Annual Barbeque at Ballard Community Center
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- Annual Barbeque at Ballard Community Center
- Things to do
- Celtic music on tap at San Juan Capistrano library
- Jazz Listings
- No big headliner but lots of jazz coming to Bumbershoot.
- PRVIZER: Vail Jazz leads a weekend of sound
- Seattle Times jazz critic
Annual Barbeque at Ballard Community Center
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Aug 31, 2007
This year I’ll be missing out but according to my calculations – today August 31st is not only the occasion of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary but the annual summer barbeque at Ballard Community Center on NW 28th and 60th. Follow the sounds of the jazz music. In writing about the BCC this week in the Ballard News Tribune I realized it was that time of year again already and figured that blog readers need to know about the party as well. The Ballard Community Center has always been a second home for me and my daughter – including one February party that involved children in pajamas on the playground way way after dark. Jazz starts about 5:45 p… The Community Center I’m not usually in Ballard on the last Friday in August so until last year I wasn’t aware that I was missing a party at the end of my block. n the last Friday afternoon in August the Ballard Community Center hosts a neighborhood barbeque. Last summer I heard jazz music and followed it to the source at 6020 28th NW. Free hotdogs and ice cream a chance for the summer camp counselors to “dunk” their counselors an inflated jumping booth for little kids and live jazz. I shouldn’t have been surprised. There are always activities at the Ballard Community Center from the Daddy-Daughter Dance in February to the flashlight Easter Egg Hunt in April. n any given day there are classes in the pottery studio yoga in the big room basketball or volleyball in the gym Dandelion Dance or the after-school or summer camps that are always completely filled and spill out into the park.
Things to do
St. Petersburg Times – Aug 31, 2007
The antimarijuana film was originally financed by a church group and is reminiscent of those terrible educational awareness videos found throughout elementary schools nationwide. The musical exaggerates the madness that ensues when clean-cut kids try pot – "ne puff and you're hooked!" – and involves a trio of drug dealers who entice innocent teenagers to smoke "reefer" cigarettes. They lead the teens to a hysterical downfall featuring sex violence and evil jazz music. Presented by the MAD Theatre of Tampa the musical comedy is not suitable for younger audiences. Reefer Madness the Musical will debut Wednesday at the Ritz Theatre (formerly the Masquerade) 1503 E Seventh Ave. The play runs until Sept.
Celtic music on tap at San Juan Capistrano library
CRegister – Aug 31, 2007
Gr? includes Alan Doherty (flutes whistles vocals percussion) Andrew Laking (double bass vocals guitar) Colin Farrell (fiddle whistle) Gerry Paul (guitars vocals) and Nicola Joyce (vocals bodhran). The group’s wide-ranging talent displayed across “Cloudy Day Navigation” should come as no surprise considering the strong skills of the individual members who make up the troupe. New Zealand native Laking has a wide-ranging background playing Irish and jazz music while flautist Doherty first gained worldwide fame as a lead soloist on Howard Shore’s “Lord of the Rings” soundtrack. Ireland natives Joyce and Paul and Manchester England’s Farrell all participated in thriving regional Irish music scenes before forming Gr? six years ago. An eclectic mix of performers including Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin Damien Dempsey Damien Rice and Bill Whelan have all utilized members from Gr?’s ranks. The group’s discography includes 2007′s “Cloudy Day Navigation” as well as the group’s 2004 debut “The Landing Step” and 2005′s “Endeavour. ” Fans of seminal Irish music artists such as Solas will be thrilled by Gr?’s musicianship and performance skills in concert.
Jazz Listings
New York Times – Aug 31, 2007
Bernstein a guitarist with a clean tone and a crisp technique works here with the excellent rhythm team of Doug Weiss on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. Tonight and tomorrow night they welcome the pianist Brad Mehldau as a guest; on Sunday night they will interpret the music of Thelonious Monk. At 7:30 and 9:30 with an 11:30 set tonight and tomorrow night Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street Manhattan (212) 576-2232. net; cover $30; $25 on Sunday. (Chinen)JHNATHAN BLAKE QUINTET (Thursday) Johnathan Blake is a drummer equally capable of muscular propulsion and subtle shading and he’ll be likely to explore both avenues in this band with Jaleel Shaw and Donny McCaslin on saxophones Luis Perdomo on piano and Joe Martin on bass… Blue Note 131 West Third Street West Village (212) 475-8592 bluenote. net; cover $25 at tables $15 at the bar with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)MDE FR JE: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC F JE HENDERSN (Tomorrow and Sunday) The tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson offers this heartfelt tribute along with the pianist Doug Carn the bassist Lonnie Plaxico and the veteran drummer Lenny White who played on Joe Henderson’s records of the early 1970s. Each night will feature an incisive trumpeter: Brian Lynch tomorrow and Eddie Henderson (not related to Joe) on Sunday. Iridium 1650 Broadway at 51st Street (212) 582-2121 iridiumjazzclub.
No big headliner but lots of jazz coming to Bumbershoot.
Free with registration – Seattle Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 31, 2007
31–Jazz unfortunately continues to be a low priority at Bumbershoot with no big name acts in this year’s lineup. n 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 rigin is back at.
PRVIZER: Vail Jazz leads a weekend of sound
Rocky Mountain News – Aug 31, 2007
Now jazz over Labor Day belongs to the Vail Jazz Festival that runs tonight through Monday at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa. All Rights Reserved.
Seattle Times jazz critic
Seattle Times – Aug 31, 2007
n 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 CourtLocal record company rigin 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. ); Portland pianist Darrell Grant (3 p.