2010 jazz port townsend program

PORT TOWNSENDJULY 29 - 31, 2010JAZZ

Terell Stafford salutes Freddie Hubbard

Complimentary Program Guide

John Clayton, Artistic Director

2010 Centrum Summer Season at Fort Worden State Park

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CENTRUM FESTIVAL TICKET INFORMATIONBy web: centrum.orgBy phone: 1-800-746-1982In person: Centrum Office, Fort Worden State Park (noon-4 p.m., Monday-Friday) or at the venue box office one hour prior to show time.Special needs: For impaired hearing, vision or mobility issues, please call Centrum at 360-385-3102 ext. 110.

A $1 per ticket processing fee is added to in-person and web orders; a $3 per ticket processing fee is added to phone orders. Under 18: tickets are free. Please no babes in arms or strollers for indoor performances.Programs and artists subject to change. All sales are final.

VISITOR SERVICESThe Port Townsend Visitor Information Center, located at the park-and-ride lot across from Safeway at 440 12th Street, can help visitors with directions, accommodations and other important information. You can also visit Port Townsend’s tourism website, enjoypt.com, or call 360-385-2722 or 888-ENJOYPT (365-6978).

PARKINGFree parking in lots and on-street parking is available for all venues.

VENUE INFORMATIONMcCURDY PAVILION – a 1,200-seat fully enclosed seasonal theater at Fort Worden State Park with excellent sightlines. For matinee performances, lawn seating may be available on Littlefield Green; these tickets may be available one hour prior to performance and have limited sight visibility.JOSEPH F. WHEELER THEATER – a 280-seat indoor theater at Fort Worden State Park with excellent acoustics. Ideal for chamber music, readings and smaller presentations.LITTLEFIELD GREEN – abuts McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park. Gates open for picnicking for Pavilion and Littlefield Green performances one hour prior to show time. Beer and wine is available for purchase at Centrum’s beer garden. For dances at Littlefield Green, patrons are encouraged to bring their own folding chairs.QUIMPER UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP – a 260-seat indoor sanctuary with excellent acoustics that was opened in 2010. Located at 2333 San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend.BUILDING 204 – located at Fort Worden State Park with several large rooms, ideal for dances.

2010 Centrum Summer Season at Fort Worden State Park

Not included in this issue: Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival (published July 28)

VoiceworksJune 28 – July 3

The Festival of American Fiddle TunesJuly 4 – 9

Port Townsend Chamber Music FestivalJuly 15 – 17

Port Townsend Writers’ ConferenceJuly 18 – 24

Jazz Port TownsendJuly 25 – 31

Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival*August 1 – 7

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The Heath Brothers’ appearance is made possible by the Richard and Anne Schneider Director’s Creative Fund.

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FRIDAY, JULY 30McCurdy Pavilion | 7:30 pm $18/$28/$35

The Ingrid Jensen Quartet featuring Benny Green

Music For Bob And StacyIngrid Jensen, trumpet; Benny Green, piano; David Wong, bass; Jon Wikan, drums Special guest: Dawn Clement, piano and vocals

LA Organ TrioLarry Goldings, organ; Graham Dechter, guitar; Jeff Hamilton, drums

SATURDAY, JULY 31McCurdy Pavilion | 1:30 pm$20/$31/$40

Masterful Solo PianoGeorge Cables, piano

The Legacy of Freddie HubbardTerell Stafford, trumpet; George Cables, piano;Ben Wolfe, bass; Jon Wikan, drums

Introducing René MarieRené Marie, vocals; Randy Halberstadt, piano; Chuck Deardorf, bass; Byron Vannoy, drums

Centrum All-Star Faculty Big BandJohn Clayton, directorSaxophones: Jeff Clayton, alto; Mark Taylor, alto; Travis Ranney, tenor; Alexey Nikolaev, tenor; Bill Ramsay, baritoneTrumpets: Brad Allison, Ingrid Jensen, Terell Stafford, Byron Stripling, Jay ThomasTrombones: Wycliffe Gordon, David Marriott, Dan Marcus, Greg SchroederRhythm: Dan Balmer, guitar; John Hansen, piano; Doug Miller, bass; Butch Miles, drums

SATURDAY, JULY 31McCurdy Pavilion | 7:30 pm$18/$28/$35

Room for the BluesJeff Clayton, alto sax; Bill Ramsay, baritone sax; Byron Stripling, trumpet; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Benny Green, piano; John Clayton, bass; Butch Miles, drums

The Heath BrothersJimmy Heath, tenor sax; Jeb Patton, piano; David Wong, bass; Tootie Heath, drums

