Mainstage Concert at Ballard Jazz Festival, April 23, 2011

ABOUT THIS SHOW:
LOCATION: The Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St, Seattle {map it}, ALL AGES
DATE / TIME: Saturday, April 23 at 7:30pm
TICKETS: $35 General Admission ($30 if purchased in advance) | $55 Reserved | $18 Students
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MITCHEL FORMAN QUARTET

featuring Mitchel Forman (piano); Chuck Loeb (guitar); Kevin Axt (bass); Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums)

“Mitchel Forman, what a lyrical, open and nuanced touch he possesses. He has added even more emotional depth and aplomb to that touch over the years.”
- WALTER KOLOSKY

Making a rare appearance outside Los Angeles, pianist, composer, and bon vivant Mitchel Forman brings an exciting lineup to the Ballard Jazz Festival. Joined by guitarist Chuck Loeb (Fourplay), bassist Kevin Axt (Tierney Sutton) and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith (Kevin Eubanks), Forman's set promises to be both exciting and memorable. Forman and Loeb started out in the 1980s playing with the brilliant Stan Getz, have remained closed friends both on and off the stage and have recorded 8 CD's together with their band "Metro." Forman has performed and recorded with some of the legends of jazz: Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Gerry Mulligan, John Scofield, John McLauglin, and many more. His Ballard Jazz Festival set will feature his own compositions, which are both intellectually and emotionally stimulating.

RAY VEGA & THOMAS MARRIOTT'S
EAST/WEST TRUMPET SUMMIT
Celebrating the release of their #1 JazzWeek CD

featuring: Ray Vega (trumpet), Thomas Marriott (trumpet),
Bill Anschell (piano), Jeff Johnson (bass), Matt Jorgensen (drums)

“... East-West Trumpet Summit is a joyful celebration of friendship and music from two heavyweights of jazz trumpet.”
- ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Trumpeters Ray Vega from New York and Thomas Marriott from Seattle make up the front line of this power-packed quintet. Friends for many years, they long thought about doing an album together and in 2009, they finally had the chance with "East/West Trumpet Summit." Released in May of 2010, the record quickly shot to the top of the American Jazz Airplay Charts where it spent months in the Top 10, reached #1, and then ended up as a Top 10 release for all of 2010. With tours around the country, and a week spent at Marion's in Bern, Switzerland, the band has formed a bold and spirited chemistry that the two look to build upon over the next few years. Both veterans of their respective scenes, Ray and Thomas bring their formidable abilities and influences to bear on arrangements of jazz classics and original material, representing the stylistic sensibilities of both coasts. The band covers a good deal of stylistic territory while always remaining lyrical and exciting.

Rounding out the group is Bill Anschell on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass and Matt Jorgensen on drums.