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Thursday, September 15, 2005 - Page updated at 10:01 AM  
The fall arts season begins this month! To help you plan, our critics share their picks for the season and spotlight rising stars.
Fall Arts Guide Critic's top picks: Jazz & nightlife Seattle Times jazz critic
Jim Hall. The guitarist plays long, sinuous single-note lines better than anyone living and is a true improviser in real time — no prepared licks, thank you. What's more, Hall remains open to new sounds and ideas, including electronic distortion. Not to be missed. Sept. 24, Triple Door, Seattle, 206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net. Karrin Allyson. Emotional immediacy, technical command, literary smarts and a throaty, stage-actor's voice that's impossible to resist — Allyson has it all. Her most recent album, "Wild For You," tackled singer/songwriter fare from the '60s and '70s, gathering her some new fans, as well. Oct. 4-9, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle, 206-441-9729 or www.jazzalley.com. Nancy King. Revered by singers the world over, this underground Portland treasure is the ultimate hipster — a latter-day Anita O'Day who can scat-sing like one of the boys on New York's 52nd Street in the '40s, then turn on a dime and float a gossamer ballad. Nancy's tops. Oct. 13 presented by Earshot Jazz at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 206-547-6763 or www.earshot.org. ONE TO WATCH Bill Mays, late-blooming leader
Bill Mays almost stole the show from singer Kurt Elling at Jazz Port Townsend in July, so lithe and colorful were the pianist's lines. At 61, Mays is no newcomer, but he's been so much taken for granted — perhaps because he's worked as a sideman for singers (Sarah Vaughan, for one) and because he did not move to New York until late in his career — that only recently has he begun to blossom as a leader. Originally from the San Francisco area, Mays got started professionally in San Diego, co-leading a band with guitarist Peter Sprague. In 1969, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played with Bud Shank, who introduced the pianist to Northwest fans. In 1984, Mays moved to New York, where he continues to lead and record with his own groups. Mays' trio features the witty drummer Matt Wilson and bassist Martin Wind, with whom he has recorded "Going Home" and "Live at the Jazz Standard," on the Palmetto label. Mays' "Live at Maybeck Hall" album for Concord is superb. A busy arranger and a consummate player, Mays' beautiful touch, pastel sense of harmony and unbridled sense of swing make him one of the most listenable, likable pianists in jazz today. Oct. 11-12, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, 206-441-9729, www.jazzalley.com. — Paul de Barros Ivo Papasov. The great Bulgarian clarinetist combines the note-happy abandon and crazy rhythms of Balkan music with the note-happy abandon and crazy rhythms of be-bop, for dizzying results. Papasov is joined by sax compatriot Yuri Yunakov. Oct. 19, Town Hall, Seattle, 206-652-4255 or www.townhallseattle.org. Earshot Jazz Festival. An annual box of candy for jazz fans, this year's sampler features trumpeters Dave Douglas and Wallace Roney, Brazilian vocal sensations Luciana Souza and Virginia Rodrigues, a welcome first appearance by the oft-neglected Los Angeles band leader Gerald Wilson and many others, spread over two weeks in various venues around town. Oct. 21-Nov. 6, 206-547-6763 or www.earshot.org. Cheap thrills
Even before Katrina turned the world's eyes on the Crescent City, Seattleites were enjoying the region's rich culture — and at reasonable prices, too — at Seattle's New Orleans Restaurant. Mondays and Tuesdays you can hear traditional jazz; Wednesdays, it's Jackson Street veteran Floyd Standifer, playing bebop trumpet and saxophone (and singing, too); and Thursdays, clarinetist Ham Carson holds forth, swinging like nobody's business. It's all free — and the gumbo ain't bad, neither. 114 First Ave. S., Seattle, 206-622-2563. Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company
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