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Biographies: Main Stage PerformersJohn Clayton, now in his sixth year as the artistic director of Jazz Port Townsend, has been awarded or nominated for seven Grammy Awards as a bassist, composer and conductor; to sum it up, “the man just does it all.” He is equally comfortable in jazz and classical music and hits the mark, whether it is as composer, arranger, conductor, teacher or when he plays his bass. His illustrious career began at age 19, when he was hired as the bass player

for Henry Mancini’s television series “The Mancini Generation.” Clayton completed his studies at Indiana University, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor of music in double bass, toured with Monty Alexander and the Count Basie Orchestra, and then held the principal bass position in the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for more than five years. From 1999-2001 he served as artistic director of jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, in 2004 was named artistic director for Jazz Port Townsend, and in 2006 was appointed artistic director for the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in Idaho. He has written and arranged music for Diana Krall, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Natalie Cole, Milt Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones, George Benson, Dr. John, Gladys Knight, Regina Carter and Queen Latifah, and has been commissioned by many ensembles, including the Northwest Chamber Orchestra, the American Jazz Philharmonic, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Metropole Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Big Band, the Richmond Symphony, the WDR Symphony Orchestra and the Amsterdam Philharmonic. Awarded a platinum record for his arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” performed by Whitney Houston during the Super Bowl in 1990, Clayton has won numerous awards, including the Golden Feather Award, given to him by the legendary Leonard Feather, and the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s Composer/Arranger Award. The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra is co-led by John, his brother and saxophonist Jeff Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton.

The path of George Cables’ musical career has been described as that of someone who has prowled side streets and main thoroughfares in relative anonymity, absorbing countless influences into a singular personal style. Born in New York City in 1944, Cables was classically trained as a youth before attending the High School of Performing Arts, where he became smitten with the freedom of expression he heard in jazz. Impressed by keyboardists Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, he says, “I’ve been more influenced by Miles or ‘Trane and their whole bands rather than by any single pianist.” Cables attended Mannes College of Music for two years, and by 1964 was playing in the Jazz Samaritans with Billy Cobham, Lenny White and Clint Houston. A 1969 tour with tenor titan Sonny Rollins took Cables to the West Coast, where, by 1971, he had become a significant figure in the jazz scene. By the end of the 1970s, Cables had a reputation as everyone’s favorite sideman. He has performed and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians of our time, including Art Pepper, Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Sarah Vaughn, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie and many others. Cables currently performs and records as a soloist, with a trio and larger ensembles, and as a clinician in college jazz programs.

Jeff Clayton was drawn into the life of a musician when he decided to drop out of college to hit the road as a saxophonist with Stevie Wonder. Later, he mixed studio work with touring, playing with Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Patti LaBelle, Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Madonna. His jazz work began with orchestras backing Frank Sinatra, Mel

Tormé, Lena Horne and Sammy Davis Jr. His reputation was further established by playing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Count Basie Continuing Orchestra, Alphonse Mouzon, Juggernaut, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald and many others. Clayton has also worked extensively with his brother, John Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton in co-leading a band called the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. The Claytons also continue their childhood group, the Clayton Brothers. Both groups tour and showcase original compositions and arrangements made by both brothers.

Chuck Deardorf, the first-call bassist in Seattle for many years, has performed with a long list of legendary artists, including Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, Art Farmer, Howard Roberts, Monty Alexander, Kenny Burrell, Marian McPartland, Mel Lewis, Pete Christlieb, Joe Williams, Kenny Werner, Carl Fontana, Joe LaBarbara and Tal Farlow. Deardorf currently performs with the exciting Brazilian jazz group the Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto and the Bill Ramsay

Big Band, among others. In addition, he has recorded and toured internationally with such jazz greats as saxophonists Bud Shank and Don Lanphere, pianists George Cables and Kenny Barron, drummer Winard Harper and guitarist Larry Coryell. He is also a writer and host of the Warner Publishing bass instructional video “Bass Tips: Jazz, Funk and Fusion.”

Graham Dechter, guitarist and Los Angeles native, is one of the most promising young jazz musicians on the scene today. Born into a family of musicians, Dechter’s musical journey began at the age of 5, when he started taking violin lessons and composing various orchestral pieces. His talents as both a violinist and a composer led him to the Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre in Idyllwild, Calif., one of three prestigious residential arts high schools in the country. It was after completing a year at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., that Graham moved back to Los Angeles at the invitation of Jeff Hamilton to accept the guitar seat in the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He was 19 at the time and became the youngest member of the acclaimed orchestra. Now 23, Graham has performed and recorded with some of the most respected names in music, including Ernie Andrews, Regina Carter, Natalie Cole, Bill Charlap, Paquito D’Rivera, Kurt Elling, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris, Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Byron Stripling, Nancy Wilson, Phil Woods and Snooky Young. He has toured throughout the United States and Europe with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and has played at prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Hollywood Bowl.

