Jazz Studies professor and noted Northwest pianist Marc Seales and guests perform music from recent CD releases: American Songs V. 1 through 3 and the Paris Suite. Guests include: guitarist Fred Hamilton; bassists Evan Flory-Barnes and Jeff Johnson; drummers D’Vonne Lewis, Gary Hobbs, and Moyes Lucas; and percussionist Tom Collier.
PROGRAM
Set 1: Paris Suite Medley
RUE CLER
TROCADERO
JARDIN DU LUXENBOURG
SUMMER ON THE SEINE
BOULEVARD SAINT MICHEL
PONTMARIE
D’Vonne Lewis, drums; Evan Flory-Barnes, bass; Tom Collier,vibes; Fred Hamilton, guitar;
Marc Seales, jazz piano
Set 2: AmericanSongs
HARLEQUIN (WayneShorter)
BLUE
MADDIE AT THE GETTY
Gary Hobbs, drums; Jeff Johnson, bass; Tom Collier,vibes; Fred Hamilton, guitar
Marc Seales, jazz piano
Set3: More American Songs
PUSHERMAN (CurtisMayfield)
WAYS OF THE CAT
I’VE GOT THE BLUES RIGHT NOW! (JohnLee)
Moyes Lucas,drums; Evan Flory-Barnes, bass; Tom Collier,vibes Fred Hamilton, guitar
Marc Seales, jazz piano
ARTIST BIOS
Marc Seales, jazz piano
A noted pianist, composer and leading figure in the Northwest jazz scene, Marc Seales has shared stages with many of the great players of the last two decades. He has played with nearly every visiting jazz celebrity from Joe Henderson and Art Pepper to Benny Carter, Mark Murphy, and Bobby Hutcherson. With the late Don Lanphere he performed in such places as London, England; Kobe, Japan; The Hague in the Netherlands; and the North Sea Jazz Festival.
The musicians he admires most are Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, John Lewis, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Wynton Kelly, though he is quick to acknowledge that he owes the basically be-bop/post be-bop sound of his playing to his mentors, Don Lanphere and Floyd Standifer.
Critics have praised Seales variously for his "meaty piano solos," and "blues inflected, Hancock-inspired modernism." Winner of numerous Earshot awards (Instrumentalist of the Year in 1999 and Acoustic Jazz Group in 2000 and 2001; Jazz Hall of Fame, 2009), Seales is today promoting jazz awareness and molding young talents as a Professor of Music at the University of Washington, where he serves as Chair of the Jazz Studies Program. He teaches an array of courses, including History of Jazz, Jazz Piano, and Beginning and Advanced Improvisation, as well as leading various workshops.