Arts & Entertainment
Bellevue Jazz Festival Continues Through Sunday
Headliners include Booker T. Jones, Hubert Laws and the Clayton Brothers Quintet.
The Bellevue Jazz Festival Starts Wednesday, with headliners Clayton Brothers Quintet, Booker T. Jones and Hubert Laws Quintet coming to the .
The festival, it its fifth year, will feature more than 40 free performances by top Seattle and Bellevue-area jazz musicians at venues throughout downtown Bellevue, including performances at , moving to downtown Bellevue from Issaquah. Other venues include , , , and first floor.
A full schedule of free performances is on the Bellevue Jazz Festival website.
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Here's ticket info from the Bellevue Jazz Festival:
Individual ticket prices are $34 ($17 for students). The festival’s “Theatre Package” offers the best value with preferred seating to all three shows for $78. Tickets will be available for purchase online at bellevuejazz.com or by phone from Brown Paper Tickets at (800) 838-3006. The headline performances will be held at the 410-seat Theatre at Meydenbauer Center.
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2012 Bellevue Jazz Festival Headliners
Clayton Brothers Quintet, Thursday, May 31, 8 p.m.
Booker T. Jones, Friday, June 1, 8 p.m.
Hubert Laws Quintet, Saturday, June 2, 8 p.m.
Celebrating its fifth year, the Bellevue Jazz Festival will again feature more than 40 free performances by top Seattle and Bellevue-area jazz musicians at venues throughout downtown Bellevue. The full festival schedule will be released in May. More information is also available at bellevuejazz.com.
The KPLU School of Jazz Rising Stars at the Bellevue Jazz Festival will cap the weekend on Sunday, June 3 with a 6 p.m. performance at the new Bake’s Place in downtown Bellevue.
The Bellevue Downtown Association (BDA) produces the annual Bellevue Jazz Festival and collaborates on artist selection with Earshot Jazz Executive Director John Gilbreath. This year’s festival sponsors include the City of Bellevue, Microsoft, 4Culture, KING 5, KPLU 88.5, 425 Magazine, 91.3 KBCS and the Bellevue Reporter.
The BDA is a nonprofit membership organization charged with leading the evolution of Downtown Bellevue as the economic and cultural heart of the Eastside.
-- Information from the Bellevue Jazz Festival
Wednesday, May 30
4:30 PM Murl Allen Sanders Duo - PianistLincoln Square 1st Floor [ FREE ]
6:00 PM June Tonkin - Pianist
El Gaucho Bellevue * [ FREE ]
Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge * [ FREE ]
8:00 PM Tom Grant - Pianist
Bake's Place [ Make reservations ]
9:00 PM Stephanie Porter Quartet - Vocalist
Lot No. 3 [ FREE ]
9:00 PM Lamar Lofton's Rhythm Quartet with special guest Assia Hamani
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]
Thursday, May 31
4:30 PM Clayton Murray Duo - PianistLincoln Square 1st Floor [ FREE ]
6:00 PM June Tonkin - Pianist
El Gaucho Bellevue * [ FREE ]
8:00 PM Clayton Brothers Quintet
Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ]
The GRAMMY-nominated Clayton Brothers Quintet was formed in 1977 by brothers John and Jeff, and while their paths sometimes diverged, the brothers continue to share a common musical vision. The quintet also consists of John's and GRAMMY-nominee Gerald Clayton on piano, Obed Calvaire on drums, and Terell Stafford, a highly regarded trumpeter and band-leader. ... [ more ]
Bake's Place [ Make reservations ]
9:00 PM Heather Sullivan Jazz Piano Trio
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]
Friday, June 01
Lincoln Square 1st Floor [ FREE ]
6:00 PM June Tonkin - Pianist
El Gaucho Bellevue * [ FREE ]
8:00 PM Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, and four-time GRAMMY Award winner, but he is best known as the front-man of the band Booker T. and the MGs. Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award in 2007. In 2011, Jones released The Road from Memphis and in 2012 the album won Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 54th GRAMMY Awards. ...[ more ]
8:00 PM Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto - PianistBake's Place [ Make reservations ]
8:00 PM Dawn Clement Duo - Keyboard & Vocalist + Jon Hamar on Bass
Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge * [ FREE ]
Cypress Lounge and Wine Bar at The Westin Bellevue * [ FREE ]
9:00 PM Heather Sullivan Jazz Piano Trio
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]
Saturday, June 02
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
1:15 PM Music Works NW Honor Jazz Ensemble
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
2:30 PM Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
3:45 PM Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
5:00 PM Newport High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
El Gaucho Bellevue * [ FREE ]
6:15 PM Ingraham High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
7:30 PM Fusion - High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
8:00 PM Hubert Laws Quintet
Theatre at Meydenbauer Center [ Buy tickets ]
Internationally-renowned flutist Hubert Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres - moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. Winner of the prestigious 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award, Laws has appeared as a soloist with orchestras around the world. Members of the Quintet include David Budway on acoustic piano, John Leftwich on bass, Ralph Penland on drums, and Rob Mullins on synth keyboard. ... [ more ]
8:00 PM Lary Barilleau and the Latin Jazz CollectiveBake's Place [ Make reservations ]
Cypress Lounge and Wine Bar at The Westin Bellevue * [ FREE ]
9:00 PM Lamar Lofton's Rhythm Quartet with special guest Faith Beattie
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]
10:00 PM Collaborative Works Jazz Trio - Traditional & Modern Jazz
Black Bottle Postern [ FREE ]
Sunday, June 03
11:00 AM Jose Gonzales Trio - Funk, Swing & PopZ'Tejas Southwestern Grill Jazz Brunch [ FREE ]
11:00 AM Red Shoes
520 Bar & Grill Patio [ FREE ]
11:00 AM Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
12:15 PM Mount Si High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
2:30 PM Jeff Johnson Duo - Bassist + Dave Peterson on Guitar
Ruth's Chris Steak House [ FREE ]
4:00 PM Hamilton International Middle School Vocal Jazz
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
5:00 PM Primo Kim Duo - Pianist
El Gaucho Bellevue * [ FREE ]
5:15 PM Sammamish High School Jazz Combo
Bellevue Square Center Court [ FREE ]
Rock Bottom Brewery & Restaurant * [ FREE ]
7:00 PM Rising Stars
Bake's Place [ Make reservations ]
7:00 PM Lamar Lofton's Rhythm Quartet with special guest Eric Fridrich
520 Bar & Grill [ FREE ]
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