Larry Goldings, a Boston native, with his signature Hammond-style organ and versatility on many keyboards, has traversed not only the wide spectrum of jazz where he is perhaps best known, but also the worlds of funk, pop and electronic/alternative music. High in demand as a sideman, Goldings’ sound can be heard on scores of albums by artists in virtually every musical genre. Some of his more notable collaborations include tours and recordings

with Carla Bley, Michael Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Jim Hall, Jon Hendricks, Pat Metheny, Maceo Parker, Madeleine Peyroux, John Pizzarelli, John Scofield, Curtis Stigers and James Taylor. Under his own name, Goldings has made 12 critically acclaimed recordings, many of them featuring his well-known organ trio with Peter Bernstein. Goldings’ 2006 relase “Trio Beyond,” ECM, earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Album in 2007. His songs and

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arrangements appear in Clint Eastwood’s “Space Cowboys,” John Madden’s “Proof,” and NBC’s “The Office.” This summer, Palmetto Records will release Larry’s collaborative effort with the lyrical Harry Allen on saxophone, featuring original material by the pair. Goldings lives in Los Angeles.

Wycliffe Gordon, born in Waynesboro, Ga., was introduced to music by his late father, Lucius Gordon, a classical pianist and teacher. As a boy, his interest in the trombone was sparked at age 12 by an older brother who played the instrument in a junior high band. That rivalry, getting his own trombone and the bequest of an aunt’s jazz record collection led Gordon to an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger and

educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics alike. He tours the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. For five of the last nine years, the Jazz Journalists Association has named Gordon the Trombonist of the Year and awarded him the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Trombone in 2000. In addition to a thriving solo career, he tours regularly, leading the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet and headlining at legendary jazz venues throughout the world. A member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Gordon has also been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center” series. His compositions have been performed in programs throughout the United States and abroad and are also featured as a part of the PBS series “Marsalis on Music.” Gordon is the youngest member of the U.S. Statesmen of Jazz, and on many tours has served as a musical ambassador for the U.S. State Department.

Benny Green was born in New York in 1963 and grew up in Berkeley, Calif., where he began classical piano studies at the age of 7. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned to jazz. In his teens he worked with Eddie Henderson, was with a 12-piece group led by Chuck Israels, and freelanced around the Bay Area for a year before moving to New York in the spring of 1982. There, he met veteran pianist Walter Bishop Jr., had a short stint with Bobby Watson, worked with Betty Carter between 1983 and 1987, and then joined Art Blakey’s band, with whom he played as a Jazz Messenger until he became part of Freddie Hubbard’s quintet. In 1993 Oscar Peterson chose Benny as the first recipient of the City of Toronto’s Glenn Gould International Protégé Prize in Music. That year, Green joined Ray Brown’s Trio, working with the veteran bass player until 1997. Since then, Benny has led his own trios, concentrated on his solo piano performances and built a recording career that includes more than 100 sessions as a sideman with Betty Carter (including the Grammy Award-winning “Look What I Got”), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Watson, Milt Jackson, Diana Krall, Ray Brown, Christian McBride and guitarist Russell Malone. With the 2002 release of “Green’s Blues,” Benny updated the tradition with an exciting solo collection of jazz standards by Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner and George Gershwin, among others,

with his highly personal style.

Randy Halberstadt has been a major figure on the Pacific Northwest jazz scene for many years. A multi-dimensional pianist, he is equally at home playing bebop, Latin, down-home blues, straight-ahead swing, and free and eclectic jazz. In addition to leading his own trio and producing his own recordings, “Inner

Voice,” “Clockwork,” and “Parallel Tracks”, he has performed with Herb Ellis, Buddy de Franco, Nick Brignola, Terry Gibbs, Slide Hampton, Pete Christlieb, Bobby Shew, Joe LaBarbera, Lanny Morgan, John Stowell, David Friesen, Kim Richmond, Don Lanphere, Jiggs Whigham, Roswell Rudd, Jack Walrath, Gary Smulyan, Julian Priester, Mel Brown, and many others. He is the pianist for the esteemed Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and has performed repeatedly with the Seattle Symphony.

