W is for Walk – North Bend Jazz Walk

One of my favorite nights of the year, from Six to Midnight my town’s small venues are taken over by jazz musicians from high school students to legends. Here’s a smattering of what I saw, and if you’d like to hear some, you can click on the links-Find HD for better view… Greg Ruby Group:…

Tasty Tunes & All That Jazz

Emmet Cohen Trio’s stop in Snoqualmie Valley (North Bend) last week was a real treat. They brought some 1919 ragtime jazz in with modern phrasing and complex innovation. (Perhaps like Miss Livingstone showed up from 1910 Snoqualmie and walked into Piccola Cellars to sit at my table and jive with me that night!) Add to that, playful humor and…