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JUNE 3 – JUNE 6, 2010

Artists

2009 Bellevue Jazz Festival Featured Artists

Friday, May 22

3:15 PM	Sammamish High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
4:00 PM	Jose Gonzales Trio Grand Cru Wine Shop & Bar at TEN20 [ FREE ] A spicy blend of funk, swing, and pop
4:30 PM	Newport High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
5:00 PM	Jon Hamar Trio Vertigo Lounge & Grill [ FREE ] Jazz bass
5:30 PM	New Age Flamenco Bellevue Grille [ FREE ] Latin jazz
5:45 PM	Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
7:00 PM	Trish Hatley Trio El Gaucho Bellevue [ FREE ] Jazz vocalist
7:00 PM	Kurt Elling Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ] Kurt Elling is widely known as the preeminent young male jazz singer today. On Nightmoves (2007), his brilliant debut for Concord Records and seventh outing overall, Elling artfully blends his rich baritone voice with signature scatting and virtuosic vocalese in a wide-ranging repertoire of tunes ... [ more ]
9:00 PM	Dianne Reeves Strings Attached Meydenbauer Center (Center Hall) [ Buy tickets ] Recognized as one of the premier vocalists in the world, four-time GRAMMY® winner, Dianne Reeves, is one of the most significant singers in jazz. ... [ more ]
10:30 PM	Music Works Jazz Orchestra & Jam Session Courtyard by Marriott-Downtown Bellevue [ FREE ] Jam with members of the Music Works Jazz Orchestra. MWJO will perform a short set at 10:30 PM. Other musicians are welcome to join at 11:45 PM. Appetizers & beverages will be available for purchase at jam session.

Saturday, May 23

12:30 PM	Bellevue High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
2:00 PM	Danilo Perez Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ] The extraordinary Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Perez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. ... [ more ]
3:30 PM	Shorewood High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
4:30 PM	Greta Matassa Quartet Sherman Clay Pianos [ FREE ] Jazz vocalist
4:45 PM	Ingraham High School Jazz Combo Bellevue Arts Museum [ FREE ] Student Showcase - Jazz Combo
5:30 PM	Bill Anschell Trio Bellevue Grille [ FREE ] Jazz pianist
7:00 PM	Trish Hatley Trio El Gaucho Bellevue [ FREE ] Jazz vocalist
7:00 PM	Patricia Barber Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ] The singular singer & pianist Patricia Barber last put her distinct stamp on a collection of standards with her acclaimed 2000 release Nightclub. Now Barber returns with The Cole Porter Mix (2008) ... [ more ]
8:00 PM	Thomas Marriott Trio Cypress Lounge and Wine Bar at The Westin Bellevue [ FREE ] Trumpet artist
9:00 PM	Mingus Big Band Meydenbauer Center (Center Hall) [ Buy tickets ] The Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of the composer and bassist, Charles Mingus. ... [ more ]
10:30 PM	Origin Records Jam Session Courtyard by Marriott-Downtown Bellevue [ FREE ] Jam with Origin Records artists: Bill Anschell on piano, Paul Gabrielson on bass and John Bishop on drums. Appetizers & beverages will be available for purchase at jam session.

Sunday, May 24

11:00 AM	Primo Kim Trio Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill [ FREE ] Jazz pianist and vocalist
2:00 PM	Mose Allison Trio Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ] Mose John Allison Jr. was born in 1927 in Tippo, Mississippi, a cotton town in the Mississippi delta. By the time Mose was in grade school he was already composing boogie woogie tunes on the piano. ... [ more ]
4:00 PM	Dave Peterson Trio Rock Bottom Brewery & Restaurant [ FREE ] Guitarist
7:00 PM	Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Plus The Festival's Rising Stars Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ] The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) is the Northwest's premier big band jazz ensemble. Founded in 1995, the 17-piece big band is made up of the most prominent jazz soloists and band leaders in the greater Seattle area. ... [ more ]
10:00 PM	Hadley Caliman Trio Twisted Cork Wine Bar [ FREE ] Jazz saxophonist