Jeff Hamilton is perhaps best known for his work with Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall, as well as with the groups he headlines. He has played in jazz festivals and clubs worldwide. Early in his career he played with the Tommy Dorsey “ghost band,” Lionel Hampton, the Monty Alexander Trio, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the L.A. Four, with which he made six record albums. After, he started recording regularly as a sideman

for Concord. He performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, the Count Basie Orchestra and Monty Alexander. In the 1990s, Hamilton played gigs with the Clayton Brothers and toured the world with Oscar Peterson and the Ray Brown Trio. Currently Hamilton co-leads the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with brothers John and Jeff Clayton. Hamilton has toured and recorded extensively with Diana Krall, as well as leading his own trio with Christoph Luty on bass and Tamir Hendelman on piano. Hamilton is co-owner of Bosphorus Cymbals and plays his own signature line of cymbals, the Hammer Series.

The middle brother of the Heath jazz family and the leader of the quartet, Jimmy Heath is a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and was a professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College for 10 years. Awarded three Grammy nominations and three honorary doctorates, Jimmy was the first jazz artist to receive a doctorate from the Juilliard School of Music. He has played and recorded with many of his legendary contemporaries including John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. He is a respected arranger and is credited with 130 compositions and 12 recordings as a leader, including those played and recorded by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Clark Terry, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, Yusef Lateef, Blue Mitchell and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He is also leader of the Jimmy Heath Big Band.

Albert “Tootie” Heath is the youngest of the Heath brothers and drummer for the quartet, and is a recipient of Yale University’s Duke Ellington Fellowship Medal. Tootie has the distinction of being the drummer on John Coltrane’s first recording as a leader, and the last drummer for the Modern Jazz Quartet. He has played and recorded with Don Cherry, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Frederic

Gulda, Tommy Flanagan, Dexter Gordon, Nina Simone, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, Yusef Lateef, Sonny Rollins, Bobby Timmons, Lester Young, Cedar Walton and Ben Webster. Tootie was featured recently in the documentary “Between a Smile and a Tear” by the filmmaker and pianist Niels Lan Doky. The film revisits the glory years of Copenhagen’s famed Club Montmartre where Tootie was house drummer. Tootie is also the leader of the Whole Drum Truth ensemble, which performs innovative all-percussion concerts with a rotating roster of the foremost jazz drummers.

Ingrid Jensen, a trumpet player and native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, has made a mark from her early days of playing in the subways of New York to establishing herself as a leader and soloist in a wide array of musical genres. Her three CDs for the ENJA label and her latest CD, “At Sea,” won her nominations for the Canadian JUNO Awards, including an award in 1995 for “Vernal Fields.” Jensen’s

performances as a leader and as a featured soloist have taken her around the world from Canada to Japan, Australia, South America, and the Caribbean to almost every country in Europe and Scandinavia. A Jazz Port Townsend student alumna and faculty favorite, Jensen can be heard with the Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, the IJQ with Geoffrey Keezer, Project O, Nordic Connect with sister Christine, and a number of New York-based bands. She has performed with a dizzying array of artists, including British soul star Corrine Bailey Rae on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

René Marie’s story is the story of music’s power to sustain and transform. Her career catapulted after leaving her husband of 23 years when he gave the ultimatum to either quit singing or to leave the house. From her debut release in 2001 onward, René has proven herself to be one of the most daring vocalists around. She is fearless in singing about difficult situations or tackling a diverse songbook. Her releases have earned glowing reviews for strong vocals and innovative material. She attracted much notice for her powerful rendition of “Strange Fruit,” which was paired with the unlikely “Dixie.” This combination was featured on her 2001 release “Vertigo.” On her 2003 album, “Live at Jazz Standard,” she delivered a soaring a cappella version of Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” to open Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” Most recently, René produced a one-woman show entitled “Slut Energy Theory,” which was awarded the Denver Post Reader’s Choice for Best Solo Performance of 2009.

Butch Miles’ accomplishments as a drummer continue to attract worldwide attention. Playing with such luminaries as Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dave Brubeck, Mel Tormé, Lena Horne, Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Benny Goodman, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Dick Hyman and

others, Miles displays both maturity of experience with youthful imagination and unending energy. As the drummer for the world-famous Count Basie Orchestra from 1975 to 1979 and 1997 to 2007, Miles was renowned for his swinging big band style and techniques. He has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival (now the JVC Jazz Festival) since 1975 and the Grande Parade Du Jazz in Nice, France nine times, in addition to all the major jazz festivals, including the Montreal International Jazz Festival; North Sea Jazz Festival at the Hague, Holland; the Montreux and Bern jazz festivals in Switzerland; and the Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Stuttgart jazz festivals in Germany, along with many tours throughout Europe, Australia, the Far East, the Americas and the Caribbean. He’s recorded 100 albums and performed on four Grammy Award-winning albums, along with being nominated numerous times for prestigious awards in Europe.

