Is That Jazz?: Triptet + Nels Cline Singers

Presented by Seattle Composers' Salon and Nonsequitur. The IS THAT JAZZ? festival concludes with Seattle's own Triptet and the Nels Cline Singers featuring Cibo Matto co-founder Yuka C. Honda.

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Is That Jazz?: Denio/Menegone + Anywhen Ensemble

Presented by Seattle Composers' Salon and Nonsequitur. The second weekend of the IS THAT JAZZ? festival begins with the duo of Seattle multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio and New York guitarist/composer Lucio Menegone and the AnyWhen Ensemble, led by trumpeter Douglas Detrick with guest Wayne Horvitz.

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C3

C3 is a Seattle trio that plays adventurous, mostly-improvised songs and songscapes. Leader Steve Ball is best known for his decades of work with Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists, a group who pioneered new forms of both composed and improvised music for guitar ensembles. Steve also founded the Seattle Guitar Circle in 1993. Their spin-off project, Tuning the Air, is now in its 11th season. C3 also features guitarists Ivan Lee and Paul O’Rear. They are joined for this show by Sockethead composer/keyboardist Nathan Grigg, Emma Durand (sweet & sour songs), Joel Palmer (group loops), and David LaVallee (group loops).

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Is That Jazz?: Operation ID + Dana Reason

Presented by Seattle Composers' Salon and Nonsequitur. The second night of the IS THAT JAZZ? festival features the young Seattle group Operation ID and Canadian pianist Dana Reason.

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Is That Jazz?: Empty Cage + Sun Ra Tribute

Presented by Seattle Composers' Salon and Nonsequitur.

IS THAT JAZZ? is a festival dedicated to daring and exploratory artists who are redrawing the boundaries of jazz, and infusing the genre with new forms, new sounds, and renewed sense of immediacy. Some want to limit jazz to a specific and narrow definition; IS THAT JAZZ? embraces jazz as a living, breathing art-form, one that must change and grow. The festival's opening night concert features the The Empty Cage Quartet (Jason Mears, reeds; Kris Tiner, trumpets/flugelhorn; Paul Kikuchi, drums/percussion; Ivan Johnson, bass) and the Sun Ra Tribute Band.

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Amy Rubin & Mary Kantor + ChoroLoco

FASCINATING RHYTHMS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA presents music from the US, Argentina and Brazil. The first half features the classically-based duo of pianist/accordionist Amy Rubin and clarinettist Mary Kantor performing new, original arrangements of music by Rubin, Guinga, Nazareth, Piazzolla and others. The second half welcomes Seattle based ChoroLoco, a quintet of musicians dedicated to bringing to life the music of Brazil from the early 1900s, the music that inspired it, and the music that it continues to inspire.

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Sounds Outside Benefit 3/3

Presented by Monktail Creative Music Concern. For five years, Sounds Outside: A Celebration of Adventurous Music & Community has brought creative music of the highest caliber to audiences, for free, in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Due to tremendous financial difficulties that have gravely impacted our local economy, the festival carries a debt this year. The presenting collective has created a series of three concerts highlighting the work of its members, featuring a stellar line-up of Monktail composers and performers. Tonight's concert features Scott Adams, Samantha Boshnack, Mark Ostrowski, and Stephen Parris.

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Seattle Composers' Salon

The Seattle Composers' Salon is an informal presentation of new music by regional composers. The salon meets the first Friday of every other month, and features finished works, previews, and works-in-progress. It brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation. This month's featured composers include Scott Teske, Christian Asplund, Michael Nicolella, John Teske, and Christopher DeLaurenti.

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