail.com COAL CREEK JAZZ BAND Leader: Judy Logen, 425-641-1692 Bookings: judy@coalcreekjazzband.com COMBO DE LUXE Bookings: Candace Brown www.combodeluxe.net jazzstrings@comcast.net 253-752-6525 CORNUCOPIA CONCERT BAND Leader: Allan Rustad www.comband.org 425-744-4575 DUKES OF DABOB Bookings: Mark Holman, 360-779-6357, seaclar7@embarqmail.com. DUWAMISH JAZZ BAND Bookings: Carol Johnston carolanjo@yahoo.com 206-932-7632 EVERGREEN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Leader: Tom Jacobus email: t.jacobus@comcast.net ph: 253-852-6596 or cell 253-709-3013 FOGGY BOTTOM JAZZ BAND Leader: Bruce Cosacchi 360-638-2074 GRAND DOMINION JAZZ BAND Bookings: Bob Pelland bobpelland@gdjb.com 360-387-2500 holotradband Leader: Dave Holo email: dave@daveholo.com www.holotradband.com HOT CLUB SANDWICH Contact: James Schneider www.hotclubsandwich.com 206-561-1137 HUME STREET PRESERVATION JAZZ BAND Bookings: Karla West 406-862-3814 JAZZ UNLIMITED BAND Leader: Duane Wright duane.janw@frontier.com 206-930-9998 JAZZ STRINGS Bookings: Dave Brown jazzstrings@comcast.net 206-650-5501 LOUISIANA JOYMAKERS Leader: Mike Hobbs mikehobbs1924@gmail.com 604-294-9464 THE BARRELHOUSE JIVE CATS Leader: James Walls 206-280-1581 email:groovepowers@gmail.com www.barrelhousejivecats.com THE MARKET STREET DIXIELAND JASS BAND Ansgar Duemchen: 425-286-5703 Tim Sherman 206-547-1772 www.marketstreetjazz.com MIGHTY APHRODITE Co-leaders: Bria Skonberg, Claire McKenna mightyaphroditejazz@hotmail.com 405-613-0568 NEW ORLEANS QUINTET Jake Powel 206-725-3514 jake_powel@comcast.net RAINIER JAZZ BAND Manager: Randy Keller randolphscottkeller@gmail.com 206-437-1568 RAY SKJELBRED rayskjelbred@gmail.com 206-420-8535 RONNIE PIERCE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ronniepiercemusic@yahoo.com, 206-467-9365 UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND Leader: Bert Barr uljb@yahoo.com 425-898-4288 WILD CARDS JAZZ Leader: Randy Keller randolphscottkeller@gmail.com 206-437-1568 THE YETI CHASERS Leader: Ray Skjelbred Rayskjelbred@gmail.com 206-420-8535 For more information: http://www.rayskjelbred.com/calendar.html