Jeb Patton has been described as both a “young phenom on piano” and an “absolute great,” and has earned a highly

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Bill Ramsay, the veteran Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra baritone sax player, “grew up when swing was the thing,” and has brought that swing to the 17-piece big band since its inception in 1995. The Seattle Jazz Hall of Famer grew up in Centralia, where, by the age of 15, he played tenor sax through the window of his father’s tavern to accompany the trio that played on weekends. By the age of 18, Ramsay had moved to Los Angeles, but returned to the Northwest and nourished his chops by adding clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, and alto and baritone sax. He played with anyone he could, which included Cab Calloway, Mel Lewis, Gene Harris, Quincy Jones and Steve Allen, and fronting his own band with Milt Kleeb. Ramsay has also performed and toured with the Benny Goodman Octet, and the Count Basie Band, playing three chairs: lead alto, second alto and baritone. Since 2007, Ramsay has enjoyed the role of “sideman emeritus” for the band and fills in as needed.


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Terrell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Known for being a gifted and versatile player with a voice all his own, Stafford combines lyricism and a deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. He picked up his first trumpet at the age of 13, and even though he was drawn to jazz, initially studied classical music. While

pursuing a music education degree at the University of Maryland, Stafford played with the school’s jazz band, graduating in 1988. In 1993 Stafford studied at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and was invited to join Bobby Watson’s group, which led to him joining McCoy Tyner & the Latin All-Stars, which featured some of the best Latin jazz players, including trombonist Steve Turre, flutist Dave Valentin and percussionist Jerry Gonzalez. Since the mid-1990s Stafford has performed with groups such as the Benny Golson Sextet, the Kenny Barron Sextet, the Frank Wess Quintet, the Jimmy Heath Big Band and the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra. Currently he is a member of the Grammy-nominated Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and has recorded with many artists, including Diana Krall and the Jimmy Heath Big Band. He has also been an integral part of bands led by such venerable artists as Cedar Walton, Sadao Watanabe, the Clayton Brothers, Herbie Mann and Matt Wilson. As a sideman, Stafford has been heard on over 40 albums; as an educator he has held positions or is currently on faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia, Vail Jazz Foundation in Colorado, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Program and Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies in New York.

Byron Stripling, a spectacular trumpeter with a very wide range, beautiful tone and the ability to blend together many influences into his own style, is the artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, leader of his own quartet, and constantly in demand to play with pops orchestras around the world. Stripling is an extroverted performer who brings the audience into his music. The happiness that he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, yet very much his own. Starting with the Clark Terry Big Band while still a student at the Eastman School of Music led to a featured role in Lionel Hampton’s band, then stints with the Woody Herman Orchestra and the Count Basie Orchestra, during which he toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine. In 2002, Stripling became the artistic director and conductor of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and has presented such

guest artists as Branford Marsalis, Chuck Mangione, Patti Austin, John Pizzarelli, Mavis Staples, Melba Moore and Wycliffe Gordon.

Byron Vannoy, drummer, has performed and recorded with many internationally known musicians such as Julian Priester, Herbie Hancock, Randy Brecker, Tom Scott, Ray Vega, Greg Adams, Ernestine Anderson, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Vinnie Golia, Jim Knapp and Hadley Caliman. Currently an associate professor at North Seattle Community College and faculty instructor at the Seattle Drum School

of Music, Vannoy also conducts workshops in the Seattle and Los Angeles areas. In addition, Byron has recorded for nationally broadcast television programs as well as radio spots for the BBC. He has studied privately with Ian Froman, Mark Ivester, Bob Moses and Joe LaBarbera. He holds an associate certificate in professional music from Berklee College of Music, a bachelor of music degree in jazz performance from Cornish College of the Arts and a master of fine arts degree in jazz and African American music performance from the California Institute of the Arts. He was the 2002 Earshot Award winner for Record of the Year and Jazz Group of the Year for his contribution on Julian Priester’s “In Deep End Dance.”

Jon Wikan, currently based in New York, is rapidly garnering praise on the international music scene as a jazz drummer. He has accompanied a cross-section of leaders, ranging from singers Ernestine Anderson, Mark Murphy and Freddy Cole to established horn players such as Bud Shank, Ingrid Jensen and Pete Cristlieb. In 1996, while immersed in the Seattle jazz scene, Wikan was taken under the wings of multi-horn man Jay Thomas, Bill Ramsay and composer James Knapp. During this period Wikan became one of the busiest sidemen in the Northwest, backing international artists including Pat Labarbra, Herb Ellis, John Fedchock, Rick Margitza, Buddy Collette, Roswell Rudd, Mark Murphy, Kurt Elling, Bobby Shew, Brad Turner, Jessica Williams and Dan Faehnle. Wikan’s recent move to New York City immediately landed him a record date with pianist Geoff Keezer, a tour of Japan with Downbeat Vocalist of the Year Mark Murphy, and a week at the Blue Note with Grammy Award winners the New York Voices. In addition, he has performed with the Ingrid Jensen Quartet at the Detroit International Jazz Festival, the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, the Savannah Jazz Festival and a live CBC radio concert in Montreal. Other artists Wikan has played with include Karrin Allyson, Sam Yahel, Ron Affif,

Seamus Blake, Marcus Strickland, Jay Collins, David Budway, Mark Elf, David Berkman, Jeffery Smith, Antonia Bennett and Aaron Parks.

Ben Wolfe’s early career as a bassist and composer was formed with Harry Connick Jr., with whom he recorded more than a dozen albums and soundtracks. During his five years with Connick, Wolfe performed on numerous world tours and served as musical director. He later joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and went on to become an integral part of Diana Krall’s touring band, as well as playing on many of her recordings, including the Grammy Award winner

“When I Look In Your Eyes.” As a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wolfe has performed with Joe Henderson, Doc Cheatham, Jon Hendricks, Harry “Sweets” Edison and Billy Higgins. Other artists he has also recorded with include Branford Marsalis, James Moody, Eric Reed, Carl Allen and Benny Green. He also recently made his mark as a film composer, working with Matthew Modine on the film short “I Think I Thought.” At the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, the New York Sun reviewed Ben’s work on this film as “a standout music score.” Ben is currently on the jazz teaching faculty at the Juilliard School.

David Wong was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music, where he studied with Orin O’Brien of the New York Philharmonic, Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe and John Clayton. From 2003 to 2004, as part of the Eric Reed Trio, David performed in Switzerland; Scotland; the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles; the Algonquin Hotel, New York City; with Jazz at Lincoln Center; and at many other venues worldwide. He is currently a member of Roy Haynes’ Fountain of Youth band, which has toured throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, as well as bassist with the Heath Brothers Quartet, led by jazz legends Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath. Wong also performs with singer Sachal Vasandani and pianist Jeb Patton. He has recorded with Benny Green, Dan Nimmer, Jeb Patton and Albert “Tootie” Heath, and is featured on a brand new release from Sachal Vasandani, “Eyes Wide Open.” He has performed with Clark Terry, Illinois Jacquet, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Walter Blanding, Marcus Printup, Leroy Jenkins, David Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi, Carla Cook, Paula West and Mark Gould of the Metropolitan Opera, to name just a few.

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Centrum and Fort Worden State Park Salute Lynn Kessler

When Rep. Lynn Kessler (D-Hoquiam) announced in April that she was retiring after nearly 20 years in office, and more than a decade as majority leader, arts organizations around the state commiserated as they were losing an important and powerful advocate in Olympia. Her skill as a leader and a legislator, which won her respect on both sides of the aisle, helped to keep the support for the arts visible and bipartisan.

For Centrum and Fort Worden State Park, Rep. Kessler has been a special friend. She as been a passionate proponent of Centrum’s relationship with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that allows Centrum to bring students to Fort Worden from all over the state. Her service to and support of the Washington State Arts Commission has allowed Centrum to complete special projects, and maintain its residency program which has provided more than 1,000 artists, the majority from Washington, the refuge and resources to compete their work.

Rep. Kessler was instrumental in getting support and funding for the construction of the Fort Worden Commons, the lynchpin for a life-long learning center that has made the campus a workable model for providing residential programs to tens of thousands of participants. She led the way in defeating mandatory day-use fees for all Washington state parks, including Fort Worden, by creating the voluntary “opt out” funding mechanism on license renewals. As a result, our state parks remain free.

For these accomplishments and many others too numerous to list, we are pleased to honor Rep. Lynn Kessler for her service to the arts, Centrum, Fort Worden State Park and Jefferson County.


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Workshop Participant Combos

The Public House Bar & GrillGuitaritone SextetAdam Schroeder, baritone sax; Graham Dechter, guitar; John Hansen, piano; David Wong, bass; Kelby MacNayr, drums

The UpstagePNW QuartetDan Balmer, guitar; Dawn Clement, piano; Doug Miller, bass; Clarence Acox, drums

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Castle Key Restaurant & LoungeTrio of NoteJeb Patton, piano; Doug Miller, bass; Gary Hobbs, drums

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The Public House Bar & GrillGrease PatrolJeff Clayton, alto; Byron Stripling, trumpet; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Benny Green, piano; Ben Wolfe, bass; Butch Miles, drums

The Rose TheatreAll ages venueBlow Your HornTerell Stafford, trumpet; Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Taylor Eigsti, piano; David Wong, bass; Jon Wikan, drums

Undertown Coffee & Wine BarThe Bari’s ToneAdam Schroeder, baritone sax; Ellen Rowe, piano; Chuck Deardorf, bass; Byron Vannoy, drums

The UpstageTraditionnnn – TRADITION!George Cables, piano; John Clayton, bass; Tootie Heath, drums

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Castle Key Restaurant & LoungeTrio of NoteEllen Rowe, piano; Chuck Deardorf, bass; Kelby MacNayr, drum

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The Public House Bar & GrillTop Bill-ingBill Ramsay, baritone sax; Travis Ranney, alto sax; Jay Thomas, trumpet; Dan Marcus, trombone; Taylor Eigsti, piano; Paul Keller, bass; Butch Miles, drums

The Rose TheatreAll ages venue

Blow Your HornIngrid Jensen, trumpet; Benny Green, piano; Ben Wolfe, bass; Jon Wikan, drums

Undertown Coffee and Wine BarThe Bari’s ToneAdam Schroeder, baritone sax; Randy Halberstadt, piano; Chris Symer, bass; Greg Williamson, drums

The UpstageTraditionnnn – TRADITION!”George Cables, piano; John Clayton, bass; Gary Hobbs, drums


Doug Miller has long ranked as one of Seattle’s most respected bass players and has performed with James Moody, Ken Peplowski, George Cables, Ray Vega, and Dick Hyman, and he has toured with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Ellington Orchestra and Ernestine Anderson.

Ellen Rowe has been described as that rare “triple threat” – pianist, composer/ arranger and teacher. In addition to leading her own trio and quartet, she is in great demand as a sideman, performing with a variety of artists including Kenny Wheeler, Ingrid Jensen, John Clayton, Tom Harrell and Jiggs Whigham.

Travis Ranney is one of the busiest saxophonists in the Seattle area and regularly appears with Seattle Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Thomas Marriott, The Little Big Band and others.

Adam Schroeder, Los Angeles-based baritone saxophonist, is known equally for his studious leadership as well as his musicality in Anthony Wilson’s Nonet (Los Angeles), Bennie Wallace’s Nonet (New York), the Clark Terry Big Band (New York), and the Adam Schroeder Quartet/Quintet.

Chris Symer is a busy Seattle-based musician who tunes his bass in fifths like a cello. He has performed with Dawn Clement, Jerry Krahn, Nelda Swiggett, and Headless Household among others.

Jay Thomas, a native of Seattle, is a versatile multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, flugelhorn, alto, tenor, soprano and flutes). He has appeared in concert with the bands of Mel Lewis, Clayton-Hamilton, Maria Schneider, Bill Holman, Bob Florence and Frank Wess.

Tom Wakeling’s bass versatility has supported a wide range of artists including Arturo Sandoval, Lee Konitz, Mel Tormé, James Moody, Herb Ellis, Mose Allison, Charlie Rouse, Houston Person, Ernie Watts, Carl Fontana, Herb Geller, Della Reese, and many others.

Greg Williamson, drummer, percussionist and composer, has toured as a member of the swinging big bands of Woody Herman, Glenn Miller and Harry James. He has appeared on over thirty CDs, including the recent “Jazz In It” by singer Dee Daniels.

Clarence Acox is the longtime director of the internationally-renowned Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble in Seattle. His powerful and swinging drum style also drives the local Roadside Attraction big band and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, which he co-founded in 1995.

Dan Balmer has been hailed by the LA Times as “the model of what a contemporary guitarist should be.” In addition to his six solo albums, he has performed with Joey Defrancesco, Airto, Joe Locke, the late Bud Shank and others.

Dawn Clement, a Northwest favorite on piano, has played a variety of venues – from Paris’s La Conservatoire Superieur to New York’s nightclub, Sweet Rhythm. Current projects include, performing and touring with Jane Ira Bloom, and promoting the release of a new CD entitled “Mental Weather.”

Taylor Eigsti started playing piano at an early age and has performed with such jazz stars as Dave Brubeck, Bobby Hutcherson, James Moody, Ernestine Anderson, and Kevin Mahogany. His most recent release is “Let it Come to You” on Concord.

John Hansen, pianist, has performed and recorded with many of the Northwest’s premiere, award-winning bands including: the Jay Thomas Quartet, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Kelley Johnson, and The Bill Ramsay-Milt Kleeb Band with Pete Christlieb.

Gary Hobbs played drums

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Paul Keller, from Detroit, has earned the nickname of “The House Bass Player for the State of Michigan.” In addition to leading a variety of ensembles in his home state, he has been recognized internationally for his association with pianist/singer Diana Krall and guitarist Russell Malone.

Kelby MacNayr is a drummer who performs a wide range of musical styles that includes jazz, classical music, dance accompaniment, and the musical traditions of Brazil, Cuba, and Portugal. Kelby has performed with Phil Dwyer, Louise Rose, Ingrid Jensen, Don Thompson, and Hugh Fraser.

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Mark Decker, Port TownsendSteve Fetter, Henderson, NVCindy Hill Finnie, Port TownsendGordon C. Hamilton, TacomaLeah Hammer, Port TownsendMalcolm Harris, SeattleEdmund W. Littlefield, Jr., ArlingtonDavid Marriott, SeattleLibby Reid, Port TownsendThe Honorable Michelle Sandoval, Port TownsendE. Ted Springstead, Port Townsend

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ARTISTIC DIRECTORSLucinda Carver, Chamber MusicJohn Clayton, JazzCristina García, WritingCorey Harris, BluesDirk Powell, Fiddle Tunes

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Imagine yourself on a ferryboat car deck with an espresso in one hand, your overnight bag stowed in your trunk, and a dazzling skyline fi lling the horizon behind you. While the boat churns across the quiet ocean, the land disappears from view and a shoreline materializes in the distance.

You’re bound for a getaway to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, a nationally recognized historic district with famous red brick and stone buildings. With the Olympic Mountains as backdrop and the doorway to Puget Sound opened wide, Port Townsend is beautifully situated on the northeastern corner of the Olympic Peninsula.

Port Townsend is an architectural marvel that remained in a time freeze of sorts for nearly 100 years before being rediscovered and renovated. The town now boasts one of the largest collections of well-preserved Victorians in the United States, along with an equally impressive group of ornate offi ce buildings in a Romanesque style. It is one of three seaports along the coastline of the US named to the National Register of Historic Places and stands today as evidence of another era.

We stayed in an all-suite waterfront hotel, The Clam Cannery, located in an old brick cannery built in 1885 that sits out over the ocean, with views of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, Whidbey Island and the Strait of Juan de Fuca from every suite. It is at the heart of the downtown area on Quincy Street, within walking distance of everything—dozens of art galleries, coffee shops, clothing boutiques, restaurants, theatres and pubs.

After four decades of abandonment, several million dollars and seven years of loving restorative work by the Kevin Harris family, this new

hotel opened in August 2009. When we fi rst drove up and saw the old brick building, we were wary, but the inside of the hotel is a unique work of art, carefully restored with every attempt to reuse original building materials as well as the craftsmanship of contemporary local artisans. Each room is exquisitely appointed with subtle touches of handcrafted works. The mirrors are hand-etched, all the metal, from the shelving brackets to the handrails to the electrical cover plate at the end of the bar counter, are custom crafted by a local blacksmith. Clamshells from under the building have been incorporated into the concrete counter tops of the gourmet kitchens, old worm scarred reclaimed wood from the walls now adorn the cabinet door faces, and timbers from the cannery fl oor have been forged together to form large entry doors hung by iron hinges. The character of the hotel has been accented with extensive use of hammered copper, concrete fl oors and hand-blown glass fi xtures. No longer wary, we were now charmed!

The hub of activity is on Water Street and the downtown shopping district. The town is home to a large delegation of artists, writers and crafts people and has over 100 shops, galleries and restaurants.

Port Townsend’s personality starts with the historic City Hall, which is on Water Street. City Hall is in a brick building that once housed the town’s fi re station; part of the structure continues as the centre of local government, but the fi re station has been converted to the three-story headquarters and museum of the Jefferson County Historic Society. It’s defi nitely worth exploring. Further south on the main drag are a wide variety of shops and restaurants.

Maybe after a great meal and a walk along the streets of the town, fi nish the evening with a show at the Rose Theatre. The culture of Port Townsend brings people from all over the world to enjoy the Blues and Jazz Festivals as well as the Wooden Boat Show in September. Port Townsend is proud of its waterfront connection and it shows in the number of seaside parks, docks and walkways next to the water. Spend some time discovering the island’s beauty in pristine woods, state parks and waterfront.

Seeing everything this unique place has to offer requires walking the streets and exploring with no time commitments. It will take several days to experience the atmosphere of local sidewalk cafes, art galleries, restaurants, pubs and shops where art and history come together. It would take too many pages of this magazine to tell you all the hidden charm and entertainment found in this small town. I loved it and will go back again to see more of what I know I missed.

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